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 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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In The Book Thief‚ a story by Markus Zusak‚ Liesel is trying to live through Nazi Germany during World War II. Liesel Meminger is a curious young girl who did not start as the book thief. Her first stolen book wasn’t intended to be stolen‚ it had simply been left behind; When her brother died‚ she picked up The Grave Digger’s Handbook. When she arrived at her foster parent’s home‚ it wasn’t long before her papa discovered this book. He taught her to read and it began Liesel’s obsession with words
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[LSGI1D03] - [Living in a dynamic earth] with English Writing Requirements ([Huseyin Baki IZ]) [Book report of ’Earth Science and Human History 101’] STUDENT NAME: [LAU KA KI VIVIAN] STUDENT ID: [12102126D] GROUP ID: EWT004[JOE CHING] DATE: [17/10/2013] CAR - Living in a dynamic earth Essay first draft Evolving from ape-man society to the advanced civilization nowadays‚ people start to inhabit in artificial concrete jungle and live far away from the given natural environment
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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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|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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Far from verity After taking time reading this eye opening novel “Lies My Teacher Told Me” written by Dr. James W. Loewen‚ the book has open my mind to American History and the reality of everyday life‚ for example on the topics of Helen Keller‚ the unbelievable truth of Woodrow Wilson‚ the exploration of Christopher Columbus‚ and the inverse truth of heroes and sheroes. To begin with‚ in textbooks I have read‚ Woodrow Wilson was seemed as one of the most important man and promising to the blacks
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to try something new‚ so they switched the rings that they were wearing and tried again‚ “one-two-three-go! Said Digory. And then jumped” (43). This decision by Digory and Polly to go exploring now has huge impacts on the rest of the book and even affects the books to come. While adventuring‚ they stumble upon Jadis will later on become the “White Witch” in Narnia. Another decision that was made was the decision by Digory is to get a seed that would produce a tree to keep the queen away from Narnia
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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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The Outsider book and movie differences The Outsiders book and movie are similar to eachother. The movie basically takes everything straight from the book‚ but movie leaves out a couple scenes and many other important things. The way the characters were described and the relationships between them was off in the movie. In the book Dally and Soda were blonds‚ but in the movie all the greasers were brunettes. You don’t get to know the characters very well in the movie and the tention between
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