A Child Called It A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer. Dave was a survivor of the third worst case of child abuse in California history. He has recapped no some of his abuse in this book. David’s story was so sad but interesting cause of all the things that has happened. I would recommend this book to other people because it puts your life in a different prospective. The setting of this story is mainly at his house and his school. There are 5 main characters in this story and that is his
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The book “The Lightning Thief” is about a boy named Percy Jackson. Percy Jackson is a demi-god and is convicted of stealing Zeus’s master lightning bolt and only has ten days to return the lightning bolt before it’s too late by: Rick Riordan. The story of “The Lightning Thief” takes place in the modern USA from Las Vegas to New York. The main characters in the book are Percy Jackson the son of Poseidon; Annabeth the daughter of Athena and Grover the satyr that protects Percy Jackson and also Luke
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Gabby Pusha December 3‚ 2012 2nd Period “The Hiding Place” Book Report “The Hiding Place” is an autobiography written by Corrie Ten Boom. Boom’s autobiography is about when she and her family were living in a town named Holland in the 1930’s. During this time Nazi violence and hatred towards Jews was increasing rapidly. Many people turned their backs on Jews because they feared for their own lives. Corrie Ten Boom and her family joined the Dutch resistance‚ and helped Jews avoid begin captured
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space granted to Jews. Three of us read books written by Perl‚ and the other two read books about other Zionists at the time‚ or other rescue attempts from the Holocaust. We were able to look at primary source documents such as his passport marked with a J‚ which is included in our exhibit. Overall‚ we relied on information from his books as well as the other books we read. When choosing books‚ we wanted to have other opinions available‚ so we read books by David Ben-Gurion‚ who had opposing views
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Military institute‚ his family pushing for him to eventually become an officer in the United States Army. But the authors desire to serve his country in battle with the enemy before the war was over was strong enough to make him end his college career and begin anew in the Marine Corps. Already while reading this book I felt closer and more understanding of the‚ because I too left college in the fear that if I didn’t join now‚ I would never have another chance to serve my country. Eugene sledge started
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The book Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina is historical fiction which is loosely based on real people. The book discusses the trials and tribulations of the Coal War in West Virginia and the surrounding areas. The book takes place during the late 1800s and the early 1900s. Storming Heaven is written from perspectives of different characters. This gives the reader a broader perspective of the events of the time. Since the characters are both male and females the readers learn to understand the struggles
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1st Entry: Introduction From the title of this book‚ I could infer that the book will be about how the elements were discovered‚ the origin of their names and the people who discovered each element that is now a part of the periodic table. The author of the book‚ Hugh Aldersey-Williams‚ must be an individual of great knowledge and has a deep interest and understanding of chemistry—or else he would have never wrote this book. In this book‚ I expect that I would be able to learn how the ancients
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plight of the immigrants living in the United States. This document is from a book that Riis has compiled about the immigrant’s horrid living experiences by illustrating the poor living conditions in the slums of New York City in the time period between the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. As there were more immigrants entering the United States the population increases has led to the growing concerns over the shortage of housing. With the
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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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The Author of this book (On our own terms: race‚ class‚ and gender in the lives of African American Women) Leith Mullings seeks to explore the modern and historical lives of African American women on the issues of race‚ class and gender. Mullings does this in a very analytical way using a collection of essays written and collected over a twenty five year period. The author’s systematic format best explains her point of view. The book explores issues such as family‚ work and health comparing and
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