1. BY:KELLY,TRANIYA,LATASHA,BRIANNA, MARIAH

2.  THE GENRE IS REALISTIC-FICTION BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT DEATH AND IT IS BASED ON A REAL STATE “NORTH CAROLINA ”  Realistic fiction books have plots,characters,and settings that could be found in real life and are not real.

3.  THE AUTHER IS TELLING THE STORY.IT IS THE THIRD PERSON OF VIEW BECAUSE SHE IS EXPLAING WHAT IS HAPPINING IN THE STORY. The author is saying each characters name.

4.  IN THE BEGINNING HER FATHER DIED.  HE WAS BORN APRIL 3,1863 DIED APRIL 13,1900  IN THE MIDDLE –HER MOTHER GOT MARRIED AND HAD A BABY  MANDIE WANTS TO LIVE WITH HER UNCLE NED MANDIE WENT TO LIVE WITH HER UNCLE JOHN BUT, HE DIED IN EUORPE. HE HAS A WILL SO WHAT EVER MANDIES FATHER WAS GETTING IS HERS.

5.  Mandie-in the beginning she was happy because her father was alive and she loved him so much  Mandie- in the middle she was sad and mad because her father died and she was surprised that her grandmom was an indian  MANDIE-in the end she tried to get away from the Bryson family and now she lives in her uncle’s mansion with all of the servants

6.  A TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY STORY FROM THE BACK WOODS OF NORTH CAROLINA.  THEY WERE ALSO AT CHURCH A LOT BECAUSE THAT’S WHEN HER FATHER DIED  THEY LIVED IN A CABIN  Mandie lived in a mansion  Mandie stayed with the brysons for a few weeks

7.  TREMBLING-”MANDIE,TREMBLIING WITH COLD AND EMOTION,COULDN’T STOP SHAKING ENOUGH TO RISE FROM HER KNEES, SO HER MOTHER GRABBED HER ARM AND PULLED HER UP AND AWAY FROM HER FATHERS GRAVE”. SHAKE BECAUSE OF FEAR EXCITEMENT WEAKNESS COLD OR LIKE IT MEANS SCARED COLD

8.  CHEERIOKE-  TYPE OF INDIAN  “UNCLE NED, THE OLD CHEERIOKE INDIAN,CAME OFTEN TO THE SHAWS’ NEIGHBORHOOD.”  ASSURED-”BUT I’LL BE AROUND TO HELL IN THE MEANTIME,” HE SAID.  TELL POSITIVELY  TELL STRONGLY

9.  PAPOOSE-A NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN BABY  IT MEANS NIECE IN INDIAN  “MY PAPOOSE!”  BLINDING-BRIGHT IN THE EYES  “THROUGH HER BLINDING TEARS SHE CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF UNCLE NED STANDING AT THE EDGE OF THE WOODS”  NOT ABLE TO SEE CLEARY

10.  EAGERLY/EAGER -IT MEANS FAST AND QUICK  SHORE,IREWNE, THE BOY ANSWERED EAGERLY  WANTING VERY MUCH  RECEIVED-MANDIE FREQUENTLY RECEIVED NOTES  GAVE TO FOR YOU  TAKE ; BE GIVEN  EMPHATIC-HIS VOICE GREW LOUDER AND MORE EMPHATIC  IT MEANS LOUDER  SAID OR DONE WITH FORCE

11.  WEEPING-” HE FOLLOWED HER AS SHE RACED UP THE MOUNTAIN ROAD TO THE CEMETERY WHERE HER FATHER WAS BURIED AND FELL ON HER KNEES BESIDE HIS GRAVE, WEEPING UNCONTROLLABLY”  CRYING  CRY;SHED TEARS  STUMBLING-” SHE HURRIED,STUMBLING OVER THE ROUGH ROCKS,BECAUSE SHE KNEW HER MOTHER WOULD BE LOOKING FOR HER”.  SLIP OR TRIP BY STRIKING THE FOOT AGAINST SOMETHING.

