ClubBaldo's Journal #3

           Il be honest, reading the first few chapters at the start of the book, I didn't think I would like it very much. Now I can hardly put it down. There are so many unexpected twists and turns. Sometimes it has me hanging off the edge of my seat. This book is very unpredictable and half the time you have no idea what will happen next.

          The first thing that I thought was a huge twist was what actually happened to Americus when she went missing. My prediction to what happened to her was way off. I predicted that someone took Americus for the fame but that is not what happened at all. Some kooky couple decided to take her to get her baptised. Americus was left in a manger, lying in the crib of a nativity scene that belonged to a church. To me this was very unexpected because they were just a random couple that came in Sister Husbands house once to use her phone. I never thought anything of them.

          Another thing that was unexpected to me, was the death of Sister Husband. I didn't want to believe that Sister Husband died, she was one of my favourite characters. She died in her mobile home when there was a huge tornado. She was going to grab some soup and head to the cellar for cover but she never made it there. I was honestly in tears reading this part of the novel.

          The last thing that was very unexpected in the book was Sister Husbands will. When Wal-mart was in ruins after the tornado, Novalee was going to have to move away. This was because she had a guaranteed spot at another grocery store, which was far away. But Sister Husband left everything in her will to Novalee. She left her the house, and all her money.  Novalee didn't have to move away after all and she even built her own home. This was the first ever house she lived in that wasn't on wheels. It was just how she pictured and wanted it to be when she first imagined her home with Americus and Willy Jack.

          This book would of been so boring if you could guess everything that was coming next. I love this novel so far because it is not obvious what's going to happen next like most books. This book also touches on very mature topics. Topics I think we should be allowed to read about at this age. Its definitely not your average English book.