Starry Eyes by Emma Petersen Book: Starry Eyes Absolutely Nothing Will Go As Planned
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The Z Cal Young MiddleINGER School Winter Term, 2020 Starry Eyes By Emma Petersen Book: Starry Eyes absolutely nothing will go as planned. To add on Rated: 14 and up to that, she had just had a bomb dropped on her Author: Jenn Bennett about her dad. This was an even better reason Year: April 3rd, 2018 to go on the trip, so she could get away from her Genre: Romance family problems. However, soon after she goes Stars: 5/5 Jenn Bennett is an award-winning author wouldto meet be for on her this camping trip. From trip, then she onhas she her would first who writes novels for adults and young adults. surprise. Her first surprise being that Lennon She has written a number of books and two This book is full of twists, turns, and series. She writes romance novels and even won betrayal.find a lot It’smore a touching surprises love coming story, her and way. you the Romance Writers of America’s RITA award. become very attached to the main characters. Jenn has been included on Publishers Weekly’s The author does a fantastic job of painting a Best Book Annuals list. I personally think she picture in your head about what is going on in did great on the book Starry Eyes. the book. You really get to know the characters. Jenn Bennett delves into a spicy romance While this book is cliche, it’s also very different between ex-friends, Zorie and Lennon. They from other teen romance novels I’ve read. For were once best friends, and a little more than example, the book is set in California, and it tells friends, but after homecoming everything changed between them. Since homecoming, hike through the wilderness. Lennon, one of the mainyou about characters, the specific makes places maps they of places are while he’s beenthey avoid Lennon. Everything she needed to do, includingZorie had avoidingdone a great Lennon, job finding was on ways one of to her book. various lists. Zorie was a planner, and despised and you’llThis find book some reminds of his memaps of thethroughout movie the surprises, which was why she was hesitant to Sweet Home Alabama. These two are similar agree when she was invited to go camping. “It because in Sweet Home Alabama the main would be good to ,, get out, Zorie,” her mom says. character leaves her husband, but realizes she still loves him after being apart from him for When Zorie finally agrees, she doesn’t know that The Zinger Editorial/Review Page 2 Smoke from the industries, house chimneys, vehicles, and Starry Eyes (Con’t from fuels causes air pollution. Wasted industrial solvents, plastics, page 1) and other wastes, sewage etc., causes water pollution. Use of pesticides and deforestation are the major causes of soil awhile. The main character Zorie in pollution. The unnecessary honking of vehicles and the use Starry Eyes of loudspeakers lead to noise pollution in the future.Although situation. There are many similarities, it is hard to realize the light and nuclear pollution these are but this is the finds most herself obvious in the one. same This equally as harmful. Excessively bright lights consume a book is also similar to most teenage lot of energy while threatening the environmental balance romance stories. For example it about in several ways. Needless to say, the negative impacts of a complete opposites falling in love and nuclear reaction will last for many decades to come. I would recommend this book to All the constituents are interconnected to each other. As the romancefinding romance lovers, peoplewhen least who expected.like teen romance novels that have differences from all the cliches, and/ or people who have enjoyed Jenn Bennett’s books in the past. Overall, I really enjoyed this book, and hope it becomes more popular. I purchased it at Barnes and Noble, but I’m sure you else. This was a great book. I would could find it on Amazon or somewhere ups and downs for the main character rate it five out of five. It was full of my favorites. I hope that if you read thisZorie. book, I loved you it; enjoy it’s definitely it as much one as ofI did. cycle of nature goes on; the toxicity of one component is passed on to all other components as well. There are various means by which the contamination continues to circle in The Effects Of Pollution the environment. We can understand this with an example By Ethan Mattson below.When it rains, the impurities of air gradually dissolve Our environment consists of both living in the bodies of water and soil. When crops are grown in the and non-living things. The living things fields, their roots absorb these harmful toxicans through the include animals, plants, and other living contaminated soil and water. The same food is ingested by cells. Air, water, soil, sunlight, etc., both animals and human beings. In this way, it reaches the form the non-living components of the top of the food chain when the herbivores are consumed by environment. Whenever any kind of carnivores. toxicity is added to our surroundings for a considerably long duration, it leads to The consequences of environmental pollution can also be environmental pollution. Some of the seen in the form of severe health diseases. More people major types of pollution are air, water, are suffering from respiratory problems, weaker immunity, soil, noise, light, and nuclear pollution. kidney and liver infections, cancer, and other chronic All of these things have a major affect on illnesses. The numbers of aquatic life, including both prey the world. and predators, are dropping rapidly. The crop and soil qualities are deteriorating rapidly.Global warming has The Zinger Editorial/Fun Stuff Page 3 become a major issue as a result of environmental pollution, and that the world needs to end this. 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You should end up with ● ½ cup full fat sour cream exactlyScoop the 14 battercupcakes. into the cupcake liners, filling them ● ● The Zinger Fun Stuff Page 4 cupcake Recipe (Con’t Which sports are you from page 3) By Melia Markel Take this test to see which sport you are, Bake in separate batches at 350F for 18-22 and see if it’s true! minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcake comes out How do you feel about roughhousing? clean. 1. Occasionally… 2. Why not? Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a 3. That’s all I do! couple of minutes. Remove all of the cupcakes 4. Do dog piles count? from the pan and transfer to a wire rack to 5. Not a fan. cool completely. 6. It’s fun! To make the frosting What would be your favorite track event? 1. I would like sprinting and distance, and long paddle attachment (or in a large mixing bowl jump and high jump. usingIn the abowl hand-held of a stand mixer) mixer beat fitted the butterwith the on 2.