show’s organizers are sure that he must have cheated‚ they ask him to explain how he was able to answer such difficult and obscure questions. Each chapter deals with another question and answer‚ and as the book progresses his very colorful life story is also gradually revealed. The part of the book that leaves a permanent impression on me is when he said he wonder what it feels like to have no desires left because we have satisfied them all‚ smothered them with money even before they are born. Then
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The book I have read is Young Patriots‚ by Charles Cerami. The book took place seven years after the revolution‚ America was in crisis. The government wasn’t functioning‚ but the citizens didn’t care. Then two unknown men‚ Hamilton and Madison‚ envisioned a plan that no one else thought could happen: a truly United States. The two men had gone against all odds and worked together by strategizing to get the right men to agree on the right ideas. Their result was the most brilliant documents ever
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Paper Towns by John Green Ever since Quentin Jacobs has known his adventurous and childhood friend‚ Margo Roth Spiegelman‚ he has been madly in love with her. After splitting apart during high school‚ Q finds her cracking open his window one night seeking for his assistance for an ingenious campaign of revenge on a couple of people who haven’t been on her good side lately. Of course Quentin follows thinking that this could possibly be the day that they reunite but surely enough he was incorrect
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the main character in my book middle school is james and this book is written by James patterson he is a very independent boy who just likes to sit at home and do nothing all day hes a calm‚kind‚boring person but when it becomes summer his parents send him to a camp called camp wannamorra and he doesn’t want to go to but when he gets there out of all the cabins he gets the worst one called the muskrats with all the kids who gets picked on and thats makes him feel like he’s gonna have a long summer
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My Ishmael is a novel written by Daniel Quinn. The book starts with Julie Gerchak‚ a twelve year old girl who wants a new life. It’s 1996 in Atlanta‚ Georgia where she believes our world has gotten to its worst because of what has happened to her . Her mom is dysfunctional and an alcoholic. Her dad isn’t there with her and she has gotten used to living on her own. One day‚ Julie coincidentally notices an ad in the paper in search for pupils with “an earnest desire to save the world.” So‚ she takes
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About the characters Evan: Rude- he said no when Jessie wanted to help his lemonade stand. He also told Jessie he didn’t want her in the same class as him. Selfish- he told Scott not to pour a lot of lemonade in but he poured a lot for himself too. Jessie: Thoughtful- she kept wanting to help Evan even though he kept saying no Nervous/excited- Jessie was willing to be in the same class as Evan but Evan and Scott kept telling Jessie reasons why skipping a grade is bad Evan is an independent
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As part of the summer reading assignment this year‚ I read the book Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol. In this documentary-style book‚ he told about the horrible yet completely realistic conditions of the most poor‚ rundown neighborhoods and districts in New York City. Kozol wrote the book for the purpose of telling the stories of the children who lived in these parts of the city. He dedicated his work to those children and it was his goal to inform readers that slums were in fact in existence and
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Running and Crazy Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs in my opinion is one of the craziest books I have ever read. The events the take place in this man’s life are almost unimaginable‚ from living with a doctor to having a 33 year old boyfriend his life is definitely one to read about. Honestly it’s hard to tell if all of these events truly occurred or not. The book follows a boy named Augusten who lives with his parents; his mother reads poetry and wants to have her work published in
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11 Birthdays is an amazing book written by Wendy Mass. This book is about a girl named Amanda who gets stuck in the WORST Birthday ever. Everything is going wrong on the day that is supposed to be the best birthday ever. And to rap it all up‚ the worst party ever. And it Never ends. But then she figures out she’s not the only one. Amanda has all the rights in the world to be Annoyed. First‚ the day that Amanda had at school was unbearable. So many things happen and she gets so annoyed. She is
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The meaning of independence” is a book on the political journey of the three important men namely john Adams‚ George Washington and Thomas Jefferson‚ who were the first to seek independence for themselves and their country people. This is a beautiful book is written by Edmund S. Morgan in 1976. Who was also the writer of popular books such as Benjamin Franklin (2002) ‚ Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America (1988)‚ which won Columbia University’s Bancroft Prize
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