Comparing 'Maximum Ride And The Sniper'

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Life is hard. Life is full of challenges. All people deal with hard times. Some people may betray you. Everybody handle challenges differently. Family with extreme circumstances can be good or bad. My essay is about two stories and how people face difficult situations. James Patterson book “Maximum Ride” talks about a group of strangers that were tested on in a lab. They did not have family so they came together as one. Then he stuck together but had some hard times. The Eraser (The lab people) took their little sister Angel. They are trying to take her back. In Liam O’Flanherty’s book “The Sniper” there Family was torn apart. The brothers were in the Irish Civil War and where on different sides. One brother shot and killed

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