https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend Post clues, examples of foreshadowing, motives, and red herrings as you read! en-us 2017-05-17 01:22:50 UTC 2025-11-14 14:09:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172864066 On page 7 I am realizing that Jack has an obsession over WW2 stuff. I think the author is using the method of foreshadowing to create suspense for the reader on why he is interested in the stuff. ]]> 2017-05-19 17:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172864066 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172930148 On page 8 we find out that ack has a nose bleed problem. I think this problem could turn into a motive for doing something later in the story. ]]> 2017-05-20 15:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172930148 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172930852 At the end of chapter 1 we learn about Jack reading Francisco Pizarro's movement in conquering the Inca's this makes me wonder if this is a fore shadow that Jack will do something like conquering or this is just a red herring to make us think he will.]]> 2017-05-20 15:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172930852 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172944509 On page 41 see that many people are dying in Norvelt. So if someone committed the crime of a murder it would just go under the radar and no-one would notice.]]> 2017-05-20 21:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172944509 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172944830 On page 51 Jack's dad is building a bomb shelter and that could be hinting at something later in the book, it could also turn out to be just a red herring.]]> 2017-05-20 21:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172944830 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172945004 On page 53 Jack's dad hauled in a tarped trailer and locked the garage door. Jack knows it must be secret because they never lock the garage door.]]> 2017-05-20 21:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172945004 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172945100 On page 55 Jack's dad mentioned Norvelt being a dead end and the same do-nothing day over and over. This is foreshadowing that something big might happen]]> 2017-05-20 21:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172945100 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172945385 On page 59 they are starting to fix up an old airplane but what they don't realize is that when they fly it it could look like a spy plane to someone down below.]]> 2017-05-20 21:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172945385 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172945659 On page 62 I noticed that Jack says Bunny has many dead person jokes. This could be hinting t some type of murder mystery later on and she could be one of the suspects.]]> 2017-05-20 21:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172945659 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172945996 On page 76 Jack says that when he wears camouflage he blends in with the trees. He also states that, that is bad because sometimes people shoot on impulse when they hear a noise and s person could easily be shot. This is foreshadowing because someone could shoot on purpose and is possibly hinting at murder.]]> 2017-05-20 21:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/172945996 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173240078 I was thinking the same thing.  If he was accused of murder that could be a very misleading motive.]]> 2017-05-22 19:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173240078 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173240247 I passed the same thing and thought that Bunny's dead person jokes may be have something to do with a murder that she knew a lot about and made jokes of it. ]]> 2017-05-22 19:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173240247 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173240407 On page 7 jack's mom says "She said she has an important project with a deadline and she'll need you as early as she can get you." this shows that whatever Miss Volker is going to have him do it is something that will need o be turned tin to someone hence the deadline and I cant think of anything a old lady would have to turn in so I think whatever she is doing is going to be special.]]> 2017-05-22 19:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173240407 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173240634 I think on page 61 the author is foreshadowing that Jack's friend Bunny's dad owns a funeral service I think that is a little suspicious. ]]> 2017-05-22 19:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173240634 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173240938 I remember seeing that to and I remember thinking to myself that maybe Jack's father in particular might be apart of a murder or something that Norvelt's People are not used to.]]> 2017-05-22 20:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173240938 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173241624 On page 71, Jack says "He thought Mom might cool down, but he could have been way for two years and still have been just as angry." I think this is foreshadowing because this might be hinting at something that Jack's Mom and Dad might do later in the story.]]> 2017-05-22 20:05:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173241624 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173241631 On page 21 jack mentions how his uncle saw what he thought was a UFO and the military police came around asking people not to talk about it I think this might be a clue for later in the book on why people keep dying.]]