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__**Sweethearts**__

"Zarr's writing is remarkable." (**(starred review)** //**Booklist**// ) "[Zarr is a] master of show-not-tell....[a] subtle, beautifully-written novel." (**(starred review)** //**VOYA**// )​"Haunting and ultimately hopeful....A convincing, fire person narrative voice....Zarr transfixes teen readers with enticing explorations of identity and enduring love." (//**Kirkus Reviews**// )

__ Memorible passages __ 1.) Cameron cuts. I pull. Then the knife slips and falls behind the bed. we look at eachother and his dad pounds the door again. I take the window screen and pull as hard as i can. pieces of wire poke into my hands, stinging me and drawing blood. i start to cry because i know if i dont get us out its going to be bad. And then its quite on the other side of the door,which feels almost more then the pounding. i keep pulling the screen eventhough my hands hurt so much. I got it, i say. there is a hold in the screen big enough for us to climb out.

2.) A noise woke me again. this time it was definitly not a raccoon or a cat, unless a reccoon or a cat learned how to tap on my window. i knew before i opening my curtains who it was. i inched the window up. this time, we were unhindered by the screen. "Cameron," I whispered, "what are you doing?" He folded his arms on the sill. "i want to talk."

3.) He was gone in the morning. November first, a day id forever keep in my mind as a landmark.

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​ **__ My Memorible Passages __**

My first memorible quote was talking about when Jenna was haveing a flashback of when she was eight years old. Cameron and Jenna were at Camerons house when his dad was there. Camerons dad has issues and is always mean to Cameron. His dad abuses him in bad ways and always gets away with it. So when Jenna was there he was going to show Jenna what he and Cameron do. When Jenna realized what was going on, she told Camerons dad to leave and when he did she locked him out of Camerons room and decided that they needed to get out of there before something bad happenes. Cameron and Jenna found a knife and start cutting the screen on the window. Then they jump out the window and started running. This is important to the story because this explains that Jenna and Cameron were really close when they were younger and they really were there for eachother when they needed to be.

My second memorible quote was the night that Cameron had reappeared in Jennas life. They had seen eachother at school, but that was it and Cameron wanted to talk to Jenna and explain why he had left and why he had came back. Cameron said that his mom had taken him and his brothers and sisters to a shelter home in California to get away from his father. They left unexpectiablely because they didnt want his father to know anything about it. Cameron had came into Jenna room through her window and was sitting in her chair. They were talking and when Cameron told Jenna that he had came back to make sure everything was alright in her life and to see her again, she told him to come over and lay with her. They fell asleep in Jennas bed and when Jennas step dad found them the next morning he freaked out on them. This is important to the story because this is the night that Jenna found out what actually happed to Cameron and where he was. That night Jenna felt that her life was complete and she didnt want anything to change.

My third memorible quote was the very last part of the book. It was explaining how important Cameron is to Jenna. Cameron has disippeared again and Jenna wasn't exactly sure where he whet, but she had a pretty good idea. She hated that he had left her again and didn't say goodye. She felt like this was a rerun in her life, it made her remember what is was like 8 years ago when he left her. She said that after she gets out of school she is going to go looking for him, and she is going to stay with him. This is important to the book be cause it it shows how good of a friendship they had, and how much they really loved eachother. She was also saying that that day is going to be oe of the most important days of her life.

**__ My Pictures __**

My first picture is a basket of flowers because when Cameron left for the second time he didn't leave a note or anything. He was gone from Jennas house before anyone was awake. He knew that Jenna was going to devistated when she found out that he had left her again without saying goodbye. So a couple of months later, when he finally got back to his family he decided that he should send a thank you note to Jenna and her family. When Jennas family got the Basket of flower with the Note that said Thank you for letting me stay with you, they immediately sent him a box that had a little bit of everything in it. They sent him books, food, clothing for him and his sibblings, and alot of other little things. They thought they would help him out. This picture is important to the book because it shows that Cameron is alright and that he is trying to help is mom and family.

My second picture is the birthday card because when Cameron disippeared for the first time, Jenna had not heard from him in eight years, so when she got a birthdsay card from him so was confused. Jenna thought that Cameron had died and she would never see or hear from him again. This card is important to the book because this card is what started the book and it is what brought Jenna and Cameron back together after eight years. This card is what let Jenna know that Cameron had come back to her. The card said, "Happy Birthday Jennifer, Im back. I Love you! Cameron Quick."

**__ My Video __**

My video explains my book very well. At the beginning of my book Cameron leaves Jenna and she doesnt know what to do. She just thought that he was going to be gone for a while then, she found out that he had died. She was devistaed when she found out because Cameron was er best friend and she loved him. Then a few years later, Cameron returns and she discovers that he isnt dead. She was so shocked she didnt know what to say, all she wanted to do was be with him. In my video the guy leave the girl because there is a fire and he is a firefighter. She sees the fire on the news and it said that same firefighters had died. She was scard that her husband was one of them guys, so she is worried. Then she gets a phone call that told her that something is wrong. After a while, her husban returns to there house and she is so realived to see him. i think this video matched my book greatly not just because the video part but also the words to the song realte to th story.