Madison ;)

Introduction/General Information about the Book

Title:Brothers, Boyfriends, and Other Criminal Minds

Author: April Lurie

Type of Book Fiction
Main Character
Main Character: April Lundquist

Describe this character: April is a pushover, shes very friendly, but is someone rubs her the wrong way, she will give them a piece of their mind.

The main character changes from __shy_________ to _______outgoing____ by the
end of the story.

The main character does the right thing when: She tells on her brother to save him.

I can identify with the character when: she talks about boys.


Other Characters
Another Character: Brandi Rinaldi

Details: She is April’s best friend, and although she takes advantage of April sometimes, overall she is a good friend

Another Character: Matt Lundquist

Details:He is April’s Brother, he is very protective of her when it comes to boys. He is also a typical sixteen year old boy, he doesn’t hang out with April, he’s into sports, and he’s a plain jerk
Setting
Describe the time and place of the story: It is in 1997, in a town called Dyker Heights.

Comments about the setting (examples: setting makes story exciting, setting has an important effect on main character, setting is/is not exciting or new, setting increased my knowledge of something): Three of her neighbors are men in the Mafia.


Theme

What is the author trying to say in this story? What is his lesson in life? I feel that the author is thrying to express his feelings on friendship, love and struggle in life.

Is there a moral to this story? Don’t get involved with the Mafia.

This is a story about (courage? working hard? doing the right thing? greed? importance of friends? jealousy? love? caring? happiness? sadness?) Love, friendship, and doing the right thing all in this story.

This book showed me/I learned from this story: Not to associate with the Mafia and friendship should last forever

State a problem in the story and how it was solved: Matt forget about Bettina and moves on


Plot: The Action/Summary of What Happened in the Story

Summary of the story (list up to 6 events that happened in the story; keep them in order):

1. Goes on double date with Bianca

2. Kisses Dominic at lunch

3. Bettina comes to the house for a party

4. April goes to Dominics house

5. The Play

6. Matt comes home beat-up

Evaluation of the Book

What did you think of the book? I loved it, it was greatly written, I liked how he used a real life situation.

What did you like about the book? I loved the people in the book, the way it was written, and all the twists.

What didn’t you like about the book? The way April was such a push-over

Was the story confusing or hard to believe? NO

Was the story predictable (could you guess what was going to happen?) I thought I could but it turned out with a twist.

Was the story believable? Yes It could very well happen.

The ending was: April goes to ask Little Joe Out


Dear Little Joe,

How are you? How’s life? I’m doing great. Is Matt ok? I really enjoyed listening to the whole story. It frightened me at times but I’m glad it turned out ok.

I wanted to see how you are doing and check in. I haven’t seen you in a long time. I hope you haven’t been involved with the Mafia lately. I have to go, write me back.

With Love,
Madison