wasn’t until high school I thought highly of literature‚ in a sense I would have to be literate in order to succeed. As I proceed through life I realize how important literature is‚ not only to myself but to others. In “The Lonely Good Company of Books”‚ Richard Rodriguez explains how his parents did not read to him‚ and how he became literate. I could relate to Richard’s situation because I wasn’t read to much either. Though reading and writing is a necessity and students should learn literature
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several characters‚ many of which you grow to love and feel for. Several times in the book I was bawling my eyes out or crying for pure joy‚ it really gets to you on an emotional level. It has holocaust themes (obviously) but I would say that they are quite mild. People who are sensitive to these themes can quite easily skip over the details and continue reading on as the book will still make total sense. Reading this book my views of WWII completely changed--as this is not an Anne
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The death of Liesel‚ the book thief‚ starts out the book for us. They are on their way on a train with their mother to their foster parent’s home. This also sparks Liesel’s love for reading later in the book‚ and it also was one of the moments that Liesel had constant nightmares about. Liesel arrives on Himmel street terrified and not knowing what her foster parents will be like. This also sets the setting of the novel and we meet some more main characters‚ Hans and Rosa Hubermann. The Hubermanns
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Brianna Gaebel Due Date: Wednesday 22nd Journal 9 I am reading Awake by Natasha Preston‚ and I am on page 100. The book is about a girl name Scarlett who losses her memory when she was four years old during a house fire and 12 years later she gets into a accident and starts to recall events that happened when she was younger. In this book I will be predicting. G I predict that Scarlett was going to be murdered and her orginal family want her back Y Noah states R dad says not her fam
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Denver Artists‚ by Elizabeth Schlosser‚ is a little book covering the introductory biographies of artists involved in French Modernism‚ American Scene Painting or Regionalism‚ and Abstract Expressionism. The book starts with an introduction about the Denver Art Museum’s inauguration and the controversies surrounding modern art during its inception. Schlosser focuses on artists who influenced the art scene in Denver‚ but didn’t originate Denver. The book spotlights Elizabeth Spalding‚ John E. Thompson
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writing about Undertow by Michael Buckley. When you first look at the title‚ you’d think that the book would be about lifeguards or something to do with undertows. But in fact‚ the true reason that this book is named Undertow is because it drags you in and never lets you go. From the hook that drops you into an alien environment‚ to the drama packed halls of Lyric Walker’s high school‚ Hylan High‚ this book truly drags you down‚ deep into its pages. Lyric Walker is the only child of a hard working cop
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I read the book‚ Legend written by Marie Lu. In this book the world has been flooded after the polar ice caps have melted completely‚ leaving most of the world covered in water. During this time the eastern seaboard of America tried to move west for land that wasn’t flooded. After the floods‚ the inflation of America’s population and lack of resources and places to live it caused major conflict. Eventually the two sides settled and separated to become two separate countries. As the eastern side
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The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore is a book about two Wes Moores who grew up similarly with the same name‚ but chose two different destinies as time went on. Both of them endured a life without a father figure‚ got into serious trouble with the police‚ and grew up in a poor household. The author of the book‚ Wes‚ is at first a trouble maker‚ doesn’t have a healthy relationship with his mother‚ and struggles in school. Since Wes skipped classes and let his grades slip‚ his mother made a tough and expensive
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Something Upstairs Something Upstairs by Avi is a historical fiction book based on the main character Kenny who has just moved into his new house in Providence‚ Rhode Island. He soon finds out that a ghost lives in the connecting room to his room because of the scratching sounds he hears coming from his closet. The ghost was a slave who was murdered in that house. Caleb‚ the ghost and Kenny are able to transport to the past‚ because of Caleb’s abilities. Kenny figures this is a great way to go
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Book One: In the first book (The 5th Wave)‚ the aliens (The Silencers) were trying to take over the world to have it for themselves. The alien invasion had 5 waves. 1st wave- Lights Out. Where all power was lost. Wave 2- Surfs Up. Where there was a giant tsunami. Wave 3- Pestilence. Where there was an awful plague that killed off most of the humans on earth. Wave 4- Silencer. Where the “Silencers” toke over and you didn’t know who was a silencer and who was a human. Wave 5- Where the ‘Silencers”
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