https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu English 7 Book Project - Bella Rodriguez en-us 2018-12-17 22:45:37 UTC 2018-12-19 05:29:43 UTC hello@padlet.com br287 https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315375418 Ruined takes place in New Orleans in the garden district. In some parts of the story, it takes place in New York. ]]> 2018-12-17 22:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315375418 br287 https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315376045 The main character, Rebecca, is a New Yorker who was forced to move to New Orleans by her father. Rebecca is stubborn and dislikes living with her aunt, Claudia, and her cousin. Lisette Villieux is a ghost that haunts the Lafayette cemetery. Only Rebecca can see her and later on, Helena can too. She is kind, helpful. Helena Bowman is a wealthy, rude and selfish girl who dislikes Rebecca and her family.]]> 2018-12-17 22:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315376045 br287 https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315728069 In Ruined by Paula Morris, Rebecca Brown is homesick and misses New York and her father.]]> 2018-12-18 22:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315728069 br287 https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315728275 Rebecca does not get along with the students at her school, Temple Mead. Helena Bowman tries to intimidate her and ruin her social status at school. ]]> 2018-12-18 22:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315728275 br287 https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315765171 Rebecca ends the curse on the Bowman family with Lisette, Anton, and her father's help. Helena Bowman, the final Bowman daughter to die, is crushed by a statue of an angel. Also, Lisette's ghost is able to rest again after the curse ends.]]> 2018-12-19 04:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315765171 br287 https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315765223 The theme of Ruined is that holding grudges and keeping secrets could lead to terrible things happening. For example, Lisette was not told she was a Bowman and only found out after she was murdered by her father's wife. Morris writes, "That woman was still shaking me, trying to bash my head against the wood another time" (Morris, 154). In this quote, Lisette was telling the truth about how she died to Rebecca. ]]> 2018-12-19 04:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315765223 br287 https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315765248 I would recommend Ruined to someone who likes books that have curses in them because the book revolves around a curse that was put on the Bowman family. ]]> 2018-12-19 04:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315765248 br287 https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315767047 2018-12-19 04:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315767047 br287 https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315768369 Another example of the theme is that Rebecca was not told she was part of a prophecy so she was kidnapped. Morris writes, "The float was headed for the Coliseum Street gate of the cemetery. And, like one of the gladiators of the ancient world, Rebecca was being taken there to fight for her life" (Morris, 282). In the story, Rebecca was being taken to the Lafayette cemetery by the Su]]> 2018-12-19 05:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/br287/3uey9436ztgu/wish/315768369