The Indigo Notebook 101-200

Wendell finds out from Taita Silvio and Mamita Luz that there was a lady who lived there around sixteen years ago who was pregnant, and then she died. They figure out that it was Wendell’s mom. Taita Silvio looks so much like Wendell, that he thinks Taita has to be his dad. He asks, but Taita Silvio denies it. Wendell asks him if he has any brothers, and he says no again. Layla keeps getting more and more “normal.” She gets a TV and starts to become more and more boring in Zeeta’s eyes. All Zeeta’s ever wanted is a normal mom, but she can’t stand this new boring mom. When walking around the village with Eva, Odelia, and Isabel, (Three village children), they come across a house that the girls are scared of. They say the man that lives there, Faustino, sold his soul to the devil. They also say that man is Taita Silvio’s brother. Wendell and Zeeta are shocked because Taita Silvio told them he didn’t have a brother. They also think this man is Wendell’s father. On the way home from this trip to the village, Zeeta and Wendell were about to board the bus, but Wendell insists that they don’t. He starts acting really weird, so they get on the next bus. On the way home, they see the bus that they didn’t get on. It was wrecked on the side of the road. Three people died in the accident. Wendell tells Zeeta that he has these “feelings.” He’s always had them, and he wants to get rid of them. Taita Silvio’s also a fortune teller, so Wendell wants to ask him how to use his powers. Wendell and Zeeta cautiously go to Faustino’s house because they want to find out if he’s truly Wendell’s dad. Faustino tells them that he is Wendell’s dad, and that his mom died in a car wreck. Faustino used to beat her, and once he got really mad at her when they were in the car together, and he accidentally rolled the vehicle and killed her. Wendell is fascinated with Faustino, but Zeeta has a bad feeling about him.

The Indigo Notebook 1-100

Zeeta and her mom, Layla, move all over the world. Zeeta's fifteen years old, and she's lived in over a dozen countries. Layla's very flighty and free-spirited, and a little bit crazy. Now, they're moving to Ecuador. Zeeta's always wanted a "normal" life, and she sees her chance when Layla's talking to a "normal" guy on the plane. However, that's not the kind of guy Layla would ever go out with. When in Ecuador, Zeeta goes to the market and makes her first friend; Gaby. Gaby is a vendor at the market. Zeeta also meets Wendell; an awkward Ecuadorian-American boy who is on a quest to find his birth parents. He knows his parents are Ecuadorian, but he was adopted by a family in Colorado when he was just a baby. He wants Zeeta to help him find his parents. Zeeta agrees. Wendell also gives her a strange warning to "Be careful in the water." The next day, Layla and Zeeta go to a mystic waterfall where you can supposedly make wishes that will come true. Layla slips into the water in a bad spot, and nearly drowns. She changes at that point to a more responsible person. She meets up with the guy from the plane; Jeff, and quits being such a "free spirit." In the meantime, Wendell and Zeeta start to look for his birth parents in a neighboring village. They meet Mamita Luz and Taita Silvio. They're the "parents" of all the village children. They don't have any kids of their own, but all the village children love them. Wendell questions them to see if they know anything about his parents. They don't tell him much, but it seems like they're hiding something.

Where She Went 201-260

In the last 60 pages they go back to her house and sleep when they wake up he surprises her with a nice cup of coffee. So she surprises him with a very special guitar. It was his old Les Paul Junior in all of its glory. They then played together and fell in love all over again.

Where She Went 101- 200

In the next 100 pages of Where She Went Adam goes to one of Mia's concerts in New York. She must have seen him because she calls him to the back and they talk. They travel around New York exploring all of her favorite places. They begin talking about their whole break-up and he realizes that he needs to get over her. So he walks away, only to find her walking after him. She tells him that she cant live without him.

