Phoenix Rising – Karen Hesse
Vocabulary
Pg.3 – Gauze
Pg.5 – Fawn
Pg.6 – Ewe
Pg.12 – Splintery
Pg.12 – Evacuees
Pg.14 – Radiation
Pg.15 – Surveillance
Pg.21 – Weave
Pg.23 – Big shot
Pg.43 – Fedora
Pg.44 – Radioactive
Pg.45 – Holocaust
Pg.55 – Elastic
Pg.60 – Grub
Pg.72 – Decent
Pg.83 – Purist
Pg.87 – Furious
Pg.108 - Looter
Pg.109 – Bleat
Pg.111- Hobbled
Pg.118 - Twitching
Pg.125 – Vermin
Pg.129 – Molasses
Pg.153 – Seedy
Pg.159 – Deciphering
Pg.163 – Thaw
Pg.176 – Leukemia
Character Traits
Pg.4 – Tyrus, Ripley’s dog, run away every chance
Pg.4 – Muncie, girl with short, bowed legs.
Pg.5 – Ripley, boy who always yell and huge, and 15 years old
Pg.5 – Nyle is a girl who raises sheep
Pg.6 – Caleb, dog of Nyle, Border collie, herding dog, low and fast, silky black and white
Pg.6 – Red Jackson, town officer
Pg. 7~8 – Nyle is over haste, Muncie knows how to calm down
Pg.9 – Muncie live up the hill, rented house
Pg.14 – Bayley, dog (guess)
Pg.15 – Grandmother, round face, wrinkled as walnut
Pg.18 – Negative, Thinks Ezra is going to die
Pg.28 – Muncie is very skeptical
Pg.35 – Nyle is a careful girl. Care about her voice because Ezra is sick
Pg.43 – Ripley is a character with mean characteristic, “Boston was too crowded, anyway.”
Pg.44 – Nyle is a nice girl, Think about Mrs. Trent and Ezra even though she said she doesn’t want them to
stay in the house
Pg.48 – Nyle starts to like Ezra better and care about Ezra
Pg.52 – Gran is strict with things Nyle has to do
Pg.60 – Ezra is scared of outside because of the nuclear fallout
Pg.61 – Ezra likes Nyle and Thankful to Nyle because when he was sick, Nyle’s voice woke him up
Pg.64 – Nyle hates father
Pg.66 – Nyle and Gran likes the sheep and routine
Pg.74 – Muncie is very active girl
Pg.83 – Ezra is scared of outside
Pg.88 – Ezra wants to live desperately
Pg.97 – Nyle hates Oatmeal
Pg.99 – Gran is bad at cooking
Pg.113 – Ezra is a hard-worker
Pg.116 – Nyle fell love with Ezra
Pg.118~119 – Mr.Perry, teacher, helpful, nice
Pg.120 – Nyle is in love with Ezra – “Can’t take eye off from Ezra”
Pg.125 – Ripley’s family don’t care about how their place looked like
Pg.130 – Nyle is scared about the curse of the room
Pg.146 – Nyle likes Ezra “But I like spending time with him, too”
Pg.147 – Muncie is scared of Nyle ditching her
Pg.149 – Nyle likes Ezra “Staying with him was so comfortable. So easy.
Pg.156 – Ezra likes Nyle “ Aren’t we going out?”
Pg.157 – Nyle is jealous of other girls around Ezra
Pg.158~159 – Nyle is smart – Finish HW faster than Nyle
Pg.166 – Actaully Ripley is a weak guy inside
Plot
Pg.3 – November
Pg.4 – Sheep was dead
Pg.7 – Muncie’s hand was brushed the hot wire
Pg.8 – Muncie calmed down Nyle
Pg.9 – Muncie is kind of loner because of her out look.
Pg.9 – Curtain was closed which was not usual
Pg.10 – Nyle hates bedroom because her mother and her grandfather died there
Pg.12 – Nyle fills something bad is happening, curtain is closed and she had bad dreams
Pg.13 – relieved after hearing grandmothers’ voice
Pg.13 – Let evacuees staying in the house
Pg.14 – All of the aunt and uncle’s cattle and cousin was sickened
Pg.16 – Keeping Miriam Trent and Ezra (Mother and son)
Pg.17 – Evacuees’ dad died 5 days ago and son is sick
Pg.17 – Nyle’s dad left Nyle when her mother was sick
Pg.20 – Nyle really doesn’t want to take care of evacuees
Pg.21 – Nyle really loves animal. She wants a weave for an animal
Pg.27 – Can’t go to Muncie’s house because of grandmother
Pg.28 – Muncie thinks Nyle hates her, because Nyle is not playing with her anymore
Pg.32 – Miriam Trent, looks young, shoulder-length hair
Pg.34 – Nyle talks to Ezra because of Gran even though she doesn’t want to
Pg.36 – No more nuclear is leaking out. Air and the rain are safe now.
