Over the summer, I read Split for one of my summer reading books. It was one of my favorite books, and defanitley the best book I read this summer. I think that the reason I liked it so much was because most of the book was the rising action, and you were just waiting and waiting for the climax. It seemed like it would never come, and in some books, it could get boring, but the author gave you just enough hints to keep you interested.
In the beginning of the book, the author explains that Jace lives with his abusive father and his mom in Chicago, and his older brother Christian lives in Albuquerque One of the events in the rising action is when Jace leaves to go live with his brother. Another is all of the emails and calls that Jace and his mom secretly have to try to plan to get her out of the house. Jace also has a girlfriend in Albuquerque while also dealing with legal issues because he hit his former girlfriend in Chicago. The climax is when Jace and Christian drive 19 hours to Chicago to get their mom, but she won't leave because she is too scared. The falling action is when the two brothers drive home together and talk about what they are feeling. When they get home, the two brothers try to make the best of their lives even though their mom isn't with them.
The Girl With a Pearl Earring:
9/24- 10 minutes
9/25- 25 minutes
9/26- 20 minutes
9/27- 10 minutes
9/28- 40 minutes
Total- 105 minutes- 76 pages
"To Build a Fire"- 45 minutes- 17 pages
I remember you talking about this book in the presentation you made, and I liked it. The book seems interesting. The book seems pretty intense, but really good!
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