January 20, 22, 25, 2009

Tuesday, January 20
Minutes: 60
Title of Text: Walk Two Moons
Summary: A girl named Salamanca and her grandparents are out to go on a road trip somewhere to Ohio. She does not feel good about it because she doesn't want to leave their farm. A couple days before she left, she met a round headed girl named Rachel. At her school in Kentucky, she tries to communicate with her but fails. Soon, she decides to sit next to her and be nice. They later ends up as friends and pretty good ones as well. They now hang out for long periods of time. A connection I have with Salamanca is that she loves to talk by comparing people to animals. She compares someone's speed to a horse's or their grace to bird's. I too love animals, especially pigs. They're pink, chubby, and hold tons of laughs. My prediction for the next time I read is that the bond between the two of them will grow even stronger and they'll do almost everything together. From what I've read, Salamanca totally misses the barn at her old home. She also loves to meet new people and act kind to them. Rachel on the other hand is very shy and she seems lonely. The only one I've ever seen her talk to is Salamanca. It's interesting how Salamanca and Rachel got along so fast. From the 30 pages I read, this book is pretty cool.

Thursday, January 22
Minutes: 90
Title of Text: Walk Two Moons
Summary: Salamanca and her good friend Phoebe starts receiving two mysterious letters from somebody unknown. One of them quotes, “You can't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins.” The other letter quotes, “Everyone has his own agenda.” They also meets a guy who strangely wants to meet Mrs. Winterbottom, Phoebe's mom. They start calling him the “Lunatic.” They saw the “Lunatic” paying the clerk at a drug store. Salamanca seemed a little frightened every time she saw the “Lunatic.” She always tried to avoid him. I can connect to the way she acted. I would also feel scared and avoid the “Lunatic.” Salamanca probably did that for her own protection. My prediction for the next time I pick up this book is that Salamanca will tell her mom or dad about the “Lunatic” and keep avoiding him. He's getting kind of suspicious for asking about Mrs. Winterbottom. I also predict that Salamanca and Phoebe will keep receiving strange messages from this mysterious person. A lot of excitement in this book so far with only about ¼ of it done which was very unexpected. I love it!

Sunday, January 25
Minutes: 55
Title of Text: Walk Two Moons.
Summary: Salamanca, her grandpa, and her grandma continued the road trip to Ohio from Bybanks, Kentucky. Along the way, they see a beautiful river. The sun's heat was painful and was staring them down for quite a while. Everyone was exhausted and burning. So they decided to pull over and get out of the car. Her grandma and Grandpa get in the river, splashing themselves to cool off. Salamanca just watches. Minutes later, a young man comes and tells them that they're in private property. The man starts checking their pockets when a snake comes and bites Salamanca's grandma on the leg. She started bleeding—badly. The man then started doing a method on her where he sucks the blood and then spits it out. He does this for a while. The man also leads them to a hospital. There, the grandma gets treated. While waiting, the man and Salamanca start talking. He gives her his address so she can come over sometime. My prediction for next time I read is that Salamanca will go over to Todd's house and have a chat about what happened at the river. A connection I have is that just like Todd, I would help a person bleeding badly while they can bring the person to the hospital. Not only does that show kindness, it shows bravery and honor. Those are qualities of a very good person. Besides, there is an important saying, “Treat others the way you want to be treated.” I definitely wouldn't want to bleed my body out. I want someone to help.

Total: 205