Independent Reading Post #1

Title: Money Hungry
Author: Sharon G. Flake
Pgs. 1-62


Summary: I just started reading Money Hungry at first I thought that it was going to be about a girl needed money for something but it came out to be something different. So far in my book the main character is Raspberry Hill and the story is told from her point of view, she also has a lot of friends in the book and she will do anything for money. One of Raspberry best friend is Zora Mitchell and maybe her father is going to go out with Raspberry mom. In the book Raspberry used to live in the steert with her mom because they got kick out their house(pg. 22). Also Raspberry sells a lot of thing in school to make money, she will do anything to get her hands on it(pg. 18). One qustion that I had as the deep thinker was "How would you feel if someone is making fun of you because you live in the steert? When I started reading the book I didn't know the word Raggedy but now I know that it means having been torn and worn excessively. I think that it ok to love money but when you will go anything to get your hands on it that just sad(pg. 1). Raspberry is not poulaor but she has a lot of friend; Ja'nae is one of her friend and she is short and fat, Mai is another on of her friend and she is also short and people pick a lot on her because of some reason.

Prompt:How does your independent reading book compare to your book club reading book?

Both book are about teenageur with trouble in there life's. But the book are way different they almost of nothing in common. They are different because in Scorpions it about gun, gangs, and crack. But in Money Hungry it about a girl trying to making money because she never want to be poor for one day in her life. I didn't notice but in both book they have to get money for some reason.

Book Club Post #4

Book Club book: Scorpions
Pgs: 162-216

Summary: So far in my book a lot of exetureme things happen in my book so far. Somebody died, two people got shoot, and someone got send back to their country. Randy got stab in jail because Idiana wants to take over the gang. Jamel was the leader of the gang but he wanted to drop it because he couldn't take the peruse in his life. After everything happen Mark told everybody that he was the one that shoot Idiana so Jamel didn't get in trouble. Also Tito grand mom send him to P.R. to live with his father.

Opinion: That was sad that Tito had to go back to his father in P.R. but his grandmom found a gun in the house, she could not take it anymore founding a gun in the house is a big thing. Jamel brother never got out of jail and in the book they never said his mother name.

Book Club Post #3

Book Club book: Scorpions
Pgs: 88-162

Summary: So far in my book a lot of things happen. But I'm only going to tell you the important parts. Jamel got into a fight with a bully(Dwayne) in school. Remember the gun from before, he used it in the fight. Jamel had the gun in Dwayne face because he was losing the fight, so he held the gun in the face and just starting hitting him a lot. Dwayne didn't going nothing back because he was to afraid. So after that Jamel ran alway, he just left after the fight....... Jamel give the gun to Tito for he can hide it. Tito hind it in the refergorater and his grandmom founded it. Tito got kick out the house and didn't know what to do.

Opinion: I think Jamel is not that smart because 1st he took a gun to school, 2nd he used the gun in school, and 3rd he fired the gun in a park. Jamel just shouldn't have taken the gun from Mark(his brother best friend) in the first place. If he didn't take the gun from Mark maybe none of the things that happen to him would not happen.

Prompt: My 3rd book club meeting was the 1st that went good but we didn't have a lot of time to talk. One question that the deep thinker had was "Do you think Jamel is smart, or do he just have to get his life together." That question made people in my group think of the dum thing that they do in school. The best thing that happen thing week was that jamel is going to do something bad but i don't know what it is.