> 2017-05-22 20:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173241631 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173242236 On page 74 Jack mentions how he might have to do something he won't want to do before he even knows what he might have to do. I think this is foreshadowing by the author. ]]> 2017-05-22 20:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173242236 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173242928 I just passed that page and I was thinking that maybe he is trying to make a big thing sounds like something people can easily do and its not that big of a deal kind of like sugar coating or an understatement. ]]> 2017-05-22 20:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173242928 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173484779 On pg 17, the chapter ends on him saying only if he was their to help the Incas and history would have been different, then he ends it saying "if only..." I think this is foreshadowing to a event that will happen later down the line that he wish that he could go back in time and redo.]]> 2017-05-23 19:45:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173484779 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173484853 on page 23 Mrs Volker says "today we are about to embark on a great experiment!" this leaves me wondering what experiment they are going to do and if the mystery is going to be revealed on this experiment. ]]> 2017-05-23 19:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173484853 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173485186 I totally agree with you. It could be something that they are involved in and don't tell Jack about or maybe something as big as a divorce or seperation]]> 2017-05-23 19:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173485186 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173485218 I don't think that she was actually saying anything of meaning because to be honest the lady had said some crazy things in that chapter.]]> 2017-05-23 19:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173485218 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173485543 On page 30, the lady (I can't remember her name) is talking about the slater family for a long time and the author wouldn't have spent as much time as they did talking about it if there was no meaning to it.]]> 2017-05-23 19:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173485543 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173485554 On page 4 he says "He always lets me play with it as long as im careful." and I believe that he has used that excuse before.]]> 2017-05-23 19:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173485554 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173485782 I was thinking the same thing. But also Jack throwing this idea around could be a clue or foreshadowing just as easily as it could be a red herring.]]> 2017-05-23 19:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173485782 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173486074 On the bottom of page 33, she is getting very worked up over some guy, I think that she is related to the guy somehow or he was friends with one of here ancestors or something. ]]> 2017-05-23 19:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173486074 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173486450 On page 43 his mom says "Time moves so slowly in this town it doesn't much matter" I think this is foreshadowing to a bigger thing.]]> 2017-05-23 19:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173486450 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173486612 On page 38, he is talking about some Egyptian hieroglyphs and this is a clue to what might help him solve the mystery later down the road might be decoding  Egyptian hieroglyphs.]]> 2017-05-23 19:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173486612 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173486653 I didn't think about that before but since u mention that it is suspicious sense bunny's dad makes money when people die in norevelt ]]> 2017-05-23 19:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173486653 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173486980 on page 47 Jack how he could tell by the way his dad looked whatever he was thinking was more important than jacks next chore I think this could lead to a major change in the book because hi dad is a serious person.]]> 2017-05-23 19:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173486980 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173487061 On page 39 he is talking about how the book is heavy, wide, thick and tall as a tombstone. This could be foreshadowing to someone important dying in the book.]]> 2017-05-23 19:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173487061 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173487286 Mr. Spizz, according to Jack's dad, has something wrong upstairs. He might be the murder because of the fact that he might go crazy one day and take out the person he dislikes the most.]]> 2017-05-23 20:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173487286 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173487616 The UFO is a COMPLETE red herring because you won't catch anyone talking to much about it because the author is trying to mislead us into a wonder about how it got there, when it got there, why it got there, instead of focusing on the fact the Mr. Spizz might be insane. ]]> 2017-05-23 20:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173487616 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173487628 on page 64 jack said how he knew the worst was yet to come when he was with bunny i think this is foreshadowing to something big that might happen due to bunny being an outrageous person.]]> 2017-05-23 20:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173487628 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173488025 on page 62 when jack was with bunny, bunny shows jack the so called time capsules of the future caskets which bunny might find something like a clue in because a few pages later we find out she is not afraid to open the caskets at her dads shop thad already have bodies. ]]> 2017-05-23 20:07:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173488025 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173488077 The thing is about it being a red herring is that yes, there are somethings that he does not tell us but the author would write a different red herring some place else if he needed to, he really goes into depth about this so I actually don't think it is a red herring.]]