The Wild Girls 3.06.14

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Prompt: Describe the setting – when and where what you are reading takes place

          The wild girls is a book about a girl who moved from Connecticut to California. She moved here right before school started. in a few weeks she will be going to a new school, with new people, in a new environment. Joan, the girl, was sent of to go explore the neighborhood for her mom. Joan decided to follow a trail into the woods. She followed the trail and kept going. When the trail ended she just kept walking on to the right into the trees. She came across an open area by a creek in the woods. Joan looked around and was frightened to see a girl her age standing in the shade telling her to leave.

         Joan was surprised to see her and said "I was just-", then the mysterious girl interrupted her. The weird girl kept telling Joan to leave and that she was on private property. So Joan turned around and walked away. She tripped on a branch and fell, she started to bleed. The scary girl walked over to Joan and asked her if she was ok and if she needed help to clean up her cut. So while Joan was getting help, the teenage girl told her to call her Fox. Fox was not her real name, it was really Sarah. Joan and Sarah got along together quite well. They went to the creek and were catching baby fish called Newts. So Joan told Sarah to call her Newt. So they referred to each other as Newt and Fox.

         The setting in this book so far, is in the woods in California. The imagery sounds beautiful and I can picture it in my head. There are flowers everywhere and logs on the ground. The creek is wide and it glistens in the sun. This is how I imagine it. I also imagine birds chirping and insects flying every not bothering anyone. This sounds like a great place to escape and be alone and free.