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April 18, 2012

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Toni-1-2

Gideon Thrall is waiting for his name to be called in an unknown event and when it is called the crowd goes crazy and people say that he is like their hero and he is held higher than any human being. Tessa is sitting in the crownd and she says that she knows him and another girl named Cordina starts to laugh and mock her when Tessa says that her and Gideon were neighbors at one point in time.

Toni-3-4

Tessa decides to stop trying to convince them that she actually knew Gideon, when the general comes up to the podium gives a short speach about the award Gideon is about to recieve then calls him up. Gideon is hesitant of taking the medal and he then says that he doesn't deserve this award and he wasn't brave he was a coward and then he runs off the stage.

Toni-5-6

After being teased by Cordina, Tessa runs outside to find Gideon hunched over a trashcan throwing up and she just thinks he is sick. She tells Gideon that she will go tell everyone so they can still have the ceremony just maybe at a different time, but Gideon stops her and says that he doesn't deserve an award, because he was a coward.

Toni- 7-8

Officials and military people start to come out of the auditorium and Gideon shoos Tessa away telling her that she doesn't want to be seen with him, so she runs and hides. Gideon ended up being taken to a hospital and they said that they were going to try and reschedule the ceremony, but they don't know when and they will make an annoucment when the time comes.

Toni- 9-10

Tessa begins to think about her future and if she will be scrubbing floors at the hospital for the rest of her life and when she gets to her apartment she sees that there is an ambulance there and she tries to tell herself it isn't Gideon, but she knows that it is.

Toni- 4\2\12 pg.10-36

__Summary__ Tessa goes quickly into her apartment where she hears thumping on the wall and she figures out that it is a secret code from Gideon, that means that he needs help. The next day Tessa walks over to his apartment pretending that she has flowers for him and the whole time Tessa is there Gidoen's mom looks at her with digust. Gideon uses Tessa's computer to watch a video of a place being bombed and he says that he caused that and after watching Tessa runs throughout the city until she returns home late at night. She tries to find a spiderweb that she saw, but when she sees two little boys knock it over she begins to hit them and eventually the little boys get their friends and they all beat up Tessa. After a sleepless night Tessa gets up and goes to school where she gets bullied physically which causes her to cry and mess up when she is cleaning the floors at the hospital. After being yelled at she starts to run home thinking that maybe she could help Gideon and that maybe she could also be a hero.

__Analyzing Question__ What can be concluded about how Tessa looks at Gideon? a) She believes that he is a good person b) She wants to believe that he is a good person, but has doubts c) She can't bring herself to believe that he is truly a good person and can be the hero that everyone wants him to be.

__Rachel's Thought__ I think this analyzing question is good because in the question it gave two perspectives of her characters and it made me think well if I was to read this book I would really have to break down, go back to the text, reread, and think about the answer to find the best one I would have to use my common sense and the knowledge that I already know about the character.

Toni-4\3\12 pg.37-44 __Summary__ Tessa walks into her apartment and she finds fresh paint on her wall and the boards on her floor have been pulled up, but not has been put bacl together. She automatically knows that it is Gideon and the only reason that it hasn't been put back together is because he hasn't came back from wherever he whas gone. She finds a not in her computer from Gideon that tells her to forget everything and to even destory the note so that she will have no ties to him or what he is planning. She looks out her window and sees a figure sneaking around the sidewalk and she concludes that it is Gideon and he is being followed by someone and she is still thinking about how she can help him, but then she thinks that she needs to warn him.

__Intergrating Question__ Conclude what the result would be if Tessa left her apartment and followed Gideon down the sidewalk? a) Gideon would tell her to leave, but after Tessa's protesting would allow her to come b) Gideon would tell her to leave and Tessa would listen and return home c) Gidoen would tell her to leave and Tessa would act like she left, but would continue to follow him in secret

Toni-4\18\12

__Question__ What is really going on with the military and why do things that show on the up on the screen not happen in real life?

__Summary__ Pg.86-94

While flying the plane the amount of fuel they have in the plane has gone down and now they are going down, and Gideon and Dek try to override the plane, but nothing they do works and Tessa just sits there staring at them. They then get into an argument about whose fault it is that they are going down, like how Dek took off before Gideon could get the cameras running and finally Tessa just tells them to be quiet. Gideon finds out that they are landing in enemy territory and that there shouldn't be all these trees around here, because this place was bombed yesterday morning. He tries to contact the military but Dek tells him not to, because she said that they are seeing the exact same things that they are. While going down Gideon ends up sliding to the back of the plane and when Tessa grabs him Dek starts to yell and says that everything he touches he kills.

Toni- 5\3\12

__Analyzing Question__ What can be concluded about why the military doesn't want Dek, Gideon, and Tessa to go to the control room? a) They don't want them to find out any secrets about the military and possibly tell it to the world b) Only approved people can enter the control room c) They don't like Tessa, Gideon, and Dek d) Not enough information is given to answer this question

Toni- 5\8\12 Sentence-His grip was like iron.