5 Questions
Why is Brent freaking out when he gets to the football game?
What about Michael does Brent like?
Why doesn’t Brent express how he feels?
When will Brent go back to school?
Why is Brent’s father so mean?
4 Comments
These events took place in the 1990’s
Brent has been in the hospital for nine months.
Brent has turned 15.
Megan doesn’t like Brent anymore
3 Vocabulary
Crude-roughly or unskillfully made or conceived
Platelets- blood particle involved in clotting:
Viable-practicable or worthwhile


2 Literary Terms
A tree that looks like a lollipop”- simile (pg.283)
“It’s so cool and quiet down here, it feels like a habitat for a snake.”- simile (pg.331)
1 Overview sentence
Brent is finally out of the hospital but still has to see a therapist and a psychiatrist.