Pg.40 – Nyle and her grandmother’s deal = no physical help but Mrs. Trent ask Nyle to do it
Pg.42 – Few teachers came back to school
Pg.45 – Mrs. Trent is sick
Pg.46 – Ezra is almost dying
Pg.48 – Instead of dying, Ezra keeps moving
Pg.49 – Wind herded the clouds off
Pg.49~50 – Spend time with Muncie
Pg.52 – Ezra is awake!
Pg.60 – Ezra is totally awake
Pg.63 – Nyle is helping Ezra to come out of house
Pg.67 – Still worried about the Nulcear fallout, house is too near to the power plant
Pg.74 – Ripley’s dog is gone
Pg.77 – Muncie saw Ezra inside the house
Pg.79 – Ezra is getting better but Gran doesn’t let Nyle meet him
Pg.83 – Ezra try to get out of the room but he give up
Pg.84 – Bought new guard dog, which is also for Ezra
Pg.86 – Ezra doesn’t want a new dog
Pg.87 – Ezra act like he doesn’t like dog
Pg.88 – Ezra was scared because of the radioactive
Pg.91 – Ezra, Nyle, and Muncie goes to Manchester
Pg.92 – People make fun of Muncie
Pg.98 – Likes Ezra and want them to stay but Gran denies
Pg.111 – Ezra is getting better everyday
Pg.112 – Ezra went to Nyle’s room
Pg.113 – Gradually getting through the radiation
Pg.114 – Watch – radiation detector
Pg.115 – Having a better relationship with Muncie since the trip
Pg.117 – Ezra is barely sick anymore – can walk without a cane, gradually gave up wearing radiation
mask
Pg.118 ~119 – Ezra will resume the study
Pg.121 – Ezra get’s scared at siren sound
Pg.126~127 Ripley makes fun of Nyle and Muncie
Pg.129 – Ezra is ready to go out
Pg.134 – Ezra and Nyle is going out of the house
Pg.136 – Ezra is driving
Pg.138 – Ezra names the dog “Shep”
Pg.142~143 – Ezra and Nyle working together outside
Pg.146~147 – Nyle tells Muncie about the evacuees
Pg.150 – Ezra told Nyle that he remembers Nyle singing song to him
Pg.156 – Nyle and Ezra going to School together
Pg.158~159 – Ezra works with Nyle after he finishes he’s HW
Pg.159~160 – Nyle read her letter to Ezra
Pg.160 – Letter to Anne has connection to Ezra so he is mad
Pg.161~162 – Ezra was mad because Nyle didn’t wrote letter to Ezra
Pg.164 – Ripley make fun of Ezra and Nle and hits Ezra
Pg.166 – Ripley is crying because he’s dog is dead
Pg.167 – Muncie saved Nyle from Ripley
Pg.168~169 – Nyle finds doll from her mother
Pg.176 – Ezra has cancer
Pg.182 – Ezra is dead
Connection
Pg.9 – My friend Frank was like Muncie - S
Pg.12 – I also fill nervous when something is different than what it has to be - S
Pg.15 – Every dog licks their owner and bit but not hard enough to hurt - W
Pg.17 – Nyle thinking about her dad after listening to story of Ezra’s - T
Pg.18 – Sometimes you have to do things you’d rather not, famous saying - W
Pg.26 – I also don’t listen to other if I concentrate in something - S
Pg.28 – Also feel bad if friends ignore me - S
Pg.39 – I also hate throwing out stuff - S
Pg.40 – Can’t refuse someone’s ask – S
Pg.52 – many things are changing after the accident, (sheep) – T
Pg.63 – Espranza and Nyle both wants friend who understands joke - T
Pg.64 – Jenna and Nyle both hates their dad – T
Pg.98 – SAS puxi after 6 month get used to it but had to move to SAS pudong – S
Pg.113 – As Jenna is changing, Ezra is also changing – T
Pg.160 – Anne Frank’s life to Ezra’s life - T