Monday, June 15, 2009

Augusta, Gone #5

5. So in this chapter, Augusta comes back home.

4. Things between her and mom become muchhh better.

3. She gets clean!

2. Augusta realizes what she was doing wrong, and what she needs to do in order to get better.

1. She went back to school, and everyone was happy againnnnnn.


4. So Augusta is finally clean, 100%?

3. What are the thoughts that her mother is having?

2. Does Augusta think she can keep it up?

1. What's up with the father?


3. coontends - to strve in opposition

2. attain - to reach

1. purveypr - a person who provides


2. ' he had a nice buzz' - alliterations

1. ' the guy'woos'the girl' - ??


1. So in the end of the book, Augusta comes back home from the camp thingy, and shes all better, and everyone lives happily ever after.

Augusta, Gone #4

5. So Augusta goes into the 'brat camp' and they teach her some lessons there...

4. First, she kind of tried to kill herself, but then she decided to give it a chance.

3. I think that if i was her, i wouldnt act so childish.

2. She should have more respect towards her mother and the rest of her family.

1. The mother thought that things were finally working out!


4. Will Augusta stay clean?

3. Are the connections between them two going to improve?

2. Why was Augusta's brother smoking weed with her, if he dont want her to do drugs?!

1. So why didnt Augusta kill herself...?


3. suppressed - to put an end to forcibly

2. hemmed - an edge or border on a piece of cloth

1. influx - coming in


2. " theres an air of aloofness about them - idiom

1. "Throughout the night freight trains huffed into the park" - metaphor


1. I think this chapter is the happies chapter, because Augusta goes into the rehav thing and she gets better and has a different perspective on things.

Augusta, Gone #2

5. The mother was telling us about how her daughter changed.
4. this reminds me of this one time when i was the same way, and i didnt get along with my mom.
2. I wonder whats going to happen next.
1. I think if i was the mother, i would never let my daughter act that way.

4. So when is her mother going to take action?
3. Don't you think that if the mother really wanted to change things, she would have done it already?
2. Is Augusta ever going to respect her mother?
1. Would you let your child act like that?

3. procured - to produce
2. heyday - prime time
1. lam - to escape hastily

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1. In this chapter, it basically states all the things that the mother sees, and how her daughter (Augusta) is changing due to drug and alcohol abuse.

Augusta, Gone #1


5. Augusta was a troubled teenager.

4. he decided to pull out a knife on her family.

3. She was not communicating with her mother at all.

2. Her mother was really worried about her.

1. She decided to get her some help.

4. So what is her mother going to do?

3. How is Augusta going to react?

2. How does Augusta's brother feel about all this?

1. Is Augusta going go respect her mother?

3. persistent - lasting or enduring tanaciously

2. reminisce - to recall past experiences

1. tricorne - having three horns

2. 'ask her how old she is' - alliteration

1. 'humming hungover' - alliteration

1. The whole book starts with Augusta's mother telling stories from the past, about how she was a perfect child, and then she changed and wasnt herself anymore.