Double Take By Melody Carlson

“Kath and Mouse” is a short story written by Janet Mcnaughton. The theme of the story is about the protagonist called Helen changing her personality and changing other people’s veiw about her. The main protagonist of the story called Kevin who is the twin brother of the antagonist Kath always stop Kath bullying Helen. On the contrary, Kath is a foil character in the whole story. She provides contrast to Helen. She bullys and makes fun of Helen. She even called Helen a mouse. Kath asked Helen whether she plays an instrument and Helen answer with a quite voice”No instrument. I just sing” (McNaughton, 63). This sentence show that Helen is a quite girl and have not so much confidence about herself. Kath incited Helen “ Sing! No choir in this school. Guess

Jamie Fader’s book Falling Back which was published in 2013, is based on ethnographic research over three years, from 2004 to 2007, of black and latino males on the edge of adulthood and that were incarcerated at the Mountain Ridge Academy reform school located in a rural area: “within a dense forest in western Pennsylvania, is Mountian Ridge Academy … ninety-acre campus contains eight dormitories, each of which houses thirty-two young men between ages 14 to 18” (p.1). The criminal thinking approach was intended to help young people identify the patterns that had led them to delinquency and replace it with corrective and prosocial thoughts. These young boys had been involved in drug offenses and violence within their suburban communities and were now in the process of behavioral change in order to help them reflect and be able to make better decisions which would lead them to a better life.

The setting changes throughout the book but the main settings are the Conners, the Kellys, the tree house, and the high school. Lara Kelly, Brianna Connors, Liam Connors, Sydney Kelly, Mr. and Mrs.Kelly, and Mr. and Mrs.Conners are the main characters. The conflict going on between these two families is the Connors daughter bullied the Kellys daughter with a little help from her monster mom. Have you ever had a best friend then one day they totally leave you in the dust and worst of all you’re going through the hardest time in your life? Have you ever had a guy pretend to like you?

Mrs. Fox, by Sarah Hall was published in 2014. Mrs. Fox is a short story by Sarah Hall about a woman who turns into a fox during her pregnancy, much to the dismay of her husband. Mrs. Fox describes a woman who is not satisfied with her life with her husband, Mr. Fox. They both remain detached thorough the story. When Mrs. Fox turns into a fox, Mr. Fox does not understand why his wife was not happy or satisfied in her human life. Sarah Hall does a wonderful job of displaying out an unusually intriguing setting, a breath taking characterization of the two main characters Mr. and Mrs. Fox, and she displays a dark and modern theme, rightfully earning the BBC National short story

In the novel Eight Seconds written by Jean Ferris, John is an 18 year old boy that lives on a ranch near the Rocky Mountains. John lives on the ranch with his mom, dad, three sisters, and dog Howdy. At the beginning of summer john receives the gift of a week at rodeo school from his father. When he escapes reality he begins to learn something about himself he never knew.

This book begins with the life of its author. She starts out as basically a slave child on a farm in Mississippi. She tells of her parent's lives, how they went to the fields at sun up and came back from them at sundown. She describes her abusive cousin, George Lee, and tells of a few traumatic childhood experiences. She goes on describing where her mother and fathers marital

In this book there is a girl named named Isabel “ Belly” Conklin her brother Steven Conklin, her 2 “lovers” Jeremiah Fisher and Conrad Fisher, her mother Laurel Conklin, and Susannah “Beck” Fisher who is her most favorite person in the world. It all starts when Belly, Steven and Laurel are in the car driving to Cousins beach to spend the summer with Beck and her sons like they do every summer since she was born. Belly loves to be at Cousins Beach because she feels it's where she belongs and she gets to spend it with the 2 boys she loves very much. In the beginning her and her brother and mother pull into the driveway of Susannah's beach house and Conrad

