Sunday, July 6, 2014

Please Ignore Vera Dietz- Summer Reading Assignment

The main characters in the book Please Ignore Vera Dietz are Vera, Charlie and Ken, Vera’s dad. Vera is a full time high school senior and full time pizza delivery girl at Pagoda’s Pizza. Charlie, although he is dead plays a big part in the book. There are many flash back moments and the occasional Brief word from the dead guy. Ken Dietz is a recovered alcoholic who has been trying his best to raise Vera as a single parent ever since her mother left when she was 12. The setting of the book is set in eastern Pennsylvania and at the Pagoda, a place that kids like to hang out and where Vera and Charlie used to throw paper airplanes they make out of their homework. Vera has kept all of Charlie’s secrets, even after he betrayed her. When Charlie dies under mysterious circumstances and is framed for something he didn't do it’s up to Vera to clear his name, but does she even want to? The previous is the conflict of the book, Vera must decide whether she wants to clear Charlie’s name even though he betrayed her. A prediction I have for this book is that she will forgive Charlie and maybe even clear his name in the end.

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