Corey-Anthony

= = = Week 4  Adult: Anthony Richards  = Student: Corey Workman Book Title: //Heroes Don’t Run// Pages Read: Book finished v    Adam finally went to war after all of the training that he had. One of the soldiers that was with him died. He stood up to get a better look and a sniper shot him right through the eye. He kept yelling, “Corpsman! Corpsman!” but it was too late. A grenade came rolling in a hole where Adam was hiding and it rolled right between his legs. He threw it out like it was a nasty bug. He went over to a dead marine and took his canteen so he could have some water. Roy and Adam went to headquarters and asked what happened to Ben Bright. They haven’t seen him in a long time. They found out that Ben had died. They were hiding in a hole and Adam and Dudley were talking. Dudley said, “What are you going to do when you get out of here?” Adam wasn’t thinking about that. Dudley said that he was going to go back to school. When he was about to say I promise, a mortar shell exploded on top of them. Adam was injured. He was going to go to the hospital ship, and maybe Hawaii, and possibly go home. At the hospital, the doctors said that blast had blown fragments of rock and dirt, all kinds of junk, into his body, even bits of bone. Rosie’s bones. When he was getting out of the hospital, Davi Mori came to visit him. He told Davi that he wanted to talk to his old friend Martin. Davi told him that Adam called and Martin came to the hospital to see him. He had a surprise for him too. They went outside and there was a Chevy truck sitting in the parking lot. Inside there was a soldier and it was Davi Mori. They talked and talked, and finally Adam was coming home. He called his mother and told her he was coming home and she couldn’t wait to see him. He called his grandfather too and they talked for a while. After that he tried to call Helen. When he did, a man picked up the phone. Adam almost hung up. Adam asked for Helen. He said that she was away but he would tell her that he called. Before he hung up, the man said, “I want to thank you, Adam, for everything you men have done for out country.” The next morning he was about to leave on the train when he saw Helen running towards him. Immediately they started talking but they didn’t have time. Adam said he would come back sometime to see her and he left. He got home and him and his family talked and talked about what he saw and what happened to him. He even told her a little bit about Helen. Adam went down to the pond with Bea and he was thinking. He was glad that she would never have to know anything about war. Hey Anthony. How are you doing? I’m doing pretty well. I’ve had a good week. I still haven’t run the 400 in track yet. We won the track meet on Friday though. I improved on my time in the 200 too. My time before was 27.02. Now my best time is 26.04. I was pretty happy. I have a track meet tomorrow too. I hope I do well then too. How has your week been? We also had a band trip to Chicago on Thursday. It was really fun. We went to Navy Pier, and then went on a boat ride. That was pretty cool. We also went to a blue man group concert. I think that was the best part of the trip. I had a lot of fun and this week we get to go to Six Flags. I can’t wait. I also can’t wait until the final week when we get to meet. That will be fun too. Sincerely, Corey Workman = = = = = = = = =Week 3 Adult: Anthony Richards = Student: Corey Workman Book Title: //Heroes Don’t Run// Pages Read: 40-74

Adam was pretty happy he got to go home to see his mom and Bea. Before he left to go back to camp, his mother pulled him to the side and said that she was so mad at him and because of him, she was mad at his grandfather. Adam didn’t want his mother to be mad at him or his grandfather. It wasn’t his grandfather’s fault that he wanted to be a Marine. This character kind of reminds me of myself sometimes. He didn’t want to do what his mother said for joining the Marines. I don’t always do what my mother tells me all the time. The trait that I would like to acquire from this character would be the courage to join something like the Marines. I’m not saying that I want to join the Marines or something like that. I’m just saying that I would like to just have the courage to do something like that. I would like to be friends with this character because Adam seems like a nice kid even though he wanted to join the Marines. He made a lot of friends while he was in boot camp and they seem like nice kids too.

Hey Anthony. How’s it going? Have you had a good week so far? Well I certainly have. And today, April 27, I have a track meet too. In a way I don’t want to have a meet because it’s cold but then again I do because they are kind of fun. I think it’s fun to compete against other people. But I’m still not going to run the 400 meters. Haha! Yeah, I’m starting to get in to pole vault now. It’s pretty fun flying through the air. I have a few cuts on my leg though from my spikes hitting my leg when I land on the mat. And get this. Gunner Pickens beat me at high jump. His first meet. The only time he’s ever tried it, he beats me. Yeah I was kind of mad for a while, but I got over it. He made Tanner Shull pretty mad too. I hope that the rest of my week will turn out good. And I hope you have a good week too. Sincerely,

Corey Workman