> 2017-05-23 20:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173488077 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173488144 I also think that the UFO story is a red herring. when reading a mystery book every thing can seem to be a clue or a hint at an event, but most of the time they end up not mattering at all. Mr. Spizz might be insane but I don't think he has any thing to do with the crime.]]> 2017-05-23 20:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173488144 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173488827 This is probably leading to something that they will both get into trouble for because Bunny and Jack seem like a dynamic duo that would get into trouble.]]> 2017-05-23 20:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173488827 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173488907 I saw the bomb shelter thing and thought it might be because of the so called alians jack menchioned earlier  ]]> 2017-05-23 20:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173488907 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173509396 On page 74 Jack states "I would have been down on my knees and reading it with an angelic look on my face. The only religious book I had in my collection was the Landmark biography Jesus of Nazareth." I think this is a hint meaning since they are not religious maybe he thinks he can do stuff that religious people do not do.]]> 2017-05-23 23:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173509396 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173509462 I remember passing this as well but I thought that meant something may happen in the future that has something to do with like having to know information about Egyptian hieroglyphs but as I am reading farther they don't talk about it anymore.]]> 2017-05-23 23:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173509462 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173529221 I know my thinking might be far fetched but on page 67 bunny says how her dad gives denchers from the dead people to the retirement homes so people could reuse them and if bunny's dad wants to stay in buesness he needs people in norvelt to die and by giving old people the denchers he could put poison in them so the people would die and sence they where old people would think its just from old age. ]]> 2017-05-24 02:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173529221 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173530066 on page 69 jack's mom ays how he is gong to be in alot of trouble this might mean he is going to spend more time with mrs volker and get further in the mystery of all the deaths in norvelt. or he might not be able to see bunny. and sence its summer he might not be able to do alot of other things.]]> 2017-05-24 02:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173530066 sarah_miller_j https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173735429 Post WEEK 2 inferences and responses below this box!]]> 2017-05-25 00:29:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173735429 sarah_miller_j https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173896038 2017-05-25 19:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173896038 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173896629 The very last paragraph on page 122, his dad says, "If only she were next," then says later "Then we'd finally get some work done around here," This could be a clue that Miss Volker could be the one that dies and his dad might be the killer. Also this gives a motive that he might have to kill her.]]> 2017-05-25 19:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173896629 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173896756 on page 117 jacks dad says " think of it the Russian commies will be bombing us from above and we'll be protected." This could be a joke or I think this could be a clue about how jacks dad might have info about the russians bombing them and that might be a reason why he wants to move to florida ]]> 2017-05-25 19:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173896756 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173896813 I'm noticing that Bunny keeps hinting at death and dying. It's almost like shes obsessed with the idea of it.]]> 2017-05-25 19:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173896813 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897029 On page 116 Jack's father states that he would rather keep it in the family and not let other people knowing about the plane, I think the author is hinting at a plane situation that might happen in the future. ]]> 2017-05-25 19:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897029 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897148 I have been noticing that random people (not characters in the book) have been dying a lot in the book, it is only time until some character dies and the mystery starts up.]]> 2017-05-25 19:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897148 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897346 Jack sees miss Volker's hands crossed in her lap. I think he wonders how she still keeps them working and why she is still alive.]]> 2017-05-25 19:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897346 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897383 On page 125 they are talking about the snake on his leg that has a 666 (which is a sign for Satan for people that don't know) I think that this is a red herring because once again they have not talked to much into it leading us (the readers) to wonder, so I think that this has nothing to do with the story and should be a red herring. ]]> 2017-05-25 19:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897383 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897405 the whole page 119 a random person comes to norvelt and dies with no one that knowing who he is I find this strange that this is not the first time in the book that this has happened and no one from norvelt can ID him]]> 2017-05-25 19:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897405 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897576 I am noticing that as well. When we first met Bunny she seemed not as much into death but now I agree that she is obsessed with it.]]