Author’s name: K.A. Nuzum
Number of pages: 192
The exposition of the book introduces us to the main characters of the book, fifteen year olds Will and Denny Bennon. The setting of the book is in Colorado by a town called La Junta during the 1940’s. Will and Denny live on a cattle ranch with their father. Their mother accidentally drown when they were little. The rising action of the story is when Will decides he wants to be a man instead of a nurse maid to his twin brother who has Downs Syndrome. Will believes this can only happen if he runs away and gets hired on by another ranch. He sneaks out of the house one morning and rides away on his horse. His plans are to compete in a rodeo in La Junta and then be offered a job by one of the ranches. His brother Denny follows him. Will tries several times to make him go back home but he insists on following. Will gives in and lets him come but plans to call his father after the rodeo. The climax is when he competes at the rodeo. He gets injured by a bull. He is tied for first place and …show more content…
Down’s Syndrome: a congenital condition characterized by moderate to severe mental retardation.
2. Reservoir: a place where water is stored: man made lake
3. Feebleminded: mentally deficient
This book was written in first person point of view, Will is the narrator. Example from the book: I stepped forward and put my arms around Denny.
I think the author’s main purpose was to describe. The author uses a lot of descriptions about the setting in the book. She uses all of the senses, touch, smell, hearing, and sight to show the love the narrator has for his home and his brother. She also uses it to show his longing to be a bigger part of actually ranching and not just staying by the house taking care of Denny.
My opinion of the book is that it was awesome. It had a lot of action that keep me reading. I always wanted to know what was going to happen