Chloe

Chloe Davis Eleven  My mystery book is called // Eleven //, by Patrica Reilly Giff. The main character is a boy named Sam McKensie. At least....he thought that was who he was. The setting is mostly the attic of Sam’s house, the sub shop, and with Anima at her restaurant. Sam has been having mysterious dreams, but the number // eleven // is woven into all of them. Why? It is a trouble when a boy can’t read, words to him are spiders flexing on the page. He is told by his Grandfather Mack, Onji who owns the sub shop, and Anima, that Sam's parents died. Sam and Caroline, a new girl in school, set out to find the new clues in the attic.  Sam is always having the same dream......// His mouth, full of salty water, the boat, crashing into the ice and rocks, the castle, the mist, ELEVEN high above him. // He wants to know why and so he gets Caroline to help, but she's moving away in a few days.

Sam just tuned eleven. His teacher, Mrs. Stanek told Sam and Caroline to be partners in building a castle for the // big medieval day //if they wanted to, and they did. Sam is trying to build the castles in his dreams. Will Caroline have enough time to build the castle with him?

The mystery is finally solved when he’s at a children’s home at Eleventh Street, and Mack takes him on a ferry to Heart Island and tells Sam about Sam’s life. // He tells Sam about the Children’s Home, He was in the home because Mack had to move away for a business trip, but Mack had to recue Sam, Mack tells about the Children’s Home and how the owner was so mean, Mack had to let Sam keep the cat from the Children’s Home, Sam was begging for that cat. The dreams Sam had turned out to be flashbacks, all with the number eleven, the number of the Children’s Home. //I think this is a great mystery book, especially the ending, all the action and adventure. I think Sam is a very brave character, willing to do anything to find the true him from all he’s done. I would change when Sam couldn’t read. I thought there would be more use in the attic. What I learned from this book, is anybody can do anything no matter what the case is. 