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Ellen Hopkins wrote Burned in april 2006. Burned is about Pattyn Scarlet Von Stratten. She is a 17 year old girl from a mormon household. Her father is an acoholic who beats her mother. Her mother believes her duty is to bear as manny children as possible especially a boy to carry on the family name. But Pattryns mother only conceived girls, named after famous generals. Georgia (George Patton), Roberta (Robert E. Lee), Davie (Jefferson Davies), Teddie (Theodore Roosevelt), Ulyssa (Ulysses S. Grant), Jakie (Jack Pershing), and Pattryn (George Patton). Pattryn begins to question her role in life because she is unable to take the strees at home. SHe starts eperimenting with daiting behind her parents back. One day she is caught in the desert by her drunk father. Derek her boyfriend leaves her for another girl. Pattryn punches her in the face in rage. As a punishment her father send her away to live with her Aunt Jeanette in eastern Navada because her mom is expecting a son and she doesn't need to handle the stress Pattryn creates. Pattryn goes to stay at Her Aunt J's house for the summer. She finds love frome her Aunt and a boy named Ethan. He studies at UC Davis. Ethans father Kevin, was once Aunt J's high school sweetheart but after he received a threat from Aunt J's brother (pattryn's father) for not being Mormon. Aunt J and Kevin were forced to separate. during the time Pattryn Lives with her aunt, she learns how to love and how to be self-confident. She find that there is more to life that just religion. Pattryn is led to believe in God the way her aunt believein him. Aunt J explains to her that you do not need a mormon husban to meet you at heavens gates and pull you in, and believes that true and forever love heavan's gates will open wide. Ethan becomes a dream come true to Pattryn. LOveing her even though she doesn't believe that she is beautiful.. Ethan teaches Pattryn the true meaning of love. At the end of summer Pattryn returns home to her family only to lear that her father beats her yonger sisters as well as her mom. SHe also discovers that she is pregnant with Ethan's baby. When she calls Ethan to tel him the news 2 jealous girls overheard her convo. ONe of them is Derek's girlfriend. They tell everyone and the word gets back to her mom. Pattryn denies it. Ettempting to escape her father Pattryn and Ethan take off for California. They are unaware that Trevor (A perfict mormon child) who love Pattryn has wrote down the cars licecse plate number. When her father finds out he called Highway patrolman friend to trackthem down. They were on an icey road and Ethan speeds up in attempt to lose the petrolman. He loses control of the car and crashes. Pattryn wakes up in the hospital to find out that both Ethan and her baby are dead. Her father disowns her unable to bear the recent events.
By: Ellen Hopkins
hpeacock added this comment 2009-06-19 15:09:30-05:00
wow, sounds intense.... I want to read it!!!
sky157 added this comment 2010-03-07 12:20:03-06:00
I thing Tricks is the best but i L♥v burned
cweaver added this comment 2009-06-26 12:51:00-05:00
Crank is the best!
hpeacock added this comment 2009-06-19 15:09:30-05:00
wow, sounds intense.... I want to read it!!!
sky157 added this comment 2010-03-07 12:20:03-06:00
I thing Tricks is the best but i L♥v burned
cweaver added this comment 2009-06-26 12:51:00-05:00
Crank is the best!