Where She Went 1- 100

Where She went is told from the point of view of Adam, Mia's boyfriend. In the first 100 pages of this story we learn that Mia had broken up with Adam after the tragic accident. The whole time reading this you are trying to figure out why and how. Mia got excepted in to Julliard before she even got out of the hospital. He is now dating a girl named Bryn even though he doesnt feel the same love for her as for Mia. Adam also has anxiety and needs to take multiple pills daily. He is later on his way to an interview with a person that writes for a blog

Shattering Glass pgs.101-215

 The next pages of Shattering Glass Ronna and Young begin to date. They also continue with their goal to make Simon into a popular kid, and we learn the real reason they’re doing this is to make Simon be voted for class favorite. Simone does some digging around when he goes into the computers to change classes for Young, and learns Rob isn’t using his real last name, and they find that fishy. They use their chance and look in old newspapers to find Rob’s dad is in jail. When Young asks Rob what happened to his dad Rob says he died, and he was the best father ever. Young stopped questioning because he knew Rob couldn’t face the fact of what his father did. Simone starts doing things like messing up the bells so the high school can get out of school, and putting a cow in the lunchroom. He becomes the “class clown.” Then the realization is that Young hates Simone. He thinks Rob is pushing around Simone, and Simone is losing who he actually is, and is just becoming what Rob wants him to be. Simone likes Coop though, and since Coop needs and 18 on the ACT to get his scholarship, Simone gets a fake I.D., and takes it for him so he can get into college. One night Bob gets his class ring stolen. Young told him to press charges, but Rob said he couldn’t because he didn’t put up a fight. Which comes as a big surprise since Bob has an attitude of a “tough guy,” and normally wouldn’t let that happen. Simone begins seeing through the guys, and realizing that they’re not as tough and cool as they think they are, but he doesn’t say anything and goes along with what they tell him. Then Rob tells Young he has to break up with Ronna, so Simone can ask her to the favorites dance. This breaks Young’s heart, but since he doesn’t have a backbone when it comes to Rob, he goes out with the class tramp, and word gets to Ronna. She comes over to tell Young it’s over, and he tells her why he actually did that, but she still leaves because he chose Rob over her. It breaks his heart, and he tells her at a party he misses her, and starts crying. Ronna still won’t have anything of it, and goes to the favorites dance with Simone. At the favorites dance they announce the class favorites, and they all get an award. Coop-most athletic, Young-most likely to succeed, Bob-most handsome, Simone-wittiest, and Rob-class favorite. Rob figures out that Simone hacked into the computers and changed things around, so he tells them to go into their “meeting room,” which is basically the coach’s room. There Rob starts hurting Simone, and pushing him around. Then things really get out of hand. Simone starts telling everyone why Rob’s dad was in jail, which is that he molested Rob for almost half of his life, and his mom never did anything about it. Simone calls Rob out for “liking it.” He also basically tells everyone else their weak, pathetic, and fakes. The boys have enough and beat Simone to death. Coop tries to stop them, and ends up getting a blow to the knee, ending his whole football career. I really liked this book, and the way it was written.                      

Something Borrowed 300-321

Rachel tells Dex she is in love and he needs to cancel the wedding with him but he says he can't cancel the wedding. She travels to London to visit Ethan and tells him all about it. He tells him she should move to London to get away from it all and that she can't go watch Dex and Darcy get married. She goes back to the states and finds Dex outsider her apartment and he tells her that he canceled the wedding. They go up to her apartment and talk and then Darcy comes inside and knocks on her door. Dex is still in there and Darcy comes in and Dex hid in the closet. Darcy tells Rachel that she is pregnant with Marcus's child and Rachel can't believe it. Darcy tells Rachel and of course Dex hears because he is in the closet. Darcy sees a watch on the desk and knows it is Dex's and realizes that he is there. She finds Dex and yells at both Dex and Darcy. She says she can't believe Rachel would do something like that to her. In the end Dex and Rachel end up together.

Speak 101-198

Heather is the only person in the school that could kind of be considered Melinda’s friend, and Heather walks out on her. She wants to be in a popular clique, and Melinda’s dragging her down. Melinda still can’t seem to get her tree right that she’s been working on for art. She starts to go to this little closet as her safe haven. It’s in a place that no one ever goes to, so she can be alone in there. Melinda also finally tells the reader why she called the cops at that party. She was raped by IT. That’s how the book refers to him, anyway. His name is Andy Evans, and now he’s dating Melinda’s ex-best friend, Rachel. Rachel is just a freshman, and he’s a senior, so she thinks he’s the most wonderful thing in the world. Melinda sends her an anonymous note telling her that Andy raped someone, but she continues to go out with him. In the meantime, Heather tries to be Melinda’s friend again, but only because she needs help with something. For the first time all year, Melinda spoke up for herself, and refused to help Heather. She got stronger and braver every day. A few days later, she tried to confront Rachel and tell her why she called the cops at the party. When she told her, Rachel just got mad and said that Melinda was lying because she was jealous. On the last day of school, Melinda was cleaning out her little safe haven closet, and Andy walked in. He started beating her and tried to rape her again because she started a rumor that he was a rapist. She stopped him and called for help, and ended up being a hero at the end of the book. The very last line is Melinda telling her art teacher, Mr. Freeman, that she wants to talk about it with him.

