LCpl Beck‚ Ashton Commandant’s Professional Reading Program Michael Shaara‚ The Killer Angels The Killer Angels: An Inside Look at the Battle of Gettysburg The Killer Angels written by Michael Shaara‚ is a historical fiction novel that describes in great detail the events that took place during the battle of Gettysburg. In the forward we are given an in depth view of each of the main characters and key figures of the battle. For instance‚ we are told that that General Robert Edward Lee is an
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Saffy’s Angel Book Review The author of this book is Hilary McKay and was published by Aladdin Paperbacks. The book is about 160 pages long and the setting of the most of the book is in a small town in Europe‚ (for the beginning of the book) then they later go to Sienna‚ Italy. It’s rare for a book to present the true chaos of a big family (or maybe I just haven’t read enough books). This book gets the details right--the chaos and clutter‚ and the independence of the children‚ even to preparing
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Pitting scientific terrorists against the cardinals of Vatican City‚ this well-plotted if over-the-top thriller is crammed with Vatican intrigue and high-tech drama. Robert Langdon‚ a Harvard specialist on religious symbolism‚ is called in by a Swiss research lab when Dr. Vetra‚ the scientist who discovered antimatter‚ is found murdered with the cryptic word "Illuminati" branded on his chest. These Iluminati were a group of Renaissance scientists‚ including Galileo‚ who met secretly in Rome to discuss
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The notorious case that took place over three decades is making its way back into the public’s eye as Genene Jones aka the “Angel of Death or Infant Killer” is said to walk free next year May 2018. This is due to an old Texas law that releases some prisoners to relieve overcrowding in prisons. Genene Jones was a nurse who worked at one of the hospitals in San Antonio‚ Texas before going to another one in Kerrville. Every time she worked‚ there would be a significant amount of deaths‚ which lead to
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Amari‚ a fifteen year old African girl‚ taken from her village‚ and forced to work on a rice plantation‚ finds her strength by not giving up on life. Copper Sun by Sharon Draper talks about how Amari endures life on a rice plantation‚ and all the pain she goes undergoes. At first‚ Amari needs strength to survive her horrible trip to America. For three months‚ Amari faced so many challenges on her trip to America‚ to become a slave. The ship was a disgusting place with no clean places to sleep‚ no
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Book Report on Angels and Demons --From Opposition to Unity I’ve recently finished re-reading Angels and Demons‚ this time in English. The book was written by Dan Brown‚ an American author of thriller fiction. Most people probably know Dan Brown first through his bestselling novel in 2003‚ The Da Vinci Code‚ and I couldn’t help but fell into the same practice. Similar to The Da Vinci Code.This book presents a story in which the protagonist‚ Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon was summoned nearly
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In the book Of Beetles and Angels‚ by Mawi Asgedom‚ a Sudanese refugee family immigrates to America‚ seeking a newer‚ better life. The value of reading Of Beetles and Angels is that it shows that you can become something from nothing in the hardest situations. It shows the value of setting goals‚ working hard‚ and being kind to others. First‚ in OBAA‚ Mawi shows the value of setting goals and persisting to reach them. For example‚ when Mawi is in the summer of his oncoming senior year he sets
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of Encouragement Dear Readers‚ As I read the story of the Green Angel‚ I learned that having a painful past is so hard to face. Whenever someone’s asking you to tell him or her about your past you’re always keeping quite. In the story‚ green never tell her past until she found out that she was in love with diamond. The guy who changed her and to encourage her to tell the real story behind her past. The story of the Green Angel is full of love and the characters are full of symbolism‚ this fairy
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Black Angels Particulars: Black Angels‚ a historical fiction book by Linda Beatrice Brown published in 2009 Main Characters: Luke- An 11-year-old slave who escapes hoping to head north and join the Union Army. Daylily- A 9-year-old slave who is freed by her owner while union troops are destroying the town. She runs into the woods with her grandmother and her friend but both her grandmother and friend die leaving her alone in the woods. Caswell- A white seven-year-old who’s mother goes into labor
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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers is about a young black male named Riche Perry from Harlem who enlists in the Vietnam war to try to help his single mother with bills. But due to misfiling he is sent into combat which he is not mentally ready for and does heavy soul searching into the meaning of life and why he is here. The story takes place in Vietnam several months between 1967 and 1968 during the Vietnam war at an American base at Chu Lai in South Vietnam. The narrator of the story is Richie
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