Reading Log Week of 11/29/11 - 12/6/11

Monday Pages: 191-end 30 min of Cross My Heart

 and Hope to Spy

and

 Don't Judge A Girl by Her Cover Wednesday Pages: 1-42 30 min

                                                                                                                                                                

 Quote taken from Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy: " But I don't know-and that's the problem. Give me a code and I can crack it; tell me a joke in Swahili and I'll know when to laugh. I know a million different facts in more than a dozen different languages...Just don't ask me when or where my father died. I started to say all this, to ask the questions I need answered, but Mom straightened in the window seat. I felt her pull away. I found myself whispering Zach's words, 'Someone knows (Carter 232-233).' "

                                                                                                                                                                     

 In this quote, Cammie is talking about the things that govern her life. The death and constant absence of spy parents, and the knowledge that her dad died in a way that no one will ever know; in a secret way. These are the rules of the lives of spies, the society of Gallagher Girls. These rules of a spy's life govern the society of Gallagher Girls all over the world as they carry out their jobs.

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Thursday Pages: 43-78 30 min and Thursday Pages: 79-112 30 min   

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"But I didn't clap. I didn't laugh. I just kept hearing Mr.Solomon's voice-not in my ear-in my head. I remembered something he'd said in the helicopter. 'Protection is ten percent protocol and ninety percent instinct.' And just then my instincts were telling me to turn around (Carter 95-96)."

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Big Ideas in this book are Danger and Friendship. In this quote, Cammie is on Macey's security detail at a campaign. She realizes that her friend, Macey, may be in danger by using her spy instincts. In this book, in order to protect themselves from danger and harm, Cammie and her roommates (as well as friends) stick together at all times.