One thing I did this spring break was went shopping with my family. I wanted to go shopping to get new clothes for spring and summer since it is going to get warmer. The first weekend, I went to The Outlets of Orange with my parents, siblings, and my aunt. There are lots of stores there, and they are outlets so there are a lot of sales and deals. I went into lots of stores such as Hollister, American Eagle, Crocs, Bath & Body Works and some other stores. I picked out some things for my birthday that my mom is going to wrap and give to me on my birthday. My aunt also bought me some gifts and she let me have them early since she lives a few hours away and only drives down here every couple of months. We didn’t stay too long though, because it was raining and we didn’t bring any umbrellas. The next weekend, I went to the Irvine Spectrum with my mom, my grandma, my sister, and my cousin who lives in Colorado. We always go to the Spectrum when my cousin comes down since it is very fun. I went into many stores such as Brandy Melville, Lululemon, Hollister, Pura Vida, H&M, Barnes & Noble, and a few other stores. I got some more things for my birthday and also spent some of my gift cards from Christmas. It was very fun to shop with my family during spring break.

This month I read The Girl In the White Van by April Henry. Everyone thought she ran away, but what really happened? Savannah moved to a new town 8 months ago. Although, she is having trouble fitting in. Until she sees people doing Kung Fu in a class and thinks it looks like fun. She starts taking the class to see if she likes it. One night, as she’s leaving to go to Kung Fu class, she gets into a fight with her moms boyfriend who thinks that the Kung Fu class is a waste of time. She runs out of the house crying on her way to class and thinks she hears someone following her. But, when she keeps turning around to look, no one’s there. She makes it to class and stays late to help clean up. When she decides to head home, someone knocks her out from behind. She gets put into a white van. The van stops at an rv park where he puts her in an rv. But, when she gets in there, there’s another girl, Jenny. Will Savannah and Jenny be able to escape?

I really liked this book. It was really fast paced and had an interesting plot that made me not want to put it down. It was told from many characters perspective so you knew what was happening to Jenny and Savannah and what was happing to their family and friends. I also liked how the plot picked up at the very beginning of the book. It was also very descriptive so it was easy to picture the setting.

My favorite character was Savannah. I liked how she always knew what she liked and wanted. I also liked how she encouraged Jenny when they were trying to escape. A character trait she has is strong willed. A quote that would prove this would be “As Tim reached for me, I yanked open my front door and ran out. When his fingers grazed my shoulders, I twisted away in midair. Fear gave my feet wings.“ This quote shows how even though she was scared of Tim hurting her, she was brave enough and strong enough to find the courage to run away from him.

My favorite quote from this book is “If there is always light, you don’t experience light anymore. You have to have the rhythm of light and darkness.” I like this quote because it shows that if only good things happen to you they won’t have as much meaning anymore. But, if a mix of both bad and good things happen to you, you will appreciate the good things way more.

I have been turned invisible for twenty-four hours by a magician. But, I am able to turn it on and off whenever I want. First, I would jump on someone’s car to get a ride to the bank. I would then go into the back and prints millions of dollars. So I would have lots of money to buy stuff at The Irvine Spectrum. I would then hop on someone’s car to go there. Once I get there, I would hop off the car and just go straight in. I wouldn’t even need to waste time finding a parking spot. I would turn my invisibility off so I could go into stores. I would go into Brandy Melville, Target, Lululemon, Hollister, Barnes & Noble, Pacsun, Pura Vida, Sephora, American Eagle, and Apple since those are my favorite stores. I would use the money I printed to buy whatever I wanted. After I bought everything I wanted, I would go back to being invisible and hop on another car for a free ride. I would hop off the car once they drove past Canes. I would then make myself visible again and buy some food to eat with the money I printed. After, I was finished eating I would hop onto another car and hop off when they go by my house. I would then stay home and relax since I was so tired from the day.