Why Is Christmas Visions Of Sugar Plums By Janet Evanovich

Cisneros' Barbie-Q really stood out as a great piece of literature. Barbie-Q is a quick glimpse into the life of a poverty-stricken child and her way of life. Though my life as of yet has been rather short, my earliest childhood memories are overwhelmingly my fondest and her account really struck a chord. Sandra Cisneros' accurate reflection of a young mind and intricate writing methods expressed great emotion. Her portrayal of a child's mentality evoked my childhood recollections while her realistic tale of childhood bliss in the midst of poverty caused great empathy on my part making this my preferred work we studied.

Morgan Voss English IV Ms. Gawith 2 October 2017 A New Beginning A nine year old girl is prone to dress dolls, have play dates with her friends and enjoy life as a child, this isn’t the case for Mary B. Addison. In the novel Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson, the main character begins her young journey in baby jail for a crime thrown onto her. After being convicted of murdering a three month old baby, Mary faces obstacles, such as baby jail and a girls’ home.

John Pear asked Katy to sit on the front seat with Mary Lee, Katy refused at first because she was scared that if she gets out of the car, John Pear might drive away and leave her alone. After John Pear told Katy that he wont do what she's afraid of, Katy finally left the car, but right after she closed the door, John Pear locked the door and drove away. Mary Lee begged for John pear to stop but John Pear didn't. Mary Lee later found out that this is what Madrigal did to be entertained, John Pear and Madrigal would drive a person to the neighborhood, lock them out, and would watch them suffer. Mary Lee also found out that John Pear and Madrigal did the same thing to Scarlett, that's why she was afraid of her. The next day was their "Winter Sleigh Day" which is like a winter carnival. During the winter carnival the teenagers were

As Jack wonders through the forest he stumbles upon a doorway to Christmastown, he is impressed by the excitement and feeling of Christmas. Jack shows Halloweentown what he has found and tries to explain Christmas. He decides to take over Christmas by getting the residents of Halloweentown to follow through with his plan. Part of his plan is to get the kid trio to kidnap “Sandy Claws’’. Sally has a horrible premonition that Jack’s Christmas is going to go all

The novel “The Coldest Winter Ever” by Sister Souljah follows the life of the lead character Winter Santiago and her family. Born in Brooklyn,New York, Winter Santiago was the daughter of a young mother and the notorious drug dealer Ricky Santiago. From the beginning of the novel Winter lets it known that she was born into luxury, and just because she lived in the projects of Brooklyn didn't mean she was poor.In fact it was the exact opposite for the Santiago family.Winter came into adolescence as a shallow, self-centered individual, motivated solely by physical attractiveness, material possessions and the desire to attract as many men as possible. On Winter’s six-tenth birthday her father Ricky Santiago decides it's finally time to move his family out of the ghetto. Winter’s mother and sisters were very excited for the move although Winter was livid. The family’s move to a mansion in Long Island did not stop Winter from desiring her ghetto culture. It also didn’t help that neither parents were actual parents to Winter. Shortly after the family moves to Rhode island the FBI raid the house and arrest Ricky Santiago on several charges. After Santiago’s arrest his empire begins to crumble. All of the family possessions are seized leaving Winter, her mother and her three younger siblings to fend for themselves. Winter selfishness didn't let that happen,she decided to go on her own and hustle her way back into the lifestyle she once lived.Unfortunately things didn't work out for winter the way she wanted. Instead of getting things done on her own Winter looked for a man to take care of her, because that was the only thing her mother taught her. The same man that was supposed to love and take care of her let her take the fall for his crimes, and ultimately sent Winter to jail for a fifth-teen year sentence.

(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

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is about six of the worst children in the history of the world, they include Gladys, Claude, Imogene, Leroy, Ollie and Ralph Herdman. Mainly, because they lie; steal, smoke cigars, talk dirty, hit little kids, cuss at teachers, and take the name of the Lord in vain. A small town is turned upside down when the Herdman decide they want to take part in the annual Christmas pageant. According, to Charlie Bradley the best thing about Sunday school is that there are no Herdman there.

It twas the night before Christmas and all through the house a creature was banging on the door Yolanda the magical Christmas hippo of dreams.

Annie Dillard, in “A Christmas Story,” expresses the difference between seeing and understanding, and simply looking without understanding. She begins the story by describing an extravagant banquet. This banquet took place in a hall filled with chandeliers, decorated tables, and centerpieces. Young adults and adolescents were present, while musicians entertained the guests.

Every little girl naturally desires to be daddy’s favorite, mimicking his every move, no matter the price. But what happens when she realizes that being daddy’s little girl may cost her life as she knows it? Imagine candidly abandoning your luxurious life in the United States only to relocate in the least modernized country known to man. In the novel titled The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver, the Belgian Congo brings drastic change upon a person. There are many characters that undergo this process of change, which ultimately portrays to the reader the injustice of the world in its treatment toward the Congo. However, Leah Price consistently undergoes the most change from the beginning of the novel until the end. Throughout the novel

At first, the attention amuses them evident by, “Down to the corner where men can’t take their eyes off of us, we must be Christmas.” However, the stroll quickly turns horrendous when they personally experience the oppression of women on Mango Street, as innocent kids. A local man shouts to them, “Them [the shoes] are dangerous, take them shoes off before I call the cops”. It is significant how a local man regards a trinket that gives the girls confidence as “dangerous”. Later, a drunken neighborhood bum attempts to buy a kiss from them. Terrified that the bum is violent and will attack them, the girls run back home, and hide the shoes in a bag. Later, Lucy’s mother throws them away, and the girls feel relieved.

Connie is a fifteen year old girl who is confident and proud of herself, and almost feels as if she’s invincible, until she has a rude awakening when an unwanted visitor appears at her doorstep. The stories, "Lust" by Susan Minot, "ID" by Joyce Carol Oates, and "Where are you going, Where have you been?" also by, Joyce Carol Oates, describe the female coming of age. The female sexuality of these three young girls is that they didn’t understand their own reality, but yet wanted independence. The authors get across the message by using vivid symbols.

The House on Mango Street is a novel written by Sandra Cisneros about a young girl named Esperanza Cordero, and her transition from childhood into adulthood. Although Cisneros used many different symbolic objects to use as a way to represent Esperanza’s thoughts and feelings, she chose to use shoes in particular as something to represent Esperanza’s loss of innocence as she grows up on Mango Street.

Stephanie is Trew Radfield 's eternal. Her job is to make sure he stays safe his entire life, in the game that is. During the first years of Trew’s Life he is “a happy, healthy boy. He is learning religion and eastern spiritualism. Teachers and neighbors all like young Trew; his charisma is high. He’s a natural leader.” Trew is nine now and is going into Karate for his test to get his blue belt; there he runs into an eight-year-old girl from an American dojo. She is really good and is looking for a good sparring partner, her name is Danielle Benton. At age thirteen Danielle and him video chat all the time. They also read George Knight’s book together over video chat. At age fifteen Trew plans a surprise to visit Danielle on her fifteenth birthday; she was so happy to see him. By the time Trew is sixteen he had broken up with Danielle and has a new girlfriend named Jane. Danielle and Trew have been talking less since he got with Jane because he says it’s hard for him to get anything done around her. Trew and Jane went to a swim party together at a friend’s house one day after school. Trew was told that Jane went to get ice cream for the party, but when he went to the bathroom he saw that she was making out with someone else. He wasn’t too hurt since they had only been dating a month, but that is when he realized that Danielle was the only one that gave him a “tingle” when they kissed, he needed her

The book The Cellar, is about a young girl named Summer fighting and struggling to survive.