https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj en-us 2017-03-28 22:09:33 UTC 2025-05-11 17:55:24 UTC hello@padlet.com alexandraze29 https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163293530 The character that changed the most from the beginning of the book was Eureka. Eureka is heartbroken when her mother dies. It shifts Eureka's life and changed it for the worse. The only people she could count on were her best friends Brooks and Cat. As the book goes on Brooks is overcome by awful mood swings and it causes their relationship to falter. Eureka has no one to turn to and keeps her emotions bottled up. When she was a child the only time her mother ever lashed out on her was when Eureka was crying. Her mother yelled at her to never cry again and slapped her across the face. Since then, Eureka had never cried because that's what she was told to do her whole life. Once she meets Ander, everything changes. He explained to her why she was never allowed to cry and she slowly opens up. She doesn't open up completely to everyone but she begins to trust Ander. On the last few pages in order to save her family she begins to cry for the first time in 17 years to cause a flood and get them to safety. It relieves her of what she had kept inside and opens her up to the people around her. ]]> 2017-03-29 01:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163293530 alexandraze29 https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163293722 I was surprised that the author was able to tie so many things in the book together. In the beginning of the book I couldn't see how some of the things talked about were related. Slowly, the character of Ander connected the dots between the questions I had. The parts in the book were tied together with the idea of Atlantis rising up from the ocean. I didn't understand how Eureka not being able to cry affected this though. Near the end of the book it is connected. If Eureka were to cry, it would raise Atlantis and lower everything else underwater. This would kill billions of people. When the author explained this it connected the many things that I thought were random in the book. They weren't random though, and I was surprised with the way things turned out. ]]> 2017-03-29 01:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163293722 alexandraze29 https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163293921 A minor character who had a major importance was Madame Blavatsky. This woman plays a big part in the choices and decisions Eureka makes throughout the book. Eureka meets Blavatsky when Eureka needs a special book translated. The book was her mother's, given to Eureka after her mom's death. It was in a strange language and Blavatsky was the only one who could read it. The facts that come out of the book about Atlantis were pivotal to Eureka's story. Without Blavatsky none of the important information needed for the story would have been known. Not only does Blavatsky release important information but she also helps Eureka see that not everyone is a bad guy, and some people just want to help.]]> 2017-03-29 01:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163293921 alexandraze29 https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163294515 In the book, tears are very significant. Since she was a child Eureka was told never to cry.  She never knew why and never asked. Until she met Ander, who made her question everything. He taught her that her tears were powerful, and could sink a whole continent if she cried too much.
http://www.grubstreet.com/2015/12/bitter-tears.html]]> 2017-03-29 01:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163294515 alexandraze29 https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163294699 Eureka and Anders descendants came from the lost city of Atlantis. Their paths crossed because of the horrible past that Atlantis had. It created Ander and gave Eureka her powerful tears. An evil force is rising from it, and they have to figure out how to stop it.
https://abstract.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/461211/]]> 2017-03-29 01:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163294699 alexandraze29 https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163294893 The waves were very important to Eureka. On her last trip with her mother a massive wave drags their car into the ocean. Her mother dies in the freak accident. Eureka doesn't forgive her self, and wishes it was her who died in the disaster. She is afraid of going too close to the water because when she is near it, it seems to drag her in.
https://www.pinterest.com/deesgrignoli/ocean-waves/]]> 2017-03-29 01:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163294893 alexandraze29 https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163295087 Atlantis was a very important part of this book. It is where everything originated from. Ander grew up learning about it, knowing it was real. Eureka always thought it was just a story. She soon found out she was wrong.  ]]> 2017-03-29 01:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163295087 alexandraze29 https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163295192 When Eurekas mother dies, she goes into a very deep depression. She takes pills to try to kill herself because she feels so guilty. Eurekas step-mother sends her to a therapist but it seems to make things worse. ]]> 2017-03-29 01:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163295192 alexandraze29 https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163295391 Artemisia is a type of plant that is thought to be able to help cure cancer. But in this book it is very significant. Artemisia, if it makes contact with a Seedbearer, can kill them instantaneously. It is very important to this story because if one Seedbearer dies, all the others will too. This means Ander would die. ]]> 2017-03-29 01:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163295391 alexandraze29 https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163295820 2017-03-29 01:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraze29/ri2s65itkgcj/wish/163295820