Cooper,+David

=Summary= Ellen Hopkins book "Burned" was an intresting book. it was about a young woman named Pattyn Von Stratten growing up and wanting to be loved. she was from an abusive house with demestic violence and child abuse. she had many sisters all named after famous generals, and a mother and father. Her father beated her but she didn't tell anyone. Her father would say" What happens in this house stays in this house. to deal with the abuse she would do some target practice with a pea shooter, small low power gun. she went to school and didn't think to highly of herself. There was a boy that actually did like her, Derek, but he was driven away by her father because they got caught doing things they shouldn't be doing. Pattyn started to do some things thet her mom and dad was't to fond of. Since she was a Mormon girl, she had went to the minister of the church and he though she was possessed by Satan. With the type of life Pattyn have she had a lot on her mind. She ended up going to her Aunt's house over the summer. over her aunt's she actually felt love she didn't care about her family; she barely thought about them, except for her closes sister Jackie. over her aunt she did many things like learn to ride a horse learn to drive and most importantly she found love. her love was Ethan. he's someone her Aunt knew because he helped her out a lot. Ethan and Pattyn loved each other. They took horse rides together cuddled and kissed for substantial amounts of time per kiss. Through out the story Pattyn wrote in a diary about Ethan what she had on her and other events that happened. At the end of the story she and Ethan decided to express their love for each other more physically on a few occasions. But one thing went terribly wrong. the condom broke. She ended up returning home to another baby at home because her mom was gave birth. Pattyn figured out that she was off her period for seven weeks. When she had the chance she bought a pregnancy test but she had to buy her little sister something so she wouldn't rat her out even though she can't read. the test was positive. she thought about what her dad might do if he found out. She couldn't call Ethan because he was at school so she had to wait. She finally got a hold on the school phone and told him the news. Little did she know that two girls heard her and one of them Derek's girlfriend and both are jealous. they end up tell everyone in school. Pattyn was scared but Ethan told her not to be and that they would get through this. Ethan offer himself and asked Pattyn to marry her but she was sure about it. She asked Ethan to pick her up but he couldn't until Thursday which was 3 day later. the gossip got around and eventually it got to her mom. Her mom confronted her but it was too late, Ethan was already out in front waiting. Pattyn ran out to the car. They wasa driving away but she notice that trevor, a boy that liked her and was a very morman guy, was watching her. he wrote down the plate number and soon the cops came after them. Ethan saw the lights but Pattyn commanded him not to stop. They made a sherp turn to get away. soon Pattyn woke up in the hospital. She couldn't get names and faces together, all she wanted was ehtan. the dorctor ending up telling her that he didn't make it and neither did her bady. Pattyn was furious, the only important thing to her was gone and the thing that was apart of him. At home she started a plan to get back at those people who caused all the things that happen to her. she wanted revenge!

=Author's other works:=



=About the author= Ellen hopkins was adopted at birth by a couple that was far apart in age. in the year 2000 she searched for her birth mother and she has been writing poems her whole life and once wrote a poem for Walt Disney. Ellen hopkins started her writing career in 1990. coming out, she wrote books for children that were non-fiction. she has written 56 such books of that type. later she decided to move to a different audience then she wrote non-fiction book for young adults and adults. Her daughter was addicted to crystal meth and so she used this to create a book called "CRANK". Crank is a term used to talk about meth. this gave her the inspiration to write the book "CRANK". she continues to write books with teenagers because they are more appealing to her. She does many interviews talking about teenagers and all adolescents and she continues to do this today.

=SOCIAL ISSUES= In the book "BURNED" there are a few major social issues. There is child abuse, domestic violence, and some what low self-esteem. All cause breaking of family and death.There's different types of child abuse. there's physical, neglect, sexual, medical neglect, and psychological. everyday 5 children die from child abuse. 80% of the children that die from physical child abuse is kids under 4. []

Domestic violence is when a spouse, male or female, are abused by the other. this can portray in their work at their jobs. More females are harmed and injured than rape, auto accidents and muggings combined. And The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that partners, husbands, ex-husbands, and current and former boyfriends, do violent crimes against approximately 937,000 women each year. []

Low self-esteem is one of the worst thing for a child to have. they don't think can accomplish much and that they are under everyone else. this can cause them to think about suicide or retaliate on other people around them. some ways to prevent low self-esteem is by not going into criticism, try to please yourself and take life seriously, and don't try to be like some one else.

=THE MOVIE!!! = =If i were to select people to play the roles in this movie i would pick:=

Pattyn: Lindsey Lohan I picked her because Pattyn reminded me of her. Ethan: Taylor Lautner Ethen is muscular and ladies like him so who else to pick but Taylor. Pattyn's mother: Angelina Jolie she is a very good actor so I picked her because I thought she could play the part. Pattyn's father: Katt Williams/Kevin Hart Either one of them would give a funny sense to the movie even though the book isn't funny I'm the director and I get to pick. Aunt J: Jennifer Aniston Aunt J really reminded me of Jeniffer. Jackie:China McClain She's the only girl I could think of. Trevor: Cody Liney He look like he fits this role. Ethan's dad:Brad Pitt Ethan's dad is supposed to be good looking and my sister likes Brad so that's my reason. Derek: Zack Eforn Derek a guy girls like in high school so he should have some experience. =COMING OUT NEVER TO THEATERS NO WHERE NEAR YOU.=

=ABOUT THE READER=

=MY NAME IS DAVID COOPER.= I grew up playing basketball and football. I was always one of the students that the teachers liked. I was raised to have respect for others and for myself. At first, i didn't like reading at all. i would always try to get out of it and the only time when i did read was when i was required for school. I learned that if you have a book that you would like to read it wouldn't be so bad. it like a movie in your head. so the book i typically read are non-fiction animal books, science-fiction, and after reading "Burned" i come took like fiction too. I will now be looking for my next chance to read a book.