The title of the book introduces one of the main characters‚ Digory‚ who is the nephew of Mr. Andrew Ketterly‚ a minor magician. The story begins in London during the summer of 1900 where two children‚ Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer who live in a row of connected houses‚ meet while playing in their gardens and decide to travel through the passages in the attic to get into a vacant house and explore it. In place of discovering an abandoned house‚ the children find themselves to have appeared into
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MING (10) got into a serious accident and looses his sense of hearing. Because of the accident‚ Ming has to attend a school for children with special needs and starts to avoid his friends because he is afraid that his friends know he is deaf and dumb. Young Ming has to fight with extreme loneliness since then. 19-years-old Ming gets falsely accused of being a peeping Tom. While the girl’s brothers threaten him‚ MING’S MOTHER comes out to ask what’s happening. After listening to the girl’s accusation
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The caseworker at the foster care tells Bud and his friend‚ Bugs at breakfast that they found new foster homes for them. When the boys groan the caseworker tells them‚ although the nation is in depression‚ they are lucky to have foster families. Bud gets mistreated by his new foster brother named Todd. Todd shoves a pencil up in Bud’s nose‚ and claims that he got the pencil further in his nose than any other child before. As a reason‚ Bud runs away or as he says he is "on the lam." Bud wants
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The Getaway! The Heffley’s are skipping Christmas and going to the Isla De Corales‚ where Greg’s Mom and Dad went on their honeymoon. Greg was not a fan‚ he was totally against the idea of skipping Christmas. But little did he know‚ he would have an unforgettable experience. A typical middle schooler’s day is filled with: bedtime routines‚ morning routines‚ classes‚ sports‚ after-school activities‚ homework‚ browsing the Internet (and a little bit of YouTube) and hanging out with friends. The
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version of BookRags’ King of Shadows Study Guide‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-king-of-shadows/ Copyright Information © 2000-2013 BookRags‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Study Guide 1 Plot Summary King of Shadows by Susan Cooper is a tale about a young boy’s journey to overcome his devastating past in exchange for a hopeful future. Nat is an orphan who escapes into the world of the theatre to avoid his sadness. Nat is magically transported
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Chapter 30 - Summary: Juli is deeply troubled by the news of Basilio’s capture and imprisonment. People convince her to approach Padre Camorra and ask him to intercede for the youth. Juli is afraid to follow their advice and approach the friar because he is known to be frisky and quite fond of women. However‚ when news reaches Juli that Basilio is about to be killed‚ the young lady is compelled to go and ask the friar’s help. El Filibusterismo: Summary and Analysis of Chapter 31 (The High Official)
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C. Gándara’s 2014 edited volume The Bilingual Advantage: Language‚ Literacy and the US Labor Market‚ aims to examine the economic and employment benefits of bilingualism in the era of globalization. By presenting 12 recent studies that initiate a discourse of interdisciplinary perspectives‚ this four-section volume demonstrates the overall positive but evidently complex economic effects of bilingualism. The contributors’ exploration of the role of bilingualism in the US economy provides readers with
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Occupied America Chapter Summary In this paper‚ I will be summarizing the following chapters: Chapter 3: "A Legacy of Hate: The Conquest of Mexico’s Northwest”; Chapter 4: “Remember the Alamo: The Colonization of Texas”; and Chapter 5: “Freedom in a Cage: The Colonization of New Mexico. All three chapters are from the book‚ “Occupied America‚ A History of Chicanos” by Rodolfo F. Acuna. In chapter three‚ Acuna explains the causes of the war between Mexico and North America. In chapter four‚ Acuna explains
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Despite the assumption that the United States has attained full democracy‚ there are still many incidences of biases. The main motive for Banaji Mahzarin R. to write the book was to bring to light the biases that people keep in their minds or brains as well as showing how those bits of knowledge about individuals and about their skin color‚ education‚ age‚ and religion can manipulate behavior. In the book‚ Karen Zach is presented to be training in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. She had always
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Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s book Dictee defies categorization‚ blending media such as poetry‚ historical texts‚ and images in order to form a combination of an autobiography and a work of art. The combination of mediums that form the book is not just a complication of Dictee--it is fundamental to the way we read and understand the work. Through the confusion inherent in approaching Cha’s writing and her use of text (for reasons as simple as the inclusion of French and )‚ the reader is allowed and encouraged
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