The Zookeeper's Wife. P. 1-40

It starts by describing the sun coming into the house. Then Antonina tells about Jan. She tells how he was engineer, but always had an interest in the connections between animals and people and also between people and animal nature. She goes on to tell how their home had been filled with a variety of things over the years. She tells how she and Jan met at college and how they fell in love with each other. In 1929, they had a chance to buy a zoo in Praga. They married and then moved across the river to the rough neighborhood where they would be able to run the new zoo and spend their lives with the animals. Antonina goes on to describe how there are different parts of the city with different things to offer. She also says the variety of foods you can get from having the different ethnic groups that are spread across the town.

Whistling in the Dark 1-100

Sally O'Malley and her sister Troo have been living basically on their own. Their mother is in the hospital with cancer, and it will be awhile before she gets out, if she gets out. A short time before she was sent to the hospital she married a guy that goes by the name of Hall. Hall and Nell, the oldest sister, are suppose to be taking care of Sally and Troo. Hall is an alcoholic and Nell is to worried about her boyfriend Eddie. Sally has quite the imagination. She thinks that Officer Rasmussen is the one who molested and killed both of the two missing girls. She tells Troo about the night that he ran after her and tried to catch her, but Troo wouldn't believe her at all. Basically, Sally knows that she is the next one in line. She thinks Rasmussen is guilty, but Troo does not. They are not quite sure what or who to be on the lookout for, but they are always aware.

Love Story pg 1-100

Love Story by Erich Segal is a really good book so far. It's kind of a cute story, but it is different than most love stories that you would hear of. Oliver is the man who is tough and also doesn't take anything that's tossed at him. He plays hockey for Harvard, and he likes to fight every chance he gets in the hockey game. Jennifer is not the kind of girl who everyone would be around because she is also tough, and is also like Oliver in a way. She goes to school at Radcliffe and Harvard is their rivalry. The only thing I don't get about this book is how both of them seem to hate each other, but then they're dating. They aren't the kind of people who would listen to someone if they said they were a horrible person and that they needed to change. They would just let it blow over. When Oliver first told Jennifer that he loved her, I thought it was really weird how she just said "I would say you were full of shit," and then she hung up. I seriously thought they were done with, because most relationships aren't that way. In fact, I don't know anyone or haven't heard anyone do this, or have dealt with this kind of a relationship. When Oliver sees Jennifer it went back to normal, which confused me for awhile, because I had thought it was over for the both of them. I guess that is just how some people like to go into relationships, they like to be in control, be the boss. It starts to change into a love story, where Oliver's father is wanting him to wait, and let things fall in place before he gets settled. He wants Oliver to finish off law school before he moves on and starts his new life. I can't wait to read more and find out what will happen next.

Speak 1-100

Speak starts with Melinda going back to school her freshman year. She’s always been the popular, fun-loving girl that everybody likes. This year, however, is a little different. Everybody hates her. All of her friends from last year won’t talk to her, and she never talks at all. She’s a complete social outcast because she busted a party. At the biggest party of the summer, she called the cops, and everyone hates her for it. Now she’s back to school, and she’s doing terribly. She has one friend, Heather. She’s doing badly in all of her classes, except art. In art, her subject for the year is “trees.” She has to figure out how to portray a tree realistically and artistically. The only thing she can tolerate in her school is her lab partner, David Petrakis. She thinks he’s interesting because he’s not afraid to argue with the teachers and get in trouble for it. He speaks his mind.

Shattering Glass pgs.1-100

In the first 100 pages of Shattering Glass we’re introduced to Simon Glass, the nerdy kid at school everyone hates for no logical reason. We’re also introduced to Coop, Young, Bob, and the leader of the crew: Rob. These guys are at the top of the popularity list, and Simon’s at the bottom. They start by Lance, the popular king until Rob knocked him off, bullying Simon. They think that, even though they hate him, it was really low. Rob decides he wants a challenge, and his challenge is to make Simon popular. They take Simon shopping; get him a whole new wardrobe, and a haircut. Then they take him to the beach to play volleyball, and Lance is there. Lance continues to be a jerk to Simon, but Simon brushes it off and laughs about it. They start to realize he could be known as the “funny one” of the group. He sits with them at lunch, and they continue to try and make him popular. The end of the 100 pages is at the homecoming dance. Young, the narrator of the book and Rob’s wingman, took his dream girl to the dance. They all hear of the surprise that’s going to happen, but no one knows yet. Throughout the book they drop hints that they murder Simon, so basically, I’m just waiting to see how they murder him, and who does it.

