Faceless Book Report

In the United States the school system is told to teach students only certain parts of history in a way that makes the United States come out on top. The comparison between the narratives that U.S. history told about the space race is very different from the one told in Hidden Figures. This book gives the reader a view of the space race through the lens of very empowering and important African American women.

“Washington… was a ‘promised land’ to many a freeman… it was the capital of the nation– that is, of the North that had set them free.”

Freak the mighty is a story about two young boys who both have a hard time going through life. Freak is crippled and short, and Max is tall and retarded. When they become friends, Freak rides on top of Max’s shoulders and together they are freak the mighty whom go on quests together. This book really shows how you should not judge someone by how they look, which is like the moral of the story. The character of Freak/kevin is first described as a, “crippled kid like humanoid.

Defined by the book, Unwind by Neal Shusterman, “Unwinding”, is when a parent chooses to retroactively “abort” a child, on the condition that the child's life isn't “technically” ended. This is a process by which a child is both terminated and also kept alive. Conner, Risa and Levi are just kids, who have done nothing but live their lives and ended up getting punished for it. They are set up to be unwound or in Levi's case, tithed.

A scientist walked to his console, set down a cup of coffee and pressed a button. A holographic screen popped up and read “dialing Mr. Edwards”. An image of a slightly graying haired man popped up. The scientist spoke. “Our studies are inconclusive but we have discovered two things, sir: the first is there genealogic structure is similar to that of some animals in the Chordata Phylum, Dinosaurs to be exact. They are extremely aggressive, and the majority seem to have a little over basic intelligence level. Scans of some of the specimens bone structures show thick and sturdy bones. They have shown little to no reaction to narcotic drugs developed on earth.”

I haven’t wondered what it would be like to be a sixteen-year-old kid and kill people for a living. This book explains it perfectly though. In the beginning of my book Ben (I will refer to him as Ben because we don’t know his real name yet and it is his fake name later in the book) goes into a different friend’s dad because he was told to. Later in the book Ben is given the task to kill the mayor of New York. Connecting The James Bond theme to Ben, Hit me with your best shot to Sam, and Domo arigato Mr. Roboto to Ben.

Yoon Thiri LA 8 Ms.Gerda 13.8.17 “Trapped”, a fictional novel by Michael Northrop, published by Scholastic Inc. This book takes place during the modern time, at a high school called Tattawa Regional High School. This book starts with another day where snows pile up the ground. School is over and seven students are left waiting to be picked up from this soon-to-be-buried place they called 'school'. Scotty Weems the main protagonist of the book, a sophomore athlete who is rising as a basketball player.

What I have noticed through most of the entries in my commonplace book (especially the two stated above) is that I mostly write down something when it induces a negative emotion from me—the quotes that rile me up and make me upset. And usually these are the quotes that remind me of the hardships faced by women. As a woman, sexism is a prevalent issue in my life, so when I fight against it, I am fighting for myself.

For my book report, I read the 1987 Newbery Honor-winning novel called Hatchet. This wilderness survival novel was written by Gary free_paper_graderPaulsen. This young adult fiction novel took place in the Hamptons and north woods of central Canada.

In the novel What We Saw by Arron Hartzler, the reader is taken on Kate Weston journey into discovering the true events that took place for Kate's childhood friend Stacey on the night of basketball player John Dooney's party. When Kate wakes up the morning after the party she doesn't remember much and realizes her dad's car that she used to get to the party isn't in the driveway, she finds out that her childhood friend and crush Ben Cody drove her home that night. This novel was based on the events that took place in Steubenville, Ohio. But the story is about much more than what took place in 2012, this story puts into perspective the realities of rape culture in modern society. Stacey's character was black out drunk and local friends and classmates from the town acted as if she deserved what she got because she was "skanky" and "her skirts were too short". The point of view of the bystanders is very important because you really see how the town reacts to the events, and how no one really knows exactly what took

“Unwind” is a science fiction written by Neal Shusterman. Shusterman started writing at a young age and is now an author, screenwriter, and television writer. He has over 35 books published, many of them have won multiple awards. “Unwind” was a huge success winning more than 30 awards. The book is getting a movie adaptation and will be released in the next few years.

Tally is an ugly just like most people in uglyville. Peris is her best friend. Unfortunately, he's three months older than Tally. While Tally waits three months until her turn to become pretty, she plans to visit Peris. When she finally finds Peris in the mansion; Peris tells her to not to get into trouble. As Tally was leaving, she thought she was caught, but realized it was just another ugly. The uglie’s name was Shay and they were instant friends.

Morning time when parents drop their children most of children start cry. When Christoph enters the class he does not cry. He looks toward me and smile. His teacher gives him breakfast.He sits on a chair and start eating his breakfast. One child drop his spoon he picks up the spoon under the table and give it to the child. After breakfast he start playing with blocks. He makes a car from blocks and says this looks like my dad car. He starts to roll the blocks car on the floor and says I am going to the office I am a daddy. He makes the cell phone from blocks than he pretends he is dialing a number. He says hello mom when your are coming to pick me up because I miss you.He takes the toy stethoscope and the toy dog he says the dog is sick. He pretends that he is

A -17 -year old boy named Ethan Palmer that lives in Halifax Nova Scotia, has finally saved up enough money for his new ride. Until one day Ethan by accidently crashed his dad’s Volvo into his dad ’garage. Even know his father could easily repair all the damages with all his insurance but instead, his father is using this, as one of his chance‘s to teach Ethan another one of his life lessons. Also, with all of Ethan’s money now going into the damages he caused. Ethan is now struggling to make some quick cash as a server, for his dream car. Ethan is not going to let anything get in his path, not school, friends or family. Will Ethan be making the right decisions?

One of the greatest testimonies against religious based medical neglect is that of Rita Swan’s. Rita and her husband were members of Christian Science and had practiced spiritual healing for treatment their entire lives. When their 15-month-old child, Matthew, developed an awful fever and progressively got sicker, Rita contacted the church’s practitioner who discouraged them from seeking any medical treatment. Matthew suffered for a week and eventually passed away from bacterial meningitis, an illness that is very treatable