Alone at Ninety Foot

Conflict/Resolved: Pam is a girl battling high school without her mom. When Pam was nine years old her mom had her second child, and Pam’s sister; her name was April. When April was nine months old she died of the disease called Sid’s. Pam’s mom then went into a stage of depression. Her mother never wanted to do anything anymore. It was like Pam inherited a new, completely different mom. Two years ago, Pam’s mom jumped off at cliff at ninety foot. Her mother was so depressed about April that she committed suicide. She sadly died of her injuries. Pam and her mother always enjoyed beading and art together. Pam misses her mom because she feels like she has nobody to talk to. Pam has a friend named Joanne, but even she doesn’t always like to talk to her. She thinks that going to ninety foot helps calm her down and reminds her of when her mom and her used to take hikes there.
Pam’s dad is trying to get over his wife’s death. He finds a girlfriend named Jennifer. Jennifer is nerdy and likes the dress like at dork. Pam wasn’t’ all that crazy about her, but now she is getting to know her better.

How is the main character like you?

Alike: Pam and I are alike and different in many ways. Pam is a quiet kind of person who sometimes likes to go into nature and be by herself. I like to go biking by myself and enjoying nature just like her. Pam was shy when her English teacher, asked if she wanted to dance. I would never dance with a teacher and Pam didn’t want to either. We also are both quiet and talk little. Pam is a good listener when her friends have problems. I help and listen to my friends when they have a question. We both would rather listen to somebody talk then to talk ourselves. Different: Pam always wondered why her mom committed suicide instead of just getting some help and talking about it. Pam sometimes would blame herself and her dad for the mistakes that her mom made. I would have just accepted her death without pointing fingers at people. It would be a terrible feeling, but that gives her no right to blame people for what they never did. Pam would rather keep her mouth shut about things that happened to her instead of talking about it to someone.I would have told someone how I was feeling about my problems instead of keeping them bottled up inside. One day she could just crack from the pressure of keeping it bottled up. Those are some of the ways Pam and I are alike and different.

Book Rating

What would you rate this book and why? I would rate it about a 7-8. It was a good book but it wasn’t the best in history. I would give it this rating because I though the cover made the book look different then how I imagined. Although it was not the cover that made the book what it was. I’m not into bad happening books really. I wished that her mom didn’t commit suicide, but I guess that’s life. Now that I think about I’ll give it an 8.5 because it had a happy ending.
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