Month: October 2023

I would trade places with lightning McQueen. So then I could be red and fast. I can also win a lot of trophies and get money for it. I will be able to do what I want because of all the money I got from the trophies I’ve won.

It would be a dream to have a perfect day and it would go like this. I would wake up at 9:00, I would go to the fridge, and get a tub of ice cream, the one that has strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate in one tub. And get 2 scoops of each flavor. And put them specifically in a waffle cone. And when I’m finished I’ll take a quick nap for one hour. And then when I wake up I’ll do the same exact thing I did when I woke up in the morning. And then I’d go to the store and get more tubs of vanilla ice cream. And then go to the ice cream store and buy their entire stock of strawberry ice cream. And then I would go home and put all the ice cream in the freezer. Then I would go rock climbing for 3 hours with my family and friends. And when I’m done the time would be 3 PM. And with a lot of free time I would go swimming in a large and 7 feet deep pool for one hour. And then dry myself off and go eat ice cream. And for the rest of the day, I would sleep.

I would want to be a one year old forever. Because I wouldn’t have to do anything, so then I could just sit down and sleep all day. I can also cry at the top of my lungs and be given food, so I don’t have to get up and get food. I can also be happy forever without a worry in the world.

(I am not done with the book yet, I am on page 57)

The plot of the book is about an eleven year old named Ben and his older stepbrother Dustin. They have never really known each other well. Ben has always had an easy relationship with Dustin’s dad named Lyle. Ben feels safe with Lyles rules at home, and the comfortable and predictable daily and normal life. And now Dustin has been in a diving accident, so then Ben and Lyle have to go to him.

My favorite character in the book had to be Ben, because we both have some similarities, we are both grumpy when we wake up. And Ben is just an overall great determined character.

I really really enjoyed the book, the storytelling, storyline, and characters were great! I really liked the climax of the story when Dustin gets into a diving accident, the details in that scene were spectacular.

A quote in the book that I liked the most, was in page 6, “…Bens an honest-to-god pain-in-the-you-know-where.” I chose this quote to be my favorite because I think it’s funny and relatable because I’m also grumpy when I wake up.