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Dear Reading Buddies,

Part 1 of the book was okay because it was not really sad. Chapter 1 and 2 was good because it was talking about the good times David's family had. When David's parents were having a good time, the relationship was normal and did not have any arguments around the house. When David's parents are having arguments, David's mom always beat him because she blames everything on him. His mom does not let David eat breakfast or hang out with his own siblings because his mom makes him do chores. If he does not do the chores that he was asked to do, his mom will spank him or hurt him. His mom does not care about David. I was wondering why does she likes to beat Dave? Also why does the oldest son has to do all the work instead of the younger sons?

When David's shoulder got popped out, his mom did not want to get the blame for it. So she asked David to sleep on the top bunk bed for a reason. Her reason was that David fell down and broke his shoulder. Until when David go to school, his teachers asked what happened to his arm. So he said, he fell down and broke his shoulder. Another question I want to say, why doesn't his mom get all the blames? Whenever his mom is not in a good mood, she will always asked David to do something such as cleaning the bathroom and dishes.

In order to survive, David has to do everything what his mom asked him to do. His mom is going to hit or beat him against the wall. Whenever David get in troubles at school, the principal or teacher would called his mom what happened to him. When David gets home, his mom would tell him to go his mom's bedroom and start yelling at him. There was one time that his mom did not let him eat anything for breakfast or dinner. His mom made him starve. When he gets starve, he would steal people's lunchbox or go to the supermarket and steal it. At school, he got caught by the principal and teachers. But at the supermarket, he did not get caught at all. David got caught by his mom's friend when he was begging for food. His mom yelled and beat at him.

Part 2 of the book was getting sad because there is a lot of things happened to David. When David does not finish on times, then his mom is going to kill him. That's so dangerous of killing a son. David thought that his mom won't do anything except saying it. Russell was holding his mom's leg and she told him to let go of her leg. His mom stabbed him on the stomach but still, his mom helped him put some bandages where he was stabbed. When David went to his dad to tell him that he was stabbed but his dad seems like he does not care about it. When David felt weak, his mother helped him put on a t-shirt. And David thought his mom's going to yelled at him but she didn't. Suddenly his mom is being nice to David because he's was hurt. So she let him spend time with his brothers. After the incident, he was back to where he was at the beginning doing chores and eat less food. I thought his mom is going to be nice to David because of what she did to him. And also David felt like a family with them because of the incident.


Your buddy,
Vicky