Summary Of ' Martha's ' New York, 2003, 217p

When Jeannette begins school in Welch, an African American girl Dinitia Hewitt and her friends harassed and beat up Jeannette for being scrawny and filthy. She is constantly made fun of because it is apparent that she lives in poverty. The other children do not accept other that aren’t like them and Jeannette is no exception. Her worn clothes and grimy hair are like a neon sign shouting about her life in poverty which makes Jeannette an easy target to bullies. Jeannette tries very hard to stand up for herself, however, the bullying only stops once other realize that living in poverty and being different was not Jeannette’s

Coming from a lonely and abusive home Mary had to find happiness outside of her house. Her mom made a friend from their church and she happened to have a three month year old baby. Mary always occupied the Richardson’s by helping with baby Alyssa, while also distracting herself from reality. Meeting the Richardson’s ended up being Mary’s worst nightmare. One night the Richardson’s went out and asked Mary and her mother to watch Alyssa.

Throughout history, aboriginal peoples have suffered from different unfair treatments based on their culture. Starvation, separation, denied from their culture were very common situations that would happened to them. “One Native Life” and “Martha of the North” are perfect examples of autobiographies were the Aboriginal peoples and their culture mistreated. Although Richard and Martha in “Martha of the North” both had traumatic and difficult life experiences, the protagonists’ culture were not handle in the same way. While Richard was denied from his culture by his nonbiological family, Martha’s culture was never contradict by her own family.

As she walks through the door after a long and exhausting day, Monee King is greeted with “Hey Mom!”, from her 4 beautiful teenage girls. She cooks an amazing dinner after cooking for others all day. They sit at the kitchen table and bow their heads in prayer. After a quiet “Amen” the table erupts in stories about each of the young girl's day. She listens and laughs while thinking “This wasn't easy but it was worth it”

The book I have chosen to read for my independent reading assignment is called, “Three Little Words” by Ashley Rhodes-Courter. Ashley Rhodes-Courter was just only three years old when her mother was taken by the police. Ashley had a younger brother named luke. Her mother, Lorraine, was a drug addict and an alcoholic. Her step-father Dusty was abusive as well as a drug addict and an alcoholic. Lorraine, Dusty, Luke, Ashley, and lorraine’s twin sister all lived in the same, small, trailer park home. Lorraine had ashley when she was a teenager. Their home soon became the local teen hangout. As well as having parties with drugs and alcohol while ashley was there. Ashley soon caught onto what Lorraine and Dusty were saying. She started repeating the bad things that came out of Lorraine and Dusty's mouth.

The Book of Martha by Octavia Butler portrays a black woman, Martha, who is affected by society. God visits Martha and gives her a task to help save humankind from their destructive ways. Throughout the short story, Martha struggles to help find a solution that will be less disastrous and through this, she discovers more about herself. The book opens with God saying, "You're truly free for the first time", showing that Martha was free from society's input, barriers, and judging eyes. Society is the source of Gods transformations, how race, class, and gender.

Martha Prescod Norman Noonan is noteworthy for her work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the Civil Rights Movement. Noonan’s most notable achievements include raising money for SNCC, canvassing votes with the Albany Project, working on the Alabama Project, and contributing to Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Account by Women in SNCC.

a struggle between love and family tradition and ways. In the two stories a young girl

1.It is an interesting story about internal and external conflict. With Jimmy’s internal conflict involving Martha and his external conflict of leading his troops. The story is also about weight. Like the physical weight of their all equipment and the mental weight all his soldiers carry with them everywhere they go.

Once upon a time, there were two adolescent girls, they had different dreams and purposes in life. Their names were Taylor and Lou Ann. Taylor was in her last year of high school, her dream was much different than the girls at school. She hoped that she could do something more with her life, rather than being a mother like the girls at her school. However, Lou Ann always wanted to be a mother because men would always grope her on the bus.

Martha is a rising fourth grader who attends the North Carolina School for the Deaf, and she is Hard-of-Hearing. Her school is unlike public schools in that teachers and students use sign language as the primary form of communication. Martha delights in activities that children with “normal” hearing also enjoy such as shopping with her mom, playing games like Trouble, writing, drawing, spending time with her family, assisting with chores, and watching television. She discusses how she frequents Chic-Fil-A where on occasion she will meet other girls that comprehend some sign language. These girls usually show interest in wanting to be her friend, so they exchange phone numbers so they can get to know one another. In order to communicate with

This story is about a girl that lives in Indiana and she is 14 years old and she is trying to figure out what is best for her to live with her mother or her father. She is really scared at the time but as the story goes on she figures out what she wants to do. Her and her mom are becoming best friends and she doesn't want to break that bond that they have together.

This is a story about two people that found a lot in common. Vivian Daly was 91 and was an orphan-train rider when she was a child. Molly Ayer was a seventeen year old gir that asked the questions that no one had ever thought to ask Vivian Daly. Since Molly Ayer was close to being 18 she was about to be kicked out of the foster care system and her foster home. Molly had community service hours that she had to fulfilled. If they weren’t she was going to juvie. Molly had chosen to clean out Vivian Daly’s attic. Vivian’s attic was full of old trunks that held the secrets of her past. When Vivivan was younger she lived in New York City and was put on the orphan train to get a new start in the midwest. She had lost most of her family when the tenement

“So, Martha Jones! Any wishes? Past, present, future? You know, there’s a nice little planet, full of little shops. Can you imagine – it’s all there is! You walk and walk and all you see are little shops, jam-packed full of goods, gizmos, and other shenanigans, from so many places! Also, I’ve recently-,” the Doctor didn’t get to finish his rambling as he saw something sliding under the TARDIS doors.

In the beginning, Martha in a small Texas school, was in eighth grade, at 14 years of age. She is earning a scholarship jacket, for getting straight A’s for eight years in a row. Walking on her way to P.E. she overhears a conversation between two teachers about who should get the jacket. Two teachers arguing, saying Martha shouldn’t get the jacket, because Marth’s Mexican. The less deserving peer’s father, is in the school board, and own’s the only store in the town. In the middle, Martha is summoned by the principle, explaining if Martha wanted the jacket she must pay $15 dollars. Martha then goes home and speaks to her grandfather to get the $15 dollars. Marthas’ grandfather denies to give her the $15, then explains to her it wouldn’t be