Summary:
Since last time a lot has happened. A new senior has come to Hazelwood High, Jalani, who seems to charm everyone with her good looks. The fact that she was once a model makes everyone even more interested in her. Keisha was in the library working on some research for Mrs. Blackwell’s project with Jalani for some time. When they were coming out of the library to go home, somehow some way, they ran into Jonathan who decided that he wanted to walk them to Keisha's car. She said to him wasn't he going in the library and he replied that he was just getting a book he had on reserve. He explained to her that he would like to get to know her better and she shouldn't call him Mr. Hathaway but by his first name, Jonathan. When she rejected his offer he then told her that he would be at her service twenty-four-seven if she needed help with anything which she, Rhonda, and Jalani found as pure comedy later that night. Keisha wondered how he appeared out of nowhere and why it was that he didn't return to the library to pick up the book he said he had on reserve. The next day after Keisha was done running with the cross-country runners and was heading back to the bus she spotted everyone huddled around Jonathan and Rita, whose eyes had been filled with tears. She had dirt on her sweatpants and cuts on her arm and neck. She informed everyone that she had fell and hurt herself in the bushes. Jonathan told her she wouldn't have hurt herself in the bushes if she had been on time for practice. This made her furious and she shared a few cuss words with everyone directed towards him and she had taken off into the woods. Everyone split up into groups of three's to find her but there wasn't any luck. When Keisha talked to Rhonda, she found out that Rita received a ride from her and Tyrone home and this made Keisha wonder what really happen to Rita because there had to more to the situation for her to react the way she did. Some time went by and Rita stopped showing up to school, the phone was disconnected, and she was no longer staying where she used to. While at work Keisha ran to Gerald and Angel. They grabbed a bite to eat and sat down. The conversation of Jalani and Gerald was brought up and how he refused to make the first move to get things started, that Jalani wouldn't go for a guy like him although Angel and Keisha told him that she's interested and he's a good guy. Gerald still wouldn't budge but continued to try to get Angel to eat more before dance practice but she didn't. While she was at dance practice, she collapse and was taken to the hospital. Gerald was shaken with fear but had Jalani there to talk through everything with. While waiting at the hospital they both opened up with one another.
Quote:
"I wonder how much Coach Jonathan Hathaway knows about her situation. She seemed really angry at him-- for more than just yelling at her about practice."
Reflection:
This book constantly keeps me interested which is why I usually have alot to say in the summary. Numerous events take place one after the other and they continue. I love the foreshadowing involved as well because it makes me think about what this could be telling me that'll happen later on in the reading. I like the drama that occurs because otherwise I wouldn't be excited to read this book and I wouldn't want to. So far, this book hasn't let me down and I hope to see it end strong as it did in the beginning.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Darkness Before Dawn (pages. 1-40)
Summary:
Keisha is a junior at Hazelwood High preparing for next year. The most exciting and important year of your high school years and being able to take on the responsibility of being a senior. She had recently been dealing with the break-up from Andy, her ex-boyfriend but the end result of this smacked her dead in the face. Receiving a phone call from her girlfriend Rhonda on afternoon that Andy has committed suicide, Keisha's entire world in now turned upside down. How would she be able to move on without him? They've always been with one another since kindergarten. It couldn't possibly be easy for her to make-up eleven years of memories with anyone else. She couldn't understand why he would do something like this to her, he knew that they could talk through any problem either one of them were having. He himself had been dealing with the guilt of his friend Robbie's death after he died in a drunk driving car accident and where Andy was the driver. The break-up just made things even harder for him to move on. During an end of the school year picnic, Keisha spots her principal's, Mr. Hathaway’s son and takes interest in his looks but has learn not to fall for an older man. She carries on the rest of the picnic, reminiscing on the things she and Andy would do with each other while they were there. Senior year has arrived and it feels so good for Keisha besides the fact that she's not able to enjoy it with Andy. While at the morning assembly, the students are introduced to the new volunteer to help coach the basketball and track teams who turns out to be Jonathan Hathaway, Mr. Hathaway’s son. All of the female students are flattered by his manly armor. The assembly ends by Mr. Hathaway speaking on the two deaths with Robbie and Andy and assures the students that if anything is wrong, they can come to anyone in the school.
Quote:
"He was a mascular , slim, and strikingly good looking, for his hazel eyes decorated perfectly his honey-bronzed face"
Reflection:
I've noticed that when describing Mr. Hathaway's son the author puts a clear image in my head of what he looks like. Additionally, when talking about how hot it was on the first day of school, the description was so crisp to the point where I could somewhat sense the heat myself. After I read this portion of the reading, I sat back and just thought for some time how would I react to this whole situation if I were in Keisha's position. One of the most happiest years of my life becomes a nightmare but only its reality. I don't know how I would exactly react but I do know that I would never be the same person I was before that person in my life died.
Keisha is a junior at Hazelwood High preparing for next year. The most exciting and important year of your high school years and being able to take on the responsibility of being a senior. She had recently been dealing with the break-up from Andy, her ex-boyfriend but the end result of this smacked her dead in the face. Receiving a phone call from her girlfriend Rhonda on afternoon that Andy has committed suicide, Keisha's entire world in now turned upside down. How would she be able to move on without him? They've always been with one another since kindergarten. It couldn't possibly be easy for her to make-up eleven years of memories with anyone else. She couldn't understand why he would do something like this to her, he knew that they could talk through any problem either one of them were having. He himself had been dealing with the guilt of his friend Robbie's death after he died in a drunk driving car accident and where Andy was the driver. The break-up just made things even harder for him to move on. During an end of the school year picnic, Keisha spots her principal's, Mr. Hathaway’s son and takes interest in his looks but has learn not to fall for an older man. She carries on the rest of the picnic, reminiscing on the things she and Andy would do with each other while they were there. Senior year has arrived and it feels so good for Keisha besides the fact that she's not able to enjoy it with Andy. While at the morning assembly, the students are introduced to the new volunteer to help coach the basketball and track teams who turns out to be Jonathan Hathaway, Mr. Hathaway’s son. All of the female students are flattered by his manly armor. The assembly ends by Mr. Hathaway speaking on the two deaths with Robbie and Andy and assures the students that if anything is wrong, they can come to anyone in the school.
Quote:
"He was a mascular , slim, and strikingly good looking, for his hazel eyes decorated perfectly his honey-bronzed face"
Reflection:
I've noticed that when describing Mr. Hathaway's son the author puts a clear image in my head of what he looks like. Additionally, when talking about how hot it was on the first day of school, the description was so crisp to the point where I could somewhat sense the heat myself. After I read this portion of the reading, I sat back and just thought for some time how would I react to this whole situation if I were in Keisha's position. One of the most happiest years of my life becomes a nightmare but only its reality. I don't know how I would exactly react but I do know that I would never be the same person I was before that person in my life died.
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