Jared Ramos           "Wonderstruck'' Selznick Brian,    Summer Reading Response          

          In the book "Wonderstruck'' the main character Ben, has many issues during the book. Ben is a kid who is more mature for his age, he could help himself he knows how to get places were other kids his age don't. The major issue that Ben is dealing with is, his mother died and his aunt and uncle are taking care of him, but after the passing of his mother he searches around his mom's house and finds a book with a name on it.

             He found a book called "Wonderstruck" and the name on it was the name of his father and the address to were he lives. So Ben Is thinking that his dad could still be there. Ben went to were his dad used to live and asked the person in the building if his father lived there and Ben was so excited to see his farther in after many years, and she says he doesn't live here any more so Ben went outside sat down put his hands cupping his face and cried. If I was in the position that he was in I would've done the same thing because, if I went a long way to find my father after my mother died I would be depressed to.

           

            This occurred in the middle and toward the ending when he found his grandmother instead of his father. Ben was in a museum and his grandmother's son worked there and recognized him and followed him to see what Ben was looking for.  And then noticed that he was looking for his father and then his grandmother appeared and he remembered right away that he saw her at the front of the museum and she hugged him and said "long time no see", Ben was puzzled and had a flash back to when he was little. And he knew that it was his grandmother. After talking for a while Ben asked do you know were, my dad is and she brought him to his art works and they were amazed with the replica of New York City, the buildings and everything. And she told him after he finished this replica he past. And Ben was sad but at least he still had close family members.

            Ben has many issues during the course of the whole book, these issues that he had faced worked them selves out, and he had to face some of them that really hurt him in the inside even though he didn't show it, at times. Many kids go through what Ben went through and had similar problems through out there lives.