Free Choice-Girl bomb

Well, I am a little more than half way done with this book and I am learning that Janice is the innocent one. The entire time, I had it in my head that she was going to mess up somehow. I read the book Go Ask Alice, and Alice was given chance after chance but kept messing it up on her own. Janice is nothing like her at all. I really feel bad for her. I am at the point where Janice moved back home with her mom. I cannot even imagine how Janice feels. I am very close with my mom but Janice does not even trust her mom. That is extremely sad. I do not like her mom at all! What kind of parent picks men over their own kids?!?!? Janice still smokes pot, but who could blame her? She is just trying to deal with all of the problems that she had to face. I have high hopes for Janice right now.
Imagine being a very young teen and having to live in a homeless shelter where people want to kill you. You have to constinately watch your back and you have noone there to trust or to turn too. I know I would never be able to do that. Which brings me to my next sad thought. This book was taken place in the 80's. Now, even though that was a long time ago, there are people still out there like that. People who live in homeless shelters, group homes, or just out on the streets, people who do not have anywhere to go or anyone to turn to. This book is chillingly good, but still has alot of truth to it. It is sad, but if Janice could get through all she has so far, I know she will make it even farther. I can't wait to see.

Guided Response- Girl Bomb

• Discuss your ideas about the main character(s). Is the character worthy of praise or criticism? Why?

      This book is set in the 1980's. It is about a young teenager who has no place to live. She chooses to go to a homeless shelter and endures a lot of pain and loneliness there.  Her name is Janice Erlbaum. In my opinion, so far, she deserves praise. I am only on chapter 4 and i feel bad for her. Her mother is constintaly choosing random men over her. Janice only wants attention and love from her mother. And that is what every good teenage girl wants.  Janice loved her mother and just wanted it to be them, without all the drama of men. I do not think Janice deserves to be criticized. So far, she has done nothing wrong. She wants to still go to school and is waiting for the nuns to find her a home. At Janice's shelter, she is already going through a lot. She is fighting for her life. There are many young girls there who have a lot of problems. Janice has fought off tons of girls and cannot even take her shoes off, without someone trying to steal them. She has been called nasty names, but has no where else to go. Janice should be praised right now. I know that eventually my mind will change, but so far so good. I really feel bad for her. She is so young and is already going through so much! I hope that she will find a family soon and will be able to start up school again.

Thirteen reasons why-guided response

       I would definately recommend this book! This is one of my favorite books that I have read. I would recommmend this book to any teenager, or even young adult. This book was very touching and it had alot of truth to it. The truth was, people do effect others. Even if it is something small, it can still have a huge impact on someone's life and you may not even know it. It follows the morals of: respect others, treat others the way you would like to be treated, and dont believe half the things you see, and nothing you hear. This book shows how rumors can be started, get out of hand, and how they change from person to person. Being a teenager is hard as it is, but this book can help those in need. I wish that I had this book when I was in High School, because it could have helped me alot.
    
      I would not change the ending of the story at all. I think the author did an amazing job at tying all of the knots up. One of the Characters (Clay) even changed the way he was. At the end of the book, he just might have saved a young girls life. It was a sad book, but it weighed out with all of the meaning it brought. I also hope that schools will allow kids to read this book or astleast assign them it, because they could learn alot about themselves and others.