Hill Top

Hey everybody,

During the bus ride up to Hill Top, when she was talking to Alice, I think that saying good things about her grandmother helped her get over the fact that she doesn't have one. It helped her have something for a few hours that she hadn't had for her real life. Eventually she learned her lesson for lying but I think that it helped her get away from her real life for a while and have something that she has wanted for so long.

On page "129". I learned something that was really interesting. Soof could be her father. It really puts a twist on the story. But then on page 163 at Hill Top, one of the people there called her soof. Is she soof? I think that she was just really excited that there was someone at Hill Top who knew the word Soof.

I thought it was really weird that someone pick pocketed her back pack and stole all her money. I thought maybe that it was someone trying to stop her from going to Hill Top. It was kind of a weird part.

There is something really weird about Mr. Hill. He knows Bernie. I have a feeling he is hiding something.

What do you think?

-Sarah W

So B. It

Hi guys,

I have somethings that I want to write about the book that doesn't relate to the topic on Owen's blog, so I decided to blog here so I don't change the topic that Owen wants to talk about.

I think that Heidi is the type of girl that is interested in stuff, asks lots of questions and is really curious. These character traits might have led to becoming really curious about hilltop and that also made her make the decision to actually take the train all the way out to New York to find out more about hilltop.

I was curious about why the author named the title of the book after the mama. I think that we will find out more later and might even find out why. One of my guesses, is that since Heidi is going on this quest to hilltop to find out more about mama's past, mama has a big role in the story.

When mama screamed when they were about to go on the bus I thought that maybe something really bad happened to her on a bus along time ago. Something bad enough that made her remember it even when mama can't remember very much. I would really like to know what happened.

I was wondering that since mama was having her headaches more of now (almost daily) it might be because she if forced to remember a lot about her past because Heidi is bringing up the topic more and more. Plus she wants answers now and not as badly as she did before.

I am going to conclude this post with some questions that I have.

Why don't they pay any bills?
What does "soof" mean?
Why is Hilltop being so secretive?
What is a slot machine?
How does she get so much money from a slot machine?

Ok. I hoped you enjoyed reading my blog. Maybe you guys can help me answer my question.

Thanks-Sarah W

Background

I chose this background because it reminded me of Heidi's lucky streak. I think that this "lucky streak" of hers is going to be important in this book of all that it has done for her now. I think that they will go on with the lucky streak topic.

While we are reading this book I might change the background of my blog to show what the main idea of the book is or just something important that I think might kind of represent the book. It could change often or not at all. It depends.-Sarah W