RJ #12 No One to Call Me Home

                                                                                                                                                11/15/11




Dear Mrs. Zrihen,


     I just finished reading the book No One to Call Me Home by Rev. James J. Close. The book was not that interesting but it was inspiring. A passage in the story that I found interesting was found on page 13. It was in the second part of the sentence. '' There would always be someone to call the kids home-kids like Johnny. That passage really shows how determined he is to make life normal for other kids like him.
     There were two reading strategies I used before I read the book. First I predicted based on the cover, and I looked for text features and noticed how the front cover picture was black and white. That must mean that the book is old. I also used 2 during reading strategies which were reading slowly to check the words and make sure I understand what I was reading, and rating the book as I go along. The 2 after reading strategies were reading the back so that I can figure out all the extra details that go with the main point, and checking my prediction which was wrong.
     The genre of this book is a non-fiction memoir. The topic is generosity. The main idea of the story is that a kid who is not able to live like a normal kid and have all the general necessities helps other kids like himself and shelters them and provides those needs. The main idea is stated. Another title I would give this book would be Poor or Not Were all the Same. Three supporting details in the story I found were names of the people he cared for, names of the shelters such as the Mercy Home. There were different shelters for boys and girls. Finally, by stating all the ideas that he is determined to accomplish and provide for those boys. The essential message in the story is to care for others for you don't realize what you have, until you don't have it. A cause in the story is him losing his needs, and the effect is he helps others get those needs. Two things that were similar in the story were that he was an orphan a long with everyone else he met. Two different things in the story were that he had courage, a lot of the others didn't. Five different text features in the book were photographs on the front and back, and italicised words. There were no more. The P.O.O. in the story is cause and effect because one thing happens because of something else. The author's purpose in the story is to inform us of an important lesson. The author's perspective is biased toward orphanages. The author's point of view is 1st person because it is a memoir. I could not find any figurative language. My book can not be traced to a source for it is a memoir and can only be traced to the author. Some vocab I learned were ample which means pretty big, scruffy which means dirty looking, adamantly which means angrily or firmly, gutsy which means you are brave or filled with guts, and pew which means group. This book relates to me because I am generous also. This book relates to a book I read in the summer of 2010. This book also relates to the world because people like him are very little to be found but they are at there and they always will be.
     If I was in Jame's shoes, I'd be happy for the rest of my life and be thankful for what I have. I would give this book a 5 out of 10 because it was boring.
  Sincerley,
  Isaac Paley 702