My Independent reading book that I choose for the book of the month was "Dark Secrets; Legacy of Lies", by Elizabeth Chandler. The main purpose the author wrote this book was mainly she enjoys writing stories that are mysterious or romantic. She loves to write stories that she knows the public will enjoy. My purpose in reading this book might be just the same as Chandler's reason. I enjoy reading book that are scary or mysterious stories that make me sit on the edge of my seat.
             This story is written in first person, and the narrator in this story is a girl named Meghan. The point of view contributes to the author's purpose because the story is mainly about her life or her "past life". As she discovers more clues, she thinks them over in her head, and flashbacks occur to give you a feel of what really is going on. With her being the narrator we have more of an understanding and a feel for the story. In this story the exposition was at the beginning of the book when Meghan had the dreams of a house she never was in or saw. The rising action occurred when her grandmother invited her to the house, and once Meghan arrived, she realizes that her grandmother's house was the house in her dreams. The plot was when she went to a fortune teller, and she began to find out she was actually related to these people, not just through adoption, and Meghan was reincarnated from someone in that family. And The Denouement was at the end When Matt revealed his true feelings for Meghan and they planned on marrying.
             The setting in this story contributes to the plot because in the beginning of the book, Meghan is having a dream of this house that she has never been in, but always dreams about. In this house strange things happen. In the most recent dream she was trying to get into the house but something on the other side of the door wasn't letting her in. Well in the plot of the book she is in this house. The h...