The Hunger Games Susan Collins Copyright date: October 1‚ 2008 Genre: Science fiction The Hunger Games book review North America has been destroyed and is now run by the powerful Capital and is divided into 12 districts (district 13 has been destroyed due to a rebellion). In district 12 ace hunter Katniss Everdeen‚ a 16 year old girl‚ carves out a meager existence for herself‚ her younger sister Prim and their widowed mother. In order to keep the 12 districts aware of who runs the county‚
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"Beware of the Fish" by Gordan Korman: A Review ’Beware The Fish’ is one of the funniest books I have ever read in my life. It is about two boys named Bruno and Boots who go to a boarding school called ’Macdonald Hall’. Their headmaster is a grim man named Mr. Sturgeon(a.k.a ’The Fish’. A sturgeon is a kind of fish.) It all started when Elmer Drimsdale‚ school genius invented somethingthat is sort of like a television broadcaster. He didn’t know it really worked!!!! When Bruno and Boots found
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The World is Flat: Critical Book Review The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman gives examples from the past and present to help determine how our world is becoming closer through different technological advances. With his awards in writing‚ not only received for this book but for his other writings in the New York Times‚ it can be assumed that Friedman is somewhat qualified in writing this book. The World is Flat‚ a book about the advancements made in the twenty-first century that will effect
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A review based on the book entitled Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds The book is all about how to approach presentation design as a visual aid rather than a document. Rather than do a review of the book‚ on how presentation developers might apply some of the rules. Presentation Zen was the book that bridged the gap and helped me understand that PowerPoint (or any visual aid for that matter) shouldn ’t be a means of present lots of information‚ but rather a way to
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English 4 28 May 2014 Safe Haven: The Review Safe Haven is a novel written by Nicolas Sparks. Like most of Mr. Sparks novels‚ it is a love story. However‚ this love story has a hint of danger unlike many of his other books which are pretty calm in comparison. In retrospect‚ it is a novel that was intended for his common audience‚ mostly‚ young girls and older women. This review is my personal opinion of this novel with a summary of the book’s contents along with some of its strengths and weaknesses
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13th January 2014 Hayley Kirui 9A The Hunger Games Review In The Future North America‚ known as ‘Panem’‚ there is a rich and modern developed City named ‘The Capitol’. 12 districts that all fall under its control surround ‘The Capitol’‚ and every year there is an infamous event that takes place known as ‘The Hunger Games’. This is where a boy and a girl from each district are selected at random and made to compete in the games‚ which is aired on televisions all over ‘Panem’. Primrose Everdeen is
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Believers ELMER TOWNS A BOOK REVIEW PRESENTED TO PROFESSOR BARBER BHC IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENTS OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LAWS OF LEADERSHIP LS 283 SUBMITTED BY FELICIA MCDOW November 4‚ 2011 Towns‚ Elmer. The 8 Laws of Leadership: Making Extraordinary Leadrs out of Ordinary Believers. Lynchburg‚ VA: Church Growth Institure‚ 1992. 115 Pp. This review will attempt to expound on The 8 Laws of Leadership written by Dr. Elmer Towns. Towns presents this book as an effort to equip leaders
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370. Book Review Richard Berleth‚ a native to New York received his Ph. D. in 1970 from Rutgers University in English literature. He won an award for Bloody Mohawk as an Independent Publisher. Berleths’ other books consist of The Twilight Lords: An Irish Chronicle‚ Samuel’s Choice‚ Mary Patten‚ and The Orphan Stone: The Minnesinger Dream of Reich. His books are mostly nonfiction and youth fiction. The audience he appeals to ranges from scholars to children. His purpose in writing this book may be
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Review: Goree Island: Island of No Return‚ Saga of the Signares by Richard Harrison Goree. Gold Leaf Press‚ Mt. Clemens‚ MI. 1996. Often times a search for family history can lead to confusing twists and turns or shocking revelations. In the case of Richard Goree‚ the search for his family’s past led to a novel with much important knowledge for the rest of the world. Goree Island is a story revealing the importance of signares in economic success during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and colonial
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The third I chose to review is a synopsis of the book “Evidence-Based Reading Practices for Response to Intervention”. The authors of the book‚ Diane Haager‚ Janette Klingner‚ and Sharon Vaughn‚ have co-authored many book and articles together that “focus on teaching reading in general…” (Rankin‚ 2008). The book combines almost 40 contributors into a manual for teachers to “effectively implement their own Response to Intervention (RTI) programs” (Rankin‚ 2008). Their RTI manual has a three-tier approach
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