Synopsis

In our story there is a young boy who is struggling in school, he has never found anything that interests him. His mom is getting really frustrated with his grades and his newfound attitude. Then one day his teacher, while Ms. Marie, touches upon a subject that grasps his attention. All of a sudden, while looking at his textbook he briefly notices his mom’s maiden name. Little did he know that the man with his mom’s last name was actually his own great grandfather. He goes home as usual thinking this was simply a coincidence. Then that night, his mom asks him what he learned that day at school, and as usual he responded with a simple “nothing”. It wasn’t until that night after dinner when he was looking in the basement for god knows what, that he finds an old journal. Innocently, he takes it up to his room with the only intention that he needed something to read. In fact he would have never went to go look for that journal if he actually did his homework, but in a way it’s a good thing he didn’t. Without even knowing that this very notebook would change his life, he opened it and began to read it. At first he didn’t know what to think of this new “book” he found in the basement, but after about an hour he begins to realize that this is no book, it’s a journal of one called, Gabriel Kuno. Intrigued with this new journal that he stumbled upon, he went to go show his mom. He then ran downstairs with loads of energy to go show his mom what he had found in the basement. It wasn’t until the next day at school that he started putting everything together, the man in the textbook, the journal, and the fatal blimp explosion. After that day, everyone started noticing a huge change in his behavior and attitude towards life. He was so excited to tell his mom all about how his great grandfather was involved with the Hindenburg, thinking she didn’t already know. She then tells him that his great grandfather is still alive, and if he wanted to talk to him she would take him down to go see him. The truth is, when he was littler, he was never fond of his great grandfather, this is why Amanda was so surprised that Robbie wanted to go see him. This is the first time that Robbie had ever been truly attached to anyone but her, and she was glad that it was with her own grandpa. That night after picking Robbie up from her grandpa’s house she found him asleep with the journal open on his chest. The next day he stays late to show his teacher the journal, and for the next week all he wants to do is read the journal and find out more about his great grandfather. This one journal totally changed his life, and let him realize to not be afraid to get close to people, and for the first time he actually was interested in something.