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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The fun about studying policies is that there are so many interesting ideas that can expand my horizon. Murray’s book was very interesting to me. While reading the first several pages of Murray’s book‚ I thought this was just a “crazy” people’s “crazy” idea. But when I googled who Murray was (he received B.A. in history from Harvard‚ and Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)‚ I was surprised and began to take his idea seriously. Though it may be too quick to judge
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Carigan Donnelly Ms. Siano Per. 3-4 9 June 2011 Mud City by Deborah Ellis has a person vs. self conflict. Throughout the book‚ the main character Shauzia is constantly battling with herself so she can make her way from Pakistan to France. At the age of fourteen and living in current Pakistan‚ she has many things to deal with each day including other people who make her doubt herself. But‚ she is determined to finish her journey and prove those people wrong. Mrs. Weera helped Shauzia into the
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main character of the book‚ A Separate Peace‚ is Gene Forrester. He is in the senior class at Devon. He is widely known as the smart student who is always on time to class and always does his school work. Gene is a good choice as the main character of this book‚ but if the author would have chosen Finny as the main character‚ the book would have been different. Finny leaves Devon for an amount of time because he breaks his leg. Therefore‚ if he was the main character‚ the book would not have been placed
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custodian‚ Sir ‚they called it Sir because his name was so long that nobody pronounces it right‚ will try to keep Count Olaf‚ their nemesis‚ away. They encounter Sir’s more concerned partner‚ Charles‚ who show them the library‚ which contains three books‚ one about the past of the lumber mill‚ the other one is about the town structure‚ also one contributed by Dr. Georgina Orwell‚ the local optometrist‚ who lives
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In the fictional book “The catcher in the Rye” by Jd Salinger Holden is immature. Although he is struggling to come to terms with the death of his brother Holden is not so different from the rest of the teenagers in the world. He dos things all teenagers do‚ or at least most of them. Like wanting sex‚ coursing‚ hating a lot of things‚ and hating their parents. In this essay I will prove my thesis statement and make it look awesome. A topic of my evidence would be the decisions he makes through
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The City of Ember is a post apocalyptic fantasy about Ember. I was written by Jeanne DuPrau and published in 2003.Ember is a city which was built by people‚ in the book know as "The Builders"‚ they built this city underground to house its citizens for 200 years. They say that the earth is uninhabitable for those years but never specify why. During these years a box with instructions is passed from mayor to mayor but a plague is spreading and the seventh mayor thinks the box may contain a cure so
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