martyrs‚ and bestiaries or books about exotic animals‚ were probably the first printed books available to children. Childhood‚ as we think about it today‚ is a relatively new concept. Until the 17thcentury‚ children were thought of as small versions of adults and treated accordingly. In most societies‚ children were a source of labor. There were some books (mostly for the children of wealthy families) even before the invention of movable type by Gutenberg in 1455‚ but they were instructional in nature
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Language Arts 11 By Eduardo Rivera Rivera 5/22/13 Mr. Jesus Ramos Period 6 S.E. Hinton is one of the best known American authors. She has written many stories and novels‚ none of which are as famous as her young-adult novel‚ The Outsiders. S.E. Hinton has won some awards for her contributions to English literature. Her books have been used in schools as she has inspired many teens and adolescents to write about topics used in her books. S.E. Hinton has captivated
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children’s literature from adult novels (Wolf 18). Nodelman and Reimer write that while “the home/away/home pattern is the most common story line in children’s literature‚ adult fiction that deals with young people who leave home usually ends with the child choosing to stay away” (197). A pattern observed‚ called a postmodern metaplot‚ starts with the child being abandoned‚ rather than leaving home. Ultimately‚ the child’s journey ends with a modern ideal of the child leading the adults to a hopeful ending
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Hunger Games: Movie Review The Hunger Games is a young adult novel written by Suzanne Collins. It is written in the voice of sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen‚ who lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem where the countries of North America once existed. The Capitol‚ a highly advanced metropolis‚ holds absolute power over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12 to 18 from each of the 12 districts surrounding the Capitol
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My literacy started even before I was born. My mom was a big advocate for reading and writing so I had no choice but to enjoy it. My mom even got my name from a book she read just months before I was born. She was really enthusiastic about reading and still is to this day. Her and my aunt would constantly read to me hoping I would pick up a passion for reading like they did. I started reading at age three and writing at age four. I remember always seeing my mom reads these big books in a matter of
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Bullying Text Set I. Overview • The content area of this text set is English because these books can be used as gateways into writing. The topic is bullying. Bullying is an issue present in every school today whether it be verbal or physical. By reading‚ discussion‚ and writing about the books in this text set‚ the students who are being bullied may realize they are not alone and that there are outlets for their feelings and the students who are the bullies may have the opportunity to step into
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Ripped From His Back Becca Fitzpatrick is not a well-known author and is still trying to get her name out there in the world. Her genre of writing is mainly young adult fiction with fantasy‚ romances‚ and a little mystery mixed in. Becca Fitzpatrick has only been writing for about fourteen years and has six published books. In Hush‚ Hush‚ Fitzpatrick’s main focus is fallen angels‚ angels‚ touches briefly on Nephilim‚ the powers they possess‚ and what their mission is here on the earth. Throughout
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Introduction The topic of my research assignment is book versus movie and the book that I have chosen is The Hunger Games. The reason for choosing this book was that it is one of the popular young adult fiction novels and the movie was well received by the viewers. Most readers believe that the books are always better than the movies‚ however movies based on books remain a major earning means for the film industry. Although the main plot of the book remains intact in the movie‚ some differences are
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Today we are going to explore the many rantings and ravings of Twilight Fans as they attempt to support Twilight and prove to the average Anti-Twilight fan why they are wrong. We will go through several of their statements and explain exactly how they are wrong and why they are wrong. Most every Anti-Twilight fan knows the same old tired arguments the Twilighter or Twitard uses to the statements made by the Anti-Twilight fan. So here is a nice and easy guide on how to defeat their argument in
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The title of my book is Beach Blondes. This novel was written by Katherine Applegate. The genre is realistic fiction and there is a little bit of suspense throughout. Katherine lives in California with her husband and two kids. She mostly writes young adult fiction and children books. She has also sold more than 35million copies of the Animorphs series.The book Beach Blondes is one of four others in her “Summer” series. Summer Smith lives in a small town in Minnesota‚ where it is always cold
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