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- Chapter One: In Silver Country
- Chapter Two: The Thimblerigger
- Chapter Three: Family Reunion
- Chapter Four: Anna Tells Her Story
- Chapter Five: Sold to the Cigarmaker
- Chapter Six: Anna Escapes
- Chapter Seven: On the Orphan Train
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About Me
- Mike Peterson
- Mike Peterson is the author of "Tommy and the Guttersnipe" and other serialized newspaper stories. He is also a newspaper editor and has been a reporter and columnist, as well as a magazine writer, radio talkshow host and advertising copywriter.
It is cool that anna is german because I am german too. Sincerely TannerO
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get the idea of having Anna and Jake meet and the idea about the cigar maker?
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It was a HUGE surprise at the end!!! I was wondering how you got into writing this kind of story and if you are comparing it to your own life or you just made it up?
ReplyDeleteChelsea C. LACS
This is the sort of story you could easily find if you were a young person a hundred years ago. I've read a lot of those books and I wanted to tell the same sort of story. In "Tommy and the Guttersnipe," I told the story of a homeless boy in New York in those days, and so now I wanted to tell the story of what happened to poor girls then. So I did some more research and found out about their lives, and then tried to put it in a story that would be like the novels they wrote in those days.
ReplyDeleteHi, I just read the third chapter Of "Anna's Story." I loved it, it was realy good. It is my favorite chapter so far. When we were reading it I thought how Anna knew so much about Jake. Then !BOOM! they're sister and brother. Being abel to talk to a real author is cool. Some day I plan on being the author of a great story, book, or even my personal favorite, a peom. My teacher's Mrs. S.(Dawn) and Mrs. Blow says I have a lot of potential. Don't get me wrong they're great writers but, I would love some author to author advice. PLEASE write back.
ReplyDeleteSo Soory. I wrote you to ask for andvice, I forgot to put my name and last intials.
ReplyDeleteMatilde H.M.
Hang on a little while, Mathilde. Maybe we'll think of a way to get some author advice going. Meanwhile, keep reading!!
ReplyDeleteDear Mike Peterson,
ReplyDeleteWOW! I can't believe what you did in chapter 3! That's amazing! You are doing such a good job! I just have to know, why didn't you wait until the end to say that Anna is Jake's sister? The story is great! Thanks for writing all these chapters, everyone loves them!
Sincerely,
Moira F. LACS
P.S. The youtube video is really cool!
Dear Mike Peterson,
ReplyDeleteI loved the chapter!I also have some questions about why Anna and Jake's dad so mean. why did he get rid of them? Did he not want them, or could he not take care of them?
Sincerely
Emily B. LACS
That's a tough question, Emily. Sometimes, when a person has a lot of problems and when they drink too much, they do things that seem very cruel. Maybe later they feel bad about it, but maybe it's too late. Jake and Anna weren't the only children who had a parent with this problem, but it is sad that any children anywhere have that problem, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteDear Mike Peterson, amazing ending for the third chapter will we see jakes old father in the book,I love your story so far . write back and keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteLee B LACS
Dear Mike Peterson,
ReplyDeleteI loved the twist at the end of the chapter. I can't wait to see what happends next.
Scott B.- LACS
Dear Mike Peterson,
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorite stories because it's looks like it could be out of a movie. hey maybe when you release all the chapters you can make a movie Tristan A. lacs
Dear Mike Peterson
ReplyDeleteAmazing ending, I was surprised to see that Anna is Jake's sister and that he knows how to talk German. Will we see any of Jake and Anna's dad
at any point of the story. Keep up the good work.
Lee B LACS
Here's what I can promise -- if you keep reading, you'll like how it comes out. But you have to keep reading to find out how it comes out and how all the pieces fit together.
ReplyDeleteWow i had no idea that they would have been brother and sister.I thought that they would have been old friends and stuff. Wow I had no idea!!!So far I think it is AWESOME!!!
ReplyDeleteMackenzie S. LACS
Dear Mike Peterson,
ReplyDeleteWhy at the end of chapter three you had Jake be Anna's brother? Why not Tommy? Oh yeah I LOVE the story so far.
Marissa L. LACS
Mr. Peterson,
ReplyDeleteWe've been learning about character analysis in class. We've been exploring how to ask our characters questions to get to know them better.
Where did you come up with the idea for Anna's Story? Is Anna based on a real person?
Mrs. Dermady's fifth grade class
The idea for Anna's Story comes from the fact that teachers and kids wanted another story about Tommy and Jake, but, in the last part of their story, they were moving to Denver, so I couldn't write another story with them in New York City. But I realized that "Tommy and the Guttersnipe" was about homeless and poor boys in the city, but that I hadn't told about homeless and poor girls. I also knew about the Orphan Trains, so I thought of a story about a girl who started in New York and came to Denver. Anna isn't a real person, but there were many little girls who had her experience, and many who didn't come out of it as well as she did. Anna is a tough little kid and I really admire her!
ReplyDeleteHey Mr.peterson whats up!!! I Am doing a project on chapter 3!!! We just finished up Anna's story! I thought it was great.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it! Good luck with your project!
ReplyDeleteDear Mike Peterson,why did you write anna's story?
ReplyDeleteYou'll see the answer to that in the comments on Chapter Two, Pullano!
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