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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.

The antagonist of this book is the evil spy organization SPYDER. SPYDER is a secret spy organization that puts bombs everywhere in the city and Ben, the main character is going to stop them. They want to destroy the city while trying to get the main character Ben and his friends in the good spy organization captured.

My character is a dynamic character. I know this because in the book a boy named Ben was met with an FBI agent and asked to be a spy which is a very big change from a 12 year old boy to a spy working for the government. When Ben goes and faces many challenges instead of backing away he fights or gets them out of the way. Every time there is a problem he changes. Ben is a person who will never back down to a problem.

The conflict of my story is character vs. society. The story started with a boy named Ben that got into the CIA for spy training and he is going to a place that is school for spies. He is going to train and get ready for what he is going to face in the community of the outside world. He will be facing lots of challenges that involve civilians and people.

PREDICTION: Based on how hard Ben's ninja school is, I predict he will be a great spy ninja when he graduates from ninja school. Ben is working hard and trying to not get bad grades so he doesn't get kicked out of school.

"Point of View" My point of view is 1st person. An example from the book on page 2 is, "I didn't doubt he was a spy for a second." Since there was an "I" in the sentence you could already tell that this book is narrated by "First person".

The main character is Ben Ripley, a 12-year-old boy with a talent for math who is recruited into the CIA for reasons that Ben does not know about. An example from the book is ""Hello, Ben," said the man in my living room. "My name is Alexander Hale. I work for the CIA" And just like that, my life became interesting." (p.1) I could already tell that from my reading, the book has only been talking about Ben.

SETTING: My book has a jungle/ ADVENTURE setting. The family always leaves when the sun is up. On the dark night some families found abandoned warehouses along the road and it was mysterious with the fog. They decide not to go in. That was an example from the book.

ACTION/ADVENTURE is my genre for this book that I am reading. I know this because when I read my book I can tell it is talking about the future and how it's setting is in a jungle. Which means that it is fiction, and its adventures. This family is a great family but always splits apart when in danger.

Teddy is a character in the book who has a fear of homework but he is a good kid and he really likes teddy bears. Teddy's family goes on a vacation which leads them to an abandoned warehouse. They find something that they were not suppose to find.