Whitney’s Comments (group member since Sep 16, 2016)

Whitney’s comments from the S.S. Rebel Alliance (Silent Sustained Reading Discussions) group.

In the book, Deenie, by Judy Blume, it had a lot to do with overcoming adversity. Deenie was a young girl in middle school and her mother's dream was for her to be a model, but it wasn't Deenie's. After a while of getting booked and not making the cheer team, they found out Deenie had scoliosis and she had to wear a brace. It was difficult for her because no one in school or her family expected this to happen. She liked a boy and it frightened her he wouldn't like her and she had to wear the brace for years. Time passed and she got used to it. She understood what was wrong with her body and she soon accepted herself being a little different. Although she started off on a rough road of being new to this, she did well and continued to be happy.

I'm reading "12 Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup. It's about a man who gets captured into slavery after being known as a free black man. He has to go from being free to being beaten and tortured to be able to get back to his family and have the right to be free again. He suffers and he prays and he takes a day at a time with pain and tears for his life to back to normal.

I'm reading "12 Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup. This book is about a free man who then gets captured back into slavery without warning. He was forced to leave his free life and his family. He then continues to suffer and get beaten to hopefully be with his family and win his freedom back. He doesn't give up and he still has hope he will get his life back.