18 March 2013 Lost in Death The title of the book that I read was Everlost. The genre of this book is fantasy. The book was published in 2006. The author of this book is Neal Shusterman. Shusterman was born on November 12‚ 1962 and grew up in Brooklyn‚ New York. He still writes today and recently came out with the sequel to the book called Everwild. Neal is also a screenwriter and television writer. This story takes place in a place called Everlost. Everlost is a world between life and death
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like the profanity used‚ Snitch by Allison Van Diepen is a book that you should read because it’s an addicting book and has good dialogue. First of all‚ some readers might not like how profanity is used in the book. For example when Toneya‚ Lisa‚ and Marta yell at Julia‚ “Whore! Skank! Snitch!
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Harkirat Dhaliwal Ms. Macdonald SJ8 20th November 2013 India The title of the book is India. It was written by Marilynn G. Barr. The illustrator and picture researcher is Jaimie Holl. It was published by Lorenz Educational Press in 2003. The genre is non- fiction. It includes 48 pages to read. This book is about the country India in Asia. The main idea is to tell you about many different features of India for example landscapes‚ climate and weather‚ natural resources‚ population
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that strong”. In Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction book Unbroken‚ Louis Zamperini demonstrated determination throughout his life to overcome difficulties in track all the way to surviving his Word War II bomber crashing into the Pacific Ocean where he was stranded for 47 day. Overall‚ Louis’s own ambition is what Hillenbrand highlighted throughout this book to tell his truly remarkable story. At the beginning of Louie’s life‚
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In the book Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo‚ a little mouse named Despereaux has always read books about princesses and princes. His dream is to save a princess so he can be like a prince. So‚ he sets off on an adventure to save a princess. I enjoyed this book because it was adventurous. I liked when Despereaux was sent down to the dungeon and he had to find his way out. I also liked hearing about the different stories of the characters because they made the book more clearer and interesting
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I chose the quote‚"You cannot open a book without learning something" by the Irish proverb because I can relate it to my favorite book‚"The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton which taught me lots of stuff that I did not know about. The book is about a 14 year old named Ponyboy and his two brothers Darry who is 16 and Sodapop who is 20 years old. Darry is in charge of them due to both of his parents dying in a car accident. They are all greasers in a gang and often watch over Johnny ‚who is another greaser
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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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in our world and it is important to not categorize people based on their disability. For this project‚ I choose to read the book Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine. This was a very thought provoking book that kept me engaged the whole time. Mockingbird is the story of a young girl who has Asperger syndrome and her brother was recently shot in a school shooting.Throughout the book‚ Caitlin struggles to deal with her brothers death and has a hard time talking to anyone about the situation. She does however
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important plot point. The ending of the book had the most impact on me‚ with the descriptions of the battle at the cornucopia really resonating with me. I was also taken aback at the gamesmasters’ decision to make only one team member survive. I also fully believed that Katniss and Peeta were going to commit suicide to outsmart the gamesmasters‚ so the quick‚ turnaround ruling that both Katniss and Peeta could live was a huge relief for me. I think that in the next book‚ Collins will make the fact that
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The seventy-four-year old Minnesota author has been popular with young adults since 1966 when Paulsen first appeared on the writing scene. Paulsen has been noted for his fiction writing about survival and wilderness. Books such as Hatchet‚ Dogsong‚ and The Winter Room have all won the Newbery Honor Award. Paulsen is one of the most noted authors in the category and very popular with young people. Growing up in Minnesota Paulsen was born in Minneapolis on May 17‚ 1939 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen)
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