.:MY TH0UGHT5 0N B10GG3R:.

TO ME BLOGGER WAS A FUN EXPERiENCE. iT WAS A REALLY EASY WAS TO ORGANiZE YOUR THOUGHTS. AND iT WAS REALLY EASY TO DO iT. THE FiRST TiME MRS. PiNGREY TOLD US WE WERE GOiNG TO DO BLOGGER i ALMOST FREAKED OUT BECAUSE iT THOUGHT iT WOULD BE REALLY HARD AND iTS NOT iTS KiND OF LiKE BEiNG ON MYSPACE ONLY A BiT LESS BETTER. iF A DiFFERENT TEACHER ASKED ME iF i HAD AN iDEA FOR PROJECTS i WOULD TOTALLY SAY, BLOGGER BECAUSE iS A FUN AND EASY GRADE, JUST AS LONG AS YOU POST AND YOU COMMENT ALL YOU DO iS TYPE AND iTS ALSO GOOD PRACTiCE. i LiKE USiNG BLOGGER iN SCHOOL iTS A DiFFERENT AND FUN EXPERiENCE!

.:TH3 R3C0M3ND3D B00K:.

THE BOOK THAT i RECOMEND WOULD BE, UNTiL WE MEET AGAiN, BY ANNE SCHRAFF. THiS BOOK TAKES PLACE IN BLUFORD HiGH SCHOOL AND iT iS iN THE PRESENT. iTS ABOUT A GiRL NAMED DARCY, DARCY iS AFRiCAN AMERiCAN, SHE iS 16 YEARS OLD, SKiNNY, AND HAS CURLY BROWN HAiR. ANOTHER iMPORTANT CHARACTER WOULD BE HER GRANDMA, SHE iS AN OLD AFRiCAN AMERiCAN AND SHE HAD A STROKE NOT TO LONG AGO. THE LAST MAiN CHARACTER iS BRiAN, HE iS A 19 YEAR OLD BOY AND HE iS A PLAYER, HE IS DARK HANDSOME AND MUSCULAR. THE BOOK iS ABOUT DARCY AND HER BOYFRiEND HAS TO MOVE TO TEXAS BECAUSE HiS DAD iS SiCK AND HiS UNCLE PROPOSED A JOB FOR HiM. AND BEHiND ALL THiS HER GRANDMA iS PRACTiCALLY DYiNG. BUT THERE iS SOME LiGHT ON TOP OF ALL THiS THERE iS A BOY WHO CLAiMS HE LiKES HER AND SHE iS STUCK AND CONFUSED SO SHE HAS TO FiND A WAY TO SOLVE HER EMOTiONAL PROBLEMS! A REASON WHY THiS iS A GOOD BOOK iS BECAUSE, iT TALKS ABOUT TODAY PROBLEMS THAT MAY HAPPEN TO TEENAGERS, LiKE DARCY'S BOYFRiEND iS MOViNG AWAY THAT iS A PROBLEM THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE NOW A DAYS, AND MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN RELATE TO THAT. ANOTHER REASONE WHY THiS iS A GOOD BOOK WOULD BE BECAUSE, iTS REALLY EASY TO RELATE AND TO FEEL CLOSE TO THE CHARACTERS, WHEN DARCY AND HER BOYFRiEND HAVE THE CONVERSATiON ABOUT HiM LEAViNG AND YOU iMAGiNE THAT YOU ARE iN HER POSiTiON THEN YOU FEEL HER PAiN AND iT MAKES YOU FEEL AS YOU WERE ONE OF HER VERY BEST FRiENDS. THE LAST REASON WHY THiS iS A GOOD BOOK iS BECAUSE iT iS SO EXCiTiNG iT MAKES YOU WANT TO KEEP ON READiNG BECAUSE OF THE SUSPENCE. LiKE ON THE THE TiME WHEN THE BOOK SAiD THERE WAS AN AMBULANCE PARKiNG iN FRONT OF HER HOUSE iT MAKES YOU WANT TO KEEP READiNG TO FiND OUT WHAT HAPPEND. UNTiL WE MEET AGAiN, iS A VERY GOOD BOOK, i RECOMEND iT.

.:QU0T3 NUMB3R 3:.

iN THE BOOK, LOST AND FOUND BY, ANNE SCHRAFF, THE AUTHOR WRiTES, "YOULL PAY FOR WHAT YOU DiD DARCY, YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CANT HiDE." THiS iS A MYSTERiOUS NOTE THAT DARCY GOT FROM A STRANGER SHE STiLL HAS NO CLUE WHO iTS FROM OR WHY THEY PUT iT ON HER DESK, BUT RiGHT NOW SHE JUST THiNKS THAT iTS ONLY A PRANK. iT iS iMPORTANT BECAUSE SOMEBODY DOESNT LiKE HER AND THEY MiGHT WANT TO KiLL OR HURT HER! THiS iS ALSO KiND OF A GOOD iNDiCATOR THAT SOMETHiNG BAD MiGHT HAPPEN!

