April Henry Girl Stolen Essay

3. What are the best parts of this book? Why? What are the worst parts of this book? Why? Give details with page numbers from the book to explain.

I loved this book so much. There is so much action and is so much better and exciting with so much amazing detail and description. This is one of my favorite books ever. When you read it, you don’t want to put it down and it makes you feel like you are with the characters in the book and you know them so well. I recommend this book to anyone who can read at this level.

This book is a chapter book that contains appropriate age fitting vocabulary for children aged 8 to 12 year olds. Stolen Children contained no illustrations, having pictures throughout the book would have helped me understand the story line better. This book was very interesting and lead the reader to stay on their toes. There were 5 main characters in this book they were Amy who was the babysitter, Kendra the 3 year old girl, Smokey one of the kidnappers and Hugh another kidnapper. The main conflict of this book was when the girls (Amy and Kendra) had gotten kidnapped and were missing for a week. the setting of this book takes place in an old run down cabin that is in the middle of the woods. In the book, Peg Kehert wrote clues that Amy the character who plays the role as the babysitter gives off throughout the story.

The Book Thief (2013), directed by Brian Percival, is about a young old girl living in Nazi Germany (between 1939 and 1943) in the fictional town of Molching, Germany. Death narrates the story of the main protagonist, Liesel Meminger, beginning when she is nine years old and suffering from the death of her brother and separation from her mother. Liesel then goes to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann (played by Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson). When Liesel arrives, she is illiterate and is made fun of in school by the other children. Hans, a painter and accordion player, teaches her how to read, using the book Liesel took from her brother's burial: The Grave Digger's Handbook. Over the course of the movie, Liesel develops a love for reading and decides to steal books because of the economical hardships associated with World War II. Liesel's foster parents also decide to help a young Jewish man named Max, whose father fought with Hans as in World War One as German soldiers. The Book Thief illustrates a different perspective in regards to the Nazi Regimen and its effects on the German people, specifically children.

The Book Thief is about a young German girl named Liesel Meminger as she goes through life while living in Germany in 1939. Liesel and her foster parents live a normal life on 33 Himmel Street. There is only one difference between their family and the others, they are hiding Max Vandenburg (a Jewish man) in their basement during the time of the Holocaust. This story, narrated by Death follows the life of Liesel from her first step into 33 Himmel Street, until the day she died in Sydney, Australia.

How the author described, how Alexis found the body was definitely unexpected and it felt so real. I enjoyed the way to author explained how the girl’s body was found. April used descriptive words that could help me envision how the body was, almost like I was watching a movie. When she found the body, that is what really stuck with me throughout the entire book. The were two quotes that stood out to me in this book. “If the cops are wrong, then right now this guy is looking for his next victim.” This quote stuck out to me because it meant that if the teenagers don’t find out who the killer is, then the killer is still out there waiting for his next victim. “It was all like a fairy tale. And bad things happened in a fairy tale forests. Witches and wolves lay in wait.” I thought that this quote was similar to the other one, and I think that it really shows how they needed to find the killer, so that more people wouldn’t be

Many are familiar with Anne Frank's diary and have even sat down and watched the movie The Diary of Anne Frank. With her diary we learn a lot about Anne and her family, as well as the tragic story of their life, and the lives of many other Jews. However, this is not the only movie that gives us an insight in the life of a young girl during World War II. The Book Thief is in many ways similar to The Diary of Anne Frank in which the viewer is provided the experiences of the war between two very different young girls that have to adapt to a new home and possess an increasing hunger for knowledge.

My favorite part of the book was the warning signs to know when a stranger is a potential threat. This was fascinating to me because I’ve been told since I was just a little boy to beware of strangers. But with all these warnings about strangers I had never been told how to recognize when a

My favorite part of the book is when the storyline begins to unravel. The characters learn the depths of the powers they posses and how they can learn to control them for a greater effect. They first have to experience their insecurities and self imposed limitations to access their innate gifts the injected substance

Words can influence the mind in many ways that thought may not be able to. They are carefully placed and shared in different ways by each and every individual. Words have powerful impacts and can majorly impact how one may think, feel, or even lead others to feel. Written by Markus Zusak, “The Book Thief” describes a story of an innocent foster girl, Liesel Meminger, who resides in Munich, Germany at one of the most troubling time periods in history, Nazi Germany. A tale narrated by the one and only Death himself, shows the perspective from his point of view, as well as others, describing how Liesel had been seized away from her birth mother at a young age, and put into a foster family. Her new family, the Hubermanns. As she matures and grows into a more critical thinker, understanding and analyzing everything that carefully happens around her. Her foster-father, Hans guides her and teaches her how to read, which little does she know sparks her journey, the art of stealing books. Liesel soon discovers that words aren 't simply lines on a page, they are strong emotions packed into a form that merely is held in her delicate hands. Not only did she hold the pages of emotion, she held a power, a dangerous weapon of words, a weapon of control, and every book that she had stolen was giving her unimaginable power that made her think in ways that she would’ve never thought she could have. As with Nazi propaganda, and a gift that enabled her to broaden her worldview. Liesel evolves

What was your favorite part of the book? Do you have a least favorite part of the book? If you could change something, what would it be?

To begin with, in Girl, Stolen there are many universal conflicts. The most important one is being kidnapped. Kidnapped isn't just a one time thing that happens, but something that happens 24/7 all around the world. In the beginning of the story Henry wrote, ”Police say sixteen year old Cheyenne Wilder, Daughter of Nikes president, Nick Wilder, was kidnapped shortly after ten this morning at the Woodlands Experience shopping center… who is blind and sick” (Henry 45). This shows that just because someone is sick and blind doesn't mean that people will look the other way. To add on, just because this is just a story that an author made up, this doesn't mean that it couldn't be someone's else's story and pain.

Introduction The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, "Ghost Girl" was written by one of the most amazing authors, Torey Hayden. Torey is said to be an educational psychologist and a special-education teacher who is known for writing stories about her struggles and experiences in her profession. She uses these memories as inspiration in writing the books for Torey had this urge to help children in need even if it means putting her job in the line. The book is composed of 28 chapters together with its epilogue which circles in the story of a child whom at a young age suffered from tremendous horror.

Lucy Christopher was born (1981) in Wales, England. She lived there up until the age of 9 when her family decided to move to Melbourne, Australia. She then enrolled in an Anglican day school for only girls, Mentone Girls' Grammar School. Years later she obtained an Undergraduate degree at Melbourne University, then moved to the UK to a Creative Writing MA from Bath Spa University. Lucy’s debut novel, Stolen, was written as part for her PhD degree. Stolen is the story about a teenage girl who is kidnapped and taken to the Australian outback. This book earned her many prestigious awards, including the 2010 Branford Boase Award ,The Michael L. Printz Award, Southern Schools Book Award, Hull Children's Book Award, Prime Minister's Literary Awards

In the book “Gone”, by Stacy Clafin, a young girl is kidnapped by someone she thought she knew. She tells the mysterious story from her point of view. She doesn’t know where she is or if she’ll ever see her family again. Macy cooperates with her torturer in order to find an escape plan. She talks about her fears and struggles, but stays mentally strong so that she can return home.