Brandon MacPherson 9/7/08 Gates of Fire The book I read during the summer for world history was Gates of Fire‚ written by Steven Pressfield. Essentially‚ this book is about the Battle of Thermopylae and the events that took place during those times. The author is trying to tell the story through one’s perspective. In this book‚ one learns of the conditions at the battlefield during war and how it was to go to war as a young man. This book highlights many details in the battles fought in
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My book report is on the book ‘Maniac Magee’ by Jerry Spinelli. The reason why I chose ‘Maniac Magee’ is because I love Jerry Spinelli books. They’re always very good. ‘Maniac Magee’ is kind of a ‘warm-your-heart’ book. I’ll tell you a little about the story‚ but not a lot‚ because I don’t want to spoil it for you! The story is about a young boy that runs away from his new home and the few new friends he meets along the way. Some of the characteristics about Magee are that he is sad a lot
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Book Report for Prayer and Spirituality Course Title: The Great Gatsby Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons Copyright Date: April 10‚ 1925 1. What is the primary theme of this book? What is the basic message the author is trying to convey? 1) Fitzgerald portrays the 1920s as an era of decayed social and moral values‚ evidenced in its overarching cynicism‚ greed‚ and empty pursuit of pleasure. The reckless jubilance that led to decadent parties
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Book Report – One Child by Torey Hayden. In One Child‚ author and educator Torey Hayden retells the story of being a special educator in 1980. Placed in a small room with a diverse group of students‚ Torey Hayden is not your average educator. Her students call her by first name‚ she gets emotionally involved‚ and she even takes the desks out of her small classroom. Yet despite the challenges‚ she and her students come together successfully and begin learning. The class is thrown for a loop
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The Crow-Girl Bodil Bredsdorff Cover art 2004 by Elizabeth Slayton Fritz J. Tirol MWF 7:30-8:30pm I. Reason for Choice: I choose to read this book because of the purity‚ kindness‚ and innocence of the story. It is one of my favorite books. It showed me how life can go on despite all the trials and circumstances that someone could ever experience. Its heart warming story lines have really encouraged me to trust on my self and never give up. It show how a young girl
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if i stay Have you ever felt like ending your life? Wanting to give up on everything? In this book if i stay‚ by Gayle Forman writes a story about Mia Hall‚ seventeen year old girl who has an amazing life with being a future cellist later in her life. Mia’s happy life all changes when her family decides to go see a family friend‚ Willow during the snow day. Mia and her family were in a car accident that had lead her parents‚ Kathleen Hall and Dennis Hall to their death. Teddy was left in critical
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Steinbeck and is a fictional book. "Of Mice and Men" is a book‚ set on the Californian Grain Farms in the 1930’s‚ about two life long friends named George and Lennie. The book generally is about all of the migrant workers‚ all with their own dreams. The main characters George and Lennie go from farm to farm‚ trying to work up a stake and save enough to buy their own farm one day. On their latest job they go to work on a farm after having to run away from their old town Weed. In their new farm
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Zachary Roderiques Book Report on Maniac Magee Which of Maniac’s activities do you think are impossible? Why? Which do you think are possible but not probable? I don’t think any of Maniac’s activities are impossible because he is capable of learning how to do every single one of them. I think the one activity that may be possible but not probable is the tying of Cobble’s Corners knot‚ because over many decades no one else could ever accomplish this feat. Would you like a friend
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1 BOOK REPORT Name: Smith‚ Stephen Grade: LCpl Date: Section: . Book Title: Rifleman Dodd Author: C.S. Forester Why I chose this book: Originally this book was given to me by on of my combat instructors in Marine Combat Training(MCT). I wanted to read it but soon found it impossible due to certain time constraints. I lost the book during the transition from M.O.S. school to my current residence. Just recently‚ I obtained another copy of this book from a fellow
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The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom is the autobiographical account of Corrie and her sister‚ Betsie. The book takes place during World War II in Holland and Germany. Corrie tells of her home life‚ her capture‚ and her ministry to the Jews in the concentration camps. Corrie begins telling of her home in the beje on top of the family watch shop. At forty-five she is still unmarried and she and her sister live with their father. Corrie recalls her life for the past forty-five years; her widowed aunts
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