.:QU0T3 NUMB3R 2:.

ON PAGE 28 iN THE BOOK LOST AND FOUND BY, ANNE SCHRAFF, THE AUTOHER WRiTES, "WORSE YET THAT STRANGER SEEMED TO THREATEN HER." THiS QUOTE LETS YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME STRANGER SPYiNG ON HER AND HE WAS FOLLOWiNG HER AROUND AND BY HiM LOOKiNG SHE FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE. THiS iS iMPORTANT BECAUSE iT LETS ME KNOW THAT SOMEONE REALLY DOESNT LiKE HER AND SOMETHiNG BAD MIGHT REALLY HAPPEN.

.:QU0T3 NUMB3R 1:.

ON PAGE 14 iN THE BOOK LOST AND FOUND BY, ANNE SCHRAFF, THE AUTHOR WRiTES, "SHE WAS THE BEST THiNG iN THiS STUPiD HOUSE." iN THiS QUOTE ONE OF THE MAiN CHARACTERS iS TALKiNG ABOUT THEiR GRANDMA AND HOW HER GRANDMA WiLL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAiN FROM HER STROKE THAT SHE HAD THiS iS AN iMPORTANT QUOTE BECAUSE iT SHOW THAT THEiR GRANDMA HELPED OUT WHEN TiMES WERE ROUGH. iT LETS THE READER KNOW THAT THEiR GRANDMA WAS GLUiNG THE FAMiLY TOGETHER AND THAT WITH OUT HER THEY WOULD FALL APART. THIS QUOTE TELLS YOU A LOT ABOUT THE FAMiLY'S PAST AND THAT THEY DiD GO THROUGH SOME TOUGH TiMES.

.:WH4T i W0U1D CH4NG3:.

i WOULD LiKE TO CHANGE THE ENDiNG iN THE BOOK, "A CHiLD CALLED iT," i WOULD CHANGE THE PART AT THE VERY END WHEN DAVID GOES INTO THE NAVY, i DiDNT LiKE iT BECAUSE ALL iT DiD WAS MESS UP THE FLOW AND IT SEEMED LiKE HE JUST SLAPPED AND ENDiNG ON. iN THE BOOK THE AUTHOR iS USUALLY EXPRESSiNG HOW THE AUTHOR FEELS AND HiS THOUGHTS BUT IN THE END ALL HE SAiD WAS THiS iS WHERE A NEW ADVENTURE BEGiNS. iF i COULD CHANGE iT i WOULD ADD iN SOMETHiNG LiKE THE DAY BEFORE i GOT ON THE MY FiRST DAY AT MY NEW JOB, AN UNEXPECTED PHONE CALL CAME. AND THEN THEY SHOULD DO ANOTHER CONVERSATiON WiTH HiS MOM WHERE HiS MOM ACTUALLY TELLS HiM SHE LOVES HiM AND THAT EVEN THOUGH SHE NEVER TOLD HiM SHE DID, SHE ALWAYS DiD. THEN THEY SHOULD SAY SOMETHING LiKE THAT WAS THE DAY i ACTUALLY FOUND THE LOVE i WAS LOOKiNG FOR AND NEVER REALiZED iT WAS ACTUALLY THERE. THE REAL ENDiNG iS ABOUT THE NAVY, i DONT SEE THE POiNT iN THAT BECAUSE THE WHOLE POiNT OF THE STORY WAS TO SAY HOW HE WAS TRYiNG TO FiND THE LOVE OF HiS MOM. BUT THE FACT THAT THE STORY WAS BASED ON REAL LiFE i GUESS i CAN'T CHANGE NOTHING.

.:T3XT T0 W0R1D C0NN3CTi0N:.

WHEN i THiNK ABOUT KiDS BEiNG ABUSED BY THEiR MOTHER iT REMiNDS ME OF THE BOOK, "A CHiLD CALLED iT." BECAUSE iN THiS BOOK DAViD GETS BEATEN BY HiS MOM. HiS MOM YELLED FOR DAViD AND SHE PUNCHED HIM SLAPPED HiM AND PiNCHED HiM, WHiLE DAViD WAS DEFENCELESS. THiS MADE ME UNDERSTAND THAT iN THE BOOK DAViDAND HiS MOM DON'T HAVE A REALLY GOOD REALATiONSHiP. AND HOW DAViD'S MOM REALLY DOES HATE HiM TO DEATH. iT ALSO HELPED ME REALiZE THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF KiDS RiGHT NOW THAT ARE ABUSED OR ARE BEiNG ABUSED BY THEiR PARENTS.

.:4 N3W D4ViD:.

