Author's Note: This essay will be about one family adopting a thirteen year old boy and helping him restart his life because of such of a bad past he had with his mom and dad and when they adopt him
"Won't Know Till I Get There" by Walter Dean Myers is about how Steve and his parents adopt this thirteen year old boy named Earl and he has a little bit of a bad past so Steve's parents try to fix his life so they bring him in to their home and have him share rooms with Steve. Before Earl comes Steve goes outside and plays basketball across the street with his friends Hi-Note and Patty once there done with their basketball game Steve goes back to his house and sees Earl in his room and they start talking about what they like and not like. I think the cause and effect in this story is great because there's alot of fights going on but they always find a way to fix it.
The big event that happened in this story was that Steve and Earl were going to play basketball and they cut across a train station and there was a train that was old and broken down and they find a full spray can next to the can and they decide to spray paint the train. After they were done they started walking away and then these two undercover cops come around the corner and yelled stop to Steve and Earl once they stop they got arrested and got taken to a juvenile jail. After a couple of hours waiting there parents came from work and talked to the police and asked when they have to come back for court once the police explained everything to Steve and Earl's parents they took them home and they got yelled at some more by there parents.
If this event didn't happen at all the book would be different because there would be no trouble and it would just be some friends hanging around. The reason the author made this event in this book is because the book would be boring if it had no action in it or no problems to deal with he also wanted to bring Earl in this book because he is suppose to be a trouble maker because his past before getting adopted by Steve's parents was really bad and he also got adopted twice before but those didn't work out so he had to go back to a foster home and wait until he got adopted. Another thing that would be different his Steve's room because when Earl came he threw his clothes everywhere and trashed his room but before Earl came his room was always clean of clothes and food so after a while Earl and Steve started be friends and getting closer together just like actual brothers would do. I think this book is good for cause and effect because all the friends try to fix the fighting in between Earl and Steve this can also relate to real life because friends always fight but they always have a way to fix it and be friends again.
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