Blog 7

In the story Kid Owner by Tim Green it describes how a 12 year old boy owns the Dallas Cowboys.
Ryan wants to play football. But his mom doesn’t let him. Ryan is really, really desperate that he
can go to tryouts.. Later Ryan goes to his dad’s funeral. Ryan doesn’t know anything about his
dad because he never met him. At his funeral the lawyer said this in the letter Ryan’s dad wrote,
“‘To my son, Ryan Zinna,’ he said, repeating my name in context of being the dead man’s son,
so there should be no mistake, ‘I leave my entirety my ownership interest . . .’ the lawyer looked
up at me again, swallowed, and blinked in disbelief. ‘The Dallas Cowboys.’” Ryan's mom was
upset because she doesn’t like football because it is violent. In the end Ryan owns the Dallas
Cowboys.

Blog 6

Blog one- pg.156

In the story More Than Rivals by Ken Abraham it describes how two thirteen year old boys are
friends. First Eddie who is white lives in Gallatin, Tennessee. Bill who is black also lives in  
Gallatin, Tennessee meets Eddie. There is a segregation law so that black and whites have
to separate. Both kids are really good at basketball. Later Bill moves farther into the “black”
area. Eddie is devastated that his friend is moving. After that Eddie plays for his high school
basketball team. So does Bill but on another team because of the law. Finally both high school
teams play against each other.

To be continued…...              

Blog 5

In the story Big Nate:Say Goodbye To Dork City by Lincoln Peirce it describes how Nate hangs
out with Marcus and his friends. Nate doesn’t want to get bullied. But the problem is that he gets
bullied a lot and it never stops. Nate tries to join the people who bullies him. Didn’t work. Then he
tried to stand up for himself. Also didn’t work. In the end Nate still got bullied.

Blog 4

In the story Among The Hidden  by Margaret Peterson Haddix it describes how a thirteen year
old boy is illegal. Luke wanted to be a regular child. But the government doesn’t like third children.
So he tries to hide so that nobody would turn him into the government and kill him. Then he tried
to use a fake identity to try and trick the government. At the end Luke has to go leave the farm to
live in another one.