From Bad To Curseed By Katie Alender: Summary

She gets in trouble causing her to find a scapegoat in other villagers. “I danced for the devil; I saw him, I wrote in his book. I go back to jesus. I kiss his hand. I saw Sarah Good with the devil, I saw Goody Osburn with the devil…”

From bad to worse, or from bad to cursed? I always love a good play on words, which is what made this book catch my eye. From Bad to Cursed, by Katie Alender, is the second book in her three part series that is one of my favorites to read. From Bad to Cursed is the continuation of the first book, Bad Girls Don’t Die. It shares the bizarre life Lexi and her sister, Kasey, have gotten themselves into. Kasey, once again, goes ballistic when she makes an unbelievable decision to basically become sired to a possessed book with a group of girls. They call it, “The Sunshine Club.” This book has to be my number one choice out of the three, and you are about to find out exactly why. The main aspect that will be focused on relates to what we have been learning in class, archetypes; I found three in this book that I particularly want to drill on which are the outcast or rebel, sidekick, and the innocent.

The War on Drugs has ravaged America for years, causing innumerable problems. In her chapter, “The Cruel Hand”, Michelle Alexander explores the consequences that the War on Drugs has had on African-Americans. Alexander utilizes emotional stories, facts, and United States policy to support her argument that the War on Drugs has been an adverse experience for America. Though her arguments are strong, Alexander may have benefited from the use of scientific evidence as Richard DeGrandpre utilized in his book, The Cult of Pharmacology. DeGrandpre includes data from drug studies conducted on animals, revealing misperceptions that can be placed upon drugs because of their name.

Heather tells Melinda that they can’t be friends anymore and Melinda gets mad because she feels like she is the one who took Heather under wing since she was brand new to the area and didn’t know anyone. Now Heather goes to sit with “The Martha” group and Melinda is left to sit by herself at lunch every day. Melinda starts getting depressed that she has nobody to talk to and she starts skipping class and getting bad grades, her parents and teachers notice this new change in her but think she is just trying to get attention from them so they just sort of ignore it but her art teacher doesn’t and encourages her to speak and show her expressions through her artwork. Melinda then becomes friends with a guy names David Petrakis who is her lab partner in science and he is pushes Melinda to speak up. A little while later Melinda sees her old friend from middle school, Rachel start dating Andy Evans, the boy who raped her and she wants to worn her but doesn’t want to speak so she tells her by passing notes to her while they are in the

Kat and Chloe’s investigation into Kyliel Amber’s disappearance lead them to break into Blackwell Academy after dark, searching for answers. It’s here and in the following day, they discover that Kylie kept many secrets and was not the person Chloe thought she knew. Kat meanwhile discovers she has another power that brings with it some devastating consequences.

American political activist Jody Williams once said “There’s a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted like Mother Teresa or Archbishop Desmond Tutu. But ordinary people with lives that go up and down and around in circles can still contribute to change.” In an excerpt from his essay “Why Bother?” published in the New York Times Magazine, American public intellectual Michael Pollan reveals his goal to convince ordinary American citizens that they are capable of changing their behavior in order to reduce America’s carbon footprint. Through the use of the four rhetorical elements situation, purpose, claim, and audience, Pollan aspires to have his readers gain a greater understanding that the environmental crisis is “at heart a crisis of character” (Pollan 766). However, although Pollan targets the correct audience to carry out his purpose, he fails to provide proper evidence to support his claim that individual contribution matters.

Her relationship with Osvaldo is starting to fall apart. The fights that they often have as couples results in great emotional pain which is why she is not happy with their relationship anymore. Also, she experiences emotional abuse from not being able to do what she wants and being forbidden to write on her diary. She later realized that she was not being true to herself and had to choose between Osvaldo or the diary. With this, she learned how to become decisive of what she truly wants in her life as well being more genuine to herself.

