JOSEPH T. WARD DEAR MOM A SNIPER’S VIETNAM Novel Joseph T. Ward writes this inspiring true story on cruelty of the war in Vietnam from his perspective. From the time he makes his decision to join the Marines in the beginning of the book all the way to making it to Vietnam as a Marine Scout Sniper. Among the Joseph T. Ward‚ Dave Young‚ Mike O’Grady‚ and Nick Herrera (whom all since childhood have been friends with Joseph T. Ward and decided to join the Marines with him) share six purple hearts
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The Catcher in the Rye - a book presentation A short biographical sketch of the author The Catcher in the Rye is a novel written by the American author Jerome David Salinger‚ born on January 1th 1919 in New York City. His parents were very wealthy‚ and he was raised in Manhattan. Salinger has expressed in a number of interviews that he had trouble fitting in at school‚ and therefor moved from prep school to prep school as a child. In 1934‚ his parents decided to send him to a military academy
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I have been reading the book "Boost" by Kathy Mackel. The book is about the main character and narrator‚ Savannah Christopher‚ Savvy for short‚ and her older sister‚ Callie. Savvy and Callie are both athletic girls‚ but conflicts with their sport make them want to boost their game. In the book‚ Savvy is trying out for a 18U team‚ Fire‚ at the age of 13 with her friend‚ Nina Gonzalez. Meanwhile her sister Callie is a freshmen trying out for the varsity cheerleading team. I predict that because
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The book begins with Totto-Chan’s mother knowing her daughter got expelled from school. Her mother realizes that Totto-Chan needs is a school where more freedom is permitted. So‚ she takes Totto-Chan to meet the headmaster of the new school‚ Mr. Kobayashi. The book describes the times that Totto-Chan has‚ the friends she makes‚ the lessons she learns‚ and the vibrant atmosphere that she indulges in. All of these presented to the reader through the eyes of a child. The reader sees the normal world
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This book is about a nine year old boy named Bruno who‚ because of his father’s job‚ is forced to move from Berlin to the countryside. From his bedroom window‚ Bruno spots a fence behind which he sees men in ’striped pyjamas’. These are Jews‚ and they are in a Nazi concentration camp. One day his parents come to an agreement that both Bruno and Gretel need a tutor for their education‚ so they hire Herr Liszt. To Bruno‚ Herr Liszt is the most boring teacher one could ever have; he teaches social studies
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IN BABYLON By George S. Clason ‘If thou have been in search of gold; then thou haseth found it.’ That’s how valuable this book is. The Richest man in Babylon by George Samuel Clason is hailed as a modern day classic and it gives it’s reader the feeling to have discovered a book which got lost in time with it’s ancient wisdom and proverbial style of writing. The book is set in Babylonian times and aims to bring forth solutions of problems that have been in existence since the inception of time
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|Title of the Book: The AMAZING DAYS of ABBY HAYES#1---every Cloud has a Silver Lining | |Author: Anne Mazer | |Publisher: Scholastic | |A girl called Abby Hayes is starting fifth grade. Abby Hayes
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The book that I will be telling you about is called‚ “Red Sky in the Morning” which is by Elizabeth Laird. Elizabeth Laird wrote this book because of her brother Alistair. Ben plays the role/part of Alistair (Elizabeth’s brother). The other characters in the book are made up. The story starts in Anna Peacock’s house when Anna is 12 years old. Anna is really excited when her mother announces that she is going to have a baby. She felt that this was her chance to show everyone that she was grown up
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enemies. All animals are comrades.’” (10) | This quote is significant because the whole rebellion started because of Major’s big speech on how man is evil and all animals are equal. If not for this speech then the entire rebellion which the whole book is based on would not have occurred. So this quote basically instigated the rebellion against Mr. Jones. It gave the farm animals the idea that they are strong if they are united and that Man is weak. | “By the autumn almost every animal on the
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Rowley and see’s that they talk a lot and Greg gets left out. That is when Greg finds out that he is the third wheel. Greg doesn’t have much fun at the dance. This is because the senior citizens who booked the school gym come‚ and say that they book the gym for their meeting the exact time as the dance‚ so they take up half of the gym. Later when Abigail see’s her boyfriend come with another girl she breaks out crying. Greg feels bad so goes up to her and asks if she wants to dance with him
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