> 2017-05-25 20:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897576 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897882 On pages 140- 141 Mrs. Volker is doing a method on Jack's nose to stop the bleeding and this made me think, Why would she care enough to do that?  I think maybe the author is hinting at something that Mrs. Volker might do that she doesn't want evidence for if Jack's nose starts bleeding. ]]> 2017-05-25 20:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897882 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897885 I'm noticing that jack is really into historical events and also forced into reading while he is grounded. This might be hinting at some type of mystery that involves knowing historical events.]]> 2017-05-25 20:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897885 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897943 On page 129 it says that it looked like two old gloves, I think Bunny with be a suspect of a murder because on the scene they will find a pair of two old gloves, because the author always seems to put clues (or red herrings) at the end of the chapter.]]> 2017-05-25 20:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173897943 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173898164 on page 121 jacks mom says jack should respect the biker person that died and made him wear nice cloths to see him I think that jacks mom might have known him but doesn't want to admit it for some reason or she might feel guilty because maybe he was coming into town to see her]]> 2017-05-25 20:05:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173898164 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173898718 I think she does care about him because he is a helper, sort of like if you volunteer to help they're not going to say "meh" if you break your ankle, also she might know that Jack's mom does not like him coming home with a bloody shirt.]]> 2017-05-25 20:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173898718 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173898982 I think the motorcyclists will become a big red herring in the book. I believe this because they were just recently brought up and have not been characters for very long. Also they will probably not be caught because Mr. Spizz will not be able to catch them]]> 2017-05-25 20:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173898982 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173990013 I can go both ways, that may be what it is trying to say but I also think it is just describing in further detail the kinds of tattoos that the man has. ]]> 2017-05-26 13:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173990013 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173990372 I totally 100% agree that the stuff he knows about Russia is why he wants to move to Florida. I do not think his statements are a joke. ]]> 2017-05-26 13:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173990372 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173990503 I agree, its almost like the author was just stringing us along until a very important character dies and then he will start explaining the mystery.]]> 2017-05-26 13:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173990503 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173990974 I agree, I also do not know how there would be a connection because the author does not state rather or not the biker was from Norvelt. But then again you don't have to know somebody that isn't in your town but I just don't know if he was from there or not. ]]> 2017-05-26 14:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/173990974 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174260100 I think the quote "It felt good to be an American" is foreshadowing hidden in plain sight. What I mean by this is that the author didn't try to hide the clue but instead put it out in the open knowing, not everyone would notice it.]]> 2017-05-29 14:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174260100 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174262880 I was thinking the same thing, this character was just thrown into the book randomly. This event may also lead to another event happening later in the book]]> 2017-05-29 14:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174262880 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174263779 On pages 153,154,155,156 Miss Volker is bringing a lot of attention the the fire at her sister's former house. She is thought by many people to be crazy but this is just strange. I wonder if this could be hinting at something that could happen in the future.]]> 2017-05-29 14:53:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174263779 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174265354 Jack keeps thinking something bad is coming. This makes me believe the mystery in the book will start soon.]]> 2017-05-29 15:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174265354 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174319967 On page 149 Jack is complaining because he thinks he is "Suffering" and his mom goes on to say what did you do that wasn't fair and got super defensive over it. I think this might be a clue on something that might have happened in her past that maybe was not fair. ]]> 2017-05-30 01:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174319967 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174321889 On page 159, Bunny announces that a swarm of Hells Angels rides into town to steal the body of their dead companion. 
