Ignite Me By Tahereh Mafi: Book Report

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In the book Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi, it talks about Juliette trying to get her life back on track after waking up in the middle of nowhere. Warner had been testing Juliette so that he could understand his mother’s sickness. In this journal I will be talking about the 3 important objects in the story.

The first person that Juliette sees when she wakes up is this diffident man asking her how she’s feeling and if she’s okay. Not till later did she find out that mans name was Warner and he saved her from the war. Warner was a very selfish man who only saved Juliette to test her emotions so her could understand his mother better. Warner’s mother had a rare sickness that no one could understand. Juliette had the same personality as Warner’s

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