Something Borrowed 200-300

Rachel has been spending the summer in the Hamptons with all her friends. Her and Ethan still talk about the affair she is having with Dex. She just can't seem to stop. One night Dex stops her to try and talk about it but she refuses because she doesn't want to lose him if she says something that he doesn't want and no matter what she wants to go on in this relationship with him. They decide to talk about it on the 4th of July which is coming up fast. Rachel lies to Hillary and tells her she is going out with Marcus but Hillary finds out she wasn't with Marcus and asks her about it. Rachel confesses to sleeping with Dex and also really liking him a lot. Hillary says she should go for it. Rachel does still feel bad about what she is doing to Darcy but doesn't know what to do to stop it because she likes Dex so much and she feels they are so good together.

If I Stay 200 - 234

In the last 34 pages of If I Stay Adam rushes out of the room to go get something he forgot. He later brings in headphones and a CD with some songs by Yo Yo Ma. He then puts them on her head, this makes her want to feel his hand holding hers, so she tries her hardest to go back into her old body. Suddenly she feels all of the pain from the car accident. She loves Adam so much she summons all of her energy into trying to squeeze his hand. She finally does, and then the book ends.

The Last Child pg 300-419

The Last Child was a really great book! I absolutely loved it! It was a very interesting book, and it kept me wanting to know more. I kept wanting to know what would happen next. This book made me sad to think that Johnny lost his sister, and how much of a drive he had to find out what had happened to her was amazing. I don't know many people who would go that far to find out what happened to their sibling. It is quite amazing what Johnny went through just to find out what happened to his sister. I think in going through what all he did, he brought peace to his family, with knowing what had happened. This book is full of twists and turns with everything that happens. It's really sad what Johnny had to go through. It tears me apart, because I know if something ever happened to me, I don't know if I could go through everything that he went through. He was a very strong boy, and his drive to find the answers was absolutely breath-taking!

Such a Pretty Girl 101-212

Andy ended up leaving for Iowa. Before he left, he gave Meredith his Virgin Mary statue for good luck. Sharon and Chuck left for the beach one day and left Meredith at home. They came home after ten that night and Meredith immediately said she was going to bed. Her father came and knocked on her bedroom door and told her that they were going to have a good day tomorrow. The next morning, Meredith woke up to her mom getting ready to leave for work. She went down to eat some breakfast in the kitchen, then her mom left. It was just her and her dad left in the kitchen, and they both know that they aren't suppose to be alone together. Her dad tried grabbing her but then she ran up to her room and closed the door. He was stronger than her so he got into her room. He tried pinning her against the bed, but she was fidgeting with her knife and ran across the room. She ended up throwing it in the door. After he went to go see what it was, Meredith took the statue Andy gave her and hit her dad on the head with it. All while this was happening, she made sure that her cameras were on before her mom had left, so everything that he tried to do, was on tape. Meredith doesn't know how it all ended for sure, but the cops came and arrested him. Meredith ended up having to stay at her grandma's house. While her and Nigel were on their way over there, Andy called Nigel. Meredith found out that Andy hadn't gone all the way to Iowa. The guy that they were going to meet had died. Andy and Meredith talked for awhile and then he told her they'd talk later. Meredith was at her grandma's house when she heard a knock, Meredith went to go see who it was. All she could about was how tall Andy was.

Shattering Glass 201-215

Glass hints to Young that he may have messed with the results of the popularity contest in the computer system. When the results come out, Rob ends up winning Class Favorite, and Glass ends up with Wittiest. Glass overrode the computer system so that every vote for him in the Favorite contest counted as a vote for Rob. Rob calls a meeting of Coop, Bob, Young, and Glass in his “office”, an empty closet. He gets really mad at Glass, not necessarily because he lost, but because he didn’t follow orders. Rob picks up a baseball bat, and hits Glass. Glass ends up saying something about the secret that he and Young were never going to talk about again. Rob was molested by his dad when he was younger. That’s why he hides his past. It went on for years. Rob just keeps getting more and more mad, and he ends up beating Glass with the bat to the point that it kills him. Coop ends up getting hit in the kneecap, and it ruins him, so he loses his football scholarship. Rob runs away from it, and goes south to Mexico or Texas. Young ends up getting blamed for it and going to prison, even though he was the one who didn’t even pick up a bat. He was too much of a follower, and he wouldn’t rat out any of his friends.