THE OLD DAViD USED TO NOT CARE ABOUT ANYTHiNG, HE USED TO GET iN TROUBLE ALL THE TiME AND SEEMED TO TRY TO BE COOL AND THE KiD THAT EVERYONE LiKES OR WAS SCARED OF. THAT'S WHEN HE WAS 12. NOW DAViD IS 15 AND SiNCE HE ONLY HAS 3 MORE YEARS LEFT iN FOSTER CARE, HE HAS BEEN TRYiNG TO BE MORE GROWN UP AND CiViLiZED. HE HAS DONE THiS BY, GETTiNG A JOB, HE iS ALSO TRYiNG TO TEACH HiMSELF HOW TO COOK SO WHEN HE iS ON HiS OWN HE WiLL BE ABLE TO COOK FOR HiMSELF. NOW HE WORRiES ABOUT PEOPLE MORE AND HE iS TRYiNG TO STAY AWAY FROM TROUBLE BECAUSE iF HE DOESN'T THEN HiS MOM WiLL FiND A WAY TO PUT HiM iNTO A CRAZY PEOPLES HOME AND HE DOESN'T WANT THAT. THE OLDER DAViD WAS CARELESS, BUT WiTH THE HELP OF SOME PEOPLE DAViD iS NOW GOiNG iNTO THE RiGHT DiRECTiON!

.:TH3 53TTiNG:.

THE BOOK "THE LOST BOY" TAKES PLACE iN OR AROUND THE 1970'S. iT MOSTLY TAKES PLACE iN THE FOSTER HOMES OF, LiLiAN (MRS. C) AND AUNT MARY. RiGHT NOW WHERE i AM AT iT TAKES PLACE AT THE HiLLCREST (A JAiL PLACE). THE CELL WHERE THE MAiN CHARACTER WAS PUT iN HAS DiRTY WHiTE CiNDER BLOCKS, iT HAS FADED WAXED CEMENT FLOOR, ON THE WALL THERE WAS A WALL MOUNTED BED COVERED WiTH A BLACK WOOL BLANKET, AND THERE ARE NO TOiLETS. HE WAS PUT iN THE C-WiNG HOUSE WHiCH iS SMALLER FOR MORE HYPERACTiVE KiDS. iN THE ViSiTORS ROOM THERE iS A GREY TABLE WITH BLACK METAL CHAiRS. iN THiS JAiL THERE ARE USUALLY FiGHTS OVER WHO GETS TO PLAY ON THE PiNGPONG TABLE. SO USUALLY THERE WOULD BE FiGHTS EVERYDAY.

.:BiG L4RRY:.

BiG LARRY iS TALL WiTH DARK CURLY HAiR, AND HAS FRAMED GLASSES HiS FACE iS KiND AND GENTLE. HE iS VERY SHY AT TiMES. ONCE YOU GET TO KNOW HiM HE CAN BE EASY TO GET ALONG WiTH. HE iS PROBABLY DAViDS ONLY REAL FRiEND WHO iS WiTH HiM AND HELPS HiM OUT A BiT. WHEN iT COMES TO SOMETHiNG HE CAN BE REALLY PER CAUTiOUS

.:D4ViD:.

DAViD iS A 12 YEAR OLD BOY SEARCHiNG FOR THE LOVE OF HiS MOM WHO USED TO MiSTREAT HiM, BUT NOW HE LiVES iN A FOSTER HOME. HE iS PRACTICALLY A BOY TRYiNG TO FiT iN WiTH THE OLDER KiDS AND iS TRYiNG TO STAND UP FOR HiMSELF SiNCE HE FEELS THAT HE iS BEiNG PUSHED AROUND BY HiS MOTHER AND A BOY NAMED LARRY JR. HE iS VERY POLiTE(UNLESS YOU MAKE HiM MAD), HE iS CONFUSED DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE DiD FOR HiS MOM TO HATE HIM, AND HE iS VERY SENSATiVE.

.:MY531F 45 4 R34D3R:.

i REALLY DON'T READ UNLESS i AM TOLD TO. i SOMETIMES LiKE TO READ BUT iT DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF BOOK iT iS AND WHAT iT iS ABOUT. i STARTED READiNG iN SPANiSH BUT THEN WHEN i STARTED SCHOOL i LEARNED HOW TO READ iN ENGLiSH AND TO THiS DAY SINCE i READ MORE iN ENGLiSH i CAN READ ENGLiSH WAY BETTER THAN SPANiSH EVEN THOUGH i DO KNOW HOW TO READ iN SPANiSH PLENTY. WHEN i WAS LiTTLE MY MOM WOULD NEVER READ TO ME iN ENGLiSH. ONLY iN SPANiSH THE ONLY TiME SOMEBODY WOULD READ TO ME iN ENGLiSH WOULD BE AT SCHOOL.