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When lonely India Opal Buloni takes home a stray dog she finds at the supermarket, her whole life changes in ways she couldn't have imagined. India Opal Buloni has just moved to the small town of Naomi, Florida, with her father, a preacher who "reminded me of a turtle hiding inside its shell." Her mother abandoned them years before, and Opal feels alone and abandoned in her new town. At the supermarket she rescues a stray dog who looks "like a big piece of old brown carpet that had been left out in the rain," and names him Winn-Dixie, after the market. She soon discovers that he is great at making friends, and because of Winn-Dixie, Opal is learning to see beyond people's surfaces. The ex-con who runs the pet shop plays music that mesmerizes animals. A woman rumored to be a witch is just an old lady who is half-blind but can see with her heart. A pinched-faced girl harbors a tragic secret. And all are soon her friends.

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Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo (born March 25, 1964,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo is an American writer of children's fiction for all reading levels.

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There  was a dog he was alone no family no shelter no food. In order  the dog to survive he had to steal from a store so he can have food. but once he was going to steal some food from the store the owner found him and was about to do something to him but before he did something to the dog he asked who's dog is this and that's where Main character India comes in when she saw the dogs face she saw that he was sad so she said that it was her dog then the owner of the store released him and then she named him Winn-dixie after the store,because she found him in the store so she decided that she would name him Winn-Dixie.

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Written by the original author, Fummy, and translated by the game's English translator, vgperson, The Diary of Ellen is a prequel story to The Witch's House. It's recommended this story be read after seeing the true ending of The Witch's House. the author is unknown.

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Ellen feeds the house souls of all kinds and the house give's Ellen medicine or gifts to Ellen for their thanks. Ellen needs the medicine to be cured from her sickness so she can be free.

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Zayneb is the kind of person who wakes-up angry at the world and everyone in it. But, she uses that anger and fights against the Islamophobes at her school.

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Apple didn't have many friend and the friends she had at the beginning betrayed her and kept on putting apple down so she can feel bad for her self but after some time she met her real friends,Even and her other friend.They helped her to get back at them and they completed their dreams of singing and Apple's dream of playing the guitar like the beetles.

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Multiple Sclerosis is a serious illness with a survival rate of less than 50%. It's a severe weakening illness that causes severe Nerve damage between the Brain and the body. So if the two can't communicate, things won't function. And over time your body get's weaker and weaker. Adam Chen(The main Male protagonist) Is diagnosed with MS, likewise is mother. His diagnosis is genetic due to his mother passing away from this horrid disease.

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I enjoyed The Crossover it was very, easy to read. Kwame Alexander did a great job with the poetry, and the story. It really made the book feel fun. I finished the book in about 2 days since it really isn't hard to read, this book is great probably one of my favorites, and definitely my favorite book this year. The author is great he does a fabulous job with his story, and his choice of words. Its just an amazing book and overall the best that I have read this year, and definitely deserves that New berry Medal.

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Kwame alexander is the author of over 20 books.And a book that is my favorit crossover. Kwame alexander use to writes love pomes and thats what got him staeted.

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In the book, Apple gets laughed at for being a "Dog eater which she is not because people thinks she eats dog and because of this Apple docent like her culture,her own eyes,her name, and many other things.After she finds new people she learns that she shouldn't care and she sees through the cruelty of her classmates.

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Family is important in the book because Amina and her family always help each other and have a lot of trust with each other. Her parents always try to help her in any way she needs and even though Amina and her brother fight a lot its because that normal sibling behaviour they are still supportive and care for each other.

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Amina loved to sing but she is shy and doesn't like to talk in front of alot of people other than her friends and family.

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I feel like johns dads had the most impact in his life from teaching him how to read to teaching him how to play basketball he always relied on his dad. After the lost of hisdad john is heart broken

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Singing is important in the book because Amina has a very good voice and is a great singer but only Soojan and her cousin know that because she is very shy.

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The crossover is one of my favorite books that I have read this year because it is about sports and has poetry in it. Another reason the Crossover is my favorite book is because it is very interesting, powerful, inspiring and easy to read.

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In Apples school there is something called the Dog log which has the top 10 most ugliest girls and Apple gets in 3rd place there.The Dog Log gets apple bullied more and also makes her lose herself because of it.

