What expectations do you have from the book cover?

To be completely honest, what I assume from the book cover is rules about behaving in the bath tub. Due to the fact that there is a rubber duck ad fish in the water. I'm excited to finishing the book to decide if my prediction was right or not. (however, I highly doubt it)

Autism

What do you know about autism? Have you had any experiences with people who have autism?

Rules

Assuming you haven't read the book yet, read the back. Based on the summary on the jacket, where do you think the title comes from?

What is kira-kira is used for

I don't really know what kira-kira means I think it means a word that you use to to explain something that you really can't explain like
Supercalifragilisticexpealldocious.

hope

What are ways that people find hope in the midst of a struggle with termainal illness?

sacrifices

What sacrifices do families, especially families living in poverty, make to support their loved their loved ones?

working conditions

How do negative working conditions affect people's lives outside of the workplace?

moving

What are some challenges that immigrant families like Katie's might face when they arrive in their new country?

Surprised

Why are the kids at Katie's school surprised to see a Japanese girl if there is a high number of Japanese people for that size of a town?

Maybe not

Do you think that when the family moves to Georgia, why do think that people are mean to them? Maybe they are not trying to.

Moving

What do you think motivates the family to move to Georgia? After they move, do you think their new jobs and their new community meet their expectations?

The Union

What is a union? How do you think a union might help or hurt the factory workers? Why doesn't the owner want a union?

"Colored"?

The family comments that they don't know if they should sit on the "white" side of the restaurant or on the "colored" side. Think about this. Do all people really fit into one of these two categories? Where would you sit if you were in their position?

Kira Kira

Based on the author's explanation, what are some things that you can think of that you would call "kira kira?"

WHY?

why is no one posting anymore. Is this blog abandoned?

WHY?

Why doesn't anyone post any more?

Lynn

What do you predict will happen to Lynn in the end of the book? Will she die, or get ill, stated in the summary.

The Fight

Why do you think Manolo makes up his mind that he must go through with the big fight?

Manolo's future

How will Manolo be at bullfighting in years to come?. Do you think he will be remembered as much as his father?

Manolo

Do you think Malono's fear of bullfighting is normal? Would you be scared of the thing your dad died from? Would it be a fear?

Manolo

FEAR

Is there a time that you were REALLY afraid of something happening, to the point that this fear was all you could think about? What was it? Was it really that bad? Do you think Manolo's fear is normal?

Practicing

Manolo begins practicing in secret. Why do you think he doesn't want anyone to know what he's doing?

Manolo

How do you believe Manolo felt when people kept telling him he looked so much like his father and would fallow his footsteps? Imagine being in Manolo's steps, how would you feel if people told you to be a bull fighter and you didn't know if you wanted to?

Manolo's father

Manolo's father has been dead for years. Do you think he would have wanted Manolo to follow in his footsteps as a bullfighter?

Manolo

Just the thought of even attending a bullfight makes Manolo nervous. What do you think he is so afraid of?

Bullfighting?

What do you think of bullfighting in general? Can it still be considered an art?

Fear

Why do you think it's not okay for Manolo to feel afraid of anything? After all, he's just a child.

Expectations

At the beginning of the story, Manolo says that there are three things expected of him, but no one had to tell him what they were. Have you ever had that happen - where you knew you were supposed to do or not do a certain thing, or behave in a certain way, even though no one told you that? You just knew? It reminded me of college. I mean, when I was a kid I always knew I was supposed to go to college even though no one ever said it. It was just assumed that I would plan my life around preparing for a college education. Can you relate?

Bullfighting

Maybe people fight bulls because it gives them a sense that they are cheating death, so in some small way they have control over it. If the whole community wants to believe that bullfighters can cheat death, why would a man killed by a bull live on in legend, and not someone who never lost a fight?

Shadow of a Bull

"There have always been five things people fear...And of these, death has been feared the most." Do you think that's true? Why do these particular things make the list? Would you add anything?

The End of the Book

If you think there is a sequel, what do you think will happen? Will Travis escape close supervision? What if Josh and Scott go back to stealing purses?

Josh and Miranda

What do you think the relationship between Josh and Miranda will be? I saw at the beginning that they hated each other, but they start liking each other later...

Josh and Amy

During the second half of the book, I noticed that Amy was talking to Josh more and more. Do you think there will be a relationship between them?