They leave town with his body in one of Mr. Huffer's expensive Time Capsule coffins. The gang's leader had supposedly placed a death curse on the town. I think this entire process if mysterious and i am feeling that their is something going on]]> 2017-05-30 01:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174321889 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174322829 On pages 174 and 175 it is Jack's birthday and his mom gets him something good, better, and best. She says that the "good" present is something useful. Jack opens it and it is a shovel. This makes me wonder how a shovel can be useful.(In Jack's case)]]> 2017-05-30 02:01:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174322829 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174496628 Jack's father says it is to dig the hole for the bomb shelter but that makes me winder what his mom had in mind when she bought him the gift. This is because she is mad about them tearing down the crops and digging a hole.]]> 2017-05-30 19:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174496628 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174496732 On page 146, Bunny says "You're starting to sound like a murder mystery for idiots" I think she might be referring to us, the readers, this is because if you think about it, there is possibly someone saying this is such a stupid mystery, or this mystery is for idiots, I think the author is stating that the mystery will start soon, just wait a little while.]]> 2017-05-30 19:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174496732 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174497673 on page 128 mrs Volker says how she has chemicals that can remove blood in her garage when jack gets his nice shirt all bloody and I was thinking that was kind of weird because there are murders happening so if she did them she could have easy clean up ]]> 2017-05-30 20:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174497673 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174498138 On page 180 Mrs. Volker gets Jack a car. But there is a catch. He can´t get it until Mrs. Volker is dead. I am wondering if Jack wants the car so much maybe he might murderer her for the car. ]]> 2017-05-30 20:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174498138 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174498460 on page 132 mrs Volker says to jack that they are going to have a huge day today this is foreshadowing that this day is going to be something important or could just be her enthusiasm about everything]]> 2017-05-30 20:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174498460 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174498867 On page 156, Mrs. Volker is again getting worked up over something that might not have anything to do with her, of course the plague has something to do with everybody in Norvelt but this is just a theory, and she is really getting worked up, I think this needs to something bigger between her and the Angles.]]> 2017-05-30 20:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174498867 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174499028 On page 203 it says "You will have to sign this sheet saying you bought some..." when he is buying the can of 1080 for Mr. Spizz. I think that that might come back to haunt him in the furture.]]> 2017-05-30 20:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174499028 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174499070 On page 198 Jacks father states that after he is done with his secret plan their will not be a towns nurse in the city. I think the author is foreshadowing on what might happen later on.]]> 2017-05-30 20:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174499070 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174676714 On page 161, Bunny started skipping and dancing in a weird way, I think this is a clue that Bunny will be the one that dies because of the fact that didn't they say that the guy that died was dancing in a weird way. ]]> 2017-05-31 17:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174676714 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174677928 Agreed, I do not think that they will start the mystery in the last 100 pages, also the angels are coming so this could be another reason.]]> 2017-05-31 17:58:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174677928 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174679000 Some people after being cooked up in a crib for awhile can go a little crazy, so I think that he is just being a little dramatic. So it could be a clue, but I think it is just him being dramatic.]]> 2017-05-31 18:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174679000 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174889745 2017-06-01 21:37:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174889745 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174889932 2017-06-01 21:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174889932 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174890213 Jacks dad is going to a new location for work. This could be an excuse he is leaving Norvelt because he has talked about going to live in FLorida many times in the book]]> 2017-06-01 21:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/174890213 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175028100 On page 205 it states ¨Or seeing Mr. Huffer´s gave me creepy thoughts."Jack only thinks creepy thoughts because that is what he got told by other people. This leads me to think he may be gullible and the author might be trying to get that point across. Also maybe things that he tells us maybe not be 100% true.]]> 2017-06-02 19:55:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175028100 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175028400 I think he is showing us that when the mystery starts that he might fall for some red-herrings or find the wrong person because someone told him so.]]> 2017-06-02 20:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175028400 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175028477 On the page 206 it says ¨...and if Miss  Volker knew what was good for her she would move there too¨ I think this is a huge foreshadowing that even when Jack´s dad wants to move to Florida for his own good he lets Jack and Jack´s mom know. Now he is opening it up to try and get other people to move as well.]]> 2017-06-02 20:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175028477 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175028778 So on page 216, it seems that Jack might get a job with the press, I think what the author is trying to say is that the press might be a major part of the story later on, like maybe something that could be asking people for help or maybe something to trick the murder (or whatever the mystery is going to be about)]]> 2017-06-02 20:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175028778 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175028779 I agree, I feel like he is making it a public statement so his wife would consider it if other people are.]]