Kira-Kira Book Report

Plain and simple, cancer sucks! It is a family disease. It takes a toll on the patient as well as an equal toll on their family members. What’s worst is not being able to be there full time lending a helping hand or offering words of encouragement to the love one that has been diagnosed with such a horrible illness. Now imagine the love one that is infected with this dreadful condition is your younger sibling, and it’s slowly zapping the life out of her, a woman that was so full of life and zest. For Rod Dreher, older brother to Ruthie Leming, and the writer of The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, A Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life, the feeling was all too real. Ruthie’s battle with cancer tested Rod’s faith and helped him find his way back home, but the ordeal was difficult for him on two accounts, it meant returning to the small town he was so eager to escape, plus deal with the fact that his younger sister was bound to die from cancer.

About a year ago in the middle of November, Eliada and Athena Pelechrinis found out that their older sister, Angeliki, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.“We were in and out of school, sometimes rushing our way home or to a hospital.” Athena talked about her sister.

It was only a week ago when I started figuring out that my life will be constantly rotating, and switching up into a rough road. There was silence in the room, cold sweat on my neck and one thing on my mind, “why our family?” My mom got diagnosed with stage two breast cancer, and it hit me like a train. It is something in your life that you never wanna hear coming out of a doctor’s mouth.

They look for Ash in the house, in the backyard, and in bushes. Kaitlyn thinks that maybe he ran home but she is for sure that he did not as she stumbles upon a note that leaves scared for Ash and heartbroken. The letter read: if you ever want to see your puppy again you need to bring me 500$ an met me in the alley on Peach street and come alone. Kaitlyn quickly runs home and shows her parents the note and thy give her the money. That night Kaitlyn and Mrs. Philipps ( Kaitlyn’s mother) get in the car and drive to the alley and Mrs. Philipps hides the car deep in the alley so that the car is hidden. Kaitlyn has the money but the person who dognapped Ash is not there so Kaitlyn waits and he comes. Kaitlyn gives him the money and just as he give Ash back to her he grabs Kaitlyn and runs and Mrs.Philipps start’s the car and chases the man , once she caught up with them she gets out of the car and helps Kaitlyn fight the man and once they are free they drive away and call the police because they are both happy,scared,upset, and shocked. They are both worried about what will happen next. The next day Emily calls Kaitlyn and tells her she got a kitten

PER REPORTER: Kyonna has a child named Kamiyah. Kamiyah is a 1 month old. Kamiyah's father is the reporter's nephew (Kentarrius). According to the reporter, Kyonna is being physically and mentally abused by her mother. Kyonna has said her mother randomly slaps her for no reason. The mother is rude, beligerent, and targets Kyonna for no reason. Per reporter, the mother has a gambling problem. Kyonna has no marks or bruises the reporter know of. Reporter stated Kyonna has a lot of rashes from astaph infection. Kyonna and Kamiyah have a staph infection and the mother didn't take them to the doctor for 2-3 weeks. The mother barely takes them to the doctor for medical care. The mother was

Anna Fitzgerald is a 13 years old girl, who hasn't had what you can say a "normal life" from the very start. Anna, a product of Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) meaning that her embryo was genetically profiled to be the perfect match for her older sister. Kate is diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, a cancer that focuses on blood and bone marrow. As Kate's savior sister, Anna is usually willing to help, with the expectations of

Tasha felt like she was missing out on her summer. She wants to have fun and double Dutch with her friends in the park. Mom, however, told her to stay home with her little brother, but Tasha break the rules and goes to the park. Then, Tasha loses Junior because she was playing with her friends, Junior accidently makes Tasha fall down so she says “Get Lost!” and because Junior pledged that he will do everything Tasha say to him so he goes in to the trees in the park and Tasha loses him. Then, she hears a rumor about a wild dog loose in the park, so Tasha stops playing and then she realizes that Junior is lost. Then, she feels terrible. She is scared something could have happened to her little brother. So, she goes looking

Meanwhile, Mrs.Jones was at her apartment making food for her nephew Jack Jones. She was making his favorite food, chicken with mashed potatoes. While finishing up she put the food in a brown bag and grabbed her sweater. On her way to the police station she was starting to wonder how was Roger doing or if he’s still stealing. She had many questions roaming her mind. When she finally arrived to the police station, she asked a young lady in the front desk if Officer Jones was

Rosa yelled, “I was not done speaking to you!” Catie completely ignored her as she slammed the school door open. She rummaged through her backpack and fished out her car keys. The headlights flashed and the car beeped signaling it was unlocked as she pulled the door open. Sitting in the front seat, tears started to flow down Catie’s face. She didn’t know what to do. She couldn’t go home and face her parents fighting, but she couldn’t stay here and listen to Mrs. Rosa drone on anymore. Suddenly her phone started to vibrate and beep. She glanced over to see who was calling and scoffed in disgust when Sarah’s name popped up onto the

