Ida B… and her plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World is a book about a little girl named Ida B who experiences changes in her life that changes her personality.
In the beginning of the story, Ida B receives a warning from the apple trees on her farm’s orchard. They say that they have heard that trouble is coming her way. They warn her on a day that Ida B thinks is perfectly fine, since the sun is shining, and the birds are chirping. She laughs and waves their warnings away. The next day, at breakfast, her parents look glum. When Ida asks why, her mother tells her that she is going to see the doctor. Ida sees nothing wrong with that, and wonders why her parents look so worried. After her mother visits the doctor though, Ida B is shocked. The doctor had concluded that Ida B’s mother had breast cancer.
From there on, Ida B’s life went downhill. After having bad experiences at school …show more content…
Claire was a girl in Ida B’s class who had been pushed away by Ida B when she extended her hand in a show of friendship in the beginning of the school year. When Ida B sees Claire and her little brother on the apple orchard that used to be hers, she goes over and screams at them to get off of her property. Claire looks her at her in the eye and tells Ida B that she thinks Ida B is mean.
Claire’s words stay with Ida B the whole week, and finally, one day, when Ida’s teacher asks her if there is anything that Ida would like to tell her, Ida asks her teacher if she has ever done something that she regrets doing. Her teacher replies, after a long pause, that, yes, she has done things that she regrets doing.
At the end of the story, Ida B gathers up her courage and apologizes to Claire. Things steadily head back to normal at the end, as her mother recovers. In the end, Ida B discovers what it feels like to be happy and loved again, and her life seems to go back to
In the beginning of the story, Ida B receives a warning from the apple trees on her farm’s orchard. They say that they have heard that trouble is coming her way. They warn her on a day that Ida B thinks is perfectly fine, since the sun is shining, and the birds are chirping. She laughs and waves their warnings away. The next day, at breakfast, her parents look glum. When Ida asks why, her mother tells her that she is going to see the doctor. Ida sees nothing wrong with that, and wonders why her parents look so worried. After her mother visits the doctor though, Ida B is shocked. The doctor had concluded that Ida B’s mother had breast cancer.
From there on, Ida B’s life went downhill. After having bad experiences at school …show more content…
Claire was a girl in Ida B’s class who had been pushed away by Ida B when she extended her hand in a show of friendship in the beginning of the school year. When Ida B sees Claire and her little brother on the apple orchard that used to be hers, she goes over and screams at them to get off of her property. Claire looks her at her in the eye and tells Ida B that she thinks Ida B is mean.
Claire’s words stay with Ida B the whole week, and finally, one day, when Ida’s teacher asks her if there is anything that Ida would like to tell her, Ida asks her teacher if she has ever done something that she regrets doing. Her teacher replies, after a long pause, that, yes, she has done things that she regrets doing.
At the end of the story, Ida B gathers up her courage and apologizes to Claire. Things steadily head back to normal at the end, as her mother recovers. In the end, Ida B discovers what it feels like to be happy and loved again, and her life seems to go back to