Josh and Amy

During the second half of the book, I noticed that Amy was talking to Josh more and more. Do you think there will be a relationship between them?

Josh and Scott

What do you think will happen between Josh and Scott? Will they still be friends after this event, or will there friendship be ruined forever?

Opinion

Did you enjoy the book you read? Why?

Amy

I was interested in Amy. Before you knew her situation, what did you think she did to earn herself a place at the center?

A Prologue

The author hints at a few troubling events that occurred in Josh's life before he ended up living with Andrew. What are some things from Josh's past that might have contributed to his anger?

The Dogs

How do you think working with dogs would benefit the kids at the center?

After reading

After reading the first chapter what you think josh personalitys is??

Why

Why you think it was named snitch just by reading the first pages???

So what you think is gonna happen in the new book

What you think is gonna happen in the new book that has given out Snitch By: Norah McClintock, just by looking at the title?

New Book: SNITCH

Why do you think?

Why do you think she has that dream with the kids and the butterfly girl?????

Why do you think the rats???

Why do you think the rats are evil the other world when in the real world their not evil their just trying to warn coraline from danger?????

Other Dad HELP???

Why does the other dad tried to help coraline until hes forced to attack her???

why does coraline later start seeing that her other mom doesnt look like her mom??

later on coraline says that she is confused how that bug eating monster could be her mom they dont even look alike and what you think snow glove in the furnish room might be about in the Story????

What you think the other mother gets for doing all this trouble??

why you think she takes time to copy coralines world and force her to be her daughter what does she want from coraline that other people dont have?

The stone in her pocket

You know how Coraline has this stone in her pocket that seems to give her strenghth? Do you/did you think the stone would help her somehow? It's the only thing she has with her from her real life.

Why Coraline?

Why is it that Coraline is initially the only one who can go to the "other side" of the wall, even though others have been taken by the other mother before? What do you think the other mother wants, anyway?

The Talking Cat???

What you meant the talking cat meant by that humans cant stay together their all over and that cats can and do you think the cat is a spy for the button mom or ally to coraline????

The Dog Show???

Why do you think in this bizarre world theres a a dog show for the dogs and wouldnt it be kinda freaky to see the old ladys to like take of thei skin from now and like from them step out to button versions of them when they were younger

The Mysterious Button Dad

Do You Think The Button Dad Is Just A Material Created By the Button Mom And Why Does He tell Coraline Some tips On finding things And stuff???

Trapped???

How Would You Feel If Some Weird Lady Saying To Be Your Mom Adultnaps(kidnaps) Your Real Parents And You Had To Find Them And The Souls Of The Three Mysterious Kids From The Mirror Cage And If You Lose You'll Become A Lost Soul Just Like Them And Never ComeBack???

coraline

Do you think coraline feels scared of her other mother and other father in this weird other home and they have button eyes? If I was her I run away and lock the door and throw the key into a dumpster or down a drain or maybe even melt it

Coraline

How do you think coraline feels about people calling her caroline instead of coraline mad or sad or just ok with it?

Coraline

How do you think coraline feels or thinks about the door with the brick wall and the mice warning?

Liars

Why didn't Paul's parents tell him the truth about his eyes? What might have been different now if they'd told Paul the truth a long time ago?

The Big Game

What is so important about the game between Tangerine Middle and Lake Windsor? And why is soccer so important to Paul?

The robberie and death

so arthur kills luis and erik steals why is now arthur and his father trying to blame erik for everything i know he deserves it but if there going to jail or wathever then both are there both responsible for the damages and causes they made come to them and why do you think arthur and erik decided a life for them both like this

Erik

Why do you think erik always trying to hurt someone r doing bad stuff and doesnt care alot about paul after hes done to him like making him blind making people to look into pauls football dream not pauls soccer future ?

The New Golden Age

What do you guys think about the new golden age for tangerines that luis is working so hard to accomplish and well he be there to witness it or not?

his memories

well the memories must be coming back because it might have been that something fishy was going on about him beign blind over a solar eclipse until finally he rembers how evil his brtoher was to him and his henchmen

His vision

his vision was blured by a solar eclipse his paretns tell him but i think theres another reason hidden in the story but well know but you guys have to find out

the glasses

Why are Paul's glasses such an important part of the story?

