A Rip In Heaven!

That is the book that I'm reading right now. It's written by Jeanine Cummins and is a true story. It actually took place not to far from here! St. Louis, MO and in April of 1991. I started it yesterday afternoon and I'm already on page 158! It's such a good book, but it's all SO sad. Especially since I know this all actually happened. What's went on so far, in a nut shell, is that Tom Cummins, his parents, and his two sisters, Tink and Kathy come to St. Louis, Missouri from Washington D.C. They came to visit their grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Well, their two favorite cousins are Robin and Julie Kelly. The night before they head back to D.C., Tom sneaks out so Julie and Robin can pick him and take him to the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge where Julie has spray painted one of her peace poems on. While there, they run into 3 african-american men between the ages of 19-23 and a 15 year old white boy. The three men rob Julie, Robin, and Tom. Than the 15 year old boy takes Tom and watches him with a gun to his head, while the other 3 men gang rape his two cousins. After that is over they are all forced to jump 90 feet down into the Mississippi River. Tom survives and gets out of the water, but Julie and Robin were not so lucky. Now the cops are accusing him of raping and murdering his two cousins when really he did his best to save them. SO! This is obviously a really good book or atleast I think so. I am excited to see what else happens in the book, and to finish it.



I'm also excited to start the Shakespeare unit! I've wantd to read some of Romeo and Juliet for a while now, simply because it seems like there would be A LOT of beautiful quotes and stuff in it. Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!