Walk+Two+Moons

9 Baker Ave Wharton, NJ 07885 March 3, 2011 Mr.Bocchino 137 East Central Ave. Wharton, NJ 07885 Dear Mr.Bocchino, Don’t you feel like something is being taken away from us that kids our age can relate to? Well I feel that way; Walk Two Moons should stay in our curriculum because kids like us go through things like this every day. They are taking this book out of the curriculum because they believe it is not up to our reading. Now here are some ways that people our age can relate to this story. Walk Two Moons contains many mature themes that seventh graders would be capable of understanding. First of all the style of writing is more up to our level than some younger because we can understand more out of a message such a “You can keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.” We can understand what they mean by this passage, as a fourth grader wouldn’t understand. This passage means to not let the bad things bring you down jus keep going on. The style of writing in this story really catches the reader’s attention. We can connect to this story because it s about this girl who is about our age and we can really relate to the things she has been through. Like in the story there is some kissing 4th graders would find that nasty, but us seventh graders could connect to that because were that same age. Seventh graders can connect to the characters in the story because we kind of deal with our situations the same way. Such as when Mrs. Winterbottom (Phoebe’s Mom) left to have sometime to think I believe I would have done the same thing to go look for her mother. In this story there has been a lot of suspense and harsh situation Phoebe and Sal get into along the way. Like I said I feel like something is about to be taking away from me that I really like. Don’t you guys? Well there are my reasons and connections of the story and why I like it and help me understand it more. Therefore Walk Two Moons should stay in the curriculum because kids like me in seventh grade love this book. Sincerely, Trevaughn Antoine