The Memories

What exactly is it that Paul is remembering at the beginning, and why would he blame Erik?

TANGERIne

the more i read the book more interesting it gets and mysterys start to open about erik and pauls past

tangerine 2ndpart

Well since he thinks that hes brother is not telling him soemthing about how he got well not blind but not good in vision

TANGERINE

What do you guys fell about the beginning how you think the boy with the glasses (sorry sometimes i forget his name) feels that hsi brother is praised and how he rembers his brother in a mask trying to hit him with a bat

the theme

i thought the theme was to see and recognize that not everything in our world or community is perfect there millions of different comunnitys with their own rules i suggest teens and older to read this book to understand the meaning

The end of the book

well now is the time to write the stuff you learned from the book what themme it had or dint have

what you think happens

do you thinkt he babyb survive and if jonas does too do they reach their destination

If there was sequel

if there was a sequel what willy uo think will happen next and how does hes wrld work out and stuff

Jonas taking the baby

well he took the baby and i thinks hes gonna give him memmories and ehs gonna reach a place where they got feelings and colors and that the baby becomes strong and has memories

After Jonas escaped

Jonas leaves with the baby. Where do you think he goes? What happens to his community? What does he do with the baby?

when is my birthday???

How would you feel not having a birthday all to your self?

Would you feel weird that in insted of having a birthday for every year, your last birthday was when u turn 12 years old?

Would you feel ok that every bodies bithday was on the same day?

COLORS

SO PEOPLE WONT BE ATRATCTED TO THEM BECAUSE COLORS REPRESENT BEAUTY SO IT WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THE FEELING OF LOVE PEOPLE DINT WANT THAT THEY WANTED EVERYTHING UNDERCONTROL

No colors?

Why was it important that the people in the community not be able to see colors? Why would that matter?

Decision

what you guys think about the desicion he made to escape and take the baby with him and give him memories some people make lots of desicions you think hes desicion is gonna make a difference in that community and how you think he feels deciding this and leaving his family and home

RELEASE

BEING RELEASED MEANS THAT THEY WERE KILLED BUT THEY DINT KNOW WHAT THEY WHERE DOING SINCE THEY DINT HAVE FEELINGS T\THEY DINT MEAN WHAT IT STANDED FOR THEY DINT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DING SO WHEN THE RECEIVER SAW THIS HAPENING HE GOT MAD AT HIS FATHER BECAUSE HE SAW HIS ON FATHER KILL A BABY BUT HES FATHER WAS HAPPY HE DINT KNOW WHAT IT MEANT BUT THE RECEIVER DID SINCE THE GIVER SHOWED HIM WHAT IT MEANT LOTS OF PAIN AND SORROW

"post today-read this blog now!"

All people in the SSFP 6-7-8 book club should post and comment every week. Many do not, which means you are engaged in some other activity. As you know, you did sign up for this so you must and have to blog at least every week.

How would you feel?

How would you feel not to have your own birthday?

How would you feel to know that someone is watching you all the time?

Released

What does it mean to be "released?" What did you think it meant, before you really knew?

The Giver?

WHaT DO PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE BOOK GIVER IN THE FIRST FEW CHAPTERS ABOUT THE WEIRD LIFE THEY HAVE AND HOW THE CHILDREN ARE GIVING TO THE PARENTS THEN OUR PARENTS MAITNG AND HAVING US BUT INSTEAD GIVING?

Stuck in the car!

When Karim was trapped in the car, what was his family probably thinking happened to him? If that were you, how would you keep from panicing?

What about those cats?

Why were the cats an important part of the story?

POSTING!!!!!!'(>.<)'someone post

well it been a long time since anybody posted is anybody posting or forgetting to post because except me no one else has been posting and its kinda weird and i hope to see more posts from the simpson street free press book club members if theres any left well i hope after all these holidays people start posting again

well the books ending was one of those good endings

i really liked the ending alot and it was like someone would say "one of those good endings" and then slam the book shut waiting or at least for a sequel to come out later on thats how i felt when i closed the book and i felt like the book had a really good meaning tha everybody in the world wont figure out by looking at the book but by joining karims world and seeign what he sees the author was probably was trying to show people in the world what the life in palestian israel so i recomend this book its really good