Slayton Fritz J. Tirol MWF 7:30-8:30pm I. Reason for Choice: I choose to read this book because of the purity‚ kindness‚ and innocence of the story. It is one of my favorite books. It showed me how life can go on despite all the trials and circumstances that someone could ever experience. Its heart warming story lines have really encouraged me to trust on my self and never give up. It show how a young girl live by herself and experience the cruelty of people. It made me
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reach a goal‚ a story of a self-motivated kid immersing himself in self-directed learning and doing an impressive job of identifying the resources he required. However‚ this is also a story about how‚ in the quest to achieve that goal‚ safety considerations can pretty much disappear. As a very young boy David begins to mix chemicals searching for some type of
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August 21‚ 2012 The Autobiography of Malcolm X: Book Report One of the most prominent names surrounding the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who used non-violent protests to fight for the equality of Afro-Americans. In the non-fiction book The Autobiography of Malcolm X: as told to Alex Hayley‚ which was published by Ballantine Books of The Random House Publishing Group in 1973‚ we are taken on a revealing‚ 466 page‚ journey through the life of “The angriest black man
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Stick Figure The book which I will be talking about‚ is an autobiography‚ Stick Figure‚ written by Lori Gottlieb. The setting of this book is Beverly Hills‚ in the year of 1978. The main character‚ Lori is an intelligent eleven year old girl. She is surrounded by people who live a lifestyle on being rich‚ doing diets and trying to be thin and surrounded by messages of the “perfect body” for women. Every female she comes across‚ from peer to adult‚ is on a diet‚ counts calories‚ avoids desserts
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Good to Great Book Report The ideas that are given in this book will stimulated my mind into becoming a leader and perhaps enabled me to bring my company ahead of the competitors. It was amazing to see how Collins spent nearly five years in comparing the mediocre companies with great companies. One most notable difference is on how the level 5 leader responds to each situation that the company faces. This book will helped me to understand that if a company becomes big‚ its not because of the skilled
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Name : Amalia Amanda Kasih Student #. : 101214129 Date of submission : 15th of March 2010 Book Report : 1 2 3 4 (circle) [pic] • Title of Book : Gulliver’s Travel • Author : Jonathan Swift • Publisher : Oxford University Press • Year of publication : 1971 Setting (of time and place) The setting of the novel is 1699. Major places that this novel took place are in the Country of Lilliput and Brobdingnag‚ the land of the giants. Major Characters:
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After searching through the overwhelmingly large option of books‚ I settled on College Rules by Sherrie Nist and Jodi Holscheh. The section of the book I focused on was basically all about how to make the best of your college experience. They kept pointing out the importance of making sure you are happy. It explains how having a balanced life and multiple interests can help keep you interested in school. It later goes into talking about the benefits of extracurricular activities(Nist and Holschuh
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Title The first-person narrative book‚ “the catcher in the rye” is a fiction novel that was written by J. D. Salinger and published in July 16‚ 1951 but takes place in the late 1940’s after the Second World War. The book’s publication in 1951 came at the dawn of the age of the teenager; “A new social category‚ newly economically empowered and hungry for culture‚ was fed by music‚ films and novels”. Characters •Holden Caulfield: He has a crew cut‚ graying hair and he’s tall for his
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My Book Report on Oliver Twist The name of the author who wrote this book is Charles Dickens. He was born in Landport‚ Portsea‚ England‚ in 1812‚ the second of eight children. His father‚ a clerk‚ moved the family to London when Charles was ten years old. Two years later‚ the boy had to leave school to help support the family. This is how the story goes. Oliver Twist was an orphan. His mother died during child birth. When Oliver was old enough they sent him off to a workshop. He hated it there
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Lost Hero Book Report) Part I: Book Report i) Rating: I would rate this novel as 8 out of 10 for a few reasons. First‚ the author seems to know a lot about mythology‚ Greek and Roman. When he put the story all together‚ it relate a lot to the myth of Greek and Roman people‚ sometimes it seems to make the myth make more sense. Second of all‚ Rick Riodan always start with very little information which makes the readers just want to know what will happen next. In the middle of the book‚ the author
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