Ghost Girl Book Summary

The book is about the life of Jeannette Walls. The book talks about all the thing she went through from her childhood to when she became a adult. The book starts off in her young childhood when she was about three years old. In this memory she is cooking hotdogs where she gets caught of fire and get third degree burns.

Living Dead Girl Summary Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott is heartbreaking, devastating, and just plain wrong. At just ten years old, Alice, originally named Kayla, was taken from her family, friends, and loved ones. Ray took her and drove her away into the woods, where he beat her until she bled hard. Eventually, they made it back to Ray’s apartment, which was going to be Kayla’s new home for the next five years. Ray changed Kayla’s name to Alice.

In the town of Eatonville, Janie’s Reappearance created chaos and disruption. It all began when Janie returned from her Journey and reconnected with a long lost friend about her love story. At the age of 17, Janie married Logan to please her Nanny, but later left him after nanny died. She than married Jody the mayor; and goes to work with him in the shop, where she met Tea cake. Some time passed on as Jody died, and Janie fell in love with Tea cake, to soon leave Eatonville and travel to Everglades.

Jody takes Janie to Eatonville, after fleeting from Georgia. When arriving in Eatonville, they discover a small, sad looking town. Jody seizes the opportunity and takes matter into his own hands which causes him to rebuild the town. After accomplishing the good deed, he is elected as the town's mayor. Janie’s marriage to Jody quickly becomes sour after he begins showing her his possessive side towards her.

It is the rare tree that grows in the poorest of the neighborhoods and survives despite the lack of love it receives. It is the small, run-down library with the librarian who never notices the children who come in everyday. It is the horse that children love to steal a glance at because of its shining brown mane and tail. It is the weekly trip to the junkie where all the kids collect rags, paper, metal, and other junk they find in their apartment or street. It is these small collection of memories in Brooklyn where children grow up despite the hardships they face- particularly for a young girl named Francie Nolan.

As in Making Sarah Cry the boy is bullying Sarah. Ava finally got help from Lindsay because she told her all of the problems that she was having in track as in Making Sarah Cry the boy got into a car crash, once he came back to school his homeroom greeted him with balloons and welcome back’s but, when he went outside they started to make fun of him because his leg was gimpy and he had a scar on his face.

(1) describes Janie’s rollercoaster of a life throughout the novel. She has had a rougher and more emotional path than most other women. Janie is mentally and physically abused by various men, and

The novel’s protagonist, Janie Crawford, a woman who dreamt of love, was on a journey to establish her voice and shape her own identity. She lived with Nanny, her grandmother, in a community inhabited by black and white people. This community only served as an antagonist to Janie, because she did not fit into the society in any respect. Race played a large factor in Janie being an outcast, because she was black, but had lighter skin than all other black people due to having a Caucasian ancestry.

The novel follows Stevie an eleven year old girl who lives in Southside Chicago throughout her middle and high school years. Stevie goes through the social pressure of her peers and family to tell her how to act, think, and look. Slowly throughout

Tyrone who's incredibly smart, and a boy name Curtis who eventually likes her as well. Mr. Bogart is the teacher at her new school. Kimberly Chan is the protagonist is this novel because it's mostly about her adapting to the lifestyle of Americans. Also about

The book, Ghost, by Jason Reynolds is a story about a boy named Castle, but is called Ghost. Castle has a very rough life because his father is imprisoned and his mother struggles with finances. Castle is a misbehaved kid who struggles in school and makes a track team which motivates him to be good in school. Track played ended up playing a huge role in his life and went through the ups and downs with him. Track taught him respect and discipline which spread throughout his home.

They eventually get married and Janie knows that he's the one. After hearing about a hurricane coming near their town the town evacuates but Tea Cake and Janie decide to ride out the storm. After the storm, they met a rabid dog who tries to attack Janie. Jody quickly saves Janie from the dog but gets bitten in the process. Jody now with rabies is becoming mentally ill.

It 's a jaw-dropping book that will leave you wanting more as the author Laurie writes in a crisp and clear way describing the young girl Melinda’s horrific story and how it unfolds. The author 's tone gives off the vibe of a young frighted girl which I find really enhances this sad, but exhilarating story. This story taught me to always speak up for myself and to never let anyone take advantage of me. I would recommend this novel because it is extremely detailed, painting vivid pictures in your mind that really help to magnify and

So Kady is a girl from Africa who had just switched to a school in America. She finds herself to become friends with a couple of lames who fill her in on the info needed about the other kids at school. The she met Regina, beautiful, but nasty “slut” Eventually, after Kady can see for herself how Regina really is, she turns on her and turns everyone else against

The next oldest from Fiona is Philip, who is really smart and goes on to college but lacks the finances and motivation to do well. The next child is named Ian who finds out that he is also bipolar like his mother and is also gay which comes with many struggles. Next is Debbie who gets pregnant at 15 years old and deals with the stigma of being a teen mom. Carl is the next oldest and resorts to selling drugs to make money and ends up in prison where he changes for the worst and becomes a thug. The youngest is Liam, who is just a toddler and has not yet grown enough for the audience to see how he will end up.