Introduction I read the book‚ Rules‚ by Cynthia Lord. It is a realistic fiction book published in 2006. It won the Newberry Honor Award in 2007. Main Character Catherine is a sensitive‚ compassionate‚ 12-year old girl. Her brother is David‚ who is autistic. She doesn’t like the things that he does. Even though she doesn’t like what he does‚ she protects him‚ defends him‚ and stands up for him. One time‚ Ryan was giving gum to his friends‚ and when it was David’s turn‚ Ryan gave him an empty wrapper
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Abby Rules The book Rules by Cynthia Lord has had a major impact on my life since the first time I read it which was in 5th grade. This book is about a 12 year old girl named Catherine who is just looking for a normal life‚ but is very hard to find while dealing with a brother with autism and a family who revolves around his disability. Her whole life‚ she has been embarrassed by her brother’s disability and humiliating public habits. Their whole lives‚ Catherine has been teaching David rules such
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Lord of the Flies By: William Golding The book I chose for this book report is titled‚ Lord of the Flies‚ and William Golding writes it. I chose this book due to the high amount of hype behind it. It’s a very mysterious book with many great symbolic twists added in‚ along with my liking of the type of book‚ especially the topic of this particular novel. It was published in 1954 by‚ The Berkley Publishing Group. There were a handful of main characters of the story. The protagonist is‚ of course
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After searching through the overwhelmingly large option of books‚ I settled on College Rules by Sherrie Nist and Jodi Holscheh. The section of the book I focused on was basically all about how to make the best of your college experience. They kept pointing out the importance of making sure you are happy. It explains how having a balanced life and multiple interests can help keep you interested in school. It later goes into talking about the benefits of extracurricular activities(Nist and Holschuh
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Wise are foolish‚" Gandalf once said‚ and sure enough all the spiders of Mordor are willing to help Frodo and Sam in their quest. Their course leads them to Mount Doom‚ where just as they arrive they find Gollum claiming the Ring for himself. The Dark Lord Sauron then becomes aware of them‚ and leaves the Dark Tower to come forth and destroy them; but just them Frodo and Sam rush Gollum and force him backwards into the Cracks of Doom. The Ring is destroyed‚ and without it Sauron
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by J. R. R. Tolkien‚ later fitted as a trilogy. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien’s earlier fantasy book The Hobbit and soon developed into a much larger story. It was written in stages between 1937 and 1949‚ with much of it being written during World War II. It was originally published in three volumes in 1954 and 1955‚ and has since been reprinted numerous times and translated
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Lord Loss Lord Loss was written by Darren Shan. It was published by Little Brown and Company in October 2005. Choosing this book came down to the captivating graphics and title on the cover of the book. This book tells a story a horrifically traumatized young man‚ Grubbs Grady‚ who after witnessing the brutal murder of his parents and older sister‚ learns of a haunting family secret and is forced to face the same terrifying creatures that literally tore his family apart. Grubbs Grady and his
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write about the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The book is about a group of young British boys are abandoned on an island when their plane goes down‚ and the boys are left to fend for themselves. The boys in the story grew a lot because in the beginning‚ when they first arrive on the island‚ they think it is all fun and games. But as the book goes on‚ they begin to realize its do or die and they need to be rescued. I will be writing about how the boys grow in the book. The first boy
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Morgan Vaught 5-1-13 English Comp II LORD OF THE FLIES In the novel Lord of the flies‚ Golding associates civilization with inherently good and savagery with inherently evil; but believes humans are inherently evil. In the novel Lord of the flies by William Golding‚ Ralph is the one who has order‚ leadership‚ and civilization. Piggy has the scientific and intellectual aspects of civilization. Jack represents savagery and the want to have power. Simon has a natural human goodness. Roger is
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I decided went out on the limb and told the boys that I would no longer follow the Ralph’s useless rules. He is too obsessed with unimportant tasks. I was tired of him calling assemblies just to sit there and tell us everything we did wrong. I said to the boys: “I’m not going to be part of Ralph’s lot-... I’m going off by myself. He can catch his own
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