https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc Tightrope-International en-us 2017-01-23 17:42:08 UTC 2017-03-10 17:48:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rafaelo.png 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/148806006 What is the Setting or Time Period?
This book takes place in a small town in England. I believe this book takes place close to modern day, because they have essentially the same technology as today, but not completely. The way the characters in this story dress and speak is very similar to the way people dress and speak today.]]> 2017-01-23 17:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/148806006 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/148806669 What does the Setting Look Like? Sound like, feel like, etc.
The setting looks like a simple small town in England. The setting sounds very busy and loud at times, because the protagonist is often in very crowded places. The setting feels very uncomfortable and erie, because of the creepy, strange situations the protagonist is often in.]]> 2017-01-23 17:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/148806669 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/148807084 What are Some Similarities and Differences to Today's Time Period or America?
Some similarities between the setting and America are the way the characters dress and the language they speak. The main difference between the setting and America is speech. The slang in this story differs greatly from the slang usually used in America.]]> 2017-01-23 17:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/148807084 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/150626239 Ashley meets a strange boy at the traffic light after school. The boy criticizes her art and tries to grab her. Ashley proceeds to run away. across the street. I think that this boy is the figure that Ashley saw across the street when she was doing her graffiti art in the middle of the night. He seems to know a lot about her art and asks her what she is going to about the store owner painting over her it. The only way he would know this is if he has seen her making her art, or somehow found out about it.]]> 2017-01-31 18:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/150626239 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/150627024 Vikki asks Ashley to come to a party with her and she says she is busy and can't come. Ashley apparently says this every time. I bet that Ashley has a tough life at home, or has some problems with her family. She is always busy because she always has to deal with things at home.]]> 2017-01-31 18:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/150627024 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/150627172 Someone is watching Ashley. She is receiving creepy letters about things only she should know about. I think that the employee from the candy store is the one watching Ashley. Whenever she walks into the store he smiles at her and asks her all kinds of strange questions.]]> 2017-01-31 18:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/150627172 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/153334860 Ashley's friend Vikki is thinking of breaking up with her boyfriend Matt. She says it is for her own good because she thinks he is too dependent on her. I think that this is an excuse because Vikki wants to ask out Eddie Beale. Vikki is always telling Ashley how "cool" she thinks Eddie is and that she is "in love" with him.]]> 2017-02-13 03:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/153334860 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/153338517 When Vikki mentioned Eddie Beale, Ashley had no idea who he was. Vikki had no idea how Ashley could not know someone as popular as Eddie Beale. If Ashley spends so much time taking care of her sick mother, then she will be up to date with all of the things Vikki and other teenagers her age are talking about. This explains why she does not know of most "popular" kids such as Eddie Beale.]]> 2017-02-13 03:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/153338517 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/153339944 The same boy that Ashley met at the traffic light is now helping her escape from the store owner in the middle of the night. He is with Eddie Beale this time. I can picture him grabbing her arm and pulling her out of the yard. I can imagine her, the boy, and Eddie Beale all hiding behind the car.]]> 2017-02-13 04:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/153339944 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/156317363 Ashley finds a sheep skull with clay bones around it just outside her windowsill. The skull that the words CINDY...TROUBLE... written on them in felt pen. I'm almost positive that this was the stalker's attempt to scare her and make her worry even more than she already is. He must believe that the more concerned she is, the more vulnerable she is. When she is vulnerable enough, he may attempt to come after her.]]> 2017-02-27 05:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/156317363 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/156318000 Ashley finds the skull again at the end of them day, and now there is a letter with the word CINDY written across it in the same felt pen that had been used in the skull. The letter is filled with half a dozen creepy photographs of her. I can picture Ashley picking up the envelope and looking inside, and exactly what the smashed skull and envelope looked like. I can imagine the horror Ashley must have felt when she opened the envelope and saw all of the strange pictures of her.]]> 2017-02-27 05:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/156318000 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/156318478 Pauline is acting especially depressed and needy. She is repeatedly asking Ashley for things. I wonder why Pauline is acting this way. Maybe because she has been alone in bed all day with no one to talk to. Usuallly her friends visit her during the day when Ashley is at school but nobody came today.]]> 2017-02-27 05:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/156318478 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/157915401 Tricia is planning on picking Ashley up at midnight to see Eddie Beale about the stalker. She wants to see if he can help her out with the situation. I already know that Eddie Beale is the 'tough guy' in town. He is involved in a lot of gang activity and other violent things. She probably would like him to confront the stalker and end the situation. Once and for all.]]> 2017-03-06 03:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/157915401 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/157917027 When Ashley gets to the club to meet Eddie Beale, he starts acting like he doesn't care anough to help her. He is acting like he has better things to do. At first I though that Eddie was trying to act cool for his other friends in the gang, but now I think that he likes Ashley and is trying to impress her. Maybe he wants to act cool in front of her so she will start to be interested in him.]]> 2017-03-06 04:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/157917027 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/157918552 Eddie is acting so calm about he entire situation. Ashley comes to him begging for help and he seems to know exactly what he is doing. I bet that Eddie has been in tons of these strange stitstuons before. With all of his experience in these types of situations, he most likely knows exactly how to handle them.]]> 2017-03-06 04:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/157918552 22rdobies https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/158111141 1. My main characters name is Ashley. She is a very private, quiet, smart and reserved person. She gets straight As in school and often is a very irritable person and doesn't have time to or even want to be involved in the activities that her teenage peers are involved in because she has to care for her sick mother everyday which takes up the majority of her time.

2. One of the most important secondary characters in my book is Pauline, Ashley's m sick mother. Her exact illness is never mentioned in the book but from the way it is described, it seems very bad. She can barely walk without a walker and if she is out of bed or even sitting up for more than a couple of minutes, she gets dizzy and tired. Ashley often says that Pauline has 'good days' and 'bad days.' Another important secondary character is Ashley's friend Tricia, who picks her up at midnight to see Eddie Beale for advice on the stalker. Another important secondary character is Eddie Beale, because of the advice her gives Ashley about the stalker when she comes begging to him.

3. The problem of the book is the fact that someone is stalking Ashley, and she cannot find out who. At first she thinks it is the employee at the convenience store, but when she confronts him with all of the strange items and photos she has been sent, she soon realizes that it is not him at all.

4. To try and solve this problem, Ashley and her friends are constantly running around, looking for people that can help her. When she goes to Eddie Beale for help, he tells her to just "wait it out." Ashley cannot wait, and eventually goes and confronts who she thinks the stalker is.

5. What I like most about the book so far is its eeriness and creepiness. I find that I always like creepy and strange books like this because of the exciting suspense.

6. What I dislike most about the book so far is how slowly it moves. The book is exciting and suspenseful but it is very slow moving at times, which often makes parts of it boring. ]]> 2017-03-06 17:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/22rdobies/53otobd7uptc/wish/158111141