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 The book "Shattered" by Robert Wasserman book 2 of the trilogy. Shows how Lia is trying to adapt. It's a book that shows how to get back on your feet when everything's completely changed. In the story Lia has finally given into Jude's skinner group, accepting what's happened to her. But Auden's come back into her life against her. Being a skinner has really impacted her life. The author makes the title relate to what's happening to Lia.

 While I was reading "Shattered" I was able to see how actually "shattered" Lia is throughout the book. She also tries to pick up the pieces of her life she's lost. And tried to recover them without still feeling the same sensations as she did with her old perfect life. But it's almost impossible. "Just as I believe the skinners don't want to damage society. They honestly believe they're harmless. But I learned that motives don't matter."-Auden. There's a point in life when everyone lose's their edge and they have to regain it.  Lia is a perfect example to recovering from all the pain caused from being a skinner.

 Lia's life is basically based on the title. Throughout  the book she's to find where she belongs obviously not with her family they're the reason this mess happened absolutely everything. But if the incident hadn't happened she wouldn't have seen all the different sides from her loved ones. Now she's finally getting her life straight. "They tell us we've stolen the lives of the dead- that were nothing but a mechanical copy of the people we used to be. And you know what they're right!"- Lia
She's gone through so much to truly find herself.

 Lias transformation was truly major. They're so many people out in the world in a similar situations. And how she can manage, just a little to stay back on top.  It's made her a stronger person. Similar to all runaways from abuse or some sort. 

I choose to read Sydney and Sophias blog. I loved the way Sophia summarized the book "Where she went" by Gale forman. She doesn't go into great detail that it bores you. But explains what's necessary from the most  important scenes. I also enjoyed how she summarizes clearly then jumps into the conclusion. Onto what she was able to comprehend. What was most important and make an idea. To top everything off stating her opinion.

Sydney also made a fantastic reading response. Based on "A long walk on water" by Linda Sue Parkit. I also loved the structure Sydney gave to her reading response. She list's the two different perspectives of her story Nya's and Salva's. I love how she puts both opinion and comments/ thoughts. Showing you how much she enjoyed the reading.

The difference between both response were different structures but they were both able to bring across the same ideas. Opinion and summary they were both showing their comprehension in little words. Which is a good skill they used in their responses.

The book I chose to read over the summer is called Frozen by Robbin Wasserman. Lia Kahn(main character) has what would be considered a perfect life. She’s absolutely gorgeous, wealthy, athletic, and well known. Until she makes the mistake of covering her sisters work shift. On the way there Lia dies in a car accident but it still alive. “Skinners. Computers-machines-that hijacked human identities, clothing themselves in human skins. Except the flesh was just artificial layer of whats left beneath. A skinner was nothing more then a computer that wore a human mask, hiding wiring and circuitry underneath a costume of synthetic flesh. A mechanical brain, duped into thinking it was real.” -page 31 Which alienates her from the rest, her boyfriend, family, and friends. All scared and filled with hatred for her kind. Discovering her sister has taken everything from her. Meanwhile Lia was learning how to walk and talk again. What in the end has saved her life has also destroyed it (becoming a skinner). Which will allow her to never age etc.

Lia has steps to grieving. “Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance.” These are the steps Lia ends up taking. But she mentions them really early in the book which is really good. On one hand it’s terrible she know the chronological order. Because it’s almost as she can force the feelings or excuse them unnecessarily. But on the other she knows what to expect. She’s not going to be in shock and most definitely not shut down. It makes it so much easier to tell her everything. Although it’s almost as if she has all stages, pressed under her finger. Which I think is different for everyone. Either way  Lia ends up making a discovery seeing the stages are similar to some. Or completely different to others. Just because she basically has to go back to her process making it longer due to her case.

Believers are the last people to believe in god. Even after all that’s happened to the world. “As far as most people were willing to admit, God was dead. The faith party was for all those leftover believers who-even after the nukes and the long winters and the water wars of the western drought and the quake that ate ate California and the wave that drowned DC- refused to give up the ghost.”-page 64 When Lia arrives home all believers are waiting for her. Which on one hand is terrible, just because she’s come back from the dead. They believe she’s suppose to go to heaven. Rise with God.  When on the other hand even though Lia doesn’t want a life in that form she’s living in. She still has a second chance to live again.

Throughout the book Zoie  (sister) and Lia have a complicated relationship before and after the accident. "You think I like it?" She asked, furious. "Wasting my time with this losers she called her friend? Joining the track team, being dads perfect? You think I like screwing my sisters boyfriend." It's great Zoie final has an outpour on all her feelings towards Lia. The so called machine how she didn't want "it" to take her sisters life. But the gut she has to say this things. It was also here fault Lia had the accident in the first place.

I compared Lia’s life to everyone else’s life in other words to the world. It made me think that people really do change both mentally and physically. Which is what Lia really goes through, throughout the book. And it’s not only her that goes through changes also the people around her. Even though in the end the the characters make a big turn around. Anyway what also really inspires me is the fact that Lia says “ Get by, Get through, Work, Win. I wasn’t a skinner. I wasn’t a mech head I was Lia Kahn. And it was about time I started acting like it.” Which truly is what I would call faith. The way the faithers see god, she sees a resolution. Also the way she set up the five stages of grief, she’s setting up stages in order to get out of her situation really proves. How after all her changes she’s willing to give one more step. Which is really what must happen in life. Once you fill like everything is unfamiliar or about to collapse you must step it up. In order to thrive.