This boy’s life by Tobias Wolff. The main idea is a boy in the 1950s who

 wants to break free from his constantly changing life and family, His

mother is divorced. I think the story is worth telling because of the

 adventures, the ideas, and the conflict maker his mean green step father

“Dwight”. Toby’s mother sends toby to live with Dwight and his family in

Chinook this is were his life starts to get interesting. Toby and his mother

realizes that Dwight is a horrible man Toby wants to leave this man, keep

him away from his family. “My idea was to steal enough to run away I was ready

to do anything to clear of Dwight.” I think that’s the biggest idea in this

book. The idea becomes a decision the decision becomes an action.

  I think that’s a  brave decision for him to plan. But I don’t blame him

Dwight makes him work hard and theirs nothing his mother can do about it.

I think I would also steal from Dwight some of it is Toby’s money anyways, I

would  try to help my mother get away from this man and make her start a

new life.

I believe this book is about change. The changing of families, friends, and

Home. Toby never had one father his parents were divorced and his mother

Was constantly looking for another husband. He never had One Home his

mother was constantly wanting to move away from one place to another. This

is why I think  the book is worth telling.
   

Reading response

The book Island of the blue dolphins by Scott o’ Dell is a historical fiction book about a Native American girl who has been left on an island alone waiting for someone to come and save her. What details in the book are real and researched by the author? What details did the author make up and imagine? How can you tell? This book is based on a true story so their has to be many parts that are the true story that the author researched and some parts he had to make up, like the dialogue.
      For an example one part in the book when the main character screams dog constantly. I know that the author had to make that up because the main character was alone how would anyone witness what the main character said ? So the main character probably put that in to support a part in the book.
      On page 41 the main character cries “Where is my brother?” I know the author made this up for the book because this book was taken place in the 1850s. How would Scott o’ dell know how the main character spoke exactly. Also even if he had know how Native Americans spoke in the 1850s spoke he would really know how the main character spoke. Cause she can speak differently then the other Natives.
      Lastly I know that the author made the dialogue because where would he get the information from? If he got it from a person who had a relative that was on the island how would they remember what they would say. Unless people who were there had what their acquaintances
     Wrote down what others had said. Which I doubt happened because they wouldn’t know that what they were saying right that moment was going to be history or in a book.
      Therefore the author made up the dialogue because 1. It wouldn’t be accurate. 2. It would be hard to get information about what the characters say. And 3. How the character talked