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The story touches on things such as poverty, alcoholism, bullying, abuse, etc. It is an extremely eye-opening, humbling book that shows you that you can change your life around no matter how you were raised. This book is relatable to many people, including children and teenagers who are or may have gone through some of the same things that Jeannette and her siblings did. The theme that most resonated with me while reading the book was alcoholism. It is something that has been a part of my family life for a long time.

During her walk she hears footsteps behind her. She knows that it is not someone she knows but whispers, “Mom,” just incase. During all of this she reminds herself of what her mother would think. She thinks to herself, “These were all things mother would have said showed a lack of thought.” Then

Chapters 18­20 depict how something so special to you can be taken right out of your life. Often people can be taken for granted and such as with the time they give or the love they give. In these couple of chapters there was to be a bad hurricane. Janie and Tea Cake her husband had been warned they did not listen to the warnings and were eventually caught into the storm. This ultimately resulted in the loss of friends and houses along with the lost of Tea Cake her third husband which was bitten by a rabid dog and given rabies.

She felt as if she could be completely open with him, more so than with anyone else. The downturn in their relationship occurred

The book I read is called ‘Revolution’ by Jennifer Donnelly. The story takes place in Boston, Massachusetts and Paris, France. The setting is important to the story because Paris is where the French Revolution took place and it is the place where our main character starts changing. It is about a girl named Andi. She is a senior in highschool.

The part of the story where Boone, his dog, and the kids are in Independence Hall talking about Angela’s mother’s death seems to be just about her mom. After reading the whole chapter you realize that the story of Angela’s mother dying involved so much more than just a bomb. At that point it was still really confusing. You find out that there is a high school boy on a field trip planting a bomb to try to create a holocaust.

The two books I read was And Then There Were None (ATTWN) and Confessions: The Private School Murders. ATTWN, the first book, was about these 10 people who were invited to this island, some of them for a job and some were invited just to hangout and have fun. One by one they start being killed and they try to figure out who is the murderer. The second book I read, Confessions: The Private School Murders, was about this young girl, Tandy, and her two brothers.

The book I am going to write about is Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. The story is about a girl whose name is India Opal Buloni moved to Naomi, Florida with the preacher(India 's dad). She was very lonely, and don 't have friends, but she wants to have friends. One day, when she goes to a grocery store, she meets a stray dog and become friends with the dog. India calls the dog Winn-Dixie.

She expressed how she noticed that her dad was disconsolate

Because of this event she has learned to mature. Also she has grown more as a person because she doesn’t depend on anyone anymore to fix her

My book is Heaven is Paved with Oreos, By Catherine Gilbert Murdock. Summary:         Sara Zorn is an average 14-year-old girl. She’s smart, funny, awkward, shy. Sara has a crush on her best guy-friend, Curtis Schwenk, but doesn’t realize it, saying she isn’t a “boy-liker”.

One day she has to do the work for her friend Polly because she didn’t show up to work. She does not know why she did not show up to work, but she does the work anyway. Later they find out that Polly died. They do not know why but notice a lot of people in Philadelphia are dieing. Further in the book they find out it is a fever that is killing everyone.

Ada Ling Professor Jamie Pedrini College One #0831 10 September 2014 Reading Response Journal 1: Madonnas of Echo Park 1. Summary of Author’s Note: Where the main population in the classrooms are Vietnamese and Mexicans we are introduced to two characters, Brando and Aurora. In the six grade, many of the students are divide within there own social groups the Vietnamese talked to other Vietnamese and Mexicans talked to Mexicans. Even though the two groups never had anything in common they had MTV in common, music was the universal language. For everyone to be able to communicate with one another Ms. O’Neill created a dance party for the class.

Monthly Student Reaction Form Name: Victor G Month: November Book: Soldier 's Heart Author: Gary Paulsen Date started/ Date completed: 11/4 - 11/23 Pages Read: 106 Rating of book (1-5, with 5 being best): ♛♛♛ 1. Briefly SUMMARIZE the book. The book, Soldier 's Heart is about a boy named Charley Goddard, he is 15, and he signs up for the military and he has to lie about his age, and the reason he signs up is that it is a “one in a lifetime deal” type of thing.

Although she feels scared and guilty because of her parent’s fighting, she tries to keep looking cool and disengaged in his