Byrd and Igloo A Polar Adventure Summary & Again & Again

Byrd and Igloo successfully fly over the North Pole with this accomplishment Byrd gets an award from the president.  After getting the award Byrd plans for another expedition Byrd wants to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.  Byrd wants to do it a specific way though he wants to fly over Atlantic Ocean without stopping.  Byrd kept Igloo and he now lives in Byrd's home with his family.  Byrd and Igloo are ready to start their expedition but they need money to fund it.

Throughout the story Byrd's will and perseverance is talked about.  Byrd was told he couldn't join the Navy and be a pilot but in the end he did.  Byrd did things that seemed impossible back then but he wanted to do more prove that nothing is impossible.  People doubted Byrd his whole life and now he's proving them wrong.

Byrd & Igloo A Polar Adventure Summary & Character Analysis

Byrd & Igloo A Polar Adventure by Samantha Seiple is a nonfiction book which tells the story of Byrd and Igloo.  Byrd is a navy pilot planning a expedition to the North Pole by airplane.  Igloo is a slender dog who happens to be Byrd's companion on his expedition.  Byrd prepares for expedition and brings Igloo with him.  Byrd and his crew stop in Norway so Byrd can take off but one of Byrd's competitors has beaten him.  Byrd gets no access to the dock so he has his crew make a raft and get to shore.  Byrd tries to take off but his plane ends up crashing and his landing gear gets destroyed.  Byrd fails 2 more times but takes off on his 4th attempt.


Byrd is a aging aviator who accomplished things people thought were impossible.  Throughout his life Byrd was told he couldn't do the things he wanted to do.  Byrd broke his ankle 3 times he was told he couldn't join the Navy but in the end he did.  Byrd is determined and adventurous throughout the book he his told he can't do something but he ends up doing it.  Byrd has gone on many adventures he flew over the North Pole and accomplished many other feats.  

Bad Boy Summary & Again & Again

Walter now in high school is placed in Special Placement classes which is advanced classes.  Since Walter is getting older he needs more clothes but his family is currently in poverty.  Walter had to get a part time job so he can get clothes and give money to his mother.  Walter's mother got a gambling addiction and Walter gave her money so she can save for him.  Ultimately she wasted it on the lottery.  Walter wanted a typewriter but his mother gambled the money way and he wanted to be a writer.


Throughout the book Walter says he wants to be writer but he doesn't want to tell anyone because he's embarrassed.  Walter reads and writes in private because he thought reading and writing was wasn't masculine.  Walter wanted to be viewed as a masculine person and couldn't be seen writing or reading.  He aspired to be a writer and in the end he did.

Bad Boy Summary & Character Analysis

Walter was in 6th grade and he thought it would be a good idea to hang on to the back bumper of a taxi.  The taxi accelerated fast and Walter let go but his shirt sleeve got stuck.  He was dragged down the Harlem streets until his jeans ripped.  Walter scraped his knees and had nicks all in his body he made his way back home.  Walter afraid if his parents found out he put iodine on his cuts and took his clothes off and put on clean clothes then went into his bed .   Walter's parents wanted him to go to the kitchen Walter said his legs hurt.  Walter went to the kitchen he undid his pants Walter's legs were covered in bruises, cuts, and dried blood.  When questioned on how it happened Walter said his mother beat him with a stick.


Florence Dean a half Native American and German was a kind but stern woman,  From what Walter says about her it seems like she really cares about her family and was selfless.  Florence and Walter had a special bond she would read to him, talk with him, and do things she normally wouldn't do with Walter's siblings.  She would hit her children but it wouldn't be on purpose she was disciplining them and teaching them whats right and wrong.   Florence was the kinda person who was a mom that everybody would want.  Mainly because she was kind and caring but also a person who would seem malevolent and cruel but is doing what's best for you.  

Bad Boy Summary & Tough Questions

I started reading Bad Boy by Walter Dean Meyers which is a memoir of Walter's childhood and adult life.  Walter lived in Harlem where he either read books or got in trouble Walter was a amazing reader and writer but his teachers didn't see that.  Walter struggled in school mostly because he was easily provoked Walter had a speech impediment he didn't notice it but everybody else did.  He was constantly in the principal's office and and had to have his mother come to school to conference with his teacher.  Even though he was doing terrible in school and being told by his teacher she hated him his teachers thought he was talented person.

In Bad Boy Walter is faced with many difficult questions but Walter overcomes most of them.  In one part of the book Walter is asked if he wants to fight Jewish children.  Walter ends up fighting them multiple times and he gets caught by the children's mothers or a adult.  Walter's parents find out and he gets beaten after that he didn't fight with the Jewish children.

Would We Be Killed?

Henry Pratt a Army captain thought taking the Indian children would help them and had this to say "Kill the Indian, save the man, was Pratt's saying."  White men had Indians kicked off their own property and killed them with their diseases "The US Army had forced most tribes off their lands, and "white man" diseases had devastated the native population".  The white men thought that they were helping the Native Americans but they really weren't "After all, Captain Pratt did intend to "kill" part of Ota Kte the Sioux part. In this way, Pratt thought, he would help Ota Kte survive.  

Luther Standing Bear and Shanice Britton are 2 different Native Americans who lived at 2 different time periods. Luther was given to the US Army and was made to forget his Indian culture Shanice got to stay with her family and learn more and more about her culture. Luther's tribe was at war with the US Army and many tribes went extinct. Shanice's tribe isn't at war with anybody and tribes are prospering and getting bigger. Shanice and Luther were 2 Native Americans who cherish their culture and they help their culture strive and prosper.

The Darkest Path Summary & Tough Questions

In my book The Darkest Path has made escaped and made it Wyoming.  He meets Wade a survivor with a child who has been hiding.  Cal asks Wade for help but Wade instead traps Cal inside a basement.  Cal is starved and dehydrated but Wade's child comes down into the basement and talks to Cal.  Wade tells Cal that he's going to turn him into the Path.  Cal begs Wade to let him go and eventually Cal holds Wade at gunpoints and escapes.  Cal drives Wade's truck and he gets out with Bear and keeps walking to New York.  Cal meets a group of teenagers armed with weapons and they take Cal hostage and tell him to help them.


The Darkest Path's characters are plagued with tough questions.  Cal's tough question is whether or not he should go to New York.  Many people think it's insane because of how far it is.  Cal thinks his family is still alive but he has to go great length just to make it over there.  No matter what people say Cal still wants to go to New York.