Book Report: Tornado The title of the book is the tornado. The author Betsy Byars wrote the story in 1996. A historical event that marked that time was one of the worst blizzards in American history‚ killing more than 150 people. The setting took place in the Midwest‚ on a farm‚ between 1920-1940. There are many characters‚ but there is only one real main character (the dog). The main character is not based on a real animal‚ but several animals. This story is an example of fiction‚ because it’s not
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Eragon‚ a 15 year-old boy‚ lives with his uncle Garrow and cousin Roran on a farm on the outskirts of a small village‚ Carvahall. While hunting in The Spine‚ a large range of mountains running down the West side of Alagaësia‚ which is believed to have mysterious happenings‚ Eragon is surprised to see a polished blue stone appear in front of him. After failing to sell or trade the stone‚ Eragon witnesses a baby dragon hatch from the "stone‚" which was in reality a dragon egg. He questions Brom - the
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Zion Stroman March 6‚ 2012 Ms Nimmons 1st Grade Harriet Tubman Harriet Ross was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation in 1820. She was one of eleven children born to African slaves named Harriett Green and Benjamin Ross. They were slaves of the Maryland planter named Edward Brodas. Her family came from the Ashanti tribe based in West Africa. Harriet was injured as a teenager when she was hit by a lead stone while attempting to help a slave get away.
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Advanced English Book Review – Zlata’s Diary: Imagine yourself as a child again‚ your living life in a tiny‚ freezing cold house with no gas‚ electricity or water and insufficient food. You can’t go anywhere outside because it isn’t safe. There is no school for you to attend because there are too many risks and no one is willing to teach. You don’t ever see your friends‚ and the thought of them in danger is always on your mind. You have played with all your toys and read all your books. You don’t
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A Patch of Blue Elizabeth Kata 5/2/06 145 pages A. This story takes place in the nineteen-sixties. It is an urban setting. The story takes about two weeks. B. The point of view in this story is third person. It is third person because it say worlds like me‚ my‚ and I. C. The story starts out by telling us what has happen to Sileena. Sileena is the main character‚ she is 18 years old and she is blind. She is blind because about thirteen years ago her father had come inexpediently
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Asylum “Even in his sleep he couldn’t escape.” This was a quote said by the author of the book “Asylum.” Dan‚ the main character‚ kept having these terrible nightmares after going into the abandoned office and seeing all of the “clues” and pictures in it. The Puritans would oppose the novel‚ “Asylum” due to the strong belief in ghosts‚ not respecting authority‚ and living sinful lives. The Puritans would loathe the book “Asylum” because of the strong belief in ghosts. Dan‚ Abby‚ and Jordan heard
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A group of British Boys‚ Marooned on an Island A group of British school-boys find themselves marooned on an island (perhaps in the Pacific Ocean). They were being transported by an aircraft from England to some safer country on account of a nuclear war which had broken out in Europe. When‚ on the way‚ the aircraft caught fire the pilot released the detachable passenger-tube carrying the school-boys. The passenger-tube crash-landed on this island‚ and most of the boys managed to come out of it
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Over the summer‚ I have read your novel‚ A Brief History of Montmaray. While reading it‚ I learned some interesting things about Montmaray and the FitzOsbornes family. First‚ Montmaray is an island lacking population with a crumbling castle. Second‚ the FitzOsbornes are not like any other royal families‚ as people would think. A Brief History of Montmaray was an interesting novel that helped better my understanding of the world and its history. First‚ Montmaray is an island lacking population. No
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American life in the twentieth century has been characterized more by continuity than by change. Since the beginning of the republic Americans have defined progress by continuity. Settlers from all over the world came to America looking for the same thing—a new world. Although these newcomers had different ideas and their share of disagreement‚ for the most part‚ everyone wanted the same thing. Americans agreed that it was time for a government and it was time to stop immigration and develop
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Before The Trail of Tears was even a thought we first experience assimilation with Moravian missionaries being allowed on the Cherokee’s land. This tribe was very much settled‚ they had a newspaper‚ a form of slavery and even had gone as far as to adopt a government based mostly around that of the United States. In 1802 Georgia ceded their claim of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains to the federal government‚ in return Georgia wanted Cherokees out. Pleads were being made by tribes to stay
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