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The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey by Homer is an epic that discusses the adventures of Odysseus. Odysseus is a strong Greek leader that was imprisoned on an island and finally is freed. The story discusses his dangerous journey home and his son’s search for him. I would highly recommend this book to avid readers and those interested in Greek mythology. It contains many ideologies of the ancient Greeks and would help to better understand their culture and roots. The story itself is written beautifully by Homer as he incorporates many literary elements into the story, so we can experience this fantastical world for ourselves.

Homer uses vivid imagery to develop many themes . He describes each scene as its own and delves deep in the scenery and the actions of the characters with beautiful diction that fits perfectly, weaving a descriptive image. With this imagery, Homer paints the central idea of to never lose hope and never give up even in the darkest of times. This is because we see that Odysseus loses his crew gradually as they die before his eyes, yet he keeps moving on. We can see each scene vividly as we picture Odysseus’s harsh challenges in the example with his challenge with the Cyclops.  Even has his troops around him perished, we see that his hope is unwavering and he uses his wits to think his way out of the situation he is. We see how with his daring strategy, he pierces the Cyclops’s eye and lets us see how powerful hope is.  We are able to understand this battle because of the imagery that allows us to see what hope should truly represent and how the will to never give is powerful.

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Everything, Everything
By Nicola Yoon
The book I read was “Everything, Everything” by Nicola Yoon. This book is such a great and interesting book that I think everyone should read. “Everything, Everything” is a book about true love and self discovery. The book is about a girl with a life threatening disease who meets a boy, and discovers many, many new things about herself that change her forever. The book is a true love story that makes you feel so happy for the people in the story, even if its not real. The author describes in great detail many events throughout the story, that make you feel as if you’re experiencing it with the characters. As well as the heartfelt love story, there are also many times filled with suspense and surprise. Multiple times while reading, you’ll become so suspenseful to see what they do next and if they actually will do different things in throughout the story. Also, there are a good amount of surprises in the story that will leave you at a loss for words. Overall, I feel that “Everything, Everything” is a great read with a wonderful story that will leave you feeling so happy inside after reading, as I did.

One of the central ideas of “Everything, Everything” is to take risks, no matter the consequences. The author used foreshadowing, along with other literary devices, to help show this central idea. Throughout the story, the main character, who is sick, only wishes to go outside which she can’t do. During the book, the author foreshadows that she will eventually go outside although she knows she could get really sick if she does. She uses foreshadowing to show that she is potentially planning this and weighing out the risks, and might actually go through with her plan. This helps to show the central idea is to take risk, no matter the consequences, because even though Madeline, the main character, can get seriously sick, she still decides it’s worth the risk and that she has to do this for herself.

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Birthmarked
By Caragh M. O´Brien

Summary:Birthmarked by Caragh M. O´Brien is about a dystopian society where citizens living outside the wall have vastly different lives from those inside, and where the true extent of the secrets the society is keeping to defend its citizens´ lifestyles is much more far reaching than it ever seemed to Gaia, a midwife outside the wall, before her parent were arrested.  As time goes on, Gaia is forced to come to the realization that every system has flaws.

Review:Birthmarked was a far cry from an outstanding book.  The story begins with a flat character who in the first scene feels coldly detached from a mother she helping to give birth.  Through this scene and throughout the book she is almost unaffected by begging, and raw emotions in general.  As the story continues, and she sees the fate of rebels who she even sympathizes with, and stillborn babies alike she does not seem as affected as she should be, though it is implied she is growing as a person by her external actions and reactions.  Unfortunately, there was also a true lack of depth to the plot.  By this I mean that the plot´s many tangents could not be properly gone into depth because the author instead tried to describe insignificant details that were unwanted as a reader, filler information if you will.

I would not recommend other students to read this book.

O´Brien used conflict to add to the central idea that knowledge is power.  She did this by making the main character, Gaia, question her life comparatively to those inside the wall, which slowly drew a wedge between her and her society.  As Gaia sees things like rebels standing up for what they believe in, equal treatment for those in and outside the wall,  and sees injustice  after injustice from the water quality and housing to unjust arrests like those of her parents, she eventually fights against the government herself. Through this, she realizes that the only reason she was once satisfied with her life before this information was revealed to her was because she was not given the information she deserved, which added depth to the story.

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Melissa Levine

Milk and Honey is a simple yet exquisite poetry book written by Rupi Kaur. This collection of poetry takes you on a heartfelt exploration through the soul of not only Rupi Kaur, but of hundreds of girls who have felt like they were suffocating under the thick quilt of society’s standards. I think all students should be exposed to this type of eye-opening writing. It’s truly a confidence booster for all women, no matter the age or ethnicity. Along with women, men of any age can most certainly learn from this novel as well.

