The Lighting Thief By: Rick Riordan This book is about a young boy who learns that he has superpowers and is destined to be a hero enters a new school where he makes fast friends with a brainy girl and a geeky boy‚ makes fast enemies with an entire section of the school‚ and excels at their unique sport. No‚ I’m not talking about Harry Potter. The hero in question is Percy Jackson‚ who may not have a lightning scar‚ but does set out on a quest to
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(The 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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Children in Poverty Markus Zusak‚ author of The Book Thief‚ does a wonderful job portraying the life of Liesel Meminger‚ a poor German girl suffering the effects of poverty‚ yet trying to make the best of life where it seems most unlikely. He expresses her hardships in such a realistic way that makes the reader feel sympathy for his characters--all of which are struck with poverty. Child poverty has been around for years and is still caused by problems in family structure‚ educational issues‚ and
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May 31‚ 2011 Title: The Thief Lord Author: Cornelia Funke Kind of Book: Historical fiction Characters: Bo‚ Prosper‚ Scipio (Thief Lord)‚ Victor Getz‚ Ida Spavento‚ Barbarossa‚ Conte‚ Morosina‚ Aunt Esther‚ Uncle Max‚ Hornet‚ Riccio‚ Mosca‚ Dottor Massimo‚ and other servants and animals. Summary: The Thief Lord is about two orphaned boys named Prosper and Bo running away from Hamburg‚ Germany to Venice‚ Italy. The boys have run away from their aunt who only wants to keep
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The main characters in Heart of Darkness and The Book Thief habit eras dominated by powerful ideologies resulting in inequality and persecution. Marlow (Heart of Darkness) growing up in England under colonialism and Liesel (The Book Thief) in Germany under Nazism‚ are witnesses of traumatic events. Nevertheless‚ the persistent dedication of both characters allows them to uncover the dark nature of their individual societies. Ultimately‚ this leads Liesel to discover a moral role for herself within
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The Deer Thief 1. Title of the book: Gates in English reading 4 2. Title of the story: The deer thief 3. Author: Araceli L. Jabal 4. Characters: main-hunter Supporting-thief‚ justice of the peace 5. Setting: time-one day Place-on the forest 6. Brief summary: A hunter was out hunting one day on the forest and killed a deer. Since it was very late in the day‚ he couldn’t take the de er home. He skinned it. He hang it as high as hecould
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Ryan Brandon T-2 9/19/09 The Lightning Thief My book‚ The Lightning Thief‚ was written by Rick Riordan. It is a fantasy/adventure fiction. The publishing company is Miramax books‚ and the date of publication is 2005. The cost of the book is $7.99‚ and there are 376 pages. The main character’s name is Percy. He goes to boarding school in New York‚ and has been kicked out of several schools before. One day‚ he and his class are on a field trip‚ and during that trip his math teacher
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When examining Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief and the Office of War Information’s poster This Is the Enemy‚ I could not help but to notice many similarities scattered among the two works. The similarities between their settings‚ conflicts‚ and atmospheres are striking‚ leading me to the conclusion that both the novel and poster are relevant to each other‚ despite not being created in the same time period. Within the settings of the two works‚ I noticed how the years and locations corresponded
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The Lightning Thief Main article: The Lightning Thief The Lightning Thief is the first book in the series. It was released on June 28‚ 2005. Percy Jackson is a 12-year-old with ADHD and dyslexia. Percy goes to a middle school called Yancy Academy‚ which is a school for troubled kids. During a field trip‚ Percy is attacked by Alecto‚ a mythological creature known as a Fury‚ who was disguised as his pre-algebra teacher Mrs. Dodds. Percy kills Mrs. Dodds with a pen sword that his Latin teacher
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Karlie Campbell P.2 Critical Analysis: The Lightning Thief Characters From fighting Minotaur’s to battling Hades in Hell; Percy Jackson is not the average teenage boy. Percy does not know what he truly is until a series of unfortunate events happen and it forces him to realize what he has to do to save the world. He does not face these troubles by himself though‚ Grover and Annabelle are not only his friends but they are there to help him face the battles along the way
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