1. The Last Song
By: Nicholas Sparks
By: Casey Casagrande

2. AUTHOR http://www.scprimeoflie.org/images/Nicholas-Sparks-Photo.jpg
He was born in Omaha, Nebraska on New Years Eve in (Sparks)
His younger sister Dana died in The main character in A Walk To Remember was based on her. (Sparks)
He graduated in 1984 as valedictorian from Bella Vista High School. (Sparks)
He has written 16 novels (Sparks)
7 of his books have become movies (Sparks)

3. Protagonist Veronica ‘Ronnie’ Miller She is the main character
She is being forced into spending the summer with her father
She hasn’t talked to her dad in 3 years

4. Antagonist/Least favorite Character
Marcus
He likes to juggle with fire balls
He is an arson
He stalks Ronnie
Whenever he is around you know something bad is going to happen

5. Favorite Character Will Blakelee Volleyball player
Ronnie and Will start dating

6. Plot Summary Exposition:
Ronnie is living in New York with her mother and brother when she is caught shoplifting.
She is sent to live with her dad for the summer in North Carolina

7. Plot Summary She doesn’t like her dad but starts talking to him
Rising Action
She doesn’t like her dad but starts talking to him
Ronnie and Will start liking each other.
Her dad and Jonah are building a stain glass window for the church.

8. Plot Summary
Climax:
Her dad ends up getting stomach cancer and only has a few months to live

9. Falling Action Plot Summary Falling Action:
Ronnie decides that it is best if she lives with her dad
Ronnie and her dad start to get along and she regrets not talking to him for 3 years
Falling
Action

10. Plot Summary Resolution: Ronnie’s dad ends up dying
She moves back to New York and goes to school
Will decides to move to New York and goes to collage there to be by Ronnie

11. Time Period/ Place Current time period During the summer
Wilmington, North Carolina

12. Themes
Love
Family
Death

13. Rating
I think this is a very good book. I give it a 10/10. I found it very hard to put down. I would highly recommend.

14. Cancer
Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body. Cancerous cells are also called malignant cells.
The following symptoms can occur with most cancers:
Chills
Fatigue
Fever
Loss of appetite
Night sweats
Weight loss

15. Causes Benzene and other chemicals (National Cancer Institute)
Certain poisonous mushrooms and a type of poison that can grow on peanut plants (National Cancer Institute)
Certain viruses (Google Health)
Radiation (Google Health)
Sunlight (Google Health)
Tobacco (Google Health)

16. Best Way to Not Get Cancer
not smoke or chew tobacco. (Google Health)
cancers can be prevented by avoiding risk factors such as excessive exposure to sunlight and heavy drinking. (Google Health)

17. Cancer Facts
1500 people die each day in the U.S (Global Healing Center)
3,400 people are diagnosed each day 1 out of 4 Americans (Global Healing Center)
In 2008, 565,650 died from cancer (Global Healing Center)
Since 1950, cancer cases have increased by 44 % (Global Healing Center)
In 1994, 1.2 million new cancer cases were added (Global Healing Center)
75 % of cancer cases happen to people over 55 (Global Healing Center)
During the 1990s, nearly 2 million women will have been diagnosed with breast cancer and 460,000 will have died (Global Healing Center)

18. 67,000 women died from Lung and Bronchus cancer in 2001 (Mortality Charts)

19. Problems
Insurance companies will stop covering you (American Cancer Society)
You can lose your job (American Cancer Society)
You lose your hair from the chemotherapy (American Cancer Society)
Fatigue (tiredness) (American Cancer Society)
Nausea and Vomiting (American Cancer Society)
Pain (American Cancer Society)

21. Work Cited
American Cancer Society. 28 January February 2010 <
Global Healing Center. February February 2010 <
Google Health. 18 February 2010 <
Mortality Charts. 25 February 2010 <
National Cancer Institue February 2010 <
Sparks, Nicholas. Nicholas Sparks Official Website. 20 February 2010 <