https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f Made with ♥ en-us 2019-02-08 15:06:44 UTC 2025-09-30 16:25:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png wietzken000 https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/329230948 I chose to read this book because I enjoy reading about people's real life. The author was an illiterate sixteen year old who always thought she was invisible. She was invisible to her father and mother who raped her and the mother who batters her. ]]> 2019-02-08 15:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/329230948 wietzken000 https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/331747051 She likes to be called Precious. So far in the book she has had a baby at the age of 12. The father is her dad. Both of her parents beat and rape her. Her baby has down syndrome. For her age she isn't very mature and she has speech, and reading and writing problems. ]]> 2019-02-15 14:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/331747051 wietzken000 https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/334155957 I think Jennifer Lopez would make a good role for this. I feel like she would be good at playing this role but she'd have to be a lot younger. ]]> 2019-02-22 14:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/334155957 wietzken000 https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/336857138 Precious is 16 years old at this point in the story. She had her first baby who had down syndrome when she was in second grade. She likes to go to school but she gets bullied. She also likes her math teacher and gets along with him. One of her other teachers or principles wants her to go to a different, more independent school. She agrees to going and it is her first day. That's as far as I've gotten. ]]> 2019-03-01 14:39:54 UTC https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/336857138 wietzken000 https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/343781489 I think I would like living in this city. It is a neighborhood in New York and I've always wanted to live in New York. Harlem is known for their jazz  clubs and their African American heritage. ]]> 2019-03-21 13:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/343781489 wietzken000 https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/359897055 Rise Up - Andra Day
This song is about overcoming big obstacles when you're broken down. This relates to Precious because she wants to make her life better and keep rising up. This song really represents struggle in life but strength to keep pushing through. ]]> 2019-05-14 13:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/359897055 wietzken000 https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/359903353 The primary conflict in this book man v self. She struggles with the finding the balance of school and home. She went through some pretty traumatic situations that affect her whole life. She has two kids, one she takes care of and one she doesn't. She is 18 at this point in the book and she wants to get a job and read and write but people are telling her she can't. ]]> 2019-05-14 13:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/359903353 wietzken000 https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/360351217 The theme of this book is survival. I believe the theme is survival because she has many obstacles she has to face in life. Her parents are not good to her and she can barely read and write. She is trying to survive but all of the odds are against her. She's trying her hardest to push through it. ]]> 2019-05-15 14:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/360351217 wietzken000 https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/360355713 I would definitely recommend this book to anyone that likes reading about family and life conflicts. I thought it was a very good book and it gave you a different viewpoint of something you don't see everyday. ]]> 2019-05-15 14:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/wietzken000/lt12xvtlic2f/wish/360355713