I, myself haven't read this book, but I still don't think that it should be removed from libraries or Red Maple, sure not everyone thinks that and instead think that its horrid on how they write about Israelis but the novel is fiction right? Its not true, its the readers choice to believe it or not, but really? it is a little over the top right? can you imagine ANYONE doing those acts in the book? For land? Have a little sense can we? Does the book say that its 100% TRUE? no, it doesn't. Yes that comment from the reader saying she wanted to kill Israelis people after reading it which is not nescessary. Its JUST A BOOK. With great detail and false acts. Yes I can see where Brian is going and I understand the circumstances, I might even do that if I was the one fighting this, but theres reason not to as well. This book wasn't meant to be teaching us anything, its rated for Young Adults, I mean WE do have some sense and know enough that this isn't real. From others that have read the book, they say that its a really good book and i don't think that a book that deserves 5 stars should be taken from libraries and Red Maple. This could be an misunderstanding but I don't know what the author was truly thinking. It isn't completely fair is it? We should at least have a say in what goes into Red Maple right? This book didn't seem very appealing to me and I didn't get a chance to read it but this is a pretty big issue. Over one novel that isn't even non-fiction all this has come out of it. If the Sheperd's Granddaughter ends up winning Red Maple which would be pretty ironic, I wonder what will happen next. I think that Brian is over reacting, but I also think that the author made the acts of Israelis a little gory and too realistic. One of the readers of the book is proof, she wanted to kill Israelians because of the horrid acts from the novel which is too much. But like I said, I don't think that a novel like this should be taken from libraries because even with the realistic and detailed writing, I do not have anything against it.
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I miss the stars.
I never see them.
One or two but that rarely happens.
What happens the most is when I get my hopes up thinking I saw one... but it was only a plane.
When I went to Florida, a few minutes before we land, we're still in the air. I look out the window and I was speechless. Never have I ever seen so many stars.
The sky was covered with them like a blanket.
I couldn't look away.
Like teardrops that never fall.
Like an explosion that never fades.I'll never forget the night I saw the stars.
When I was younger I saw a few stars each night.
When I go for a car ride at night, I would always look out at the window, hoping to spot a twinkle in the sky.
When I don't, I wait for the next night, for another game of hide an seek in the sky.
I miss them, so much.
I used to have dreams, where the stars never leave, night and day they're still there.
But I never did wish on stars.
I thought that stars aren't to be used for our own needs but to bring a new meaning to joy.
Or that stars bring us al together.
You might lay on a hill and look up at the stars with someone you care for.You might look out you window and gaze at the stars for no reason at all.
Or you might look at them and find constellations.
My hopes are high, to see the stars again.
