When coming to write this post, I wanted to wait until I had met with my group to see what my group members thoughts were. In an overall sense, myself and the other group members enjoyed the book. I know that the book was written by the same author as Esperanza Rising and it was very obvious to find the similarities. Since I had enjoyed that book, I knew that I would enjoy this book.
There were two things in the discussion that my group members and I felt the same about. First, we all felt really annoyed and angry with the character of Skyla. What is even worse is that some families actually have that same kind of mother character. It was obvious that she was designed to be the character that readers are supposed to despise but it was still an unfavorable feeling reading about her.
The second thing we all agreed upon was the similarities between Owen and Natalie from Capone. It was kind of ironic that we read two books back to back with a disabled character. it was also interesting that in both books neither one of those characters disabilities was defined. I must admit that it sort of bugs me that I don't know what it wrong with those characters. I feel that I will be better able to connect to the book if I can fully know what is going on in the book.
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Yes, I agree that it is interesting that in each book we know the character is considered "different", but we don't have a medical label to attach to these differences. How would this have changed your understanding of the characters?
I agree with you regarding Skyla—she is quite annoying. I would even go as far to say that she is down right ignorant! The way she treats Owen as far as his physical limitations is not right. She obviously can’t see past the fact that because Owen is not “normal” or like her, he must not be very important. It is clear that she holds herself in high esteem and holds a grudge with Owen because of his appearance. Being in Teacher Education, I am embarrassed for her and her misconceptions. She of her actions in this book shocked me, like she has some nerve to do them.
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