Thursday, February 24, 2011

chapter 22 summary

Josie and her mum have a splurge day.
they decided to go to one of the harbourside restaurants and although the weather was cool, it wasn't wet enough to ruin the view.
"he's ultra cool, you know. Not cool as though he drives a sports car and dresses trendy, but he's a cool guy, he's up front. No bull."
"take things slowly, and they will work out."
this chapter reveal that christina was treated very badly by her father when she was pregnant and even before that, he called her every name under the sun, a tramp, a slut. he even hit me across the face and even hit my mother.

chapter 21 summary

Josie goes to the movies with John Barton to see Macbeth.
While at the movies they bump into Jacob and he tries to have a go at John because Josie and Jacob are going out, but in Jacobs eyes that s not what it looks like.
"Well,, for your information, Miss Intellectual, we're studying Macbeth at school and that's what i'm going to see tonight,so never ever presume what i like and what i don't like."
In this chapter we get to see that Jacob gets jealous when Josie goes out with other friends that are boys, we also get to see that they both can get pissed of very easily with each other. if Josie had the option to go out with John and not Jacob she would but the only thing from stopping her is that he isn't that fun as Jacob but he shares so many things in common with Josie and Jacob doesn't.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

chapter 20 summary

Josie is put in charge of keeping an eye on he little students at St Martha's on their annual Walk-a-thon that they have every year to celebrate St Martha's day.
While Josie is supposed to be looking after the slow people she instead goes with her friends to see Trey Hancock at the Sebel Town House. The next day Sister Louise calls the girls into her office but dismisses three of them and tells Josie to stay behind.
"Ivy doesn't have "one offs". She's  responsible from the moment she walks into school till the moment she walks out."
"You were voted school captain but i gave the job to Ivy because she'd do a better job."
In this chapter we find out that Josie was supposed to be school captain instead of Ivy, we also learn that Josie loves to do what her friends do and that she and her friends are trend setters for all the little people of St Martha's.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

chapter 19 summary

Tomato Day!
Josie and her family have a tradition that they have to make their own pasta and sauce to go with it, this is when the whole tomato thing comes into place every year on a specific day all the family comes together and they pick tomatoes for the sauce, they squash them by hand and then cook them and then squash them again and then cook them one last time. Robert and I call this day “Wog day” or “National Wog day”. Nonna and Zia started to tell the story about Marcus Sandford and how he helped them with the garden while the men where at camp.
“I thought that maybe by spoke to someone they would feel sorry for us and send us back one man. Maybe all our husbands.”
This chapter reveals that Josie and her family get on very well when they aren’t fighting and telling others what to do and how to do it, we also get to see that Josie’s family loves to carry out tradition.

chapter 18 summary

Jacob surprises Josie by getting a car so they can go places instead of having to ride on his motorbike.
“Tons of things ,” I said excited. “We could form a company. I’d be the theory part of the business and you’d be the practical.”
This chapter reveals that Josie believes that she can have a wonderful life with Jacob but at the same time she doesn’t as well because she doesn’t believe that she has chosen the right man for her.

chapter 17 summary

Josie gets to know her father more than ever over the holiday that they had together in Adelaide.
“You sound like Mama”, I said, standing up through the sunroof.
Josie enjoys the time that she spends with her father in Adelaide and meeting the rest of her family for the first time in seventeen years.
This chapter reveals that Josie likes being with her father because she feels like she has known him for her whole entire life. When Josie gets back she sees Jacob on Saturday night and he tells her never to leave him again.

chapter 16 summary

Josie wags school on friday to go on a date with Jacob Coote.
He leaned over and kissed me quickly. “what was that for?” i asked, embarrassed, but laughing.
“I like the way you talk, I like the way you think. So much passion behind those bifocalled eyes. So much to say”.
This chapter reveals that Josie is really opening up to Jacob and letting him into her life, and the same thing goes for Jacob he is letting Josie into his life and telling each other what they have done and what their families are like.

