Adrianna Marino - The Murder of Rodger Ackroyd

This story by Agatha Christie was both thrilling and tastefull.

The story takes place in England where James Sheppard is the doctor for a town called King's Abbot. One night Roger Ackroyd, the town's wealthiest man, invited Dr. Sheppard for dinner. Mr. Ackroyd was well known and a kind person, but someone had been blackmailing him. He expressed his concern for the blackmail with Dr. Sheppard after dinner. After talking the doctor bid Mr. Ackroyd farewell and went home. After the doctor arrived home he recieved a call that Mr. Ackroyd was dead! Dr. Sheppard rushed back to the Ackroyd household, only to find that no such call had been made. The butler Parker and the doctor went into Roger's study just to make sure he was okay and they found his study door locked. When they knocked the door down they found Roger Ackroyd murdered with a knife in his neck.

There were many suspects for this case. The suspects included all of the maids, Parker the butler, Miss Russell the housemaid, Roger's niece Miss Flora Ackroyd, Mr. Raymond the accountant, Roger's friend Major Blunt, Roger's adopted step son Ralph Paton and a stranger that the doctor encountered shortly after leaving the Ackroyd household. Much of the speculation lay on Ralph Paton, who had gone missing and who was also Flora's fiancee. To prove her fiancee was innocent, Flora requested the help of Dr. Sheppard's next door neighbor Hercule Poirot, who was a retired private investigator. Throughout the story Poirot and Sheppard examined every suspect,motive and clue to try to prove who killed Roger Ackroyd. Just as the private investigator assumed, everyone had a secret to hide. The most thrilling part of the story was the end, when it was Dr. Sheppard who was the one that killed Roger Ackroyd.

Brittany Matthews Chicken Soup For the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff

My book isn't just one story, it is a multitude of stories that teenagers our age can relate to. From drugs, suicide attempts, and addictions to family matters and abuse. The people tell their stories and all of them are a 100% true. Some even have hotline numbers to call. They give insight in these stories and let other teens know that they are not alone in some cases and people go through the same thing on a daily basis. For example, divorce is one of the most common cases in these stories. These stories grasp what teen life is like and even though most of them are not happy stories, there is always a lesson learned in most cases. Some peoples stories that are in this book didn't even live to write it meaning they are deceased because of the Tough Stuff in these stories. There are also alot of poems in this book that are creative and have a story behind them. Some ryhme and some just flow, but they all have a message to bring and a story to tell. This book is full of Stories that all teens are going through and having hard times with, but at least it is a way that teens can actually relate their stories to without feeling like they aree the only one.