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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start to lose your sense humanity. This book is warning us that if we don’t turn off our TV’s and technology and pick up a book sometimes or talk to somebody‚ you’re not only missing out on an amazing experience
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“A book is a gift you can open again and again‚” wrote Garrison Keillor. People read all the time. They read for information‚ for escape‚ for entertainment‚ for instruction‚ for guidance. They read recipes and tweets and texts. They read newspapers‚ blogs‚ and Facebook replies. In a recent survey by Pew Research‚ the number of people who actually read a book in the past year was 72 percent in 2015. I am one of those. As I consider my reading experiences‚ I realize they represent the journey I have
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and also a non-fiction writer in America. The book ‚ published in 2005 ‚ is more a autobiographical book than a novel because the whole story is based on the author’s personal experience with his beloved dog Marley. So ‚ the author John Grogan and his wife Jenny ‚ are also the leading characters in Marley and me . The book is such a hit that in 2008 a movie was adapted from it ‚ which also is very successful. Told in first-person narrative ‚ the book focuses on the 13 years that John and his family
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In this book‚ “The Woman Warrior”‚ by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ wrote about her life as Chinese-American. This is focus on what makes a woman a warrior‚ by taking control of your life without anyone controlling you. Kingston also refer her mother stories to make this book focus mostly on making a woman a warrior. The focus on making a woman a warrior is there are many ways Kingston explained. There were many action‚ and attempt to show that she show bravery and being a very experienced fighter. That
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twenty-seven years and his History‚ was left incomplete. Over the course of eight books‚ with a total of twenty-six chapters‚ Thucydides analyses‚ narrates‚ and debates the history surrounding this monumental event. With this book‚ modern historians can better understand the nature of these times and discover the essential background information needed to piece history together. Although Thucydides has attempted
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DJ Rising is the debut novel of author Love Maia. This book is about a boy named Marley Johnnywas Diego-Dylan. Marley is a sixteen-year-old boy who has to deal with a heroin-addicted mother‚ bills to pay‚ and a full scholarship to a private school to uphold. Along with that‚ he has a dream‚ a dream to DJ at the Fever‚ and elite club where the DJ is the biggest celebrity. When he is cordially invited to the Fever’s First Annual DJ Battle‚ he feels like he has one last chance to prove to his father
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In the book‚”Bull Run”‚ it tells the story of multiple people’s perspectives in the American Civil War. Reading the book‚ I learned a lot about the horrors of the Civil War and what it was like trying to get into military and what it was like being in the military. In the book‚ there was a character named Gideon Adams who was black‚ and tried getting into the military. Normally‚ black people wouldn’t be allowed to join the military‚ but his skin was just light enough to get into the military‚ but
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The book Finding Winnie‚ by Lindsay Mattick is about a Veterinarian‚ Harry Colebourn‚ from Canada that went to World War I in 1914 to take care of the soldier’s horses. On his way to War he bought a bear and took him to War with him. This book tells a story about the bear that inspired Winnie-The-Pooh one of the most famous bears in the world. The book is based on a real life story and brings the character to life. The book starts by introducing Harry as a sweet veterinarian that loves animals
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worldwide as of this year. The book Disposable People is about this new form of slavery. Author‚ Kevin Bales tells stories varying from five different countries; Thailand‚ Mauritania‚ Brazil‚ Pakistan‚ and India. Through these stories we see how each country contributes to this idea of modern day slavery. Bales was on a mission to feed his curiosity to find out which circumstances and forces needed to be present for
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