Under the Afghan Sky by Melissa Fung and A House in the Sky by Amanda Linhout

“Hana’s suitcase”, written by Karen Levine, records a painful memory of a Toronto resident, Gorge Brady, to his lost younger sister in the World War II (WWII), Hana Brady. This memory is provoked by an unexpected package from Japan. Which tells him they are exhibiting his sister’s suitcase as well as her drawing photographs in Tokyo Holocaust Center for a purpose of education about the Holocaust to the Japanese children. And they hope to get more information about his sister, Hana Brady’s life. In the continuing communication with the Japanese children, Gorge gives them all the details about Hana’s short life, and what happens to her in the WWII.

In Anita Endrezze’s poem “The Girl Who loved the sky” we read about two best friends that meet inside a “second grade room” (1). There with very different characteristics they learn that overall they are more alike than they think. They are able to relate to one another by their views of the world around them. The speaker in the poem is growing up without a father and her friend is blind. Both forced to grow up with an important element missing from their lives. They overcome this tragic part of their childhood and relay on their friendship to feel “safe” (39). As the speaker continues to explain their relationship, we feel their connection. We get the sense that they are able to understand each other and have the ability to view the world around them in the same way.

Being subjected through sets of dramatic circumstances, both Shukumar and Lee attempt to strive forward to keep what is left of their relationships close, yet their unforgiving fates drive their determination toward their very limits. Throughout my readings in “A temporary Matter” by Jhumpa Lahiri and “Coming Home Again” by Chang-Rae Lee, the authors of both novels foretell that unresolved conflicts and despondent settings are very detrimental to the development of human character.

Leaving the comforts of the first world, Jessica Alexander abandons her job, fiancé, family, and home to venture into the misleading volunteer work of Humanitarian aid. Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid by Jessica Alexander is a conglomeration of stories that are written from Jessica’s memory. “It is a true account based on [Jessica’s] best recollections of the events and [her] experiences.”.

Have you ever thought that three completely different stories might have something in common? It might seem unlikely, but now you can change what you previously thought! The short stories Contents of a Dead Man’s Pockets by Jack Finney, The Leap by Louise Erdrich, and The Trip by Laila Lalami, all have their similarities and differences on several aspects. This can be demonstrated through the topics of setting, conflict, characters, and theme. These topics help make up the plot of each story. No story is the same, but they can have similar messages or themes meant for the audience. Some can argue that these three short stories are completely different, but other individuals differ. These main elements from each story can be both, depending on one’s point of view.

The book New Found Land was written by Allan Wolf in 2004, Allan used striking poetic features and fictional characters to recreate Lewis and Clark 's expedition across the continent. There mission, find the fabled Northwest passage to the pacific ocean, this group of courageous Americans may never come back. Through his use of Historical and fictional characters, Wolf was able to showcase the different viewpoints of Lewis and Clark 's crew. One of the key characters that led the expedition to success was Meriwether Lewis. I chose to look up his last name due to the fact that his last name is the more well known than his first name. Lewis is the english form of the french name Louis, this form was also derived from the german name Ludwig

In the story The House of the Scorpion, written by Nancy Farmer, the main character is Matt, who is a clone of El Patron. The main setting of the story is in the Mexican area in the future. In the beginning of the story, Matt only knows one other person and only one person knows about him, that person is Celia. The main problem in the story is that when Matt finally gets exposed to other people, he finds out he’s a clone and also finds out that most people despise of clones. The solution is that during El Patron’s funeral, everyone with some sort of power dies with the wine that El Patron demanded they’d drink when he dies. At the end of the story, Matt is technically not a clone anymore, because El Patron is dead.

The story of “ St. Lucy’s Home for Girls” by Karen Russell introduced a girl named Claudette and followed her through her life during school. The author wrote about her learning how to be civilized. She talks about Claudette’s transformation from her old culture to her new culture. The transformation is put into five stages. The stages represent emotions that Claudette and the other girls would feel during these courses.

Every night, those who watch the news are being fed information about the world surrounding them. Sometimes, that news is being altered and reporters bend the truth as to what happens some cases. “Funny in Farsi” by Firoozeh Dumas is a memoir of a young girl who moved from Iran to America. Firoozeh describes her and her family’s experience moving from Iran and also describes her transition and culture shock. It helped that those neighbouring her were kind and helpful to her and her family however, when her family moved to America after the Iranian revolution the media was filled with stories about how horrible the Middle east was and her family essentially saw a whole

Scarlet Benoit set out to find her grandmother who had been kidnapped for weeks. Walt Masters wanted to warn Loren Hall that stampeders were planning to steal his claim. Farah Ahmedi undertook the mission to escape Afghanistan with a prosthetic leg and her mother. However, all three fought to better the lives of themselves and/or others.

The picture book being analysed is ‘My Two Blankets’ by Irena Kobald and Freya Blackwood. This book was awarded the ‘children’s book council of Australia’ Picture Book of the year for 2015.

‘All The Bright Places’ is a story about love and depression, where a boy, Finch, helps Violet find the will to live, while he has trouble keeping his head above water. My family has gone through the stress, anger and sadness of depression, too: my cousin, Mitch, committed suicide by hanging himself. Although it has been two years, the pain has still not completely gone away.

Compare Contrast Essay There are many differences between Wonder By “Raquel J. Palacio” and The Other Side By Jacqueline Woodson. Wonder is about a Protagonist named Auggie, he has a deformed face many kids call him a freak or mentally challenged. The other side is a story about two Protagonists named Clover and Annie. They are different skin colors. They have a fence that separates blacks from whites.

“In 2009, 33 million people in the United States were second generation immigrants, representing 11% of the national population. The children of such immigrants in the U.S., also known as "second generation immigrants," experience a cultural conflict between that of their parents and that of mainstream U.S. society” (Wikipedia 1). Amy Tan the author of “Two Kinds”, and the young character in the story both are a second generation immigrants, who have struggled in their life with parents, about the culture they assimilating and their real culture.

The Girl with the Broken Wing is a book by Heather Dyer and it’s a good one too! I like it because it’s a comedy and it shows how it would be if angels merged into our world. I got attracted to the book because I saw wings on the front cover and then I read the title which sounded interesting to me. I really liked how the author used her imagination to imagine what kind of chaos would happen if an ANGEL came to school or do other kinds of crazy things.