SSR Hiding Edith a True Story by Kathy Kacer Elise Peterson I usually am reading a book that gushes over love or a creepy mystery novel‚ but this time I thought I would switch it up. I have always been really interested in World War two and the holocaust and that’s why I picked up the book Hiding Edith‚ a true story by Kathy Kacer. I can’t even come to image the fear that was planted in these children’s heads and would scar them for the rest of their life. In 1933‚ the Nazi party‚ led by Adolf
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Are Sports Hurting Kids? Organized sports have a lot of effects on children‚ whether they be positive or negative. Children are still finding out who they are and what the world is like. I chose this topic because I wanted to know childrens’ motives to do organized sports‚ and what effects the sports have on the them. I wanted to know the reasons kids start playing sports and‚ while it may be different for every child‚ they all had to have had some say in it. Every sport has skills that benefit
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Changed Ways In the book‚ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ a fireman named Guy Montag goes from destroying books to preserving them. There are many reasons that influenced Montag’s decision to preserve books. Clarisse‚ who was one of Montag’s neighbors‚ is one of the main reasons why he began to wonder about books. Faber and an old woman are also important influences in Montag’s decision. Clarisse McClellan is a seventeen year old girl who is very odd and quite different. “I’m antisocial‚ they
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Are School Sports Good For Kids? There has been a controversial and long standing debate about one subject for decades. Are school sports good for kids? The average parent would probably say yes‚ as they believe it promotes sportsmanship and confidence. Unfortunately‚ they don’t know what really happens behind the scenes at school. Sports players often have trouble cramming in sports and academics‚ resulting in lower grades. Moreover‚ school sports requires funding‚ often thousands of dollars that
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Teenagers are reading more books than ever now‚ and some people say that we have Harry Potter to thank. But surrounding teen books is the ’myth’ of book banning. Some may think that only old books were banned‚ and that they are now back on the shelves of schools and libraries around the country. This is not so. Not only have old classics such as The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger been banned‚ but newer books are being challenged as well. The controversy of book banning stems from the pursuit
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Who are the Socs? In the novel “The Outsiders” there are two groups of kids. The ones who live on the west side and the ones who live on the east side. The ones on the west side are called the Socs. They are very wealthy. The group on the east side are the greasers‚ and they are not wealthy. The Socs would beat up the greasers
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A lot of parents want their kids to read the book then watch the movie. But why? If you read the book‚ you have an image in your head of what the character looks like‚ what their voices sound like‚ and what the scene looks like‚ and usually it is pretty good. But when you watch the movie‚ all those images get shattered. When you read a book‚ there may be parts of the book that you really like that you would like at see on the TV screen. But then‚ when the movie finally comes out‚ the part you like
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misadventures throughout his school. * Rowley Jefferson- He is the best friend of Greg. He is also immature and ignorant * Rodrick Haffley – He is the older brother of Greg. He is the main antagonist and constantly bullies Greg. The book opens with Greg Heffley saying how embarrassing it is to be having a journal with "diary" on the front and that whoever sees him with it will call him a "sissy". Greg also goes to mention that one day he will become rich and famous but for now he is
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The Book of Jonah is a special and interesting book in the Hebrew Bible. Unlike other eleven prophets’ books which focus on the prophecies from the Lord‚ the Book of Jonah is a book which focuses on the prophet himself. Jonah alone is the main human character in this book. The fours chapters are like four acts; together they tell a story about Jonah’s special travelling experience and portray the image of this running-away prophet. However‚ the Book of Jonah does not tell the readers about Jonah’s
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conversations taking place about the topic dujour‚ the big storm that is going to hit us! Driving home‚ I turn on the radio again to be confronted by more of the same storm predictions. What happened to the days when we really did get snow? Back when I was a kid‚ we really did get Nor’easters and if I remember correctly‚ the weather forecasters had far fewer gadgets to work with. In the 1970’s I don’t think Doppler had been invented. We were lucking to have one static map up on screen with stick on clouds.
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