read the book Beneath by Roland Smith full of action and adventure. In my book, the story began in Edgemont Montana when a teenager named Christy is with her sister Vanessa Locke. On her fourteenth birthday, Christy asks Vanessa to drive her convertible, but she has a car accident, hits a rock and is thrown off the seat; but Vanessa is trapped in the car that explodes and she survives even though being totally burnt. Christy is sent to Pine Bluff Psychiatric Care Center for emergency treatment while her sister is treated by her husband Dr. John Locke at home with his assistant nurse Claire Wells.…
Have you ever gone through a life-changing situation from your birthday being ruined to being stranded on an island with no food? Well the people I’m about to tell you about have! In the stories Hatchet, Dragon Wings and Eleven, Brian, Moon Shadow, and Rachel all face life-changing experiences that had direct impact on their lives. In this essay, I will explain how Brian, Moon Shadow, and Rachel faced life-changing situations with quotes from the stories and analyses. Brian faced loneliness and hunger when he was stranded on a deserted island.…
Overall, Connor and his family represent how both comfort and conflict can be present in many relationships. Risa indicates how one event can either make or break a person, and in her case, she rose to the occasion. Additionally, Lev exhibits how finding one’s true self can be challenging, but those challenges are what mold a person into their genuine identity. Finally, this novel shares multiple social issues that shed light on the real world. Everyone should read this novel because it relates to both fantasy and reality, while still creating an interesting plot.…
Have you ever wanted to read a book that has a few plot twists that can be interesting but also very suspicious? Well if you have, you need to read Took it’s so amazing yet very skeptical. The book Took is a Mark Twain Award Nominee book and is a horror story book by Mary Downing Hahn.…
Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt were childhood friends that grew up in the rough neighborhoods of Newark, New Jersey. They all suffered with financial problems and family related issues but despite their difficulties their friendship helped them succeed and eventually gave them a more stable life style. Sam, Rameck and George created a Pact, or a promise with one another, to get through high school and complete a medical program to become Doctor’s. Their dreams became reality because of the connection with one another and the genuine commitment of their desire to succeed. In the epilogue of The Pact, The Three Doctors write about their purpose and give advice to others who are experiencing struggling situations.…
It was the day before Christmas, It was cold, snowy, windy, and rainy, and Bay had just received a very important call, a devastating call, He was gone. The date and the year was December 5, 2000, In Kansas City. Bay Is in a little twist with her friend Emmet.…
I like reading whenever I’m really bored or stressed out. Nicholas Sparks is probably one of my favorite authors. I’m a basic girl, so I love movies about love and about sad things. I think sometimes you just really want to cry, so watching sad movies doesn’t help, but it makes feel not so alone in some ways. All of Nicholas sparks’s books have made really good movies.…
Ernest Gaines a Lesson Before Dying is a novel which setting takes place in a time of discrimination for many African Americans in the south. The novel two main characters are Grant a well-educated black man who is a teacher and Jefferson a young black man who is accused of a heinous crime and is on death row. The Novel also has other main characters who play important roles in the story such as Tante Lou - Grant’s aunt and Miss Emma Jefferson’s godmother. The reader can witness that that Grant and Jefferson both undergo significant transformations through the novel. Jefferson’s transformation was even apparent to the guard whom at the end of the story who admits being a witness the progression of Jefferson.…
3. Do any of the characters change during the story? What changed them? Did it seem believable? Explain.…
The things I would not change about the book would be the characters. I like how each of the characters are represented as, and kind of what happened. I would not change would be the personalities of each character, for example Clay is a nice, shy, and sweet boy. I like the cafe scene where Hannah, Jessica, and Alex did there stress free circle. I would also not change the setting of the story, for example where it takes place, in a small town with a small high school.…
Sibling rivalry exists in the majority of households. Often, one sibling feels that the other is being favored by one parent, or both. This can create shaky relationships between brothers and sisters, but it can also bring them closer together. This universal truth is portrayed in both short stories, “The Charmer” by Budge Wilson, and “Forgiveness in Families” by Alice Munroe. The protagonists of both these stories feel that their brothers are being favored by their mothers, and they have to struggle with acceptance.…
In the book Unbroken, A man lost at sea faces great dangers. Surviving with limited food, water and useless comrades he must find a way to survive. Throughout his journey, Louie went through many positive and negative experiences which ultimately left a heavy impact on him. As Louie was growing up being the reckless child he was, he took many blows and hits by people, not once did his stubbornness let him fall. On the other hand, Louie is a huge risk taker, who proves perseverance can be an important trait as he demonstrates it even when he is close to death’s door.…
She turns real depressed and looks for her family and makes contact with them, but then realizes that making contact with the living isn’t helpful. So then, she takes a job as a counselor to deceased dogs, which helps her get better and not feel so depressed This book was entertaining to me because it made me think of what really happens after death even though this is a magic realistic story and may or may not happen. It opened my eyes and made me not be afraid of death. It made be hard to accept at the beginning, but I’ll find peace.…
All the Bright Places Essay All the Bright Places, a novel by Jennifer Niven, is a great book, one that shows you that you never really know what is underneath someone’s surface. This book is humorous, heartfelt, and relatable for a lot of today’s youth. This is a tragic book that deals with psychological issues and the problems and side effects that accompany them. This book will teach you to pay attention to when people are showing symptoms of a mental illness, and how to safely and properly overcome the death of loved ones.…
IMAGINATIVE STORY ROUGH DRAFT Next time you catch yourself going on about how much you hate your life, think about how blessed and lucky your really are. Kylie and Bailey ,both 14 year old girls , both go to the same school, and both have siblings that are friends too, but both girls are very different personality and interest wise. Kylie and Bailey go together like the oreo cookie and the oreo icing, pb and j, black and white, totally different apart but great together.…