Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Money hungry response

Have you ever struggled in your life. Well in the book Money Hungry by Sharon Flake, Strawberry struggles most of her life. Strawberry and her mother live in "the hood". The government pays for half the rent of the small apartment. The other half comes from Miz's (Strawberry's mother) jobs. Before Strawberry and Miz lived in a apartment, they lived on the street. Strawberry still has nightmares about living on the street.
Strawberry saves money her entire life for emergencies or not living on the streets again. Strawberry gets the money from selling, working, and cleanings peoples houses. People think Strawberry is so money hungry. she'll do anything for money.
As Strawberry starts school, a robbery occurs in her building. The robbers stole from Strawberry's apartment including Strawberry's money. Strawberry and Miz decide to move out and find a safer place to stay. They try a house for sale in Pelican Landing but the people there hates people from "the hood". At night Strawberry and Miz decide to break into the house and stay there.
The day after Strawberry and Miz find a lawyer to try and win them the house. Even though life for Strawberry was hard, they might become easier soon.

2 comments:

  1. Allesandro,
    I really liked the way you started of your response. It drew me in and made me want to read more of the book. Also nice specific details on the characters

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  2. Your hook really brought me in and your writing was good. I also like the fact that you kept it short but it was good.

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