Themes

Betrayal- The theme for betrayal was when El Genius killed almost killed Kaira just because he wanted all of the money in Kaira's bank account.

Friendship- The theme of friendship was when Kaira met Ginny and Armpit and told them that they were her only two friends.

Embarassment- The theme for Embarassment was when Kaira got mad at Armpit and threw coffee all over him and a bunch of people were watching.

Small Steps #7

I don't think I would want to be famous because if I was every where I would go people would be crowded and I couldn't go any where alone and that would really bug me.

Book Review

Small Steps
By - Louis Sachar

Reviewed By- Arianna
Rating - * * * * * (out of 5)

Have you ever read the book Holes? If so, then you will love this book. It's about two stories that connect in the middle. The first story is about two guys from Holes named X-ray and Armpit. They just got out of Camp Green Lake and now Armpit has a job that pays them little money, so X-ray comes up with this crazy idea to get twice the money he's making. Since Kaira Deleon (famous singer) is coming to his town they are going to buy tickets and scalp them for twice the money the bought them for. Kaira Deleon, this leads to the next story. This is about a teenage girl living in one world and dreaming of the other. The world she's dreaming of is the real her (Cathy Spears) because she wants to be a regular teenage girl instead of being Kaira Deleon because everyone has control of her life especially her manager/ step father. He decides on everything that Kaira does. She doesn't even get a say in anything when she's Kaira Deleon. And since he does decides everything for her she wants him to address him by "El Genius". I think thats a little unnecessary.


I really enjoyed this book because I hate reading, but when I started reading this one I couldn't put it down. I was so attached to it. The two things that I liked most about it was that it kept me guessing what would happen next, and I really liked how he brought two different stories and made them connect in the middle.


I would recommend this book to anyone that hates reading because at first I hated reading anything, but as I kept reading the book it really grabbed me and I didn't want to let go. So anyone who hates reading I would really read this book because it has certainty changed they way I've felt about books. It's made me want to try different genres of books. I would also like to recommend this book to people who love music because this book tells a story about a Singers life and even though you picture their life perfect, it is certainly the opposite for some singers.

Kairas lyrics

The lyrics i chose wereThese jewls, these shoes, this dressA perfect picture of sucessNo one would ever guessA damsil in distress.These lyrics relate to the book because when you look at Kaira all you see is a perfect life with no problems, but in reality it's the oppisite. And so she's a damsel in distress and she is wishing that some one would come save her out of this mess.

Favorite character

I would have to say that Ginny is my favorite character because even though she has a disability, she always tries to make the best out of things, and i think thats really headstrong

Questions for Armpit

1. Do you regret selling the tickets?

2. Do you love Kaira? If so, why?

3. Do you get stressed caring for Ginny?

4. How did it feel when Kaira touched your armpit?

5. How did it feel when you first saw Kaira come up to you and Ginny?

Armpits exsperience at the police station

I could tell that he was really nervous because he saw X-ray getting interviewed by her and X-ray could have said the wrong thing and that could have messed up their plan and it could have sent them to jail but luckily they made it out.

Small Steps

This book is about two storys coming together. The first story is about two guys named X-ray and Armpit. They just got out of Camp Greenlake. They have jobs and are not getting paid enough, so X-ray has a plan to get more money. His plan is to get Kaira Deleon (famous singers) tickets and then sell them for a higher price that they got them for. Then this leads to telling the second story. This story is about Kaira Deleon. She can't wait until she turns eighteen because everyone has control of her career and it feels like she is sufficating because she has no friends and she doesn't have a life of her own. It always includes some other person. So now that you know the two different storys, your wondering how they connect? Well they connect by Armpit and X-ray selling all of the tickets execpt for two because Armpit is planning to take his crush Tatiana but then she couldn't go because she had a family crises so he told X-ray to sell those two tickets but then his neighbor Ginny has a really bad day because she had just found out that her dad had left her because she had a disibility and so now he wanted to take Ginny to the concert so he calls X-ray and tells him not to sell the tickets and that he would take Ginny and X-ray said that he would drop him off in a little while and a little while turned into a long time. Finally he showed up and went to the concert. Once they got to the concert they had a problem. The tickets that X-ray gave him were fake. And so the police grabbed him and arrested him. As Ginny panicted, she had a ceaser because of that the police thought Armpit had drugged her but he didn't so they let him go to go help her after a while she calmed down and Kaira Deleon heard about the incitdent and so she went to go check on them. After she went over there she invited them backstage. And so thats how the two storys connect. I would tell you more but I don't want to spoil the book(: