After reviewing the list of banned and challenged books‚ I found one that is by one of my favorite authors. The book Looking For Alaska written by John Green was the sixth most challenged book last year for a “scene that may lead a student to sexual experimentation”(Top Ten Challenged Books of 2016 via YouTube). Looking for Alaska was challenged in the United States‚ and is currently the bout of a drawn out battle in Kentucky. At Marion County High School an upset parent wrote a letter to the high
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Looking For JJ by Anne Cassidy is a dramatic thriller that grips the imagination of the reader from page 1. Looking For JJ is the story of a girl desperately trying to cover up her terrible past. It’s a tale of the love that she loses to be able to rebuild her new life. Jennifer Jones moved to the small town of Berwick waters at the age of 11. This was town where everything went wrong. Her actions lead her to be in a detention centre for six years for murdering her arrogant‚ demanding and bossy
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Looking for Alibrandi is the story about Josephine Alibrandi’s last year at her exclusive girl’s school. This is the year she deals with many different things. Many new relationships‚ her families’ beliefs and culture‚ death‚ learning new things about who she is as a person‚ different leadership roles and responsibilities that she has to deal with in her final year of school. Between film and book‚ there are many differences; nevertheless they are portrayed in different ways to receive a range of
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himself and who is truly is‚ looking for The Great Perhaps. In the before section of the book‚ he starts off as plain Miles‚ he is unhappy and has no friends. Once he starts attending Culver Creek‚ he is now Pudge. He starts to do rebellious things‚ such as drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes. After Alaska dies‚ he finds the real him He discovers The Great Perhaps and moves on with his life. Throughout the book he isn’t just looking for The Great Perhaps‚ he’s looking for his true identity. Alaska’s
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“Places teach us about how the world works and how our lives fit into the spaces we occupy.” Amidst towering red northern oaks‚ Georgia maples‚ and the Sage Hill Kroger‚ a tiny home sets itself apart from all the other American cottages with a big sign: “Atlanta Soto Zen Center.” What an ancient eastern tradition is doing in the sleepy town of Druid Hills is beyond me—but once I stepped inside‚ location seemed remarkably insignificant. The Atlanta Soto Zen Center prides itself on its tiny temple
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In any good story‚ the setting helps develop the reader’s interest. Likewise‚ without the place and time of a story‚ the plot would not establish and a conflict between character would not occur. The central setting in the story The River by Gary Paulson is The Necktie River. This unique place aided in the development of its plot and helped create conflicts for Brian. At the end of Necktie River is The Brannock Trading Post‚ where Brian would be able to get supplies and request for help for Derek
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Del Valle 1 Briana Del Valle Mrs. Keller Mrs. Northrop English Language Arts 12 16 October 2014 Looking For Alaska The title of the book Looking For Alaska suggests that the characters in the book were looking for Alaska in a metaphorical sense. This story is about Miles‚ a 16year old boy who is shy and lonely‚ he has no friends. He decided to move to Alabama and enroll in Culver Creek Preparatory School‚ hoping to change his social life. He befriends the Colonel‚ Alaska‚ and Takumi
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Gary Kinsman contends that our attraction is influenced by society and the primary factors on why individuals are the way they are and the material world is evolving benefiting society’s growth. Factors of why individuals are the way is that the attraction we develop for other people is controlled by ourselves not by our genes. Social constructionism is created by individuals in society who have particular opinions on how society should be. In regards‚ to the work of Kinsman he states “Common-sense
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The book "HATCHET" was written by Gary Paulsen. Hatchet is about a boy‚ Brian‚ who made a forced. Brian is the main character in this book. He is 13 years old. His parents broke up a marriage so Brian lives with his mom until the vacation and he lives with his dad during the vacation. He goes to his father by the plane. The most big problem is starts inside of the plane. While he going to his dad’s house‚ the pilot die because of a heart attack. So Brian drives the plane with a little knowledge
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Gloria E. Wiggs 10/10/2011 Prof. Pearson Intro to Sociology Research Report: Looking Deathworthy Researchers Jennifer L. Eberhardt‚ Paul G. Davis Valerie J. Purdie-Vaughns‚ and Sheri Lynn Johnson studied whether being stereotypically black influences the probability of receiving the death penalty. Sociologist have previously proven that people quickly apply racial stereotypes to blacks who have the stereotypically appearance of a black person. This racial profile effects how people
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