Chapters+17-18

Were you surprised by the events at the end of Chapter 18? Why, or why not?

Matthew: surprised is not the word from when I found out the events at the end of chapter 18.YES I was surprised. I was surprised because I thought Herman E. Calloway was Bud's father not grandfather. Rachel: I wasn't ABSOLUTELY surprised, but the false accusations, and adventure made it all more interesting! Hunter: I wasn't really suprised either mathew. the feeling for me was kind of like shocked.


 * Mrs. H: Do you think if Bud knew this he would have not gone on this quest to find Herman?
 * Dawson: matthew I agree. I also thought Herman E. Calloway was bud father not grand father.
 * I'd rather not think about it that way, without his curiosity, there would be no story!=(
 * I agree with Rachel's comment above this one. Without Bud's wonder, sense of adventure, and curiosity, there would be no point to the book.

Seb: I was surprised because the book ended on such a weird note. It felt like it ended more abruptly than smooth and with any real ending. If I was to give it a review, it would be this; Great book, awkward ending. The book was not very surprising book over all, minus the ending. Hunter: I agree when you said the book ended on such a wierd note.
 * Mrs. H: Did you write this before or after you read the Afterward?
 * Seb: I wrote this before, but now I did go back and read it, and I don't see how it relates. I think it gives you the history behind the story, ( which I found really cool!) but I still find that the ending seems kind of sudden and without any real closing.

Hunter: I was a little surprised that Herman E. Calloway is Bud's grandfather and not his father because when it said in the book that he was older I thought he wasn't his father.
 * Jackson:YEAH I was ﻿surprised I though Mr.c was his dad not his G-dad.
 * I read it after, I wondered if they had any information to make the perspective seem so realistic.