Status Updates From Quest in Yosemite National ...

Visualize: When the book talked about how the fire in Yosemite National Park started and how this family started choking on the thick smoke and having children with them made the children not being able to breath. There is the quote from the book that made me feel that way which is "The wind shifted hard which pushed the fire and smoke south right toward the family. They started to panic and started choking and ran.

TEXT to SELF: This book reminds me of when I went to Yosemite for a trip and stayed there for about 4 days. The book talks about 3 kids going on a trip for a treasure hunt. And what I remember I went with my mom and dad so that is exactly 3 people just like the book. Other similarities I can make is that they visited every single popular place in Yosemite and We did that too, hiking along some trails and waterfalls.

Characterization: The author reveals a character named Wes by making him really funny in the beginning of the book and then when we get to around pg40 we can see how Wes uses his intelligent mind to solve riddles and puzzles throughout the book. We can see that the author revealed Wes's characteristics by first making him the class clown of the whole group, then making him the most intelligent one in the whole book.