Readers Journal #12 The Year We Disappeared-By:Cylin Busby&John Busby-November 15,2011

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,






I just got halfway in the book THE YEAR WE DISAPPEARED By Cylin Busby&John Busby. I picked this book because i had to read a memoir and because it looked interesting. The significance of the book is to always be kind and respect your family because there the ones who look out for you. The two reading strategies i used before reading were i asked myself what do i understand from the cover and the synopsis, the second strategy is i predicted whats gonna happen form the cover and the synopsis. The two reading strategies i used during the time i was reading was i went back to some pages to understand more what was going on, the second strategy was i looked through the book for pictures and i saw a Cylin sitting on the ground and John's ID. The two strategies i used after reading were i asked myself what did i understand from the book...well understood that John got in a car accident, the second strategy i used was i looked through the book for some text features and new vocabulary.


The genre of this book is Memoir. The characters are Cylin-the little 9 year old girl, Erik cylin's brother, Shawn- Cylin's and Erik's brother, Kelly- The 3 kids Babysitter, Polly-The kids Mom, John- The dad and he gets into an accident and he is a police officer, Rick- Johns police friend. The setting is the hospital, Busby's house, and the road, the time was 1979, the weather conditions are sunny and rainy. The exposition is Cylin,Erik,Shawn,Polly,Kelly,John, Rick, the hospital,,the road, and the Busby's house. The rising action is when john gets shot and Rick comes to the wife-Polly and the kids and he tells them its an accident and Polly and rick left the house to the hospital and then Kelly stayed with Shawn, Erik and Cylin and then they heard a guy coming out of a car with a gun and he is coming to their house. The climax is they went to the kitchen and then he came closer with his foot steps and then they went to their moms closet,a and then they went to the Attic. The falling action is Polly and Rick got to the hospital John said it wasn't an accident someone shot him. And there is no resolution yet like Polly and Rick went with John in the ambulance, and there going to the hospital in Massachusetts where there are the best doctors. The conflict of the part that i read was that when john got into an accident Polly and rick had to leave and Kelly,Cylin, Shawn, and Erik stayed in the house and they heard someone with a gun standing in front of their house, and its man vs. society.


 The tone is scared,whispering,excited, and strong. The mood of this book is upset, strong,excited and scared. The theme of this book is to always respect and be kind to your family. The moral of this book is not to disrespect your parents or family. The point of view is 1st person and 3rd person. The pattern of organization is compare and contrast. The authors purpose is to tell or share a story. The authors perspective is compare and contrast and its objective and bias.


I think the part i read was really nice because there is so much action that you want to read more and never stop because you want to find out whats gonna happen next and i like this kinds of book, i think i have some similarities with Cylin because i also like to go to movies with my dad and like hang out with him.


I would rate this book 8/10 because it was nice but they also cursed in some of the pages, john cursed when he said what happened in the accident. but i really like the book because its action and you just cant stop reading because you want to find out whats next.



                                              Sincerely,

                                                Noy Nahumi