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Introduction: Hey! my name is Tou and I go to to South Middle School in Eau-Claire Wisconsin. I am 11 and turing 12 in July. What I like to do out of school is hanging out with friends. My favorite food is KFC. My favorite TV show is Supernatural. Also my favorite game is Left 4 Dead. My family don't visit places often so we just stay home a lot. One of my future plan is to go to collage and have my wife and kids. Thank you for reading my information and I hope you like my story!

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My Life By: Tou Xiong I’m sleeping outside with no blankets and pillows outside New York. I am hungry and have no money. Tears run down my face like a rain that could not stop. I don’t know where my parents are but wherever they are, they are maybe, //just maybe//, looking down at me. I wish that I could go see my parents. But not all this happened last week. It started with me walking down the hallway out the school door. It was the last day of school and I was ready for summer. My parents are outside waiting for me. I stepped in the car like a superstar and then sensed something wrong is coming. I didn’t say anything because I thought my mind was playing with me. So I kept quiet. But I shouldn’t have. My parents were talking how good I did in school and where we’re going for vacation. My parents stop in the red light. Then it was green, so my parents drove…. Later on I woke up unconscious and in pain in the emergency room. I was more worried about my parents then myself. I lost a lot of blood; I had no idea where my parents are but I hope that I could see them. So I kept holding on. Holding on to this painful world with nothing but tears. I start to think who was the person that did this mess. In a couple of days I was still in pain and I asked when I could go see my parents. My doctor said “When you are fully healed.” So I waited and waited until my time was right. Finally when my leg was good enough to walk, my doctor said that there is something he has to tell me. “Sam I know you are a great son to your parents and you respect them too.” I was confused. “What do you mean doctor? Can I go see them now?” “Sam I’m sorry but…” tears ran down and he couldn’t finish the sentence. Then I knew what he meant. My eyes got watery and I asked “doctor, do you mean that my parents are dead?” “I’m really sorry Sam.” Tears ran down my face and asked, “Doctor, when did my parents die?” “Today.” I couldn’t hold the tears and pain. I started to think how will I live and where do I find food? I started to think that I should die with them but then I wondered, would my parents want me to die too? So this is why I am here in New York, outside in the streets with no blankets and a pillow. This is why I wish I could go see my parents but I can’t. So life’s goes on without anyone to help me and no one to feed me. I’m only eight and still have long ways to learn in school. I always get bullied in the streets where it is not really safe in New York. Did you know what happened? My parents drove the car and all of a sudden a driver was not looking and talking to the phone and didn’t see and then “BAM!” Someone who whiteness the crash called 911. I must thank the person. So now I’m starting to think that I have no other choice but to go where my parents are. Where ever they I hope I could go see them. “I’m sorry mom and dad but I can’t live like this. I can’t hold on anymore. So I went to sleep in coldness and sickness and never woke up again.

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1. Think of plot—is it original? (If an adaptation, is it creative or interesting to you?) What suggestions do you have for the author(s)?

2. Think about problems that the characters face. Are there complications that add enough suspense, tension, or interest? Is there a climax that satisfies you? Is the resolution satisfying? What could be added or changed?

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5. What areas of the story need the most improvement? What suggestions do you have for the author?