Blister pages 7-18 10-30-07

Alyssa now is faced with the reality. Her sister was born dead. She just now is getting to see her mom, who was in the hospital. Her mother cant even speak to Alyssa. Alyssa doesn't know what to do to help her mother. So she decides to move everything out from the baby's room and make it into what the room was before, an plain work room. She feels sad and a little confused. She has been noticing her father has been coming home late. As a matter of fact he wasn't even around on her tenth birthday! My dad was gone for my 13th birthday and I felt sad. My parents had always been with me year after year. And at my party their where over fifty people but I still felt a little lonely because my father wasn't there like every year.

blister 10-28-07 pages 1-7

Blister is a girl that is going thorough many problems. The biggest one is her baby sister dieing. She feels horrible about her dieing. But she seems very forgotten. Her grandmother and dad are acting real strange with her. I cant even imagine seeing my mom leave one night and then getting a phone call that she lost my baby sister before she was born. That is a real devastating situation. I don't even know what I would do.

Emily Goldbery learns to salsa! pages 1-9 10-12-07

As I read this book I found out, that Emily is a girl who is attending her grandmothers funeral in Puerto Rico. Unlike another funeral Emily doesn't know her grandmother. Its her first tome in Puerto Rico. At the funeral home she notices her mothers extended family is very big. And Spanish. She doesn't know any of them. I'm must feel horrible to have family you don't know. Imagine you seeing someone who your ralated to but they are so much different than you. It would make me feel really uncomfortable.

Trudy 10-9-07 pages 153-170 (end)

I finally finished the book Trudy. At the end her dads in the hospital for weeks and weeks. It must be awful to see your dad laying there in the hospital unconscious and scared he might die. I don't even know what I would do if that happened. About a year ago my grandfather died and it was horrible. I wish he was still around. I didn't believe that he was dieing. Just thinking about it gives me a huge knot in my throat. I feel horrible for Trudy but in her case, things got better. After her dad had surgery he was better and going to be token home. Her mom decided not to sell their house. And the flower that Trudy's dad had one given to her as a gift finally blossomed into a beautiful flower. Trudy went back to school and promised to help out around the house as much as she could since mom had to get a job to hire a nurse for pop. Obviously things would never be the same but at least they were all together.

Trudy pages 140 - 153 oct.6-07

Trudys father is getting sicker. It must feel horrible to have one of your family members suffering this much. He cant do anything right and causes trouble around the house. Ma cant take it anymore. so they decided to move. Trudy surley doest want to leave her scholl,friends and memories in her house behind. But she realizes its for pops own good. They need a smaller place to live. But a cuple days befor they moved pop was taken to the emergency room . Trudy is destroyed. Seeing her dad there connected to all those machines fightens her. It doesnt look like her father anymore. This is a horrible situation.

Trudy pages 130_141 10-4-07

In the book Trudy, she hasn't been to school in a while. The weather is so cold the students and teachers don't have to go to school. I can relate to being out of school for bad weather. During the hurricane season a couple years beck, we always had days off school. I enjoyed it a little, but it was annoying how hurricane's came one after another. It seemed like hurricane season was never going to end. In the book Trudy, her best friend Ro-ros mom just had a baby girl. Trudy and her mom cooked them dinner to celebrate. My family celebrates a lot. Even for the littlest things. I don't know if its because I'm Spanish. But even when I got my license my parents invited family over to dinner. But I love being around them. Just like Trudy loves to be with her parents and best friends family.