About the Character

     In the book Find Me the main character is named Wicket but people call her Wick. She is a very smart girl with a lot of secrets. She has a really bad attitude and a lot of sarcasm so when it comes to people she doesn't talk very polite. She is very smart actually because she is an expert hacker. She does this for a living to earn money. She is a foster child along with her sister Lily so life hasn't been very easy moving from one family to another. Wick learned to do hacking from her father so she uses that to get money and save herself and her sister in case they never find a family. According to the book it says, "I run online investigations. I specialize in cheating husbands. Yes, it's hacking to crash servers or set loose viruses. And yeah, sure, I do it for a price. I charge for invading some guy's privacy, for looking through his bank records or email files. But Lily and I need the money, and these women—my customers—need answers." This explains how Wick does hacking to not only help people but for the money. She knows it's wrong but she does it to protect her sister she really cares about. She wants her sister to have a good and happy life and not have to worry about ever being let down by people. She is very smart in school but especially since she knows how to hack. She have learned a lot from her father but not good things though.

     

Find Me Compare and Contrast

     In this book I am going to two character named Wick and Griff. These two have some things in common but not everything. One thing they have in common is that both Wick and Griff work for her father to do hacking. In the book it states, "I have to struggle not to gape. It's just not possible. Griff can't be a hacker. He's too quiet. His grades are too good. He's too.... He's too much like me. The realization stings. We're hiding behind the same habits, the same mask. I make my living by looking underneath people's surfaces, and yet I never suspected his." This explains multiply things Griff and Wick have in common. They are similar because they get good grades and are really quiet which is why no one ever suspects them to be "bad" or even hackers. Wick realized how Griff is a lot like her than she thought because they hide the same secrets she didn't even know he had. 

     Other than similarities, Griff and Wick have their differences too. Even though they may both be hackers they do it for different reasons. Wick is like her dad because she does hacking for the wrong reasons while Griff does it for the good reasonsl. In the book is states, "You're not the only one with secrets, Wick.' Griff meets my eyes, and whatever he sees there makes him wince. 'My cousin's a cop. I do undercover work for the police every once in a while.' 'Because they make you?' 'Because I want to.' 'Because they caught you before?' Griff smiles. 'Really blown you away, haven't I?' No. Yes. 'So you're a red hat.' It isn't really a question, but he nods anyway. 'And you know I'm not.' 'Yeah.' I thought we were alike, but we're not. Red hats are good hackers. They protect people, systems, websites. That makes Griff one of the good guys, and I'm still.... Just like my dad." This explains how even though Wick thought she and Griff had many things in common she soon found their differences. Griff helps people and does hacking for the right reasons while Wick still sees herself and the "bad guy" because of her dad. So that was a difference that Wick and Griff had.

🎉New Years Resolution🎉

One New Year's Resolution is to learn and do well for this remaining year of middle school. I will do this by learning, paying attention and doing my homework to keep my grades well. Another resolution is to make the volleyball team in school. I will do this by practicing more to warm up for try outs. I will also try to look in more positive things in 2016 and less negative things. Something I am looking forward to in 2016 is spending time with people who don't have a negative impact in my life and just to have a great year ahead of me.

Find Me

The book I got was Find Me by Romily Bernard. A girl named Wick is an expert hacker and she is given a task by someone to find their sister Tessa who is dead. Wick is trying to find out who this man is and it can be anyone. After reading half the book I can make a prediction about who I might think the killer is. I think it might be the detective Carson. I think it might be him because in the book it showed how he was always around Tessa's house being really nosy. According to the book it says "We've barley reached the steps before I see a low-slung sedan parked on the other side of the street. My chest tightens before my brain even realizes it's Carson. It's too far away to see properly, but I think he nods at me. 'Why's he here?' 'He comes by sometimes.' Tally's hands are pinned behind her back, but she looks ready to run. 'He came by a lot before Tessa... Died. But every time I told my mom, he was gone by the time she came outside." This explains how before Tessa died Carson would always be around her house. Even now after she died he is still looking around her house. He is very strange to Wick and that is why I think he might be the killer.

Gift I Would Like

There are many things that I would like on Christmas. I would like to get a hover board for Christmas but it's too "dangerous" as my mom says. Besides that I would be happy with just some new clothes for Christmas. I'm usually happy with anything I get because I know it's the thought that counts when you receive a gift from someone. 

Quote

This quote would mean many things to me. When I see this quote "everyday is a second chance" I think that if one day is bad the next day can be better. When I think of this to me it means if you made a mistake you can always fix it the next day. Today may not be a good day but that wouldn't mean tomorrow won't be better. I like to know that you can start out fresh the next day not having to worry about the other day and just move forward from the past. 

Shift

The book I read was "Shift" by Em Bailey. I think that the theme for "Shift" would be don't judge someone before you get to know them. I think this would be the theme because in the story the main character Olive quickly judged the new girl Miranda by what she heard around the school. She noticed many strange things about her and considered her a "shapeshifter" after something she read on a website. Olive thought how Miranda killed her parents because that is what everyone was saying. According to the book it says "I don't know what I thought a possible parent murderer would look like, but it certainly wasn't this thin, pale creature, trailing along behind Mrs. Deans. I leant closer to the window, wanting a clearer view." This explains how Olive thought Miranda really did murder her parents. She heard rumors all over the school that she assumed that Miranda really did kill her parents which was why she didn't have parents. Olive didn't know anything about Miranda until she found out the truth.

     There is also another piece of evidence from the book to support my theme. In the book it says "Because if that was true - if she had murdered her parents after all - what else might be? Miranda's expression didn't change. 'I remember the accident,' she said. 'Even though I was only two. We'd just driven past a playground with a slide shaped like an elephant. I was desperate to play on it but my parents wouldn't stop. I screamed and screamed. I felt so angry, strapped in my car seat like that - and I wanted to hurt them. I remember willing the car to stop, willing it with all my might. And then it did stop..... By crashing into a tree.' Miranda's face was grey. 'They both died instantly." This explains how Olive quickly judged Miranda that she murdered her parents when she didn't really do anything. Her parents died in a car accident all along and Olive quickly judged her before she even got to hear the true story. So that is why I think that this is the theme.