The book I chose to read for my book report is called Spellbound by Janet McDonald. The plot starts with Raven living with her mother in the projects in New York City. Raven had a baby at sixteen and had to drop out of high school to take care of her baby boy‚ Smokey. She wants to be better than another high school dropout‚ project girl with few prospects. She wants to do it for her mother’s sake. Her baby’s sake. And for her own sake. She wants to show the ambition she has inside of her and to do
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Reality Hits Reflection Learning new skills and characteristics that will assist college graduates in the work field is important in order for us to have an advantage. Students who graduate are not always ready and do not know what their future employers expect from them. Knowing what employers expect from college students allows us to be prepared and successful employees. Nancy Barry gives very helpful advice in her book. In my college career‚ I had never had a class or read a book that demonstrated
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reading this book for quite sometime now‚ and I had this review set in my Note since. The reason I waited this long to post it‚ was because this book was rather difficult to review‚ mainly due to it had involved a sensitive topic. A controversy topic that if not threaded careful‚ may backfire easily. But since I had lot feelings after reading this book‚ I decided to post it after all. I want to be clear that in no way I blamed Elena for what happened in this book (Part II of the book). I would
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solved.” I strongly suspect that the authors and are not operating from the same value system. As much as I had looked forward to reading this book‚ and as intriguing as its subject matter is- I couldn’t help but shake a visceral disconnect with
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The book I chose for my report is Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett’s Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution by James E. Crisp. In my book‚ Crisp follows the Texas Revolution along with the battle at the Alamo which took place between 1835 and 1836. He tackles the questions of why and how myths are made and shows how the environment around someone can influence attitudes that people develop about certain historical events. Crisp also challenges are beliefs of history and wants us
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Into the Wild is a book about a young man that decides that living in society isn’t his kind of thing. Christopher (Chris) McCandless chooses to take on a new adventure and step into the life of the wild. Unfortunately‚ the young Emory graduate is later found dead in Alaska. At the beginning of his journey McCandless had already pushed away his family and anyone close to him. He chose to get away from civilization and live his own life. McCandless travels all over‚ hitchhiking to get places. His
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Dracula Book Report Author: Bram Stoker Title: Dracula Rating: Excellent Reading Level: Hard Number of Pages: 363. With the notes and commentary: 394 Summary: Dracula is a novel about 6 comrades scheming to exterminate Count Dracula in revenge for killing the love of both Quincey Morris and Lord Godalming‚ Lucy Westenra. They soon find they are dealing with a bloodthirsty vampire‚ and their plot turns into a race for whom is able to survive‚ Count Dracula‚ or them. Their story is
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When reading about history‚ one comes across a rather unfortunate number of mass killings. From the slow destruction of the Native American peoples‚ to the brief but devastating Holocaust‚ to modern terrorist attacks‚ history books tell of atrocity after atrocity. If one were to ask a random person on the street‚ he or she could probably provide a decent explanation of any of these events. After all‚ humanity has a fascination with violent and horrific acts‚ so if people remember anything from high
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of View: First person - The point of view shifts with the narration from Robert Walton to Victor Frankenstein to Frankenstein’s monster‚ then back to Walton. Protagonist: Victor Frankenstein Antagonist: Frankenstein’s monster Plot: The book begins with letters written by Robert Walton‚ an explorer‚ who writes to his sister back in England. He tells about his adventures while at sea. The crew finds Victor Frankenstein‚ near death‚ floating on ice. Walton takes him aboard and in his letters
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Chains Summer Reading and Book Report In the year of 1776‚ America was much different than it is today. Back then‚ we were ruled by the British Royal Family‚ and we only had a total of thirteen colonies. Chains was based in the time of slavery and of the Revolutionary War. Isabel and Ruth were slaves for Miss Finch; in her will‚ Miss Finch wrote for the sisters to be freed once she had passed. After the funeral‚ the will could not be acquired. Now the girls were slaves‚ not free. After
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