Picture book minus the book

the book

death of a friend

Vera's way of coping

Vera's Job

Her mom was a stripper

Charlie had a habit of writing notes to himself and burning them not allowing others to get a chance of seeing them

the setting of this book takes place on the california coast

Link Up

http://www.as-king.com/html/vera.php
This is the link to the authors website. This link gives exerepts from the book and information about the author.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6665671-please-ignore-vera-dietz
This link provides a summary about the book. This link also provides you with websites to purchase the book.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1c4d5kSX6c 
This is a link to a book trailer on Youtube.
http://www.cmlibrary.org/readers_club/reviews/tresults.asp?id=7798
This is a book review by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Libary.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/please-ignore-vera-dietz-a-s-king/1100290601
This a link to purchase the book from Barnes and Noble's website.
http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/11/book-review-please-ignore-vera-dietz-by-a-s-king.html
This a book review by the Book Smugglers. The Book Smugglers review mostly young adult literature
http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/2011/01/18/please-dont-ignore-vera-dietz/
This contains yet another book review. This review gives a little more in depth information on the main and supporting characters.This site even provides who the author of this this article would want to play the characters in a film adaptation.
http://www.randomhouse.com/book/196759/please-ignore-vera-dietz-by-as-king
A link to purchase the audio book.
http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/teacozy/2011/02/17/review-vera-dietz/
This is another book review. I particularly do not think this should be the review before you read the book because it gives away key details on the plot.
http://www.thecompulsivereader.com/2012/01/cover-talk-please-ignore-vera-dietz.html
This link show the difference in the two covers of the book Please Ignore Vera Dietz. The cover with the lighter I think is more visually appealing.

Some Musicial Help

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6frJ5IEA2Q&ob=av2nThe song that I chose to represent the book Please Ignore Vera Dietz is Sooner or Later by N.E.R.D.
This song has a said tone to it but an uplifting beat throught the song. This is similar to the book because the characters are showing sad emotions but do not show them on the outside. And this song actually states "its over leave it" which is opposite of what Vera does concerning Charlie.

The New Book

This quarter I am reading The book Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King. This book is about a girl named Vera Dietz who is your average High School senior  with a not so average life. This is because her best friend Charlie Kahn dies mysteriously. And Vera knows it has something to do with the new crowd Charlie began hanging out with. This book consists of many flashbacks to times when Charlie was alive.That is all the information i'm willing to disclose on the book.

SparkNotes is not a substitute

SparkNotes is reading without really reading thats how I think is the best way to describe it in my own words. I think SparkNotes is a good idea for reading incredibly long novels and you can not follow what is happening in the book. But you should only sparknote a few chapters if you are behind on reading. Sparknotes should be used used along with the reading to help you better understand the text you are reading. Sparknotes only focus on the main points in the story not the novel as a whole.


SparkNotes take away from the experience of reading the book for yourselves. Sparknoting is good in the way it can help you focus on the main points of a chapter. But is also bad because of that same reason because that is the only thing you get from the spark notes. Sparknotes take away from the actual reading because you just have the climax of the the chapter and very little or nothing leading you up to that point. In conclusion sparknotes are not a substitute for reading the text but they are an aide in helping you understand it.

Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langston_Hughes This the wikipedia page for Langston Hughes

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/83 This gives a bio on Langston Hughes similar to the wiki

http://www.redhotjazz.com/hughes.html Another bio and list of poetry

http://www.poemhunter.com/langston-hughes/ Apperantly all of Langston Hughes' poems

http://www.kansasheritage.org/crossingboundaries/page6e1.html Most of these are biographies

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/langston-hughes bios gallore

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/langston_hughes Hughes' best poems I will let you be the judge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Renaissance The Era Langston Hughes helped make great

http://www.biography.com/tv/classroom/harlem-renaissance Background info on the harlem Rennaissance

http://www.cswnet.com/~menamc/langston.htm Possibly Langston Hughes most famous Poem a Dream Deferred

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/hughes/aa_hughes_subj.html A short profile on Langston Hughes

http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/langston.html a selection of Langston Hughes Poems

http://www.nsm.buffalo.edu/~sww/poetry/hughes_langston.html List of Langston Hughes Poems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou Was influenced by Langston Hughes

Musical inspiration

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This link is a to the song Strawberry Swing by Frank Ocean. This Song represents the theme of the The DreamKeeper because it has that soft spoken light and happy side to go about life to but a smile on your face even when things are looking down thin is seen especially in the 2nd verse Say hello, then say farewell to the places you know
We are all mortals, aren't we? Any moment this could go
Cry, cry, cry, even though that won't change a thing
But you should know, you should hear, that I have loved
I have loved the good times here, and I will miss our good times

The Artist sings these lines so well you can't help but smile