Blog 2-Quarter 4 When You Wish UPond A Rat

The main character’s name is Ruth. She is an 11 year old girl who favorite aunt died and before she died she gave her a pet mouse. She is a sky young girl who doesn’t know how to really cope with her problems, so when ever she had a problem she would go to her aunt but her aunt died. Her mom and dad are not really good parents to Ruth. She finds her self doing jobs that the parents are suppose to do like in Chapter 4 she has to find a way to get money to pay the bills. Reminding you this is an 11 year old. She is not the only child so she has younger sibling to watch and take care of, you would think they would be nice to right? Wrong. They make fun of her and play jokes on her. She doesn’t like school because her friends are jerks. Her pet mouse is not a normal mouse. The mouse could let’s say change her life. 

I like this book because it was very different from the other stories I read. I think Ruth is a strong young girl who will have high hopes for her self. She had to learn at a young age how to take care of her self and what it feels like to be on her own. My favorite part of the book is when she finds the rat that her aunt left behind for her. If I got the chance to meet the author and  ask 1 question, it would be, “What made her aunt give her a mouse?”