Ghost Singer by Anna Lee Walters is a tale of the historical injustices suffered by Indigenous peoples and the modern consequences of those injustices. Although it is clear that the spirit people in the novel serve as the most outwardly fearsome people in the novel, it is important to take into account the overall systemic injustices that the characters of Native American heritage suffer under throughout the histories presented in the novel. Walters addresses fearsomeness and sympathetic characters through the use of dangerous characters and situations presented directly and indirectly to the characters. The fearsomeness of the characters and the sympathy felt for the characters is dependent upon the perspectives of the readers since these fearsome figures are “a cultural construct and a projection” of that cultures fears (Cohen 1). The fearsome figures in the novels are presented to initially be the spirits haunting the artifacts, but upon closer examination the larger more entrenched issue of outdated models of thought in relation to Indigenous peoples appear to be the most important fearsome figure. The protagonist of the novel is dependent upon the views taken, and the fearsome figures that the historians, such as David Evans, and characters are attempting aid the spirits, such as George Daylight. Walters addresses the fearsome nature of a system dependent on examining and judging indigenous societies based on white values, which is problematic since both cultures do not

This book is a very enjoyable read. It starts with Amy a fourteen-year-old girl. That one morning she and her dad got into an argument and got irate at him. She told her dad some not so nice things that morning. On his way to work he suddenly got in a nasty car accident. She and her mother eventually get over the grief and sorrow and attempt to turn their lives around. Amy takes a babysitting class to try to earn some money. She finds a family that's very rich. Mrs. Edgerton needs some childcare for her baby Kendra. Kendra is a three-year-old girl that very sweet and obeys without any problems. Then they get into some trouble.

Holding Onto the Air an autobiography by Suzanne Farrell takes the reader backstage in the dramatic life of the world-renowned Balanchine ballerina. From her childhood in Cincinnati to her retirement from ballet in 1989, Farrell's story is truly a remarkable one. The book describes at length her time with the New York City Ballet as well as her complex relationship with the legendary Balanchine. Although Mrs. Farrell goes a bit too far into the ballet descriptions, her beautiful imagery allows reader to experience the joy of performing on stage.

This book begins with Foster, a twelve-year-old girl, and her mom leaving their apartment in search of a better life. Fosters mom recently broke up with her wastrel boyfriend, who showed up at their house and attacked her. Foster, along with her mom got in the car and drove to West Virginia where they found a place to stay. One lesson I learned from reading this book is too not take family for granted. In the book, Foster's father passed away while he was serving in the army.

There is an very interesting character in the book by Fleur Beale, ‘Slide the Corner.” Greg the 2nd eldest of 3 children in his family and is in year 12 at school. He is a very talented young man when it comes to driving. He took car maintenance classes at school. One day when he was walking home he saw a pregnant lady trying to change a flat type. After he helped changing the tyre, Holly invited Greg to her husband, Brad garage because they both share the same interest in rally cars. It’s always a dream of Greg to see rally cars in person. Later on he kept refusing his parents decision to repeat year 12 at school. He started to learn how to drive a rally car because he is always interested in learning how to drive a rally car. In the middle

The history of Jazz dates back to early 20th century in the regions within and around New Orleans where African Americans are believed to have pioneered its development. This paper focus on the jazz song Take Five by Dave Brubeck. The song which was released in 1959 for the album Time Out, was recorded by Dave Brubek and written by Paul Desmond. The song was produced in New York by the 30th Street Studio, division of the Columbia Records label, a famous record label of the time. the song is 5 minutes 29 seconds long (original version) but several cover versions with slightly varying lengths are available. It also uses different instruments at different stages but these are discussed in subsequent sections.

In the novel, the main character wishes she could graduate and move away already, but then she befriends a depressed teenage boy that she falls in love with. The boy, Theodore Finch, takes the main character, Violet, on many adventures in their small town. Eventually Finch’s depression

Jane went to Oxford with her sister Cassandra they could never stay away from each other and loved going to the same school(3). Jane was always the good student through out her whole school year. Her first time knowing that she wants to be a writer is in her 5th grade class writing a whole story on her weekend. But in the middle of her final school years her and her family moved to Bath a city in England. Sadly her father died that same year from a very sick illness(3). After that everyone went there own ways and with Jane never finishing school(1).