The Lost Boy

            In the book The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer, David is older and out of his mothers' care and is put into foster care. David, moves from foster care to foster care, finding love and trouble throughout many homes. Throughout this book David searches for the meaning of love, and whether his mother ever did. 

            In the beginning of this book David feels like he is letting his mom down because David turned his mother in. But then his first foster family tells him something that he can't seem to forget. They tell him that his mother is sick, and that she never loved him. This broke Davids' heart. After that, he went around trying to get people to tell him, or show him that they love him.
            After being told all of this, David really tries to get people to like him, because he doesn't want a repeat of what happened with his mom. David tries not to talk unless he has to, and tries to please everyone. But of course he ends up failing everyone he loves, and getting in a lot of trouble.
         
            

A Child Called It

            In the book A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer, the main character David has to deal with his abusive mother. Davids' mother plays these horrible "games" with him that leaves him almost dead. Throughout the book David changes because of the different things he endures. 

            David changes throughout the book because of the the things he endures. One way that David changes is by believing that it is his fault that his mother abuses him. For example in the beginning of the book, Davids' mother is loving and caring, but starts getting abusive when David misbehaves and "has" to be punished. After that David starts believing that it is his fault, and that he is being a bad boy, so he deserves to be punished.

             David changes throughout the book because of the things he endures. Another way that David changes is by learning that it is NOT his fault and that his mother is sick. For example, it takes David a long time to start realizing that he is not the cause of his mothers' torment, because, no child wants to believe that their mother is doing something so horrible to them without a reason. It takes David till the end of the book, and a lot of teachers help to realize that is not a bad boy, and its his mother that is sick.

            David endures more in this book then most people do in their whole life. Though what Davids' mother did to him was sickening, it did make him a much stronger boy.  

We'll Always Have Summer

            In the book We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han, the main character Belly is torn between two guys. One is named Jeremiah and the other is named Conrad, they are brothers. Belly and Jeremiah get engaged after Belly's first year of collage. Both there families do not approve, especially Conrad, who after two years is still in love with Belly. Belly is not a strong character, and lets her whole lives be run by boys.

            One way that Belly lets her life be run by boys is how she doesn't care if this wedding ruins her entire life, she just wants to be married to a boy she's not sure she's in love with. For example Belly's mom who she is incredibly close to does not approve of this wedding. But Belly goes against everything her mom says, moves out and plows through like its a race, leaving her whole family behind in the dust.

            The last example that Belly lets her life be run by boys is how after everything that Belly put her family through she decides that she doesn't want to marry Jeremiah, she wants to merry Conrad, therefore having to put her family through double the stress.  

Dreamland

            I just finished reading the book called Dreamland by Sarah Dessen. The book tells a riveting story about a 16 year old, Caitlin. She gets involved with this guy named Rogerson, who takes over her life almost. Caitlin at first is very happy, she loves Rogerson, but then he starts hitting her. Soon it gets so bad, that Caitlin can no longer go out with any of her friends, in fear that Rogerson might see her and get jealous, or Rogerson, comes to pick her up, and she is not there. These are the things that Rogerson gets angry at. Through out the book, Caitlin changes, for good and for worse. 

            Caitlin changes a lot through out the book. One way that Caitlin changes is she stops standing up for herself. For example in the beginning of the book, when Caitlin didn't want something, she would say she didn't want it and not do it. But then towards the end of the book, it feels like Caitlin just gives up, and decides she doesn't care what people do to her, or make her do. For example in Dreamland, Rogerson asks Caitlin to go to a party with him, even though she knows he was going to hurt her. 

            Caitlin changes a lot through out the book. The last way that Caitlin changes is she closes in. This change is due to her boyfriend. Her mom and all of her friends asked Caitlin, to tell them whats wrong and why she kept pulling away from them, but all that made Caitlin do was pull away further. 

From Bad to Cursed

In the book From Bad to Cursed by Katie Alender the main character Alexis, is a very interesting character. She had so many different traits it was hard to write about just one, in fact it was even hard to think about one. So using the techniques we learned in class I wrote a list of different traits I found while reading.

Dialogue 

Alexis really cares about her sister but she's also kind of scared of her. For example when Alexis and and her sister Kasey, are out in the woods and they see this shadow creeping up on them, Alexis automatically thing that it's something that Kasey is doing to try to hurt her even though Kasey was standing right next to her just as scared as she was. But as I had said before, Alexis does love Kasey. For example in the book From Bad to Cursed  it says " I do want you to be happy, I just want whats best for you." Alexis really does care but she might only be super nice to Kasey because she's scared.

Action

At first Alexis was really scared about what happened to her after she pledged an oath to Aralt, but her actions show that she's starting to like it. For example, after Alexis had a bad day she really didn't like what she looked like. She called Lydia and Lydia turned her into a completely different person. And the when Carter didn't like the change Alexis made Aralt make sure that he did by taking over his soul. As you can see, Alexis actually likes the privileges she gets when she puts her faith in Aralt.

The Face On The Milk Carton

                    I just finished reading this intriguing book called The Face On The Milk Carton by Caroline b. Cooney.  In this book the main character Janie sees a face on a milk carton she's drinking and she realizes that the face is her face. When she confronts her parents about it, they tell her the cold hard truth. Her parents are actually her grandparents and how it might be a possibility that her mother did kidnap her. Janie has a lot of strong relationships in this book that really help her.

                   One of Janie's strong relationships is with her boyfriend Reeve. Though Reeve was a part of Janie's life before the book started, their relationship really grew through out the book. In the beginning of the book Janie and Reeve were good friends but reeve was older and always thought of her like a little sister. For example in the book The Face On The Milk Carton it says "Come on tell Uncle Reeve, your like my little sister, come on little Janie." As you can see Janie and Reeve are close but not in the way that she wants.
                    But then in the middle of the book Janie and Reeve relationship really grows. For example in the book The Face On The Milk Carton it says "He grabbed her waist and swung her around, then stood very still and kissed her."As you can see Janie and Reeves relationship grows fast but he also stops thinking of her as a little sister.
                    In conclusion the fact that Janie's relationship grew so fast helped her a lot through out the book because Reeve was there for her when she needed him.