May 31‚ 2011 Title: The Thief Lord Author: Cornelia Funke Kind of Book: Historical fiction Characters: Bo‚ Prosper‚ Scipio (Thief Lord)‚ Victor Getz‚ Ida Spavento‚ Barbarossa‚ Conte‚ Morosina‚ Aunt Esther‚ Uncle Max‚ Hornet‚ Riccio‚ Mosca‚ Dottor Massimo‚ and other servants and animals. Summary: The Thief Lord is about two orphaned boys named Prosper and Bo running away from Hamburg‚ Germany to Venice‚ Italy. The boys have run away from their aunt who only wants to keep
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13 December 2010 Funke‚ Cornelia. The Thief Lord. New York: Scholastic Inc.‚ 2000. 345 Reading Assignment A3. The Thief Lord is about two brothers‚ who live with their aunt and uncle. When Esther and Max want to adopt Bo after their mother’s death so the boys decide to run away to Venice‚ Italy. The boys arrive in Venice and are taken in by four other orphans: Hornet‚ Riccio‚ Mosca‚ and their mysterious leader‚ Scipio‚ or "The Thief Lord." The children survive by selling the things that Scipio
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“If you’re reading this because you think you might be one‚ my advice is: close this book right now. Believe whatever lie your mom or dad told you about your birth‚ and try to lead a normal life” (Riordan‚ 1). In the novel The Lightning Thief‚ by Rick Riordan‚ Percy‚ Annabeth‚ and Grover are trying to recover Zeus’ stolen master bolt. The main protagonist Percy is an outcast that struggles to fit in because he moves from school to school and is a lone child of Poseidon‚ yet he has lots of termitity
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The Book Thief Narrated by Death‚ The Book Thief is the story of Liesel Meminger‚ a nine-year-old German girl who is given up by her mother to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann in the small town of Molching in 1939‚ shortly before World War II. On their way to Molching‚ Liesel’s younger brother Werner dies‚ and she is traumatized‚ experiencing nightmares about him for months. Hans is a gentle man who brings her comfort and helps her learn to read‚ starting with a book Liesel stole from the cemetery
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there it tells the story of her life‚ the difficulties that are encountered in Nazi Germany‚ especially when her family takes on the challenging task of hiding a Jew in their basement. The novel also tells the story of Liesel’s journey as the Book Thief‚ stealing and obtaining books and adding to her collection. The story goes on to tell about Liesel’s life growing up in Molching‚ Germany; from Liesel meeting her best friend Rudy‚ to Max Vandenburg‚ a Jew in hiding‚ moving into her basement‚ to Liesel
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without her dying. He however has taken the lives of people she cares about very deeply. Every time death sees her he remembers the colors that surround her. He makes sure to point these out every time he sees her. He refers to Liesel as the book thief because she continually steals books. The first book she stole wasn’t even because she wanted to see it. She stole it to keep as a memento for the last time she saw her brother and her mother. Death was their when it happened because he was taking
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Diary of an Oxygen Thief Anonymous‚ I have not read any other books by this author. Fiction Characters: There aren’t any other characters beside the one person who he doesn’t say his name‚ but he is the speaker of the story‚ he is an Irish man and was born in Kilkenny Ireland. This book is first person view‚ making the speaker the main character. In the story the speaker describes his past events and how he wished to fix his mistakes. He describes how he hurt girls when he was in his 20’s‚ by hurting
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THE GREAT ESCAPE 1.This story is about a prison camp in Sagan‚ Germany. In this prison camp‚ there are over 700 prisoners from World War 2. These prisoners are all anxious to get free from the devastating camp‚ so they try to create 3 tunnels to get out of the camp. Tom‚ Harry‚ and Dick. These are the names of the tunnels. The German solders or ferrets find out about Harry‚ and Harry is the one they were originally planning to escape from. When this happens‚ the prisoners try to complete Tom. And
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have read this thrilling story of Tony Hillerman‚ you are going to answer a couple of questions about the book. First we want to know if you have understand the story. Questions: * Why do you think Tony Hillerman named this book "A Thief of Time"? * Who is the "Thief of Time" and what did this person do? Can you also tell why he had done these things? * First they thought someone else was illegally digging at unofficial places. Who did they think it was and why? There are different kinds of races
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Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring is a movie that received many awards and set the bar for Fictional Fantasy movies like itself. With the usage of many film making techniques‚ Jackson brings fantasy to a more realistic place. Peter Jackson successfully uses great characterization and other film making techniques to make a very successful and well-rounded movie in general. With the real setting in New Zealand but fictional characters‚ it makes the line between real and
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