The book “The Lightning Thief” is about a boy named Percy Jackson. Percy Jackson is a demi-god and is convicted of stealing Zeus’s master lightning bolt and only has ten days to return the lightning bolt before it’s too late by: Rick Riordan. The story of “The Lightning Thief” takes place in the modern USA from Las Vegas to New York. The main characters in the book are Percy Jackson the son of Poseidon; Annabeth the daughter of Athena and Grover the satyr that protects Percy Jackson and also Luke
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Journal 2 In this roller coaster of a book‚ I am currently on page 326 out of 537. The author of this book is Ellen Hopkins. When I started this book I thought it was just another story about a teenager that didn’t have any friends but that all changed when she went to Nevada. Throughout this journal I will be visualizing‚ predicting and questioning. To kick off this visualization‚ the first thing that really stood out and made me really think about what I was reading was when the main character
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The book Founding Brothers was written in a way that anyone could read. Even people who are unfamiliar with the American Revolution would feel comfortable reading this book and have a good understanding of what happened during that time period. The author‚ Joseph Ellis‚ explains throughout the book the conflicting interpretations of the meaning of the American Revolution as well as the influence it had on the early history of the United States of America. Ellis resisted choosing one side over the
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Thomas K. Holcomb’s book‚ Introduction to American Deaf Culture‚ shines a light on the deaf community and the culture they experience. The intended audience‚ however‚ is the hearing. It gives the reader insight on deaf experiences and how the atmosphere is different‚ even though the environment is the same. All aspects of culture are covered. The book starts off with how the culture is formed through the 5 hallmarks (p. 17). Next‚ the book focuses on the identity of a deaf person. This is not only
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and the three men who worked tirelessly to help him fulfill his hidden potential‚ is an award winning book full of controversy and . An undersized horse who was difficult to train which lead to his trainers losing hope and giving up on him. Three men took the challenge of training this horse which leads to Sea biscuit becoming one of the greatest race horses to ever take part in the sport. The book‚ written by Laura Hildebrand‚ who began her writing career in 1938‚ became a film in 2003 Sea biscuit
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Integrated Montessori Center SY: 2013-2014 Book Report of The Trojan Wars Submitted by: Natasha Beatriz Ancheta III- Radon Submitted to: Teacher Orlando C. Pascual I. Introduction a. Biography of the Author Edith Hamilton was a well-known educator and author. She is recognized as the “greatest woman Classicist”. She was sixty-two years old when The Greek Way‚ her first book‚ was published in the year 1930. Hamilton had not yet been to Greece and was only writing about Greek mythology through
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an officer in the United States Army. But the authors desire to serve his country in battle with the enemy before the war was over was strong enough to make him end his college career and begin anew in the Marine Corps. Already while reading this book I felt closer and more understanding of the‚ because I too left college in the fear that if I didn’t join now‚ I would never have another chance to serve my country. Eugene sledge started school at Georgia Tech to eventually become an Officer. But
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The book Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman should be a book that is praised by everyone and is found significant in everyone’s lives‚ for it offers a great deal of knowledge and experience within the subject of mental illnesses. This particular novel gives the reader a secret look at what it is like to be a teenager plagued by mental illnesses‚ which is why it is definitely worth reading. A few reasons as to why the novel should be read include: the novel passes an important message to the reader
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Vanishing Act In the book‚ Vanishing Act‚ by John Feinstein‚ two aspiring young sportswriters‚ Stevie and Susan‚ who met before when they uncovered a mystery at the final four‚ were given the chance to go to the U.S. Open and they were to stay at Susan’s uncle’s house‚ Mr. Gibson. They were extremely excited to hear that they were going to be reporting the new Russian sensation‚ Nadia Symanova‚ until suddenly‚ she disappeared on the way to the court. Instinctively‚ Stevie and Susan embark on a
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1st Entry: Introduction From the title of this book‚ I could infer that the book will be about how the elements were discovered‚ the origin of their names and the people who discovered each element that is now a part of the periodic table. The author of the book‚ Hugh Aldersey-Williams‚ must be an individual of great knowledge and has a deep interest and understanding of chemistry—or else he would have never wrote this book. In this book‚ I expect that I would be able to learn how the ancients
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