September 6, 2010
Dear Jude,
My name is Emily P. I loved reading about you in the book, Jude, by Kate Morgenroth. Even though you have spent some of your summer in jail, my summer has been packed full of fun experiences. This summer, I visited Ocean City, MD. We stayed in Bethany for a week. We had many pool parties at my house and also had an English soccer coach stay with us. His name was Ricky, and he was a lot of fun to be around. Ricky stayed with us because he was coaching a camp for my sister called the Challenger camp. I also got a puppy this year. You can see a picture of her to the left. Her name is Winnie and she is an English yellow Labrador. Even though I had a big summer, I can’t imagine what it must have been like trying to convince your mom that Harry had set you up.
I enjoyed your book very much. It entertained me, and I could hardly put it down. I think that you handled all of the problems that you were faced with exceptionally well. You were smart enough to prove that you were set up, and knew enough information to support it. I was the most surprised when you found out how everything tied together. For example, Harry was the man behind the murder of your father, and he also landed you in jail. I think that you show lots of responsibility for trying to help your mom win the election. Hopefully, next time you will be more careful of who to watch out for and who to trust.
I think that the author explained everything very thoroughly. She made the story very mysterious, and it was interesting to see how it unfolded. I liked how the most seemingly innocent person in the book became the one behind all of the bad things that happened. The entire story held my attention, and every time something new happened it became even more interesting. I think that she gave you the right emotions, and that you took the right actions every time an important scene occurred. Overall, the author did an excellent job of making you realistic and unfolding the story.
Even though the book was very well described, I still have a few questions. What ever happened after the book? Did you ever end up talking to your mom? If not, I think that you should forgive her even though she didn’t trust you. She had a good reason considering that you didn’t have a very good history. Did your dad ever talk about your mom? You must have had to ask some questions, like where she was or what happened. Even though I didn’t list all of my questions, I still have a lot to ask and hope to find the answers out eventually.
This novel made me think a lot about social issues and about people in your position. There are many social issues in your story, but there are also many ways that you can raise awareness. I could help create projects to prevent drug use and make people aware of the hazards and consequences of drugs. I could also get together groups and clubs to talk about things like jail and drugs. Also, many people have separated parents so it would be easy to find people that would talk about it with each other. Even though most of the social issues are bad and need to be prevented, there are many ways to raise awareness and try to prevent them in the future.
Although you’ve had a tough life so far, I hope that things get better for you. By the end of the book, it seems that you have things pretty sorted out. I really enjoyed hearing about your life, and I hope that you enjoyed learning a little bit about mine. In the future, I will always remember what you went through, and it will help me to see how lucky I am. I really enjoyed reading about you, and hope to find out more soon.
Sincerely,
Emily P.
