The Infuriating River Wire

The day was cloudy and windy and the weather forecast was predicting rain. This already put a downer on my mood, it then came to 4pm and the sun was going down so our instructor Marika told us it was time for the final activity of the day. We made our way down a series of steep slopes, a few slips along the way. We then rested our eyes upon river. The river was clean and crisp with a very fast flowing current. Sitting above the river were two wires that had us all second guessing what we were doing. Marika showed us how to use the harness and gave us the tutorial on what to do. One by one we went up the wooden steps. Slowly but surely it came to me walking those deadly steps of despair. I did not look forward to what I encountered on. I finally managed to get above the river and Mother Nature decided that she would make it windy just as I was in the middle. Everyone was yelling at me to put my arms in front of me and I was beginning to get really irritated by everyone barking at me, unfortunately Brandon was the last person to yell at me so I accidentally took all my anger out on Brandon yelling at him what I thought. After what felt like five hours I made it to the end of my destination.

A Dog Called Homeless By Sarah Lean

Date:                              27 June 2017

Text Type:                     Novel

Title:                              A Dog Called Homeless

Author:                          Sarah Lean

Publisher:                      HarperCollins Children's Books

Year Of Publication:     2012

What Is The Text About?

This text is about a young girl called Cally. She lives with her older brother Luke and her father. Her mother died on her fathers birthday. From this point forward Cally tried so hard in life to impress her mother but everyone kept telling her she was nuisance, so Cally decided to stop talking. Cally moves houses into a little block and befriends a blind boy named Sam. They then befriended a dog called homeless. This book follows the friendship between the odd three.

Where/When Is This Book Set?

The books setting takes place in Cally and Sams apartment. 

Who Are The Characters?

Cally, Luke, Father, Grandma, Grandad, Mr Crisp, Sam, Mrs Cooper, Jed, Homeless

Did I Like This Text?

This text is my favourite book. I like this book because its different from other books. It has a sense of reality to it. I also love dogs s the fact that the dog is one of the main characters  is pretty cool.

Describe An Important Relationship In The Story

An important relationship within the story was the one of Cally and Sam. Cally is a little girl whose father has push aside his needs for her own. She is grieving from the loss of her mother with no help from her family. She decides to stop talking because shes pretty much invisible anyway. Sam is a little boy who is blind. He does not have many friends. The two become close as they know what it is like to be one another.  The relationship makes the two more confident in their lives. They change the life of Jed a homeless man who they tech to love life again.