Blog post #3 :)

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls. New York: Viking, 2009. Print.

1. Courage is the perseverance to keep going. It is the little thoughts inside your head that is telling you to keep going and to not give up. And it is worth it to keep going.

2. I am choosing courage. There are many examples of courage throughout my book because of Emma and her eating disorder. She struggles but does not give up which takes courage. Also her Dad and step mother have to go through seeing here like this, and they need courage to keep going and help her get through this rough time of her life.

3. I think that my character reflects my theme of courage because she is very coragous. She has gone through alot in her life especially in the past year so she needs courage to be strong and carry on. She never gives up and never tries for the bad to not get the best of her. That shows courage because she could have just given up right there and gotten worse, but she wanted to get better deep down so she does anything to get better. Although she has her ups and downs I believe that in the end she will recover.

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls. New York: Viking, 2009. Print.

1. The 5 main elements found in my book are Conflict, Character, Theme, Setting and Suspense.  
2. From first to last in the engagement of my reading of Winter Girls it goes Character, Suspense, Conflict, Setting, Theme.
3. The most important element to me is Character, I think that my book defiantly focuses on that element which is probably why I am enjoying this book a lot. I think that character is focused on is because all of the characters are described in great depth. I think she really focuses on making connections between the reader and the main characters. I have really gotten to know the characters and it makes me want to keep reading. 

Blog post #1

http://bookends.booklistonline.com/2009/10/07/wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson/

     I am reading the book called Winter girls.  3 qualities that make a book a good book to me are it being about a social issue/ about teenagers or something. I really enjoy reading about generic high school problems and problems teenagers have through high school because they are easy to relate to and I just enjoy reading them. Another quality I like in a book is there is a twist in the plot of the book so that it isn't boring, and something that you weren't expecting happens so then it's more interesting. Lastly I like a book that has has shorter chapters so it's easier to read it and not get overwhelmed.
2. In my book Winter girls it is about a girl who struggles through an eating disorder, so it is about a teen issue so I think that fits my number one quality I look for in a book. I'm not very far into the book so I don't know yet if it will have a plot twist but it is pretty interesting so I think that there will be one. And I also like how the writing is fairly large and the chapters are short, so overall this is a good book for me so far.

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls. New York: Viking, 2009. Print.