Looking For Alibrandi - Chapter 14

Plot summary

Josie and John met at the Sydney Library, they decided to go for a cup of coffee at Harley's. They were talking about there HSC exam that coming up and that John has everything worked up because he couldn't get first in a maths competition and he was really scared about his father.

Challenges faced by the Character(s)/information revealed about character(s)

John keeps thinking that his father will kill him because he isn't getting first in everything.

Important Quotations

"His eyes couldn't settle in the one place and if I didn't know him better I could have sworn he was on drugs." (pg 132)
"He shook his head, clamping his mouth together into a thin line." (pg133)

Personal Response

I think that John's dad is giving John a very hard time and keeps putting pressure on John. Also I think John depends on Josie a lot as well and they have a really strong relationship

Definition of 3 difficult words encountered


atheist - a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a superior being