Amy Tanushi 8/18/16 Summer Reading Response In the book “An Abundance Of Katherines" by John Green I found that the most intriguing character was Lindsey Lee Wells. In the book Colin Singleton had only dated girls named Katherine and he had dated nineteen of them. Colin is the main character of the book and he is a prodigy. A prodigy is a person‚ especially a young one‚ endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities. At the beginning of the story colin breaks up with his
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Summer ball by Mike Lupica‚ Mike Lupica is one of the authors that I half way enjoy reading his books as I don’t like too read that much. So summer ball involves Danny Walker as Richie Walker’s so the famous basketball guy in Middletown. The book involves Danny and a bunch of his basketball friends from middle town going out to one of the biggest basketball camps in Maine. At this basketball camp there are kids that are coming from all over the United States to show how good they are and to improve
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Brian Vatterott Dr. Karcher American lit. 1 18 May 2016 Book Report As a Chaminade Gentlemen‚ I hereby declare I have read 407 pages of my 407 page novel. To Begin‚ The Book King Con is about card-hustlers‚ or you could say con men. The novel King Con introduces the readers to the main character Beano X. Bates. Beano X. Bates could be called the master of con men. The story sets place when Beano X. Bates is in a poker game. The poker game is like any other poker game for Beano X. Bates‚ but Joe
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Literary Evaluation of The Outsiders The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is an endearing and enduring coming-of-age tale with timeless themes‚ written in an engaging style‚ encompassing unforgettable characters‚ and an inspiring storyline‚ which leaves the reader with a number of valuable life lessons. The greatest allure to this book is in the ability to relate to the lifelike characters and their struggles. Although the characters are young‚ ruffian‚ gang members‚ their perceptively portrayed struggles
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EGYPT GAME is a fun‚ scary‚ and exciting story at times; at other times the book is a bit slow. Snyder does a great job getting readers to care about the characters. The Author name is Zilpha Keatley Snyder And the Illustrator is Alton Raible the Award they won was Newbery Medal and Honors Genre: Mystery Book type: Fiction Although the kids in The Egypt Game have created their own little world‚ they still are deeply connected to their families and the whole neighborhood. Melanie and Marshall
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The book Taken is a scientific fiction for teenagers and adults to enjoy. This book takes place 19 years in the future (2035) in the Highlands‚ a place or town for rich families. In this time period kidnapping was considered a job because it happened so much (this didn’t mean that it was legal). The usual weather for this story is cloudy‚ there is not much sunlight. The main character is Charity‚ a brunette with braces that is the daughter of a millionaire. Her father was Mr. Meyers he had a tendency
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be honorable? The Greasers from The Outsiders are examples of people who break laws and are still honorable.The Greasers are law breakers. They have a grudge against the Socs. One of the Greasers accidentally take things too far. He and another Greaser run away‚ but they come back because of certain events that happen. They start to realize who the person they killed was.The Greasers are law breakers‚ but can still be good people. Johnny from The Outsiders is a law breaker‚ but is still a good
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sense doth prompt him; for when he strikes he is blind to where the blow shall fall‚ nor can he count the airy threads that weave the web of circumstance”. Though‚ when it comes to the horrific events that occurred in the novel The Outsiders‚ who is to blame? The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ covers the life of two rival gangs‚ the lower class Greasers and the upper class Socs. The feud between the two groups grows out of hand after one of the Socs is killed by a Greaser by the name of Johnny. From then
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Hope Solo My Story By Hope Solo‚ was written to entertain the reader. The main purpose of this book was to get Hope’s story out there so she sounds like a mean person with no feelings. Hope Said some things that were rude about one of her teammates because she wasn’t started in an important game. Hope had a meltdown and he could be one of the reasons she wrote this book. Hope was upset and embarrassed the whole entire team. Her teammates hated her and the girl who she thought she was close to
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The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water The book I choose to read is call The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water and the author is call Charles Fishman. Who is Charles Fishman? Well‚ Charles was born in Miami‚ Florida and went to Harvard University. He now lives in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania with his wife who is also a journalist. They have two children and four pets in which two are Labradors and the other two are parakeets. Besides The Big Thirst: The
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