rough draft

I am going to write about a person that inspires me. This person is my mom, Tracy. She has many characteristics to describe her. She is helpful, hardworking and humorous. She has many more traits than this, but I will tell you about these.
I consider her hard working because she has a good job. She has worked very hard her whole life to get this job. She currently is a dispatcher for the county. A dispatcher is when someone calls 911 and she answers the phones. When she answers the phones, she has to stay calm and help people through their problems. It’s really cool to watch her work with all of the different computers and information.
I also consider her humorous. Almost everyday we are always laughing and joking around about stuff. This is her trait that inspires me the most. She passed this one down to me. I think that she got this from my grandma too. She is always fun to be with, even though she is sixty some years old, she drives go-karts and stuff like that.
She is very helpful too. Whenever I need help with homework, she tries her best to help me. Some family and friends of hers needed her to sew stuff back together, and she gladly accepted. During concerts for orchestra, or field trips for school, my mom likes to chaperone.
So overall, I would say that my mom is a good person. She has many traits that I hope I will get when I get older. She is really fun to hang out with.
I hope I will get a good job when I grow up. My goals are to get into a good college and get an exceptional job. To achieve these goals I plan on getting a good education now and working hard like my mom has. The trait that I would need for this is hardworking and smart. My inspirational message to offer others about pursuing their educational goals, never give up. This is very important because if you give up you will never get anywhere. Another one could be is try your hardest every day. If you don't try you wont get into a good college, or even graduate highschool.

Book Report Part 2

There were a lot of choices in this book which lead to things being learned. Maddie had gotten accepted into the college in California, Santa Cruz. But, she also got accepted to Georgia State, where Ian and Angela are going. She thought about it for a while and chose what was best for her. She decided to go to Santa Cruz. Angela is dating this boy named Logan and things aren’t connecting between them. For Valentine’s Day Logan gives Angela a jeep. She tries staying with him, but ends up breaking up with him. After they are apart, she found out that Jana and Logan have been together for a while. Angela learned to do what is right, even if it is a hard thing to do. Zoe eventually ends up sleeping with Doug, her boyfriend. Overall I rate this book a 10. I really enjoyed this book. I think that many other girls would enjoy them too. It was very easy to read and hard to put down.

Book report part 1

I am reading l8r g8r by Lauren Myracle. I am really enjoying the book so far. I would give it a 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. I think that I like this book because I can relate to it a little bit. It’s about school and all of the drama involved. It’s also like an online chat room, so it is a fast read. I also keep reading it; I never want to put it down. Any girl would like this book. I do not think that many boys would like it though. The character that I think I’m most like is Maddie. She is tough, stubborn and doesn’t let too many things get her down. She also follows her dreams. She hates change, but I don’t. I like to try new things. There isn't a theme yet in the book. I predict that Maddie will end up going to college with Ian, her boyfriend, and Angela because she doesn't like change. Zoe will probably end up getting into the college she wants. The whole deal with Jana will end after they graduate.

theme

There weren’t too many themes in this book. This is the second book of this trilogy. The next book has more themes because it is just wrapping up the rest of the story. The first book is called ttyl the third book is called l8r g8r. I would have to say that the theme in ttfn is never give up. When Angela moved to San Diego she kept fighting to get back to Atlanta. So she eventually ran away from San Diego and went back to Atlanta, Georgia. Another theme could be that even if you think something is the end of the world, it really isn’t. When Angela was forced to move, she thought that she would never live. She made it through everything anyways. A major importance in this book is never lose your friends. Angela, Maddie and Zoe are really great friends. They could never have made it through lots of things without friends keeping their backs for them. It is the same way in everyone's life also. Most people take their friends advantage of. Friends help you get through the toughest parts of your life. These themes are important to the book. They are important because if books did not have themes, then there would not really be a point to a book. unless the author was writing for enjoyment.

