This book has opened my eyes about a number of certain things in my life. Throughout this journey from giving realistic scenarios to leading and giving steps to do in such a position‚ this was an overall great book. It taught me how to spot out all the “scorners” and “Mockers” throughout life. A scorner or a mocker is someone who is unwise and puts people down all the time. Most of the times they will have a terrible attitude about everyone and every little thing that comes their way. If you have
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Stolen by Lucy Christopher teaches its readers to not misinterpret someone’s demeanor on the outside but to look deeper within their soul and understand their perspective. To not praise someone based on what the look like on the outside without getting to know them on the inside. In the beginning‚ a sixteen year old teenager by the name of Gemma Toombs is struck by a guy from his looks and his icy blue eyes but comes to find out her drugged her. Later she calls him kidnapper‚ a psycho‚ and a stalker
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Pre-Reading Questions: 1. Why do you suppose the author chose to write a book such as the one you are reading? I think the author wrote this book because he knew that the Flyboys on Chichi Jima needed their story told. 2. Have you read any other books similar to this one? No I haven’t because this book gives an in depth detail of WWII. 3. Have you read any other books by this author? No I haven’t read a book by this author. 4. What do you know about the time period when this story
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A couple of years ago I read a book called Unwind. This book‚ written by Neal Shusterman‚ is about a boy that runs from his family. He ran from his family after they signed a contract to have his body harvested. Being “unwound” happened to be a decision that the parents made. Connor’s parents signed a contract without him knowing. After he found the papers in a drawer‚ he ran away to save his life. Throughout the book‚ Connor endures many challenges. His mental stamina allows him to outsmart juvey
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MockingJay Mockingjay continues right where Catching Fire left off. Katniss is extracted from the Quartell Quell along with others who were also in the Quarter Quell. One person who was not there was Peeta. Peeta is still missing‚ and Katniss is going to save him. Peeta sends the rebels a coded message warning them that the Capitol will attack them. The Capitol finds out‚ and responds to this by torturing Peeta. The Capitol continues the bombing of District 13 just as Peeta predicted
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Into the Wild by John Krakauer is a book about Chris McCandless and his journey in the wild. He was a smart person‚ but lacked certain survival skills. I believe he would have been alive if he had been more careful and studied more about wilderness survival. Chris McCandless went into the wild because he wasn’t satisfied with his life at home. He had a very privileged background and was doing great in school. Then he decided he was tired of it and left a life many people wish they could have. He
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The Stranger The book that I read was called The Stranger written by Albert Camus. The book is globally famous and was translated to many different languages and texts. The original was called L’Étranger which was written in French in 1942. The plot of this story involved a man in his late twenties or early thirties. The man’s name is Meursault. In the beginning of the novel‚ Meursault is notified that his mother had passed away in the nursing home that he occupied her to. Meursault’s income
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The year 1984‚ a time of true conformity. The nation of Oceania‚ its citizens united and scrutinized through a common dictator‚ the citizens go about their day to day lives with only one goal‚ serving the purpose of his cause. An era where human emotion is meaningless and lost‚ the only sign of life displayed is dedication shown to the totalitarian government. The leader of this all powerful government in 1984 is Big Brother‚ a ruthless dictator whose reign of terror stands as an allegory for Josef
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novel is Ellen Raskin. During her book there were major events that took place. Somewhere such as being forced to go somewhere‚ and finding out clues to the bombings that took place in the book. The book has one big setting that takes place in the Sunset towers where all the people live.The main events where very important because these were the very places the setting of the book took place. The things that took place in the book where pretty shocking. In the book a bomb goes off and one of the things
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the party when the cops arrived. In the book‚ it did mention that the party was broken up but it left me wondering if her friends got in any trouble or if parents were called. Instead of focusing on how Melinda got home by walking barefooted I would explain the problems that she caused for all of her close friends to hate her as much as they did in the story. I rate this book a perfect 10 because of the amount of interest I had while reading it. This book is written for young adult and is great
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