chapters 1-5

So far, I dont think I was pulled into the book like i was with the other two books we've read. Maybe because its really long, or its just full of so much information. Not that I dont understand what's happening, I do understand most of what is happening. I know that the story is based on real life and what used to happen in the past in the bronx, but it is rediculous how the family memebers of the pregnant teen act like it is normal for them to have a baby. If I were part of the faimily, I would try to teach them a lesson. Everything in this book is pretty much negative, and I would say that most of the people's lives are not that great, and they are responsible for all of what is happening to them; well at least most of them