I'm starting a new book called Anything Can Happen in High School(and it usually does) by William D. McCants. I'm not sure if i'm going to be able to finish it or not.

Pattyn went home and things were worse. Her dad started beating her, her mom was pregnant with another kid, and her dad was a really bad alcoholic. After an incident where her dad beat her, she realized she could be pregnant. The word got out and everyone knew. Ethan came to save her and as they were on their way, a cop had their lights on behind them. The roads were slick and they just kept going. The next thing that happens is Pattyn wakes up in the hospital. Ethan is dead and so is the baby. Her dad wants her out of the house but she has nowhere to go. She is afraid Kevin, Ethan's dad, will blame his death on her if she goes to live with her aunt. The book ends with Pattyn "plan." She thinks she's going to kill a bunch of people with the gun she has.

Pattyn loves living with her aunt. She meets a boy, Ethan, and falls in love. Without going into detail, that basically sums up what i've read. She's wondering what she is going to do at the end of the summer though. If she stays with her aunt, she'll be really far away from Ethan where he's going to college. If she moves back home she'll be closer but doesn't know about getting to see Ethan.

I have a lot to blog about and not enough time so i'll do it tomorrow.

I started a new book called Burned by Ellen Hopkins. It's about a Mormon girl that has a bad family life. She has quite a few sisters and her father is an alcoholic and beats her mom. She finally begins to rebel and goes totally against her religion. She gets a boyfriend and keeps him a secret until her father catches them. He tells him that he better stay away so he does.

Lila and a few other people were sitting outside for Lila's birthday party when a sherriff pulls up. He gets out and tells them that Clay is in jail. He says he's in jail for kidnapping and assault of Alicia. Everyone gets into cars and leaves except for Gerite and John, they stay there. John ends up leaving and Gertie is home alone. She goes into the house to realize a tree that had been struck by lighting fell on the house and started it on fire. She goes to call 911 but changes her mind when she thinks about the history of the house. She goes upstairs to grab the blanket she had been knitting for Lila's baby and when she comes back down the stairs she sees that the fire had carried through the house and she was stuck. Then the book jumps to a letter Lila wrote to her daughter that had been born and the letter was put in her file. Next it jumps to Toby at Gertie's, John's (John attempted to save Gertie out of the burning house), and Howard's graves. Toby lives with George now and the book ends with them sitting on the porch talking.

Time for another project...

I didn't get to read much, I was a liltle late because I was at the junior high talking to kids about high school.
Lila goes to Fort Robinson with Clay and Tim. While they are eating, Alicia comes to see Clay. Alicia gets mad at Clay and leaves so Clay goes after her. Lila walks around to see things and Tim follows her until Lila yells at him to leave her.