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smoking was a big thing for most of the characters in the book but Alaska had said she smokes to die while the others smoke to look cool. as well as miles thinking at the beginning of the book that smoking is a way to ¨it in.¨

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Culture is important in the book because Amina is pakistani and Emily is chinese. Amina's family eat cultural food a lot and sometimes talk in their language too. When Amina goes to Soojan's house her family is chinese so her mom cooks chinese foods for her.

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The Blue Hijab was a very important small detail. The silky Blue fabric that made Zayneb stand out to Adam. When they were on the Plane going from the U.S and the UK, to Doha. Adam noticed her as she was one of the only girls on the plane with a Hijab on. With that, that's how Adam met Zayneb. Throughout the book it mentions her use of many different shades of blue and how she claims she hates blue, but Adam...he LOVES it. He's obsessed with her Blue Hijabs. (Spoiler: Also there's a scene in the book of them on the beach together, and they try not to love each other, so they came up with a deal to not like each other. But...they end up failing...horribly. Adam ends up talking about his "Rain" which is Zayneb. But because of the Blue Hijab that's what he name her.)

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books and biographies are important to the story since miles would read biographies to get famous last words but books were also seemed important to Alaska since she had piles and piles of books in her dorm room that she said she would read them all before she died.

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By: Erin Entrada Kelly

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Apple, Who can't get a guitar and is saving for one gets a idea from her friend,Even.They g to Mr Z's classroom and tell him about wanting to use the guitar and then gets a guitar from him to use.This guitar is important because it started all of the things that they did after that and helped Apple a lot.

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Amina has never been comfortable in the spotlight. She is happy just hanging out with her best friend, Soojin. Except now that she's in middle school everything feels different. Soojin is suddenly hanging out with Emily, one of the "cool" girls in the class, and even talking about changing her name to something more "American."

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Pranks were Alaska's favorite thing to do, and she was really good at them as well. There biggest prank was Alaska's end of the year prank. She was never able to complete the prank because of unfortunate events. But Miles, Chip, and Takumi all decided to complete the prank in memory of Alaska.

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The weekend warriors is a term Miles and his friends use. It means that these people are rich and they get to go home every weekend. Miles and his friends despise the weekend warriors. They go after each other with pranks bigger than the last one.

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When Miles first came to the school he wasn't sure if he would be able to make friends. But wants his roommate chip came into his life he had just made 3 new friends. His friends are Alaska, Chip, and Takumi.

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4.5 stars ~ Trigger warnings: islamophobia, racism, talk about rape, death of loved one, grief, discussions of war. This was quite the pleasant read. I didn't expect to love it as much as I did. Not only did it have amazing Muslim rep, but it was also very enjoyable.

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Apple Yengko has one possession from the Philippines-a Beatles cassette tape with her father's name written on it. She knows every song by heart.

After her father's death when she was very young, Apple and her mother moved to the United States. There is not much diversity in Apple's small Louisiana town. Her classmates call her Chinese though she is Filipina and bully her with taunts of "dog-eater." Apple's self-esteem plummets when she learns she is on the Dog Log, the boys' list of the ugliest girls, and her friends abandon her. She hates her name, her mother's accent, the shape of her eyes, everything that makes her different. She takes refuge in music, becoming determined to get her own guitar, despite her mother's protests. Slowly, Apple develops new, healthy friendships. She comes to see through the cruelty of her classmates and to discover the unique characteristics that make her special. Each character in Kelly's debut novel-the mean kids, the misfits, the adults and Apple herself-is portrayed with remarkable authenticity. The awkwardness and intense feelings inherent to middle school are palpable.

Children's literature has been waiting for Apple Yengko-a strong, Asian-American girl whose ethnic identity simultaneously complicates and enriches her life. (Fiction. 9-14)

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Apple Yengko has one possession from the Philippines-a Beatles cassette tape with her father's name written on it. She knows every song by heart. After her father's death when she was very young, Apple and her mother moved to the United States. There is not much diversity in Apple's small Louisiana town.

