1. Written by: Natsumi Tayaka Type: Fiction/Manga By: Victoria T.

2. The story takes place in1987. Tohru Honda has recently lost her mother in a car accident and lost her father to a disease many years ago. Good thing she has her 2 best friends right by her side, Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima. Tohru ends up living with the prince of her high school, Yuki Sohma and his cousins Shigure Sohma and Kyo Sohma.

3. Tohru Honda is tall with long brown hair and eyes. She has a fun and bubbly personality that seems to always brighten a room. Arisa Uotani has dirty blonde hair and deep blue eyes. She has a street fighter personality but she is always there for Tohru when she needs herr. Saki Hanajima is medium sized with ash black hair and eyes. She has a dark and sinister feeling to her but deep down inside she is a good person and friend. Yuki Sohma is tall with strangely gray hair and purple eyes. He has al the girls in his high school obsessing over him because of his good looks and charming personality. Kyo Sohma is tall with bright orange hair and reddish eyes. he has a mean and bully like personality. Shigure Sohma is tall with jet black hair and eyes. He has a fun and upbeat personality and always makes people smile where ever he goes.

4. Tohru is trying to make a living all by herself in the woods’ but she stumbles upon a house and soon realizes that it is Yuki Sohma’s house. The prince of her high school she soon finds herself living with them. She soon gets a hint that there is something darker hidden behind the Sohma’s.

5. Tohru discovers the family curse and she dosen’t mind at all, but the head of the family, Akito, does. He does not want anybody outside the family to know. He tries to break her down and soon realizes that he can’t. And he will never be able to as long as he lives.

6. This is an amazing series and I think that everybody should read it and if you didn’t know you can go to www.hulu.com/fruitsbasket and watch the series for yourself. It is an emotional journey for me at least. There is no time that you can waste go on either log on to this website and website or go to you local library and read it for your self. There is no way to put the ride that it takes you through in words.www.hulu.com/fruitsbasket

7. Natsumi is originally from Japan and writes her series over there and they became popular in the United States and began showing up over here. What I think is amazing is that she wrote the majority of the series as a teenager and she didn’t finish writing the series until she was near the age of 40! Mrs.Tayaka loves to write and when she was writing she would receive fan mail of drawings of the characters and she would place the pictures in the back of her books. She loved her fans in every way she possibly could!

8. 1. Why does Tohru live with Yuki, Shigure and Kyo? 2. Why does Kyo become nice in the end? 3. Why does Yuki get the most attention school wide? 4. Explain why Arisa acts the way she does? 5. Why is Tohru living by herself trying to make a living In the woods by herself?

9. Tohru Honda has lost her mother and father is terrible accidents. Good thing she has her 2 best friends helping her pull through the mess and pain she is in. Tohru finds herself living by herself in a tent in the woods near the prince of her high schools house. One day when she was walking to school she stumbles upon his hom4e and ends up living with Yuki, the prince and his 2 cousins Kyo and Shigure Sohma. Yet there is a darker secret to yet be found.