I have been reading the book "Boost" by Kathy Mackel. The book is about the main character and narrator‚ Savannah Christopher‚ Savvy for short‚ and her older sister‚ Callie. Savvy and Callie are both athletic girls‚ but conflicts with their sport make them want to boost their game. In the book‚ Savvy is trying out for a 18U team‚ Fire‚ at the age of 13 with her friend‚ Nina Gonzalez. Meanwhile her sister Callie is a freshmen trying out for the varsity cheerleading team. I predict that because
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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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Jerry Giddens English 11W April 20‚ 2010 In Love & Trouble: A Collection of Short Stories by Alice Walker Alice Walker ’s novel "In Love and Trouble” is a collection of short stories that shows the struggles of black women and their experiences with love. In this paper‚ I will summarize stories from the novel and reviews of those stories. The collection begins with the story of Roselily‚ an older black woman with four children who decides to marry a Muslim man in order
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Book Report 1. Just Listen‚ Sarah Dessen‚ February 28‚2008‚ 383 pages 2. Summary of the plot: Annabel Greene had what could be considered the perfect teenage life: cool friends‚ close family‚ good grades‚ and a part-time career as a model. At the beginning of summer that all disappeared. She is still traumatized by the attempted rape she experienced from her best friend’s boyfriend‚ and she doesn’t try to fix the broken friendships that are created when everyone turns their backs on her
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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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In the short story‚ “Wilhelm” by Gabrielle Roy‚ true love is put to the test and undergoes great scrutiny. Through perseverance and the power of love‚ true love can conquer all obstacles in its path. The story starts with the main character‚ a daughter of oppressive parents who has forbidden her to see and talk to Wilhelm‚ an immigrant employed as a chemist in a small paint factory. Her stern parents went to great lengths to prevent communication between Wilhelm and their daughter and implemented
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analysing three short stories and will be explaining through my writing how the stories interest and satisfy the readers. I will express the aims of the stories through the eyes of my writing and evaluate the short stories in detail. The stories that I will be analysing are all set in different places. The first short story I will be focusing on is “The Sniper”. This is a story written by Liam O’Flaherty‚ which is set in a city called Dublin situated in Ireland. The genre for this story is Civil war
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Book Report on Day to Day Economics Written by Satish Y. Deodhar Day to Day Economics is a well-known book which is a part of the IIM Ahmedabad business book series is written by a professor from IIM Ahmedabad Mr. SATISH Y. DEODHAR. It has been published by Random House Publications and was copyrighted in 2012 by Satish Y. Deodhar. About the Author Mr. Satish Y. Deodhar is an Associate Professor in the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He has written many books of which the most recent
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JOSEPH T. WARD DEAR MOM A SNIPER’S VIETNAM Novel Joseph T. Ward writes this inspiring true story on cruelty of the war in Vietnam from his perspective. From the time he makes his decision to join the Marines in the beginning of the book all the way to making it to Vietnam as a Marine Scout Sniper. Among the Joseph T. Ward‚ Dave Young‚ Mike O’Grady‚ and Nick Herrera (whom all since childhood have been friends with Joseph T. Ward and decided to join the Marines with him) share six purple hearts
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you just focus?”. The thousand-eyed monster shifts and shows it’s eyes white‚ restless‚ ready to strike with the laughter of 25 tiny voices. I fight alone through switching numbers as 21’s turn to 12’s. I fight alone‚ slogging through the muck of short passages‚ while others soar above on Nimbus 2000 broom sticks with Harry. I fight alone until I meet a little mouse named Despereaux.
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