chapter 15 summary

Josie goes out with the girls to darling harbour after school, at the cafe` they see Jacob, Anton and four of their friends cramp themselves in to the booth behind them much to the dismay of Anna and Josie.
“Listen, we’ll start over again, Okay, I looked into his clear green eyes which always seemed so warm and sincere no matter how bad he looked at times”. Eyes, my mother told me, never lie.
This chapter reveals that Josie starts to like Jacob again even though he treated her like he did on their date to the movies. when Josie gives Jacob a second chance he asks her to wag school with him so they could go out on a proper date.

chapter 14 summary

Josie meets up with John barton again and give each other their pieces of paper with their emotions written on it.
John talks to Josie about the fact that his father hates him at the moment just because he didn’t win the maths competition.
“My father was home when i got there this afternoon . Went through my mail. He owns m y life so of course he is entitled to open my mail,” he spat out bitterly.
after John finishes telling Josie about what his father think s about him at the moment they decide to talk about the HSC and that they have to write what they are feeling at the moment and then they have to give it to someone else and then after the HSC the person that they gave the note has to ask them how they are feeling and read out what they felt before the test.
In this chapter we are shown Josie’s feelings for John Barton again, we are also shown that Josie cares about what John does with his life and tries to help him with his problems.

chapter 13 summary

Josie goes out on a date with Jacob Coote but ends up spending the night with her father Michael Andretti.
“Just because you had to meet my mother, you went and acted like a prick. Why?”
“Okay, this is my proposition. How about you come work for me at the chamber? You can do photocopying and help the secretaries,” he suggested.
Josie starts to dislike Jacob Coote because he was being a snob to her and her mother when he came to pick her up so they could go to the movies, when they got to the movies they started to have a fight and then Josie ran off and hid in one of the arcades and when she thought the cost was clear she ran out of the movies and started to walk home when she was being followed by a car, when it pulled up next to her she shouted at the driver saying that her father was a police officer and the person driving said actually he’s a Barrister, Josie jumps in the car and has dinner with Michael Andretti at a pizza place on Glebe point road.
In this chapter we get to see a father, daughter relationship build and start to get strong we also get to see Josie’s true feelings towards her father, she feels that she wants to know him more but at the same time she doesn’t want to because what he did to her mother over seventeen years ago.

chapter 12 summary

Josie ask’s her grandmother to show her the photos of when she was young and her past.
“I regretted it when i saw the look of glee on her face. Because the way Nonna makes my mother feel , I hate making that women happy.”
Even though Josie doesn’t like to make her grandmother happy she still tried to pay attention when she was telling her stories behind all the photos, Josie screeched when her grandmother told her that her first Australian friend was a hunk, but when her grandfather had found out that her grandmother had an aussie over about every day he got jealous and said she was never to see him again.
In this chapter we get to see that Josie tries to be nicer to her grandmother.

chapter 11 summary

Josie talks to her mum again and ask’s if she can go to the movies on saturday.
“Is that what all this buttering up has been all about”
after telling her mother that she wants to go to the movies with Jacob Coote, her mother says that she will think about it.
this chapter reveals that Josie has strong feelings for Jacob Coote more than ever because not only did he protect her after she as hurt by Greg Sims and she liked that he was being a protective person.

chapter 10 summary

Josie gets raped by Greg Sims and his posy.
“He grabbed me by the front of the uniform and slobbered all over my mouth and i could hear Anna scream and pull me away while the bile rose in my throat”.
Jacob Coote comes to comes to Josie’s aid while she is being forced upon by Greg Sims.
In this chapter we are shown that not only can Josie be mean and cruel to other people, Jacob Coote can also be just as mean and cruel to people. When Jacob drops Josie off she tells him that if he wants to go out with  her that he has to meet her mother, Jacob puts up a fight but in the end he gives in and ask’s her out to the movies on saturday night.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

chapter 9 summary

Josie fights with her mum.
"I don't like the fact that you're going out with him again."
Josie doesn't like it when her mother leaves her at home alone just so she can go out with a guy, Josie doesn't want her mum to get married because she just wants it too be the two of them until they die.
The chapter reveals that Josie loves her mother but she also doesn't want to hurt her by doing the wrong things.
Josie has her moments with her mother every now and then, but they usually end up hugging each other or if it doesn't go well they don't talk to each other for a while.

