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1. Blister by Susan Shreve
2. The main idea of this selection is about a girl, Blister, and her struggles with her family life and school.
3. Two major details are that Blister's dad Jack called wanting the clothes that she had stolen back, and another major detail is that Blister's mom ran away.
4. Two minor details are that Blister didn't make the cheerleading squad, and another major detail is that blister was mad at her father Jack, for breaking up their family.
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6. The chapter started off with Blister's mom, Mary telling her that Jack called and needed to talk to Blister as soon as possible. Blister didn't call because she was afraid she'd get in trouble and she didn't know what to say to her dad about stealing Tamara's clothes. He called and said that he knew that she had stolen Tamara's clothing. He wanted Blister to return them. She said she wouldn't so her father told her that he was coming to their apartment to pick them all up. Blister put the clothing in a paper bag for her dad to pick up. Her mom got ready and looked all nice for when Jack was coming over. When he finally got there, Mary and Jack got into a fight about their daughter. Blister was afraid of what her father would do, so she locked herself into her room. A neighbor called their apartment and complained about the noise, so Jack left. Then Mary was depressed and crying because she knew that their marriage was officially over. Then at school Blister got called to the principle's office and told that her father was coming to school to speak with her. Blister stayed in the bathroom at school and skipped the class that she got excused from to meet with her dad. She then went to her next class and the teacher stopped her and told her that her father was going to be picking her up after school, after cheer tryouts. Blister went to her cheerleading tryouts, and she was the best person trying out. She left school, after she didn't see her dad to pick her up. She walked home in the rain where her grandma, Daisy G picked her up since her dad never came. She told Blister that Mary was missing and wasn't at home. Jack, Daisy G, and Blister went searching until dark for Mary. They then left Jack because it was getting so late. Then Daisy G got a phone call saying someone had seen Mary. They found her at Daisy G's apartment. She had been crying, and Blister then snapped on her mom. She told her mom that she needed to get over the crying, and be back to her normal self before Jack left. She realized Blister was right, and Daisy G and Mary stayed up all night talking. Blister went to bed to get her rest to get the results tomorrow at school for the cheer squad. At the assembly, Blister did not make the cheer team. She did end up making friends because of it though, and her mom and grandma were there watching to see if she made the team. They all then went out for ice cream, and Mary was back to her normal self. They didn't care about Jack, and they realized they could keep on living their lives without him.
7. I really liked this book. It was a situation in which I had never read about before. I thought that it had a lot of drama in it, but it was something that kept me reading the book. I liked learning about how a family could cope with a situation like the one that happened. I would recommend this book to someone, for sure! I thought it would be especially good for someone who might be dealing with some of the same issues as Blister was. It would be good for a person to see that it is not always their fault, and that sometimes things don't work out. In the end though, they will be a stronger person because of it. I thought that this book would be good for younger people who could be dealign with some of the same problems. I would also just recommend that people read it because it was a good book. I like reading about things that are different, and this was a book like that. It was very good and I would tell someone to read it! I would read another book similar to this, and possibly read more book from the same author if they were similar to this one.