Blog for 1/26/15

Ashes By Ilsa J. Bick

Prompt:  Are the characters realistic (do they seem like they could be read people)? Why

or why not?

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Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick is about a teenager girl named Alexandria (Alex) who has a brain tumor in her head. She left her home recently because she wanted to take a hike. She lives with her Aunt Hannah. Alex left her home and drove all the way to Michigan. Alex just wanted to get stuff off her mind. She wanted to get away from all the medicine. Her Aunt Hannah thought she wanted to commit suicide. Her Aunt Hannah called her once Alex reached Michigan. After that they never spoke to each other again.

The main character in Ashes which is Alex is pretty realistic. She has a brain tumor which is a real thing in real life. She's also a regular teenager like everyone else. She has suffered a lot of things because of her brain tumor. For example, she lost most of her memories and she even lost her sense of taste and smell. She's gone through problems some people haven't thanks to her brain tumor. These things make it pretty realistic.

Another realistic character in Ashes is Ellie. Ellie is a little girl who was walking around the woods with her grandpa Jack and accidentally met Alex. Ellie is sort of ungraceful child. She lives with her grandpa because her Dad died and her mother left her when she was young. She has a dog named Mina which was her dad's dog before he died. Her grandpa gave it her so she could have a piece of her father still around but she hates that dog. These things are pretty realistic.

I commented on Omar, Rebecca, and Sam's blogs for this week.