Haley Krough Mr. Hallgren English II 4th 02-07-10 Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis wrote Elijah of Buxton‚ a Newberry Honor book. This story takes place in the town of Buxton‚ Canada during the mid 1880’s. Elijah of Buxton is told in first person point of view with Elijah being the main character. Elijah‚ an eleven-year-old boy‚ was the first child born free in the town of Buxton. Cooter is Elijah’s best friend‚ but would sell him out in a second to save his own skin. The Preacher
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Fight Club Book Report by Noga Livni Charles Michael Palahniuk‚ also known as Chuck Palahniuk‚ is an American novelist and a freelance journalist who was born in the early 60’. Fight Club – Palahniuk’s first novel which won many awards was also made into a film‚ directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt‚ Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter. Fight Club is the story of a young man‚ tired and frustrated with the way he runs his life – his nowhere-going job‚ his superficial relationships
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“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” Stephen Covey‚ author of the giant best-selling book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People‚” passed away last month at the age of 79. This particular work of Covey’s sold to date over 20 million copies along with his many other fascinating eye opening reads focused around self-improvement. In this book‚ Covey explains in detail what he believes to be 6 foundational habits that an individual must possess if they are in search of personal success at the
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Stick Figure The book which I will be talking about‚ is an autobiography‚ Stick Figure‚ written by Lori Gottlieb. The setting of this book is Beverly Hills‚ in the year of 1978. The main character‚ Lori is an intelligent eleven year old girl. She is surrounded by people who live a lifestyle on being rich‚ doing diets and trying to be thin and surrounded by messages of the “perfect body” for women. Every female she comes across‚ from peer to adult‚ is on a diet‚ counts calories‚ avoids desserts
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Introduction The novel I read for the project was “Fever 1793” by Laurie Halse Anderson. Fever 1793 is a story about a little girl named Matilda Cook who lives during the time that Yellow Fever broke out. Some of the novel is fiction‚ and some of the book is historical. Key Idea 1 The first Key Idea of the novel is the fever itself. The fever changes how everyone lives. It makes some leave the town and some stay. It makes people think some are crazy and it makes people go crazy. It makes people
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Soul Surfer Summer Read Questions 1. Soul Surfer takes place in Kauai‚ Hawaii. In the story‚ the main character-Bethany Hamilton- is an extremely talented surfer. Her whole life basically revolved around surfing‚ she loved it more than anything else in the world. Bethany spent most of her time in the water‚ either practicing or competing. Until one day during a practice session with her best friend‚ Alana Blanchard‚ something tragic occurred. Bethany was attacked by a 14 foot tiger shark. Alana
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College. She recently moved from Tucson‚ Arizona back to Philadelphia’s Main Line with her husband and dogs. Related Info Sara Shepard has also written... Flawless[->2] Perfect[->3] Unbelievable[->4] Wicked[->5] Killer[->6] Heartless[->7] Wanted[->8] Twisted[->9] If you enjoyed this book you might also like... Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar. The Clique by Lissi Harrison The “It” Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar. The A-List by Zoey Dean The AU Pairs by Melissa de la Cruz
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Book Write Up The novel Your Inner Fish‚ by Neil Shubin‚ shows profound knowledge of evolution in the origins of the humans. Shubin writes enthusiastic chapters that specify major organs of general life on earth‚ ranging from aquatic life like sharks to terrestrial animals such as mice. Shubin skillfully explains complex connections to us humans to other present animals with evidence‚ in fossils‚ that show evolution throughout millions‚ even billions of years. How did we inherit all those
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The book "Day of Infamy" by Walter Lord is an non-fiction novel. This novel is over the day that the Japanese Attacked Americans‚ also known as Pearl Harbor. This book will keep you interested as Lord goes into great detail and stories of individual characters. What I really enjoy about this book is how Lord not only puts in America’s side of the story but also the Japanese’s side. The line " Then back to Tokyo again‚ guardedly comparing notes with Lieutenant Commander Toshihide Maejimma‚ who was
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No the language in this book would make the group lose interest because it thoroughly explains the subject of soccer and her life dealing with soccer. No there was not terms used in this book that were unfamiliar because I understand most or maybe all of the terms dealing with soccer. There was visuals of her life and soccer career in the book multiple times. Also‚ I have seen most of the games she talks about in the book so I can visualise what is happening. These visuals
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