Books

are many reasons books are banned.a good example of a banned book is a book called “Identical”by Ellen Hopkins.this book is banned because of its material you will understand the more i talk about it. a book can be banned for many different reasons violence, foul language, sexual abuses, drugs, rape.By examming this book and researching this book I understand why this book is banned. the first reason this book is banned is because of the sexual content in this book, in the book the father,…

Why is “Of Mice and Men” banned? Books are banned for many reasons, but why are they banned? Books are banned and challenged when someone or a group of people have an issue with the content of the book. A book that is on the banned book list is “Of Mice and Men”. There is controversy about whether this book should be banned. In my opinion it should be because of the racism, violence, and explicit language. racism although isn't the main reason this book is banned it has a major factor. For…

Mandala Coloring Book Overview For many centuries, mandalas have provided an outlet for those seeking inspiration, inner peace, together with a deeper connection, with the surrounding world. Using the Mandala Coloring Book, you can make use of the sacred circles, which will help you find balance and tranquility in your life. It comes with more than 100 customizable mandala drawings, thus encouraging you to apply you creativity, creating vibrant patterns, which help to reveal your hidden…

banning books be allowed, or is banning books doing more harm than good. Banning books takes away good learning opportunities for kids. Banning books also takes away from people being able to learn things and miss out on good books. No one person or group should be able to ban a book because it's scary or has a little bit of bad language in the book. Why banning books is a bad idea. Kids should be able to freely read whatever books they want because they can learn life lessons from books that…

For my independent reading I choose the book, Pretties by Scott Westerfeld. This is the second book from the series called, Uglies. I read Uglies during my eighth grade year and I loved me. It was a very intriguing story and I knew that if I had to do another independent reading, I would select the second book and I did. The first book mainly focused on how life was like being an “Ugly” and the anticipation of teens turning 16 having the options of doing an operation to be pretty and get to live…

The banned book I read was killing Mr.Griffen. This book was on the American library association’s most frequently banned book list in 1990-2000. This book is frequently challenged because of violence, language, drinking drugs and smoking. I think this book should probably stay on the banned books list and according to most of the research I done a lot of other people do to. According to north branch manager Janet good on October 2nd they had a meeting on the banned/challenged book Killing Mr…

Paper Towns is a book written by John Green. Its main characters are Quentin Jacobsen and Margo Roth Spiegelman. I chose this book because I like love and mystery books. The story of love, which exists between Quentin and Margo, is really interesting. Quentin loves Margo since they were children and this is a platonic love. In some parts of the book, Quentin started to think that Margo loves him, but this is only a thought of Quentin, because she does not make it clear. If she loves him is one…

One main idea that can be seen in the four books we read and the movie that we watched, everyone is treated specific ways because of how they are different from the others around them. The way that people interact with others is based mostly on how different they are from them. Reading about how things use to be and being able to see how little has changed over time just confirms that we need to work together to change things for the better. Everyone knows how people will treat others different…

Book Report – The Book Thief The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak, is a historically fictive novel set in Nazi Germany, at the very beginning of WWII. The Book Thief is about a young orphaned girl by the name of Leisel Meminger living during the coming of age of WWII. As Death narrates, we watch Leisel as a young girl, travelling with her mother and brother to meet her foster parents. Sadly, her younger brother Werner dies during the trip. During her brother’s funeral, she finds a book…

The Book Thief. The book thief is a book about death, love and survival. There is the death of a friend, love of a parent, and survival of those who can’t take it. World War ll was a catastrophic period of time and many people didn’t have the mental strength and stability to survive it. The book thief is about Liesel Meminger a 9 year old girl who was abandoned by her mother shortly before World War II to stay with two people she doesn’t know in Molching at a foster home. On their way to…