Timothy who is a 12-year-old boy has a yearlong of house arrest. Timothy also has a 9-month-old brother Levi who is badly ill, breathing through a trach tube that sometimes clogs. Timothy’s crime is charging $1,445 on a stolen credit card for his little brother’s medicine Levi. To top it off, his mother cannot afford it, causing all this affect was there farther leaving them. Now Timothy is forced to write a journal that he puts all his frustrations and thoughts into. The author K.A. Holt creation of an intriguing plot, a well-developed character, and a meaningful theme in House Arrest makes it special enough to nominate for the Rhode Island Teen Book Award. As said in the introduction Timothy puts all his thoughts, frustrations, and ideas all in his forced to have journal. He is in juvie for only one year; 52 weeks; 8,760 hours; and 525,600 minutes. The reason …show more content…
His motivation would trigger when he had ideas and goals set for his family. Not to mention he would do anything for his family. That shows his personality is very bright and will be there for people when he can. The reader can see his true colors by reading a weeks’ worth of his thoughts, frustrations, and humiliations. Timothy changes throughout the book when he writes in his journal. The ideas turn into a plan, the plan turns into a goal, and the goal turns into his destiny. So another words, his maturity level of talking is at a college level. Now for an example his 14th week at juvie, just turned to spring. “Jose’s mom is singing loud and proud to some song with a thumping beat. Everyone is acting like her voice is a weapon killing them, ears first. She is laughing and singing, the van driving through a storm. I just hold on tight, fingers gripping my seat belt. It’s like the world is swallowing me one laugh at a time” (Holt