Olivia Carr
p.3
4/28/10
Lock and Key
Sarah Dessen
Realistic Fiction
Just Right
I'm on page 99

1. Right now in the book the main character Ruby has just been shipped off to live with her sister and new husband Jamie. After not seeing her sister for 10 years this is a less than pleasant start, but now that she is there for good Ruby is trying to make the best of it. As soon as the first night Ruby tried to escape when she ended up meeting her super cute and jock neighbor Nate. Later Ruby is less that ecstatic when her sister enrolls her in private school, where just her luck is where Nate goes.

2. So far I really like this book, it has a great plot with some romance starting to blossom, and descriptive characters. Ruby is one of a kind which makes her fun to read, and because her and her sister's personalities are so different it creates a tense mood that makes you not want to put the book down.

3. The theme I notice is family love, because you really start to see Ruby warm up to Jamie, and try to have a better life that she has had so far. With her mother who knows where, and Ruby not loving school family is the only thing she has to fall back on. Which is bring her Cora, (her sister), and Jamie closer as a family.

4. Jamie is my favorite character, because her works hard. He really works hard to make an effort to get close to Ruby which most newly married men would not do to their wives sister. Also he is kind and in with all the teenager stuff so he is not like some lame, obsessed with his work type of guy.

5. My least favorite character is Ruby's mom. Even though we have not heard much about her I really don't like her. She is selfish, mean, and what kind of a mother takes off on her daughter. Ruby went along with this her whole childhood unlike Cora who left 10 years prior to Ruby leaving.

6. I think that Nick and Ruby are going to start a relationship next, and Jamie is not going to like it. I think it is going to put their family into a awkward position, and start fights.