Brian Vatterott Dr. Karcher American lit. 1 18 May 2016 Book Report As a Chaminade Gentlemen‚ I hereby declare I have read 407 pages of my 407 page novel. To Begin‚ The Book King Con is about card-hustlers‚ or you could say con men. The novel King Con introduces the readers to the main character Beano X. Bates. Beano X. Bates could be called the master of con men. The story sets place when Beano X. Bates is in a poker game. The poker game is like any other poker game for Beano X. Bates‚ but Joe
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The year 2015 has seen many exemplary and lauded films. In the opinion of many‚ Mad Max: Fury Road‚ directed by George Miller‚ is by far the best. By far‚ the cinematography was above and beyond any film released in 2015. Filmed in the Namibian desert‚ the natural beauty and viciousness of this landscape was illustrated tremendously through wide shots‚ eye-popping color‚ and unconventional camera techniques. Through the method of jumpy cam‚ the main action and climax is viewed from many different
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EGYPT GAME is a fun‚ scary‚ and exciting story at times; at other times the book is a bit slow. Snyder does a great job getting readers to care about the characters. The Author name is Zilpha Keatley Snyder And the Illustrator is Alton Raible the Award they won was Newbery Medal and Honors Genre: Mystery Book type: Fiction Although the kids in The Egypt Game have created their own little world‚ they still are deeply connected to their families and the whole neighborhood. Melanie and Marshall
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The book Taken is a scientific fiction for teenagers and adults to enjoy. This book takes place 19 years in the future (2035) in the Highlands‚ a place or town for rich families. In this time period kidnapping was considered a job because it happened so much (this didn’t mean that it was legal). The usual weather for this story is cloudy‚ there is not much sunlight. The main character is Charity‚ a brunette with braces that is the daughter of a millionaire. Her father was Mr. Meyers he had a tendency
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Hope Solo My Story By Hope Solo‚ was written to entertain the reader. The main purpose of this book was to get Hope’s story out there so she sounds like a mean person with no feelings. Hope Said some things that were rude about one of her teammates because she wasn’t started in an important game. Hope had a meltdown and he could be one of the reasons she wrote this book. Hope was upset and embarrassed the whole entire team. Her teammates hated her and the girl who she thought she was close to
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The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water The book I choose to read is call The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water and the author is call Charles Fishman. Who is Charles Fishman? Well‚ Charles was born in Miami‚ Florida and went to Harvard University. He now lives in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania with his wife who is also a journalist. They have two children and four pets in which two are Labradors and the other two are parakeets. Besides The Big Thirst: The
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OPENING STEATEMENT I read the book the lovely bones. turns the idea of death and murder upside down. Lovely bones is a serious and compelling read that touches the heart. What touches us is the way the author keeps us fascinated with the murder‚ the family‚ and the life of a 14 year old girl‚ Suzie salmon‚ after her death. NARRATOR The book is written in the perspective of Suzie herself as she watches her family from her heaven. Even years after her murder‚ Suzie watches these people‚ wishing
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The Dazzling Heights The Dazzling Heights by Katharine McGee is the second book in the trilogy series‚ The Thousandth Floor. I found this book was a very interesting read‚ because I could relate to what the characters were feeling and the situations they were in. One of the character developments I loved the most was of Leda Cole. In the previous book‚ she is seen as a very angry‚ emotional‚ jealous‚ hurt and uptight person. However‚ in The Dazzling Heights‚ you begin to see the raw‚ gritty‚ sensitive
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The Book by Miller Williams is a poem shrouded in creepiness and mystery from the start. The author‚ which you can assume is narrating by the use of ‘I’ throughout‚ is telling a story about a man who discovers a blank book a decided to use it as a diary for some time before discovering a true horror about it‚ the book was made from human skin. The theme of human ignorance is conveyed thoroughly throughout the poem‚ along with imagery of the old‚ creepy past of the book‚ and eerie diction. The theme
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Saffy’s Angel Book Review The author of this book is Hilary McKay and was published by Aladdin Paperbacks. The book is about 160 pages long and the setting of the most of the book is in a small town in Europe‚ (for the beginning of the book) then they later go to Sienna‚ Italy. It’s rare for a book to present the true chaos of a big family (or maybe I just haven’t read enough books). This book gets the details right--the chaos and clutter‚ and the independence of the children‚ even to preparing
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