All The Broken Pieces

   The book I just recently finished is called "All the broken pieces" by Ann E. Burg. This book was about a kid named Matt who was adopted from vietnam and now is living a better life. When he lived in Vietnam there was a war going on and his family really struggled. His mom gave him up because she wanted him to live a better life in America. Throughout the book he always seems to mention or have memories about his family back in Vietnam. He thinks that for every little mess up he makes his family doesn't love or "want" him anymore. In the book he plays on a baseball team and develops an enemy. The "enemy" does not like him because he always says "It's your fault my brother died." Matt always seems to bring himself down whenever he hears this because he thinks that it REALLY is his fault for the brothers passing. The book has series of events that remind Matt about his family but he slowly heals throughout the book.


  I can honestly say that I enjoyed this book a whole lot. This book was kind of a "sad" book in a way. The way his story was introduced is the part really liked. They didn't just straight up say "I left my family and moved here cause I was adopted." In this book you had to kind of "know" in a way but it was very touching. It was sad to read when he had the flashbacks about how he left or how he would witness so much horrible things going on in Vietnam. It was sad but touching to hear how he has a good family in america that treats him like that is really their own son! The thing that also really interested me was how the book didn't just focus n his family or what he went through in Vietnam. It had a lot to do with his favorite sport baseball. It didn't focus on the bad things it focused on something else too. Another thing that really caught my attention while reading this book was the way it was formatted. It was written just like how a poem would be written which was in stanzas. It would switch off and go from memories he had of his birth place to him being at home or at practice. I really did enjoy reading this book!