Lois Lowry is known for her dystopian novels for young adults. One out of many novels is her work ‘The Giver’. The Giver exposes the story of Jonas‚ a boy who questions his society’s standard of living. Jonas’ people tend to have false perceptions of their world being supposedly ‘perfect’. On the other hand‚ ‘Gathering Blue’ – a companion novel to The Giver – reveals the story of orphaned and handicapped Kira who also questions her society and is led to provide evidence to the Council of Guardians
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The Snow Star By Sharon Laferty From out of the blue and gold of a Christmas Eve sunset‚ comes Chrystalene. She was a snowflake‚ born in the clouds‚ as all snowflakes are. She began her journey‚ falling and spinning‚ with all the other little snowflakes on her way to the earth below. Chrystalene‚ however‚ was far too curious a being to simply drift along and wait to see where she would land. She began to look around her‚ peering at her fellow flakes‚ and noticing quickly‚ that she was not like them
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The cold was creeping into Jonas’s body. Dampening his spirits and his soul. Hunger infected his body. Gabriel’s wailing screamed at his ears. The wind howled at him‚ preventing Jonas from trespassing into this strange landscape. An enclosing army of snow palpitated down on the two stragglers‚ gnawing into their skin‚ injecting acute pangs of chilliness. A curtain of mist lowered and trapped them in a blizzard. Jonas looked around‚ completely disorientated. A landscape of snow met his sore eyes.
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One of the best running backs ever‚ Emmitt Smith. The title of the book I read was Emmitt Smith Star Running Back and the author was Jeff Savage. Emmitt Smith was born in Pensacola‚ Florida on May 15‚ 1969. Will he win a championship in the NFL? When Emmitt was a kid he always wanted to be a professional football player. His family struggled financially and because of that Emmitt had to work more than one job. He was a very kind person because of how much he was willing to help out his grandma.
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A Book Report ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sidney Sheldon (February 11‚ 1917 – January 30‚ 2007) was an Academy Award-winning American writer. His TV works spanned a 20-year period during which he created The Patty Duke Show (1963–66)‚ I Dream of Jeannie (1965–70) and Hart to Hart (1979–84)‚ but he became most famous after he turned 50 and began writing best-selling novels such as Master of the Game (1982)‚ The Other Side of Midnight (1973) and Rage of Angels (1980). He is the seventh best selling writer of
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The Fault in Our Stars: Book & Movie Comparison The Fault in Our Stars is a well written book. After I read the book I watched the movie and I noticed some major differences. Some important scenes that were in the book were not in the movie. The book also has more details which is missing in the movie‚ making some scenes‚ such as Augustus’ death less dramatic and emotional. One important difference would be Kaitlyn‚ Hazel’s best friend from “pre-cancer” life. Kaitlyn isn’t mentioned at all in the
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Kyuem book report The book I choose was a story entitled‚ ‘Star Trap’ by Simon Brett. IT was published in 1982. I choose this book because I like detective novels. The storyline is very mysterious. The plot thickens when many incidents happened in the story such as a rehearsal pianist was shot in the hand by an airgun pellet and a actor tumbled down some stairs and broke his leg. As I keep on reading the story‚ more and more questions keep on rehearsing my mind as I try to solve the case as well
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Book Report No: 3 Johnny Angel By. Danielle Steel Summary: With a word or a smile‚ seventeen-year-old Johnny Peterson could light up a room‚ fill his mother’s heart with pride‚ and inspire the best in those around him. A star athlete and class valedictorian‚ tall‚ lanky Johnny had a future filled with promise - until he stepped into a car on prom night‚ dazzling in his rented tux‚ and in an
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This report has been commissioned by James Armstrong of Hobby Star Marketing to critically analyse and evaluate the Fan Expo Canada event. A general overview of the event will be provided as well as the event category it falls under and the implications of this. The event will then be analysed in terms of its social impact‚ the stakeholders involved and economic implications. This report is limited to the event information available on the internet and in the prescribed text for theory based arguments
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ashok M Advani Executive Chairman CORPORATE MANAGEMENT Ashok M Advani Executive Chairman Suneel M Advani Vice Chairman & Managing Director Suneel M Advani Vice Chairman & Managing Director Satish Jamdar Managing Director Satish Jamdar Managing Director Vir S Advani Executive Director Vir S Advani Executive Director Shailesh Haribhakti Pradeep Mallick Gurdeep Singh Suresh N Talwar Avinash Pandit President - Electro Mechanical Projects Group
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