Firelight by Sophie Jordan, it is a magical book. It has hidden truths, mortal enemies and a doomed love. A girl named Jacinda has been marked as special at an early age. Jacinda knows she is being watched because of her special powers that no one else has. Jacinda lives in a hidden place in the mountains with her family, race and kind. But she longs for freedom to make her own choices. When she breaks the most sacred vows among her kind, she nearly pays with her life until a beautiful stranger saves her. A stranger who was sent to hunt those like her. Jacinda is a Draki, a descendant of dragons whose defence is her secret weapon the ability to shift into human form. Forced to leave and move into the mortal world with her family, Jacinda
Dear, Mrs.Dilorenzo the book that i read was called Michael vey Battle of the Ampere it is about a kid named michael has a bad dream about hatch and him going face to face but the problem was is that he lost and hatched captured him.After the nightmare he ends up next to a girl named tessa which she used to work for hatch and she had powers just like michael.When Tessa enchanted michaels powers they had to leave because hatches army was going to invade the jungle so, they ended up leaving the jungle to go look for the rest of michael's friends.They went back to idaho to hide in a tanning salon but, they saw satellites and radios so they went to investigate and it was an elgen campsite.Throughout the attack they failed because they were going
The title of the book is Crenshaw. The author’s name is Kathrine Applegate. The genre is fantasy.
Why did Chasteen title the book Born in Blood and Fire? With all of its rich diversity and complex history, why does it make sense to still speak of one “Latin American history”?
The novel that I chose was Spoiled by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan. The main characters include Molly, Brooke, and Brick Berlin. This book is about a sixteen year old girl named Molly Dix, who, after the death of her mother, moves to Los Angeles, California to live with her biological father, Hollywood movie star, Brick Berlin and her half-sister Brooke. Molly isn’t used to living the life of a rich girl, so when she arrives, she is both excited and terrified; not only that, she’s meeting her dad for the very first time. Brooke welcomes Molly to high fashion and fame with an overwhelming dose of “sisterly love”. But in this town, no one is ever what they seem. I think that Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan built the story in a way that would
The book “The Fires of Jubilee” describes the lifestyle that America had in the 1800s. It shows what kind of life the African people and also Black people that were born in America, how the Americans made rules and laws to get more control on their slaves, and how they used the influence of the church to make the African think that they were born just for services the white people. After that, Stephen Oates wrote the story of how an African American believed that he was a messenger of God, that born to be the leader of the slaves.
The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner’s Fierce Rebellion, Stephen B. Oates is a former professor of History at the University Of Massachusetts-Amherst. Stephen B. Oates has authored 16 books, the recipient of both the Carter award and the Robert F. Kennedy award for Let the trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr. and with malice toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln. In his book Fires of Jubilee, Oates recounts the life events of Nat Turner, an African American slave who lead one of the most famous revolts against slave owners in South Hampton County, Virginia, on August 21, 1831.
(1) Patrick Carman’s Pulse is a fantasy action book that tells the story of a young girl named Faith Daniels, who lives on the outside of the states and finds out she has special abilities that need to be trained for an upcoming battle against the states with the help of Dylan Gilmore, a friend and love interest she made throughout the book. (2) The book starts with a young girl named Faith sleeping, but she isn’t just sleeping, objects are somehow moving by themselves around her without her noticing. (3) During school, her life was pretty normal if it weren’t for the fact that a very sporty boy named Wade Quinn decided to force Faith into a relationship with him and went on a date with her, feeding her two wire codes, which is basically something
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby takes readers on a journey of magic realism in the small town of Bone Gap, Illinois. This young adult novel features brothers, Sean and Finn O’Sullivan, as they struggle through feelings of rejection and loneliness due to continuous abandonment. When the beloved Roza mysteriously disappears, it only adds to the previous loss of their father and desertion of their mother. As the novel progresses, the line between reality and fantasy blurs while a determined Finn strives to find Roza. Unfortunately, Finn cannot remember the face of the kidnapper. Despite this, Finn continues his quest to deliver Roza from the dangerous kidnapper, but while doing so, Finn uncovers a magical secret. This magical secret questions truth
The book Heat is about a boy named Miguel he is 12 years of age he lives in
“Waterlily” by Ella Cara Deloria begins with a woman named Bluebird giving birth to a child named Waterlily while away from the caravan. The story shifts to a memory from Bluebird’s childhood about how she lost her family to a possibly raid or attack by another tribe while gathering supplies. However, the only other living relative happens to be her grandmother. Later, Bluebird and her grandmother set off to find a neighboring tribe. Eventually, Bluebird meets a young man named Star Elk. Bluebird goes on to marry Waterlily’s father, Star Elk, who happens to be a terrible husband. However, Bluebird remarries Rainbow. The story finally shifts to focus solely on Waterlily. During her childhood, Waterlily and her family are invited to attend a Sun Dance. Also, she witness her cousin, Leaping Fawn, participating in a Virgin’s fire and learning the proper way to accept a marriage. Eventually, Waterlily is brought by Sacred Horse because she felt that she must fulfill these obligations due to her family. However, Waterlily has a hard time adjusting to her new life and the new role she has to play. Waterlily begins to miss her family and people but she finds a sense of comfort with Red Leaf’s parents. She is finally able to relax with people she can relate to. Back at camp, an outbreak of smallpox spreads throughout the tiyospaye due to buffalo blankets. Sadly, Sacred Horse catches the sickness and requests to die alone. Leaving a pregnant Waterlily without a husband. Waterlily and
met with some of his closet friends deep in the woods that morning, at a place
In the except from “Butterfly Burning” by Yvonne Vera, the author want to illustrate that most people make questionable decisions because they do not have some to support them through their struggles.
The article "Beating the Heat" by Stephanie Warren Drimmer, is about two high school students who saw the suits that fire fighters wear wore fail, and as a result, 19 firefighters died. They decided to research and improve how firefighting suits are made. They discovered that designs for firefighting suits are nearly 40 years old. They discovered that the material the suits were made of would disintegrate at only half the temperature of a rapid-moving fire.
I read Ruby Redfort Take Your Last Breath by Lauren Child. The book was about Ruby, a thirteen year old secret agent, who has discovered several strange occurrences in her town. Birds and sea life are acting strange, boat shipments are getting mixed up, and strange voices are seemingly coming from the bottom of the ocean. Ruby has to figure out how all of it is connected, and who is behind it.
The book that I have picked is called Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt. This novel is a supernatural/fairy tale-ish book that involves love and death. In this book, Keturah, a 16 year old female, follows a hart into the forest behind her house. She gets lost in this forest for a few days and when she was starving and thirsty a man on a horse comes up to her and tells her that her time is up and that she’ll become Lord Death’s wife. Keturah being the person she is asks if she could stay alive and take care of her grandmother. Death responds that she could say a name and that person will die instead of her. But Keturah doesn’t want anyone to die so she tells him a story about love. In this