Call Me Hope

Plot Summary- The book Call Me Hope by Gretchen Olson is about a girl named Hope. She is verbally abused by her mother. Her mom calls her mean, nasty things. At a second hand store called Next to New she sees a pair of really nice hiking boots that she need for a five day trip. She works at the store to pay off the boots. Her mom had said to her that she couldn’t go on the trip. One day a counselor came to her house and talked to her mom, in front of her mom and the counselor Hope starts to cry and tells her mom that she always did everything to stay out of her way and that she knew that she didn't like her and that she never admitted it, and that at times she thought or running away. After a long talk her mom decided to let her go. When Hope came back from the trip she was surprised to see the her mother hadn’t forgotten about her.

Character- Hope Marie Elliot is a strong and brave girl. When she knew that her mother was mad she wouldn’t talk to her or do anything to annoy her more. She is brave because she dealed with her mother for a really long time until she became nice. I think that she has a very nice personality, she was always nice to her classmates. She always tried her best to be nice especially to her mom and to other people. She cared about other people.

Thoughts about the book- I thought that this was the best book I have ever read. I felt bad for Hope because her mom was mean to her. Her mother punished her for no reason so hope would get mad and sometimes she would talk back to her. Hope tried her best not to talk back, but it was very hard fo her, because she didn't like to do everything her mom tells her to do. It was a good that Hope didn't run away. Overall I think it was a FANTASTIC book.

Reading Statergie used- The reading stratergie I used was Mental Image. When I read I could see Hope's mother yelling at her for no reason.Hope always tried to tell her mom it was an accident or something but her mom ju st ignored her or punished her because she said never to talk back to her. I also used Inferance, based on what I read I could guess what would happen next in the book. I think that these two staratergies helped me understand the book.