• What experiences do you share with the characters?

• In what ways is your family similar or different from those in the book?

• What did you learn about a character or group of people that you have not personally experienced?

  A experience i share is my dad would show us he could put his finger through the lighter and it would not hurt. My family is similar because we are family orientated and we care for each other. When I need help my family will be there in a second. I learned from jeannette that some people really don't live a good life but can have a family that loves them

Family

Home

Poverty

Resilience

Responsibility, Self Sufficiency,

Non Conformity

Other

The word that keeps showing up in the book is family. when jeannette was getting beat up by a bunch of girls, her little brother who was smaller and skinnier than the other girls he still went to help his sister fight.The dad is all about family, he gives a star to each of his kids to have and tells them they can have things that are impossible to have to she he loves them. Jeannette could not sleep one night so she went to her dad and he told her she had to be brave.

Jeannette and her family stopped in the middle of a desert field to sleep and watch stars , but while watching stars jeannette's sister Lori said she could live like this forever, and Jeannette says '' I think we're going to". This quote stood out to me because Jeannette realized they are going to be living in there car forever because they don't have money but are very lucky to see the stars.

reading that elicits a response from you and explain. This book so far makes me feel bad for the kids and jeannette because they aren't living the life they want and the parents are neglective.

2.Is there a relationship between the beginning and the end of the story? yes because in the end jeannette is well of and meets with her mom about her digging the trash for food, but her mom get upset and says she has changed in the wrong way. In the beginning when shes a little girl it shows how she grew up and why her mom said that.

3.How does repetition of any particular motif reinforce the theme? The repetition of family is within Rex because he truly cares for his kids but can't do much for them without money and a stable place for the kids.