> 2017-06-02 20:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175028779 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175028880 On page 213 they talk about who died on that day as well as somebody that died that lived in Norvelt and it is always multiple people that have died that are famous and this is starting to make me think every single one of the strange Norvelt deaths have been planned by somebody. ]]> 2017-06-02 20:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175028880 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175028949 Jack's dad is moving houses to West Virginia and Mrs Volker is really upset about it. She feels he is taking away and destroying the land. She is very loyal to Mrs Roosevelt.]]> 2017-06-02 20:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175028949 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175029054 I could not agree more, I feel like this could be the murder's strategy. Also making it so there are less people to kill and making so it will be someone important to the book soon.]]> 2017-06-02 20:09:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175029054 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175029140 On Page 217, Bunny states that Jack´s summer is getting wasted away because he is grounded this makes me think of what Bunny might be doing that is so great. So maybe she is involved in something that she should not be involved in.]]> 2017-06-02 20:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175029140 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175029149 On page 229  Miss volker is telling Jack a story about somebody who feels that basically, if he kills somebody else his live will be better. So this could be a motive for the killer in the book.]]> 2017-06-02 20:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175029149 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175029233 Isn't it weird that Jefferson and Adams said the same thing as they were about to die. I think that this will be something to do with the mystery in the book.]]> 2017-06-02 20:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175029233 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175130299 Jack makes a bet with Mr. Greene about Miss Volker not killing the ladies. Based on the events in the book I feel like she has done many things that could be used as motives against her. I however am not in any way accusing her of murder but it is possible.]]> 2017-06-04 20:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175130299 linkca0 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175133154 I guess i never thought of that but now that i do it makes a lot of sense.  Also because history is very closely tied to this book in many ways as well as dying]]> 2017-06-04 21:11:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175133154 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175254340 2017-06-05 17:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175254340 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175273757 I am a little confused on why the author added the part about Uncle Will shooting the deer. It just didn't make sense given the circumstances in the text. Any thoughts?]]> 2017-06-05 20:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175273757 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175273902 I think that the map that Mrs. Volker has where she marks the people who have died live may come to use later in the story.]]> 2017-06-05 20:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175273902 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175274037 So what I think about this book is, everyone (not including Jack) are considered suspects, Spizz, Volker, Bunny, Huffer, everyone is because there are lots of motives.]]> 2017-06-05 20:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175274037 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175274262 I think this book applied a lot of history in the context that it makes sense in and shows how important this town is. I also feel that without a character like Miss Volker the story would not be what it is.]]> 2017-06-05 20:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175274262 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175274283 I agree, right now I am way passed this part in the story but I remember thinking how this would be a motive and I could start thinking of who did all the murderers.]]> 2017-06-05 20:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175274283 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175274361 I think a author included it because the story or Uncle Will will be part of the story and might be a hidden clue in the story.]]> 2017-06-05 20:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175274361 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175274646 It seems as if Jack is fine with being locked in the whole summer, do you think he accepted his fate, is having fun with Miss Volker or is scared about what might happen outside of his house?]]> 2017-06-05 20:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175274646 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175274917 Having known a little about Mr Spizz I could tell something was off about him. The way Jack's dad said there was 'something wrong upstairs' I knew he could be a major part of the murders.]]> 2017-06-05 20:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175274917 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175275007 I agree, I was just thinking about how in the beginning of the story he was upset that he was grounded but now I ]]> 2017-06-05 20:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175275007 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175275332 When Jack sneaks out and is out with Bunny, when he shows up Bunny is smoking a cigarette. I think this is a clue that Bunny will set something on fire then not to get into trouble she'll blame it on someone else. ]]> 2017-06-05 20:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175275332 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457307 2017-06-06 20:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457307 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457330 on page 232 jack says how all the old ladies just sit around and don't die this is suspicious because so far in the book only men have died this makes me think the killer is targeting men for some reason.]]