Shattering Glass 101-200

Glass was revealed as the guy in the Wolverine costume at the Homecoming. He ended up kissing the Homecoming queen, Blair Crews, and dancing with her. Rob was satisfied with himself because he came up with the whole idea. Coop takes the ACT, and he knows he has to get at least an 18 to play college football. Young and Ronna start to get a little more serious. Young even went to spend a day with Ronna’s family, and then they slept together. Rob came up with a new plan to see if Simon truly is popular. He want to get Glass elected as Class Favorite. Glass doesn’t act all too interested, but he doesn’t object, either. Since Coop was so worried about the ACT, Glass is going to take it for him. He made a fake ID and he’s going to pretend to be Coop. Young thinks it’s a bad idea, but Coop wants to pass so badly, he agrees. Glass and Young go to try to find out more about Rob’s past. They find something, but the book doesn’t say what it is. It just says they’ll never speak of it again. Rob convinces Young to break up with Ronna so Glass can take Ronna to the Favorites dance. In order for him to get class favorite, he has to have the best date there. Rob assures Young that he’ll be able to get her back when it’s all over with. However, he has to make the breakup seem real, and he can’t clue Ronna in. He went to “break up” with Ronna, and she broke down, so he told her the truth. That made her even more mad, and she said she’d never take him back. She couldn’t believe he would put this above her feelings. Also as part of the deal, Young now has to go out with the school slut, because Rob says so. Rob’s starting to get very demanding and controlling, and if anyone does something he doesn’t like, he freaks out. Glass passed the ACT for Coop, and he gets signed to play for TCU. They all go to the Favorites dance. Young ends up going by himself, and Ronna goes with Glass.

Something Borrowed 100-200

After Rachel slept with Dex things have not been quite the same. Dex has told her that he doesn't feel as guilty as he thinks he should. However, Rachel knows that she can't really have feelings for Dex since his is still Darcy's fiance. She is going out with  one of his friends, Marcus now and Dex keeps asking her how they are doing. Dex and Darcy are very curious and always in there business. Rachel does like Marcus though and is glad that they are hanging out. There are six of them staying together in a summer house. Dex and Darcy, Hillary, Claire, Rachel, and Marcus. Even though Rachel didn't really feel as much remorse as she should have for sleeping with Dex she does like Marcus and feels they are good together because he is nice to her, likes her, and treats her well.

The Last Child 199-299

This book is so heartfelt, and I absolutely love it! It is probably my favorite book right now. Johnny is a really smart kid, and what he does to find his sister really astonishes me. This story is very compelling and it is really cool how much he cares to find his sister. Not every person would work as hard as Johnny does to find his sister. Not many people care as much as he does, which is sad, because that really isn't how it should be. It's really sad that some people don't care about their family as much as they should. Their family, not enemies. They should have the strength to go on and care a lot about their family. I know losing a family member can be hard, but if you lost someone close to you, wouldn't you care? They're apart of you. I think it's sad when people go through this, but I also know that it may be hard too. It can be hard, because it takes a lot of strength to cope with what Johnny and his mother went through. This book is really sad, because I keep thinking of his mother and how she lost her daughter. That's so terrible, no one would want that to happen to their kid. It makes me realize that life is hard, but sometimes when you have a hard time and you get knocked down, don't just stay there and whine, get up and make things better. Life isn't always easy, your going to have struggles and stresses in your life, so when it knocks you down, just get back up and brush yourself off!

If I Stay 101-200

In the next one hundred pages of If I Stay Mia is remembering Halloween and the time her and Adam went to one of his shows. Willow, one of the nurses, lets Adam come in and see Mia in the hospital. She then starts to remember the camp she went to in the summer the past years. It was to practice her cello. Brooke Vega then comes in to try and help him get into the ICU and see Mia. This plan didn't work out as planned. Soon she began to remember the day when her family talked about funerals. Her family didn't want the normal sad funerals, they wanted ones to represent them. In the end of these one hundred pages she still can't decide if she should stay or not, but she does know that her grandfather supports her decision no matter what.

