Independant Reading Lion Boy

DATE:11/2/07
TITLE: Lion Boy
TIME: 1 Hour
AUTHOR: Zizou Corder
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK:18
PAGES 1-18


RESPONSE: I think that the most exciting part that I read was when Charlie came home from school and he found his house empty and his mom's laboratory was open and nobody was inside the lab. Then Charlie went to look for his dad and he thought that his dad would know what is going on. He went to look for him down by the river and at the train station but his dad was nowhere to be found so then he went back to his house and he saw Rafi a really big kid that looks old enough to be an adult standing in his doorway. Charlie noticed that his mom's lab was locked shut but there was no keys on the key hanger. Then Rafi told Charlie that his parents went on a trip and that they left him a note. But the note was nothing like what his mom would say. Then Rafi made Charlie pack up all of his personal items and took him away.

I think that Charlie is going to escape from Rafi and then try to look for his mom and dad. Because he seemed very suspicious about the letter from his mom and he thought that it was some kind of code that told him what really is going on.


Five Vocab Words:

• Condemned: When you show that you're against something.
• Deceive: When you mislead someone.
• Envy: To be jealous.
• Forgery: Falsely making or altering writing.
• Contemplate: Observe, study very thoughtfully.