Ivon meets a young boy named Gorge that is going to lose her mom to cancer and promises to adopt him for information of the murders. Irene ends up going to the fair by herself and met Raquel to get her in for free. Irene drank too much alcohol and ended up going to a party after a concert at the fair. Irene gets kidnapped and was last seen swimming in the Rio Grande. Since Ivon’s mom blames her for losing her sister, she puts it upon herself to find her sister, whatever it takes.
“And he imagined his sudden release, the journey he made from the fingertips to the windshield of the car the girl had been driving.” (Aker 62). For the first time, he feels the negative implication of his actions. The name ‘Elizabeth’ reminded him of the crime that he committed and he bore the brunt of the consequences.. Reef can’t forget the death of her grandmother, the one whom he loved so much.
Miranda has an extra hard time because her family gets sick and she has to
One day when Miranda was at school, there was a thunderstorm. A bolt of lightning came and hit one of the trees on the school grounds. They lost electricity, and it became really windy. After a couple minutes, Miranda’s teacher realized that it was a tornado, and they all went down to the hallway. The climax of the story is when there are a lot of sicknesses and diseases being passed around, and the hospitals are crowded with sick people.
When Nancy Seymour 's RAF pilot husband, Charles, is killed, her life falls apart. Not only has she lost the man she loved, but she also loses her home and must find a way to support herself and their little girl, Caro, on her own. With the danger of war
Rayona is a fifteen-year-old American-Indian searching for a way to find herself. Christine, her mother is consumed by tenderness and resentment toward those she loves. Finally, the curious Aunt Ida whose haunting secrets,
The main characters mature and come to appreciate how important their families are to them. Each of the main characters is plagued by memories that have their roots in the past and are being brought back by events taking place in the
She was drowning in the house. The waves of memory toss her about. She has no escape. With every dying breath, pain fills her lungs and constricting her trachea. As she tries to come up for air, something, someone is pulling her down,
The story is narrated from multiple perspectives; Meredith Dickey, Leo Dickey, Delilah Dickey, and Kate. The book paces between eleven years ago, from when the characters first went missing, to the present. The novel begins with the disappearance of Shelby Tebow, a mother of a newborn child. Her husband, a successful businessman named Jason, becomes the prime suspect in her disappearance, but as the investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that the case is more complicated than anyone could have imagined.
After watching several people run, fall, and die she sees a boy sitting completely calm at a table, Peter. Peter knows Miranda but she does not know him. Peter convinces Miranda to go with him and ends up meeting Dr. Tycast.
She fakes her death for the betterment of her family. Lastly, the beauty of her sister makes her an ugly person. The main character, "Lusus Naturae," goes into hiding after contracting a terrible unknown disease that transforms
Throughout the book she has to survive by being part of the perfected family Colin keeps in his cellar. Theme/Moral In The Cellar, Colin has a regular job and seems to be completely normal, despite the fact that he hides a terrible secret and an awful past. The moral of this story is that appearances are deceiving.
The theme is they came together as a family to survive. They tried to help each other when they were sick and when they thought they were dying. Miranda knew she could help them survive and help them become better. She said “thank goodness that you guys are better” but i'm not sure what page it is on. She could not get help from her family because they were all sick.
Ava is confident that there is nothing wrong, but Lexi, determined to figure out the truth, does not know whom to trust. This novel takes readers on a wild ride filled
The novel, Life as we knew it, depicts a young girl named Miranda that witnesses a meteor strike the surface of the moon, thus, moving it closer to Earth. During the early stages of the end of the world and prior to it, Miranda wasn’t thrilled with her life and wanted action in it. However, towards the end of the book, she realizes how fragile and precious life really is. Our protagonist develops into a courageous and brave woman willing to risk herself for her family.
