Feelings

We are coming to the end of reading the novel Hate List by Jennifer Brown and I am very excited to find out how the author choices to conclude the story. Many emotions were stirred up inside me when reading some sections of this story. Every time I read one of the news reports I would picture the scenario and think about how that stupid felt of how it affected the family. Whenever Valerie expressed her feelings about her mother I thought about my mother and how they were related or if they were related. Other times, if Valerie was feeling sad, I would feel sad. If something good happened in the story, it would make me happy. When Valerie found out that her father was having an affair with his secretary, I put myself in her shoes. How did that make her feel? How would I feel if I got news like that?  I felt like every feeling each character was expressing or feeling at the time, is the same way I felt while reading. I was in shock and disbelief when I found out that Val’s father was having an affair. Part of me wonders if her mom knows, or if Val is going to tell her. It is expressed in the book that Valerie has a creative side, so when she found Mrs. Beas place I thought of it as a good opportunity to express that creative side and also get away from her house and school.