> 2017-06-06 20:03:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457330 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457372 I agree, in one of my clues I talk about the fact that Jack's father talks about leaving so often. I think he is trying to be like "I have a job in Florida, now we have to move to Florida"]]> 2017-06-06 20:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457372 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457525 When he is talking to Bunny about who put the bullet in the gun, the author wants us to think that someone put the bullet in the gun thinking that Jack would play with it and maybe shoot Miss Volker. ]]> 2017-06-06 20:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457525 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457649 On page 235 Jack says "I wished Russians would bomb me out of misery" I am feeling like this the author is foreshadowing an event that might happen at the end of the story.]]> 2017-06-06 20:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457649 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457684 Yeah, I can remember having that same thought but it turns out she is in some ways just a red herring. The author makes you think she and her dad are influencing all of the murders just to get business but that turns out to be totally wrong.]]> 2017-06-06 20:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457684 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457786 On page 237 Bunny says, "As my dad says 'You have to die at some point' so why not while you are having fun. This is a little bit of Peer pressure from Bunny and I feel like the author is trying to get us the piece of information that he might take this under consideration. ]]> 2017-06-06 20:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457786 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457956 on page 131 mrs Volker says mr spizz is a bore and some other rude things and earlier we learned that mr spizz is in love with mrs volker which makes me wonder why she hates him so much and what is the reason.]]> 2017-06-06 20:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457956 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457990 On page 253 Mrs. Volker repeatedly brings up the fact that she can't do anything with her hands and i feel like she is trying to red herring us into thinking she can't do anything. But maybe she can do stuff.]]> 2017-06-06 20:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175457990 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175458130 At the end of chapter 23, they start talking about a radio, I think that they will use the radio in the book to talk so they don't get in trouble for talking at night. ]]> 2017-06-06 20:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175458130 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175486426 on page 273 it says that jack is worried about how he thinks his dad might have killed mrs vinal this shows he dosnt have much trust in his dad and he could be a killer.]]> 2017-06-07 02:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175486426 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175488014 on page 296 jack's mom confesses that she might have killed the old ladies with her casserole i think this is a clue not because i think she did it but because it shows anyone could have given the ladies food or tanted it and to keep are minds open about who the killer could be.]]> 2017-06-07 02:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175488014 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175488308 on page 305 it says how mr spizs left chocolates at mrs volkers house then later when thy encountered each other he hade a eivl grin on his face i think this means that he could be killing the old ladies with chocolates.]]> 2017-06-07 02:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175488308 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175488793 since now the murders are solved with motives I realize that bunny's dad making coffins and getting money from these people dieing is just a big red herring that the author put in the book for more of a mystery.]]> 2017-06-07 02:41:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175488793 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175574047 I agree this is weird that he mentions that he wants to move to florida so much this could be because he is the murderer and wants to escape after the crime]]> 2017-06-07 14:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175574047 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175608820 I agree because the killer might have a motive to kill people by there location and maybe they saw something they weren't supposed to]]> 2017-06-07 17:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175608820 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175609240 I agree this was foreshadowing I think mrs volker might be a target for the next posining]]> 2017-06-07 17:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175609240 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175609753 for a portion of the book the author had us believe that jacks mom was the killer by poisoning the people with her casseroles this turned out to be a big red herring leading up to the actual killer being revealed as mr spizz]]> 2017-06-07 17:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175609753 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175624124 On page 246 it says "they've been sneaking up on the town in cars," I think that because they know this that they will use it in the future.]]> 2017-06-07 19:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175624124 https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175624525 On page 227 and 228 it is talking about the story about Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman. I was wondering why it would spend 2 pages talking about it if it is not inportant.]]> 2017-06-07 19:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_miller_j/7thdeadend/wish/175624525