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__**//WEEK 1//**__

The group has decided that the book has been great bso far. Avra likes Aprils name because it original. Avra feels bad that the Corrigan’s had a great life and now they have to throw it all away. Vinnie feels bad for the family and what they have been put through so far. He feels the book is going to be very suspenseful, since so much has happened in the first 4 chapters. Selena finds the book to be interesting and exciting that someone gets to lead a new life in a new state. Nick feels bad that April cant go to prom and go to her boyfriends graduation, he feels he wouldn’t want to miss out on opportunities in his life like April has. I feel the book is great and it really gets the reader going. They way the author starts out the book with such a calm description of her life and families.
 * Gianna : Summarizer**


 * Vincent Solazzo **
 * Questions: **

1. Why did April’s grandmother come to pick her up before she went to tennis practice?

Answer: Her mom wanted her to come home because something happen.

2. What happen that her mom made her come home?

Answer: Her father almost got shot while he was in court for being a witness to a crime.

3. Where did Jim take them for the “Witness Protection Policy?”

Answer: He took them to Richmond and stayed in the Mayflower hotel.

4. Who was Jim Peterson?

Answer: Jim was there bodyguard. He works for the FBI.

5. Why didn’t Jim let anyone out of the hotel room?

Answer: So nobody would find out where they are right now.


 * Nick Calabrese **
 * Group leader **

1. The Characters interest me because they are very well rounded and they know how to get out of conversations that they should not be in. Like the time Jim and her mother were talking and she changed the subject and got them to stop arguing.


 * Selena Torres **
 * Quotations **


 * 1) “I don’t know what it is with Mother,” I told him. “She never used to get uptight with Dad out of town, but lately, whenever he’s gone, she starts spoonfeeding us.” (Pg. 5)
 * 2) “To be stuck without the word processor on which she did her writing was more frustrating to her than being deprived of her freedom.” (Pg. 32)
 * 3) “It’s Max. The jury is in, and the verdict is guilty.” (Pg. 33)
 * 4) “Instead of watching soaps with him in the mornings, I watched Bram’s game shows in the bedroom, and despite the fact that the weather was damp and muggy, I spent a lot of time sitting out on the balcony, reading paperback novels and watching hotel guests splash in the pool fourteen floors below me.” (Pg. 40)
 * 5) “We stole away in the night like escaping criminals. With Mother steering my sleepwalking brother by the shoulders, we took the service elevator down to the kitchen, where we groped our way through a maze of counters and stove tops. The darkness was broken at erratic intervals by the nervous flicker of dials on microwave ovens, and we left the building by a door that led to a service ramp.” (Pg. 48)

__//**Week 2**//__


 * Gianna Cocozzo**
 * Group leader**

The language in the our book is very descriptive. The detail the author provides about the landscape makes you really feel like you can see what the characters see. The book also uses a lot of dialogue. The book is easy for all our members to read. The book is very conversational, it worlds are more than understandable. The grade level this book is written at would be from 7th grade and up.


 * Vincent Solazzo**
 * Quotes**


 * 1) “ What is all that racket?” (Pg 45)
 * 2) “ That wasn’t any maid.” (Pg 45)
 * 3) “ She has a five o clock shadow and is wearing a wig that doesn’t even match here eyebrows.” (Pg 45)
 * 4) “ Jim are you out there.” (Pg 45)
 * 5) “ That was an emergency measures, and it served its purpose, but now you need more permanent protection. Have any of you heard of the Federal Witness Security Program?” (Pg 50)


 * Nick Calabrese**
 * Summary**

Vinny Solazzo is working on the quote for this week group meeting. Gianna is the group the leader and asking us many questions on our reading to make sure we all read. Selena is doing questions and she is asking us questions about or reading along with Gianna. Our entire group read the necessary reading for this week. This week reading was very interesting we found out that Jim died he was April’s and April’s family bodyguard.

__//**WEEK 3**//__


 * Gianna Cocozzo : Questions**

1) **What kind of program are the Corrigan's in?**

They are in the Witness Protection Programm

2) **What is Aprils new name?** Her name is Valerie Weber

3) **Who did April meet on the plane?** She met a girl named Abby Keller who is visiting her dad and his wife for the summer.

4) **Who does April play tennis with for the first time in a long time?** She plays tennis with a boy named Larry Bushnell who is captain of the tennis team

5) **What was Aprils family eating in the Kitchen when she arrived back from playing tennis for the first time?**

They were eating McDonalds in the kitchen


 * Vincent Solazzo**
 * Group Leader**

This book is really emotional and is upsetting so after what happened. We are all happy that one of the characters did not die and just gat arrested. It was also really nice when they got to see their father after what happen to him. This book is interesting to us all and can’t wait to see what happens next.

__**Week 4**__ “Max said he can follow the scent of blood”(Duncan 80). “Gross, You’re the girl with the ‘gross’ last name?” (Duncan, 89)
 * Quatations: Gianna Cocozzo**

“How can I have a good time if my eyes feel cruddy?” (Duncan, 104)

“Hey, don’t tell me your calling quits?” (Duncan, 75) “How about hitting a couple of balls for fun?” (Duncan, 76)