Julius' Reading Log

1. chapter:

Now, I have read the first chapter of the novel Snakeman. The most important person there is a girl named Cathy. She changes the school the third time in only five or for years. That‘s very often. But she is afraid that she becomes a outsider and nobody knows her. So she wants to make friends quickly. The first school day begins and the teacher Mr. Deedles greets her and ask her some questions. Cathy responses them and tells her class about herself. After this lesson a nice boy named Jamie Hanson comes to her. He wants to make an interview with her for the school newspaper. Because she has no time she wants to do the interview later. She was a little bit nervous. Now, the interview starts. Jamie Hanson asks her a lot of questions about her hobbies and her life. After the interview he asks her if she would work for the school newspaper too. She is nervous and says that she thinks about this. But she was happy too because she finds a good friend and likes him a lot. Maybe she loves him.

2. chapter:

In the second chapter of the novel, Cathy meets snakeman the first time. After school, Cathy meets a strange and angry boy. He looks like a snake, because his eyes are very thin. He wants her to join his club and to pay money for it. As she refuses this, he gets very angry and threadents her. She is very shocked. Finally she pays the money for him and the deal begins. She isn‘t allowed to tell anbody about what happened.

3. chapter:

The third chapter of the novel „Snakeman“ deals with Cathy and her thoughts. In the schoolbus she is very strange and stares infront of herself. She worries about the bad meeting with Snakeman. She doesn‘t talk to anybody and is alone. At home her little brother asks her about her first schoolday at her new school. She doesn‘t want to show him her thoughts about Snakeman. She wants to be alone what she can do next. She wants to tell this her mother but she waits for the best moment. Her mother had her first day at the new work. So it is not the right moment to talk to her. Finally she wants to find out a little bit more about her new school to make a better strategy.

4. chapter:

The fourth chapter of the novel deals with Cathy‘s next meeting with Snakeman. The next morning at school Snakeman comes to her again. He wants the money and she pays. After that she wants to change the strategy of no- resestance. So the next meeting Cathy doesn‘t want to get him the money directly. But Snakeman wants the necklace from her. He says that he gives it to his friend and she will get it back. But Cathy doen‘t want to give it to him. Then he is angry again and seems to be hard again. At the end she gives it to him. After that Jamie calls Cathy because he wants her to join the team of the school newspaper. Cathy agrees for a tryout basis.

5. chapter:

The fifths chapter of this novel is about Cathy‘s conversation with the principal of the school Mr Callahan. He seems very nice, kind and open. He says to her that this is his last year at this school. He wants to have a good last year before his career ends. They talk about some hobbies and their life. After this conversation Cathy doesn‘t want to talk about Snakeman with him. Someting warns her but she doesn‘t know what.

6. chapter:

The sixth chapter of the novel deals with the conversation of Cathy and Mr Black. Cathy makes a mental list with three categories. She looks for people she could trust to help her with Snakeman. She thinks Mr Black is the one she can trust. He is one of the counselors so probably he can help her. She starts the conversation with him to ask figure out something about Snakeman. So she asks questions about the school. Then she asks if something has been stolen at school. This is how she wants to find out something about Snakeman because he has stolen her necklace. Mr Black wants to help her. But at the end Cathy doesn‘t trust Mr Black and crosses him from the list of the trust people.

7. chapter:

In the seventh chapter Cathy tells her mom Eileen about her deal with Snakeman. When the time is good and her mom fells nice she starts to talk about it. She tells her about the 5 dollars and the stolen necklace. Eileen is very shocked and is a little bit afraid about this situation. In Cathy‘s opinion she isn‘t the only one who stands of Snakeman‘s list. He has lots of friends too. So she has to find some pupils or teachers who are on her side and don‘t like the gang of Snakeman. Her mother also supports her.