Many have encouraged me to read Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet‚ finally I decided to give it a try. I’m not a huge fan of reading‚ however I was told that I would thoroughly enjoy every page of what was described as an "edge of my seat" read. I love a good book that puts you on edge and makes one feel like he or she absolutely must know the events on the next page. Therefore‚ how could I turn down a persuasion like that? I had to get a hold of this fictional novel. Brian Robeson‚ the main character of
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Ivan Hoe By Sir Walter Scott A thrilling blend of medieval intrigue‚ Romance and adventure Submitted by: Submitted to: Joshua Mikhael T. Prieto Sir Lourence Tarriela Long time ago‚ two powerful raise has conquered the lands the Saxons and the Normans but their tradition keeps them away form each other. There
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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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In the book You Don’t Know Me‚ John is brutally beaten by his mom’s boyfriend‚ Stan. Stan does this in secret to John’s mother‚ but does she actually know that this goes on? While some may believe that John’s mother did know that this goes on‚ the truth is that she does not know about this at all. Stan was very good at keeping him beating John a secret‚ whenever Stan beat John‚ it is never in front or near John’s mother. John’s mother was always away from home and she also had to visit her aunt
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knows everything a person wants‚ feels‚ and hopes for. It also allows people to message friends‚ hear news feedcasts‚ and buy things based on many corporations’ advertisements. Titus and his friends take a trip to the moon. Titus meets a beautiful girl named Violet and invites her to a concert. During the concert‚ a strange man who kept repeating‚ “We enter a time of calamity.” hacked everyone’s feeds. They all woke up in a hospital with damaged feeds. They were all fixed besides Violet’s who’s still
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and private life matters. This book highlighted the importance of family and demonstrated the common experiences everyone goes through with growing up. It was nice of them to share their personal stories‚ I mostly loved it because with most of their issues I could relate to‚ and being able to relate to something always makes it easier to comprehend. The colorful pages are jam packed with photos from childhood and beyond‚ there are some major messages from this book that grabbed me some are ‘to just
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I read the survival book the hatchet. Cover to cover‚ the hatchet was filled with endless details. The hatchet is about a boy named Brian Robeson who made it through plane crash on the way to visit his father and has to survive the wilderness in hopes of being rescued. Brian’s parents are divorced and Brian knows why but keeps the secret as he mentally is going through a lot‚ he is physically going through a lot too. As Brian leaves‚ his old city self behind‚ and turns into a survivor‚ he evolves
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become best friends. It is this friendship that enables them to survive. Minor Characters Mr. Sir He is the mean‚ antagonistic counselor at Camp Green Lake. He is cruel and sarcastic‚ always reminding the boys that they are not at a “Girl Scout Camp.” Mr. Pendanski He seems the nicer of the counselors at first‚ but he turns out to be mean spirited. He regularly taunts and berates Zero‚ and jokes that the holes could be graves for Stanley and Zero. The Warden She is the embodiment
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I would like to read more books on this topic because while reading this book I found the facts that the book had very interesting. One of the things that the book said was that more than 6 million Jews were killed during the holocaust. I found this fact captivating because I asked myself‚ why were so many people killed during a short period of time? If Iread more books on the topic of the holocaust i think it will help answer why so many people were killed. Even though there isn’t a logical answer
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Books On ADHD Preface ADHD‚ a pretty well known term to describe a psychological disorder has garnered quite the attention of the years. A large volume of ADHD research has been done since and the results have been in the range from startling to the very obvious. Several books have been written on ADHD as well‚ for all ages‚ and many guidebooks have also been written for help on this particular issue. What is ADHD? ADHD‚ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a psychatric disorder which leads
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