Dakota+B-+Mrs.+Buettemeyer

Michael is going to get caught sooner or later. It’s better to tell the truth sooner then later. If you tell the truth first you won’t get in as much trouble as you would if you told the truth later. Joe must be a good friend to lie about the accident to the cops. If I were Joe I would say, “ Michael shot into the air and the bullet came down a mile away and killed a person”. I wouldn’t lie to the cops, I would tell the truth. Its better to tell the truth instead of lying about what really happened. I would be very uncomfortable going to my parents and saying I killed a person on accident. I would be in a lot of trouble. I wish I had a friend like that so he can take the rap for me. Michael really didn’t mean to shoot and kill someone. He was just shooting in the air. Michael doesn’t remind me of anyone I know. I wouldn’t want any traits from Michael. I wouldn’t want to be friends with Michael because he lies to people. Michael got into a car accident with Jenna, and Joe was drunk and jumped on the glass and was trying to shatter the glass and then when Michael looked inside it was Jenna who he got into a car accident with. Then Joe finally made the glass shatter on her and Michael was mad.

I’m not done with the book yet. I haven’t figured the title out yet. I signed up for high school couple weeks ago. I think I signed up for Health. I’m not for sure I went with my sister’s there. My plans for this summer are to make some money and go ride my four-wheeler. This book has been good so far. I hope it gets even better later in the story. Do you like this book? Is the end of the book good?

Ok. Im just about done with the book. I got 25 more pages, im going to get it done today.

= Week 4 Adult: Mrs.buetemeyer = Student: Dakota Boyd Book Title: Swallowing Stones Pages Read: Done

-Express your opinions about the book

To be included in your response…

v Summarize this week’s reading. Include your response/reaction to the book. v Did you enjoy the book? Why or why not? v Who else should read this book? Why? v How does the main character change in the story? v What lesson about life (theme) do you think the author was trying to express? v What questions would you like answered after reading this book? v How would you change the ending of the book?

Towards the end of the book it gets really good. Michael is feeling worse about what he did. Jenna has opened more up about her father’s death. Jenna thinks that Joe shot her father. She has heard that he told the cops that they stole the gun and a lot of other stuff. Then she also thinks that Michael might have had something to do with her dad’s killing, because he told Joe to say to the cops that Michael let Joe borrow the gun and someone stole it from Joe. Michael couldn’t sleep for the past two months because he shot the gun. He has wanted to go the police about what he did but he couldn’t do it, he was just too afraid. One night he dug for an hour for the gun. The gun was in a PVC pipe in the ground, so no one could find it. The reason he dug up the gun is because he was going to show the cops where he had buried it. Jenna finally knows that Michael fired the shot that killed her father. Michael takes the gun out of the PVC pipe and drives to the church and just sits there. I enjoyed this book a lot. The reason I enjoyed this book is because it was interesting and it had a lot of details. This book was mainly mystery. I like the mystery books. Jenna should have known that Michael killed her father. I think the junior high students should read this book. This book is really good. The main character changed a lot in the story. Michael was all loud and he talked a lot, but towards the end of the book he was shy and quiet and he was always nervous and shaky. The theme of this book is you shouldn’t lie about something. You should always tell the truth about something you did, and you should have an adult with you when you shoot a gun. I would ask, “did Michael ever get caught?” I wish I could find that out. I would change the end of the book like this, “ Michael went to the police station and turned himself in and he got sentenced to 30 years in prison and with parole”. This book is a good book. I wish they would tell me what happened at the end of the book. I wonder if there is a second book to this, or are they going to make a new one. The second one will be a lot better. I wish there was a series of these books. I am done with the book now.