Monday, February 14, 2011

chapter 7 summary

Josie goes to her grandmothers house because her mum is going out for the night.
"Oh God, Ma, I have to sleep in the same bed as her. She doesn't shave her legs."
Josie learns a lot about her grandmother that night that she sleeps over, she told Josie that she used to look exactly like her when she was her age, she also told Josie that she was forced to move to Australia with her husband and that meant that she would probably never see her family again.
This chapter reveals that Josie starts to develop a stronger relationship with her.

chapter 8 summary

Josie brakes a girls nose.
we are introduced to one of the beautiful girls Carly Bishop
"they were all wogs. they seem to be ever where," she snickered.
"I'm just the same as them and I'd appreciate you not going on about wogs every day. It offends me"
 In this chapter we get to see a father daughter relationship develop between Josie and Michael Andretti.
the chapter reveals that Josie does have feelings for Michael Andretti even though she told him to stay away from he he still came to the rescue when she called.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

chapter 6 summary

Josie meets her father for the second time.
"I don't want her," he said flatly.
both Josie and Christina had a fight with Michael Andretti, first it was Christina who told Michael that they didn't want anything to do with him, then later on in the day Josie followed him into the lounge room and watched him look at all the photos that her grandmother had all around the place, Josie told him that if he ever hurt her mum that he would be in a lot of trouble.
This chapter reveals that Josie feels anger and hatred towards Michael Andretti because he left her mum when she was young and didn't try to contact her since then.

Friday, February 11, 2011

chapter 5 summary

Josie goes to the regional dance.
Jacob Coote gives Josie a ride home on his motor cycle even though Josie knows that if her mum found out that she did she was going to be dead or one of the people in another car saw her and recognized her they would tell her grandmother and she would tell her mother.
"My mother will murder me"."she'll find out alright".
this chapter reveals that Josie starts to develop a strong relationship with Jacob Coote.
"do you know that I've been in this country my whole life and I've never spoken to an aboriginal".

chapter 4 summary

Josie works with Poison Ivy at the debating night.
We are introduced to John Barton.
"To walk into the regional  dance with John Barton would make me the envy of every snob at St Martha's".
This chapter reveals that Josie shows her feeling for just more than one particular boy. she likes to flirt a lot with boys that she hasn't seen for ages or just met.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

chapter 3 summary

Josie hates to go to her grandma's house because its her family ritual only because her mum makes her.
We are introduced to Josie's father Michael.
"Michael! my heart began to pound at one hundred miles per hour and I could feel the hairs at the back of my head standing up on end".
This chapter reveals that Josie feels hate towards her grandmother because she sayed that the daughter's behaviour always reflects on how good the mother is.

chapter 2 summary

Josie speaks about AIDS at the 'Have A Say Day'.
Josephine has friends such as Sera, Lee and Anna, who influence her life greatly.
We are introduced to Jacob Coote at the 'Have A Say Day'
"....If your an outcast with your own kind, you'll never be accepted by anyone".
"No matter how much I hate Poison Ivy, I want to be in her world".
This chapter shows more about Josie's relationship with her friends and how she deals with her family life.
For days I just couldn't help thinking about my father. I felt sick at the idea of meeting him, though at the same  time I desperately wanted to.

chapter 1 summary

The reader is introduced to the main character and narrator of the story, Josephine Alibrandi. as a reader we find out that Josie goes to St Martha's high school.
The narrator is a typical teenager who worries about issues such as peer pressure and relationships with others and teachers.
"My biggest problem though, is being at a school dominated by rich people...who i can't see having a problem in the world"
This chapter shows how Josie feels insecure because she is an outsider. My Mother was born here so as far as the Italians were concerned we weren't completely one of them. Yet because my grandparents were born in Italy we weren't completely Australian.