select‚ The Mark of Athena‚ for my book report because of the writing style the author‚ Rick Riordan‚ decides to use‚ which creates suspense and heavy-action in a relaxed state causing you to never drop the book unless you’re forced to. I appointed this book for my book report over Riordan’s other books because this book contained more action and displays the perspectives of all seven of the main characters who all have different personalities‚ thus making for a book that can suit many different people
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Bad Science – Book Report Elam Dula 212964763 20/11/14 1. THE PLACEBO EFFECT The first break through that caught my attention was the most common one‚ the application of “ The Placebo Effect” on our society. A placebo is a fake treatment‚ inactive substance that can sometimes improve a patient’s condition simply because the person has the expectation that it will. As I read Ben Goldacre’s book Bad Science‚ I was surprised to learn a couple of new things. TThe first one was the fact that alerting
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To some people the words "Book-report" mean rent the movie and write a report on that. Yes‚ it is easier to watch a three-hour movie rather than read a 536-page book. With most books turned movies‚ though‚ the book is far too detailed to fit everything. This is how it is with the book The Green Mile and the movie The Green Mile. There are similarities but‚ there are also a lot of differences between the two. The main parts of the book and movie are alike: Coffey being caught with the two
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Olives Ocean By Kevin Hankes Report by Raina Hartwig This is a story about two girl named Olive Barstow and Martha Boyle. It all started when Olive died she was only 12 when she was hit by a car on Monroe street while riding her bike. Her mom came to Martha’s house to give her Olives sort of diary paper she told Martha‚ “She was such a shy girl with not many friends she said she knew you the most”. Martha now had wished she had talked to her more. Then her mom got on her own bike and left. Olive
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Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary Book report Yolanda Sargeon Concordia University October 24‚ 2012 Ms. Margaret Honey‚ Professor Six year old Ramona may be young‚ but she prides herself on being brave. The books starts off with some older boys teasing her sister‚ Beezus‚ and Ramona stands up for her. However‚ Ramona does not receive the praise she feels she deserves. Beezus ends up mad at her for embarrassing her in front of the boys. The book progresses with Ramona starting first grade
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The book I am reading for my book report is Catching Fire‚ the second part of the Hunger Games. The Austhor of Catching Fire is Susanne Collins. The book Catching Fire is a very good book‚ it emphasis’s more on the characters rather than the plot. Catching fire has many different scenes in many different places‚ but two of the zones are important for the characters‚ which is District 12 and the Guarter Guell arena. There are 8 important characters in Catching Fire. Katniss Everdeen‚ is the
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Title The first-person narrative book‚ “the catcher in the rye” is a fiction novel that was written by J. D. Salinger and published in July 16‚ 1951 but takes place in the late 1940’s after the Second World War. The book’s publication in 1951 came at the dawn of the age of the teenager; “A new social category‚ newly economically empowered and hungry for culture‚ was fed by music‚ films and novels”. Characters •Holden Caulfield: He has a crew cut‚ graying hair and he’s tall for his
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Gabby Pusha December 3‚ 2012 2nd Period “The Hiding Place” Book Report “The Hiding Place” is an autobiography written by Corrie Ten Boom. Boom’s autobiography is about when she and her family were living in a town named Holland in the 1930’s. During this time Nazi violence and hatred towards Jews was increasing rapidly. Many people turned their backs on Jews because they feared for their own lives. Corrie Ten Boom and her family joined the Dutch resistance‚ and helped Jews avoid begin captured
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BOOK REPORT 1. “A message to Garcia” 2. LCPL Garcia 3. Elbert Hubbard 4. Published in 1977 5. Publisher: Peter pauper press ‚ Inc 6. 32 Pages 7. Price of the book: $7.99 8. (Last page) 9. Initiative‚ Courage and Commitment. 10. I believe that every marine should definitely read this book. This book tells about true commitment and courage is about there is a lot to learn from this book. I agree with all the points that the author gave in his writing and think
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Book Report on The Death Cure Brett Duffy English 10G January 16‚ 2015 Blackville School Section 1- Quotes “I’m sorry guys‚ I’m sorry‚ but I need you to listen to me‚ I’m getting worst by the hour and I don’t have many sane ones left‚ please leave me here.” This quote is the character development of newts character‚ it is showing us just how much he is willing to do to make sure that the others succeed in finding a cure for the flare. “What a surprise‚ she lied again” This quote
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