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Colleen Schaffner
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Snowbound
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Snowbound-
At fifteen, Tony Laporte is what many people would call a throughly spoiled kid. He gets away with a lot because his parents want him to have all the things they never had. But when they surprise him by refusing to let him keep a stray dog he has found, Tony decides to teach them a lesson by running off in his mother's old Plymouth. Driving without a license in the middle of a severe snowstorm, he picks up a hitchhiker named Cindy Reichert, an aloof girl who has always had difficulty forming friendships. To impress Cindy, Tony tries to show off his driving skills and ends up wrecking the car in a very desolated area far from the main highway. After spending precious days bickering with each other and waiting for rescue that never comes, they finally realize that their lives are at stake and they must cooperate to survive. The question is--can they survive?
At fifteen, Tony Laporte is what many people would call a throughly spoiled kid. He gets away with a lot because his parents want him to have all the things they never had. But when they surprise him by refusing to let him keep a stray dog he has found, Tony decides to teach them a lesson by running off in his mother's old Plymouth. Driving without a license in the middle of a severe snowstorm, he picks up a hitchhiker named Cindy Reichert, an aloof girl who has always had difficulty forming friendships. To impress Cindy, Tony tries to show off his driving skills and ends up wrecking the car in a very desolated area far from the main highway. After spending precious days bickering with each other and waiting for rescue that never comes, they finally realize that their lives are at stake and they must cooperate to survive. The question is--can they survive?
Review: I read this for school, and found that I kept getting frustrated because I could only read a chapter or a two at a time instead of the whole thing, which was very short and a fast read. Nothing to do with the book though, heh. I found it a very realistic book (I wonder if Mazer got stuck like described in this book? Eh, probably not) and the characters really didn't seem very forced. I think Mazer could have developed the characters a bit more and revealed a bit more about what they were feeling and thinking, but it was great the way it was.
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Friday March 7th saw Dallas Arquette perform for the Comp Students as part of the entertainment for the In the Zone Basketball Tournament. It was very well received. Mr. Arquette told students that no matter what their culture was or heritage be proud of it.
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