So. Be By Sarah Week Summary

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Body I: I would like to tell you about the book called So.Be. It by Sarah Week. Since I read several books over the summer I got the chance to discover this book. The main character in this novel is a girl named Heidi who has a mother that has a mental disability. Bernadette (neighbor) found Heidi and her mother twelve years ago at her footsteps. One of the words that her mom was able to say is So.Be. It which is what they call Heidi’s mom. Another made-up word that So.Be.It says all the time is soof, and they do not know what that word means. One day she finds a film in her house and she develops it and discovers pictures of her mom during the time she was pregnant at a party in New York. Heidi makes it her mission to get there and find her father or anyone else who may know her mother, and that’s where the story unfolds.

Body II: The next topic that I would like to discuss is about the author. Sarah Weeks first marriage had ended in a divorce and that is why she writes about families dealing with a loss. Weeks has two sons and she used to get her inspiration from them. She also said that the Heidi’s character is not about
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In my option I would give this book a 10/10. The book was very interesting and Weeks just made you want to read every page. Since I have worked with special needs children I could understand So. Be. It point of view and the daily struggles they would have to face. I believe that the main character (Heidi) was an important role model in this book. The reason why is because she finds a way to get money from babysitting and she as an interest in studying which is why her neighbor would teach her vocabulary words. The author included that part in the book because her dad was an English professor and when he came back from work he would bring back a dictionary and her mother would read books to her as well as taking her and her siblings to the library when ever she

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