I just finished 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 and seemed nice. The significance of the book is to always be kind and respect your family because there the ones who care about you and don't want you your to get hurt. The two reading strategies i used before reading were i asked myself what do i understand from the cover and the synopsis i understanded that because someone shot John it would be just a matter of time till the shooter would come after John again so they had to stop contact friends and family, the second strategy is i predicted whats gonna happen from the cover and the synopsis, like i thought they got kidnapped from someone and couldn't see their family again till someone found them but my prediction was wrong. 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 i went to Johns prospective chapter to understood what he felt that time, 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 out of the hospital and had to stop contact family and friends and was always guarded 24-7 and after a couple of months they had to disappears and move, 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 of the book 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, and the school halls and classrooms,the time was 1979, the weather conditions are sunny and rainy. The antagonist is the shooter, The protagonist is The family. The exposition is Cylin,Erik,Shawn,Polly,Kelly,John, Rick,and the friends, the hospital,,the road, and the Busby's house Cylin,Erik,Shawn,Polly,Kelly,John, Rick, the hospital. The rising action is when John gets out of the hospital and people around him are afraid that the shooter will come after him again so they have to be guarded 24-7 and even the kids when they go to school or wherever the family goes. The climax is when they cant contact their family or friends, and the kids cant go to their Friend's house's. The falling action is when they cant play outside and they get tired of being guarded everywhere they go so they made a family decision. The resolution is when they move to different country and live a completely different and new life and no one found them but they still had to guard them sometimes, they moved after a couple months. The conflict of this book is when they got back from the hospital after what happened to John and it was just a matter of time till the shooter would come back again for Johna so all the family had to be guarded, even the kids when they went to school and they couldn't play outside or go to their Friend's house, and it's man vs. society.
The tone of this book is afraid, question tone, a little happy and sad. The mood of this book is happy, sad ,afraid and, and weird. The theme of this book is always care about the people around you. The moral of this book is to always treat people nice and and care about the people around you. The point of view is 1st person. The pattern of organization is compare and contrast. The authors purpose is to tell a life story. The authors perspective is from John and Cylin.
I liked the book because it was so interesting and it makes you never want to stop reading because your always in action. some of the parts i didn't like because there was a lot of blood and there was some bad words.
I would rate this book 8/10 because i loved the book and i would recommend this book to my friends and i think they will like it, i know that form now on i will read any book those 2 authors publish because this book keeps you in action.
Sincereley,
Noy Nahumi
dear noy,
ReplyDeletei think you did a great job explaining the plot
but what are the 3 strategies?
what would you do if you were cylin?
is this a scary book?
what do u feel when u read it?
but great job on your RJ!
love,sahar
Dear Sahar,
ReplyDeleteyou did not read my RJ becasue the 1st adn 2nd questions are therNe.
This is not a scary book it just has alot of action.
when i read it i feel like im inside the book.
and thankyou.
sincereley Noy Nahumi