Within the myriad of skillfully crafted poems in this novel, one motif consistently shines through. Rupi Kaur likes to use figurative language in her poems to emphasize the meaning of each poem. Collectly, her poems refers to one main central idea, which is something along the line of  “Learn to appreciate yourself more than anyone else because you are worth more than anyone has pegged you for or will ever peg you to be”. Her usage of metaphors allows the concept on the central idea to be more vividly explained and is, in turn, more easily grasped.

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The novel, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, by Kathleen Rooney is a fictional story based on the life of Margaret Fishback, the highest paid female advertising copywriter in the world during the 1930’s. In the book, Lillian takes a stroll through the busy streets of 1984 New York on New Years Eve. Lillian takes the reader through her remarkable journey in life while reconnecting with old friends and strangers she encounters on her way to a New Years Eve party. I recommend this book because it beautifully celebrates life in a sense that as people, we can do anything through hard work. It also expresses that even though the bad times are hard, they’re there to teach us something and help us grow as people.

Lillian Boxfish uses her life experiences to teach others how to be strong. The author, Rooney, uses metaphors and personification to develop this idea. Lillian converses with a diverse crowd of people as she goes through the city, and as she speaks with each individual, the author reveals more to her backstory, which is always complete with a lesson wrapped in a metaphor that is applicable or a broad genre of people.

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Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk-Kathleen Rooney

The novel, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, by Kathleen Rooney is a fictional story based on the life of Margaret Fishback, the highest paid female advertising copywriter in the world during the 1930’s. In the book, Lillian takes a stroll through the busy streets of 1984 New York on New Years Eve. Lillian takes the reader through her remarkable journey in life while reconnecting with old friends and strangers she encounters on her way to a New Years Eve party. I recommend this book because it beautifully celebrates life in a sense that as people, we can do anything through hard work. It also expresses that even though the bad times are hard, they’re there to teach us something and help us grow as people.

Lillian Boxfish uses her life experiences to teach others how to be strong. The author, Rooney, uses metaphors and personification to develop this idea. Lillian converses with a diverse crowd of people as she goes through the city, and as she speaks with each individual, the author reveals more to her backstory, which is always complete with a lesson wrapped in a metaphor that is applicable or a broad genre of people.

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Emma by Jane Austen

Emma by Jane Austen is a novel focusing around Emma Woodhouse, a bright, headstrong young lady of high class who enjoys getting into others’ business. Throughout the book, she matures after ruining her friend’s chances to marry a man that she thought to be below her friend class-wise. I highly recommend this book to any student who loves good literature. Jane Austen’s calm, relaxed tone flows through the story, whose plot becomes increasingly suspenseful and realistic. Emma is one of the most relatable characters in the book, as her inner struggle with maturity is one all can identify with. There are no mature concepts in this book, however there is advanced vocabulary. I recommend this slow-paced romance to more advanced readers.

Jane Austen uses conflict throughout Emma to reinforce the theme of the blinding power of imagination. During the rising action, both Harriet and Emma are sure that Mr. Elton is in love with Harriet, however, at the climax, it is revealed that he is in fact in love with Emma. Emma’s conflicts with herself over the guilt at having led Harriet away from what may have been her only chance at a life married well indicate that she now sees clues that should have pointed to the truth. Because she had been so obsessed with the idea that Mr. Elton loved Harriet, she had not seen them and believed her imagination until Mr. Elton revealed the truth. Emma’s conflicts with Mr. Knightley also represent the power of imagination. Emma is of the opinion that Mr. Knightley is biased against Harriet and that he enjoys arguing with her decisions when in reality he loves Emma and is trying to protect bother her and Harriet from the consequences of her actions. Emma later imagines that Harriet loves Frank Churchill, which distracts her from the truth, that it is Mr. Knightley Harriet loves. Through conflict, Austen displays the astounding blinding power of imagination.

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

The book The Five People You Meet in Heaven written by Mitch Albom is a great book dealing with the idea of Heaven and that everyone in life has a purpose. The main characters name is Eddie who has gone through life with anguish because of the tragic events that he’s gone through. When he dies he goes on a journey to find out his purpose on the Earth and why many things happened.

Throughout the book Albom develops a central idea which is that everyone in life has a purpose. The writing strategy Albom used to develop this central idea was repetition. Throughout the book there is a lot of repetition used. One example of repetition is the phrase “today is Eddie’s Birthday”. This phrase is used a lot throughout the story to show how each and every birthday Eddie had was special, as well as the things he did that he did not even realize that were essential for his and other people’s lives.

