The Michael L Printz Award is awarded each year for a book written and published for young adult readership. The award requires that the winning book exemplifies literary merit and written solely for persons ages 12 – 18. This award does not consider popularity as a criterion‚ nor does it consider titles that are written for adults that appeal to teens. Also not considered as a criterion is the message delivered in the book. In order to be eligible‚ the book must have been published in the United
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also chose this novel‚ because many of my friends said it was a good book and worth reading‚ besides the fact‚ that the book is well-known for some of its quotes (“If people were rain‚ I was drizzle and she was a hurricane”) and the awards it won (Michael L. Printz Award). The author is also known for his book “The fault in our stars”‚ which is another one of his four books. I expect the book to be dramatic‚ realistic‚ provocative and maybe even opinion-changing‚ but most of all I expect it to be
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Smoking cigarettes. Swearing. Drinking – lots of drinking. Sexual activity. Rule breaking – covertly‚ openly‚ and constantly. Depew (New York) School Board‚ the school boards of Knox and Sumner Counties in Tennessee and some conservative organizations banned‚ challenged and/or advocated against John Green’s 2005 novel‚ Looking for Alaska being taught in high school English classes‚ and even being available in school libraries. Of course‚ they were – and are – completely wrong and incredibly
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Maggie Becerra Mrs. Pace English 11B: Period 5 30 April 2012 Within The Depths of Nerdfighteria There are numerous authors in the world that live to serve some impact. Specifically upon readers of course‚ where all of their work can be praised eternally. Words among other words get jumbled together and allow imagination to be used freely within the contents of the novels. Now since there are many writers that can be noticed for their lasting contributions‚ there is one novelist that can
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon‚ and Looking for Alaska by John Green‚ are both novels built with unique and impactful content. Haddon’s novel tells of Christopher Boone‚ a boy investigating the suspicious death of the neighbor’s dog‚ Wellington‚ yet unexpectedly he unravels much more. John Green’s work shares the story of Miles Halter‚ an extraordinary young man pulled into the spontaneous adventure that was knowing Alaska Young. He let loose and fell in love‚ just
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The Green Mile - Stephen King I have read the award winning novel from 1996‚ written by the very famous horror author Stephen King. He has wrote countless classic horror books‚ one of them being the world famous book version of the film IT. Stephen King is from Portland America‚ just like most of his books the green mile being no exception. The genre of the book - The Genre of the book The Green Mile is a mix between four different genres. Fiction‚ crime‚ dark fantasy‚ Gothic and historical fiction
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CRITICAL REVIEW ON THE FAULT IN OUR STARS The Fault in our Stars is a young adult novel written by John Green. It is based on the remission of a 16-year-old Thyroid cancer patient‚ Hazel Grace who relentlessly struggles to breathe. She attends a Cancer Kid Support Group where she meets Augustus Waters‚ a 17-year-old guy diagnosed with osteosarcoma. They form a close relationship and constantly share their love for a book called “An Imperial Affliction” written by Peter Van Houten who resigned
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Stephan Muccular 5/17/12 English 1 Mr. Smith Authors use a variety of literary devices to make a book more interesting and keep the reader in suspense. The author of the “The Book Thief”‚ Markus Zusak‚ likes to use the literary device called foreshadowing. He makes the book suspenseful‚ revealing how characters die early on and telling the reader the outcome to certain events. By revealing how characters die early on and telling the reader the outcome‚ Zusak makes the novel more suspenseful
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Early in the novel‚ Death mentions Liesel’s mother and father. Death tells the audience that Liesel’s mother and father are communist. “There was only one thing she knew about her father. It was a label she didn’t understand. A STRANGE WORD: Kommunist” (31) Once the audience understands the setting‚ Nazi Germany‚ a clear picture of what happens to Liesel’s parents appears. “She’d heard it several times in the past few years. “Communist.”’ Zusak jumps around in the novel constantly. In the prologue
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Throughout the history of mankind‚ humans have used their ability to communicate in many two different ways. During WW2‚ both types of communication took place. Germans would call the persecuted Jews awful names‚ while others would encourage them to get back on their feet and survive. These people survived because of the positive words communicated to them during rough times. In the novel The Book Thief‚ written by Markus Zusak‚ many of its characters use words for the betterment of their audience
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