The Unexpected Transformation

Authors Note: This is a short response to the story, "Thank you Ma'am" that is showing the story through Rodger's eyes. 

         From Rodger's eyes, Mrs. Jones seemed  like a usual old, frail, defenseless woman that she appeared to be. He thought that she was the perfect target to mug on the street. All she was doing was trying to go home. He knew that he was going to have to act fast to get the purse. Little did he realize that the purse weighed a lot more than a regular purse. When he decided to finally steal her purse it seemed to be fool proof. When he made a run for it and fell on his back with the purse he was scared out of his mind. He knew that he wasn't going to get the purse. When Mrs. Jones grabbed Rodger by the shirt, he did what any other criminal would do, act nice. Rodger was also overwhelmed by her strength and didn't know what to do. When Mrs. Jones said that he was going to be her son, that scared him a lot. When she brought him to her house and heard people in the background, he knew he was safe and she wouldn’t kill him. When he saw the door, he didn't run for it because they both trusted each other. When they finished talking, Mrs. Jones forced  a valuable lesson into his mind that will help him for many days to come. When Rodger left, he knew that he finally had someone who saw good in him and knew that she will help him with anything that he needs. Rodger also realized that he had gone through a very unexpected transformation, he was a changed man.

Letter to Obi

Authors Note: This is a letter to Obi telling him what he did wrong in the story, Dead Man's Path. 

Dear Obi,

You are a self-centered, mean person who only cares about yourself. You deserved to get fired because you had no right to close the pathway to the people. Your school would have never prospered because it takes a true leader that cares and listens to other people. You need to learn how to become a better listener and learn that what you do can affect other people. When you shut down the path, it made the people very angry and it was there before you. That’s what I don’t get. How did the headmaster before you handle it? He didn’t care that it went through the schools yard. He knew that it was important to the society and understood that it was wanted. When will you learn?

                                                                                                            Sincerely,

                                                                                                            Nick Roberts

Foresight

Nick Roberts

12/20/11

Authors Note: This is a short response about what I predict will happen in the book, War Comes to Willy Freeman.

            My book, War Comes to Willy Freeman, by James and Christopher Collier is going to have something big happen. Willy, the main character is searching for her mother in New York after the British had captured her. She figured out that she is back in Groton, but very sick. She is setting out on another journey to try to get back to her mother. Something big is still going to happen in the book, War Comes to Willy Freeman.

            I predict that she will make it back safely, but it will be too late. Her mother will die. Her big journey across back to her home will be to just see her die. To me, that would be devastating. Also I think that she will run back into Captain Ivers, who wants to put her back into slavery. She will have lost her mother and be on the run again from Captain Ivers. It will be hard for her to overcome the obstacles ahead of her, but in this book, Willy is a brave and tough girl that I believe will get through everything because of her determination and bravery.

            All of these events that have been described will happen, according to what I know. There is a lot of book left and there have been so many twists and turns, it just seems these events will happen. So I believe that there will be a very big twist that is still in store in this book. This is what I predict that will happen in the book, War Comes to Willy Freeman.