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Blackbird by Anna Carey

Blackbird by Anna Carey is a mystery novel with twists, turns and intense action. As Kass Morgan said "Tense, taut, and deliciously disorienting, Blackbird  kept me guessing at every turn." The book is about a nameless girl who woke up on train tracks with no memory of who she is. She doesn't know anything about herself, but the only thing she does know, is that people want her dead. I really liked this book because it is very unpredictable, intense and heart racing. I like books that keep you interested and entertained. I recommend reading this book if you are into mystery novels and like to be kept guessing. This book is filled with amazing suspense as the girl tries to unlock clues to find out her identity. This book is also told in second person, so It isn't being told from the main character's perspective, a narrator was telling the story. So, it is also good if you like reading from second person and have someone else tell the story.

A central idea that is being portrayed is to never give up. The main character is going through so much to stay alive and try to uncover the mystery of her own identity. She never gives up on finding the truth even though she can potentially die. A literary element that supports the central idea is the author's use of diction. The book is not written in first person so readers don't know how the characters are feeling and what their perspective is, but the author does a good job of expressing those situations. The author also did a great job of expressing parts of the novel in detail so the readers feel what is going on. When you read it you feel like you are there with them and experience how they feel and think. Overall, Blackbird was definitely worth reading and I highly recommend it.

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Midred D. Taylor

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a historical fiction novel written by Mildred D. Taylor. It tells the life of a nine year-old African-American girl and her family who live in rural Mississippi during the Great Depression facing discrimination because of their race. All they have is each other and their precious land. I highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys seeing different perspectives of situations. In other words, if you are empathetic and are eager to learn about what others are going through, this is the book for you. Personally, I really enjoyed how Taylor’s wording in the novel can make any reader, including me, acquire a clear and true epiphany of the challenges of racial discrimination. The author has the young characters deal with situations that are at times mature for them to handle. This, as a result, brings suspense to certain sections in the book, regarding how these children will resolve the situations. I enjoyed this aspect of Taylor’s writing as well.

There are many central ideas that are expressed in this novel. One of the main themes is that words can have a much deeper meaning and purpose than people may interpret it as, and that language is an extremely powerful tool that is used in different ways. Also, it is important to know who is allowed to speak and who can be told not to speak under certain circumstances. Even today, people abuse language, while others use it for good purposes. Taylor expresses this main idea through well-written characterization and diction. For example, one of the characters in the book is a young white girl named Lillian Jean Simms, who is one of Cassie’s, the protagonist, antagonists. Even at her young age, she had a colorful mouth. One day, Cassie was walking home from school and accidentally bumps into Lillian Jean. Lillian Jean’s reaction was forcing Cassie to apologize and later saying, “You can’t watch where you’re going, get in the road. Maybe that way you won’t be bumping into decent white folks with your nasty self”(86). Even though it is only two sentences, it means a lot. The author is showing that at that time, white citizens considered them to be superior to African-American citizens. While African-American citizens have not done anything to white citizens, they still treated them as inferiorities. These cruel beliefs have originated from adults, and have been passed down to impressionable children, such as Lillian Jean.

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City Of Heavenly Fire
By Cassandra Clare
I just finished reading the book City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare. It is the 6th book in the Mortal Instruments series. The Mortal Instruments series is about different mythical kinds of people from the shadow world being at war because of where they come from and their stereotypes. The main character, Clary Fairchild, is the daughter to the most hateful man towards the other kinds of people known as the downworlders; the series shows the different problems and struggles all of the people in the shadow world face and how they overcome them. The book is told in 3rd person POV so the author constantly had all of the characters having a growing storyline. Many of the characters were developed fully and the author made sure to have her readers all attached to each character in a different way. The author also included not only friendships, but also relationships between different kinds of people in the shadow world; The author also added in relationships between people of the same sex making the story very LGBT+ friendly, and connecting it to the real world even more.

