What's an author's purpose? Do you think vanilla ice cream is the best flavor? If you do, that's great, but if you don't, you should. Vanilla ice cream has a light and creamy taste. Chocolate ice cream just doesn't taste the same. Plus, vanilla tastes much better than chocolate when it comes to topping!

the authors purpose is to draw someone in to the writing.

Explanation:

BUT I have to totally disagree on vanilla ice cream as being the best. Chocolate ice cream is way better because vanilla ice cream sometimes tastes spoiled then it tastes like bananas and its gross. it may have been just from experience XP but if i had to choose I would go with chocolate because if u put chocolate syrup on it its the double chocolate, and who doesn't like a lot of chocolate lol, its also good with sprinkles and again chocolate is just plain awesome. : )

to write books and yes vanilla is better than chocolate.

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the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".