Small Steps Theme

1. Love: Armpit and Kaira are dating.
2. Friendship: Ginny and Armpit are very good freind.
3. Frustration: When Kaira threw coffee on Armpit.

Book Review

Small Steps

By: Louis Sachar

Reviewed by: Jack Talner

Rating:***** (out of 5)

When Theodore (the main character from holes) went to Camp Green Lake he thought his life was over but he was wrong! In the new novel Armpit/Theodore is trying to regain his life after Camp Green Lake. His friend X ray, also from Camp Green Lake, has an idea to make a lot of money, by scalping tickets for a concert. There is a band that Theodore is scalping on that he takes a girl to see and meets the singer to the band in an unusual kind of way. Soon after they meet they both began to change. Will Theodore be able to help the singer named Kaira Deleon?

I enjoyed the book because I like music and action. That is what the book is mainly about. Kaira is a music star. There are a lot of conflicts which can solve a fight. And also there is a fight between El Genius (Kaira's father) tried to kill Kaira by beating her to death.

I would recommend this book to anyone 10 through 16 because there is a little bad words and violence. Also it would probably be pretty hard for little kids to understand what is going on.

Singing

I would definitely would not want to be a singer like Kaira because I don't have guts like her and I don't think I have a good voice. Also I would not like to have El genius in my life because he was trying to kill Kaira because he is a evil twisted man.

Police Station

At the police station they had X ray as a suspect and Armpit was very worried and he tried not to show it. So he made sure that X ray was not going to go to jail. So he said that he was not the guy sold the tickets.

Song lyrics

save me Armpit, I am a damsel in distress.

This means she wants or needs Armpit. And later on in the story she meets Armpit and they become very very good friends. And they go on tour with each other to San Francisco. Then.......

Questions for Kaira DeLeon

1 Do you want to go on a second date with Theodore?

2 Your dad fired Cotton because he said to do the encore. Do you think he fired him because he was your friend?

3 Would you have kissed Theodore if Fred wasn't there?

4 If you could fire anyone who would you fire? why?

5 Who is your best friend in your band?

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I voted for Ginny because I feel bad for her. And I think she is pretty cool.