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Spare Parts Book Report
The book, Spare Parts, is a great read. I know many people will say the book would not be their first choice, but for me, I loved this book. I like this book because it shows the life of real people facing real situations. In the book, it showed a story of real-life people, and that is what made the book good. There are many reasons why Spare Parts is a good read.
My first reason is that it was based on a true story. The fact that these boys accomplished so much in real life is amazing. I love reading books that are based on a true story because the characters are real people, and these tasks were real events. My second reason is that the book makes you think about what other people go through. For me, living in Garner, Iowa, there is not a lot of diversification. Everybody knows everybody. But when someone goes into a big city, the diversification is much bigger. Also, people living in Iowa do not see as much deportation than some other states. Lastly, my third reason why this book was such a great read is that the book was inspiring. The reason why this book is inspiring is that I got to know the characters. I thought it was inspiring because they were low-income boys that
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One change that was quite obvious was when there was only one teacher for the robotics club in the movie. In the book, there were two male teachers. The only other teacher in the movie was a female. Also, another change in the movie was when Lorenzo and his dad hugged. In the book, Lorenzo was saying that the hug would never happen in real-life. Lastly, the book was better because I was able to think about situations that I am not exposed to. When I read the book, I learned that people actually hunted people that were in the United State illegally. While living in Garner, Iowa, I never knew that happened. These are the reasons why I loved the book more than the

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