I very much enjoyed these books because it relates to the real world a lot in an odd way you would not expect when you pick up your average fantasy book. In a lot of ways, the different kinds of people in the shadow world relate to the different races of people in the real world. In the shadow world, just as there was in the real world, there was a time where one certain kind/type of people thought they were more superior than others. The author had used the 3rd person POV omniscient to effectively develop her central idea. The central idea of the series is that just because people come from different places and/or look different doesn’t mean that they are less superior or have bad/evil intentions. When the author wrote in 3rd person POV omniscient, she had full access to all of her characters feelings. Because she had access to all of her characters feelings, the readers do too, showing how all of the different kinds of people in her story are feeling and thinking. The author wrote about how the downworlders constantly felt. She showed the readers that not all the downworlders had bad intentions, a lot of them were actually quite humane and have morals just as everyone else. The author did such an amazing job developing her story and central idea fully, this is a book I would definitely recommend to anyone who likes fantasy and a book to keep you on the edge of your seat wondering if there will be peace with the downworld, or if the downworld will be destroyed completely.

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Growing up Latino
Reflection on Life in the United States
(Focusing on one of the characters experiences)
Ilan Stavans
Piri Thomas was a young boy, age 14, who had recently moved into an Italian neighborhood in New York City. Being the only Puerto Rican boy in the neighborhood was tough. He had to move only three blocks up from his former house and had invaded the Italians territory. He ended up having to defend himself and earned the Italian boys respect.  A reader is able to understand from the book why people might get defensive if another group of people might be invading or changing their way of life. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the struggles faced with people attempting to assimilate into another culture. This topic relates to todayś politics, and an direct insight into this may give you a new point of view on how difficult it is to truly assimilate into the American culture.

The author , Ilan Stavans, uses conflict to convey one of the main ideas in the book, that people whose lives are being changed by another group of people might not welcome the sense of change.
The first time Piri walked down 114th Street, he was terrorized by the Italian children, called names like, ¨dirty f**ing spicc¨. He was beat up by all of them, one smacking him in the face, other instances worse. He continued to be terrorized by the Italian kids, until he put a stop to the bullying and punched the leader of the Italian kids, Rocky, in the face. After beating Piri to a pulp, the ¨spaghetti-benders¨ began to be nice to Piri, as if he had earned respect, (although it earned him a visit to the hospital as well). At this time in New York, there was a divide between Puerto Ricans and Italians. Although Piri may not have thought of it like this, the Italian boys saw this as an invasion of their land; they didn't want their way of life the change because some Puerto Rican decided to move to their neighborhood. Through this conflict between Piri and the Italian boys, readers can see that a threat to someone's way of life can take a person to great levels in order to defend themselves against that threat. In this case, the threat was Piri.

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A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah

A long way gone is a personal memoir of the author, Ishmael Beah, who grew up in a small country in western Africa called Sierra Leone. When he was a child, the country was going through a very tough time and a civil war broke out causing havoc, death, and destruction all over the country. When the rebels; who were portrayed as the "bad guys" invaded and sacked his village, he and about 5 friends left in hope of staying alive. Unfortunately, he was separated from his family during this chaotic time. The book has vivid memories with great detail of the tragic events and things he saw while traveling his country in search of safety, and ultimately, returning to his family. As a reader who cannot seem to find genres and topics that he likes, reading this book has been a gateway into realizing that I enjoy things like history, economics, and also psychology. Some other person reading may also connect and figure something out by reading this great tragic story of this man's life as a child soldier. These african civil wars were honestly kind of disturbing and brutal to hear about. It makes you have so much respect and you think about how much this kid saw at such a young age. Overall, one should read this book for enjoyment and to be informed.

Whenever there was a topic about his journey that was specifically gruelling, Beah seemed to remember more vividly about what actually happened, word for word of what his friends even said. In times like those situations, he would use diction to really amplify what he was seeing and thinking at those very moments. He would use such great vocabulary when describing a battle or when he would arrive in a new village to portray to feelings that was rushing through all their minds. My describing the problems, he made you feel so sympathetic and sometimes scared for this boy's young life.

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Orphan Train Girl by Christina Baker Kline

Orphan Train Girl is a historical fiction novel about a girl named Molly Ayer who had been in the foster care system since she was eight years old. While Molly was helping an old woman named Vivian clean out her attic for community service, she finds that there were many parallels between each of their lives. From Vivian’s flashbacks of her life as an orphan traveling from home to home, Molly learns to open her heart to new people, just as Vivian did. The author cleverly incorporates the historical aspects of the experiences that Orphan Train riders have undergone, with a story to parallel that of the train riders’. This novel is properly suited for the younger but more mature young adult audience. This novel is better suited for the younger reader to understand, but requires maturity due to the seriousness of this time in history. As a reader i would recommend this to the younger, but more mature young adults.

