The book I have read was Adem’s Cross by Alice Mead. The setting of the book takes place in Kosovo in 1992. I found the story to be depressing at times and at others there is a sense of hope. Many events occurred in this book but only several stood out. On Adem’s first day of school he and his fellow students were tear gassed by the Serb soldiers. The Serbs were planning to …showed first 75 words of 635 total…

…showed last 75 words of 635 total…America has a money value. All the families work together in Kosovo and in America not many families work together to accomplish anything. I learned from the book that families can be torn apart because of war. People can grow a sense of insecurity and a feeling of being violated. I learned that there is hatred for no reason and that everyone is fearful everyday and the impossible is more possible that you ever imagined.