The part of the celebration that I like most is the fireworks. They look really cool and they are really fun to do.

The book I am reviewing is Storm Runners: Eruption by Roland Smith. It is the third book in the series and it's about a boy named Chase Masters whose dad got struck by lightning repairing something on the roof of their house. After that, his father became incredibly interested in natural disasters and sold everything they owned including their house and became a storm chaser. In this book, after surviving the many bad disasters in the previous books, they head off to Mexico where a volcano is about to erupt. I would rate this book a three out of five stars. I gave it this rating because it is a simple storyline and it is a fast read. I feel in some parts that the author, Roland Smith, could have done a little better job in creating the scenes and making them more interesting. Storm Runners is realistic fiction because of what they do and use to track and survive storms. Storm chasers really exist and they use a lot of the equipment described in the book. I would recommend this book to people in 4th through 7th grade because it is a fairly easy read and not very hard to pick up. You could have read this book even though it is the third book of the series and still understand what is going on. An internal conflict in this book is when Chase has to go through seeing all of the horrible things he sees throughout the book. An external conflict in this book is when everyone has to try and survive the danger of being storm chasers. Especially when they are on an erupting volcano.

I read the book This Journal Belongs To Ratchet by Nancy J Cavanaugh. This book is about a girl named Ratchet. Her original name that her mother gave her was Rachel,but her father always called her Ratchet. Ratchet has an abnormal childhood living with her father in a house that looks like it is going to break down. Ratchet's father is a car mechanic and he doesn't make much money so Ratchet is homeschooled. She helps him throughout the day with his job. She doesn't have much knowledge and she wishes daily that she could blend in with all the other girls,but when her name is Ratchet it's not possible. Her goal is to make friends but instead of making friends, Ratchet gets made fun of. I like this book because it tells you a lesson on being happy with what you have. Ratchet never appreciated what her father did for her. This is realistic fiction because this is something that can happen to anyone. Many people can relate to Ratchet because maybe they only have one parent that can take care of them. I think anyone can read this book it doesn't only have to be girls. This is because it teaches you a general life lesson,something everyone can learn. One internal and external conflict is man vs. self and man vs man. When Ratchet keeps fighting with herself that she isn't like anyone else she is showing man vs self. When Ratchet fights with her father that he doesn't treat her like a girl she is showing man vs man.Overall I have read the book This Journal Belongs To Ratchet.