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Amelia’s Fantastic Flight, written by Rose Bursik is intended for children ages 4-7 was published March 15, 1994. Amelia’s Fantastic Flight is 32-page paperback story that tells of a young girl named Amelia (Earhart) who loved airplanes so much, that she built one. Then, she used the airplane to fly to 15 different countries such as Brazil, Kenya, Egypt, France, Finland, Russia and India all before time for dinner. Bursik paired fun alliterations regarding the countries Amelia visited including…

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is about two ranchers searching and dreaming for their place in Salinas, California, during the difficult times of the Great Depression. These two men, George Milton and Lennie Small are not just friends, they are each other's only family. Of Mice and Men displays the two ranchers friendship and illustrates qualities of friendship and exploring how to be a good friend or family member. Other times, Steinbeck illustrates the outcome of when the relationship starts…

Introduction In the last 50 years, the most important piece of technology developed is unarguably the internet, its creation has led to more advances and discoveries than anything else created to date. Before the internet data of any kind had to be transported manually between machines, the process was slow, inefficient, and costly. When the sizes and cost of these machines began to shrink and became more accessible, the need to share data became more and more present until finally, the…

SUBJECT Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, is set in England during the 1900s where a group of animals, under the control of Mr. Jones, devise a plan known as the Rebellion, to take over the farm. After months of secret planning had gone by, the animals finally feel prepared to begin the Rebellion. The Rebellion started when Mr. Jones began whipping the animals after they had broken into the hay bin. The animals retaliated by kicking and butting Mr. Jones and his workers. The humans flee…

Money can’t buy happiness, but a disconnect notice from the electric company sure impedes its pursuit. Rarity from the Hollow is my debut novel. Its protagonist, Lacy Dawn, and I have a lot in common. We were both born into impoverished families in West Virginia, had occasional difficulty doing homework because our families couldn’t pay the electric bill, but neither of us ever lost faith that there is light at the end of the tunnel. My father and Lacy Dawn’s father, Dwayne, also share a common…

Introduction Welcome to a Jungle River Adventure. Vacation Bible School with teenagers is always an adventure. It has been my experience that teenagers sometimes enjoy Bible School more than any other age group. Much of what teenagers get out of Vacation Bible School will be up to the teachers. Teens will be able to tell how much you have prepared. Also, they will be able to tell if you really care for them. Many teens do not care how much you know until they know how much you care. Let me…

“The pen has almost supplanted the needle, and ladies’ closets, formerly the shops of female baubles, are now turned into libraries of learned books” (M., J.). This quote, found in the title page of The Agreeable Variety: Being a Miscellaneous Collection, in Prose and Verse, from the Works of the most Celebrated Authors, exemplifies the book’s intended audience. During the Renaissance period, humanism was flourishing, and Europeans of means were able to focus not only on simply surviving but on…

Introduction: Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It is the first instalment in the Fifty Shades trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. It is notable for its explicitly erotic scenes featuring elements of sexual practices involving bondage, discipline, dominance, and sadism, masochism (BDSM). Originally self-published as an eBook and a…

sister Diane in Rochester. I had not been to that city or that state since my mother evacuated Reggie and me to flee my father Herman nicknamed Jack. My nephew, Tyquan had just been born to Diane, and Mother wanted to visit them. I went armed with my paperback copy of The Book of Mormon and a King James Version of the Bible grateful to finally meet my father Jack! Neither Reggie nor I remembered him nor spoke to him prior to that visit. My mother had said nothing but positive things about him,…

2017 I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and Maya's Hardships I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings was written by an award winning author and poet Maya Angelou. Maya became a civil rights activist. This book was written in the 1930s in a very controversial time in which the United States was fighting over segregation. Maya's parents divorced while she was at a young age. Maya lived with her grandmother who was called momma in Stamps, Arkansas. Big Bailey, Maya's father arrives to take her and Bailey to…