Blog 2 Inside Out Maren Clemsen

I am currently reading the book Inside Out, by Terry Trueman. I have read into the seventh chapter. So far in the book I am reading the main boy Zach is mentally disabled and he is caught up in a stressful situation. Zach is caught in a hostage held at a local coffee shop. It all started when two boys came in yelling for money armed. A pedestrian from outside the shop saw what was going on and called to police for help. In panic mode the two boys turned the robbery into keeping hostages held up in the coffee shop as Zach is one of them. The problem is Zach cannot get his medication he needs for his schizophrenia to have the voices in his head, Dirtbag and Rat away, which are excessively telling Zach bad things about himself and to commit suicide. The hostages are keeping the 12 hostages held up in the coffee shop as multiple police cars are surrounding the place. Zach is suffering with the voices and the extra stress added to the situation of the hostage. I think this book is really good because it pulls the reader's attention in and is very suspenseful. I'm guessing the author wrote this book because he must have had some past history with robberies or schizophrenia. The big idea the author is trying to portray is to show how much everyone is suffering in this situation and especially Zach with his disabilities. The best character is Zach because yet he is mentally disabled he also is very smart. He has grown very much from the incident because it has taught him to remain calm and control the voices occurring in his head. "You suck, go die. Your worthless. Dirtbag and Rat are bag and I can't control it, it's getting worse. I need my medication." This passage is from the book stated by Zach. I chose this passage because it shows Zach's struggles and what he has to deal with. The questions i have after reading this book are, Does Zach make it out alive from the coffee shop? and will the buglers go to jail or get away with the crime?