RJ # 20

Readers journal # 20      

     I finished the book called Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff. The first thing after I read a couple chapters I can tell you that it was a really awesome cliffhanger type  of  book. Some parts were so interesting I could have not dropped the book and simple as it was go to eat. So I would suggest this book to anybody.

      A passage that came upon my interest was on page 24 it said, “Go look in that box now it might be there”.

     I picked this passage Just because when reading this you can tell how intense that part of the book is and you can obviously ask Who? What? When? Why? Lastly this also says that the objective of the reader is to find out what is in the box which get you more in the book.

     Some strategies I used before reading were to skim and scan for text features and to predict what was going to happen in the story. During reading I confirmed my predictions and reread parts I had trouble with understanding. When I finished I recommended it to someone and asked myself questions about the book to see if I understood what I read.

     Some characters in the story are Sam, Onjo , Mack, Mrs. Stantek, Ellie, Eric, and Caroline. The setting took place in the classroom and most of the time in the boat. The conflict is  finding the word and being able to read those items locked in  a box to know where Sam really belongs. The conditions are rainy and a little sunny as said in the book. 

     The tone the author  was like being very serious. I felt pretty excited during reading this book. The moral is do what you want to do in life. The the theme is admiration. This book was first person because I read the words I, me, myself, mine. This story was organized by chronological order. Patricia Reilly Giff wrote this book to entertain I would rate this book a 10/10 because it was exciting and very intense.

                        Sincerely, B.P 702