we beat the streets #1

Comments
-The 1st section of this book was about Sampson Davis at age 6.
-When they introduced Sampson's big brother i thought he was like 18 but then i found out he was 10.
-When they were talking about drug deals & muggings,when they said it was ususual i was suprised because when i was 6 i didnt know what those were.
-i thought it was AWESOME when they mentioned the Beth Israel Hospital because i was born there.
-i thought it was funny how Andre got beat 4 what Sampson did & sampson got the spot light.
Questions
-where's Sampson's dad?
-how can Andre get disgusted with how the park looked when he spits & throws crash on his street?
-did they go 2 the Beth Israel Hospital in boston?
-How long did Sampson keep the cast on?
Vocab
-slats-a long thin narrow wood or metal
-slab-a thick solid piece of anything, like stone
-riveted-a metal pin for passing in one or more wholes, for holding them together.
Literary terms
-imagery- i could picture sampsons foot all bloody & crippled
-imagery- i could picture andre yelling at sampson 4 not being able to hold the stone but it took andre and his 3 friends just to do it after him
overall statement
-this was about Samspon Davis when he was 6 yearas opld and how he brfokke his foot when he was following his brother and his freinds and when he went to the doctors he was fascinated with the utensils and thats where his inspiration to be a doctor came from.