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    Freakonomics Book Report

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    The Hidden Side of Freakonomics Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner is a book aimed at exposing the secret within everything. The authors prove that in many cases‚ two items don’t have to be connected because they are correlated. Moreover‚ two unrelated items can in fact be connected. Proving so was less difficult than it would seem. All it took was the right information. They were able to prove the most unlikely of correlations. The authors stress that in a world where incentives

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    Insurgent Book Report

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    1. Title: Insurgent 2. Author: Veronica Roth 3. Characters: List and briefly describe the main characters. Beatrice Prior - (Tris): Beatrice was born as Abnegation (a faction focused on selflessness and forgetting oneself for the sake of others.) When she was 16 she took an Aptitude Test‚ which determines what faction fits your personality best. When Beatrice took the test she ended up getting 3 out of the 5 factions which means that she is a Divergent. Being a Divergent is very rare and dangerous

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    Mayflower Book Report

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    Nathaniel Philbrick. First of all‚ I was surprised to see a book on this summers New York Times Best Seller List about a subject so long ago. I would have thought the story about the Pilgrims had been told enough times no one would bother writing another book. Philbrick has written an enlightening account of the 17th century events that shaped our country. It was a story that is well written and enjoyable to read. I was immediately hooked in the book. In the first paragraph‚ excluding the preface‚ Philbrick

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    Twilight Book Report

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    Twilight is the first book of Stephenie Meyer’s book series of the same name‚ as well as Meyer’s debut novel. It was published in October 2005. The story revolves around a teenaged human girl‚ Bella Swan and a vampire‚ Edward Cullen‚ who fall in love‚ despite both of them knowing that their relationship could result in Edward killing Bella. In all honesty‚ I didn’t think I’d enjoy the book as much as I did. I’d heard of it a lot‚ mainly from female readers around my age. Being a huge fan of fantasy

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    Freakonomics Book Report

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    variables are chosen to use in analysis‚ and finally when suggestions are made as to how a problem may be solved.” I strongly suspect that the authors and are not operating from the same value system. As much as I had looked forward to reading this book‚ and as intriguing as its subject matter is- I couldn’t help but shake a visceral disconnect with

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    Zeitoun Book Report

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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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    Mockingjay Book Report

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    protagonist in this book. Even though he has been in the other books this is the first time he’s played a major role. Gale is a courageous young man who has very strong feelings for Katniss even though she doesn’t return the feelings. Then‚ there is Peeta Mellark. He’s another protagonist. The book brings him up a lot but due to his capture and then mental breakdown he kind of takes a little bit of a back seat role for the majority of the book even though he is still very important to the book. Peeta was

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    The Pigman Book Report

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    believe that all children should have decent parents and be respected by them. John and Lorraine do not have decent parents who care for them. This book also serves a purpose. I believe that the books purpose is to inform readers about how we need decent parents. My favorite character I the book is the pigman. The pigman is my favorite character in the book because he finds friends and things to do even though he is very lonely. Mr. Pignati finds bobo and john and Lorraine. Even though it seems like

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    The Hatchet Book Report

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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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    in the videos that we watched‚ they had to learn to hunt and fish to get their meats and how to grow and harvest to get their grains‚ vegetables‚ fruit‚ etc. I want you to research how they had were able to survive. The Native American book and the Native American Arrowhead Collection‚ will also be essential resources for you to use in gathering information. I would like to think about how you will present this information‚ if you want to do a talk‚ a play or maybe you might

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