A couple of years ago I read a book called Unwind. This book‚ written by Neal Shusterman‚ is about a boy that runs from his family. He ran from his family after they signed a contract to have his body harvested. Being “unwound” happened to be a decision that the parents made. Connor’s parents signed a contract without him knowing. After he found the papers in a drawer‚ he ran away to save his life. Throughout the book‚ Connor endures many challenges. His mental stamina allows him to outsmart juvey
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world’s tiger population. According to the latest tiger census report released on February 12‚ 2008 by the National Tiger Conservation Authority‚ the current tiger population stands at 1‚411 (i.e. ranging between a minimum of 1‚165 to a maximum of 1‚657). The results include figures from 16 tiger states and are exclusive of Jharkhand and Sunderbans. The state of West Bengal was covered only partially (i.e. North Bengal) during the census. The Tiger Census 2008 report has classified the tiger occupied
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BOOK REPORT: "The Outsiders" 1. Hinton‚ S.E. The Outsiders. New York: Puffin Books‚ 1967 2. The title of this book relates to the story‚ because in the book‚ Ponyboy and Johnny are "outsiders." They can be thought of as Outsiders because they are labeled Greasers although they do not act like hoodlums‚ like the rest of the Greasers. They are thought of as Greasers just because they live on the East Side of town‚ and because they slick back their hair. But Ponyboy and Johnny are different
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Year 8 Book Report Back Through Time: Historical Fiction or Imagination These stories have some ‘real’ aspects but also have a fictional dimension. The setting might be from a real period of history but the author invents the characters and uses imagination. Your Task is to make a poster about your book. You must cover all the tasks below and you also need to speak about your book for one minute in class. Provide details of the title‚ author‚ date of publication and publisher Setting:
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This paper examines the diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as demonstrated by David Pelzer in his autobiographies A Child Called It and The Lost Boy‚ with a focus on the latter book. Dave is the son of alcoholic parents whose mother severely abused him while his father turned the other cheek. Dave has been subjected to torturous mind games‚ starvation‚ and physical abuse so horrendous that he is left scarred‚ bruised‚ and nearly dead. The staff at his elementary school eventually takes action
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Book Report “Reading Nudge” These days‚ knowing ‘who customer is’ becomes more and more important in marketing. Then‚ to know precisely who customer is‚ is it enough to study marketing area based on the thought which is “human is rational”? As a marketer‚ I have been conducting lots of marketing project in my working area. But‚ as I conducted those projects‚ I felt that knowing customer is very difficult. It is because sometimes customer was very rational‚ but in other times customer was extremely
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Hatchet is a book written by Gary Paulsen and is a fictional novel about a boy lost in the Canadian woods. This story is about a boy in the Canadian woods that is dealing with the struggles of divorce where he will experience what it is like to be alone. He will come to find that there are some problems to face along the way. Brian will come to find out that the Canadian woods is a very dangerous place for a lost boy. Brian knows that finding the right foods and protection could be very crucial
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party when the cops arrived. In the book‚ it did mention that the party was broken up but it left me wondering if her friends got in any trouble or if parents were called. Instead of focusing on how Melinda got home by walking barefooted I would explain the problems that she caused for all of her close friends to hate her as much as they did in the story. I rate this book a perfect 10 because of the amount of interest I had while reading it. This book is written for young adult and is great for
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Animal Farm I don’t know if this is truly a review for this book‚ a major reason may be that most of the people pass out of high school having read a book and written a book report too sometimes; thanks to our education system‚ somehow I skipped that complete episode. At this age‚ if I write a book review‚ it wouldn’t be fair; on the internet there is no shortage of different reviews. One more additional review is not going to make any difference; the difference lies in how and what lessons can
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If you are an environmentalist‚ ‚ or just someone who wants to protect the environment‚ then you would really like a book called “Hoot”. “Hoot” is a book written by Carl Hiaasen and follows two main characters with their own story in the book. One of the stories is about Roy Eberhardt‚ a middle schooler a Trace Middle School‚ and another story follows Officer Delinko‚ a police officer at the local police department. Roy just moved from Montana to Florida and overall was quite unhappy about it‚ Montana
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