She
Said Yes
by Misty Bernall |
March 22, 2001
Review by CAITLIN ZEULI Grade 7 - Lions - Rauseo
She Said Yes was written by Misty Bernall.
It is a biography about a girl who had the courage to stand up for her
beliefs even in the face of death.
The story takes place in a town outside Denver,
Colorado in the spring of 1999. A town just like any other town you
might find in any state. All the same kinds of kids doing all of
the same stuff.
Cassie Bernall was jut an ordinary teenage
girl. When in the ninth grade, she started hanging around with the
wrong crowd: kids that were into devil worship. Her parents quickly
put an end to that friendship by making Cassie change schools. They
enrolled her in the Christian Fellowship School. The old friends
kept trying to see her. Her parents then decided to move to another
town. They picked Littleton, Colorado. It was very hard for her to
fit in at first, but after a weekend retreat with the church she started
to change. She saw the church and the leadership of God in a different
way. In a note to herself she wrote, "Don't look for human love for
comfort, but seek God's love instead."
When Cassie went to school on April 20, 1999,
she thought it would be just another day. It turned out to be the
last day of Casie's life. How could she ever know that two angry
classmates would storm the school killing as many as they could?
What did Cassie do? As the gunman held a gun to her head he asked
her one question. The question was, "Do you believe in God?"
When she answered yes, he pulled the trigger.
Everyone would enjoy this book. This
was a very good book. It makes you really think, what would I have
said?
Written permission is required to copy this work.
Please contact the Cullen Memorial Library at smollers@peabody.k12.ma.us.
|
