https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2 Pablet By- Alex Burger en-us 2017-10-26 12:02:51 UTC 2025-11-05 14:03:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51R8zBI4lHL.jpg bur06263 https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/200760895 2017-10-26 12:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/200760895 bur06263 https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/200761279 ""I started keeping God in my pocket"" (Grimes, 41)]]> 2017-10-26 12:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/200761279 bur06263 https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/200762892 I like that quote because it really helped Paris through the tough times and times when she was unsure what was gonna happen. When David told her that Paris stated to believe that and used it when she was uncertain about what was gonna happen next. When Malcolm was taking about how he was unsure about what was gonna happen next Paris told Malcolm what David told her. When it was Paris' first day of school she used that saying to make her nerves not as expressive. Paris was also nervous when she was performing her first solo in the choir but, the problem was that she didn't have any pockets on her dress. Then she realized that that saying was just a saying and she didn't need a pocket, what she needed was a sense of security so then she 'heard' her brother, Malcolm, saying that it'll be okay and then she got the courage to go and sing her solo.]]> 2017-10-26 12:11:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/200762892 bur06263 https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/200771784 In clear, short chapters, Grimes tells a beautiful story of family, friendship, and faith from the  viewpoint of a child in search of home in a harsh world. Nine-year-old Paris  closest bond is with her older brother, Malcolm, who protects her when their alcoholic mother has no use for them and when they flee their abusive foster home. Then Paris  is placed in a loving foster family, but the  price is separation from Malcolm. What is more, as a biracial kid in a mainly white neighborhood, its difficult for her to  find a friend, and the  racism is ugly. Her foster brother tells her to  keep God in her pocket, something she never forgets, even when she must leave because her birth mother wants to  give this family thing another go. The  big upheavals are quietly told; and although God is Paris  support, the  religion is not didactic. The  foster family is kind but never idealized, just as Paris  birth mother is not demonized. In one hilarious scene, Paris  tricks the  self-important therapist, and it is the  human story behind the  case file that readers will remember.]]> 2017-10-26 12:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/200771784 bur06263 https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/200772535 The reviewer talks about the struggles Paris had faced so far in her life. The reviewer talks about her Paris doesn't 'idealized'  the Lincolns. I think that Paris does 'idealize' the Lincolns because she always explains how awesome and ideal they are. I know this because the text states, "I'm just supposed to drop everything and leave Ossining? Leave David, Jordan, and Earletta? Give up my choir, my friends? Give up Mom and Dad Lincoln?"(Grimes, 148). This quote shows that even though her birth mother wants her home Paris finds it difficult to just leave her foster family. The reviewer also says that her birth mother is not 'demonized'. I agree with that, cause even though Paris obviously resented her birth mother for drinking and eventually 'abandoning' them Paris never 'demonized'  her birth mother.]]> 2017-10-26 12:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/200772535 bur06263 https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/201545673 2017-10-29 22:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/201545673 bur06263 https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/201545808 The Image to the left relates to the book because Paris, being so young, has experienced many counts of racism some by people very close to her. Her birth father left her and her birth mother because of the color of Paris' skin. I know this because the text states, "Paris' white blue-eyed father abandoned her when she was four. Apparently, he couldn't handle being seen walking down the street with a child whose skin was so much darker than  his own"(Grimes, 9). That quote shows that Paris' father was racist to his own child, and Paris' still remembers that she was abandoned because of the color of her skin. Paris also experienced racism from her best friend father. I know this because the text states, ""What the hell is a little blonde-headed n*gger girl doing darkening the door of my house?""(Grimes, 133). That quote shows even though she didn't know the man that said that, she did know the child of the man who said those very hurtful words, it changed her perspective of white people. ]]> 2017-10-29 22:27:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/201545808 bur06263 https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/201548035 The literary element present from the beginning of the book is foreshadowing.]]> 2017-10-29 22:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/201548035 bur06263 https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/201548207 In the book the author chose to put an except from 147 and 148 on to page three and four of the book. This impacted the book because without it the reader would have thought that Paris' birth mother would have never wanted Paris back. Even though Violet, Paris' birth mother, meet up with Paris 2 times when she was staying with the Lincolns most of the readers would have thought that that was normal for a birth mother to do sense it's still her child. One of the times when Paris visited her birth mother Paris stayed over night, and Paris explained that the apartment Violet had was a one bedroom apartment. The reader knows that Violet has two kids in foster care, Paris and Malcolm, and a one bedroom apartment wouldn't fit all three of them.]]> 2017-10-29 22:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/201548207 bur06263 https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/201549161 2017-10-29 22:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/201549161 bur06263 https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/201549533 The book cover shows a young dark skinned child with blond hair holding lilacs. I think that this image was chosen because the child in the picture resembles what Paris could look like because of the physical appearance of Paris described in the text. I know this because the text states, ""What the hell is a little blonde-headed n*gger girl doing darkening the door of my house?""(Grimes, 133). That quote shows that Paris has dark skin and blondish hair. I also think that the girl in the picture is holding lilacs because those are the flowers Paris picked in the last chapter of the book. I know this because the text states, "She clipped a few lilacs for the table and propped them up in a jelly jar full of water"(Grimes, 146). That is why I think that image was picked for the book cover, because that girl resembles what the author told us about Paris' physical appearance and because lilacs were the flowers Paris picked in the last chapter of the book.]]> 2017-10-29 23:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bur06263/xkzod44sqds2/wish/201549533