The book “Canyons” by Gary Paulsen is a good book that should be read by kids that are interested in stories about challenges. It should mostly be read by middle school students. It takes place in El Paso Texas‚ a dry and hot area near canyons. Brennan Cole‚ an older boy in highschool goes camping in the canyons and finds a skull and takes it home. The skull is getting to Brennan and is bothering him so he decides to do something about it and goes to Mr. Homesley‚ his biology teacher‚ for
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In the novel Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt‚ a possible theme could be that one will occur multiple conflicts and will have to overcome them to continue life. In the novel‚ Franklin’s father was “sitting alone in the bay window” with “no work” on his desk and his pipe was “cold and unsmoked” (Schmidt 143). In the following days after Franklin’s desk‚ Henry’s father is not overcoming his son’s death and will not continue on with his normal life. This quote relates to the theme because it shows that
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Relationships Have you ever been in a relationship There are all kinds of them.”Amigo Brothers” is by Piri Thomas and “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto‚”amigo Brothers” is about two friends that grew up together and are boxers and find out they have to fight each other in the ring.and”Seventh Grade” is about a boy named Victor has a crush on a girl.Both stories have some form relationships friendship in “Amigo Brothers” and love is “Seventh Grade”. Relationships are really cool there are all kinds of
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Commentary for “Soldier’s Heart” Author‚ Gary Paulsen The book Soldier’s Heart‚ is based on a true story about a fifteen-year-old boy in Minnesota named‚ Charley Goddard‚ who lies about his age to join the First Volunteers of Minnesota to fight in the Civil War. Some of the events and time sequences are not completely factual‚ but the essential elements of the books story are true. Charley Goddard is a fifteen-year-old boy growing up in the farming community of Winona‚ Minnesota‚ in 1861‚
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“Looking for Work” by Gary Soto One July‚ while killing ants on the kitchen sink with a rolled newspaper‚ I had a nine-year-old’s vision of wealth that would save us from ourselves. For weeks I had drunk Kool-Aid and watched morning reruns of Father Knows Best‚ whose family was so uncomplicated in its routine that I very much wanted to imitate it. The first step was to get my brother and sister to wear shoes at dinner. “Come on‚ Rick – come on‚ Deb‚” I whined. But Rick mimicked me and the same
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The Book I chose was Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. The genre of this book is young adult fiction. It takes place in the forest of Canada. The book doesn’t mention the time that the story takes place. Although‚ it does say the his mother dropped him off in Hampton‚ New York in the beginning. This book is about a boy named Brian Robeson who is riding in a private airplane to Canada. At the beginning of the ride‚ the pilot invited him to help in the cockpit and then the pilot had an unfortunate heart attack
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Canyons is a fiction book written by an author by the name of Gary Paulsen. Paulsen wrote the book was written in the year 1991. Paulsen wrote this book and all of his other books because he has a passion to write. Paulsen has written over 45 books for young people since 1966. This book called Canyons is not one of his most popular books. His best selling book is called Hatchet written in 1987. Paulsen has written many books and won many great awards for his books. The book‚ Canyons is about a young
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togetherness that would unify us much more than anything else could. Yet we never did make that connection. Instead we found it best to try and act as though we knew what a functional family was as though we were doing a bad game of Simon Says. As Gary Soto recalls from his childhood‚ “I tried to convince them that if we improved the way we looked we might get along better in life” (Soto‚ 29). That was the way my fake family was. We knew the meaning of values‚ but in reality we did not put them into
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Our experiences and the choices we make when we are young help shape who we are as we get older. In "Oranges" by Gary Soto‚ the narrator recalls a memory from his childhood - the first time he goes on a date with a girl. The boy is young and probably a little scared at first‚ but things turn out well and the date with the girl seems to have an impact on him later in life. We don’t know anything about the narrator when he is older but he seems like a likable person. He tries to make the girl happy
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For The Love Of The Game The poem‚ "Black Hair by Gary Soto describes a boy who had and probably still has a love and passion for baseball. Many images throughout this poem support this fact. For example‚ "In the bleachers I was brilliant with my body‚ waving players in and stomping my feet‚" "His crouch the one I assumed before an alter of worn baseball cards in my room‚" and " in my mind I rounded the bases with him‚ my face flared‚ my hair lifting/Beautifully‚" show how much he loves the
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