Right from the first page of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" (or "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" for those reading in the UK) Rowling proves that she knows a thing or two about the kind of magic that brings stories to life. The book starts with Harry as an infant‚ the child of a wizard and witch. He is suddenly left orphaned after an attack by the evil and powerful wizard Lord Voldemort‚ a villain so evil that most wizards and witches refer to him as "You-Know-Who". Mysteriously
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Abc Book Allah Used as the name of God in Islam. Bazar A type of market found especially in Middle Eastern countries that has rows of small shops which sell many different kinds of things. Caliph An important Muslim political and religious leader. Daimyo A Japanese feudal baron. Estate
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The Book Thief The Book Thief shows beauty can exist in the midst of brutality. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak shows through the midst of brutality‚ beauty can still be shown. The main characters Liesel Meminger‚ Rudy Steiner and Hans Huberman‚ prove this statement they are all faced with perilous situations‚ but still manage to show beauty throughout the situations. Liesel Meminger display beauty during the air raids‚ as she manages to read to people in the basement. Rudy Steiner displays
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Francisca Martinez Mrs. Smith Eng.9H Per.4 20 May 2010 Book Report 1. Things Fall Apart 2. Chinua Achebe 3. 209 Pgs 4. Tragedy 5. AP List 6. Although his father was a lazy man who earned no titles in the Ibo tribe‚ Okonkwo is a great man in his home of Umuofia. Okonkwo is selected by the elders to be the guardian of Ikemefuna‚ a boy taken prisoner by the tribe. For three years the boy lives with Okonkwo’s family and they grow fond of him. Then the elders decide that the boy must be killed. Rather
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The Fish! Philosophy No‚ the book Fish! written by the educator‚ film maker and motivational speaker Stephen Lundin will not teach you how to fish. Lundin wrote Fish! in a straightforward way which contains observations‚ stories and personal revelations that makes the readers engage with this magnificent parable. The book Fish! teaches how professionals that are involved in the business world can affect their environment and have fun while still working. It is common to work and have
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to try something new‚ so they switched the rings that they were wearing and tried again‚ “one-two-three-go! Said Digory. And then jumped” (43). This decision by Digory and Polly to go exploring now has huge impacts on the rest of the book and even affects the books to come. While adventuring‚ they stumble upon Jadis will later on become the “White Witch” in Narnia. Another decision that was made was the decision by Digory is to get a seed that would produce a tree to keep the queen away from Narnia
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Book review Charming tales of the growing-up years from India’s best-loved children�s writer For several decades now‚ Ruskin Bond�s inimitable stories about Rusty have enthralled and entertained children. Rusty is a quiet‚ imaginative and sensitive boy who lives in his grandparents� custody in pre-Independence Dehra Dun. Though he is not the adventurous sort himself‚ the strangest and most extraordinary things keep happening around him‚ and so the stories he has to tell are simply fascinating.
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What we can grasp from the book of Jeremiah in three sections is that we have similar issues in America today that were dealt with in Jeremiah’s time. Our time is now to make the difference in life and to change not only our minds but our hearts. Jeremiah discovers this throughout the book‚ and attempts to help the matter. Through these three thing see can gather that we will have to make an effort for change‚ we need something extraordinary to effect our lives‚ and we have to accept that temptation
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Student’s Name: Khamille Ann A. Linsag Yr and Section: IV-Hope Book Report No.: 1 Date: September 11‚ 2012 Title of the Book: Three Men in a Boat Name of Author: Jerome K. Jerome Setting: Kingston to Oxford Main Characters: 1. George 2. Harris 3. J. 4. Montmorency Best-liked Character and Why: In the story‚ I like Tom the best. He is a cat
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This book is about a nine year old boy named Bruno who‚ because of his father’s job‚ is forced to move from Berlin to the countryside. From his bedroom window‚ Bruno spots a fence behind which he sees men in ’striped pyjamas’. These are Jews‚ and they are in a Nazi concentration camp. One day his parents come to an agreement that both Bruno and Gretel need a tutor for their education‚ so they hire Herr Liszt. To Bruno‚ Herr Liszt is the most boring teacher one could ever have; he teaches social studies
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