Monday, June 15, 2009

NonFiction Post 4

5 Comments
1. At age 8 Sonny was already running away from the police.
2. Sonny's sisters are just being introduced in the book.
3. The characters remind me of some kids form Boston.
4. I think Sonny acts the way he does because he's not happy with his home.
5. Sonny says the reason he became bad was because he got in trouble when he was being good.

4 Comments
1. Where was Mama when Sonny was catting and skipping
2. Did the girls in Harlem get in trouble like the girls did?
3. What made the kids be so bad and become criminals?



3 Vocab
1. Plight- a condition, state, or situation, esp. an unfavorable or unfortunate one
2. Reverted- to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc
3. Psychiatric- the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

1 Overview
1. Sonny got accused of trying to throw a boy outside the window and was sent to a mental hospital

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