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//The Glass Castle//

- Walls, J. (2005). //The glass castle//. (Roughcut ed., p. 335). New York: Scribner ISBN: 1565124995

- __The Glass Castle__ was written by Jeanette Walls and received the 2007 Alex Award for young adults. The book is told in sequence events that occur in the author’s life. Jeanette Walls starts out by telling about the trials and tribulations her family faces from moving from place to place, from the terrible conditions they lived in, and the horrible relationships she encounters. She has a rough life and finally claims a true relationship with a boy and it turns out terrible when he tries to rape her, but he is unsuccessful. The boy named Billy ruins not only the relationship with Jeanette, but with her family as well with a result of gun shots. Jeanette really wants her father to quit his terrible ways, such as drinking for her birthday and he does not do so. She goes through her life and the many trials she faced along the way.

- I really enjoyed this book because I felt sorry for Jeanette and it made me realize how lucky I was not to sleep in cardboard boxes just as she did at one time. I think the only thing she wanted in her life was to have a normal life with normal family. It was sad that her father would not grant her the only present request. I think young adults would enjoy this book because it would hit home for some students.

- Curriculum Connection: 9th and 10th grade CCR: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

Throughout this text we see how Walls develops as a person and we see why she became the person she is today. It is important for the readers to assess the point of view and draw conclusions from the text on how it shapes her character.

- Genre: Memoir

- Strategy 16- Questioning the Author (QTA): Constructing Meaning from the Text could be used when reading __The Glass Castle.__ It is important for the readers to question the author and understand the information they use in the text.

This is the perfect text to question the author because the protagonist is the author. The students will ask themselves: What is the author trying to say? What is the author’s message? What is the author talking about? The students will ask these questions when reading the text and at the end the class can share their input on these questions. This will lead to answer the end question: How does this text shape the author?