Revaluate/Respond

When I first started reading "Cardturner" I right away knew that the author, Louis Sachar, would teach me all about playing bridge. The novel is talking about a teenage boy needing to play bridge with his great-uncle after his uncle loses his eyesight. When the character, Alton, begins to understand the game by turning his uncle's cards for him, the reader also learns. Before reading this novel, I knew nothing about bridge. Even though it's hard to understand, I'm getting there. Bridge is a card game that normally elders play. From reading this novel, I learned a lot about this card game bridge,

Connecting to the Book

When Mia's cat dies at the near end, I felt sad for her, because she lost all of her colors from that traumatic experience. Mia had Mango for a whole year and loved him very much. my dog didn't die, but my dad gave him away while I was on vacation. My parents both knew I loved my dog, and I also had her for a full year. I was really sad, because that meant no more walks or playing with her. I know how Mia felt. Losing your pet can be so sad. I also connect with her experience, because although it hurt once our pets were gone, we eventually moved on too.

Mango-Shaped Space by; Wendy Mass, part 1

This story starts off with a 13-year-old girl called Mia admitting she sees colors in numbers, sounds, and letters. For example, when she pictures the letter a, or reads it, the letter for Mia has a yellow faded sunflower color to it. Or whenever she thinks of q, she sees a dark silver. 
Mia's grandfather died a year ago, and Mia has been making a painting for him to honor his one-year-death anniversary. What also happened a year ago was that Mia found a small orange kitten, which she kept and named Mango. Mia didn't name her cat for the color, but for whenever the cat wheezed or sighed, mango-like colors came out of him, acoording to her.
Mia never told anybody about her colors yet. There was incident in third grade about Mia's colors, and she has been keeping it a secret since, even from her best friend Jenna.


In a store with her mom for school-shopping, Mia meets a little boy and introduces herself. The little boy, Billy, says that Mia is purple and green. Mia says no, the color of her name is red and green. Later she realized that Billy might have the same situation as she does, too, seeing colors in letters.