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    Belzhar Book Review

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    I would recommend the book Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer to my friends. This book tells about a girl and the hardships she faces to get through a challenging time. Along the way, she meets people who change and affect her life. Readers who read the book may find it touching, or motivating, especially for those with similar problems as the main character and other characters. In the beginning, the protagonist, Jamaica Gollahue, nicknamed "Jam", is sent by her parents to The Wooden Barn, a…

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    Schizophrenia Book Review

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    Schizophrenia is considered the most severe of the mental disorders, a disease with the potential to devastate not only the person diagnosed with it, but that person’s family as well. With one hundred thousand Americans newly diagnosed with the disease each year, the disease has become a widespread problem. Because individuals with this disease suffer from disordered thought processes, they frequently become less able to communicate clearly. They show signs of strange speech and behaviors.…

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    Buck Book Review

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    After each book I read I usually learn a valuable lesson. One of the books that taught me a valuable lesson is “Buck” by M. K. Asante. This book taught me the true meaning of friendship, and how powerful love can be. Although the whole book taught me meaningful things, chapters thirty-three through chapter thirty-five spoke to me the most. In these chapters Asante feels numerous emotions all at once about his mother, school, and life overall. In chapter thirty-three Malo’s mother is in the…

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    Zeitoun Book Review

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    Throughout the duration of the summer, as you most likely know, the eleventh-grade AP language and composition class was assigned to read the book Zeitoun written by Dave Eggers. It eloquently elaborated upon the heroics Zeitoun, the protagonist, had done during his time in Hurricane Katrina. As it had been described in the book, it was his civil duty to tend and rescue people and animals in need. There wasn't a time in the story where his actions were surrounded with glory and nobility.While…

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    Plasticity Book Review

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    This book provides readers with a comprehensive analysis of biocultural co-constructivism across the lifespan through focusing on the brain-culture environment interactive and reciprocal dynamics. Information for the content of each chapter is provided by a host of renowned researchers from the areas of cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology and developmental psychology. Chapter contents include: biocultural co-construction of lifespan development; adult neurogenesis; sensory input-based…

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    Book Review Of Milkweed

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    During the book Milkweed, the main parts of the book were when Misha met Uri at the store and when Misha met Janina at her garden. Some other main parts was when Misha met Dr. Korczak and the orphans and when the Jews went to the Ghettos. The author’s purpose for making this story was to reflect on the events that happened in the Holocaust. The main characters, major events, and the theme make up the whole book. Without one of them, Milkweed won’t be as good of a book it is. The main…

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    The Aztecs Book Review

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    the Aztecs. His book goes through an overview of the foundation and creation of the Aztec culture and way of life, their expansion, their taboo rituals of sacrifice and reputation as a violent and warlike group, and eventually the fall of the civilization as a whole. The book as a whole speaks volumes in its simplicity; it gives readers an excellent sense of what this strange and once very powerful culture once was in, as the title suggests, a very short amount of pages. The book begins with…

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    Infidel Book Review

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    Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali is considered an autobiography, this book describes the hardships of her life. The first memory she talks about is of her grandmother forcing her to memorize her ancestry, which she failed to do and this resulted in her being beaten by her grandmother. The setting of the books is always changing, as her mother was doing the best she could to raise her children the proper Islamic way. Examples of some settings are Saudi Arabia, Nairobi, and Ethiopia. During her…

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    Songbun Book Review

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    We started off by visiting our University library and spending time accessing the databases provided to us. We quickly came across multiple articles and books regarding our subject, taking into account when the content was posted along with the relevance and possible bias that might dissuade from more evident truths. The book “Marked for Life”(Collins, 2012) contained accounts and examples of encumbrances and inhumane treatment of the peoples living in North Korea regardless of their level…

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    Hunger Games Book Review

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    friendship, and love. I have wanted to buy this book myself for some time now, I have seen the movie but I would like to explore the world of Panem by reading about it. I found two amazing book reviews online, the first on About.com by Jean Hatfield and the second through the Christian Science Monitor Newspaper online database that was written by Yvonne Zipp. Both of these articles…

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