Illegal Book Report
Book Hook:
This little girl named Nora was left with her mom and grandma by her dad to go over the border from Mexico to America. Now she is 15 and lives with her mom and grandma. There dad stop sending money to help them pay for things. So with the money they have Nora and her mom decide to go over the border to go find her Dad. With the long exhausting trip over the border in the back of a fruit truck having trouble surviving in Texas is extremely difficult. Trying to find her dad in this strange place it’s just a game of survival.
Plot Analysis:
Exposition: Nora lives with her grandma and mom and papa is over the border in Texas they live in Cedula, Mexico.
Point Of Conflict: Nora and her mom go over the border to …show more content…
(1)It shows that she was really mad at them for leaving her in Cedula. (2)Because they need to understand that this is hard for her that they going to leave her here while they want to go to Texas to find papa to reunite the family.(3) Grandma just wants to make sure that they are safe and not in danger and if there in another country how can she protect them.
Scene Analysis: Fight in the fruit truck page 100-102
They just arrived in Texas and Mom was very dehydrated and was throwing up everywhere. The guys opened the truck and they were both lying on the ground and the sun was blinding them. Nora could barely see and she had to carry her mom out of the truck. The guys threw their bags at them and the back of the truck was a complete mess with urine and throw up so the guys demanded more money for the trip. So Nora had to protect her mom so being very brave jumps and bites one of the guys on the ear and made a run for it. (1) It shows that Nora and her mom can take care of themselves. (2) Also we know that Nora would do anything for her mother as well. (3) Nora and her mom both have a strong relationship between each other so they would both die for each …show more content…
The little girl took a bite out of one of the driver for grabbing her mom and throwing her down on the ground. And there is still blood on the ground from where she bit him and the other driver slapped the other girl in the face in the face and the mom punched the other guy in the face and then the girls made a run for it. They went into a Mexican food restaurant to hide and I guess to get something to eat as well I don’t think anyone was severely hurt maybe just a bite on the neck and some bruises and a black eye. I think were all glad that the women were able to get away.
Literary Letter
Dear Students,
Hello! My name is Bettina Restrepo and I'm glad that you like reading my books. One of my first award winning books was my book Illegal I've wrote other books including moose and magpie, Award Winners Set: Silver and Bronze and many more. I received my Bachelor of in speech from the university of Texas at Austin in 1993. I was born in Oklahoma with my Colombian and German parents who immigrated to the United States and now I live in Texas with my Husband and son. I'm normally at my desk in my pajamas until 2:30 until they can me and for carpool duty. I have authored than I can even count. Moose and magpie one of my first picture books was nominated as one of the top ten debut childrens books by the American Library Association. I enjoy being a author
Book Hook:
This little girl named Nora was left with her mom and grandma by her dad to go over the border from Mexico to America. Now she is 15 and lives with her mom and grandma. There dad stop sending money to help them pay for things. So with the money they have Nora and her mom decide to go over the border to go find her Dad. With the long exhausting trip over the border in the back of a fruit truck having trouble surviving in Texas is extremely difficult. Trying to find her dad in this strange place it’s just a game of survival.
Plot Analysis:
Exposition: Nora lives with her grandma and mom and papa is over the border in Texas they live in Cedula, Mexico.
Point Of Conflict: Nora and her mom go over the border to …show more content…
(1)It shows that she was really mad at them for leaving her in Cedula. (2)Because they need to understand that this is hard for her that they going to leave her here while they want to go to Texas to find papa to reunite the family.(3) Grandma just wants to make sure that they are safe and not in danger and if there in another country how can she protect them.
Scene Analysis: Fight in the fruit truck page 100-102
They just arrived in Texas and Mom was very dehydrated and was throwing up everywhere. The guys opened the truck and they were both lying on the ground and the sun was blinding them. Nora could barely see and she had to carry her mom out of the truck. The guys threw their bags at them and the back of the truck was a complete mess with urine and throw up so the guys demanded more money for the trip. So Nora had to protect her mom so being very brave jumps and bites one of the guys on the ear and made a run for it. (1) It shows that Nora and her mom can take care of themselves. (2) Also we know that Nora would do anything for her mother as well. (3) Nora and her mom both have a strong relationship between each other so they would both die for each …show more content…
The little girl took a bite out of one of the driver for grabbing her mom and throwing her down on the ground. And there is still blood on the ground from where she bit him and the other driver slapped the other girl in the face in the face and the mom punched the other guy in the face and then the girls made a run for it. They went into a Mexican food restaurant to hide and I guess to get something to eat as well I don’t think anyone was severely hurt maybe just a bite on the neck and some bruises and a black eye. I think were all glad that the women were able to get away.
Literary Letter
Dear Students,
Hello! My name is Bettina Restrepo and I'm glad that you like reading my books. One of my first award winning books was my book Illegal I've wrote other books including moose and magpie, Award Winners Set: Silver and Bronze and many more. I received my Bachelor of in speech from the university of Texas at Austin in 1993. I was born in Oklahoma with my Colombian and German parents who immigrated to the United States and now I live in Texas with my Husband and son. I'm normally at my desk in my pajamas until 2:30 until they can me and for carpool duty. I have authored than I can even count. Moose and magpie one of my first picture books was nominated as one of the top ten debut childrens books by the American Library Association. I enjoy being a author