Charlie St Cloud. P. 1-306

Charlie is left in charge to watch Sam for awhile when there mom is gone. They decide to go to a baseball game and have to take the neighbors car to get there. On the way home, Charlie is looking at the moon from what Sam has told him and he doesnt see the truck that is coming on the bridge. They end up wrecking. Both of their spirits are in the air and they promise each other that they will never separate from each other. But then the rescue people are able to bring Charlie back to life. Later on after that, Charlie becomes a grave person at Marblehead cemetery. Since he has made his promise to Sam, he is able to see and communicate with all ghost now. Every night Charlie goes and plays with Sam since Sam has not crossed over, and Charlie doesnt want to break the promise he made to Sam. Charlie then one day at the cemetery sees a girl at her fathers grave. He finds out that her name is Tess and she lives in town. She has a sail boat and is planning on sailing around the world. Charlie becomes interested in her and they begin talking and seeing eachother. They have dinner and a date together and Charlie seems to like her quite a bit. Then the day after there date, Charlie is having lunch and a cop comes in and says that they have found pieces of Tess's boat which they think has been ruined by the storm. It finally hits Charlie that Tess was never actually there. She is like Sam is, and it is just her spirit that is there for him to see. Charlie goes to Sam and together they are able to figure out where Tess's boat is and where she might be. Charlie goes and gets her body. She is brought to the hospital where the doctors say that she is in a deep coma. Charlie finally realizes that he needs to move on with his life. He cant keep hiding and staying in the cemetary forever. So he goes to Sam and says a final goodbye. He goes on with his life and becomes a paramedic. He stops and sees Tess. She is awake and Charlie tells her how the two of them had really met each other and everything that happened that led up to him caring so much about her.

Marcelo in the Real World pgs. 201-312

Jasmine invites Marcelo to go to Vermont with her, so he can clear his mind. He meets Jasmine’s father, who has dementia. He, at first, thinks it Jasmine’s late brother, and eventually realizes it’s her friend. One night when he’s visiting the neighbors come over. Jonah, the neighbor boy close to Jasmine’s age, wants to have a “heart to heart” with Marcelo. He basically tells Marcelo that he’s in love with Jasmine, but knows they won’t have anything. He thinks Jasmine is in love with Marcelo, this stupefies Marcelo to think that Jasmine likes him. Jasmine and he go camping, and take her dad’s stuff to his ice-fishing shack. They go canoeing and Marcelo thinks a lot about all the things involving Ixtel. Marcelo sleeps next to Jasmine that night, and he gets the “butterflies in your stomach” feeling, which he’s never had before. When Marcelo gets back he tells Wendall he won’t help him lure Jasmine to his boat to have sex with him. So, to be rude, Wendall gives Marcelo a note that Jasmine wrote her father. It suggests in the note that Marcelo’s father and Jasmine had sex in his office. Marcelo also rats out the window shield company for what they did to Ixtel. This caused the law office a lot of money, and Marcelo to get fired. Because he was fired he’ll have to go to Oak Ridge high in the fall, instead of attending Paterson again. At this point Marcelo is completely lost, he lost his ability to remember, and have IM’s. He also can’t remember the verses and where they are in the bible. He decides to give his father the note, and talks to Jasmine about it. Jasmine tells him it was just a kiss, and explains herself. He then tells Jasmine he wants to move out to Vermont. He can go to nursing school, and then help kids with autism work with horses.  He said he’d also help Jasmine’s father work on his farm. Marcelo then goes to visit Ixtel. Ixtel tells Marcelo her story, how she was living on the streets, sold her body, and did drugs. She then thanked him, and told him how she couldn’t express how thankful she was for the thing she had done for him. At the end of the book I can sense a feeling of peace inside Marcelo.

