Amanda


 * Pages read:** __1-53__


 * Title you create for the reading you've done:** __Uncertainty__


 * Date:** __4/28/10__


 * Significant Quote:** "I was struck solidly with the knowledge that i was somewhere i shoudn't be, way beyond my depths, in a very wrong place. I wanted off. I want out of here, and my own earlier planning and plotting to pass that house when he might be there seemed foolish and embarrasing beyond belief. God, i didn't belong here." Page 33-34


 * Explination:** I believe this is a significant quote because it relates to the title of my section of reading. It is explaining how the main character, Ruby, was so used to a normal sceduale of walking home everyday from school and obeying her mom's rules, that going off course was hard for her. She decided one day to walk a different way, where she found a large house, with a boy that caught her attention. He invited her for a ride on his motorcycle, which she thought was a good idea to say yes. That was before they went 100 MPH on the road and she regreted it all. I think this quote introduces the main character. It easily proves she is daring, yet doesn't always think before she acts.


 * HOT Q:** Do you think it was a bad idea for Ruby to go off with a boy she just met?


 * Your answer to the HOT Q:** Yes and no. A reason i think it was a good idea, is because it sparked something between them. He ended up giving her a neckless, which proves he liked her. Also, it gave Ruby a chance to be free and do soemthing different for a change. A reason i don't think this was a good idea it because she just met him. She doesn't know what she could have gotten herself into. She didn't know if she could trust him, she risked her life. In the end, it all came out as a positive impact on both her and Travis.


 * Connection:** A connection i can make with this section of the book is that when Ruby got on the bike with Travis, she was nervous and uncertain, yet excited. This is exactly how i felt my first day of working as a runner at Down The Hatch. I was really excited to make money, but i didn't know if i was ready and i was extremely nervous to start. Both Ruby and i got out of our situations fine, yet are still unsure if its the right thing. We don't know if we're taking the right path.