NIGHT OF THE TWISTERS Section 4 & 5 Book By: Ivy Ruckman PowerPoint By: Linnea

Setting  Dan’s nehiborhood  Police headquarters  K-Mart  The farm

Characters  Dan ( Main character )  Arthur  Aunt Goldie  Arthur's family  Dan’s family  Mrs. Smiley  All of the characters above are the same. There are some new characters that are listed below.  Kelly  Mrs. Minetti

Plot  In section 4 & 5 the tornado hit. Dan, Arthur, and Ryan had to go down to the basement. When the tornado hit the pipes broke. Dan remberd his dad saying that the shower is the safest place so they crawled to the shower. After waiting for I don’t know how long the tornado stopped. They tried to find a way to exit the torn down house but there was no use. They were trapped. Then they heard Arthur's sister calling for them. They answered in relief.

Plot (Continued) Then Arthurs sister, Stacy found out a way to lift them over the wall. In minutes the were over the wall an headed to the middle of town. They got there and Dan wanted to find his mom no matter what. When they were walking down the street Dan saw his mom and ran up to her and hugged her. Then she took Ryan and hugged him tight. After that was over Arthur insisted to go get Mrs. Smiley.(Who was in her house when the tornado hit.) They found her snoring on the couch and they laughed. How could

Plot (continued)  She sleep through all that racquet!! Well I don’t know. Anyway they woke her up and they found a way to get out with Mrs. Smiley. When they got out they went back to the middle of town and they tried to get on the bus to K-Mart (The rescue center) but it was full. Then one nice man gave up his seat and gave it to Mrs. Smiley. Stacy, Arthur, and I took A police car. The drivers name was Kelly and he was very friendly! When they were driving to K- Mart. They got stuck in an other tornado!! So Kelly tried to

Plot (continued)  Get them out but his glasses broke and he got glass in his eyes so he told Dan he had to drive to the police headquarters. When they got there A woman named Mrs. Minnetti gave them a room. Arthur and Dan called it a Dungeon. They slept there for one night. The next morning they wanted to get out !!!!! Dan was driven to K-mart to look for his mom. He tried to get in but someone stopped him. He said They evacuated everyone, there where two feet of water in there!!! When Dan was walking back crying

Plot (continued)  He heard his dad’s truck and he ran up to it waving and screaming. They stopped and everyone ran out and hugged him. 