Dear Future Analysis

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According to WorldOMeter there has been 2,207,241 books published this year. But these to are two of the best ones.
McCarry and Montemarano both wrote for scholastic scope. McCarry wrote “The Golden Lie”, which is about a young girl trying to found out her grandpa's famous history during the Gold Rush. But ends up with a surprising turn. Montemarano wrote “Dear Future”, which is about a teenage boy that finds his life depressing until he picks up a diary that has somehow gotten lost and finds a way to return it.
According to “The Golden Lie” and “Dear Future” there are many similarities and differences.
One similarity between “The Golden Lie” and “Dear future is the genre.
Both stories’ genre is realistic fiction. In “The Golden Lie”
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Supporting detail for Story 2:
In “The Golden LIe” Josie eventually gets upset because all the amazing stories about her grandpa are fake. Because Josie was looking forward to writing an assignment about her grandpa. On page 26 it says, “So when my history teacher gave us an assignment to write about a historical figure, Triple G was my obvious choice.” Also on page 28 it says, “He was nothing special dad, I said quietly. He was… ordinary” (McCarry).
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This quote is important because it shows that Josie wanted to write about her grandpa but never got to because all the stories were made up.

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In contrast, in “Dear Future” James ends up being satsified because he able to find someone that went through that he was going through and got to talk to them and James ended up realizing that his life wasn’t that bad and how fortunate he is and that his future will and can get better. For example on page 30 it says, “I am thankful that I found the journal and told them all about Annie” (

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