The book I chose to read for my book report is called Spellbound by Janet McDonald. The plot starts with Raven living with her mother in the projects in New York City. Raven had a baby at sixteen and had to drop out of high school to take care of her baby boy, Smokey. She wants to be better than another high school dropout, project girl with few prospects. She wants to do it for her mother's sake. Her baby's sake. And for her own sake. She wants to show the ambition she has inside of her and to do well and go to college or even get a high school diploma. Raven’s older sister has finished high school and gone to college. Dell even has a job at a law firm working as a paralegal. On Sundays, Dell comes over to go to church and eat dinner with her mother and sister. She introduces to raven to a spelling bee competition being held that promises the winner enrollment to a college prep high school and a full scholarship to a good college. This all sounds like a dream come true to the......

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Title: Spellbound
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Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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