Kline’s creative use of flashbacks helps the reader develop the central idea by creating a parallel story for the reader to further understand the tortured lives of the orphan train riders. By using flashbacks, the reader is refreshed with a non-fictional perspective of the story to truly feel the pain and loss of being orphaned and alone in the world. Through the sorrow, Kline is able to bring about the central idea that it’s important to forgive, and that it’s equally important to trust and open up your heart to new people. She carefully places the flashbacks throughout the paralleled story, so that the reader can make their connections from different fictional and non-fictional perspectives. The novel  Orphan Train Girl neatly uncovers another important time in the world's history while creating another perspective of the story, that I believe is definitely worth learning about.

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The Fault in our Stars- John Green

The book The Fault in our Stars by John Green is “A smarter, edgier love story for the Net Generation” as was said by Family Circle. Hazel is a 16 year old teenage girl who suffers from lung cancer.  When she meets Augustus Waters, a teenage boy whom was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, they experience a roller coaster of emotions some of which include romance, sadness, and adventure.  Green does an excellent job by bringing the characters to life as well as causing the reader to feel as if (s)he knows the characters on a personal level. Touching on such a sensitive topic, Green was not too morbid nor did he hold back from telling the story of a true cancer patient.

Aside from these factors, he is also able to use various literary elements to make a beautiful story out of such a tragedy.  One literary element often brought up was diction.  Green uses diction to emphasize certain parts of the novel.  By doing this, the reader gets to experience the characters’ mindsets, actions, and feelings on a whole new level.  I strongly recommend this New York Times bestseller to any reader who enjoys a story filled with romance, humor, friendship, and heartbreak. The friendships and relationships that are created during a devastating time like this are definitely worth reading.

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It- Stephen King

It, a horror novel written by Stephen King, follows the story of a group of children who call themselves "the losers club", as they are being terrorized by "It". "It", a creature that comes in the form of the children's worst fears, follows them into adulthood as they attempt to end "It" in honor of others who had been killed by the creature. Due to sensitive and mature topics such as rape, abuse and suicide, I recommend "It" to young adults and mature teenagers.

The story is told from many different perspectives and alternates from events that occurred during the childhood of multiple characters into their adulthood. Stephen King's use of
flashbacks helped develop the central idea of making the most of opportunities. For example, he tells the story of the members of "the losers club" as children, showing how they once had the chance to kill "It" and didn't follow through. He then demonstrates how missing this opportunity affects them as adults, showing how fighting "It" as grown-ups was much more difficult and resulted in the death of many.

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Burning Bright- Nick Petrie

Burning Bright is a fictional story about war veteran Peter Ash who sought peace among the Redwoods of California. However, when he bumps into a grizzly bear he is forced to retreat up a nearby sapling. There, he finds something strange. A woman. A women on the run, with the echoing sound of gunshots not too far away. These two join forces, and with one step ahead of their pursers they must race against the clock to unravel a mystery before it's too late. What they find leads to a shady pseudo military organization, and an extraordinary tool that could change the modern world forever. This is a novel for older teens and adults. This is because the book contains strong language and mature themes. I recommend this to those who are into action and thriller novels.

The author used a lot of imagery to help the readers see what the story is portraying. Petrie uses this skill frequently to help the readers understand what is fully going on. He also uses imagery to help the readers feel like they are in the story itself, and it helps them paint a picture of what is happening, inside their head. Things like a detailed description of the environment around the main characters, and a detailed description of faces helps us understand more, and adds an exciting twist to an otherwise boring part of the story.

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If I stay - Gayle Forman
If I stay is a book about the choice between life or death. When the main character, Mia has a snow day along with her family. They decide to go to visit her grandparents, but on the way they get into a calamitous accident that puts her whole family in the hospital. Mia is alive but in a different way... Mia is alive in spirit, she can see and hear what is going on around her but no one else can see or hear her. Mia sees how everything is affecting everyone around her. She is left with the choice of whether she wants to live or die. She lives between the world of flashbacks and the present to help her decide to stay or go. In the end Mia decides to "stay" even though she must learn to live without her mother, father, and little brother. She decides the relationships with the people that are still alive are too important to let "die" . A story told through flashbacks and a spirit to guide you through what is occurring through closed doors I would recommend this book for teens or young adults, due to the language used and imagery used to describe different points throughout the story. This story could be graphic for younger people therefore as a reader i would recommend the book for young adults and teenagers.

Forman uses a lot of imagery throughout her story. This imagery develops many pictures and scenes in your head. The imagery used also gives you a much better understanding of what is going on in this story. She uses imagery to describe what Mia is seeing and hearing while in acoma. she uses imagery to describe her flashbacks and all different memories that she shares with each person that helps her weigh the facts of whether she lives or dies.

