Non-Fiction Reading Response

  I just read the article called "To Save a Life, a Tug of War With the Earth," by Mark Santora and Matt Flegenheimer. It is about a group of heroic New York City firefighters who rescued a construction worker who fell into a gaping hole while building a new subway line. After he fell, he wasn't able to get out. He was stuck there for many hours while the firefighters and other construction workers dug him out.
  The man was waist-deep in muck about 100 feet below the streets. It took a backhoe, a lot of firefighters, a lot of rope, and a giant griphoist machine to remove the man from the ground.
  " 'It was a hell hole,' said Lt. Rafael Goyenechea, a paramedic who quickly reached the worker and stayed by his side for more than four hours. 'I was definitely worried throughout about possible drowning.' "
  I think that it's really good that they were able to get the construction worker out of the hole. It was also great that nobody was hurt throughout the process.

Reading Response

I am currently reading the book A Corner of the Universe, by Ann Martin. This book is about a twelve year old girl named Hattie who's entire life changes when her uncle Adam comes to town. But Adam isn't like other people. Despite the fact thats he's 21, he has mental problems and cannot control himself. Hattie has never met Adam before, and she didn't even know that he existed. The first time that she even heard his name was when her parents told her that his special school was closing and that he was moving into town to live with her grandparents.
When Adam moves into the small town of Millerton, people don't want to deal with him and his mental problems.
What I think will happen later on in the book is that people in Millerton will eventually learn to accept him for who he is.
\In conclusion, this book is about a girl named Hattie whos life changes drastically when her uncle with mental problems moves to town and I think that eventually people will learn to accept him.