Schmidt,+Drew

== Summary

__Pull__ //__Pull__// is a young adult fiction story.This story is about a senior named David Albacore that goes to Grogan Hills High School in Oroville, California. He transferred to Farrington High School because his mother was shot and killed by her boyfriend named Antwon. It was a tragic loss for the entire Albacore family. David's mother had always wanted David to go to college but when she died she wasn't there to support him to do so. When his mother died he basically became the man of the house, he had two sisters named Barney and Carmen. He also lived with his Aunt Edie. He became very mature and got handed a huge responsibility at way to young of an age. When he tranferred to the new school, he was right away picked out by the coach of the basketball team because of his height. Coach Kasili confronted him and was getting to know David. The coach knew that he was a fantastic basketball player but David kept denying it. Over a series of events, David becomes more aware of what people are like and has a new girlfriend named Yolanda Dare. She is considered the most popular girl in the school. But during the time that David has this new girl, he gets a job working construction. David has to help his aunt Edie pay the bills for the apartment, so David doesn't really have time to himself. When this is all going on, David's aunt Edie has a heart attack and becomes paralized on one side of her body. Getting back to David's girl friend, many girls want to be like her and David has liked her ever since he transferred to Farrington High School. Many people think that she is a thief but she denies it. Toward the end of the book, she reveals that she hand makes all of her clothes. Toward the end of the book, David goes to the final game of the basketball season and he figures out what he is going to do with his future. He decides that he is going to drop out of school and go work construction full time and help raise his two sisters and help with his paralized aunt Edie.

B.A. Bins

//__About the author__// This is a picture of B.A. Bins. She grew up on the south side of Chicago, Ilinois, and was the eldest of five children. When her parents divorced, she became the parents assistant. She went to college and got a job working with AT&T but she always had excuses for going back to college. In fact, she attended over five different colleges. She raised one child and retired early. She now spends her days volunteering and writing.

Other works by B.A. Bins : She has also written "Bamf" and "Minority of one".

//__Social Issue Relevance__// __ Bullying __ Bullying Statictics of 2010.
 * About 56 percent of all students have witnessed bullying take place while at school.
 * 15 percent of all students who don't show up for school report it to being out of fear of being bullied while at school.
 * There are about 71 percent of students that report bullying as a never ending problem.
 * About one out of every 10 students drops out or changes schools because of repeated bullying.
 * One out of every 20 students has seen a student with a gun at school.
 * Some of the most active years for bullying are 4th through 8th graders in which 90 percent were reported as victims of some kind of bullying.
 * Other statistics reveal that 54 percent of students reported that witnessing physical abuse at home can lead to violence in school.
 * With children of all ages, homicide perpetrators were found to be twice as likely as homicide victims to have been bullied previously by their peers.
 * There are about 282,000 students that are reportedly attacked in high schools throughout the nation each month.
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__Dramatization of the book__

If I had to make a movie of this book, I would choose Will Smith to be the actor of David Albacore because in some movies Will can be a very serious and responsible person. Will Smith If I had to choose a charactor for Barney, I would pick KiKi Palmer because she fits the age group very well. KiKi Palmer //__About the reader__// My name is Drew Schmidt and this is a picture of my sister, my mother and I on our vacation in Florida. I am a highschool freshman and I like to do various outdoor activities such as basketball, hunting, shooting and throwing ball with my dog. I also enjoy spending time with my friends and family.