In this section of Roughing It, Twain tries mining and fails miserably--several times. He's been silver mining and gold mining in both Nevada and California. His stories are filled with humor and also pretty harrowing. If you didn't know his history, you might think him about to die at any moment. His descriptions of fellow travelers are funny, caring, and under- or overstated depending on the character.
Skippy has been paying me with gift certificates to Barnes and Noble since I asked her not to pay me. Tutoring Gabe is fun for me. Gabe learned earlier this summer that the person being tutored is called a tutee, so now he writes on the gift certificate "To Tutor from Tutee," Which is cute. Today he writes "Tutees," to include his mom. The kid is funny...
We finished West Side Story (the novelization) today. It is pretty raw...the musical is fairly raw as well, but it is tempered by song and dance. The book is just plain raw. I will never take his teacher's recommendations for what to read again. I think part of the problem is that it is next year's teachder making the recommendations, and she doesn't even know him yet. I know him far better by now than she does and can make better decisions about what he needs.
We will start Hank the Cowdog tomorrow, but I think we will finish it by the end of the week. So I was thinking we could add another book. I thought it should probably be Science Fiction or Fantasy since we haven't touched that genre this summer. I wanted to read the first Harry Potter book with him, but he was adamant that he had seen all the movies and had the game and therefore knows everything there is to know about the Harry Potter world. I let him have that (though I disagree) and selected A Wrinkle in Time. He knows nothing about that, so he didn't object.
So, I am now re-reading A Wrinkle in Time to prepare it for reading with Gabe. It's kind of fun and a little mind-bending. I think Gabe will enjoy it.
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