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The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

Set against the turbulent backdrop of Taliban era Afghanistan, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini follows young Afghani man, Amir, throughout his quest for redemption and closure. A tale told through metaphors and flashbacks, we see Amir grow and progress through his journeys and the people in his life. Due to its setting, the book contains mature themes such as rape and ethnic cleansing that are best suited for older teens and young adults. Along with mature themes, the book also contains many extended metaphors and symbols that are potentially difficult to digest for readers. As a reader, I recommend this book for young adults and higher level teenagers.

Hosseini uses perspective to convey both the gravity of Amir’s situation and how he deals with it, as well as develop a central idea of redemption, and how it is always possible. Amir learns that despite all he may have done and witnessed, there is still a way for him to redeem his past actions. Looking at the story through Amir’s eyes, the reader gets a constant sense of familiarity, and can see themselves, to a lesser extent, in the character. As Amir describes his tumultuous emotions and immense guilt, the reader gets drawn into the story, and begins to think about many topics that they may not have considered before. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a beautiful book that should be read
by everyone at least once in their life.

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Eldest - Christopher Paolini
Eldest Is the second book in the Eragon series, about a young kid who finds one of the last dragon eggs and gets connected mentally to the dragon, becoming a rider. He must train and overcome many obstacles to overthrow Galbatorix, a dragon rider who became a traitor and killed all the other dragon riders, and release the continent from his control. It's a very good book, i would recommend it to anyone who likes fictional books filled with action and many strategic/ political aspects.

The central Idea of "Eldest" is that with enough determination, you can accomplish anything. The author uses characterization to develop this central idea by characterizing many of the main characters as very resolute, such as when the village gets across the spine, a very dangerous mountain range, with determination and willpower alone. This shows that with enough determination and perseverance you can overcome any goal.

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Halt's Peril- John Flanagan

Halt's Peril is the ninth book of a fictional book series following a teenager named Will that is an apprentice trying to follower his masters trade and overcoming many difficult obstacles along the way. This book follows Will, his master, Halt, and friend chasing after a group that tricks people into giving them money and runs of with it before they can do anything. Halt gets poisoned along the way and Will struggles to keep him alive. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes fictional action packed books because it it very thrilling and keeps you wondering what will happen next.

The central idea of this novel is to keep on going even when things get really tough. Some people give up if they reach a hard obstacle, but in this book everyone does whatever they can to help and keep pushing to the very end. The author often used imagery to accurately show a representation of what was going on at the time and make you feel like you were experiencing the events in the book in firsthand.

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Murder Games - James Patterson

Murder Games is a fictional novel about a murder mystery thriller with intense suspense, and elaborate plot twists. A serial killer (known as The Dealer) is on the loose in the streets of Manhattan, the only clue linking the gruesome, scandalous murders together is a playing card. Elizabeth Needham who is the detective in charge of the case turns to an unlikely ally-- a professor whose book turned up at a murder scene. Elizabeth and Dylan must connect the clues to discover what the victims have in common before The Dealer runs through his entire deck.

Throughout the novel we learn a lot about the main character Dylan. He is trying to adopt a baby and become a father. Dylan has absolutely no experience working as a detective, but has tons of knowledge about the psychology of people like me and you or people like The Dealer. He becomes an important ally to the detectives. Having no experience as a detective it is very hard for him to pass off as one. There are many times in the novel when The Dealer outhinks Dylan and the detectives. Dylan wanted to quit the case many times and go home to his family, but he pushed through the obstacles and was successful in the end.

The central idea that Patterson develops throughout the novel is that one should keep going when times are hard and seem impossible. Patterson uses the literary technique of a motif to help develop the central idea. Each playing card represents death, destruction, and pain. For every playing card that is found at a murder scene, Dylan feels even more that he has failed and let the victims down. He feels that The Dealer is in his head and will always be one step ahead of him. He feels a sense of hopelessness and wants to give up. But thanks to Dylan's sense of determination and grit he is able to stop The Dealer and go home safely.

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Napoleon Hill's Keys to Success: The 17 Principles of Personal Achievement -Napolean Hill

The book that I have read was a great book. It gave me inspiration to change myself and do good things. It made me think about the decisions I should make and made me a better person in general. Napolean Hill's Keys to Success teaches you the principles on what you should do in life in order to become a  successful person. I would recommend this book to everybody because it teaches you life skills that you will need to know later on in life and who does want to know how to become successful.

