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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Tan has a unique novel structure‚ meaning she has constructed her novel on the bases of the game‚ Mahjong. After the recent death of Suyuan Woo‚ The Joy Luck Club opens with her daughter‚ Jing-mei‚ attending the weekly meeting of food‚ games‚ and conversation. She was asked to fill in her mother’s position at the table‚ as is tradition. Jing-mei comments‚ “Without having anyone tell me‚ I know her corner on the table was the East… Auntie An-mei‚ who is sitting to my left… asks Auntie Lin across from
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For example‚ in the book Unwind‚ by Neal Shusterman‚ there was a war between two different opposing sides with different ideas on the way abortion should be handled by the government and society. That would be the conflict that changed everything. The result of this war is a scary compromise
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The book Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman follows a paranoid schizophrenic teenager as he struggles through the obstacles of his mental illnesses. For the most part‚ the book is written in the first person perspective‚ although occasionally it strays into second person perspective. In some parts of the book‚ the teenagers real struggle with mental illness is described and illustrated‚ while in other parts of the book‚ an elaborate hallucination from the schizophrenia is played out. Throughout the
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North High School Summer Reading Grade 11 Students who are lifelong readers become more successful in their academic classes as well as in their careers after graduation. People who read well also write better‚ have larger vocabularies‚ score higher on tests‚ and communicate more effectively. In order to help promote a joy of reading‚ each student at North High will choose one book from the following list: books are organized by genre; we suggest parents and students together select thoughtfully and carefully from the
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in as just some guy — but you come out as a legend: the one kid ever to penetrate Brooklyn’s last great mystery.’ That hooked him. ‘People remember legend‚ don’t they?’ ‘Always’ The Schwa nodded. ‘Okay then. I’m gonna nab myself a dog bowl.’” (Shusterman‚ Page 42). In this quote The Schwa has to make
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Although there are quite a few skeptics who believe ghosts do not exist‚ those who do may wonder what the earth is like to such trapped souls. In Neal Shusterman’s The Skinjacker Trilogy he answers the question of what the ghost world may be like‚ but with an imaginative drive‚ and this limbo between life and “where one goes after death” is limited. This is a breakdown of key concepts in the limbo; the “realm” is called Everlost‚ and only children and teens can cross into it. In Everlost‚ souls are
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Many people everywhere are judged and bullied because of their appearance. In Bruiser by Neal Shusterman‚ Brewster is a victim of getting judged on his appearance. No one knows the truth behind Brewster. Nobody knows what he can do and who he really is. With a limited amount of friends to know him personally‚ he is often misunderstood by those around him. Brewster is out to do good‚ but is very misunderstood. In a lot of cases‚ rumors were spread about Brewster and they were very easily believed
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Lost in Death The title of the book that I read was Everlost. The genre of this book is fantasy. The book was published in 2006. The author of this book is Neal Shusterman. Shusterman was born on November 12‚ 1962 and grew up in Brooklyn‚ New York. He still writes today and recently came out with the sequel to the book called Everwild. Neal is also a screenwriter and television writer. This story takes place in a place called Everlost. Everlost is a world between life and death that is home to
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ANTSY DOES TIME by Neil Shusterman 1. Antsy does Time‚ like Unwind‚ has a death theme. Unlike the characters of Unwind where they are being put to death‚ Antsy Does Time explores the prospect of death. From the beginning where there is the accidental death of the balloon handler‚ to the near death of Antsy’s father from a heart attack and the “prospective” death of Gunnar the reader highlights the different reaction of each case. 2. Antsy is my favorite character as he seems very mature
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