The two books I read over the summer were Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan and The Maze Runner by James Dashner. The first book‚ Counting By 7s takes place in Bakersfield‚ California‚ and is about twelve year old Willow Chance who enjoys gardening‚ diagnosing medical conditions and the number seven. The story is about her journey through life after her parents died in a tragic car accident. Prior to the car accident Willow has to see Dell Duke‚ a student counselor‚ after being accused to cheater
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DJ Rising is the debut novel of author Love Maia. This book is about a boy named Marley Johnnywas Diego-Dylan. Marley is a sixteen-year-old boy who has to deal with a heroin-addicted mother‚ bills to pay‚ and a full scholarship to a private school to uphold. Along with that‚ he has a dream‚ a dream to DJ at the Fever‚ and elite club where the DJ is the biggest celebrity. When he is cordially invited to the Fever’s First Annual DJ Battle‚ he feels like he has one last chance to prove to his father
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about what Hester had to go through. The main character of this book was Hester Prynn‚ a very beautiful young lady. She was very reckless‚ wise‚ and strong. Even though being punished by the entire community Hester was still very protective of her daughter‚ and later on gave advice to many people. One of Hester’s faults was that she did actually cheat on her husband‚ even though he had been missing for so long. In this book Hester Prynn paid her sins of adultery back by wearing the scarlet
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Sugar management in the British Caribbean 1770-1834 has attracted the attention of Dr Campbell to the extent that he found it apt to pursue extensive research on the topic which culminated in his inspiring book- Beyond Massa. Dr Campbell has served as a senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies. He concentrated in contemporary Caribbean civilization and culture‚ in the department of history‚ in the faculty of Humanities and Education. Dr Campbell thoroughly investigated the
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“A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain.” (Hillenbrand p.34) Louie Zamperini was a young and rising track star. He was dreaming about the Olympics‚but that didn’t go as planned. It is 1943 in May Louie Zamperini’s plane had crashed in the pacific ocean during WW||. Ahead was thousands of miles of ocean with attacking sharks‚thirst‚and starvation/. He was caught by someone not very pleasant. But do it go away? Find out by reading unbroken By:Laura Hillenbrand. Unbroken has 298 fascinating pages
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Life has its donwfalls‚ but those downfalls happen for a reason. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Cline is a book mainly about Vivians downfalls. This book changed my view of the world becuase it taught me about hope‚ and taught me about being grateful. This book taught me about hope because despite Vivian’s struggles throughout the book‚ she had pride‚ and something good came out of the bad events. For example‚ Vivian went through being enslaved‚ being sexually assaulted‚ and being neglected for
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am still reading Ophelia Speaks by Sara Shandler. When I first started reading the book I was very interested in it but as I got further in reading the book personally I feel like it gets more depressing. They are all stories about how people have messed up in their lives in many different types of ways or the people’s family issues. It is a good way to learn what not to do‚ which will help some people. But‚ this book for me it is very boring because I would like to read something that is more entertaining
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Why do you like to weave some suspense into your books instead of doing pure romance? I honestly believe its just because that is what I like to read. 7. Between juggling a career and your personal life‚ how do you manage to make time to write? Now that I’m an empty nester‚ it’s a bit easier. But back when I first started writing I had three kids in travel hockey. I spent a lot of time at the rink! I brought my laptop and wrote most of my books during hockey practice or between games or in hotel
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The Boys in the Boat Dear Ms. Davis‚ I hope you had an enjoyable and relaxing summer. The book that we had to read called “The Boys in the Boat” is very interesting. The book relates to the course I will be taking this year in many ways. The reason I am writing this essay is to inform you about how this book relates to the class. For example as I was reading the coach said that rowing is difficult and will take every ounce of effort in your body. This relates to the class because there will be days
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Through this book‚ the author Scot McKnight uses his knowledge of the Christian faith to explain the plan that God has put in place of every person on earth. Throughout his book‚ McKnight gives many important insights into the power of the Holy Spirit and how it interacts with daily life‚ explaining the multipart system of possible alternative options for every single person that ever has or ever will exist. This book offers the reader the chance to interpret the words of a McKnight‚ as he teaches
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