Katie’s family moves to Georgia so her father has a place to work to make money for his family, While packing some beloved items go missing, these items include Katie’s stuffed bear and Katie’s sister, Lynn’s sweater. This caused a commotion in the car while driving to Georgia. Katie once again reunites with her two older male cousins and her aunt. Soon after settling in their apartment, a new member joins the family, Sammy, the first son off the happy family. As the days go on Katie, Lynn and Sammy play after school and enjoy their lives. Lynn makes a new friend at school, and in Katie’s opinion, is making her sister act strange. One day Katie, Sammy, and Mother return from the plant to find Lynn at home from Amber’s house, she said that she

Everyone except the bus driver and coach had fallen asleep. 6 hours passed by and when they woke, they could see nothing but road and sand with a few shrubs popping up. “Are you sure we’re going the right way?”, coach Brown asked while looking around. “We had to make a small detour for gas, there should be a small town up ahead, we’ll only be a couple hours behind schedule.”, the bus driver said arrogantly. As they rode into the sandy, broken down town, smoke rose from the hood of the bus and the engine started making unusual noise. The bus broke down. “Looks like we’re going to be here for a minute. Let’s go see if we can find some supplies around town”, coach Brown said. Coach took Claire, Kyle, Phillip and Kennedi went to the west while the other 6 students from the bus went east. They walked around in the torn buildings looking for anything useful. When they realized there was nothing there, they met back up at the bus but the bus driver was no longer there. He left his phone inside his hat on the hood of the bus and a little dried up blood on the road. Nervousness slowly arose, “He probably just went looking for supplies...right”, Kennedi said, looking at the dent left in the bus. “Does it look like he

One day Kyla’s parents wanted to move out of the country and into the suburbs. Kyla didn’t want to leave all her friends, she wanted to stay in Farmersville. Kyla and her parents started to look at houses is Springboro. They were looking in Settler’s walk, her dad Scott wanted her to live in a neighborhood with all her friends like he grew up. Kyla would cry every night, she was scared of leaving her friends and have trouble making new ones. Her good friends at the time, Taylor and Morgan were devastated as well. They didn’t want to lose their good friend, Kyla.

“Hey sis, I wanted to know if you’re up for dinner tonight?” Summer pauses and had to gather her thoughts when she finally answers, “Yeah, I guess. Do you mind picking me up from my condo in Peachtree City?”......”Sure sis, I’ll be there at 9.” When the time came Summer is waiting outside in the cold when she see’s a black car pull up in front of her. She eagerly gets in and notice Jamel is driving. She continuously asks where her sister is and without acknowledging her he pulls off quick in a hurry. As they are speeding downtown Summer is panicking and reaching for the door handle when Jamel finally speaks up. “You know I’ve always thought you were cute, but I just can’t do it because of what you have.” Summer looks at him with dagger eyes and begins to swear at him while doing all of the above. Suddenly a loud boom came into place…...to be

While Simone where getting dressed for work, David and Marie was ready to leave. After Simone got dressed she came out and gave Marie, David and Angelica a hug, then they left out at the same time. Angelica was still cleaning up the kitchen. After she got done cleaning the kitchen, she went to her bedroom to lie down and take a nap. Marie and David were headed to his brother's house so they could go to Maries place and get the rest of her stuff. When they made it to David’s brother house, David, his brother John, Marie and a couple of John’s friends got in the truck and headed to Marie’s apartment. Marie was even happier knowing that she had a lot of men with her, she felt safe and protected because she knew how dangerous it were going back to her neighborhood. Finally, after driving for about 25 minutes they made it to the apartment complex. They drove to the back, when they made it to Marie’s apartment, they all got out, Marie walked up to her door, put the key in and noticed that her door was kicked in, she slowly pushed the door in, David was behind her and when they walked in Marie yelled, “OH MY GOD, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE.” David and the rest of the guys

Jessica sat on the motel couch with her short legs dangling over the edge. She sat there watching cartoons on the tv, which was secretly monitored by Cas. Jess’s eyes brightened as soon as she heard the door knob jiggle. Her uncle Dean stalked into the room and went straight to the mini fridge without even a ‘hey, kid’. Dean pulled out a beer. Sammy came in soon after. “Daddy!” Jess yelled, then jumped off the bed to meet her father. Sam dropped his bags at the door and picked her up just as she jumped into his arms. “Hi, sweetie!” He said and kissed her forehead. “You came back! Uncle Dean and you were gone a LONG time!” Sam’s mouth formed a slight frown. “I’m sorry, baby. We had a BIG job. But it’s all over now.” He placed one more kiss on Jessica’s head. Sam put his daughter down. “Oh, guess what daddy!” She said. “What, sweetie?” He asked looking down at her. “A nice lady came to visit while you were gone. She brought me ice cream!” Dean set his beer down and turned around, giving Sammy a look, an “oh, shit” look. “What do you mean?” He asked in a beyond concerned voice while crouching down to become eye level with his six year old, who put her small hand up to her chin in her “thinking face”. “She had brown hair, black eyes, and she said her name was Ruby! She said you used to be friends, daddy.” “She said her name was… Ruby?” Jess nodded. “Yeah! She was really nice, daddy!” Sam looked over at his brother, Dean, who raised his eyebrows at Sam. Then, he looked back to