Chains Summer Reading and Book Report In the year of 1776‚ America was much different than it is today. Back then‚ we were ruled by the British Royal Family‚ and we only had a total of thirteen colonies. Chains was based in the time of slavery and of the Revolutionary War. Isabel and Ruth were slaves for Miss Finch; in her will‚ Miss Finch wrote for the sisters to be freed once she had passed. After the funeral‚ the will could not be acquired. Now the girls were slaves‚ not free. After
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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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Book Report Format [50 pts] Standard: Writing Application 2.2 Demonstrate an understanding of significant ideas in a text Requirements: Typed‚ 3-5pgs‚ double-spaced‚ MLA format‚ separate title page Instructions: Follow the outline listed below to properly construct your paper. Also make sure to cite at least three parts of your book within your report. Topic Format: I. Introduction a. Answer the following questions about the story: i. What is the book’s plot? (provide a
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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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university. Throughout the book Skeeter is fighting for the civil rights of the black maids that have worked for her and her mates‚ by writing a book of the terrible stories that the have been through. Throughout the book there were many issues and actions that people did were interesting to read about and the opinions that different characters had on them. One of the biggest issues in the book that I think is how racist the whites are towards the black‚ throughout the book the blacks are always being
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Minority Autobiography Analysis (Book Report) Title: Honky Author: Dalton Conley Summary "Honky" is the true story of Dalton Conley‚ a white kid‚ growing up in a minority community. The story takes place beginning at the end of the 1960’s and concluding in the early 1980’s and takes us from the authors early childhood to college. Dalton Conley was white‚ with a Jewish mother and an Irish/English father. Both of Dalton’s patents were artists. His mother‚ Ellen‚ grew up in northern Pennsylvania
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Debby Shum 9B (12) Book report-Fiction Pre-reading task: Title: Flour Babies Author: Anne Fine Publisher: The Penguin Group Year of Publication: 1992 Post-reading Task: My comments: My favorite character is Simon Martin because he was willing to solve problems and found the final answer. He was mature and self-disciplined‚ always helping others‚ considerate and thoughtful to others. We should learn from him. The most interesting and memorable scene in the book is Simon hurdled all
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conflict because he has to keep moving to different places just to get more work‚ it is a struggle to move from a place because just as you get used to one place‚ then move away‚ and do it over again it gets frustrating. The cycle continues throughout the book‚ it is putting a pressure or struggle on Panchito‚ and probably the rest of his family. The problem first began when they are in Mexico and they start the journey to California that they have always talked about. They head to California to find work
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distant mother and younger sister made me sympathize for Katniss. I also really liked the relationship between Katniss and Gale because even though they were brought together through necessity‚ their friendship is so easy and comfortable. It was heart wrenching that they had such a serious duty to their families‚ hunting illegally and putting their names tens of times into the Hunger Games raffle. I felt that the raffle was ridiculously barbaric‚ and reminded me of a short story that we read in English
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The book‚ Zeitoun‚ by Dave Eggers‚ correlates a strong connection to me‚ because of the struggles and experiences Zeitoun faces after the destruction of hurricane Katrina. This book‚ dives into many different aspects of culture‚ race‚ religion‚ and the average citizen‚ but what makes this book so intriguing‚ is how people were treated because of those things. It gets us thinking‚ that America isn’t this perfect society that we think of it to be. And we have so much more things to improve. I personally
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