I think before u read this book u need to understand a little about rape. When someone gets raped most of the time they don't like to talk to people of put what happened. Some times people never find out someone that they know got raped. People need to understand that when someone gets raped that most the time the rapist does not get caught. Like the others said most of the time the rapist kills the girl so they cant go to the police and get the rapist in prison. This is some information about rape. This telling you what rape is and tells you the type so you can watch out of tell your kids about it.

who should read this....

Who would the book appeal to?
~ i think that this book appeals to mostly to young girls and how they think that they will be ok even tho sometimes they cant be. and also a lot of people say that if they got raped than they would fight back but this book i think really tells what people would do if they got attacked, they would do anything to not get raped.

What about it is appealing?
~in the book what is appealing to me is the fact that Allice is so strong and how even though something like this happened to her she is still strong and tryes really hard to put the guy in jail. if it happened to me like i would want to put the guy in jail but it would be really hard for me to talk about what happened and explain everything that, that person had done and what they where wearing and everything i don't think i could remember everything like that for that long of a time.

What obstacles should student readers of this book be ready for?
~ that you should never really trust anyone and that even though u might think that you are strong and that you will be fine, you might not be in the long run.

What would students need to know about in order to understand the book?
~ i don't think that they really need to know anything. like if you read the book it will tell you what you need to know and what happened. this book will really open your eyes to what could really happen.

What issues does the book deal with that students might be interested in discussing?
~ well through the whole book its all about Allice's rape so pretty much rape i guess.

Is there any “mature” content in the book? If so, what kind of content? How would you deal with such content in class?
~i really don't have any connection to this book like i have never had this happen to me before. but this book really tells what it is like to go through something like this. and to just read this really opened my eyes to a lot of things that happen to people and what they have to go through, not just when it happened but even after.

What Girls Get Luky

In alot of rape cases, the rapist never gets found. Sometimes the rapist kills the girls so they never even had a chance to defend their case. The girls that do get their rapist convited, normally the rapist get the minimum sentence. But then there are some dream cases where girls that win their case and the rapist actually gets maximum time in prision. Here is a film that shows a news clip of a man getting life in prision after raping an Columbia College Graduate. This film that I choose is important because it gives alot of girls hope, and that they still do have a chance at winning their case. In the film, the girl had to go through 19 hours of rape and torture, and she was still able to get away alive and ready to tell her story. She is a very good example of a strong person.

thinking about big ideas

I think the general idea that would be important for readers to understand before reading this book would be the idea of rape. The entire book of Lovely bones was based on the rape of Alice Sebold. The book not only is based on the idea of rape but the idea of drug use as an escape from the hardships and tragedy that came along with the rape. Before reading this book one might consider reading the poems about Rape poems describing the rape of many people and the effects it had on their life. I would also recommend viewing the short clip on YouTube titled A&E Intervention - Dawn & Fabian Pt. 1 this clip is the story of Dawn and Fabian, who are both meth addicts. I feel that this video will help the readers of this story understand the concept of drug use, and its affects on the people around them as well as themselves.
i agree with the ideas expressed in both of these sources. i feel that this will help the readers deal with both the idea of rape and the idea of drug abuse.

Neeeed To Know

Before anyone reads the book Lucky by Alice Sebold, i would suggest that you be informed about the safety of college students and the presence of sexual vioence. In an article titled College Students and Sexual Violence written by Naomi Rockler-Gladen, found on Suite101.com you will learn alot. I would strongly suggest reading this article before starting the book because it gives you alot of information about college rapes. It makes you think about when it could happen, and it also emphasizes that they can happen to anyone who is in the wrong place at the wrong time. This website will make sure you know what to do if you are ever in the situation, and as you continue to read the book it will let you know if she did the right things. I 100% agree with the information in this article, going off to college next year i now feel like i know what to do if something were to happpen to me or a friend.

Another thing that would be helpful to know while reading the book is how to help. This clip i found on Youtube, tells you what you should do if a freind of yours is raped. Even though it may not happen to you personally, helping someone else could be very important to their survival. Its essential that you know what to say and not to push anything. Watch this video before reading the book, and it will help you understand how her friends reacted.

Affects of Being Raped

When I suggest this book to other readers, I would like people to know a little bit more about the type of affects that rape can have on a person. I want the reader to think not only about the physical affects but the mental affects. I have linked a website here for you to look at, that descrides the affects of rape. I believe that that this website is a very useful tool to read before you decide to read the book Lucky. The website informs you on the affects of rape and what it can do to you. I strongly agree with what the website had to say because, I actually have a good friend that had got raped and alot of the signs that the website said, I can clearly see and have seen in her. The website that I choose is from a site called Women's Program, it was created by Office of the Dean of Students from the University of Illinois.

Should the book you’re reading be available for more people to read in Perspectives?

I think that the book that i am reading should be available for more people to read in perspectives. Judging by how many people choose this book, this book is very popular. There is nothing appealing about the book but what might get a lot of people's attention is that it is based on a true story. In the book Alice is not afraid to hide anything, she explains every detail in full detail.

The only thing wrong with this book is that some students might not want to have an open discussion about it. The book really gets personal and no one knows who it could affect. Some students like myself are very open but others are not. The topic of rape is a very strong topic and can have a strong effect on some people.

There is a lot of mature content in the book Lucky. The book is all about rape and how rape can affect some ones life so much. This book should never be required to be read in class. I think that because this book deals with such a strong topic that students should have the right to choose if they want to read this book. Like is said perviously Alice Sebold explains her rape and the rape of her friend in great detail. In such great detail that i almost felt as if i was there with her.

I think that this book would appeal to the girls in the class. I don't think that the guys would like it so much. I think that they would get bored of it really fast. I say that girls would be more appealed to read it then guys would because as girls we can relate to the book in many ways that guys cannot.

The students that read about this book don't really need to know anything about rape. They just need to be ready for all the details and the in between. Since i am pregnant it was hard for me to get the book started because my stomach is so weak. I almost choose a different book having only read the first couple of pages. So for all you students that want to read the book lucky, prepare yourself first because it does get personal.