1.The main character in the story is Luke McHenry.
2.Luke is a very athletic and outgoing person.
3.The genre of the story is realistic fiction.
4.The conflict in the story is that Luke’s mom Faith reveals a secret to Luke from over 30 years ago. She confesses to Luke that her real name is Mary Margaret Cunningham and she committed the bombing of Berkeley College during the Vietnam War protests.She then tells Luke that she will turn herself in during one of his baseball tournaments.
5.The problem is solved when Luke’s mom turns herself in and goes on trial for the bombing which took a student at Berkeley's life. She is sentenced to 6 years in a California jail. She tells Luke that she will be fine. Luke and Faith’s boyfriend Sid return home so Luke can start High School.…show more content… 7.The setting takes place in Fairbanks, Alaska and San Francisco, California
8.The story is told in first person by Luke.
9.The climax of the story of when Luke is ready to go to his state tournament and his mom tells him about her past.
10.The mood of the story starts off calm, but as Luke starts to suspect something about his mom it turns suspenseful.
11.The central idea of the story is that Luke's mom should have turned herself in many years ago, before she had Luke so he can grow up knowing his mom doesn't have to hide from the F.B.I in Alaska.
12. In the story Faith was on the run from the police for 31 years and never mentioned anything to Luke until he was off to a state tournament.
