https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3 The House Of Secrets (by Brad Meltzer) en-us 2017-10-02 17:27:53 UTC 2017-10-13 14:02:52 UTC hello@padlet.com grace_mcnamee https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/193121756 Hazel Nash and her family get into a car crash that leaves Hazel's memory impaired and her father dead. When she wakes up in the hospital, an FBI agent questions her, only to find that she really doesn't remember much. In a desperate act of trying to figure out her past, she has her brother help her escape from the hospital. She goes back to her apartment and discovers guns in her drawer. She then leaves to find her old friend, Butchie, who fills her in on some of the information and eventually helps her get even more back with truth serum. She doesn't discover much, other than some information from a strange answer she gave to the question, "Did you kill Nixon?" to which she responded with, "We all did."]]> 2017-10-02 17:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/193121756 grace_mcnamee https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/193121965 2017-10-02 17:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/193121965 grace_mcnamee https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196656211 "And then, in the bottom drawer, arranged neatly, just like everything else, were her guns."  Meltzer, 105
- Narrator (about Hazel Nash)]]> 2017-10-12 23:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196656211 grace_mcnamee https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196656350 "A few weeks ago. The day before the crash. An entire lifetime ago" Meltzer, 276.
- Narrator (Hazel Nash's thoughts)]]> 2017-10-12 23:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196656350 grace_mcnamee https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196656577 1. Not everything is as it seems. 
2. Never stop looking for the truth.]]> 2017-10-12 23:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196656577 grace_mcnamee https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196656698 I would rate the story a five out of five because of how well it was written, how complex the story line was, and how the author managed to capture the thoughts and history of each character, which was very well. ]]> 2017-10-12 23:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196656698 grace_mcnamee https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196656822 http://bradmeltzer.com/Books/The-House-of-Secrets]]> 2017-10-12 23:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196656822 grace_mcnamee https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196656865 2017-10-12 23:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196656865 grace_mcnamee https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196657068 I'd say that the author picked this cover because of how the components of the image link to the story. For example, the main figure, the girl with the gun, is a reflection of Hazel, with her guns and basic violent nature. The other two figures could be Hazel, and her father, Jack, who were very close, and as Skip said, both "spoke a language only the two of them understood", so I'd say they're connected on a deeper level, which is also why they're holding hands.]]> 2017-10-12 23:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196657068 grace_mcnamee https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196657480 2017-10-12 23:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196657480 grace_mcnamee https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196657589 The genre is suspense fiction.]]> 2017-10-12 23:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196657589 grace_mcnamee https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196657671 One of the conflicts the story centers around is the conflict between Hazel and herself. She cannot remember many important things, and finds herself not liking the person she used to be. She really struggles with those memories, herself, and her blood lust and anger that occasionally shows itself (Meltzer, 105-08).]]> 2017-10-12 23:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196657671 grace_mcnamee https://padlet.com/grace_mcnamee/qa3dfd187rr3/wish/196657918 Meltzer, Brad, and Tod Goldberg. The House of Secrets. Grand Central Publishing, 2017.

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