This has still been one of my favorite books so far. I wanted to keep reading to see what happens next. He really changed over the course of the story and I like that the author had him address the changes he was seeing in himself. Often we do not see the changes that happen to us over time He became a person who really takes time and thinks before he acts and makes the most of everything he has. I wish that he would have gone into more detail about the reunion with his parents. It sounded to me that they spent hardly any time with him after he got back. I would want to hold him tight for as long as possible when I got him back if he were my son.
I think this would be a story that every student would be interested in reading. It has so many vivid details and just keeps you hooked until the end. I could use this as a teacher as a way to teach narrative writing. Having the students write stories of an event in their life the same as Brian did would be interesting. I also think that this could be a great classroom book that we could use to introduce a higher level of reading. We would read it as a class and answer questions as we go through to help the students learn vocabulary, parts of writing and keep the information in the story organized. I also looked through the reading group guides in the back and could use those to guide a book club in my class. Maybe some of my students that are further ahead in the reading could work on this in small group. I could also pair them with someone that needs help with reading comprehension to work through the questions together. This helps them learn from each other.
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