Introduction The novel I read for the project was “Fever 1793” by Laurie Halse Anderson. Fever 1793 is a story about a little girl named Matilda Cook who lives during the time that Yellow Fever broke out. Some of the novel is fiction‚ and some of the book is historical. Key Idea 1 The first Key Idea of the novel is the fever itself. The fever changes how everyone lives. It makes some leave the town and some stay. It makes people think some are crazy and it makes people go crazy. It makes people
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Paltryville‚ the place where the children will stay to their new home‚ the Lucky Smells Lumber mill. When they arrived at the location‚ the children know that they will have to work at the mill‚ but as fragment of the agreement‚ their new custodian‚ Sir ‚they called it Sir because his name was so long that nobody pronounces it right‚ will try to keep Count Olaf‚ their nemesis‚ away. They encounter Sir’s more concerned partner‚ Charles‚ who show them the library‚ which contains three books‚ one about the
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Soul Surfer Summer Read Questions 1. Soul Surfer takes place in Kauai‚ Hawaii. In the story‚ the main character-Bethany Hamilton- is an extremely talented surfer. Her whole life basically revolved around surfing‚ she loved it more than anything else in the world. Bethany spent most of her time in the water‚ either practicing or competing. Until one day during a practice session with her best friend‚ Alana Blanchard‚ something tragic occurred. Bethany was attacked by a 14 foot tiger shark. Alana
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The book Alandra’s Lilacs starts off introducing one of the main characters‚ and author Tressa Browers. She becomes pregnant with her longtime boyfriend Lyndle Paul Benjamin Jr. or more commonly known as “Sug”. They soon get married and became pregnant with their first child‚ a son‚ who will be named Lyn Alan. Unfortunately‚ the baby doesn’t survive and dies shortly after his birth. Tressa and Sug desperately wanted to have a child together and shortly thereafter the death of their first child
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doesn’t love Pip. Joe Gargery is the husband of Pip’s sister‚ and he is the village blacksmith‚ he really loves Pip and he take care about him‚ he is very calm‚ quiet and kind‚ he really suffered when Pip treated him so bad. Miss Havisham‚ a rich old lady who lives in a castle-mansion known as Satis House‚ Miss Havisham is a bitter woman who was jilted at the altar on her wedding day‚ long ago. She stills using her wedding dress and the rotting wedding cake remains on the dinner table. She raises
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that the book was being told from Katniss’s perspective‚ while the movie was told from many different perspectives. Also‚ in the book the Mocking Jay pin was given to Katniss by Madge before she went to the capital‚ and then Katniss gave the Mocking Jay pin to Prim. In the movie Katniss got the Mocking Jay pin from the black market‚ and then gives the Mocking Jay pin to Prim. Another thing I noticed was that Madge‚ the girl that gave Katniss the Mocking Jay pin‚ isn’t in the movie. In the book‚ Haymitch
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1. Robert Cormier wrote The Chocolate War. The copyright of the book is 1974. 2. In the exposition of The Chocolate War‚ Jerry Renault‚ the freshman quarterback‚ was receiving constant blows from opposing players. Jerry was trying to get the ball to his receiver‚ the Goober‚ but not having any luck. In The Chocolate War‚ the rising action was the majority of the story. At Trinity High School‚ the school that Jerry attends‚ there is a group of “elite” students called the Vigils
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Everyone has different experiences with loss or threats‚ but in almost every case‚ they change the person. In Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie‚ Morrie experiences a major‚ and irreversible‚ threat on his life when he gets sick. This causes him and his old student Mitch to re-examine the way they lived their lives‚ and the way they are going to live the rest of their days. It alters the way that they view others and their entire relationship with the rest of society and‚ as is the case with most other
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BOOK REPORT 4th Year (Story/Novel) Name: Yr. & Sec.: I. Title‚ Author‚ and Copyright “Remains of the Day” by: Kazuo Ishiguro‚ 1999 II. Summary of the Story/Novel The novel opens with Stevens‚ the head butler at Darlington Hall‚ preoccupied with the idea of a journey which he foresees to take him through much of England’s finest sites. This journey has been a suggestion put to him by Mr. Farraday‚ his present employer. Not taking this suggestion seriously at first‚ Stevens reconsiders
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Mortality Doctrine The book‚ The Rule Of Thoughts was an amazing book. It was written by one of my favorite authors James Dashner. Dashner grew up in Austell‚ Georgia where he was one of six children in his family. He later went to Utah for college at Brigham Young University and started writing books that were for young teens. His books typically had the adventure‚ survival‚ and science-fiction genres. He then proceeded to write The Maze Runner which was one of his most famous books. So today I am writing
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