Background Information Helps Us Learn More About The Story

Currently I am reading the book Peeled by Joan Bauer. They story is about a girl named Hildy who is a young reporter trying to show her ability to becoming a journalist. She wants to write a captivating article on a big story but the only big story in her town is about a ghost! Hildy is very hesitant to write about the topic because she can't prove anything. A strong article and true facts are very important to Hildy because not only does she want to prove that she can be a journalist but to please and make her late dad proud. Her dad was a journalist and she wants to follow in his foot steps. I'm not that far into the book but I think I found a conflict that's going to set back the main character from her goal. Is Hildy going to let go of what she has been working hard for to make a false article that will get peoples attention or will she stick to her work  and tell people the truth.

The author uses a lot of background information in this book. Lots of the conflicts are based off information about the characters. For example Hildy is really hesitant to write about the big story even if it might make her dream come true because when the author introduce the background of her and her dads relationship you got a sense of her conflict. An example is when people urged Hildy to write about the ghost with unproved facts she decided not to because her dad always told her not to write something she couldn't prove. Another example of the author taking background information to add to the conflict is the story about a little girl from the town who was hit by a bike. This is an important piece of information because they say how things like that never happened in their sweet town. They also connect this on how since that accident lots of weird things have been happening. I have heard about this nugget of information a lot and probably will hear more about it.

I think the background information the author is giving is going to be very useful to the mystery but also to us. I think this because we are going to understand why characters do certain things and how they are going to fix things. I also think it is going to reveal more about the characters especially Hildy because throughout the book we are going to find out alot about how her father influenced her and her decisions. As well as what she is going to do to get peoples attention. And whats going to hold her back.