Maria C
English 9 Greens
31 August 2012
Going for the Record
In the book
"Going for the Record" by Julie A Swanson, the main character Leah is
a huge soccer player. She goes to many camps to prepare for soccer season after
she got cut from her high school team. After her first camp of the summer, her
dad picks her up breaking news to her that he has cancer and only has about 3
months to live. Leah goes to another camp in Colorado Springs, and is called
home because her dad’s condition gets worse. She wants him to stay alive long
enough to see her to go her dream collage, Notre Dame or North Carolina to play
soccer. Before she makes her decision, and at the end of the book her father
dies. Leah and her mother are very depressed by this. I chose this book because
it was something I could relate to in a way. When I play certain sports, I try
very hard and get distractions during the way, but not as severe as someone's
death in my family. A very serious issue discussed in this book was death.
Leah's dad gets Pancreatic Cancer and just when Leah thinks it is not life
threatening, her dad breaks the news it's only 3 months he has to live! Leah
can’t believe it and wants to give up on everything. This includes school,
soccer, and even her almost boyfriend Clay. Leah is left in the dark after the
passing of her father quitting soccer all together. I though this book was very
good. It was action packed and suspenseful. This is a story some people can
relate to. Cancer is a very dangerous thing, and people all around the world go
through this terrible sickness, or have watched a family member they loved very
much suffer till the end. I loved this book and recommend it to anyone.
There are many differences between my summer reading novel and another student’s. For example, in her book, there were three main characters in most of the action compared to only one in my book. Also, the three main characters in the book did not watch someone else face a problem, but instead they faced the problem themselves. The mother in the book Rules of Survival abused her children by hitting them. So, the children try and find a man for the mother to date so they might get less attention on them, making them not get as much abuse as they had gotten in the past. This works for a short time until they break up and the mother is sad and tries to get the boyfriend in trouble. At this point, the children began getting hit again, and later move to their real father’s house for safety. I think this story tells the reader not one person can make a difference in someone’s life, but someone older may be able to help. In the other student’s story, this is true because the boyfriend could not make the mother happy, but when they told the father what was happening, they got to move in to his house. That theme is different than my story, because they had different events happen. My stories them is setting goals in life can be hard, especially when a big tragedy occurs.
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There are many differences between my summer reading novel and another student’s. For example, in her book, there were three main characters in most of the action compared to only one in my book. Also, the three main characters in the book did not watch someone else face a problem, but instead they faced the problem themselves. The mother in the book Rules of Survival abused her children by hitting them. So, the children try and find a man for the mother to date so they might get less attention on them, making them not get as much abuse as they had gotten in the past. This works for a short time until they break up and the mother is sad and tries to get the boyfriend in trouble. At this point, the children began getting hit again, and later move to their real father’s house for safety. I think this story tells the reader not one person can make a difference in someone’s life, but someone older may be able to help. In the other student’s story, this is true because the boyfriend could not make the mother happy, but when they told the father what was happening, they got to move in to his house. That theme is different than my story, because they had different events happen. My stories them is setting goals in life can be hard, especially when a big tragedy occurs.
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