I Survived...

When one reads a book or article, conflict, setting, and point of view are critical to understand what they're reading. “I Survived, Hurricane Katrina, 2005”, by Lauren Tarshis is a fiction book based on the event of Hurricane Katrina. The novel is about a young boy who lost his family, and is trying to survive. The nonfiction resource “Hurricane Katrina Coverage for Central Alabama” by the National Weather Service is also about Hurricane Katrina but, the author took a different way of writing it

“I Survived” by Lauren Tarshis is a great Historic Fictional series. The notable commentary behind the “I Survived” series is that each story takes place during a significant historical event throughout history. The events that the series highlights are The Destruction of Pompeii, The Nazi Invasion, Japanese Tsunami, The Battle of Gettysburg, The Attacks of September 11, 2001, The San Francisco Earthquake, The Bombing of Pearl Harbor 1941, Hurricane Katrina 2005, The Shark Attacks of 1916 and The

Today I began reading with the book called I Survived. The book is in 1906. It tells you about an earthquake about San Francisco.What happened was Leo and Fletch were in the basement and they saw stuff shaking and they knew it was an earthquake because they seen on the news and it was a warning and that’s why they went down to the basement.Bonnie was scared of the earthquake because she never been in an earthquake. Today I began reading with Leo told Grandpa how people laughed at Leo for doing

Have you ever heard the phrase “If you hide, you might survived”? Well, after all it might be true, during World War || many Jews were going into hiding trying to survived, many did but also many didn’t. We went and decided to interview about three people that survived. From what we have heard and learned, they all experienced pain, fear, losing their families, houses, and sometimes forgetting their own name. They all have different stories but they’re somewhat related to each other, the stories

Neumen I survived the holocaust. The last time I saw you were in the ghettos. I miss you dearly and can't stop thinking about you. Father if you are out there. Whatever happened to you I am so sad that I never got a chance to really get to know you. We grew up in a town called Znojmo, I attended A Hebrew school that you founded. “ Her father was a respected attorney and an ardent Zionist who hoped to immigrate with his family to Palestine.” I don’t know what happened to you because I was just

In the book "I Survived the Grizzlies Attack, 1967: The Graphic Novel" by Lauren Tarshis, one of the most interesting aspects of the main character, Mel, is her bravery and resourcefulness. Throughout the story, Mel faces numerous challenges and dangers, but she never gives up and does whatever it takes to survive. For example, when she is attacked by a grizzly bear, she remains calm and uses her knowledge of the wilderness to outsmart the bear and escape. This demonstrates her determination and

The book I read was called "I survived September 11th 2001." Its one of the books in the I survived series. Written by Lauren Tarshis. And based around true events. The main character in this book is called Lucas an 11 year old boy who loved playing football. His Uncle Benny got him into football after Lucas's father was injured in a fire. Both Lucas's Uncle and Father are firefighters,in New York City Lucas gets hurt in football and his parent have to take him to the docter who speciallizes

The book I Survived The Attack of Pearl Harbor was a great book, but here’s the big question; Is it accurate? Well, thats pretty much what this whole essay is about. But that’s not until the third paragraph, so why don’t you make yourself comfortable will I get to that. This book brings to life many aspects of this attack that I have never thought of. What would it have been like to see the battleships blow up? What would it be like to see all of that destruction? That is what this is all about

bus hissed to a stop and I stepped on for the first time that year. It was my seventh-grade year and I was finally in middle school. The middle school scared me. The big halls, multiple buildings, and two gyms! I had been in the building before but it never seemed real. Stepping off the bus, I finally realized that it was a huge school. I was overwhelmed the first day, but I soon got used to it. However, now I’m an eighth grader. I can officially say that I have survived middle school. The halls

Title: I survived the attacking of twin towers Author: Lauren Tarshis Pages: 112 1. Characters- Lucas is a teenage boy who loves football. Lucas parents think the sport is to dangerous. Benny is Lucas’s uncle, and he also loves football. After Lucas gets hurt so many times he wants him to quit also. 2. Background- Lucas is on the starting football team. His first week into practice he goes to catch a bad pass and gets a concussion. His doctor told him he was going to have to sit out for a two weeks