Summary

This book is about a boy named Huck. Huck faces a series of issues throughout this story. His father passing away was one that affected him the most. But before his father passed, Huck's math teacher, Abbott, stole Huck's father's watch that he won at a poker tournament which meant so much to Huck, his mother and father. After his father passed Huck sets out to win his father's watch back, but while doing so he also tries to get the girl of his dreams, Audra. Audra doesn't really understand Huck's goal but still supports him through it all.

       After a while Huck finally plays against Abbott in the poker tournament in which you win the watch. When playing Abbott Huck overcomes him in the match and finally wins against him from Abbott forfeiting. Huck then walks out of the gym where the tournament to his victorious cheers from his friend, Chassidy, and Audra. When his mom finds out his victory she becomes insanely happy. The ending is when Huck confronts Abbott and the entire class of Abbotts comes into class at the end of the school year and sits there staring at Abbott while Abbott becomes angry at everyone.

Mood: 2-21-17

      In this story the author has an intense vibe that gets passed on to the reader. Like when Huck and Abbott are going at it in the poker tournament against each other and it describes in such great detail on how Huck's emotions during this tournament is. Or when Stani pulls the gun on the poker players in the elevator a bit earlier on in the novel. The story just sends off multiple emotions throughout the story but these few chapters that I just completed reading really sent off an intense feeling or vibe. It really made the novel more enjoyable.

2•15•17

         This story, "The hand you're dealt" by Paul Volponi, brings multiple emotions into mind when reading it. Like, for one, an intense feeling when Huck is playing Abbott in poker. And also it makes you feel this feeling where you feel sorry, like a feeling of pity, when Huck describes his feelings towards Abbott and how his father passed away. The story also makes me feel anger at times when Huck describes how Abbott stole his father's watch when he had been in such harsh conditions in a hospital bed.

Blog post 2.07.17

   I am currently in the middle of chapter six in my novel, "The Hand You're Dealt" by Paul Volponi. Some new characters that have recently been introduced in this book is Rooster, And Audra. Rooster was mentioned in the prologue of the story but they didn't really discuss who he was until about chapter four or five. Rooster I don't believe plays a very big part in this story but he is a character that is mentioned frequently. He is the mechanic of Caldwell and is described as "cut up" with tattoos. Audra is the girl Huck likes, and she is also frequently mentioned. On another note, the book goes back a couple of months in Huck's life to a parent teacher conference they had, and it describes the scene of when Huck's mom went into Mr. Abbott's class and started screaming at him and sarcastically asking him to check the time on his watch because he stole Huck's father's watch when Huck's father was unconscious in a hospital bed.

Foreshadowing

     I am in the middle of chapter three in my book, "The Hand You're Dealt" by Paul Volponi, and what has previously happen in this chapter is Huck got to join the poker tournament, against his mom's will, by speaking with Father Dineros to get him a spot in the poker tournament. He saves up money from working at White Castle and uses that money to play in the poker tournament, to avenge his father's watch. What I think will happen later on in this chapter is Huck is going to make it to the "championship" finals and will go up against Abbott for the watch, but since it is still early on in the book I think that there might be some kind of issue that will occur to keep Huck from getting the watch. Like maybe Abbott will run off with the watch or Huck will lose to Abbott.

Exposition

       I just finished the rest of the first chapter of my book, "The Hand You're Dealt" by Paul Volponi, which explains how Mr. Abbott stole the silver watch that Huck's father won from a poker tournament. It explains how Huck's father was cutting a mans hair and he just fell over passed out. It also describes the scene in which Huck's mother would put the watch on Huck's father who was unconscious on the bed of the hospital with a dozen machines keeping him alive. Then it says that Mr. Abbot walked into the hospital room after hearing of the incident of Huck's father after winning a poker tournament. And what happens after someone wins a poker tournament, they get handed down the silver watch from the church that hosts the tournaments. So after Huck and his mother leave the hospital, Mr. Abbott comes in and snatches the watch from Huck's father's wrist and leaves. That is how Mr. Abbott stole the silver watch.

Information on my book

       The novel I'm reading is called "The Hand You're dealt" by Paul Volponi. In the beginning of this book it describes a scene of a guy called Stani robbing Huck (main character), Abbot, Rooster, Jaws, and Buddha. So far where I'm at in the book, it doesn't really give detail on Rooster, Jaws, Stani, or Buddha, but it does give detail on Huck's father's death and the passion Huck and his father had for poker. It also gives some detail on Abbot which is a person who stole a watch that Huck's father won from a poker tournament and after his fathers death, and Huck seeks out to win his father's watch back from playing Abbot in a poker tournament, I believe.