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= Week 3 = = = Adult: Annette Kirts Student: Natalie Finley Book Title: //Until We Meet Again// Pages Read: 43-84

-Please focus on the protagonist, the main character, or antagonist, who is another important character.

v To be included in your response… v Summarize this week’s reading, focusing on a description of the character. v Does the character remind you of yourself or someone else you know? Why? v What personality traits of this person would you like to acquire? Why? v Would you want to be friends with this character? Why or Why not?

The protagonist in the novel, __Until We Meet Again,__ is Darcy. To me Darcy is the type of girl who doesn't know exactly what she wants in life. She is the kind of person who doesn't really tell her feelings to anyone because she feels like she has no one to tell them to. Darcy is going through a rough spot in her life right now. Her now, ex-boyfriend moved away for family reasons and she wants to just stop her life because she still had feelings for him. She is very close to her grandmother, when she was a kid she used to tell her everything and her grandmother would "fix" it for her. But with all the things going on in her life she feels she can't even tell her about it. She is babysitting Liselle’s daughter Kenlena. Liselle is a girl who is a year older than Darcy in school. She got pregnant when she was still in school and she has now decided to go back to school so she can give her and her daughter a better life. Liselle has a brother, Brian who Darcy thought was very cute from the first time she saw him. Brian helps Darcy through the moving of her ex-boyfriend and the health problems of her grandmother. Darcy wants to stop her life because of all these horrible things, but she wants to continue of Brian. So far this week the book has been kind of what I expected. Hakeem is moving away and Darcy is pretty much falling for Brian even though she still likes Hakeem. Her grandmother is getting worse as the days go on. Darcy is trying to enjoy the last day of school like the other kids around but to her it doesn’t mean freedom like it does to the other kids. It means Hakeem will be gone. Even though Hakeem broke up with her she still wants to make things right with him since they might never see each other again. Darcy’s friends Tarah and Cooper are throwing a party for Hakeem moving away and want Darcy to come with them, but Darcy doesn’t want to see him again because they already said Good-Bye once. After they got off the phone the words Tarah said were stuck in Darcy’s head; “This is not between me and you. This is between you and the person you might never see again. Whatever went wrong, you don’t have much longer to make it right.” Darcy knew Tarah was right but she didn’t want to admit it by going to the party, so she decided to go to Hakeem’s house Monday morning right before they left. When she got there the first person she seen was Hakeem’s father, he look much more fragile than the last time she had seen him. Then she saw Hakeem coming out of the garage trying to take the huge box away from his father and told him to go back inside, sit down, and rest. When she walked up to the driveway and Hakeem seen her he stopped dead in his tracks; he was so surprised to see her there. They didn’t say much but they apologized for their last conversation that they had and said “Good-Bye” one last time.


 * Directions ** : This section is for you and your partner to discuss your reading. Include responses, opinions, etc. What do you think will happen next? //You may also chat about other things besides your book//.

I got your letter, it's ok I can understand working part time at two places and then trying to work something like this into your schedule for a few weeks, adn something that you aren't used to doing. Trust me with school, family, sports, and other things it is pretty busy for me too. But everyone is busy with their own things in life. When I grow up I want to go into the medical field and work with little children. I love playing, and watchign little kids. I baby-sit my little brother and sister, cousins, and the neighbor kids. I baby-sat my neighbor last summer three days a week and we both had a blast. I am going to baby-sit him this summer to. I usually read some sort of love book. I have read all love books this year in language arts except for a couple. They might of been mystery or suspense books but they still had a love related part mixed into it. Your

Reading Rocks Partner, Natalie

=Week 4 = = Adult: Annette Kirts Student: Natalie Finley Book Title: //Until We Meet Again// Pages Read: 85- the end 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? I totally agree with you about feeling bad for how Hakeem didn’t turn to Darcy for help and just cut it off. When I read things like that I don’t understand why they did that but then at the end it usually makes since, and to me it did. At the end I understood why they did what they did in the rest of the book. I really enjoyed this book and hope to read the next series. If the next books are as good as this one I will really like them. In the last section of this book everything just kid of fell into place. Everything worked out, ok I guess you could say except for the fact that Darcy’s grandmother died at the end, and that she decided to stop babysitting Kelena because of the incident that happened with Brian. And the saddest thing about that incident was Liselle didn’t really warn Darcy too much about Brian. I am also surprised that Liselle is living with her brother because of the way he acts, maybe that is all she can afford right now until she gets a job, but if I was her I would be working my butt of to get out of there. Although on the plus side Darcy’s father saved her form the incident that happened with Brian, and Hakeem came back to visit Darcy at her grandmothers funeral. And they were both surprised to see each other but that only lasted a second, then Darcy was in his arms. Well we were both right and wrong in parts but that is what makes a story. Having the reader think about what is going to happen and if they are right the first time they might want to see if they can be right again. Or they could have been wrong the first time and wanted to be right so they kept reading on. I loved this book and I loved reading it with you and seeing what a person older than me had to say about the book. I hope you enjoyed reading this book with me as much as I did! Your Reading Rocks Partner, Natalie Finley = = = = = = You did a great job, Natalie. I agree with all of your comments. You made me think about Liselle's world. I bet you're right when you say that Liselle probably cannot afford to live anywhere else. You know, family is usually the first people you turn to when you are in need. Makes me wonder about the rest of Darcy's family - what sort of homelife she comes from. = = I'm really proud of Liselle and anyone else who makes a decision to do what is necessary to get an education. = = See you this evening at our Reading Rocks party! = = Annette =