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Cadence tells the story that she wrote when she was eight years old, which is about three princesses.
She also gives away her possessions. She talks about her lost memories. Although her mom is telling her, but she can't remember it. Her cousin Taft calls just before she arrives to tell her that Cuddletown, one of the houses on the island, is haunted, and to ask if Cadence is a drug addict. Carrie Meets Penny and Cadence in the port town of Woods Hole, and they get on the boat to Beechwood. She sees the liars.

10 vocabs

1. embroidered : to sew a design on a piece of cloth
2. taxidermy : the skill, activity, or job of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of dead animals so that they look like they did when they were alive
3. bustle : to move or go in busy or hurried way
4. oblivious : not conscious or aware of someone or something
5. wrangling : to argue angrily with someone
6. villainous : very bad or evil
7. recuperate : to return to normal health or strength after being sick, injured, etc
8. ooze : to flow out slowly
9. liquefied : to cause to become liquid
10. vile : evil or immoral

Quiz Questions

Fact Questions
1. What is the name of the kid of Ed and Carrie?


2. How many buildings in Beechwood Island?


3. Which college did Harris go? When did he graduate?


4. What is Ed's job?


5. Who are "The Liars"? And who are the littles?


Thinking Questions
1. Do you think Cadence and her parents love each other?

2. What do you think would happen between Cadence and Gat? If Gat was in higher class?

3. Do you think the grandparents know their daughters are lying?

The Mysterious Family

The book We were Liars is a modern novel which is about a loyal family named "Sinclair". Sinclair family is old-money family, has very complicated story, and moves in the Beechwood Island every summer which is their private island. The story and the mysteries are starting in there. This interesting book was written by E. Lockhart whose real name is Emily Jenkins. She is an American writer of young-adult novels and adult fiction. According to my self research of this book, this book is very popular, so it has its own website which is all about this book, and has been on a lot of articles about the bestseller. I've read up to chapter 5 which is around 15 pages. They are not many pages, but there was so much information and many characters and relations to get.
Sinclair family, who has blond, tall, athletic, and beautiful features in their genes, has grandfather Harris who has a large business which helped him to build up such a honorable family who has more than enough fortune and expectations to inherit, and grandmother Tipper who has very high family pride about their family because she didn't seem to like Ed due to his non-Sinclair looking. And there are their three daughters Penny, Carrie, and Bess. Penny has a child Cadence, Carrie has two children Johnny and Will, and Bess has four children Mirren, Taft, and the little twin Liberty and Bonnie. Cadence is the main narrator in this book. She is eighteen years old and used to be an authentic looking Sinclair family member. She is telling the story of her family by using flashback.   There is a group called as "The Liars". It has members who are Cadence, Mirren, Johnny, and Gat. Johnny is bounce, effort, and snark, and Mirren is sugar, curiosity, and rain. Sinclair family has high self-esteem and identity, so they hate people who don't meet up their inherent characteristics.
The setting of the book is in present time. Also all the things are happening in Beechwood Island. By reading only five of short chapters, I could get Cadence and Gat are falling in love, and that love is going to make some troubles or leading to something unpleasant situation. Sinclair family has their own strict rules; they have to always smile even if there is unfavorable situation, even if there is hard struggling going on. "No one is criminal. No one is an addict. No one is a failure. No on is needy. No one is wrong." They are saying as if they are truly perfect family. Maybe in my opinion, their statements would be revealed as a false just like the title We were Liars, and the competition between three greedy daughters to get more heritage from their parents would ruin their family. As all the things that I know are less than one-twentieth, I am looking forward to get to know the mysteries in that family and the progress of the story as well as the ending.

Reaction

I think the ending of this book is not bad, but personally I would prefer happy ending. I didn't expect the happy ending though because the main atmosphere of this book naturally led me to predict that it would be such a sad ending; maybe Olivia dies or whatever. However, honestly this ending is not bad, or it is good. As we were expecting Lorenzo's personal growth, this ending was perfect because he accomplished it. Also, it could be interpreted as many ways, which is open-ended. Someone mentioned the comparison between 'Pobby and Dingan' and this book, and because of the ending, these books could be similar. Both book's girls are died and boys learn something.

Summary of Chapter 8,9

In Chapter 8, Lorenzo goes to Grandma’s hospital trying not to get caught by nurses. In hospital, there are many different patients. Room 103, he finally meets his Grandma. He tells her a story about cleaning robot K19 as she asked for it. At the end of the story, he comes up with another ending. Grandma likes the story, and he runs away from there.

In Chapter 9, Lorenzo tries to get back to his cellar without getting caught by anyone especially Silver Monkey. He is swishing his broom. As other people ,such as Mr. Caccia and Nihal, start to come down and chat with him, Lorenzo gets the chance. Eventually when he gets back to his cellar, Olivia is lying on his bed. She is dead. Lorenzo is shocked, and suddenly can’t do anything normally. However, she moves her arm. Lorenzo shakes her and picks her up off the bed. She begins to speak. She is alive. 

Haiku Poems

Hungry

I was so hungry
I needed something to eat
You gave me your love

Someday

I always know that
Someday, again, we will meet
We have to just wait

3 Thinking Questions

Why does Lorenzo want to be looked as a tough boy?

What would you do if Olivia asked you to stay longer?

Are you going to take her to the hospital or not?