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If there's one time of life when things come into focus your self-image, your relationships, your beliefs, your fears, your triumphs, your loves in short, everything that is you, it has to be your high-school years. It is for many the crucible of our personalities, where the "me" of existence is forged for all time. In his first novel, Looking for Alaska, John Green captures that feeling with freshness, candor and heart. Miles Halter is a rising junior in a boarding school in rural Alabama. The Florida teen is used to the sun, but not the stifling, sticky heat of the Deep South. He's also not used to being one of the gang, but at Culver Creek this shy, gangly boy is accepted for what he is, albeit after being wrapped in duct tape and thrown into a lake. Like any school, there are cliques, the biggest two being the rich locals who go home for the weekend and the kids who are there 24/7. The latter group adopts Miles, and within that group his particular circle of friends is certainly unique: there's The Colonel, his brilliant but slightly insane roommate; Takumi, the Japanese kid with the Southern accent; and Alaska Young, "the hottest girl in all of human history." Apart from a demanding academic load, their main amusements consist of smoking, drinking and the Culver Creek tradition of playing pranks on the other group all while avoiding the searing gaze of The Eagle, the school's headmaster.

The experiences come fast and furious to Miles, but the center of his universe is definitely Alaska. Alternatively flirty and distant, friendly and angry, unattainable (with a boyfriend in college) and available, and fiercely intelligent, the force of her personality leads Miles and his friends into a labyrinth of emotions that, after a shattering tragedy, leave him wondering if there's any way out.

Green has written an inventive novel, one that will help young readers assess their place in the world and how they deal with one another. Looking for Alaska is funny, sad, inspiring and always compelling.

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Book Review - Looking for Alaska by John Green

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If there's one time of life when things come into focus your self-image, your relationships, your beliefs, your fears, your triumphs, your loves in short, everything that is you, it has to be your high-school years. It is for many the crucible of our personalities, where the "me" of existence is forged for all time.

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Maddy (Amandla Stenberg) is a smart, curious and imaginative 18-year-old who is unable to leave the protection of the hermetically-sealed environment within her house because of an illness. Olly (Nick Robinson) is the boy next door who won't let that stop them from being together. Gazing through windows and talking only through texts, Maddy and Olly form a deep bond that leads them to risk everything to be together, even if it means losing everything.

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This particular list is one that the boys of there grade made up to rate the girls in there grade. If you were on this list you were one of the ugly people in the school so they said. This made girls want to change there self's to fit in.

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Simón Bolívar is important since Alaska loves his last words.  “Damn it, how will I ever get out of this labyrinth!” At the beginning of the book, Alaska isn’t sure if Bolívar’s labyrinth symbolizes life or death.

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i picked the beach because maddy wanted to go to the beach so back that she snuck and made her dream came true

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Friendship is important to the story because Miles was not a popular guy before he went to the boarding school but when he went there he met someone and instantly became friends and his new friend tough him about the school and helped him make friends one of which dies in the story but he has his other friends there to help and support each other.

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Friendship is important in the book because Soojan and Amina used to be best friends until Amina felt like she was losing Soojan to Emily. Soojan stops listening to her and getting mad at her. Amina accidently leaked something about Emily and Soojan gets mad at her. When she hears about the Mosque burning she feels sorry for her. Amina learns that Emily also considered Amina her friend so at the end they all figured through the misunderstanding.

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When Miles first walked in to Alaska's room he had seen her big collection of books. She had gotten them at a garage sale. She had planned to read them all before she dies.

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josh dad was in the NBA himself and josh always wanted to wear his dads nba ring to school because he thought it was cool to wear around

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Is a Indian-Canadian Author. As she is the author of Love from A to Z and many other amazing books(I literally love her!) She makes young teen novels, but she also makes sure some Muslim representation in her books.

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In The Crossover family is one of the most important things, since Josh and Jordan's father was the one that introduced them to basketball, and taught them everything he knew about basketball. Then, the major conflict of the story is about family, and it is Josh's mom who suspends him from the team.

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She is the author of the book. She makes young adult romance books but she just so happened to make a teen/less explicit book

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In the book Apple really needed a guitar but her mom wouldn't get her even though she asked her so many times so one time when she was called to the office she saw a wallet on a table and she decided to grab it.She got it but realized it was a bad thing to do and was about to put it back when she got caught and was in big trouble with her mom .

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Cigarettes where important to the story because it show Miles met Alaska and it is also how he got in trouble smoking with his friends and got put in the schools Court room on trial of violating the rules.

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The Mosque is an important part of the book because near the end it got burnt down. It also happened at a time Amina wasn't very happy because her friends were mad at her. But when they heard the mosque got burnt down they forgot about it. So, in some ways it brought a friendship back together. Amina and her brother had a contest coming up in the mosque that she was not excited for but since it got burnt the couldn't do it but then Amina felt guilty. Amina and her brother also went to the mosque for Sunday school.

