The next reading journal.

As i continue reading my book "ransom" the kidnappers wife says something she says "Buck, you didn't have to-"..
he replied buy saying "....we're clear you an i...."
i wonder what she meant?

Im thinking it would not even be worth kidnapping only five kids if your in for money. Its not even worth it. But so far i have no idea where they are trying to go with this.

The next event is that Dexter (one of the students) is stuck and cannot move from his very difficult position that he had to stay in for 3 hours. He is scared that the kidnappers think he is lying, well thats wat im thinking. I wonder if he was scared that they were gonna kill him or something, but he wasnt lying. But he ends up getting help from bruce and glenn which help him to get in the cabin.

Thats were i came to and end..

Reading Journal #3

The latest for the book ransom that i'm reading is that the kidnapping continues to go on and the kidnappers won't stop at any point from this part on. One of the students just has been thinking for what ever in heavens sake will she do and if the kidnappers expect money how will her mom provide it as not so well of as she is at the point. Wondering if her father will come to her rescue. Wondering if her mother and father will reach out to one another and fall back in love with each other once again. After she was done thinking of her thoughts the bus came to a stop and the unknown kidnappers were asking for the students to hope on this station wagon that was also held to a hault. All of sudden each of the student began to try to stand up for themselves which failed and where moved to the back of the station wagon. heading to some unknown direction not knowing where they where heading i put the book down.

As more and more events occur i begin to wonder what will ever happen next. This book has gotten my attention and interest to each and every word of book. I wonder if the students will come out alive. Or what will happen later on in the story. if they will be rescued or if anyone realize they have been kidnapped?

Reading Journal #2

For this week i continued to read the same book which was "ransom"

In the part i just read was everything was going ok and each student was describing themselves on the bus. Knowing there was a substitue driver everyone of the kids was dropped off except the last 5 at the last drop off which was known as the rich area. They passed that dropp off and the driver continued to pick up some person he knew. After they picked him up those 5 students knew that they were KIDNAPPED.

This book so far seems pretty interesting and keeps me in the book everytime i open it. Just trying to figure out whats going to happen next

Reading Journal #1

I am beginning to read this new book Called "ransom" by louis duncan. I began to read the first chapter and this book seems real interesting. What the students talk about in the book relates to what we would talk about as students also. This book also keeps me hooked on it like i cant let go of the book because I'm wondering of whats going to happen next, like I'm curious to go on and on.so far im learning about each the characters in the book.

reading journal #3

I just finished reading breaking through.
the ending part of the book was the most interesting part of the entire book.
Francisco finished high school and now to go to college.
It was pretty good to hear that so many people helped support Francisco to attend college.
This book has showed me the true understanding and experience of immigration and how hard it is just reading through Fancisco's persperctive and what he had to go through for his freedom.
He never gave up and never lost hope.
This book Breaking Through was good.

Journal #2

The latest reading on Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez I found out that Francisco had to spend most of his summer working as hard as he could picking strawberries in the heat and providing labor in such hours of work. I thought this was sad because from all the effort he does in school, which is one of his main priorities, he has to work during the summer which is the opposite of what I normally do because I have fun and relax. Through knowing that I feel bad for him especially since I hate working but I still do it to help out.

It is also saddning that the father had problems providing for his family because of back pain. But, luckily both sons were willing to help out and provide for their family however much they can.

So in the end of this portion of the book i thought that these few chapters were sad and also very interesting to read.

Breaking Through

I thought the book breaking through by Francisco Jimenez was kind of interesting because of the true events in the book and how immigration can be at times. Especially how immigration happens all the time and how we all witness and see immigrating. It was interesting to see what immigrating families go through because we normally see immigrants coming and going but not all the hard obstacles they have to go through to be free and filled with opportunities, we just often hear about immigration.

It also made it interesting on how a kid had to deal living like an adult and how tough that could have been especially not living wit your family. From the family all being together at once to another moment being by yourself just your older brother and you. The book was also interesting because i would just keep imagining on how I would've been able to manage living on my own, it probably would have been hard. I would wonder if i would miss my mom and dad and my family and just all the privliages i have at home and a good food and being able to afford nice things once and a while.

It was also very good that the entire family does make it over and come together as one again. Especially on them being seperated for so long just missing one another and hoping to get together soon. You could also see all the love that the held for one another when they seen each other again and knew that they were one again.