Kegan

==//__Why I Fight __//== ​//J. Adams Oaks//

The reason i chose the fishing poles was because this is what bonded Wyatt and his uncle. He and his uncle never really talked but they new each other well enough to get along and stay with each other. Wyatt would wake up every morning thinking he would have to stay with someone else until one day he found out he was going fishing. After this fishing trip Wyatt and his uncle would be so close to each other and have each others back.

media type="youtube" key="h__CdPeJoXo" height="328" width="414"The reason i chose this viedo was to show how Wyatt fights in my book. He does not use any type of gloves or anything. The only way he fights like MMA is that his uncle schedules his fights. Every fight Wyatt has is using the moves they use in this viedo.



The reason i chose this truck is because this is pretty much all Wyatt and his Uncle had. Every where they went the only thing they had was this truck and a few things in the back. Some nights they wouldn't have anywhere to stay so they selpt in the truck.

The reason i chose these MMA gloves is because Wyatt always faught for his money. Have of time he did not use the gloves but half of the time he did. Most of the time it depened on if the other fighter wanted to or not. If you want my advice i think you should use them because they are alot better.


 * Starred Review* Ever since he turned 12-and-a-half, Wyatt has been on the road with his cool uncle Spade, who lives by his wits and has a different “ladyfriend” in every new town they visit. For six years his uncle’s Chevy “was my house,” Wyatt tells the reader, and “all his ladyfriends was my mom.” It’s Spade’s idea that Wyatt, who is unusually tall and strong, should start bare-knuckle fighting for money, and the boy, heartbreakingly eager to please, complies, winning fight after fight . . . until the last one. Oaks’ first novel is a breathtaking debut with an unforgettable protagonist, a boy who may claim he hates the word love but is nonetheless desperately in search of it and of himself. The voice Oaks has created for Wyatt to tell his painful and poignant story is a wonderful combination of the unlettered and the eloquent. One example, his description of Spade: “I looked at him real good: his skin like a greasy diner, his black eyes like spiders in holes, his body like a starved bird.” Will Wyatt ever find himself? Readers who meet him will care desperately about the answer. Grades 8-12. --Michael Cart

" This book a awesome. Once I got to the second chapter I couldn't stop reading. J. Adams Oaks did a great job on this book."

1) "Don't call me kiddo!" 2) "Your not doing it right Wyatt!" 3) "Wyatt get in the truck right now."

1) The reason i chose this quote was because Wyatt got so upset about his uncle saying this. He would get so mad that he would flip out on him and cuss him out. They would go back and forth for ever! Then Wyatt would realize that he better settle down because his uncle might leave him and thats all he had. 2) The reason i chose this quote was because when Wyatt and his uncle were fishing they would cast out, and Wyatt would always do it wrong! Then it was realing in he was doing wrong, but the most important time he said this was when he was trying to descale the fish and he couldn't do it. Alought Wyatt would try and try and try, it would never work! 3) The reason i chose this quote was because Uncle Spade yelled this while he was beating his girlfriend. Wyatt didn't know what to do so he grabbed Spade. He then tackled him and then got in the truck. He wanted to help the girl but he didn't know what to do. He went to the truck and sat there until Spade finally got up and walked away.