1. 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.
2. Stolen Children was challenged twice by parents leading it to be banned in March of
…show more content…
Most believe that this book shouldn’t be banned. I had read this book in 5th grade and never was harmed from reading it. I enjoyed reading this book. This book was very exciting and left you to wonder what would happen next. Stolen Children also stated many points of teaching responsibility. The 14 year old girl named Amy who wanted to become a babysitter, “I’m taking care of Kendra” (Kehret). This statement proves that Amy was working to be responsible so she could take care of children. Throughout t who was also kidnapped shown signs of bravery. This book can educate children he book, Amy has shown signs of nice caring and brave. Kendra the 4 year girl n that bad strange things can happen when you are trying to be responsible but being strong, and brave can help you out of a bad situation. Amy had lost her father when she was at a young age. Showing that she was strong she often felt pain and regret. Stolen Children also shares a message that teaches kids to love their family and friends while they can because you never know when it’s their time to
With this series, readers should be able to tell that the series is a fantasy. Parents should know that kids are capable of this ability. When it comes to behavior, it is shown several times in the book that he gets punished for his actions. Readers who disagree with this obviously haven’t actually read the books. Other readers say he “breaks a lower law to keep a higher one.” Another reason this book shouldn’t be banned is because with how the book is written, it could help kids cope with real life situations. For example, it could help kids with deal with close ones dying.
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak. Liesel Meminger is a nine year old girl that was living in Germany in 1939. Her mother was taken away from Liesel and her brother. When Liesel and her brother where going to go see their mother Liesel brother died. She found a book called “The Grave Diggers Handbook”. Liesel was taken to a foster home. She gets along with her foster parents. The foster parent’s names are Hans and Rosa Hubermann. The foster parents of Liesel show her how to read and write. Liesel best friend name is Rudy Steiner they have many memories together. They both are thieves, Rudy and Liesel. Rudy has a big crush on Liesel. Max Vandenburg is a Jew being hidden in the basement of Liesel basement. Liesel and Rudy stole books from
It covers adult themes … that most students have not been exposed to and should not be provided by the school. It is a novel that has no life lesson to be learned”(Gomez). A middle school in Minnesota had this book in their library and parents did not approve of their children reading it, because it has explicit scenes in the book. The parents of this community had a meeting in December 2015, talking about if the book should be banned or not. When the meeting was over, the book Just One Day, was banned in Minnesota schools entirely, and parents were happy that the book was finally
In Abduction by Peg Kehret, Matt is a 5-year old boy who suddenly gets kidnapped by his father that he didn’t even know was alive. When Bonnie realizes that her brother, Matt, is missing she also realizes that her dog Pookie is also gone. As Bonnie, her mom, and the detective try to piece things together and find out who took Matt, Bonnie coincidentally sees him at a ball game. She decides to follow them to get her brother back once and for all. The author uses foreshadowing, reader knows more than the character and a dream to help build suspense, get the reader predicting and to help give background information to the reader.
The thesis of the autobiographical memoir “A Stolen Life” by Jaycee Dugard, is that on January 10, 1991, eleven year old Jaycee Dugard lost her life for years to come. She was abducted from her school bus stop by Philip and Nancy Garrido with the aid of a stun-gun. Jaycee was incarcerated in a backyard compound and repeatedly raped and abused by Philip in a bid to satisfy his pedophile needs. While her eighteen years of captivity passed by, she had two daughters for Philip Garido . As she started to grow older, the “run”sessions begin to end, but the captivity of her life didn't. Finally, on August 26, 2009, Philip brought Jaycee and her daughters with him to the parole office in an attempt to explain away why he was spotted in public with
Step 1: I could not keep my eyes off of the words in the page. April Henry “Girl Stolen” is a mysterious, kidnapping, and inexplicable book, It explains how a sixteen year old girl escapes herself from a kidnapper that turned out becoming something else.
So, now that I’ve listed some of the reasons that the book was banned/challenged, you can choose wither you think it should be banned/challenged or not. Me personally, I don’t think the book should be banned/challenged. I think the book itself out weights the reason it’s banned/challenged. Every book is going to have some reasons/things we don’t approve of, but that doesn’t mean we should base our feelings of the book off just them few things/reasons we don’t approve or agree of and everything else. That’s not fair to the author or others
There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz tells the harrowing story of the Rivers family and their shocking experiences living in an underserved Chicago public housing project. The story focuses on Lafayette, a middle school aged boy discovering his identity, Pharoah, an elementary school aged boy with high ambition and goals, and their resilient mother LaJoe. Matza’s Techniques of Neutralization discuss how people can create rationalizations to justify delinquencies and crimes. Specifically applicable to There Are No Children Here is the theory of Denial of Responsibility which occurs when the perpetrator of an offense claims the situation was out of their control, they did not know the law, they were a victim of circumstance, or they were acted upon by outside forces rather than acting themselves. The second theory applicable to There Are No Children Here is Becker’s theory of Master Status. The theory of Master Status states that labels can take on a “master status” and can have an enormous influence and once you’ve been labeled, then define you. These theories aid in understanding how the pattern of violence and destruction is perpetuated in the projects of Chicago and the misfortune in the Rivers family.
