Book report

Shooting Kabul, written by N.H Senzai, is a magnificent book that I really enjoyed reading. The story starts off in Kabul Afghanistan, and then it makes its way to San Francisco, California. It takes place in 2001 around the time of 9/11. Fadi is the main character who has a love for taking photos. Habib is the father of Fadi and he is very loving and protective over his family. Noor is the oldest sister and strives to help her family even if she has an attitude. Zafoona is the mother who is…

timeline of Thomas Jefferson’s life in, Thomas Jefferson Writings: Autobiography/Notes on the State of Virginia/Public and Private Papers/Addresses/Letters. The book reveals, from Jefferson’s viewpoint, how events shaped his personal philosophy and defined his career in politics. A great deal of descriptive information exists throughout the book, broken up into eight lengthy, however informative, chapters. Chapter One is the autobiography that Thomas Jefferson wrote when he was seventy-seven…

Biography Project: Sojourner Truth In the history of the US, there’s only one black woman that has won 3 court cases against white men, had a Mars Rover named after her, and organize a meeting with Abraham Lincoln. There’s only one black woman that befriended all the leaders of the abolitionist and women’s rights movement, and obtain Abraham Lincoln’s signature: Sojourner Truth, the legendary abolitionist and women’s rights activist. She dedicated her life to abolishing slavery, women’s rights,…

After resting for a few hours the boy wakes up he sees nothing familiar, as he think he has been caught by the werewolf so he quickly gets up and tries to run away. He runs around the hospital finding a way out and hiding from other elf because he thinks there his enemy as well, he enters one room as he cannot find any doors that lead to an exit. He finds a window thinking that's his way out, he goes near the window and looks down as he finds himself tens of feet above the ground. He leaves the…

Beginner's Guide to Becoming Conscious in Your Dreams by Charlie Morley. Ever since then, I've been trying to have a lucid dream using the techniques taught in the book. And I haven't had much success, until the night before last. Lucid Dreaming: Guide To Becoming Conscious in Your Dreams One of the things I've been practicing from the book is checking to see if I'm dreaming or not by looking at my hand. Apparently, when you are dreaming, you can't maintain an image exactly the same from one…

Crown of Midnight In my book, Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Mass, there is an eighteen year old girl named Celaena Sardothien who is the King’s assassin. She just outwitted, outfought, and outlasted twenty four brutal men to be the King’s most feared assassin. If you won, you would be rewarded with a large salary, being able to live in the castle, and most important to Celaena, freedom after 5 years if you kill everyone on the list that the King gives you. Celaena stalks her victim and…

The book Skeleton Key, by Anthony Horowitz, is an adolescent adventure story where a young boy learns to save countries on his own. The author Anthony Horowitz did achieve his goal in the book Skelton key. I believe the moral is that things that are unexpected will happen on the journey. People who read the book Skelton Key will get excited when the main character accomplishes a goal. The readers should feel like they’re in the book, watching the suspense building up. I believe this book will…

personal strength and courage? ‘Secrets in the Fire’ written by Henning Mankell and translated by Connie Stuksrud, is a story about a young girl named Sofia who goes through many struggles and shows how she can cope and deal with those situations. The book gives examples of personal strength and courage by having the characters be persistent, having Sofia cope with her struggles, having characters encourage the protagonists, etc. This will focus on the three examples mentioned and they will be…

Kurt Vonnegut’s dramatic, science fiction story, “Harrison Bergeron” takes place in the year 2081 when the world achieved equality. Harrisons quick development and ability to outgrow all of the government's “handicaps” took everyone around him by surprise. He was the best looking, smartest, and most fit person around. Harrison was locked up in jail for being accused of planning to overthrow the government. One theme emerging in the story is continues change is needed in society. In the…

The final book that really spiked with my interest and stayed with me was Michael Pollan’s “The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.” In this book, we followed Mr. Pollan as he explained the food that we eat in three parts, two of which we read. In Part 1 of the book I realized that our government has set us up to buy processed food in order to feed into the large companies that continue to control this nation’s economy. Consequently, as it does not care about our citizen…