Author's purpose and style are important to identify when reading text. A reader can better understand the reason why the author wrote the material and hear the “voice” of its creator. Julie T. Lamana’s purpose for writing the book, Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere, was to entertain. She entertains by making the reader feel a wide variety of emotions such as sadness, anger, happiness and contentment. For example, the book is sad and upsetting when Armani’s grandmother and dad die. The book also contains joy when Armani and her family reunite with each other after Hurricane Katrina. Julie T. Lamana has a very descriptive style that gives the reader all the details of a situation. She tells this story from the voice of the main character