Reason one; books should not be banned on the grounds of “they’re a bad influence”. The world is a bad influence and the people that inhabit the world are worse. In the cases of some books, some children have already lived through what has been banned. In other cases, it is just the parents being too over-proctective. They have already lived through some of the events, and do not want their kids to experience the same thing, which can also slow down how the child learns. In addition, if the students are desperate to find ideas for things because they don’t get the help from their parents, it means the parents are ignoring their kids
The loss of innocence is a significant milestone, but if taken by force it can be devastating. This is true of loss of innocence as reflected through the quote "I was eleven years old, still very much a kid. I was very scared and alone,” (Dugard 15) from A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard. Children see the world with no evil or danger and sheltered from the harsh realities of life. As reflected through the visual, the butterfly signifies innocence and beauty of life. that Jaycee Dugard’s has before her abduction; she is a very timid and innocent little girl, who has big dreams and a big heart. "I have made plans with my friend Shawnee from school to work at a dude ranch. I want to be a good rider, and I can't wait to see how good I become" (Dugard
You've seen all those reported kidnappings. You could be one of them or you already are. In the book, The Face on the Milk Carton, Caroline B. Cooney, explores the levels of how you would feel if one day you woke up, and you were kidnapped. For you, it’s probably wonder, but for Janie Johnson, it’s reality. For sixteen years, Janie lived the normal life until, she found her face on a milk carton. Caroline B. Cooney uses classic suspension techniques by slowing reliving clues to the girl's abduction. First it started as suspicion and ended as so much more, using good tone and theme, Caroline B. Cooney made this book a page-turner. This book gives you the feeling for
Lessons learned from reading fiction can be very useful to use while approaching your issues. Fiction fills our beliefs and desires and teaches us things we have didn’t know. Evidence I can pull to help support my claim is that real world problems are no joke. These issues shouldn't be taken lightly. Fiction can teach you life lessons that you may or may not known. The school board needs to think this through. If the school board makes this decision on taking away fiction from school, today's society, in my opinion, will get mad. Today's society can tear people down easily. They can adapt to many different things at once if they wanted to. They can make things worse for people or make things good for people. Not only is this book about fictional issues, it’s also about real world problems and how fiction can relate to us, the readers. “Researchers found that people who read Literary fiction, led to better results in every subject. That same year, they found that people who read fiction had a higher brain activity than others who didn't.” Fiction, in my opinion, should be taken down, because of this
According to the American Library Association, the most common group of people, challenging a book being read in schools, was the parents of the students. Parents have a right to be in charge of what is put into the minds of their students, however just because one parent objects does not mean that the whole school should ban the book from the list. A solution for this book would be to enforce parental consent for books to be read in the classroom. If a parent does not want a book to be read in the classroom, then there should be other options for the student to read. The school and teacher should not trespass on a parent’s rights of raising their child. I believe that if a parent has a concern, they should go and discuss the problem with the teacher so that the teacher will be able to defend their reasoning for choosing the book to be read in the classroom.
I believe that you should be mature enough and warned about it before you read it. This should be required to read in high school. It teaches a very good lesson that everyone should know about. People need to understand how tough she had it, but that she overcame that and became a better person. This book should not be banned just because one person can not handle it. Just because someone does not have the maturity level to get the concept does not mean others should be able to read it. This is an amazing novel that shows you is you think you have it worse than others that you don't and there is people struggling more than you, but it doesn't mean you cannot change it. It might take time but it is
Books are challenged/banned all over the world because of their content. But they shouldn’t be. Books are tools and are very important to help students learn and grow. Books are used for leaning, entertainment, and many movies/shows are based on books. Books are banned/ challenged mostly by parents and students because of language, violence, and other things in the book that bother them. For example, the novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. The book is based on the characters Clay Jensen, and Hannah Baker, and their peers. In the book, Hannah is a girl that killed herself but left behind 13 tapes that told the “story of her life” and why “her life ended”. The book includes Hannah’s reasons for her to take her life and they’re very realistic and detailed reasons. The book is from Clay’s point of view, and about Clay’s feelings and reactions toward Hannah’s death and tapes. Thirteen Reasons Why shouldn’t be banned not only because it’s a very good book, but because this book can help many people. This novel can help teenagers understand that the things they say can hurt people and cause their personal problems to grow. It also shows them that their actions matter a lot.