The central idea that the author Napolean Hill developed during the story was, in order to be successful you will need to sacrifice the things you want. Most successful people sacrifices time, family, and also the things they like to do. The effective writing strategy that the author used to convey the reader about the central idea was repetition. Napolean Hill constantly says that you know need to always know what you have to do in life. He also said that you have to set goals or milestones for yourself as to go along.

I Am A Expert Procrastinating
Full Time Procrastinator
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The Boy In The Striped Pajamas - John Boyne

This is a very powerful book about the Holocaust. This book touches so many people's hearts because of it's unusual perspective . The story is told through the eyes of the 9-year-old son, Bruno, of one of the commandants at Auschwitz. This boy has no clue as to what is going on around him. Reading through the book through the eyes of this innocent boy allows readers to feel empathy and really see how deep and meaningful this book is. Readers will be struck by the contrast between Bruno's normalcy and naivety, and the extreme horrors of the time.

The theme of friendship is a big theme in the book. John Boyne uses the literary technique of point of view to portray this theme. This allows Boyne to tell the story through Bruno's eyes, but it still allows the story to show other character's thoughts and mind sets. Readers of the book can see that the theme of friendship is apparent due to the Bruno's and Smhuel's devotion to one and other despite their different backgrounds and circumstances

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Steve Jobs- Jessie Hartland
This graphic biography is
about the creator of Apple, Steve Jobs, inventor (1955-2011). This story starts off when he was first born and it ends on how successful Steve Jobs is even after his death. Steve Jobs was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs, a lower middle class couple who moved to suburban city of Mountain View, California. Steve grew up in a neighborhood of engineers working on electronics and other gizmos in there garages. This shaped his interest for his future life. This book takes you through the journey of a young boy who drops out of college and becomes the world greatest inventor and founder of Apple Inc.
I fully suggest other students to read this biography on Steve Jobs because it gives great business advice and strategies along with being successful in life. As a student I appreciate every aspect of the Apple Iphone and the technology that goes along with it.
The author told us everything about Steve Jobs in his successful technologies. Jessie Hartland described through a combination of black and white illustrations and hand written text. This entertaining biography in graphic format shows the story of the ultimate American entrepreneur, the man who bought us Apple Computer, Pixar, Macs, I Pods, I phones and more. Steve Jobs passed away at age 56 after a years long fight with pancreatic cancer. His legend still lives on today and his inventions will inspire us for a lifetime.

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The Lost Boy- David Peltzer

The novel The Lost Boy is the second book in a trilogy about the hardships of a boy named David whose mother continuously abuses him physically, mentally and emotionally. This book takes you through his journey to different foster homes after he was saved from his abusive mother. As he moves through the foster homes you see how traumatized he is, he doesn't know what love is, and he thinks that everything he does, he will get punished for. I highly recommend reading this book along with the first book in the series, A Child Called it. It was a real eye opener for me, because it never really crossed my mind that this can actually happen to someone.

Throughout the novel Peltzer continues to exude the theme of love and acceptance. Most of his life was spent being rejected by his family. He viewed the world as a hostile, frightening place. This is shown at when he gets to his first foster home, he is frightened, fearing punishment for any misdeed, and scared that he will be returned to his mother. At nights, instead of sleeping, he sits up holding his knees, rocking back and forth and humming to himself. He finds it hard to be accepted and loved by people but eventually learns to gain their trust.  it is when he is with his final foster parents, Harold and Alice Turnbough, that he learns to love and accept love unconditionally as part of a loving family. By the end of the book he can call Alice mother and Harold father without feeling awkward about it.

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Desert Flower-Waris Dirie

I would recommend the book, Desert Flower, by Waris Dirie, to other students to read this book because of the inspiring life changes Waris, the main character, puts herself through. Since the book covers her life story, we see how she changes unfortunate events into positive outcomes. Waris’s story is an inspiration to all to incorporate into our lives. Waris changes her nomadic Somalian life, into a successful career across the world, unheard of to ever happen to members of tribes similar to her own. Waris experienced traumatic near-death situations along her journey after running away from home, at the age of 13. She escaped the harsh reality of women circumcision, abuse, and premature marriage and pregnancy from her home and culture. I enjoyed reading "Desert Flower" because of the character development and the way the storyline was carried out by the author. The author adds Waris's thoughts ranging from pure bliss to natural envy. Using real emotions help relate to the reader more. I liked how the author also kept the storyline straightforward with a clear problem and resolution instead of deviating to open-ended irrelevant plots. Overall I would recommend this read to anyone wanting to broaden their horizon on different cultures in a different way.

