last+song

=The Last Song=

Week 1-


 * Food (Jake)**


 * Questions (Ashley):**

1. Why do you think Ronnie doesnt want to stay with her dad for the summer? She doesn't want to stay with her dad because he left her family and she is still upset about it.

2. What does Ronnie like to do when she is at her dads beach house? She likes to go to the boardwalk and just be anywhere besides her house. She hangs with blaze.

3. Why doesn't Ronnie play the piano anymore? Her dad used to teach her how to play and she is mad at him so she doesn't play anymore.

4. What kind of relationship does Ronnie and Jonah have? Jonah likes to be close with his dad but Ronnie doesn't.

5. DId Ronnie and her mom have a close relationship with her mom? she didn't have a close relationship because her mom didn't always know what she was doing.

Ronnie- main character, visiting her dad for the summer after not talking to him for 3 years. Isolates herself from her dad while at his house and does anything to not be near him. Jonah- Ronnie's brother who loves spending time with his dad, unlike Ronnie. Steve- Ronnie and Jonah's dad. Loves playing the piano. Will- Runs into Ronnie at the volleyball game and can't stop thinking about her since. Blaze- Ronnie's friend she met at the boardwalk. She also tries to stay away from her parents and doesn't even sleep at her house at night. Has no money. Marcus- Blaze's boyfriend who isn't interested in her, and is more interested in Ronnie.
 * Characters (Kaitlin):**

 For our first book club of the 4th marking period, i feel that our group has all contributed to this meeting equally. Kate's job was the characters. all of these people were in the book. Jakes job was food, but there was none.. LOL. Ashleys job was the questions. I enjoy reading this book and we're excited to read more!
 * Summary of Meeting (Mark):**

Week 2-


 * Food (Mark)

Questions (Kaitlin):**

1. If you were Ronnie, would you treat your dad the way she does? No, if you have no choice other than to be there you may as well make the best of it and bond with your dad while your there, even if you don't want to.

2. Why do you think Ronnie seems to block out everyone from her life? I think she blocks people out of her life because ever since her dad left them and her parents got a divorce she has trouble trusting people.

3. Why do you think Blake did what she did in the store? Probably because she was jealous of Ronnie because Marcus always seems to like Ronnie more than her.

4. Do you think Will will eventually tell someone that Scott is the one who burnt down the church? I think he will eventually but if he does i think his and Scott's friendship will be ruined.

5. What do you think will happen with Ronnie and Will? I think they're going to start talking more but Ronnie won't be interested in him for a while because right now she doesn't have a positive attitude about anything.

The language in this book is easy for teens to read. There is a teen staring in this book so that it is aimed torwards the teenage section. I think ages 14 to 17 should be able to read it with no problem.
 * Language (Ashley):**

This meeting week went very well. Kate Curley(<3) did the questions and Mark FINALLY brought in food, munchkins. We are all getting progressively interested in the book, even though me and Mark don't really like it. Kate and Ashley enjoy it though, and they also saw the movie too.(MILEY=]) Our whole group is getting along very well (unlike previous book clubs) and we have a lot to talk about with this book. We are currently 2/5 of the way done with the book and cant wait to read the next section. (Kate finally is talking too but ashley is still dumb LOL =] )
 * Summary of Meeting (Jake):**

Week 3-


 * Food (Ashley)**


 * Questions (Jake):**

1. What do you think made Ronnie like Will? The way that he cared for the turtles.

2. Do you think Will likes Ronnie more than the other girls that he took to the aquarium and did the same thing he did to her? I think it's too soon to tell whether Will actually likes her or if she's just another girl.

3. What made Ronnie and her dads relationship stronger? Ronnie started opening up to her dad once she realized that she's going to be stuck there no matter what. When she started playing piano again she also realized she really missed the way their relationship used to be.

4. Why do you think Jonah likes working on the glass window with his dad? Probably because it brings him closer to his and they have something that they will always remember each other by.

5. Do you think Will and Ronnie will stay together or he will leave her for Ashley? I think him and Ronnie will stay together because he doesn't seem interested in Ashley at all anymore.

This weeks book club went well. We talked about how Will and Ronnie are getting to know each other and hang out more. Me and Ashley are enjoying the book, unlike Jake and Mark. Ashley and I also saw the movie so we discussed the differences between the two. I'm excited to read more into the book and see how Ronnie and Will's relationship grows. The 3/5 of the book that we read have been really good and definitely one of the better book I've read this year. ** **Tone of the Book(Ashley):**
 * Summary (Kaitlin):
 * The tone of the book is slow. Most of the action in the is calm. There is alot of just hanging out and talking. Part of the book they are doing fun activities but there is no major changes in the book to make the story have a huge change. They sometimes just hang outside at night around the fire.

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Week 4-


 * Food(Kaitlin)**


 * Questions(Mark):**

For this weeks book club, Kate brought in the donuts and Jake and Mark ate most of the donuts. after they finished, Mark asked his questions while we all answered them how we thought. This disucion was very good because we all had diffferent answers for the questions. I wonder what is going to happen next week in the book.
 * Summary(Ashley=[):**

Our book depicts its scene very well. They go into vivid descriptions on the outside scenery. The window that Jonah and his dad made symbolizes their relationship that they have with each other. He uses this imagery to make you think more interesting.
 * Themes/Images(Jake):**

Week 5-


 * Food(Mark)**


 * Questions(Kaitlin):**

1. Do you think Will and Scott made the right decision by telling Steve that Scott actually burnt down the church? Yes because if they didn't he would continue to think that he was the one who did it when he really didn't.

2. Do you think Ronnie made the right decision by breaking up with Will because he didn't tell her that it was Scott who burnt down the church? No because it was between Scott and Will and Scott trusted Will not to tell anyone that he caused the fire. She should have just been happy that they even told her dad.

3. Do you think Ronnie and Jonah's dad should have told them that he was sick? Why or why not? I think he should have told at least Ronnie because she was old enough to understand things like that and also if she knew she would have put in more effort to be closer with him and spend more time with him. He also should have told her because if something happened where he got really sick in the house she would have known what was going on.

4. Which part of the book do you think best showed how much Will cared for Ronnie? I think the part that showed how much he really cared for her was when Marcus showed up at Will's sisters wedding and tried to steal Ronnie from him and Will beat him up and risked getting kicked out of the wedding, which was a big deal to his parents.

5. Do you think the story had a good ending? What about it would you change? Yes, i think that the dads sickness and him dying made the book more interesting and brought everyone closer in the end. I would change how Ronnie broke up with Will because it would have been better if he was there throughout the time period that her dad was really sick.


 * Summary(Ashley):**