What is the What: Ch.9

This chapter was extremely captivating and constantly kept me hooked.In the beginning, for example, when Valentino and his mother were running away to avoid being killed by the Arabs was sooo intense!! I couldn't keep my eyes off the page. When I read anything pretty much, I tend to put myself in the shoes of the narrator. Reading this, I couldn't even begin to imagine how much adreneline and anxiety must be rushing down their bodies at that exact moment. It has to be the scariest thing in the world to have to run for your life. Thankfully, I've never really been put in that position myself but from this moment on and for a majority of the book Valentino is constantly on the run for survival.