The author, Waris Dirie, used the writing strategy, figurative language, to develop the central idea. The central idea is that people need to overcome tough problems by using perseverance. By frequently using similes and metaphors (figurative language) to deepen the meaning and give a better representation of nomadic lifestyle characteristics not commonly known to the average foreigner. Waris thinks to herself, “I never heard her say, ‘I’m fed up with this, anymore.’ Mama was simply silent and hard as iron” (Dirie, 29). This quote compares Waris’s mother to an iron in the form of a simile. The comparison shows that Waris’s mother is strong. The reader learned that it is important to not give up because things will always get better. The reader can learn this from Waris’s mother being a strong person through her toughest times. Waris’s mother uses the central idea of perseverance developed by the author.

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A Stolen Life- Jaycee Dugard

In the autobiography,  A Stolen Life, a girl named Jaycee Lee Dugard tells us her paralyzingly painful story of what it was like getting kidnapped at age 11, and not being able to speak her own name for the next 18 years of her life. This book was not just inspirational but it was an eyeopener of the unspoken acts of children being kidnapped and raped. We often don't want to hear, learn, or speak much about the cruel and devastating crimes because it's confusing to think that such horrible and seem to be intolerable situations can happen in this world. Jaycee Dugard wrote this book to help other people that might be going through something similar or struggling. Not one detail or feeling she felt during her experience was omitted from the writing because she wanted to let everyone know the truth in complete honesty and did not want to feel like she had to keep this a secret any longer. I highly recommend that people should read this book because I think that people should see what goes on behind closed doors that the public doesn't talk about, and it's such a powerful moving story about Jaycee and gaining her freedom back.

Dugards use of anecdotes helps to convey the idea that people should not lose help. Throughout her story, Jaycee talks about how she never would give up in hopes of seeing her family again. She would not give up fighting because she knew her mom would not give up looking for her, even after 18 years. Sometimes when she was uncertain of her survival, she would look at the moon like her mother and her used to when she lived back home. Jaycee also tells us about the meaning of a pinecone to her. Before she was taken, the last thing she touched when she fell to the ground was a pinecone. The hard and sticky pinecone was her last grip on freedom before her eighteen years in captivity. That feeling has stuck with her in hopes of getting to feel it once again, not just the hard and sticky feeling, but the feeling of freedom. Since Dugard shared her personal stories, and was able to hold on to hope and survive, readers can take away the idea to not lose hope.

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Deanna Bordonaro                             Ender's Game.

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Deanna Bordonaro                             Ender's Game.

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Ender's Game  is a fiction novel written by multiple award winner Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game was published on January 15, 1985. Ender's game is about a young boy named Ender who ends up saving the Galaxy from an enemy he didn’t know he was at war with. The book shows Ender and his journey to defeat countless enemies. I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a fast paced science fiction novel. Scott Card went  into so much depth about the characters and their relationships. When ever Ender would engage in  battle or be in a fight with a classmate/ opponent, it would create a tense atmosphere that would leave on the edge of me seat.

As a reader I believe that Scott Card used person vs. self conflict throughout the novel to convey the central idea that, people can't just deal with a part of an issue, they have to defeat the entire issue so it has no chance of recurring. This theme is presented on page 7 when Ender confronts his bully after his monitor is removed, “I have to win this now, and for all time, or I’ll fight it every day and it will get worse and worse.” . Throughout the entire book ender is constantly fighting with himself between staying moral or making the decision that he knows will end with the human race winning but many lives would be lost on both parties of the battle. When ever Ender made a more brutal move in battle he was reminded of his brother, Peter, who tortured Ender his entire childhood.

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This 18th century love story follows Catherine Earnshaw as she struggles to decide between the man she loves and the man she wants to love. The contrasting personas show the muddy line between love and hate, and what happens when the those dichotomies cross. Due to the themes and sophisticated vocabulary Bronte uses in her novel, I would recommend this work to young adults, and advanced teens. This novel is perfect for analyzing classical literature, and the intricate details that represent
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Although the strategic sequence of how the story is told may seem confusing at first, by the end of the novel its obviously essential to the story's impact. The majority of the story is told as a recount of memories that Miss Nelly Dean witnessed whilst living amongst Catherine and the Earnshaw family. At the beginning of the book Bronte shows you the misery in which many characters are presently living, before then telling how that came to be in a long flashback. The story then is told and continues onto present day, where it is revealed how their individual stories end. This order not only draws the reader in from the beginning but it shows the evolve of the characters  love and hate over time.This flashback order Bronte used helped to stress the central idea that strong feelings of love can destroy a person more than hatred ever could. This plays out between many characters, as they deny and confuse their demise to be their hatred, rather than their immense love.

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