Such a Pretty Girl 1-100

Meredith is not longer safe. She was promised nine years of safety, but only got three. Her father is a child molester and he was suppose to stay in jail until Meredith was eighteen, so she could take of herself. He got out early because of good behavior. From the day that he came home, she has given him the cold shoulder. She will never forgive him for what he did to her or to anybody else. Her mother, Sharon, just wants to pretend nothing ever happened, so she offers no protection to Meredith whatsoever. When Meredith's father starts calling her Chirp, which was his childhood nickname for her, she knows that he is not going to stop and that he is coming for her again. Meredith has a secret hideout, which is her friend Andy's house. He was also molested by her father, but that was when he left Sharon for Andy's mom. Sharon doesn't know that Andy is or was a victim of the whole situation. Andy is leaving for Iowa for four days to go to this religious place that they believe in. He's praying that it will help him, because he is paralyzed from the waist down and in a wheelchair. Meredith eventually makes her way over to her grandmother's house. Her grandma, Gran, and Sharon get into a huge fight about the whole situation. After Sharon marches out of the house, Gran tells Meredith that she is going to stay with her so she can guarantee her safety from her father. Meredith will never again be a victim of her father as long as she is under Gran's roof.

Shattering Glass 1-100

Simon Glass is a very unpopular student. He’s a nerd and everyone picks on him, especially Lance, who was the most popular guy in school. That is, until Rob transferred in. Pretty much everyone liked Rob. However, the reader gets the idea that Rob’s not as “perfect” as he’s made out to be. Rob rules the school, and he wants to see how much power he truly has. He wants to turn Glass into a popular guy with the help of his posse; Young, Coop, and Bob. Young, the narrator, is a really good, friendly guy. Coop has a tough home life, and he’s not real smart. He’s afraid he’s just going to turn into a jobless alcoholic like his dad. It doesn’t tell a whole lot about Bob, but you know that’s he’s quite the ladies’ man. They start to sit by Glass at lunch and take him shopping to get some decent clothes. They work with him so he can lose some weight, and they take him to the beach. Glass’s parents don’t really care about him that much, and he hardly ever sees them. Young has some troubles at home, too. He wants to take a creative writing class, but his dad is dead set on him becoming a doctor someday. Young nearly threw up dissecting frogs in class, and he doesn’t want to be a doctor, so he dropped biology class for a creative writing class. His dad, however, made him transfer back in. Young is upset about not being able to take his creative writing class, so Glass hacks into the school system to make it look, to Young’s dad, like he’s in biology, while he’s actually in creative writing. Young also has a huge crush on Ronna, one of the girls from his school. When hacking into the school system, Glass and Young found that Rob is not who he says he is. He told them his name was “Robert Haynes”, but in the school system, it’s “Robbert Baddeck”. He also told them when he moved there that he was from some out of state town, but the system said he transferred from a town a few miles down the road. Glass started to be the guy in the mascot outfit at football games, and people were really intrigued by him, but nobody knew who he was. They planned to “Unveil the Wolverine” at Homecoming, which Rob insists is the most important part of making Glass popular. Young ends up going to Homecoming with Ronna.

The Best of Me 261-292

Dawson had left his letter from Tuck on Tuck's workbench in the garage. Dawson decided to turn around and go back for it because it was something to remember Tuck by. As Dawson was turning into the Tuck's driveway, he felt that someone was watching him. He saw The Ghost. It was the dark haired man that he had saw from the explosion. He went running after him and Dawson felt that he was leading him somewhere. Once he got sort of close, he realized that it was Dr. Bonner, the guy that died in the accident. Dr. Bonner ended up leading him to Tidewater, which was a bar. Inside, Ted and Abee were beating up on Alan Bonner and Candy was locked in the manager's office. Dawson took care of Ted and Abee long enough to get Alan and take him out to an ambulance. Right as Dawson was going out the door, Ted took his gun and fired a round at Dawson because he wasn't about to let him get away again. Ted hit Dawson in the head and he died shortly after that. Amanda waited and waited to see what Dr. Mills had to say about Jared. Dr. Mills finally came out and said that Jared would have to have heart surgery in order to live. The Transplant Committee met and decided to find a donor for Jared. He had the surgery and it all went well. Amanda was the first to see him after the surgery, and Jared kept asking if he would ever be able to live a normal life again. Amanda told him he would, but he didn't believe her. All Amanda could think about was that Jared was going to be okay. Years later, Jared was at home living a normal life with his family. He went up to Amanda one day and asked who his donor was that donated his new heart. Amanda told him that it would remain confidential for various reasons. Amanda knew or had a very good idea of who that donor was. She thought of how God worked in cruel ways. A life for a life she would say. Dawson for Jared. She would always remember how Dawson told her once, "I gave you the best of me." To Amanda that meant everything because though she lost Dawson, she still kept her son, Jared.