"Four Miles to Pinecone" by Jon Hassler

In October and November I read a book called "Four Miles to Pinecone". I think it's a good book and I have to write an essay about it. In this essay I am going to tell you about the conflicts that the main character, Tom Barry, encountered and how he handled them. First, I am going to talk about friendship and a conflict involving friendship in this book. Tom and Mouse were best friends. They …showed first 75 words of 535 total…

…showed last 75 words of 535 total…he wouldn't fail his English class. Tom's Dad also cares about hard work, because he said, "Do you think I could make a living at the factory if I understood my work but never actually did it? Just stood around all day understanding it?" When Tom tried to say that assignments had nothing to do with English class and that they were stupid. The conflicts in "Four Miles To Pinecone" bring the characters to life.