Post #3 Miracle

  I am currently reading The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder. I am about a third through the book. This book is about a seventeen year old girl who has been fighting cancer for years. The doctor tells her that there is nothing he can do anymore, and that she needs a miracle. So far in the book Campbell, the main character, has told just given background information about her life. She finds out from her doctor that science can no longer save her. Her mom is desperate to try anything so her family moves to a small town in Maine where it is rumored miracles happen. Cam, as she is called in the story doesn't believe in miracles, she is strictly a person of science. But she agrees to  go anyway just so she can get out of Florida.
   This book is kinda depressing, This girl has had cancer for years and she is told that she most likely won't live to see her eighteenth birthday. However, I really like this book it is funny and interesting. My favorite part so far is her Flamingo List, which is like a bucket list. On this list are some really weird things that she wants to do like; go cow-tipping, stay out all night, do some innocent stalking, wallow in misery all Saturday after getting her heart broken, and do some shoplifting. I like how unique this book is, Cam know that she is going to die and she has accepted it. So far she has been really calm aout the whole having cancer and not having a future to look forward to.
  I think this author wrote this book for people like Cam. People who have ben told that they are going to die and there is nothing the doctors can do for them anymore. I think that she wants to make people believe in miracles, that they do happen not to everyone but they do happen every once in a while. When all these people have left is hopes of a miracle then they need to believe in one. I think she is trying to say that miracles happen.
  The main theme in this book is don't give up. Even if there looks like there is no hope, and you have lost everything, Try to believe in the unbelievable and never give up. Miracles do happen.
  Cam is by far the best character. She is strong and courageous. Cam has been fighting this cancer for years and then suddenly out of the blue the doctor says that she lost. Science can't save her anymore. So instead of moping around until she dies and crying about things. She just wants to live out the rest of her life. Cam is a truly an amazing character the way she deals with knowing about her death. She hasn't grown much yet but I'm not very far into the book. However, I think that she will start to believe in miracles after being in that town for a while.
  An important quote from this book is, "Science is just not enough this time Campbell. What you need is a miracle." This quote is important because it is the reason Cam's mom decides to move the family to the miracle town for the summer. If this hadn't happened then Cam would still be living in Florida.