2. Biography: Willo Davis Roberts
Willo Davis Roberts was born in Grand Rapids,
Minnesota on May 29, 1928. Willo was best
known for her great childrens’ mystery books.
After a family dairy farm business filature she
worked in a hospital and started writing for
extra money. At the very beginning she wrote
for adults, after that she wrote for children.
She published 99 books in her lifetime. She
won about 2 Mark Twain awards for some of
her books. When she died on November 19,
2004 she had been working on her 100th novel.
3. Summary
Rebel is about a rebel ,Amanda Jane Keeling
or so called Rebel, and her friend Moses
Adams. Rebel comes to help her
Grandmother, Gram, with her newly bought
house for college renters. But aside from
helping Gram and Moses's grandma, Viola.
She and Moses are finding out a mystery.
With robbers and counterfeit money. Will
they catch these thieves?
4. Characters
Main Characters-
Rebel Keeling (Amanda Jane Keeling): Is really a rebel. She is brave and
confident. She is not scared to try to do something dangerous. She is
practically a regular 14 year old teenage girl just like you and me.
Although she is very tall for her age.
Moses Adams: Moses is a brave boy who is Rebel’s friend. Moses is
about six foot six (very tall), 15 years old, has glasses, and is a kind;
good friend. He was ready to solve the mystery at first but later
becomes a little worried especially since they had not called the police.
Minor Characters-
Gram Keeling- Is a rebel like her grandchild. She is ready for anything.
An enthusiastic old lady and a wonderful grandmother to Rebel.
Viola Adams- Is also a rebel, ready for anything, and enthusiastic. She is
Moses’s grandmother and helped Rebel’s grandmother with the new
house Gram bought.
The counterfeiters: 3 boys 1 girl- The counterfeiters are the real crooks
in this novel and yes they are college students.
5. Plot
Introduction
• Meet Rebel and her protective parents.
• Meet Gram her rebellious grandmother.
• Setting: A newly bought old Victorian house.
Rising action
• While Moses and Rebel are out walking the dogs they see someone steal from a
convenience store.
• Rebel meets Viola, Moses’s grandma.
• Tiger, Viola’s dog, goes chasing a thief and gets lost.
• Rebel finds Tiger.
• Rebel and Moses start figuring out the mystery.
• Rebel and Moses start renting rooms in their Grandma’s house so they can try to
find the counterfeiters.
Climax
• Moses and Rebel call Moses’s uncle, a policeman because the counterfeiters come
back to get their jacket and fake money.
Falling Action
• Rebel does not get to go to Europe with her family because she has to go to court
to testify against the counterfeiters.
• Viola and Gram promise to take her and Moses on a caravanning trip in Europe the
next summer if Rebel is good for a whole year.
6. New Vocabulary
Counterfeit – adj. Made in imitation of something else with
intent to deceive. “That man has counterfeit money.” pg 93
Splendor – noun. Great brightness or luster. “That sunset is
a splendor.” pg. 18
Burglarize- verb. To break into and steal from. “My friend
was burglarized.” pg. 73
Convenience – noun. Fitness or suitability for performing an
action or fulfilling a requirement . “ I went to a convenience
store to buy milk.” pg. 35
Oblige – verb. To put in one's debt by a favor or service. “I
can always oblige my sisters.” pg 64
7. Starring Actors
Rebel Keeling (Amanda Jane Moses Adams is played by:
Keeling) is played by: Vanessa Spencer Boldman
Hudgens
9. Starring Actors Counterfeiter boy #3 is
played by: Daniel Radcliff
Counterfeiter boy #1 is played
by: Jason Earles Counterfeiter boy #2 is played by:
Jerry Trainer
Counterfeiter girl is played by: Anne Hathaway
10. Soundtrack Tunes
21st Century Girl
A beautiful life
21st Century Girl 21st Century Girl
Give me an inch
Us walking side by side A beautiful life
I promise I'll take a mile
21st Century Girl 21st Century Girl
Danger is beauty
Yeah, I'm gonna live it up Us walking side by side
I'll face it with a smile Just live it up 21st Century Girl
Yeah, I'm gonna live it up
I'm on a mission Step on the breaks
Just live it up
With no restrictions Then I'mma step on the gas
Don't second guess myself I am a rebel
But I do it with class I feel like I can take over the world
I'm born to be wild
I set the boundaries If only I get my dreams out
The rules don't own me Pull gold from my soul
I'm the type of chick
I'm living life on the edge, Pull diamonds from my heart
That likes to rock the beat
I like to rock the beat
I choose my path It's that new girl thinking and this
song is just the start! • The scene
I like to rock, to rock the beat I'm the type of chick
That likes to rock the beat
21st Century Girl
where Rebel
21st Century Girl I like to rock the beat
I do what I like I like to rock, to rock the beat
I do what I like arrives at the
21st Century Girl
21st Century Girl
I’m taking you for a ride I'm the kind of chick I’m taking you for a ride house.
That knocks you off your feet 21st Century Girl
21st Century Girl
That knocks you off your feet Yeah, I'm gonna live it up
Yeah, I'm gonna live it up
That knocks you off, off your Just live it up
Just live it up feet
21st Century Girl
21st Century Girl
A beautiful life “21st Century
I do what I like
21st Century Girl
21st Century Girl
Us walking side by side
Girl”
I’m taking you for a ride
21st Century Girl 21st Century Girl By: Willow
Yeah, I'm gonna live it up Yeah, I'm gonna live it up
Just live it up Just live it up Smith
11. Rating
I gave Rebel a rating of 5 stars.
I gave Rebel 5 stars because it was a mystery
book and it always got you thinking of what
would happen next. I also really like mystery
books. It was very detailed and explained well.
