The Candymakers
The Candymakers Isabella Cooley 3/23/12 4th hour
In the novel The Candymakers by Wendy Mass, Logan, Miles, Daisy, and Philip are competing to make the world’s best candy. Logan is the son of the man who owns the candy factory Life is Sweet. When the annual competition comes to see which twelve year old can make the best candy, Logan enters along with 31 other kids but only three others practice at Life is Sweet. Daisy, Miles, and Philip all come eager to make candy, but each is hiding a secret. Which one will become the supreme candymaker? The thematic statement I chose was “It is better to try something and fail than to never have tried at all.” My evidence is that Logan made a delicious candy, but it didn’t do what he wanted. He didn’t win, but he knew that his dad was proud of him because he tried, and he was proud of himself. In the story, Miles has a burden. He doesn’t know how to express what he’s going through. One day at the lake, he saw a bee follow this girl into the water. No one else saw her, just Miles. He tried explaining it to people, but they never really believed him. He always felt like that girl was watching him, telling him what to do. Daisy tells a story one night about how she practiced with her parents at the lake to see how long she could swim under water. Miles is relieved that she is okay, but mad that she never told anyone. On page 352, Miles says, “I was on the boat. The one Daisy swam under. Only I didn’t see her. All this time I thought the girl-I mean Daisy-had drowned and I hadn’t been able to save her.” That statement helped me understand how he felt and how he thought she was dead. When Daisy tells Miles about the boat, he is shocked, but he was wondering why she did it. So, of course she tells him why. She tells him that she’s a spy trying to get a secret ingredient for her client. But there is more. She’s thirteen, not twelve. So
In the novel The Candymakers by Wendy Mass, Logan, Miles, Daisy, and Philip are competing to make the world’s best candy. Logan is the son of the man who owns the candy factory Life is Sweet. When the annual competition comes to see which twelve year old can make the best candy, Logan enters along with 31 other kids but only three others practice at Life is Sweet. Daisy, Miles, and Philip all come eager to make candy, but each is hiding a secret. Which one will become the supreme candymaker? The thematic statement I chose was “It is better to try something and fail than to never have tried at all.” My evidence is that Logan made a delicious candy, but it didn’t do what he wanted. He didn’t win, but he knew that his dad was proud of him because he tried, and he was proud of himself. In the story, Miles has a burden. He doesn’t know how to express what he’s going through. One day at the lake, he saw a bee follow this girl into the water. No one else saw her, just Miles. He tried explaining it to people, but they never really believed him. He always felt like that girl was watching him, telling him what to do. Daisy tells a story one night about how she practiced with her parents at the lake to see how long she could swim under water. Miles is relieved that she is okay, but mad that she never told anyone. On page 352, Miles says, “I was on the boat. The one Daisy swam under. Only I didn’t see her. All this time I thought the girl-I mean Daisy-had drowned and I hadn’t been able to save her.” That statement helped me understand how he felt and how he thought she was dead. When Daisy tells Miles about the boat, he is shocked, but he was wondering why she did it. So, of course she tells him why. She tells him that she’s a spy trying to get a secret ingredient for her client. But there is more. She’s thirteen, not twelve. So