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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BOOKS AND READING Topical Vocabulary 1. Categorisation: Children’s and adult’s books; travel books and biography; romantic and historical novels; thrillers; detective stories; science fiction/fantasy; non-fiction; pulp fiction. absorbing; adult; amusing; controversial; dense; depressing; delightful; dirty; disturbing; dull; fascinating; gripping; moralistic; obscene; outrageous; profound; whimsical; unputdownable
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The Book Thief strikes again! Have you ever wondered what it’s like to steal something with the adrenaline pumping through your veins? In The Book Thief‚ by Markus Zusak‚ you’re able to see how Liesel Meminger changed because of such thievery. Liesel changed in this book by becoming sneakier‚ more determined and opening up more to people. Not long after beginning this book‚ you can see Liesel becoming more and more sneaky. The first case witnessed of her newfound slyness is at her brother’s gravesite
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Interpreting the Book of Revelation The future; a daunting subject that people over generations have fretted about and try to plan against by constructing predictions on what may happen based on what they think they know. Christians are no different. The Bible is‚ after all‚ a book has a prophetic vein running through it promising all of His people that one day He would return to save them from the evils of the earth and give them the gift of eternal life with Him. Throughout the text‚ therefore
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Banning Books The Bible‚ The Diary of Anne Frank‚ Huckleberry Finn‚ Harry Potter. These classic books have changed lives of many people‚ but for what? Witchcraft‚ Religion‚ racism? These books have been in are education program for educational purposes. Just because one person gets a little bit hurt because a book of all things said something that could corrupt there child’s learning is not right. First children have a right to read whatever they choose‚ Citizens should have access to what they
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“The right good book is always a book of travel; it is about a life’s journey.” This quote was written by H.M. Tomlinson. This quote means that the proper story is all the time a book about advancements; it is about personal growth. I agree with the interpretation because in all good books people change and mature. One work of literature that I have read which relates to the quote is the book Holes by Louis Sachar. Another book that supports the quote is the book‚ Monster‚ by Walter Dean Myers
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Banned Books Books are supposed to be used as reading materials where information can be retrieved. Due to this‚ books are widely used in learning institutions amongst students. The books themselves come in different genres and age requirements depending on their customers; this is such that there are children and adult books. However‚ before a book gets printed and published for used‚ it undergoes vetting to determine its credibility. Once published‚ the different genres of books can then be distributed
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When choosing a book for my book review‚ nothing really seemed to jump out at me. I pondered the list for a minute and then once more until I finally saw a title that seemed intriguing. Pocahontas‚ Powhatan‚ and Opechancanough: Three Indian Lives changed by Jamestown. By Helen C. Rountree seemed like it would be an interesting book. What immediately caught my eye was that it had something to do with Pocahontas in it. I knew her from the Disney movies but was interested to know more. As I got further
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English Long Book Report Chan Hiu Tung Christie 4C (2) Title: Emma Author: Jane Austen Publisher: Pearson Education Limited What is love? How can we do to catch our own true love? I found the answer after reading the book‚ Emma. Emma‚ which talked about Emma Woodhouse‚ who is a beautiful‚ clever but with little spoiled girl. She is rich and she loves arrange marriage between her friends and neighbours in a village called Highbury. Unfortunately‚ she makes a lot of
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Putting a date on the book of Hebrews is difficult since there is no known audience or author. However‚ the early church father Clement quoted from the Book of Hebrews in A.D. 95. However‚ internal evidence such as the fact that Timothy was alive at the time the epistle was written and the absence of any evidence showing the end of the Old Testament sacrificial system that occurred with Jerusalem’s destruction in A.D. 70 indicates the book was written around A.D. 65. Audience The book of Hebrews doesn’t
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