Independent Reading Project Based on Burned by Ellen Hopkins

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The book I chose for my independent reading project is called “Burned” by Ellen Hopkins. The project I chose to do is a book box because the book I’ve read has a lot of items that correspond to the events and characters in my book. The items I have chosen from my book is a journal, a diaper, a ring, a cell phone, and a pregnancy test. The first item I chose was a journal. The reason I chose this item is because in the book, the main character Pattyn Von Stratten used a journal write down all her troubles because her librarian Ms. Rose told her it would be good for her. The second item I chose was a diaper. I chose this item because all through the main characters life, she had to take care of herself and her six other younger sisters. Her mom and dad always made her change their diapers, feed them, and bathe them. The third item I chose was a ring. I chose this item because her forever love Ethan gave her a promise ring when he told her he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. Also, he gave her this when he told her he loved her. Towards the end of the book, Pattyn was to return home with her family from her Aunt Jeanette’s house after spending the summer with her. As a gift, her Aunt Jeanette gave her a cell phone so that she could keep in touch with her. She warned Pattyn not to let her father see it because then he would take it away from her. The final item I chose was a pregnancy test. I chose this item because Pattyn and Ethan’s condom tore the last time they had sex. Ethan told her not to panic because he said she might not be pregnant. Pattyn had never taken a class for protecting herself but she knew that she should panic. When Pattyn went home, she noticed that she hadn’t got her menstrual cycle for about seven weeks. So she went to the store to purchase a pregnancy test. When she got home she took the test and it said

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