dystopian sci-fi novel for young adults. It is the first book in an epic trilogy that is continued in Prodigy and Champion. Based on a retelling of Les Miserables‚ Legend is “impossible to put down and even harder to forget” (Kami Garcia‚ author of Beautiful Creatures). Set in a futuristic Los Angeles‚ Legend is told from the perspective of two main characters from contrasting backgrounds‚ June and Day. In this novel‚ the United States of America no longer exists‚ but has been replaced by two warring
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Beautiful Child When I picked Beautiful Child off the bookshelf‚ I was expecting something a little different. I was prepared to read another run-of-the-mill book about child abuse‚ neglect‚ and the difficulties in saving one child from a horrific home life. However‚ I decided to read this book‚ even though it didn’t look very interesting; after all‚ I was taught not to judge a book by its cover. Sitting down to read later that night‚ I was pleasantly surprised. Not only is Beautiful Child a good
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that Afghans and Iraqis did: where the state has collapsed‚ and while relatively ethnically homogenous‚ overwhelmingly Sunni Libya will not face the ethno-religious strife that Iraq has‚ it will encounter other difficult problems that have emerged in post-conflict settings where the basic institutions of governance had to be built from the wreckage of dictatorship. Fears that Libya will become the next Somalia are over blown; any democratic change in Libya must be protracted and fragile. 1.2 Gaddafi’s
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United States over the last fifty-years have a created a situation in which getting a college degree has become very important particularly for low income student. It has become harder for an economy that was once driven by industry evolved into a post-industrial economy in trying to achieve the American dream. What was once was a allure of quitting school and going down to your industrialized section of your town to find a job has become harder to do in today’s economy. From non-traditional students
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Good morning everyone. My name is Joshua Orefice‚ in the early part of my childhood life is beautiful‚ living in Arezzo‚ Italy with my loving mother and father‚ Guido and Dora‚ but things take a turn for the worst with the occupation of my hometown by German forces. On my fifth birthday my Mother‚ Father‚ Uncle Eliseo and myself were forced onto a train bound for a concentration camp. At the time I was confused‚ unaware of the true nature of the camp and completely oblivious to the vile actions
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importance on the field and nothing like a little teamwork will get the job done. There are three main positions to make up an offense or defense play‚ which are the posts‚ wings‚ and the guard. Each of these positions has their own important roles. The post positions are for taller players because they are close to the basket. The post position is made up of two players. They are more of the taller
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“The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse” This short story is a part of a book written by William Saroyan that centers on Aram‚ a nine-year-old boy from the Garoghlanian family. The Garoghlanian family is a tribe of Armenian descent that has immigrated to California. In this tribe they value honesty above all else “most important of all‚ though‚ we were famous four our honesty” (p.160). Aram and his cousin Mourad went on an adventure during a summer season; it emphasized the tribe’s behavior
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The Most Beautiful scene in The World There are 70 hundred million people in the world. We brush past countless strangers and acquaintances on our way to school‚ on a crowded bus or in a hilarious party. For sure‚ it is impossible for us to remember all of their face and their action then. But in the bottom of our heart‚ there must have a one-of-a-kind picture. A picture we clearly remember‚ a picture that touch our deepest emotion and also bring us a profound understanding. When I was still
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Cover Letter Assignment #5 My medium of choice‚ a blog‚ works well with my specific. The message in my blog is to talk about move in day and what obstacles I faced. My purpose was simply for entertainment use and maybe a little informational on how move in day worked for me. The blog really made the entertainment aspect very effective because usually a blog is read for entertainment and to read about interesting stories. Also‚ the blog allowed me to add pictures and recall the past event as I saw
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Beautiful Boy by David Sheff 1. Sheff intrigued me with his story just by the back of the book. The entire story is about his eldest son‚ Nic‚ who is an amazing student as a child; however‚ his childhood begins to fade when he gets into the life of drugs and alcohol. The experiences and hardships that the author goes through is very emotional which really kept me reading. 2. The setting affects the author and his story. The book takes place in modern day times as in 2008. This impacts the
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