The novel I chose for my book report is Hero‚ by Mike Lupica. It’s a fantasy novel and one in a series of books by the author dealing with the superpowers and the struggle of good versus evil. The main character of the book is Zach Harriman 14 year old boy whose father recently died in a plane crash. His father worked for the secret service. Zach starts to investigate his father’s mysterious death. He is told by a “friend of the family” named Mr. Herbert that he has supernatural powers‚ and his
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Dracula Book Report Author: Bram Stoker Title: Dracula Rating: Excellent Reading Level: Hard Number of Pages: 363. With the notes and commentary: 394 Summary: Dracula is a novel about 6 comrades scheming to exterminate Count Dracula in revenge for killing the love of both Quincey Morris and Lord Godalming‚ Lucy Westenra. They soon find they are dealing with a bloodthirsty vampire‚ and their plot turns into a race for whom is able to survive‚ Count Dracula‚ or them. Their story is
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Award Report By: Seth Love Grade: 7th Teacher: Language Arts Teacher Unknown Date: Sunday August 03‚ 2003 Time: 11:04 Bronx Masquerade’s setting varies from place to place. There are three main settings. A High School‚ the ghettos of the Bronx‚ and many mental settings that occur inside students’ heads. The setting usually occurs in the in the high school. More pacifically‚ Mr. Ward’s classroom. The reason is; Mr. Ward holds a in class poetry event called Open Mike Fridays. The book Bronx Masquerade
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When reading about history‚ one comes across a rather unfortunate number of mass killings. From the slow destruction of the Native American peoples‚ to the brief but devastating Holocaust‚ to modern terrorist attacks‚ history books tell of atrocity after atrocity. If one were to ask a random person on the street‚ he or she could probably provide a decent explanation of any of these events. After all‚ humanity has a fascination with violent and horrific acts‚ so if people remember anything from high
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Cockroach Book Report By: James Cockroach‚ written by Rawi Hage‚ published in 2008 by House of Anansi Press Inc.‚ tells the story of a new immigrant who comes to Montreal‚ Canada to escape his war torn country back home in Iran. We see Canada through the eyes of the unnamed protagonist throughout the novel who struggles financially‚ and emotionally‚ battling the cold Canadian winter‚ and ending up in special care after a failed suicide attempt upon arriving to Canada. Through his extremely
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Why is the Sky Blue? Did you know that the sky wasn’t always blue? The story goes thousands of years back. It all went like this… It was just another day in Aika village. The sky was gray and dim(Put it here or remove it from myth). There weren’t a lot of people walking around town‚ and the only sounds heard were the soft autumn wind and rustling leaves. One girl‚ named Ai‚ was sitting alone on a knoll. Every day she hoped for a change in the village‚ as everything was always dark and gloomy. No
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CIO WM Research 7 September 2012 Global risk watch Fed to announce QE3 • We now expect the FOMC to announce a third round of quantitative easing (QE3) at its meeting on September 13. The FOMC is also likely to extend its commitment to hold the Fed Funds rate at an extraordinarily low level. Thomas Berner‚ CFA‚ economist‚ UBS FS thomas.berner@ubs.com Brian Rose‚ strategist‚ UBS FS brian.rose@ubs.com Jeremy Zirin‚ CFA‚ strategist‚ UBS FS jeremy.zirin@ubs.com Stephen Freedman‚ CFA‚ strategist
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Book Report: The Goal This paper is a book report on the novel entitled The Goal written by Eliyahu Goldratt and Jeff Cox. The 40-chapter book is actually a business book written in the form of a novel that makes it interesting to read unlike other business textbook. As a novel‚ the book is entertaining but at the same time‚ very informative for management or accounting students as well as for the real-life company managers and CEOs who wanted to apply different managerial practices
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The book “Nativity”: ISBN 9780913441978‚ published in 2010‚ proves to be an engaging‚ yet informative piece. Written by‚ a Caribbean author‚ Lasana M. Sekou‚ the narrative of the poem is perfectly represented by its title. Sekou’s piece is concerned with the emergence‚ or birth‚ of a new culture through the oppression and enslavement of African people and the destruction of their civilisation‚ by the white Europeans. While the Europeans successfully managed to suppress the culture through their dominance
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The Pearl By: John Steinbeck Book Report THE PEARL John Steinbeck was born in February 1902 in Salinas‚ California and died in December 1968. Steinbeck enrolled in Stanford University however he never graduated. After an unsuccessful try to establish himself in New York he returned to California to do what he did best: write. Steinbeck’s first novel was published in 1929 but his first critical success was achieved with Tortilla Flat which won the California Commonwealth Club’s Gold Medal
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