A teenage girl, Miranda Evans had to make important decisions; decisions that could change her life forever such as being with her family or boyfriend. Miranda later grows to understand to always follow your heart. Lastly, Laura Evans great at being organized, helps make plans while trying to not be at risk of starvation. Laura learns to appreciate life and not take things for granted. Each protagonist has different roles such as Laura from Life as We Knew It who has the role as the executive one, Alex from The Dead and The Gone as the protector and Miranda from This World We Live In as the victim but Laura and Miranda share the motives of fear and love except for Alex; Hope and love motivates him and they all understand how valuable life is.

Alexis Frost is a tall, pretty sixteen year old girl who lives alone with her mentally ill mother. Alex can't let anyone get close to her because they might discover the secret she's hiding - her mentally unstable mother who stays up days on end and spends her time "blessing" people in the park. All the teens are assembled and in an oversight the three uncertified teens, Alexis, Nick and Ruby are placed together in one group. Sixteen year old Nick Walker lives with his mother and older brother, Kyle. Volunteering for SAR was the only way that Alexis can stand out on her college applications. Alexis, Nick and Ruby are the newest uncertified members of Portland's Search and Rescue (SAR). Henry's website is filled with many interesting pages including

Zadie Smith’s novel, “NW” which is based on London’s postcode, also where the book is set, as well as around one of those mixed London suburbs where deprivation bangs up against wealth, talks about the social lives of four characters: Leah, who lives in a coucil flat with her French husband Michael; Felix, who seems to have a really complicated life and also no relation with any of the other characters; Keisha (who renamed Natalie), who’s Lea well succed best friend who is married to a handsome socialite in a grand villa; and finally the author tells us about the life of Nathan who once was a very beautiful bay who was as well love by Leah, but now was a crack-smoking addictct hanging aroud the bus station.

Then there’s the beach house that Tristan had designed for Alexis, which is the first place they had made love, and they promised each other that they would after they got married, this is where they had spent a couple weeks of their honeymoon. Sophia's cottage is also very important because this is where she found out the truth of who Tristan really was and also she found out more about herself here. Alexis also met her grandmother Rina here when she came to see Alexis. Also, this particular house is where Alexis began creating and writing her first novel, and was the first place her and Tristan hang out, that wasn't school or at the beach. Then there is Tristan house, Alexis never really imagined that this would have been his house but she admired the sculpture that were created by him. This is where Alexis got drunk for her first time, and she found out that she was pretty strong when Tristan made her upset and she grabbed a granite countertop that weights a few hundred pounds and launched it across the room. Tristan house was the first place they got attacked by Rogues and they didn’t really succeed because Sophia was there to help Tristan defeat them. Alexis is not very strong and is very fragile because she yet has gone through the Ang'dora which is where she becomes who she is meant to be and also receives the powers of Amadis and make her the most powerful member of it. After they had gone on there honeymoon, the Daemoni had blown up Tristan's house to send him a message, after they found out he married

My main take away from Absence of Malice was the power journalists have over the lives of the people they write about. When Megan Carter wrote about Tommy Gallagher in the paper, she affected his life in a big way by saying he was under investigation for the disappearance of Joey Diaz. She did not know him or know if he was involved in the disappearance of Joey Diaz, but she told the whole world that he was being investigated. In today’s media climate being announced as investigated for a crime makes people automatically assume you are most likely guilty. Someone’s life can be ruined if people suspect them of a major crime, and Tommy Gallagher’s life is ruined. Gallagher’s business is brought to a standstill because the union won’t let their

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When Sophie Mercer casts a love spell to give lonely girl a date to prom it goes horribly wrong, she is sent to Hectate Hall until her eighteenth birthday. She soon finds out that her roommate is a vampire. She meets 3 dark witches who want her to join them so they can all be stronger. They also tell her that the last person who joined them got killed by her roommate, Jenna. On the first day she is there she meets Archer Cross. She developes a major crush on him. When she declines the dark witches offer to join their coven they all start ignoring. Sophie finds out her dad is the head of the council and the person who put everyone of the prodigium in the school. She goes into one of the witches rooms to find she is on the ground,

Told in alternating viewpoints between Iris and her best friend/love interest Wade Cursing Fate is the second book in The Fated series by Brenda Drake. The series is an interesting one mixing contemporary fiction elements like relationship issues with mythology and magic as it follows the four Layne sisters, some of whom have the ability to change the fates of others.