Last week, Mr. C had a book report due. Usually this sets off alarms in The Stiletto house. Not because he isn’t good on the homework front (save the procrastination), but mainly because of the production that can be involved in these things. We’ve had costume requirements, dioramas (he chose the Bald Eagle…guess how much fun it was gathering supplies for that one), even lifelike puppets. It’s been a drill for two years since we started working on these. I don’t even want to talk about the Turkey disguised as the Easter Bunny, I’m still recovering from that one.
This time, we got off easy. He had to do a report that required nothing but drawing the illustrations and his well thought out observations on the book. He put the entire thing together so thoughtfully, it looked really great. Divided into four easy to read sections, The Man and I started to read through the report. Come on…join us on this journey.
1. I give this book 4 stars because it shows you that friendship can go for miles and that life back in the time of this book wasn’t so great. I enjoyed every part because it is truly a great book. I think that just about anyone would like this book, but I would change the ending to where they get back to their families.
2. The problem in this story is that these three kids have to go to a foster home because something happened to their guardians. Like Thomas J., his guardians break their hips and end up dying. Also, Harvey’s Dad accidentally ran over his legs.
3. This story takes place in the 1900’s at a small town foster home. This is important because without the setting , there couldn’t be a book. Also, because if they were sent anywhere else, they would be too far from their families.
4. The characters in this book are very realistic because they face real tragedies in life. For Thomas J., his life is now rock bottom. His mother abandoned him and then his guardians died. Carlie probably has it the most easy. She is only there because her Dad is really mean. Harvey is in the middle. His Dad was driving drunk and ran over both of his legs and broke them.
The good news is, Mr. C managed to get through the book without slipping into any sort of deep depression.
It may take The Man and I a while to bounce back from that book report though.
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