♡ BLOG TWO ♡

Courage for Beginners
Karen Harrington 

I am continuing to read "Courage for Beginners", and it has gotten to the point you now the characters well. Mysti life has been really tough without her father because her mother cannot go out to places because of her agoraphobia. They've had to eat a little bit less of their food because they're running low, and there is nobody to take them, there is but her mother doesn't like to ask for help. But when the school air conditioner breaks down Mysti walks home with Rama because Anibal and his clique are teasing her, she then realizes that she is capable of walking to places on her own. Mysti realizes that she has do something because change is coming, and she needs to catch up. Mysti is able to make groceries now, and got a haircut on her own. Mysti's father finally woke up from his coma, but will not be able to return home in a while.

There are many conflicts in this book, but to give one in particular would be Mysti's mother's agoraphobia. I believe her agoraphobia is what holds back the Murphy family from doing things normal families do. For one they cannot go to restaurants, grocery shopping, or even visit their father at the hospital. Mysti feels really bad her father has to be getting through his coma without his beloved family. The small steps Mysti is taking for her family are out of the box for her, and are acts of courage. The title "Courage for Beginners" really does explain the theme of the book which is of courage.