Summer Reading Post #2

Cullen-He juste wants to be happy and out of Lily. he doesn't want a ton of friends, he just wants to be with people that make him happy. When he talks about his ideal heaven it says" He imagines heaven not to be some huge city with streets of gold, and tall, white buildings, but a simple room filled with just enough of the good people to make him smile and feel like the center of attention as he tells a funny joke or talks about a new idea for a book. Lucas-He seems so happy on the outside but on the inside he is normal and sad. his brother died drinking and driving when Lucas was 8. Since than his mother won't let him go anywhere unless he tells her when, where, and why he is going to that place. Gabriel- He is a very different child. He is unique. he doesn't care what anyone thinks about him. He dresses different and listens to bands no one has heard of, he is also very smart. Benton-HE is very religious but on his first mission trip he doesn't like the way he has to teach jesus and god. He wants to spend more time with the people and immerse them in god. The theme in this book is that sometimes don't go with what others are doing. In Cullen's case it's not believing in the bird and in Benton's case it's not wanting to teach god the way his superiors are telling him to. The book is structured using the melting pot method where every other chapter the story is told with another character as the main character or from their point of view.