Gabby





Author: Edward Bloor

By: Gabby Summary: Paul and his family move to Tangerine County, Florida. Paul is considered legally blind (but he can still see, and he doesn't like being called blind), and because of this, he runs into trouble. He gets kicked off the soccer team at his school, then a sinkhole swallows up the school, so he moves to another school where he makes friends and is allowed to play on the soccer team there. During all of this, Paul is haunted with memories of how he became blind. Paul's older brother does some bad things, and in the end, Paul remembers becoming blind.

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What are the steps to solving a problem?
-D-define the problem -P-plan how to solve it

-R-reflect on how well you did, and whether or not you need to do anything else Examples: When Luis confronted Eric (Paul's older brother), about hurting Tino, (Luis's younger brother) they fight, Luis gets hurt, and as a result, 6 days later, Luis dies, and Paul witnessess the whole thing. Define: Paul had to find out what the real problem was (Eric and his friend had killed Tino's older brother Luis) Plan: Paul had to decide what he was going to do about the problem (Reasearch to find out what killed Luis, then lay low and once the police become involved, admit to being a witness) Act: Paul did exactly what he planned to do Reflect: Paul thought about how by admitting to being a witness and telling the police what he saw, he got his brother in a lot of trouble (which he deserved), and he conquered his fear of his older brother, Eric.

While I was reading my book, I used the reading strategy of inferring and predicting. one example of when I used inferring and predicting while reading is; when Paul is sitting by the pond in the develpment that he lives in and a 5 year-old neighbor who Paul hasn't met yet comes up to Paul and starts talking to him, and Paul starts to yell at the kid. Based on Paul's reaction to the kid trying to be nice to him, I came to the conclusion that Paul is upset, because from what I had read up to that part, Paul barely loses control of his anger, and when he does, he tells his mom most of the time, not some innocent stranger who was trying to be nice. I predicted that once the kid runs away, that Paul would regain control of his anger and calm down, because then he would have no one to yell at about how upset he is. It turned out that my prediction is correct. Another example of when I used inferring and predicting while reading is when Paul thinks to himself that him and his supposedly best friend Joey are so different in so many ways, and that Paul doesn't like Joey's attitude. I inferred that Paul doesn't really like Joey any more, and i predicted that because of their differences, Paul and Joey will get in a fight and stop being best friends. My prediction came true, and Paul and Joey don't like each other as much as they used to.

=Review:= Overall, I really liked this book, but at times it can be kind of confusing because Paul has a lot of memories, and sometimes it is hard to tell which is past and which is present. Besides that, I would say that this book was one of the best books that I have ever read, and I have read a lot of books so that is saying a lot!

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