12. HOE-GARDEN TOOL TOOL WITH A THIN BLADE SET ACROSS THE END OF A LONG HANDLE “SHE HAD TO HELP HOE THE CORN AND BRING IN THE COWS”.

13.  DEATH-THE END OF A LIFE OF A PERSON OR ORGANISM  OLD ENGLISH-DEATH  DUTCH-DOOD  GERMAN-TOD  ENGLISH-DIE  THE PERMANENT ENDING OF A VITAL PROCESSES IN A CELL OR TISSUE

14.  MARRIAGE-THE FORMAL UNION IF A MAN AND WOMAN TYPICALLY RECOGNIZED BY LAW BY WHICH THEY BECOME HUSBAND AND WIFE

15.  DEATH-WE HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAVE DIED.WE SOMETIMES FEEL THE PAIN THAT MANDIE IS GOING THROUGH.IT IS REALLY HARD WHEN SOME ONE THAT YOU LOVE SO MUCH AND THEN NOT SEE THEM ANY MORE.IT IS ALSO SAD BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU DID WITH THAT PERSON AND NOW YOU CANT DO IT ANY MORE.

16.  MARRIAGE- MOST PEOPLE GO TO AT LEAST 2 WEDDINGS EACH YEAR.A WEDDING IS WHERE 2 PEOPLE ADJOIN THEIR LIVES TOGETHER.

17.  MANDIE FATHER DIED AND SOME PEOPLE IN THE WORLD DIED SO THEY KNOW HOW IT FEELS.  MANDIE WAS TREATED LIKE JUNK,AND HER STEP MOTHER WAS ALWAYS BEING MEAN TO HER, SOME PEOPLE WERE TREATED LIKE MANDIE WAS.  MANDIE STEPMOTHER GOT MARRIED TO A DIFFERENT MAN AFTER MANDIE’S FATHER DIED,LIKE BRIANNA’S GRANDMA MARRIED BRIANNA’S UNCLE, BUT NOW SHE IS DEAD. SO NOW HER UNCLE IS WITH SOMEONE ELSE.  MANDIE FATHER DIED AND SOME PEOPLE IN THE WORLD DIED SO THEY KNOW HOW IT FEELS.  MANDIE WAS TREATED LIKE JUNK,AND HER STEP MOTHER WAS ALWAYS BEING MEAN TO HER, SOME PEOPLE WERE TREATED LIKE MANDIE WAS.  MANDIE STEPMOTHER GOT MARRIED TO A DIFFERENT MAN AFTER MANDIE’S FATHER DIED,LIKE BRIANNA’S GRANDMA MARRIED BRIANNA’S UNCLE, BUT NOW SHE IS DEAD. SO NOW HER UNCLE IS WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

18.  HOW CAN IT HELP OR HURT?  IT HURT MANDIE BECAUSE HER FATHER DIED AND SHE DID NOT WANT HIM TO GO.  MANDIE WAS HURT BECAUSE HER STEPMOTHER SLAPED HER AND WOOPED HER WITH A HICURY  IT HURT MANDIE BECAUSE HER STEPMOTHER GOT MARRIED TO ANOTHER MAN A FEW WEEKS LATER,AFTER HER FATHER DIED AND SHE WANTED TO LIVE WITH HER UNCLE NED.  HOW CAN IT HELP OR HURT?  IT HURT MANDIE BECAUSE HER FATHER DIED AND SHE DID NOT WANT HIM TO GO.  MANDIE WAS HURT BECAUSE HER STEPMOTHER SLAPED HER AND WOOPED HER WITH A HICURY  IT HURT MANDIE BECAUSE HER STEPMOTHER GOT MARRIED TO ANOTHER MAN A FEW WEEKS LATER,AFTER HER FATHER DIED AND SHE WANTED TO LIVE WITH HER UNCLE NED.

19. KELLY,TRANIYA,LATASHA,MARIAH,BRIANNA ALOIS GLADYS LEPPARB MANDIE AND THE SECRET TUNNEL