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i think this has been one of the main topics in this book josh has been working hard everyday to get better at basketball one of his dreams was to grow up and play basketball

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Miles had never planned to start smoking. But once one was in his had he had gotten hooked on them. He never smoked very many though. But latter on in the story once Alaska past he was smoking like crazy.

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Team also has a very vital role in The Crossover since a lot of the book is on basketball and family, its also a lot on Team. The basketball team itself is a family, since they have a good and strong friendship,

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Apple becomes so set on getting a guitar that she steels!! apple was 20$ sort of the amount of money she needed to get a guitar. so when after class she looked over at the teachers desk and there is a 20$ bill just hanging out of his wallet. apple did something that she regrets in the future.

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Towards the end of the book, the notes that have been left from someone for Samantha gave her a riddle and once she figured out the riddle, she found out that she was the one who killed Cassie and it was Cassie haunting her and giving her those notes. Apparently, one day, Samantha was really angry at Cassie when they got into an argument at the waterfall park and Samantha had pushed Cassie down the waterfall but when she woke up the next day-...she didn't remember a thing so she believed that Cassie had been murdered

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Weakened Warriors was a term used to explain that that person goes home on the weakened in looking for Alaska because they are at a boarding school and Miles and his friends hate the weakened warriors.

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When ever Miles was with Alaska he was most likely drinking. For example, when they left the school and hung out in the woods. Miles had gotten drunk because Alaska had brought bottles of Alcohol.

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last words are important to the book since miles was very obsessed with them since miles thinks of last words as a way to summarize the way a great person lived. but after Alaska´s death he couldn't stand the thought that he did not know her last words.

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The author of Amina's voice is Hena khan,a pakistani author who was born in Maryland.She likes to write her books to american muslims or youth from other cultures.She writes her books about herself in her past life and her culture/islam.She likes to write about realistic fiction about herself but different people.And she hopes other people that have close backgrounds to her and stand tall and believe in themselves

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There was a certain waterfall park that Samantha used to go to with Cassie and she found Cassie's body there so she didn't know if Cassie had did something to herself, if it was an accident or if someone else did it to her.

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The swan is a part of the story because it had bitten Miles when he was setting off bombs. Which had lead them to almost getting caught.

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Family is one of the major parts of The Crossover, the book really is about family because Josh listens to his family and he and JB are brothers and play basketball on the same team. Also his mom is the Vice Principal who stopped Josh from playing basketball for most of the season, and the sequal to this book is also about family from his dads side.

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Samantha had a great relationship with her boyfriend until Cassie died. Then, Samantha started going nuts so her and her boyfriend fell off..and I think she cheated? I don't remember.

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Miles the main character loved to learn last words and when Alaska his friend died he tried so hard to find out what here last words were because he believed it would put him to piece.

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Hena Khan is a Pakistani American who was born in Maryland. She lives with her husband and two sons. She likes to write realistic fiction stories and about her religion and culture. She grew up always reading. Her mom believed that children should be reading and not whining about bedroom so she always took Hena to the library and Hena always bought new books. She likes to read because she wants to leave an impression on kids like she did when she used to read as a kid. She hopes that they pick up the lessons she leaves.

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i picked white daises for an object because  For Alaska white flowers  symbolize her mother. Before her mother died she would put white daises in Alaska's hair. since daises are traditional symbols of innocence.

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Apple has had her share of being is crazy friendships. she had gone from being back stab to finding the best Friends she could ask for. in the beginning she is one of the girls that change there self's to fit in and her so called "friends" would make fun of her. apple quickly relisted that that is not the people she wants to be around and she soon finds other people.

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The Crossover revolves around basketball as it runs in the family with Josh, Jordan and their dad playing. Most of the books action takes place on the court, whether it is about Josh and  and it is always discussed about how Josh and Jordan want to go pro.

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Samantha had been getting weird notes at different times everyday that would gives her clues on where to look next, who to question or a riddle that would get her further

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Nicola Yoon is a Jamaican-American author. She is best known for writing the 2015 young adult novel Everything, Everything, a New York Times best seller and the basis of a 2017 film of the same name. In 2016, she released The Sun Is Also a Star, a novel that was adapted to a film

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Alcohol is important to the story because it was a way that Miles and his friends celebrated and it was the down fall of Alaska one of the Miles friend.

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I choose biographies because Miles the main character loved to learn about people in the past especially their last words.

