Prey
Genre: Teen Fiction
Setting: Atlanta Georgia
No. of Pages: 196
Niina Ali
Lurlene McDaniel
• Lurlene is an author well known for writing
books about young adult who have gone
through tough times in their lives.
• She started writing after her son was
diagnosed juvenile diabetes
• She lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Some of her bestsellers are Don’t Die, My
Love; I’ll be seeing you; Till Death Do Us Part;
Hit and Run
Characters
•
Lori Settles: She is a woman in her thirties, who had an affair with two of her
students. She is only attracted to teenage boys because her father raped her as a
child. Therefore she believes all men are disgusting. She moved to Atlanta from
Chicago because she was caught having an affair with one of her students. She
was then caught having an affair with one her History students in Atlanta.
Lori was later on sentenced to 6 months in jail.
•
Ryan Piccoli: Ryan is a very attractive high school freshman. He has a lot of
friends, a father who is constantly out of town because of his job and a mother
who committed suicide when he was 2 years old. Everything is going well in
high school until his very beautiful History teacher asks him to help her with
moving furniture. After that they form a very intimate relationship and he
completes shuts out everyone in his life.
•
Honey Fowler: Honey is a very athletic girl who has a crush on her long time
bestfriend, Ryan. She soon because very curious about what her friend has been
doing in all his free time. She later on finds out about Ryan affair with Lori
because of some explicit pictures on his computer and tells the authorities.
Summary
• This book is about a High school student who falls
in love with his History teacher. It all starts out
with an invitation to help with her apartment. They
then start going on dates and after a couple weeks
of spending time together, they start having sex in
her apartment. Ryan eventually starts to isolate
everyone form his life and everyone starts to get
suspicious. Ryan’s best friend, Honey finds out
their secret after going through his email and
finding explicit photos of Ms. Settles. Honey then
tells everyone.
Likes and Dislikes
• I loved everything about this books.
• I liked the cliff hangers, the characters, and
how the author developed Lori’s and Ryan’s
relationship
• The only thing that I disliked about the book
was Honey’s chapters. She wasn’t an
important part of the book and she
aggravated me all the time.
Vocabulary
accommodating
Verb
•
(of physical space, esp. a building) Provide lodging or sufficient space for.
•
Fit in with the wishes or needs of: "it's hard to accommodate the new
management style".
•
Synonyms adjust - adapt - fit - lodge – conform
2. Churning (Verb)
Verb
•
Agitate or turn (milk or cream) in a machine in order to produce butter.
•
Produce (butter) in such a way.
3. squad
•
Noun
•
A small group of people having a particular task.
•
A small number of soldiers assembled for drill or assigned to some special
task.
•
Synonyms team - party - group - section - gang - troop - platoon
4. wreck·age
Noun
The remains of something that has been badly damaged or
destroyed.
Synonyms wreck - debris - shipwreck - ruin – ruins
5. con·clu·sion
Noun
• The end or finish of an event or process.
• The summing-up of an argument or text.
• Synonyms end - inference - termination - ending - close –
finish
6.electrifying
present participle of e·lec·tri·fy(Verb)
Verb
• Charge with electricity; pass an electric
current through: "an electrified fence".
• Convert (a machine or system, esp. a railroad
line) to the use of electrical power.
Theme
• The theme of this book it to love who ever
makes you happy
• I learned that I should like anyone I want
because at the end of the day hater are gonna
hate and the only thing that matters is your
happiness
Prey Review
• This book was amazing. I would recommend
it to teenagers.
• I would give it ***** out of *****.
• The relation ship of Ryan and Lori was
explained very well and the author always
had me wanting to read more.
Changes
• I would change the title to The Student
Predator. I was going to change the ending,
but we are not allowed to reveal it.
• Have you ever had a crush on a teacher? You
have? Well it won’t be hard to relate to Ryan
then. He had a crush on a teacher and turned
it into an affair? Hopefully you didn’t turn
your into an affair