Rachel

Rachel`s Reading Log

Pictures of Hollis Woods
For Pictures of Hollis Woods i have read pages 1-97. I can relate to Hollis because she feels like she belongs with her foster family like how I feel lke I belong with my family. I can`t relate to her when she wants to run away. An important passage that I found is on pg 96 " It was quite, with the soft whoosh of wind and the muffled sound of icy snow as it blew aganist the roof." I like this passage becauseit describes the setting and you know what Hollis hears and feels.

=﻿The Child Called It= I have read pages 1-84. The Child Called It is a wonderful book. I can`t relate to Dave because I have never been beaten and I have never been put on a stove or have my face be shoved into a dirty diaper and be demanded to eat it. An important passage I have found is on page 56 "There, spread out on the counter top was another full diaper. Now, you are going to eat it." I shared this passage because it shows just how mean and violent child abuse can be and how mean the mom is. Some questions I have are is Dave going to make it out alive, will his dad come to rescue him? A key event would be when his mom forced him to lie on a burning stove only because she read a story about a mom putting her child on a buring stove.

=If I Stay= In If I Stay I predict that Adam will want her to stay but her family will want her to go. Our group members and I only got to page 10 because on of our members dosent have a book. Now we are on page 115. This book is really sad. The only part I don’t like is how the only emotion the author shows is in the flashbacks, but even then there is little emotion. Mia family gets into a car crash, her mom instantly dies but, what will happen to Mia. Will she chose to stay, or will she chose to be gone from this world forever.

=Beastly=

Beastly is a great book. It is all about second chances. It is also about being nice to people.

=Rules= Rules is about a girl who has a brother that has autism. In this book she learns how to accept the fact that she cant change her brother.