The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #1) is a book about an orphaned and homeless teen who‚ after meeting his uncles comes to the realization about his father and his ancestral background. Now plunged into a new world‚ unlike the one he’s known‚ he must find a way to for him and his friends to survive and foil the plans of the scheming Loki. It is a Young adult fiction novel set in a Fantasy universe of Rick Riordan’s creation featuring characters from his other novels but
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Samurai Swords Over 1300 years ago‚ on one of the tiny islands of Japan‚ the first samurai sword appeared. Japanese myth suggests that after losing a long and hard fought battle‚ an emperor returned home with his warriors horrified to find most of their swords broken or badly damaged. After thorough inspection of the blades‚ the men realized that their failure in battle resulted from faulty sword forging and promised to craft the perfect weapon. The men prayed for inspiration‚ and on the seventh
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Title: The Sword in the Stone Author: Richard Reitherman Setting: This animated feature is set in England during the medieval times. Characters: Merlin (The Powerful Wizard) Arthur (Wart) Sir Ector Archimedes the Owl Little Girl Squirrel Kay Castle Scullery Maid Fat Granny Squirrel Madam Mim Sir Pelinore Summary: After the English king dies leaving no heir‚ in the churchyard of a cathedral in London‚ a sword appears imbedded in a stone inscribed‚
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‘The Silver Sword’ is about a Polish family separated during the Second World War and trying to find each other again when the war is over. a simple enough story‚. This is a fictionalised but apparently based on fact story suitable for upper primary students. The story opens with Joseph Balicki‚ the father‚ escaping from a prison camp in the Polish mountains. He was the headmaster of a primary school in Warsaw until the Nazis arrested him in 1940 for turning a picture of Hitler to the wall. He
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The Silver Sword- Ian Serraillier The Silver Sword is a story about the Balickis’‚ a Polish family‚ living in Warsaw. The story is about their separation due to the Nazi injustice in 1940 and how they reunite themselves in Switzerland after the war. It took them 5 years to reunite‚ the children have grown up‚ the adults have aged but at least they are all together again‚ along with a new member of the family. The first person that was separated from the family was the father‚ Joseph
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The sword Beowulf used to kill Grendel’s mother had to have such a powerful background story because an ordinary sword would not have gotten the job done. This became evident when the sword Beowulf borrowed from Ecgtheow did not even penetrate the monster. Despite the irony of the sword magically being within Beowulf’s grasp in his time of need‚ it is by certain the force used to kill off Grendel’s mother. The sword was not just any sword. “It was the best of weapons‚ expect that it was greater
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SILVER SWORD Joseph Balicki was a Polish man who was married to Margrit from Switzerland. Together‚ they had three children. When the second world war began the Nazis took Joseph to prison in the mountains. Their children were very young when the Nazis attacked them: Ruth was thirteen‚ Edek was eleven‚ and Bronia was three. Joseph Balicki frequently tried to escape‚ however the guards always caught him. For this‚ they locked him in a room alone. But‚ he had a plan. When the guard came to deliver
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be used in other quests. Quests are so well known that they get generalized. Now in The Angel and The Sword by Cecelia Holland and in The Squire’s Tale by Gerald Morris a quest is used to develop characters who would otherwise not be noted in these novels. The quests highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each character and how the characters develop into strong people. The Angel and the Sword is a fictional novel about a young princess finding her way to freedom from the people she had once
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The Sword in the Stone is a book about an adopted child named Wart. He is of royal blood and does not know this. One day when Wart is in the forest‚ he finds a magician named Merlin. Merlin comes home with Wart and agrees with Sir Ector‚ Wart’s guardian‚ to become Wart’s tutor. Merlin goes about educating Wart by transforming him into different animals. Through each transformation Wart experiences different forms of power‚ each being a part of how he should rule as king.<br><br>The first transformation
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It is my sincere belief that the pen through which we write words is surely mightier than the sword. Allah Almighty said in his first revelation “READ! And your Lord is the most generous‚ He who has taught by the pen‚ has taught man that he knew not.” These words of the Holy Quran prove the universal truth that the pen is the first mightiest thing that has brought the revolution of knowledge‚ wisdom and education in human being. The pen looks like a small ordinary thing. It is also not very costly
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