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Amina's dugsi(learning center)got terrorized and got destroyed and it was the main conflict of the story.She held lots of memories there from the day it got opened.And they were also about to do the quran competition.

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Whether it is because Josh and Jordan's team wins or loses, their dad always makes them shoot free throws. One of their dad's favorite stories about Josh and Jordan is them being 3 years old and making free throws on a full size hoop.

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The Manuscript of, The Marvels and Oddities of Existence in the Museum of Islamic Art, In Doha is what brings these two together. As children both Zayneb and Adam went to this Museum and saw the book and became inspired. From then on they write their different Marvels and Oddities of their everyday life in their Journals. To cope with their everyday life and as a insight of how they view the everyday world around them. These two bond off of this section in the museum, also their journals end up being about each other for the most part!

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Samantha had a distinct ballerina music box and whenever it was turned something weird and paranormal would happen to her. Example: She would see red writing on her bathroom mirror or she would have a vision of something

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Josh's dad Chuck, was a basketball player himself, and won a championship with his team overseas. Josh and Jordan's dad's championship ring is his prize possession, and he keeps it locked up in his box of memorabilia.

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Amina is unhappy that her best friend, Soojin, has recently started inviting Emily, a classmate neither of them have ever liked, to spend time with them. At home, Amina’s family is getting ready for the visit of Thaya Jaan, her father’s older brother, from Pakistan. To impress Thaya Jaan, and support their Imam, Amina’s parents tell Amina and her older brother, Mustafa, that they must complete in their mosque’s upcoming Quran recitation competition. Mustafa, who wants his parents to let him play high school basketball, agrees willingly. But Amina suffers from serious stage fright–it’s why she never tries out for a solo in her middle school choir, despite her talent and love of singing.

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Apple and her mom were immigrate from the Philippe's. But when they immigrated over apple was only 4 so she didn't really know any different when she got older. But evenly apple got embarrassed of her mom and would't let people come over. But at the end she realizes that ware she came from is who she is.

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Basketball is like the track in Ghost, The book really revolves around basketball since well its on the cover, and Josh played it, so did his dad and brother. A lot of the book had to do with him playing basketball getting better at it,  and his dad has a championship ring, and is a retired basketball player who made the league. Because of this, I believe That basketball should be here because the book revolved a lot around basketball.

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Cassie, before she died had a red glint in her eyes that was unforgettable. Samantha said it seemed like she had red jewels in her eyes which make her more appealing to look at. Cassie's eyes throbbed in Samantha's mind while she was searching for her.

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If there's one time of life when things come into focus your self-image, your relationships, your beliefs, your fears, your triumphs, your loves in short, everything that is you, it has to be your high-school years. It is for many the crucible of our personalities, where the "me" of existence is forged for all time. In his first novel, Looking for Alaska, John Green captures that feeling with freshness, candor and heart. Miles Halter is a rising junior in a boarding school in rural Alabama. The Florida teen is used to the sun, but not the stifling, sticky heat of the Deep South. He's also not used to being one of the gang, but at Culver Creek this shy, gangly boy is accepted for what he is, albeit after being wrapped in duct tape and thrown into a lake. Like any school, there are cliques, the biggest two being the rich locals who go home for the weekend and the kids who are there 24/7. The latter group adopts Miles, and within that group his particular circle of friends is certainly unique: there's The Colonel, his brilliant but slightly insane roommate; Takumi, the Japanese kid with the Southern accent; and Alaska Young, "the hottest girl in all of human history." Apart from a demanding academic load, their main amusements consist of smoking, drinking and the Culver Creek tradition of playing pranks on the other group all while avoiding the searing gaze of The Eagle, the school's headmaster.

The experiences come fast and furious to Miles, but the center of his universe is definitely Alaska. Alternatively flirty and distant, friendly and angry, unattainable (with a boyfriend in college) and available, and fiercely intelligent, the force of her personality leads Miles and his friends into a labyrinth of emotions that, after a shattering tragedy, leave him wondering if there's any way out.

Green has written an inventive novel, one that will help young readers assess their place in the world and how they deal with one another. Looking for Alaska is funny, sad, inspiring and always compelling.

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Book Review - Looking for Alaska by John Green

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If there's one time of life when things come into focus your self-image, your relationships, your beliefs, your fears, your triumphs, your loves in short, everything that is you, it has to be your high-school years. It is for many the crucible of our personalities, where the "me" of existence is forged for all time.

