Resumo do livro (New York Message)

Chapter 1

Johnson’s family home place: Canada, Nova Scotia.

Summer vacations: America, New York.

Johnson’s family

Kevin (father) Janice (mother)

Abigail (12 years, twins) Alyssa (12 years, twins)

Hotel: Broadway.

Chapter 2

Donny: receptionist at Broadway Times Hotel.

Maxwell (Max, 12 years): Donny’s son.

Family suite: 15th floor.

Maxwell’s home place: Red Hook. He lives with his mother and her half-sister Stacey. His parents are divorced.

Maxwell’s family

Donny (father, ex-husband) before Maxwell’s mother after ?

Maxwell (son) half-sister Stacey (Daughter, 5 years)

Max’s favourite place in New York: Empire State Building, 102 floors, 1454 feet/443.2 meters. Observation deck: 86th floor.

Favourite film: Sleepless in Seattle.

Favourite food: Hotdogs.

Chapter 3

Tuesday:

Bus tour of New York- Yellow double-decker bus. Stop at Battery Park and take a ferry from there to the Statue of Liberty: Liberty Island.

New York tour

86th floor of Empire State Building: the family has a 360º degree view of the city.

Statue of Liberty: this monument was a present from France to celebrate centenary of American independence in 1886.

Central ParkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

The United Nations Building

The Empire State Building

The Hudson River

Chapter 4

Wednesday:

Window shopping on Fifth Avenue.

-Famous area of Manhattan.

-Girls and Max decide to go for Hotdogs in Times Square.

Fifth Avenue: This is one of the most expensive shopping streets in the world and it’s where you can see lots of parades like the St Patrick’s Day Parade.

-The note said to meet on Thursday at 5pm at the Empire State Building.

-The film that Alyssa mentioned was “Sleepless in Seattle”.

Chapter 4

Thursday:

-Max’s 13th birthday.

-He is going to be a teenager.

-His father gave him a new video game and money to buy some cool clothes.

-Breakfast: Pancakes with maple syrup, waffles, French toast, eggs, bacon and sausages.

-The girls choose pancakes with bacon and maple syrup and orange juice.

-They all decide to meet outside the hotel at 4:30 pm.

-Max noted the basket that Kelvin brought sitting on the subway train.

The New York Subway: The first underground line of the subway opened on October 27, 1904.

-On reaching the Empire State Building, they take elevator to 86th floor (Observation deck).

-It was covered with balloons and streamers.

-His mom and half-sister also come.

-The little girl is holding a balloon with number 13 on it.

-The picnic basket contains hotdogs, French fries, ketchup and mustard, coke, apple juice and water.

-The party goes up to 7:30 pm.

The End