Pure+Murder+by+Corey+Mitchell

We will be reading this book because we have read many reviews saying it was a good book and we decided to find a murder book that would be a good read. The book spends a lot of time helping you learn about what the character's lives were like, it shows you the scene of the crime and shows you the suspects with real crime scene photos.

This also seems like a reasonable book to read because of the details that the reviews say the book gets into. the book "draws you in... its almost like being next to the characters throughout the book." i think that it would be interesting to learn about the crime, and what better way to do this than to read a book that puts you next to the characters. =APPROVED=


 * Week 1 - Characters:**

A/D -allan B/C -adam
 * 1) **Jennifer Ertman-** Born August 15, 1978. She is an only child.
 * 2) **Elizabeth Pena-** Born June 21, 1977. She is the first born child.
 * 3) **Raul Villarreal-** born june 12, 1975. He dropped out in middle school. His favorite video game is Street Fighter.
 * 4) **Efrain Perez JR-** Born November 19, 1975. Has one sister.
 * 5) **Peter Cantu-** born May 27, 1975, 3 siblings, is the youngest boy of the family.
 * 6) **Jose "Joe" Ernesto Medellin-** born march 4, 1975. had a brother.
 * 7) **Derrick Sean O'Brian-** born april 4, 1975. first job was a hotel janitor.
 * 8) **Venanico "Yuni" Medellin, jr.**

Discussion Questions:
 * 1) What kind of watch did jennifer carry with her?
 * 2) What is the setting of the story?
 * 3) How many of the children were an only child?

Meeting Notes:

Week 2 - Language- the people in the book use a lot of profanity. this book is written at an adult reading level. A/D -adam B/C -allan

Discussion Questions: 1. Which character has the most explicit language? 2. Which character(s) talked back to their parents? 3.

Week 4- Themes- there is a consistent theme of murder that this non-fiction book follows.

Mood: The Book is somewhat depressing but very suspenseful and graphic.

Themes: Are Book is a Mystery/Murder mix.

Pictures: Are book has 9 pages of pictures of the crime and suspects.

Discussion questions: 1. What are some of the words that the author used to symbolized Paul's anger? 2. What kind of things did the section of pictures display? 3. On Elizabeth's birthday, what was the wish she told to Jennifer?

Meeting Notes: We talked about the book. Mr. Morone came over to ask us about our book. we drank some powerade. we talked about the book a little more. we wrote some question for section 3 and 4. then i wrote the meeting notes.

Week 5- Summary

Recommendation- We thought that the book was okay. The story was interesting, but the book spent too long getting into each character. if we were able to rate on a scale of 1-10, we put it at about a solid 7.5 and a half

Story- The story was based on what really happened to Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena. The two of them were killed in Texas by six boys looking for a good time. They were raped, murdered and buried in an old park.

Questions 1. How did the author use pictures to help portray the feel that the book gives off? 2. Is the book fictional or is it about a real event? 3.