By: Lissa Price

Hannah Flannery Reading Miss Roche

Period 5May 11

Starters

http://www.lissaprice.com/

Lissa Price studied under Caroline Leavitt, Donald Maas, and Janet Fitch.

She has read at the Iowa Summer Workshop. She has lived in Japan and

India and now lives in Southern California with her husband and the

occasional deer. She has written Starters and is writing the sequel to it right now.

Lissa Price: Biography

Summary Starters is about a poor girl in a dystopian future where her

brother is sick and the only way to make money is to rent out her body to the body bank for three uses for people to trade bodies with her. Callie Woodlawn is a poor girl with a sick brother who she can not support. She has heard about a body bank that lets

older people use her body to do things they can not but it is risky and highly dangerous. She does not know what to do but ends up doing it. She leaves Michael, her potential boyfriend, in charge of Tyler, her brother, and goes to the body bank to sign a contract for

the first three rentals. The first two go by fantastically, but something wrong happened to the third rental and she is back in her body. She decides to go back to the body bank and see what happened. Then a voice in her head tells her to not go there. The voice’s name was Helena Winterhill. So she doesn’t go back to the body bank and meets a regular boy named Blake. They date for a little while and she meets his grandpa, the Senator. She finds out Helena wants to assassinate the senator in her body. Is Blake who she thinks he is? Do she kill the senator? Will her brother survive?

Characters

Main Characters:1. Callie- narrator of story, teenager, close to little brother, head

of family2. Blake- loving, kind, courteous, takes care of family3. The Old Man- runner of body bank, ruthless, cruel, kidnapper,

may be nice guy in next book but bad guy in this bookSupporting Characters:1. Michael- nice, strong, helps supports Callie2. The Senator- stubborn, bad in pressure, nice man

Plot Introduction:

- Meet Callie Woodlawn-Setting is dystopian future in California

Rising Action- She goes to the body bank- The third one goes bad- She hears Helena- She figures out the plan- She wants to find her brother- She meets the Old man

Climax- She tries to rip off his mask in an attempt to make sure he sets off the body bank

Falling Action- She finds Tyler - She finds Michael- learns the importance of humbleness

Plot (Continued)Conclusion

- She gets half of Helena’s estate- She goes to the beach- She hears the Old Man’s voice in her head telling her he is not the bad guy, but will soon see someone else is the bad guy- She hears her dad’s last message to her in her head

New Vocabulary1. FiligreeN, adj, v, anything very delicate or fanciful“He handed me the purse and then held up a beautiful antique bracelet,

filigree with blue, and matching earrings.” Pg. 1652. Renegade N, a person who deserts a party or cause for another“ I parked on the side street near Michael’s building and checked the area

for renegades.”3. InlaidAdj, set into the surface of something“On the desk was a flat, inlaid wooden box.” Pg. 854. QuirkyAdj, having or full of quirks“ A quirky smile formed on his lips.” Pg. 975. IntriguedV, to interest“ She tilted her head as if intrigued.”

Starring Actors:Callie Woodlawn played by Victoria Justice

Tyler Woodlawn played by Bradley Steven Perry

Starring Actors:Helena’s voice by Betty White

Michael played by Zac Efron

Soundtrack Tunes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_8ydghbGSg&ob=av2e

1. After talking to the Old Man and crying about Tyler being gone before she finds him in the ceiling.

Taken from Skyscraper Demi Lovato Track 1: “Skyscraper”

Soundtrack Tunes Cont.2. A scene where she visits Tyler and notices he is sicker.

“Stronger” by Kelly ClarksonWhat doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, stand a little taller doesn’t

mean I’m lonely when I’m alone.What doesn’t kill you makes a fighter, footsteps even lighter. Doesn’t

mean I’m over cause you’re gone.What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, stronger, just me, myself, and I.

RatingI give Starters a five out of five stars.

I loved this book because it was unlike any book I have ever read. It had great characters, great author, and a great idea for a book. It is my new favorite book. It had great character development and was very moving at times.