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If there's one time of life when things come into focus your self-image, your relationships, your beliefs, your fears, your triumphs, your loves in short, everything that is you, it has to be your high-school years. It is for many the crucible of our personalities, where the "me" of existence is forged for all time. In his first novel, Looking for Alaska, John Green captures that feeling with freshness, candor and heart. Miles Halter is a rising junior in a boarding school in rural Alabama. The Florida teen is used to the sun, but not the stifling, sticky heat of the Deep South. He's also not used to being one of the gang, but at Culver Creek this shy, gangly boy is accepted for what he is, albeit after being wrapped in duct tape and thrown into a lake. Like any school, there are cliques, the biggest two being the rich locals who go home for the weekend and the kids who are there 24/7. The latter group adopts Miles, and within that group his particular circle of friends is certainly unique: there's The Colonel, his brilliant but slightly insane roommate; Takumi, the Japanese kid with the Southern accent; and Alaska Young, "the hottest girl in all of human history." Apart from a demanding academic load, their main amusements consist of smoking, drinking and the Culver Creek tradition of playing pranks on the other group all while avoiding the searing gaze of The Eagle, the school's headmaster.

The experiences come fast and furious to Miles, but the center of his universe is definitely Alaska. Alternatively flirty and distant, friendly and angry, unattainable (with a boyfriend in college) and available, and fiercely intelligent, the force of her personality leads Miles and his friends into a labyrinth of emotions that, after a shattering tragedy, leave him wondering if there's any way out.

Green has written an inventive novel, one that will help young readers assess their place in the world and how they deal with one another. Looking for Alaska is funny, sad, inspiring and always compelling.

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Book Review - Looking for Alaska by John Green

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If there's one time of life when things come into focus your self-image, your relationships, your beliefs, your fears, your triumphs, your loves in short, everything that is you, it has to be your high-school years. It is for many the crucible of our personalities, where the "me" of existence is forged for all time.

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I choose to do white tulips because they were a big symbol in this book because they were Alaska's favorite  flower. The flower was a symbol because Alaska's mom would always put them in her hair.

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Blackbird fly is my favorite book this year because it is a very interesting book and i really liked how the writer wrote it and the problems that the main character is having.Another reason i like it is because it is taking place in middle school and i am also in middle school so it is similar.

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Amina's voice is my favorite book that I have read this year because it could relate to many people in middle or high school around the world. The part about Amina scared to loose her friend is a small problem but it happens a lot. It could assure people and show them how to deal with their problem.

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"Don't Look Back" Review and Summary by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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"Don't Look Back" Review and Summary by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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This book is about a girl named Samantha who was already confused about her life but then her best friend Cassie went missing and died. Samantha tried to figure out exactly how her friend died while dealing with the loss of her boyfriend, bullying from former friends, issues with parents and twisted, unreal things that made her crazy.
Book Review: https://vilmairis.com/dontlookback/

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Zaynab Malik and Adam Chen are two people who travelled to Doha, Qatar. From the U.S and The UK. These two are brought together for something Adam calls Serendipity...But, although they may seem made for eachother, they have very different lives.

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This book is one of the best books i have read it is a good fit for me its about a young man who loves to play basketball and wants to aclimplish his dreams to follow his father

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by john green

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Looking for Alaska is about Miles Halter, a teenage boy from Orlando who is obsessed with famous last words and has become consumed by his desire to seek “the Great Perhaps,”

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Apple (the main charter) always wants to know more about her dad and by doing that she finds away to connect with him with music. She has some trouble with playing because her very strict mom is agents music so apple has to find a way to connect with music with out her knowing.

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By : John Green
Looking for Alaska is my favorite book i read this year because of the amazing writing of the author and how many interesting moments in the story like when they where brought into the schools court room on trail of breaking the school rules, interesting stuff like that was all through the book that is why it was my favorite book i have read this year.

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This book is about Amina who is a girl who started middle school and finds out that her best friend Soojin,is changing her name and untop of that the cool girl Emily is hanging out with them and is hogging Soojin.Can it get any worse for her?

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The  preacher was India's father they live together and went to church so that they can read the bible. They were happy to learn the bible. They would all ways go to church every Sunday so that the preacher can teach the people about the bible.

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Natasha's headphones were important to the story because her dad bought them as a gift to her to convince her to move out to the states with her. This is important to the story because she loved music so much that if it wasn't for her headphones then she maybe would have never moved out to the US.