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Summary: MY OWN
Review: "Thank you for my family, my friends, and my name", are all things you will say to yourself after reading this book. Toswiah a young afriecan afmerican girlwho is put through trauma, a state of depression, and an idenity crisis all in a two- three year life span. She is forced into the witness protection program because her father witnessed a murder of a young black teen, by two of his fellow white cops. He was the only black cop in his precint and felt it was dangerous for he and his family. As time goes on Toswiah loses identity and becomes Evie her siter become Anna a rebellous gurl who was once popular, sweet and social. Her mother becomes annoited and into her new religion that she breathees it. I recommend this book to people who what reality.
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Summary: NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Review: A voluminous book made for a fanaminal read is HUSH. This book tells a story about a young girl and her family, they are ecstatic of where they live,Denver. Their policeman father is determind to yeild all people and spread peace. Then one day her wittnesses a murder,not just any murder. His two policeman friends siez a young african-american boy out of nowhere! Next when he has to make a very important decision:"Does he testify or not?"...
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Summary: Hush
Review: Hush by Jacqueline Woodson is a great book.There is this girl named Toswiah that used to live in Denver but now lives in Detriot.The reason why they moved because it was crowed in the apartment.They moved into a beautiful house.Toswiah grandmother didn't go because she had friends and family that loves her so much.Also she doesn't want to make new friends and feel lonely.One day a boy got shot by officers for no reason because they thought the boy had a gun on him but he didn't.They probaly thought he did becuase he reached for his inhaller.On the day of the boy funeral the cops had to go.When Toswiah's dad came out looking good and tall in his uniform.She was proud of him being a cop.If you want to find out what goes on morego read the book it's real good.
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Summary: Lives can change with just one event
Review: Hush. One word that can mean so many things. A loving husband, father, and black cop witnessed two white cops murder a young, helpless black boy. Does he stay hushed to ensure the safety of him and his family, or speak out against the officers wrongdoings to ensure justice in society? This cop decides to admit he was a witness to the crime and let the town know that there are two murderers that are supposed to be protecting them. Since he says this pubicly, he threatens his and his family's lives. They then have to join the Witness Protection Program and change their names and move to a different city. Everything that they had lived for up to that point was gone. Their lives had completely changed. Toswiah and Cameron Green, now Evie and Anna Thomas, have to stay hushed about what happened to them and their family, and their past life. They have to learn to respond to their new names, and to forget about friends, family, and treasured objects that were left behind. They have to completely change their lives, all for their safety. All though it is hard at first, they get used to it, and become accustomed to their new life style and ways of living.
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Summary: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Review: IMAGINE IF YOUR PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE WAS TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE YOUR FATHER SAID THE HAD TO BE? WHAT IF YOUR LIFE, FRIENDS, AND BELIEFS WERE ALL PULLED FROM UNDER YOU, AND YOU HAD NO GROUND TO STAND ON? WHAT IF YOUR LIFE WAS RESTARTED LIKE A COMPUTER? WELL, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS BOOK, "HUSH" BY JACQUELINE WOODSON. THIS BOOK AT FIRST WAS CONFUSING, BUT AFTER A WHILE YOU GET USE TIME. thIS BOOK IS VERY EMOTIONAL. iN SOME INSTANCES YOU START TO CRY OR FEEL PAIN.SOMETIMES READING THE BOOK YOU WONDER WHY SHE NEVER CRIED? THEN YOU ASK WHAT WOULD I DO IF MY LIFE WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME.
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Summary: Bye Bye Home
Review: In the story Hush a girl named Toswiah is the main charater.She and her family are forced to leave their beloved home in Denver. They left because her father witnessed two white police officers murder a young african american boy. Her mother studies her bible and attends Kingdom Hall. Her sister is a high school student and hates her life. The ending is a little rough because it leaves the reader wondering what's gonna happen.
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Summary: What's the right thing?
Review: That's the question that everyone in the Green family asks: Officer Jonathan Green, who has seen a black teenager with a bright future murdered by white police friends he's worked with for 15 years, seems to not be able to get past that question. Did he do the right thing by testifying against his friends and yanking his family away from the home they've loved and the lives they've made? As he searches for the answers to these questions, he slips farther and farther away from his family. Shirley Green, his wife, copes by grabbing onto a religion that threatens to send her husband and daughters running in the opposite direction. Cameron, the oldest daughter, DOES find a way to run in a direction that is away from the way her family has become - sad, detached, achy for who they have been and unsure of who they are now. And Toswiah, the youngest daughter, finds herself "running for her life" as her track coach says. How does the family manage to pick up the pieces of their lives that were shattered by a senseless, violent act? Read the book and find out.
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Summary: Poignant and pensive
Review: The descriptions make me want to love this book - the color of each person's skin, the way the mother's hands knead the bread, the thought of having no floor to stand on. These are all wonderful. The gradual development of Toswiah/Evie into her own person is also nice, although I thought she had it pretty much together, even at the start. There isn't much action in this book, and sometimes I felt like the book's plot was over, even before the book had really started. You knew the family had to go into hiding; you knew the mother turned to religion. But the descriptive characteristics of each person carry a lot of the story along. They are worth savoring.
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Summary: "The Missing Ending"
Review: The main character Toswiah Green lives in Denver with her sister and parents. Her father is a police officer, her mother is a house wife and she reads the bible all the time, and her sister is a student. Toswiah's father witnessed a murder and it caused him and the rest of the family to move. The murder that was witnessed was by two fellow officers. The father testified against the fellow officers and they denied that they did not commit the murder until the evidence was found and shown that they did commit the murder. The family ends up moving to another place. As they moved they had to change their identity. The mother started teaching while the father was jobless. At the beginning of the book, it was interesting because it was a turning the page novel. When it reached the ending it wasn't a real good ending because, it left the reader not knowing what's going to happen next. The novel needed a continuation to it.
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Summary: HUSH
Review: The main character's name is Toswiah. She lives in Denver, Colorado with her sister, mom, and dad. Toswiah loves Denver. She is close to her Grandma, and close to the mountains there. She has a lot of friends. Her dad is a police officer.One day while her father was on the job, he witnessed a murder. There was a young black kid who got murdered by two white cops. They claimed to have fired on him because he was pulling out a gun, but Toswiah's dad was there, and he knew that was not true. He told the police chief, but everyone he told did not listen. At home he would get calls saying, "You're doing the right thing," but the callers never told their names. At school, Toswiah would be alone, and all the people that she thought were her friends stayed away from her. Toswiah kept wondering who the two cops were that shot the black boy. Finally, her dad told her, and she found out that they were two adults that she was very close to. One of them would always give her a ride to school.
They felt it was not a safe place to live anymore, so they moved to the middle of nowhere. Toswiah and the rest of the family changed their names. Toswiah's new name was Eivie. I liked this book a lot because it kept me interested. I would rate it 5 stars. This is one of my favorite books that I have ever read. Something was always happening. I was never bored. It was also a fast read, and if you like diaries or multicultural books, then this is definitely the book for you! It puts you in the place of Evie's (Toswiah's) shoes. When I was reading this book I almost felt like I was there, and it was really easy for me to relate to the things that were happening to her. The author wasn't ever going on and on about one thing for too long. The book had a good lesson in it too. By reading it I think that I learned something. It is a multicultural book, so it made me think of things that could be going on now. This book didn't drag on about boring stuff. Instead, it got the point across, and then went on to the next event that happened.
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