stories Freak the Mighty and Stargirl may seem like very different stories. One is a story about two boys becoming best friends and the other book is about two teens dating. But‚ if we look a little closer we can see that they are actually very similar. They share the common theme‚ “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” We see this theme all throughout the book Stargirl‚ when everyone doubts and judges the protagonist‚ Stargirl‚ for being very different. On the outside‚ she is a very outgoing and unusual
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Egypt and then all the way back home at the end of the book. On many pages of the book‚ the term‚ “Personal legend” appears; this refers to‚ “What you always have wanted to accomplish” (23). The only difference between a personal legend and destiny is that someone must desire to accomplish a personal legend. Once passion and desire exists‚ your personal legend becomes your destiny‚ a key lesson within the book. Ben brought up how the book in its entirety compares to the story of each and every
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The Treasure Principle is an amazing book that should challenge all who read it. On the back there is a quote by Howard Dayton‚ which says‚ “The Treasure Principle will change your life!” And only by God’s amazing grace‚ I truly do believe‚ that this book has changed my life. Before reading this book‚ I was engulfed by the possessions of this world‚ and how I could obtain them. All the money I had went to buying myself new shoes‚ sports equipment‚ etc. I understand that there is nothing wrong with
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Applewhites" received the Newbery Award. She lives with her husband in Charlotte‚ North Carolina. About the Book Have you ever thought what would happen to you if you where kicked out of every school around and burnt down one.Well the main charcter in Surviving The Applewhites does.This book is about a thirteen year old young man named Jake Semple. In the beginning of the book‚ Jake is a punk school drop-out. He had been to many schools before‚ and he even burned down one of his schools.
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Aaron Leyva 24‚ February 2014 B2 Title: Inside Out Author: Terry Trueman Genre: Fiction Summary: “Time… grime… pantomime… long-gone is a wong-gong long gone” These are some words that run through innocent Zach’s mind day in and day out. These run through his mind because Zach has schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a long-term mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relations between thought‚ emotion‚ and behavior‚ leading to faulty perception‚ inappropriate actions and feelings. He finds
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(Rodriguez 141); Gaby wanted to hear all of the gossip that would be said about her. I believe this book was written for a good reason‚ to fight stereotypes and gossip gets around. While reading this small portion of Gaby’s life‚ I can see that it had made a big impact on her and many other lives. After reading how this book touched the lives of so many; I can say I truly enjoyed reading this book. To begin with‚ the author does a wonderful job of describing how the teen pregnancy had all
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“In this book‚ I explore why: Where did all this storytelling come from? Why are we suddenly so eager to spread the storytelling gospel? And who blazed the trail for an Age of Storytelling in mainstream communication?”(5). This is an excerpt quote from Storytelling on Steroids by John Weich which I thought is the core of what this book explores and intends to do. Through this review I plan to include anything that caught my attention. Most of these were things I knew unconsciously but never took
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Sniper tells the story of an American Hero going above and beyond serving our country. While the book is just an Autobiography‚ an American hero plays the main focus of the book. With a whopping 400 pages‚ the book describes Chris Kyle’s journey of going on combat deployments as an United States Navy Seal. American Sniper is a well written‚ very descriptive autobiography. While in certain parts on the book the vocabulary may proceed
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Cathy Quineche HIST 1301 Amy Denton 46 Pages Book Report About The London Packet Thomas Paine arrived to America in November of 1774. During this time America was experiencing great conflicts with England‚ these conflicts would later result In the American Revolutionary War. Benjamin Franklin advised Paine to move to America‚ and after he had lost wife‚ kids‚ and job that he did. Paine took a job editing The Pennsylvania Magazine‚ and also began writing anonymous articles. He wrote articles such
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The book Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers was written based on a time in the 1850’s. This novel was set to get the attention of young teenagers that are inspired by the book of Hosea in the Bible. The book is about men who sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their theirself for a place to sleep. One of the characters‚ Angel‚ took after her mother by being a prostitute and somehow she survived by always staying positive through every circumstance through life. The author‚ Francine Rivers
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