Have you ever given up something very important for someone else? Well this book might have some similarities when you gave up something for someone else. The book is called “Boy 21” by Matthew Quick. The protagonist a senior in high school named Finley lives in a town ruled by the Irish mob‚ drugs violence and racial rivalries. At school Finely is called white rabbit for being the only white kid on the varsity basketball team. But when teen basketball star Russ arrives at the school after a family
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I. Description of the Book The Victors serves as a fast-reading and gripping survey of what life was like in the World War II. The book covers the period from D-Day in June 6‚ 1944 until the final surrender of Germany in May 7‚ 1945. It is essentially several books spliced together to give an overall picture of the war in Europe -- largely composed of huge blocks of text from five of the author‚ Stephen E. Ambrose’s previous histories: Eisenhower‚ Pegasus Bridge‚ Band of Brothers‚ D-Day and Citizen
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“The Big Bad Wolf” By: James Patterson Author: James Patterson James Patterson is a fictional novelist and multi #1 New York Times Best Selling Author. He is widely known for his series of novels surrounding Forensic Psychologist Alex Cross. The series included such great novels as “Kiss the Girls” and “Along Came a Spider”; which were reworked into blockbuster movies starring Oscar Award Winning Actor Morgan Freeman as Dr. Alex Cross. Patterson has written 71 novels in 33 years (19 of which
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The title of the book is called “Find Her.” The author of the book is Lisa Gardner. The plot is when Flora Dane the main character is kidnapped when shes at a bar all by herself she tries to leave with a man but then the man gets mad at flora and slaps heracross her face another man comes in to save flora he ends up being flora’s kidnapper. The kidnapper puts flora in a box and leaves her for weeks he doesn’t feed her or give her water nor he lets her go to the bathroom‚ so flora ends up peeing in
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The Things They Carried Colby Earles In this book the author Tim O’ Brien uses many different little stories to sum of the big picture of war. He focuses in on many different characters‚ stories‚ and their specific feelings to help the reader get an actual feel of what he felt. Which he states on pg. 171 " I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer than happening-truth". While O’ Briens main connection to the title focus’s in on what each soldier physically carried
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The book "Wayside school is Falling Down" is about a school with 30 floors and 1 class on each floor. on the 30th floor there is a rumor that the teacher on that floor‚ Mrs. Jewels is the meanest teacher in the world. In the book Mrs. Jewels would move one ear than the other‚ then stick out her tongue. These movements would cause the students to turn into apples. Mrs. Jewels would turn the students into an apple if they cried‚ got an answer wrong‚ or did something that she did not like. on day on
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Half Brother written by Kenneth Oppel is an incredible book about a boy that develops a relationship with his father’s experiment‚ a chimp named Zan. In the beginning of the story Ben does not want to have a brother‚ especially one that isn’t human‚ but even though he is upset about it he is forced to go along with it. After every day that goes by‚ Ben starts feeling better about his “half brother” and realizes that it isn’t that bad having someone to talk to and play with. Ben and his mom begin
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I. BOOK REPORTING: “THE BOOK OF MICAH” Author: The author of the Book of Micah was the Prophet Micah (Micah 1:1). Date of Writing: The Book of Micah was likely written between 735 and 700 B.C. Purpose of Writing: The message of the Book of Micah is a complex mixture of judgment and hope. On the one hand‚ the prophecies announce judgment upon Israel for social evils‚ corrupt leadership and idolatry. This judgment was expected to culminate in the destruction of Samaria and Jerusalem. On
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changed my perspective on life. This novel is a guideline to help you choose the path that you will take in the future. As a teenager‚ I have faced many problems mentioned in this novel. Reading this book made me see the world from a different perspective. It is a world of opportunities and this book helps you reach and grasp to the occasions when they come.
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Reading Assignment Summary The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. During a quiet night‚ a family of four sleeps in their home. In the darkness‚ the man Jack creeps inside and murders a mother‚ a father‚ and the eldest child. The youngest‚ an infant‚ escapes. The baby crawls down the stairs‚ toddles through the front door‚ and makes his way up the hill to a graveyard. When the child slips inside the creepy cemetery‚ he is taken in by the spirits of the dead residing there. Mr and Mrs Owens become his
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