Part 1

Mikayla Fast
ENG 3U1
Mrs. Speck
Monday, June 13th, 2011
this is a blog for english class for our ISU. It is to be done on a Canadian novel that I read over the course of the semester.
I chose the book Alexandria of Africa by Eric Walters. in the book Alexandria is a spoiled, rich teenage girl (the Paris Hilton type), who has no respect for others and shop lifts for fun. the judge gave her two options: juvinile detention, or charity work in Africa. she chose to do the charity work. so prissy Alexandria sets off for Kenya, Africa in her designer Gucci clothes with her Prada handbag into the unknow, unsettling African landscape. will this finally teach Alexandria her lesson? or will she get a bad report and sent to juvinile detention? read the book to find out!
so a super quick bit about Eric Walters: he was born in Toronto, Ontario Canada in 1957. it was the grade 5 class that he was teaching at the time that got him into writing. and he has won more than 80 awards!