Choose A Important Part In The Book. -ETHAN LOWE

"If I had simply asked to miss the game before it started, Coach would have probably let me go spend time with Erin, no problem. But leaving the bench in the first quarter is unheard of." This is the part in the book where Erin is in the hospital and Finley wants to constantly visit her. Finley was such a good friend/boyfriend that he would give up his basketball game to go visit his friend in the hospital. I feel that this is a very important part in the book because it really shows how Finley is a great friend. I feel that the whole book is based on friendship. Even though Erin and Finley are both young they really both relized that when they started dating that they were gonna spend the rest of their lives with each other, which is exactly what they did. Erin and Finley are kind of a perfect example of high school sweethearts. They met their first year of high school and to this day, they are still dating. It wouldn't suprise me if one day they get married and have kids of their own. Finley is so caring and really just all around a good guy.

Funny or Puzzling part in the book- Blake Miller

If I had simply asked to miss the game before it started, Coach would had probably let me go spend time with Erin, no problem. But leaving the bench in the first quarter is unheard of. This is a bit puzzling that Finley would ever quit basketball, because he’s been playing basketball with Erin since he was a little kid. I just don’t get why he would give up basketball, something he’s been doing his whole life. But, I could see why he did that because Russ got his starting spot. He was probably happy to see Russ happy with his starting position, though.

Blog post #5

A important part of the book is when Finley is given $500 at the end of the. This is important, because it is probably his fathers life savings, because they live in a very poor Neighborhood. This is very heartwarming part, because he has lived a hard life and he is a single father who makes very little, and he has a very slim chance of making mkre money then you may think is possible. It all goes back to the point that thats more money than Finley has ever held in his hand at once

Book Summary- Blake Miller

Finley started out as a loser that had no friends. And then he met this girl named Erin, and he was happy that he had a friend to play basketball with. They played basketball everyday, and it payed off. Later, he met somebody named Boy21. He was kind of crazy at first, but then they started playing on the same basketball team. Boy21 took Finley's starting spot on the team. Finley later quit the basketball team, because his girlfriend Erin got ran over by a car and could never play basketball again. Boy21 changed his name to Russ and got a scholarship to Duke. A few weeks later, Finley got a letter from Erin saying that she was in Delaware. Finley changed his name to Lucas Williams and went on a train to Delaware.

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I Bo 21 is a complete psychopath and probably has schizophrenia, and ptsd which are linked in a way that is particularly hard to comprehend. He thinks he gets messages from space, and sends messages back that he can only here in his head. Then Finley came and everything turned upside down in this amazingly illustrated book. Finley and Boy21 have family members that were murdered. He and Boy21 have a very wierd relationship. Finley has to keep boy 21 from spilling his beans to everyone, because he promised his b-ball coach that he would help boy 21 and make him be quite about the Boy21 thing.
Finley is put through the challenge of being a person of integrity or a person of a losing  attitude. He is worried almost all of the book that he will lose his starting spot on the team. Yet he doesn't see that Boy21 needs his help to brake this cycle of mental insanity and reality.

Summary -ETHAN LOWE

In the book Boy21, a boy named Finley has been picked to take care of another boy named Boy21. Finley already had a friend named  Erin. Erin is Finley's girlfriend. When basketball season starts they both decide to break up so they can focus on basketball. They don't want to not be good at basketball. Eventully everyone relizes that Boy21 is from space and that he is amazing at basketball. Erin gets ran over by a car and will never be able play basketball again. Finley and Erin eventully move away to a small farmhouse in new hampshire. The book ending could have been better.

The Most Exiting Part

The most exciting part so far is when we meet russ and he is really really fascinated on the constellations and the cosmos. He is wearing a very weird shirt that he drawed on. He thinks he is from outer space robot and is trying to learn emotions even though he thinks he was from outer space and is made as a prototype and is going to back into the cosmos and then be set free. I think he has PTSD, or schizophrenia, its really really scary mental problem where some people go psycho and and can't tell if the vaices in his head and in real life are the same. I think that the voices have told him that he is a prototype, and thats why he is psycho, and in some cases schizophrenic patients have even killed people

The most interesting event- Blake Miller

The most interesting event so far is Finley and Erin breaking up. The reason why is because they can’t talk to each other anymore, and that takes away most of the action in the story. They’re in high school, and it’s Finley’s senior year so it’s appropriate that they dated for a while. Most of the story involves Finley and Erin talking to each other. That’s also what most of the story is about. They mean a lot to each other, and it’s an important part of the story. They have to focus on basketball now, and will be a major turning point in the story.

What was the most exciting thing in your book? -Ethan Lowe

The most exciting part in the book so far was when Finley and Erin broke up. I have never liked Erin because I think she is a little bossy. Farther down the road in the book they said they were going to get back together. I hate that. Finley and Erin both need to be focused on Basketball and not worried about relationships. If Finley does not want to loose his spot on the basketball team then he will need to worry more about basketball. If he does not choose to stay not dating Erin then things could get ugly. You see Erin is not the type of girl who wants to be broken up with. I think that Erin and Finley should remain friends and refrain from dating. This would be the best possible outcome for them both.

How the setting affects the mood- Blake Miller

The setting affects the mood in my story because they don't live in a great neighborhood, and there are gangs and drugs all over the place. One piece of evidence is “Don’t hang out with this idiot, he can’t even speak!” and then he beat the main character, Finely, up. If they lived in a rich suburb, then they wouldn’t get made fun of all the time, and Finley wouldn’t have gotten beat up, in their neighborhood and at school. The mood is kind of dull at some points because the neighborhood isn’t clean and there’s bullies everywhere. Those are the parts of the book when it gets really dull and dark.

what i think of boy 21

It affects it as there is a total loon who is good at playing basketball, and a creeper who likes his girl friends beautiful stomach. They play basketball, and the worst part is the irish mafia which gives good irish people a bad name, disappointing is a sure fire for the beginning of the book maybe it will get better as the story climates to the top and then cools down. It seems to me that this book was overrated and need to get a better idea of the ideas like a book known as wendy has wings. they tried to make it more funny then it really is. people need to be thinking of what their kids are reading. I recommend that they sould make it more realistic than they want it to be. the setting is in the hood and a good kid living in the hood is hard to come by. I give this  book a 5 out of 10 so far.

How does your setting affect your story’s mood? -Ethan Lowe

The setting of our book is a dirty bad neighborhood. They are always talking about how everyone is either drunk or doing drugs. I think this makes the reader feel bad for the kids in the neighborhood because their parents might always be on drugs or drunk or other things. These kids are most likely not very smart, how would they be if their parents aren't there to help them. I know when I was reading this book it made me feel sad and frustrated. Sometimes it said in the book that even the grandpa was always drunk. One of the main characters even stated that he knew what weed and other drugs smelled like. I think that is a little obsured. A child my age. That made me even more upset that even the kids know that all these things are happening. I am disappointed that the parents would let their town/neighborhood get this bad.

My ipad number (Blake)

14

Ethan Lowe: iPad Number 5

My IPAD number for Boy 21: 10

My Job (Blake)

Literary Luminary

My book jobs Seth McGraw Vocab 

My Book Job (Ethan Lowe)

My job is the discussion director