INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW The novel Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers is a fascinating book and it teaches a life lesson about gang life at young ages. The book really makes the reader want to read more and more as the suspense builds up. The book is about the life of a young kid named Jamal Hicks. Jamal struggles through some family problems when his older brother is accused of murder. The book is a really sad story about gang life and friendship. There are some appealing traits to
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In part 1 of Makers: Women Who Make America it talks about how it was complicated for women in society‚ because they weren’t treated equally as men. People viewed women as being less capable of what man could do. When they interviewed …… she explain how women weren’t able to run in the Boston marathon. She had a good interest in running and thought women should be able to run in the marathon as well. So she sign up for the race with just her initials‚ and when she was in the race everyone was surprised
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[pic] The book Once was written in the first person which means the narrator was talking about himself (I). I think it was important that the story was written in the first person‚ because if it had been written in the third person (she/he) it would have been a different story. I would have liked for the setting to have been described in more detail‚ because I didn’t think it was described in much detail and to it’s full potential. I liked this story‚ because it was
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Reyita Book Review Part I: Summary Reyita tells the story of Maria de los Reyes Castillo Bueno‚ a black Cuban woman living through several pivotal moments in Cuban history as a member of perhaps the most disenfranchised group of people in Cuban society; Reyita was poor‚ she was black‚ and she was a woman. The story begins with a recounting of the story of Tatica‚ Reyita’s grandmother‚ and her trial of being abducted from her native Africa and brought to Cuba to be sold into slavery. Tatica’s
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Book Review and Critique of “The Gift of Sex” Mona Trice CCOU 305-B02 Healthy Sexuality 10/4/2013 Professor Moroz Liberty University Online Abstract This paper shall be used as a response regarding sexual fulfillment within the confines of a biblically based marriage. It was based on information obtained from the book‚ “The Gift of Sex” by Clifford and Joyce Penner. The couple gave their opinion as well as discussed topics which were sexually explicit as it pertained to married couples
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A BOOK REVIEW of The Wave by Morton Rhue This story‚ based on a true incident that occurred in a high school in California‚ demonstrates how easily a group can lose its freedom without even realising it. It all began when their history teacher‚ Mr. Ben Ross‚ let them watch a movie on how the Nazis in World War 2 tortured the people who opposed them. To give them a clearer picture‚ he decided to them in the situation itself. He then introduced an organisation‚ The Wave‚ and its
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Made in America: The insourcing of jobs Barrack Obama wants companies to move their production back to America. In fact‚ he endorses insourcing and wants to make it easier for companies to bring back their jobs to America. But what can the manufacturers and government do to keep or increase the jobs in the United States of America? And what are the reasons for the current insourcing of jobs? In 2012 Barrack Obama made a video endorsing American products. In the video he talks about how the country
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fire drills‚ educational seminars‚ and site safety programs. At some point all of the documents addressed the need for sprinkles in buildings‚ both large and small‚ or wherever you will have a congregation of people. Since these documents have been made public‚ many communities across the United States have taken a stand and created public safety campaigns‚ school safety programs‚ and other means to educate the public on how to prevent fires. The National Fire Protection Association has even established
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The Host Book Review Melanie Stryder is one of few "wild" human rebels who have evaded the alien souls currently taking over the Earth. With her younger brother‚ Jamie‚ and the man she loves‚ Jared Howe‚ Mel is on the run from souls who hunt down host bodies for use. Souls are creatures that rely on host bodies to survive. After insertion‚ they erase any mental presence of the being originally there and establish a claim over the body and mind. Earth is Wanderer’s ninth planet‚ and Mel is
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* Mundane Wisdom Book review of “The Alchemist” Regine Carlo N. Alvarez BSBA-FTM/ I-2 The theme of the phenomenal novel “The Alchemist” written by Paulo Coelho revolves around dreams‚ symbols‚ and adventure. It tells of a young shepherd named Santiago who travels around Andalusia and once dreams of a treasure hidden in the pyramids of Egypt. It is a book full of wisdom and life lessons used to achieved one’s dreams and fulfill self-happiness. The story opens in the
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