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well this book turned out to be a good book

This book is a book with a lots of themes but one i htink of is that no matter who you are or with problem yuor facing you can always do something to change and what you do is with the world sees like hoppr did and how karim was amazed by the bravery and thats how something so small can do a big efect so you have to be careful not to be doing a bad one like what instead hopper said karim wasout there and told the guards that would of been a bad choice and couldve changed how karim looked up at hoppers bravery

the bomb

Why does Hopper place the "bomb" in the street? How does he feel watching the Israeli soldiers examine it?

Bull dozers

Its mean that people are using bulldozers to bull doze well the tanks are the ones breaking everything especially when it went and it ruined the soccer field in school that was a special place to karim because thats he was aible to play with freedom

EDUCATION

YES THE EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE BECAUSE KARIM MOM WANTS HIM TO LEARN BETTER AND MORE SO IF THE PEOPLE LIFT HE CURFEW HE CAN get good job AND IT DOESNT MATTER IF THERES A CURFEW OR NOT ACCORDING TO HI MOTHER

The 10 Best Things

How is Karim's list of the 10 best things he wants to do (or be) in life alike or different from what you would say?

What about the list of the 10 best things he doesn't want to do or be?

A LITTLE Piece Of Ground

WELL Theres a lot of events in it and i read it all but i dont wanna give hints away im gonna ask if people understand it i did and im gonna post a question

DOES THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THE BOOK FEELS OR WHAT YOU THINK OF THE GOALS HE WROTE HE WAS GOING TO BE OR NOT TO BE?

A Little Piece Of Ground

Well this book is really interesting im summararizing theres gonna be a lot of events and i read the back it sounds real interested i read a book like this called breadwinner which is about life in afghanistan so im interested in reading this book and i researched it and its a new book that just came out.

MR. MORRISON-_- HATE XD

WELL HE IS A BAD PERSON HE TRIES TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE LANDS BY BURNING THEM

land important!!!!!!!!!!!

LAND WAS IMPORTANT BACK THEN BECAUSE THEY OWNED AND THE CROPS THAT GREW WERE THE ONLY THINGS THEY COULD SELL AND GET MONEY FROM AND MANY WHITE TRIED TO TAKE LAND SO SOME GANG OR RELIGION BELIEVED KNOW KNOWN AS THE KKK BURNED THE FARMS AND SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE.

The Land, the land

Why is the land so important to the Logans?

Why was it so unusual for black families at the time to own land?

burning people

burning people thats just cruel who would do something like that they just thought it was ok because they were black powerless but thats just violence for kids back in those days

The Burnings

The idea of burning people alive is so cruel. Why do you think the white people in the story thought something like this was okay?

Mr. Morrison

Who is Mr. Morrison, and why is he important to the story?

well the end is going to be different

well i think the end will be a happy ending not sad because then itll be a sad book but theres always an event that changes everything and makes it happier i hope this book is a happy e nding not sad

The end

how do you think the story is going to be at the end?

whATS THE NEXT BOOK?

WHAT IM INTERESTED IN FINDING THE NEXT BOOK WHICH ONE IT WOULD BE

racism what i think about today

Well nothing much hs change dexcept that its not more effective today it still happens but not efectevily but there is rcism about spanish speaking people and asians but thats why i think but i might be wrong

What is racism?

Is racism different today? How?

What is not fair?

What things in this book are not fair? Do you think these things could happen today?

prediction

Well i just started reading the book its kinda sad because kids are like splashed by mud and mostly i think this book will have alot of sad events well thats i could come up with

Make a prediction.

From the title, did you think Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry would be a happy, uplifting story, or a sad painful one? Or maybe a litle bit of both? Why or why not?

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry

Where do you think the title of this book comes from?

New Books

Can we suggest titles for discussion?
Lina (pen-name, by the way. My initials are R.K.N.L.)

Name

It says everything about me including where i live who knows me and it represents me and thats the only thing i have of a name it cant be changed since i get use to it.

Asta's son has no name.

At the beginning, Asta's Son doesn't even have a name. Do you think this is unusual? How important is your name, and what do you think it says about you?

well

Well the first chapter i think its really good and man that men is really mean to crispin good thing the holy father is good to him

Theres different kind of books for boys and girls to me crispin seemed to be a girl but it dint matter until i realized he was a boy.

What is a "boy book?"

We're reading Crispin, by Avi, and we want to know what you think!

Several students said, before ever reading Crispin, that it was a "boy book."

Are there such things as books that are just for girls or just for boys?

Why might someone think Crispin is a "boy book" just by looking at the cover?

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