The Name Of The Star Summary

This month’s SSR book I read was The Name of the Star, by Maureen Johnson. This book’s publisher is The Penguin Group and the copyright date is 2011. There are 372 pages in this book. The author’s purpose for this book was caused by her fascination for the mysteries of London. She would into dark alleys with her friends and watch footages taken from a Tube train. The theme of the book is fear can’t hurt you. When you experience fear, don’t let it take over you or control what you do. In this story, the main character encountered fear many times, however, she remembered that fear could not hurt her, so she stayed strong through all of it. The setting takes place in London, England in present-day time. London was the setting of a historic series of brutal murders in 1888, caused by the infamous Jack the Ripper, who was an unknown serial killer. In this story, there were also gruesome murders that took place in London, mimicking the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888. The point of view in this story is first person and is told by the main character. There are also short documents throughout the story told by different people to help …show more content…
During that period, everything about the Ripper and his goal is revealed. All lot of action happens during this period as well, creating a great deal of suspense. The ending is also very unexpected. All the secrets are revealed and the final battle begins. The resolution is when the Ripper finally disappears and leaves London. The Ripper finally departs and vanishes when the terminus destroys him. The terminus was triggered by Jo, who found out about Rory’s attempted murder. After the Ripper is gone, everything is back to normal. There are no more murders and the Ripper case is finally solved. However, after the Ripper incident, Rory has to move to Bristol, in southwest England, with her