The Mark: If you had the power to see death, would you wish it away?

In the book, The  Mark, Cassie is the main character. She has a special talent (or curse) of seeing people with a mark and knowing they are going to die. She has just landed in Bering Kansas, meeting her Aunt Drea for the first time ever. Neither of them are excited to be meeting under such circumstances, but they have to make the best of it. Drea works all the time, leaving Cassie alone for long periods of time; she doesnt mind, though. It's almost like Drea doesn't even exist.

"Yea," Drea said. "It's my guest room, but I'm not expecting anyone... well, anyone else... this summer." She slung my suitcase, the smaller one that she'd rolled in, onto the bed before turning back to me. "You know, Cassie, I work alot. Nights, weekends. I travel, sometimes on short notice. My job is very demanding. You're welcome to stay here, but don't expect much from me. I won't be taking you to the mall or movies or... whatever it is, you know, kids like you like to do. You'll be pretty much on your own."--- It's obvious that Drea has no clue what she's doing. She doesn't have the slightest clue what it takes to take care of a child who needs it.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

10 pretty cool facts about me

1. I'm extremely ticklish
2. I love to play video games.
3. When I was a little girl, I thought Dandilions were actually lions. So everytime people said, "look! A dandilion!" I would look for a lion.
4. I watched lion king every night for 2 years straight, starting in the 1st grade.
5. When I was in the 2nd grade I read all the Harry Potter books that were out at the time.
6. My sister told me she would give me a dollar if I swallowed a whole pack of wassabi sauce. She didnt, and I cried.
7. I always laugh, and smile. Even when I'm angry or sad. I don't know why, but I just have to.
8. I have a best friend back In Belton, Leasa Mauree Lockard. We've been best friends since preschool.
9. I write poetry.
10. I play piano, and I'm currently learning to play guitar.


Random extra fact for you guys: I love Pokemon.

The Mark

 My book is a bout a girl named Cassie who's parents died when she was four years old. She doesn't remember them, and she has been living with her grandma, Nan, ever since. ever since cassie was five years old she has seen people who are going to die; she sees a light glow around the outline of their body, and they always die hours later. Nan is the only one who knows, though. not even her best friends, Tasha, knows. One day during school, Cassie is called to the office and told that Nan is in the hospital. When Cassie gets there, she is frightened to see that Nan has the glow around her body. Hours later, Nan dies of a stroke and Cassie is sent to live with an Aunt that she didnt even know existed.

"As soom as I woke up, I knew she was gone. I could feel the cold in her hand. My face was wet before I even raised it from the bed where it had fallen. She was calm, her face serene and pale and statuesque in a way that made it clear that Nan, my vibrant, strong, loving, solid Nan, was gone. And so too was the light." This passage speaks to me because there is just so much emotion in every word that Cassie is speaking; you don't have to hear her saying it, to know. You just have to read it and you can feel all the grief.