conflicts

There are a lot of conflicts in this story. Angela is forced to move to California by her parents, no questions. Once she gets there she is very miserable and has no friends. Angela’s dad’s boss’s daughter, Glendy, follows her around school. Glendy tries to be nice to Angela, but Glendy is very annoying. Angela tries to ditch her, but she just keeps on coming back every time.
Doug and Zoey are now dating. At first Zoey didn’t tell Angela that they were going out. When Angela found out, she didn’t hear it from Zoey. She was very mad at Zoey and started not to talk to her. They made up after a few days and they were back to normal. Before, Zoey was uncomfortable with doing stuff with Doug, even though Doug wasn’t pressuring her. She was very nervous and scared anyways. After Maddie dared her to do all of those crazy things, Zoey is feeling better about getting out of her comfort zone or her “bubble”.
Next, we have Maddie’s problem with Clive. Clive is a stoner boy that basically make out with multiple girls. He doesn’t have like a set girlfriend. He also has smoked pot most of his whole life. So when they are hanging out Whittney also comes along too. Supposedly Clive and Whittney are going out, but he does not treat her like it.
Zoey’s parents are out of her house for the night. She decides to cook dinner for Doug when he comes over. Zoey buys a thong and a matching bra for the occasion. They do not know how far things are going to lead. They are in Zoey’s bed, when her parents get home early! She is grounded for a while. She isn’t allowed to see Doug alone for a while.
At the end of the book, Angela runs away from San Diego. She doesn’t let anyone know that she is even thinking about running away. She just hops on a bus and heads for Atlanta, Georgia. Angela’s Aunt Sadie is single and has a house near or in Atlanta. When Angela arrives in Atlanta she goes and lives with her Aunt Sadie. Her parents aren’t sure whether or not they want Angela to live in Atlanta when they are in San Diego, but they think about it. They are going to let her stay until Spring Break and see how things go. Aunt Sadie is just basically going to be the parent. If anything goes wrong, Angela has to move back to San Diego.

setting

There were two settings in this book. Maddie, Zoey and Angela lived in Atlanta, Georgia their whole lives. Atlanta is your typical city. I would say it’s more like the twin cities. It’s a bigger city, but with smaller parts around it. The second setting is in San Diego, California. This was where Angela was forced to move halfway throughout the book. San Diego is a very large city. Angela lives a few minutes out of San Diego in a smaller town. Angela’s favorite thing to do is to go into “the city”. That’s just what they call San Diego.
This book takes place in present time. The girls are just your average teenage girls. They have all of the electronics that all of the other girls our age do. If it was ten years old, they wouldn’t have new cell phones that they can go on a chat room on. So that helps us a little.
The setting is very important in this book. If Zoey, Angela and Maddie didn’t live in a city they wouldn’t be on the internet all the time or drive to go get something to eat. If they lived in the country, they probably would not all have their own cars. They would not have their style in clothes that do. They would have to wear warmer clothes or something that they could sometimes get dirty. They probably wouldn’t be on the internet all the time either. They would still hang out the same amount of time, just probably would not do the same things that they do now. They couldn’t just drive to the mall and go shopping. They would hang out at somebody’s house or something like that.
Zoey, Maddie and Angela wouldn’t have the same attitude about things either. They think that people who live in the country are just hillbillies with no lives or anything. They also think that people who live in the country are completely cut off from electronics or anything.

character part 2

All three of the girls in the book are dynamic. I think Zoey has changed the most. She let Maddie dare her to do things she would’ve never done before. The first dare was to go up to someone besides Maddie or Angela and say, “shut the hell up!” and mean it. Second, she had to super glue inappropriate bumper stickers to her old English teacher’s car during church. Last, she had to glue marshmallows to her nipples. Second, she had to super glue inappropriate bumper stickers to her old English teacher’s car during church. Last, she had to glue marshmallows to her nipples and run around the mall twice. Zoey has let herself be more comfortable doing stuff with Doug. They’re now dating and very serious about it too. Before Zoey wouldn’t do anything that could get her in trouble. But she actually got caught with Doug at her house.
Second, we have Maddie. She had to have one dare herself. That dare was to tell Clive how she really feels about him This was very hard for her to do because she can't really open up about that kind of stuff. But, one night she was hanging out with Clive and they were out of pot. So Maddie and this other boy went down this alley, but she made her friend get it. She didn’t know that the guys selling pot were undercover cops so they got caught and went to the police station. Maddie got in trouble for not having her license and her friend for buying the pot. So the rest of her friends and Clive showed up at the police station and Maddie just told him. But he’s going out with Whittney. Maddie tried a lot of pot in this book, but she never liked it. She was just showing off for Clive. She actually decided to quit.
Last, we have Angela. She was forced to move with her family to California with her mom and sister because her dad lost his job. She was very depressed from this. She thought about cutting herself, but she would never do that. She is still a baby about some things. She has to have a special pillow so she doesn’t hear her own pulse when she sleeps. She bought this bracelet that says believe. She started believing in little things like that after she moved.