Red Glass By Laura Resau

The main reason that people take risks is because it activates the dopamine receptors in your brain. Dopamine gives you a thrilling feeling and pleasure. Also, it can be a reward for taking a risk. Red Glass by Laura Resau is about Sophie's journey bringing a boy home and discovering love and herself in one. I chose Sophie and Nola to feature for risk taking. Nola is a 110 year old mixteco woman that lives in Mexico, she is a great-great grandmother. Sofie lives in Tucson, Arizona, is 16 years old and has many phobias. Both Nola and Sophie took risks related to love. First, in Chapter 12, Nola took a risk relating to love. The risk she took was rejecting her giant boyfriend (the only one she loved ever). She had to overcome her sadness, regret and heartbreak. Nola is Pablo's

She realized she would never meet another like him.” This was a risk because she was letting the only man she loved leave her. Especially because cell phones did not exist and they could not be a long distance couple. “Eighty years have passed. She never married.” She never found love again and only had 1 singular child with her giant love. Later in chapter 16, Sophie takes a risk for her love for Angel. Sofie takes the risk of heading to Guatemala without an adult or permission to find Angel. She had to overcome her fears as well as all of the dangers of traveling solitarily as a 16 year old girl. Angel and Sophie are in love, but they have not told each other their feelings directly. In chapter 16, Sophie finds out through a phone call that Angel has been placed in the hospital and both him and his dad are trapped in Guatemala without much money or their passports. Sofie then decides to go find them and reflects that, “For the first time in my life, I was taking a real