My Sister's Keeper

Because I have already finished Gathering Blue, I started to read My Sister's Keeper. 

Q: "I want to sue them for the rights to my own body."

Q: Why does she want to put herself, her sister, and her family in all the pain that she is about to start for all of them by suing her parents?

C: I think that even though she is still young, she has a say in everything that happens in her life.  As of right now she has been there for her sister every time she needed something from her, from advice to bone marrow.  As Anna is growing up she loves her sister, but doesn't want to have to go through what she has to everyday.  She wants her parents to love her for who she is, not for what she is doing to save her sister Kate.  Kate has cancer and Anna was created as an exact match to donate blood, bone marrow, and a kidney to her.  Anna doesn't want this anymore and decides that she is going to sue her parents, and this book is about the journey she takes in life. 

Gathering Blue

I just started a new book called Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry.  So far it is about a girl who was crippled from birth.  Her dad was killed by beasts in the forest during a hunting trip and her mother just passed away from an illness.  Because she is crippled a women of her village named Vandara wanted to use her land for a place to keep their children.  Because Vandara wants her to be banned from the village she takes her in front of the Council of Guardians.  The Council of Guardians decided that she will be able to stay and has the job of weaving for them.  

Q: "She was imperfect. And fatherless as well. She should not have been kept."

Q: Why do the people of the community decide to kill those who are crippled or those who can not help as much in the community?

C: I think that in this community they kill those who are crippled or cannot help as much because they are not as useful in the community.  Even though they are just as valuable as us, because of their disability, they decide to kill them.  I think this is very wrong, but it is their way of life and it is their custom, so they will continue to do it unless someone steps up to change the way things are. 

She's Come Undone

Q:"Forget it. I shouldn't bug you. I'm the one whose sorry."
Q:What gives people the urge to rape kids that are younger than you?
C:I really have no idea how to answer this question. But in this story Jack gets too comfortable with Dolores and starts to "tickle" her and touch her and she gets really scared. Then one day he did it, he raped her and now she is lost and confused and doesn't know what to do.

Cyrano De Bergerac

This is the play that I am reading in class. So far it is about a man who isn't very attractive who falls in love with his cousin.
Q:"Magdeleine Robin, your cousin?"
"Yes, Roxane."
Q: Why does he fall in love with her cousin?
C: He falls in love with a beautiful woman that he can actually talk to. The twist to this is that she is her cousin. He also doesn't think that she would ever fall in love with him, so he uses his friend to talk to him while he tells him everything to say.

She's Come Undone

Summary of the book so far- From what I have read so far is that there is a girl named Dolores whose parents are divorced after her mom lost a baby because of a miscarriage. She never gets over this and creates her "angel" that she always talks to. After a couple of years she should be over it, but she's not. Then a new couple moves to the apartment above them, and the whole family loved them. After Dolores becomes friends with the guy Jack he starts taking her home from school everyday. One day he made a detour and ended up rapping her, and now she doesn't know what to do.

She's Come Undone

Q:"Grandma shot me a brief look of alarm, then lowered her voice."
Q:Why is her mom so confused and unable to take care of herself?
C:I think that her mom needs to get over what happened in the past and learn to live with what happened. She should be strong and set a good example for her daughter. I think that she should also go to her mom for help and take her advice on finding a job. This part of the book is not as realistic as the other parts, but it could still happen and that is why it is so interesting because you can relate to it.

She's Come Undone

Q: "He gets angry when he feels unhappy."
Q: Why do people feel like they have to beat their wife or their children when they feel unhappy?
C: I think that this book is realistic to some point for some people. I also think that people who beat their family members don't know how to control their anger. They just take it all out on the first thing they see including people. I think that even if you are abused you should tell someone and not hold it in, because it could only get worse and by that time it could be too late.