I am a Taxi

In I am a Taxi, Diego's mother and father were arrested when Diego was only eight and his little sister Corina, wasn't born yet. Diego is a taxi. Not a car taxi, he runs errands for people and in return, he gets Bolivianos. Which are somewhat coins.  His family lives in a 8 foot by foot cell that his mother had rented in the prison. Their father lives in the men's prison. Diego's best friend, Mando, asked Diego if he wanted to go on a two-week trip with five other people that he rarely knows. The day after Diego says yes, one of the leaders called "Rock," forces them to work like slaves, also instead of feeding them for energy, he gives them tobacco. 

This book is teen fiction. What I like about this book is that it's interesting, & very well described. I have read this genre before & I will read it again. I like how the narrator describes everything, so I can paint a picture in my head. There is one character that I dislike and that is Mando. He is always making Diego do things he doesn't want to do. Almost like forcing him. 

Summary and Conflicts

Willa wanted to find out who was the hollywood killer, but lots of crazy things happened to her, such as: seeing numbers on the wall painted in blood, saw dead bodies, and etc. So, with the help of her friend Wyatt, they try to find out some clues that lead to The Hollywood Killer. Then, Willa finds some documents on her stepfathers' laptop but then she soon realizes the documents actually belong to Jonathan's assistant.



Conflicts:

The conflicts in my book were that Willa would get a feeling about a ghost's presence nearby, and/or staring at her. She would also see numbers painted in blood on the wall or see the words " GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT" over and over again.

Should cursive die?

To me, I think cursive should not die out and still be taught to elementary students. Kids need to know how to write cursive because kids need to know how to write nicely. When they are grown up and people ask for their signature, it's gonna be in print and not in cursive. Cursive is very easy to write though. You don't have to pick up your pen from the paper. Many people believe that cursive is a thing of the past, and that it isn't important. Many famous president's used cursive to write letters. Cursive is important in many ways. It builds muscles in our hands, writing by hand can improve thinking skills, and students who write out their essays rather than typing them, tend to express more and deeper ideas.
Overall, I think cursive shouldn't die out because it's important to learn.

POV

I am reading the book, " Famous Last Words" so far I have learned that Jonathan's assistant, Reed, is the Hollywood killer. In the story, Willa is going through the guest house when Jonathan told her not to. She goes into the guest house because she think that Jonathan is looking for her, so he can kill her.
There she finds a movie title called, The Dinner Party. She remembers that Reed had said that, that was his favorite movie. Later on in the story, Reed makes Willa dress up as Diana Del Mar and read her script from "The Dinner Party."




The book, "Famous Last Words" is in the point of view of Willa. "I tried the handle, but it was locked."
I do enjoy reading in this POV because Willa describes her feelings thoroughly. She has crazy hallucinations which are interesting to hear from her perspective.

My Summary

Summary:
There is a 'Hollywood Killer.' A killer who reenacts famous movie deaths with his victims. 'The Hollywood Killer' only kills actresses who people rarely know about. The victims may be in commercials, or have a small role in a big movie.
Willa & her mom move in with her famous stepdad, Jonathan. Jonathan is a famous director. Willa moved from Connecticut to Hollywood. Willa also starts a new school called Langhorn Academy. At this new school Willa meets a guy called Wyatt Sheppard. Later on in the story so far: Willa & Wyatt become lab partners. Wyatt mostly keeps to himself. One day though, Willa accidentally takes home Wyatt's notebook. She decides to read it & she finds some shocking information. She finds the names of the victims who the 'Hollywood Killer' has killed, and also the times they disappeared & the time they were found. Murdered. She decides not to give back the notebook to Wyatt because she wants to find out more. On the internet, she finds a fortune teller. Wyatt & Willa go to her for help. The fortune teller's name was Leyta Fitzgeorge.

Character Analysis:
Willa has crazy hallucinations. I think it's because her father died. She also experiences strange things. Willa speaks whatever is on her mind. She's very honest. In the story, Willa has lunch with Marine's ex boyfriend, (Marine is somewhat her friend) and Marine seems to have a problem with Willa doing that. So Willa becomes straight up and asks her, "Yes, I did. Do you have a problem with that?"

Lemon Brown

• Begin writing a blog post about the story.
• What were your reactions?
• How does this story connect to what we’ve already learned about homelessness?
• What did you find interesting? Surprising?
• How did Greg change throughout the story and why? 

I was surprised. This story connects to what we've already learned about homelessness by: Lemon Brown was living in an abandoned house, as to which in real life, some homeless people might do. What I found interesting was that Lemon Brown was trying to protect Greg even though they barely just met. Greg changed throughout the story by: he was annoyed by his dad for yelling at him when in the end he realized, his dad was only doing that to protect him.