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    Reading a book can often be taken for granted, yet not everybody in Africa can have this privilege. Often times Children and adults go without books for most of their life. Yet the organization Books for Africa can change that. They have a simple goal, and it is to end the book famine in Africa. They’ve decided to help do this by collecting sorting the shipping the books to Africa. They help kids who can’t attend school at least get to read and learn. They give many types of books like French,…

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    her locker grabbing her chunky chemistry book. She tucked it under her arm and shut the door, ere the girl left to her following class. Janie made sure to preset her locker and proceeded to punch in the three-digit code. She then made her way to the dreaded room, 193. She walked into the fluorescent-lit cage and sat in her designated seat. The clicks from her shoes against the linoleum echo throughout the room. Mr. Bernol stood at the front of the room, book in hand. He went on and on about…

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    Some people believe that books should be banned because of bad language or scenes.Banning books is bad because protecting children from difficult realites is uneed. Also, just because some people dislike these books others like them.Last of all, some of these books give us feelings,emotions and experiences that we need to have.Overall, no book should be banned for any reason. One reason banning books is bad because protecting children from difficult realities is unnecessary. Something to think…

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    Diary Of A Wimpy Kid

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    My INS book is Diary of a wimpy kid: old school which is number 10 in the series, written by: Jeff Kinney. Illustrated by: Jeff Kinney. The book is about a teen named Gregory and the troubles in his life, the book is written as if it was a journal because it writes in first person. Ever since the first diary of a wimpy kid book I've read, I have been interested in the series, because it was a fun book to read. It was interesting to see what happened in the book. I always enjoyed reading this…

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    Outsiders Life Lessons

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    All great books and literature are filled with a new understanding for the reader. Books are the not only for pleasure, but for learning. It makes people experience perspectives that they couldn't on our own. In the books read in 7th grade there were the life lessons in the themes of courage, death, and friendship. Many novels have some sort of death that changes a character. In The Outsiders many people die: Johnny gets killed in tragedy by a burning fire trying to save kids in a burning church…

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    Essay On The Giver

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    How this book has changed my life in a major way: The book talks about a community where you have certain rules. You are bound by the rules and if you break them, you are released. You don’t get to make your own choices at all. I think this book really tells me to make my own choices and do what you want to do. Don’t let somebody else make the rules for you. And I think that it is nice to have choices. Who would you recommend it to and why? I would recommend this book to someone who has a…

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    Chapter one when I ment Thomas Edison,I was wearing a lab coat.Thomas asked,”why I was wearing a lab coat.”I said”Because I like to invent things and make inventions.Thomas said”So do I!”I had to go home,so then I told my parents about who I ment and that we have a lot in common.So the next day I went to Thomas’s house.We were plainning to build a lab.Thomas went and got the blue prints as I was getting the wood,lights and tools. Chapter two When Thomas and I were looking at the blueprints,are…

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    censorship is, provide examples of books affected by this censoring, and discuss the future of children’s literature. Prior to about the Renaissance age, there was no clear genre or set of standards for what made a piece of literature specifically for children. In the ancient world, children enjoyed stories about wars, quest, and greek and roman mythologies. Examples of such work include Odyssey, Fables, and Metamorphoses…

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    “Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.” (Chbosky) .Many books get banned due to things like sexual situations, violence and negativity, age inappropriate and many other reasons. Some books are based off of real life complications, such as, family problems, drug or alcohol addictions, and many more drawbacks we face in the real world. Jodi Picoult's book, My Sister’s Keeper, should not be banned in High…

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    Essay On Banning Book

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    Books have been banned/censored throughout history. For example, the Catholic Church created the Index of Banned Books in the 1500s. The goal of the Index was to prevent the population from reading books that went contrary to the Church’s teachings. Anyone caught reading or selling these books was severely punished or even killed. However, book banning has been especially prevalent during recent times. This is due to the increase in both literacy and governmental control. With governments…

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