Summary and Character Analysis #6

In the book The Abduction Kidnapped by Gordon Korman. So far I have read that the main character Meg is living a regular teen life with her brother Aidan and her family. They argue, laugh, and have lot of family time until that one day. It was Aidan and Meg alone and out of no where a van comes up behind them and struggles to take Meg. Aidan was the one who was yelling for help but no one paid attention. Aidan fought with the man in a spiderman mask, then the driver said " They're calling the cops lets go", that caused the man to leave Aidan beaten on the ground and alone.

The character Aidan is a very brave young man. I know this because in the story he was the one to fight back when they took Meg. He was the one screaming to call 911 while he was fighting the kidnappers. In the text it said that Aidan said "call 911, someone help" while he was trying to get his sister back. That clearly proves that he was a brave brother and was willing to get hurt for his sister.

Finishing up Selena and Aha-Moments

The previous blog was on how Selena's best friend was a thief. Continuing on with the book I read that Selena confronted Yolanda and things went down! when Selena would confront Yolanda she would make excuses of why she needed the money and why she would waste it on personal belongings. Selena was fed up, Selena told Yolanda to give back every cent she used, Yolanda was ferrous. She didn't have that money, she would go bankrupt, so what did she do, she played Selena once again. Yolanda called Selena to meet her at a hotel so she could receive the check with all the money, of course Selena went but when she arrived Yolanda was ready to fight. She caught Selena by surprise and Selena fought right back, but when Yolanda pulled out her gun the first thing for Selena was to run and she did. Yolanda fired and it shot Selena in the shoulder which caused tragic and horrifying internal bleeding. Selena died that day which was on March 31, 1995.

While I was reading this book I noticed that Selena was a very trustworthy person and someone who has lots of trust with friends. I know this because in the text it stated "Yolanda was her manager". This shows that Selena was able to put trust in her own friends, I as a person would not, I would get someone professional. Also I saw that Selena was one of a kind. To this day no one has beat Selena's vocal abilities. We had Whitney Houston, but Selena had the vocals as an infant. I know this because in her book it talked about, "Selena started her career as young as 10" This proves that she started her life as a worker but not a child. She worked harder than anybody at 10.

Continuing with Selena with Memory Moments

From were I left off, I have read that Selena started her career at a very young age and began going all around the world when she got record deals and so on. Selena had her best friend manage her money and book places were she would perform. Selena noticed something was wrong with the money count, She wondered what had happened if her "best friend" was managing it. Selena then realized that her friend had been stealing money, OMG her "friend" is a thief! Selena confronted her and things went spiral. In the text it says that, "By March, evidence of embezzlement by Yolanda Saldivar had piled up." Also, " Selena was confused. She had trusted this woman.......And now she is betraying her family?.." In conclusion we see that Selena's friend was fake.

In the book Selena by Veda Boyd Jones, it talked about Selena remembering what her childhood was before she became a big shot in the music industry. Selena talked about being smart in her classes, her teacher said " Selena was an amazing student." That proves that even though Selena was always on the road performing she always was getting her work done and continuing on with her school work. Selena was always reminding her self of her friends when she would perform, she never forgot of were she came from.

Summary of Selena Quintanilla and Character Analysis

In the Book Selena by, Veda Boyd Jones, So far I have read that Selena was an American singer and songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s". Selena started singing at a very young age and began working or performing at wedding, dinners, get together etc. around 13. In the book it talked about Selena being raised as a Jehovahs Witness, from what I know about Jehovahs Witness I believe that her becoming a pop star and not singing for God would be a contradiction. In the book it talks about having a family band, her brothers would play guitar or piano and she would be the singer. Selena loved to sing Tejano music, in other words Mexican country music. Tejano Music is not big in America but many people still listen to Selena's music.


Selena is a Tejana young lady that would go to school and come home like a normal child, until people discovered that she had a voice on her! Ever since her family and friends found out that she had an amazing voice, they would set up record listening for her, parties, dinners and weddings. Selena found this stressful, though she was an amazing student she did have to leave school and be a full-time performer. In the book it tells on how she become famous and how she felt and reacted. Selena always loved music though she never really got to live her life.

Imperfect spiral summary and tough questions sign post.

From were I left off in the book Imperfect Spiral by Debbie Levy, When the main character goes to testify the judge begins to tell the story of what happened to Humphrey. Now we know that the people that were driving were immigrants which makes it worse for the driver that hit Humphrey. Humphrey's parents no longer trust the babysitter and are fighting for safety changes. The neighborhood is now having changes to the streets, such as, side walks, lights, and stop signs. There are more things that Humphrey's parents are changing but you have to read Imperfect Spiral to find out.
 One hard question for Danielle would be wether to blame herself for it or not. In the book I see that she is miserable just with the fact that a boy died under her supervision. Especially now that she has to go and hear the story over and over again in the courts she is finally letting it in and realizing she couldn't have done anything to change what happened to Humphrey.

Imperfect Spiral summary and Character analysis

           In the book "Imperfect Spiral by Debbie Levy", the main situation talked about in this book would be when Humphrey gets killed by a car accident. In the book so far I have gotten into reading the situation in more detail, from who was there, who saw it, and who experienced it happen. The character Danielle Snyder is the main character who experiences the death of Humphrey close up, there fore she believe's it is her fault he is dead. Danielle soon finds out about Justin who is her "friend" (actually they feel more for each other), turns out he had something to do with the accident.

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          Danielle Snyder is a regular, funny, outgoing until Humphrey dies in a tragic car accident. In the book it speaks about Danielle being a babysitter, talking to her friends and just having a normal teenage life. After the death of Humphrey she becomes depressed, confused and all sorts of things. In the book I read that she felt as if it was her fault, if only she had kept a closer eye on him it wouldn't have happened. Now she has become more of an understanding person but still tries to find out the truth of who was driving that blue minivan that killed Humphrey. I know this because in the book it talks about her going to court to testify what had happened but her herself doesn't know the whole truth. Will we ever find out?

2015 Goals!!!

What are my goals this year?? This year academically I want to achieve being on the honor roll for the rest of the eighth grade year, and at the end of the year I will try to shoot for valet victorian. I want to achieve being on the honor roll for the rest of the year because high schools look at your grades. The high school that I'm going to recommends us to be in all AP or honors classes. Knowing that I can be in honors here at Heritage, it allows me to have an idea of what I can do in high school. Valet victorian is something that is very challenging to accomplish. I am a determined girl who loves to take on a challenge. Other people have a higher percentage of getting valet victorian, but knowing that I tried gives me the satisfaction of knowing I did my best this year.
My personal goal would be to become a leader in 8B. To be a leader it consists of having trust from all your teachers, being a responsible person, a caring person, someone who is open minded and available for any reason during school. I feel like I am the things I listed above. Though I have these characteristics I would love to make them stronger and better. To make these characteristics stronger I would join certain groups who help out the community and our school, I would surround myself with the right crowd. 8B does need a different direction push, 8B has people who are not so encouraged to come to school, I would love to change that and show them that school isn't so bad.