Summary Of The Secret Keepers By Trenton Lee Stewart
The independent reading book that I am currently reading is called, “The Secret Keepers” by Trenton Lee Stewart. This book is in my opinion directly related to people today in the U.S. who are poor. For example an article from BBC News talks about unemployment and poverty. The book “The Secret Keepers” is about a boy named Reuben who is poor in a place where certain people have unlimited power, and are not messed with. He finds an important artifact and goes on an adventure. This article from BBC talks all about the people in the U.S. who are still poor. Here are several small quotes that indicate Reuben is poor, “He cleaned up their tiny kitchen,(Pg 3 Stewart)” along with, “So far no thieves had reached up there to see what they might find.
Not that the wallet contained much, but for Reuben ‘Not much’ was still everything he had,(Pg 4)” and also “Reuben lived in the city of New Umbra, a metropolis that was nonetheless as gloomy and run-down as a city could be.(Pg 4)” All three of these quotes, such as how his home or kitchen is small, the city he lives in is gloomy, and that his wallet doesn’t contain much all mean he is poor. This BBC news article gives the information that 41 million people, or 13% of the population lives in poverty. 18% of that 13% is children living in poverty. This shows that the book is showing in someway a truth. People, and kids of today do live in poverty. When the math is done over 7,380,000 children are living in poverty today. As Reuben is poor he would be included in these results. As the book “The Secret Keepers” is all about heroism and adventures I think that it has a good reason for including the detail that Reuben is poor. This article makes me realize that poverty is a real issue, and that the book “The Secret Keepers” is trying to help people. It gives people motivation. As the main character will most likely have a good ending it sends the message to the reader that they can do the same in some way, shape, or form.
Not that the wallet contained much, but for Reuben ‘Not much’ was still everything he had,(Pg 4)” and also “Reuben lived in the city of New Umbra, a metropolis that was nonetheless as gloomy and run-down as a city could be.(Pg 4)” All three of these quotes, such as how his home or kitchen is small, the city he lives in is gloomy, and that his wallet doesn’t contain much all mean he is poor. This BBC news article gives the information that 41 million people, or 13% of the population lives in poverty. 18% of that 13% is children living in poverty. This shows that the book is showing in someway a truth. People, and kids of today do live in poverty. When the math is done over 7,380,000 children are living in poverty today. As Reuben is poor he would be included in these results. As the book “The Secret Keepers” is all about heroism and adventures I think that it has a good reason for including the detail that Reuben is poor. This article makes me realize that poverty is a real issue, and that the book “The Secret Keepers” is trying to help people. It gives people motivation. As the main character will most likely have a good ending it sends the message to the reader that they can do the same in some way, shape, or form.