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I give the book a 3/5

It has a good message. It is something that an be connected to the real world today. When the government neglects its people it causes the people to take matters into the own hands and chaos arises as a result. Which is the reason the book has this title, the farm was ran by a man but he neglected his animals and then they took it over.

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This novel follows the main character, Wade Watts, through a near dystopian future in the year 2045. The planet has been ravaged by pollution, rising sea levels, overpopulation, and global warming. As the real world continues to fall apart a talented programmer and game designer named James Halliday decides to create an escape for mankind in the form of The Oasis, a virtual reality world where anything is possible and where many people begin to live their everyday lives. This makes him a legend. 20 years later he dies and leaves behind a video will detailing an egg hunt in the oasis, the winner will inherit Halliday's fortune. This sends Wade and countless other egg hunters Into the oasis to search, what will guide them on their hunt is their knowledge of the pop culture.

genre: Science Fiction

Audience: Young Adult

I give it a 4/5. It is a fascinating book that does a great job world building and immersing the reader in its story; however, there were a few minor details I wish they would have expanded more on.

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Shared via Kindle. Description: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. "Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix."-USA Today * "As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates."-Enter...

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This book is about a young woman who was always given the short end of the stick, becoming who she always wanted to be. She grows over time and does things like stops taking crap from her famous super heroine boss. She also learns how to stand up for herself. And she gains new power along with that.

Genre: Action

Audience: Teens

Rating:5/5

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This book is about the consequences of an unregulated free market has on the commons, of which we all share as a society and benefit off. The author speaks of what has occurred as a cause of this, but what is continuously being done to combat this, and what can further be done.

Genre: Domestic politics

Audience: Adults

Rating: 5/5

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Sydni Stevenson

This novel is about a teenage boy, Damien who grew up in Harlem. Damien falls in love with a teenage girl who life is a complete mess. Damien parents doesn't approve of the love of his life because of her background. They want him to fall in love with this girl who they knew but he doesn't have any type of feelings for her.

Genre: Romance

Audience: Teenagers

Rating: 5/5. I gave this novel a 5/5 because it wasn't just about how is parents feel it was about how Damien feel and how he was going to choose the route he wanted to go.

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Street-Love-Walter-Dean-Myers/dp/0064407322

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Berserk by Kentaro Miura                                       Jahiem Mayfield

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Berserk by Kentaro Miura                                       Jahiem Mayfield

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Description: This story is set in medieval times and is the main characters are named Guts, Griffith and Casca (mainly Guts). At first Griffith (the leader) is slowly working towards becoming king with his group of mercenaries and later down the line Guts, who is the Raider Captain decides to leave the group because of a speech he heard Griffith say which basically was about following your own dreams. (Only the Beginning Chapters)

Genre: Dark fantasy

Rating: I give it a 5/5. I gave it a perfect score because the way the manga starts to where I'm currently at (chapter 155), there is never a time where I didn't want to see what would happen next and it has a great mix of action and story. They also have comedy, violence and drama which all fits the tone of the story and blends in nicely.

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Description- The story takes place during the early 1960s in Jackson Mississippi told from the first person perspective of Aibileen Clark, Minny Jackson and Skeeter Phelan. Skeeter is a journalist who wants write about African Americans working in white households.
Genre- Historical Drama
Rating- 5/5 Its interesting and it has some history in it. The story has some lessons as well.
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- Ferdinand Nyivih
This unforgettable tale as told through Edward's eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire. As we learn more fascinating details about Edward's past and the complexity of his inner thoughts, we understand why this is the defining struggle of his life. In Midnight Sun, Stephenie Meyer transports us back to a world that has captivated millions of readers and brings us an epic novel about the profound pleasures and devastating consequences of immortal love.

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-Amira Bailey

Genre: Science-fiction

A group of teens form a resistance group to fight back and reclaim control of their future after being imprisoned by an adult world that now fears everyone under 18. Teens and young adults that like to read about superheroes would enjoy this novel.

Rating (4/5): I’d rate this book a 4/5, it is a captivating story about kids with superpowers fighting against the government. If you like science-fiction and action, I would suggest this series. There is also a movie adaptation on hulu.

My project: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F4GXSTFB3lw5l8-6nNCt3iXLWy5m6q8LCU-dHGdbqo8/edit?usp=sharing

http://www.alexandrabracken.com/darkest-minds

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Harriet Neufuille

It's Kind of a Funny Story is about fifteen-year-old Craig who suffers from depression and after having suicidal thoughts, calls a suicide helpline and gets admitted into a psychiatric hospital. In there, he meets a whole range of patients suffering from different mental conditions.

Genre: Young-Adult Fiction, Comedy
Audience: Vizzini's words can reach a diverse audience of young adults.
Rating: I would give it a 5/5. It's kind of a funny story strips away the stigma of mental health and encourages teens to speak up and seek support.

Link to book: https://www.docdroid.net/bpuv/its-kind-of-a-funny-story-by-ned-vizzini-pdf
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The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero - Chase Lynch

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The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero - Chase Lynch

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Summary: The story follows Jason Grace, a Roman demigod with no memory of his past. He, along with Piper McLean, a daughter of Aphrodite, and Leo Valdez, a son of Hephaestus, are given a quest to rescue Hera, the queen of gods, from the clutches of Gaea, the primordial goddess of the earth.
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction and Adventure
Author: Rick Riordan
Rating: (5/5) I chose this rating because the story is very interesting and keeps the reader wanting more as you read along, the character development is spot on along with some of the occurring themes that show throughout the novel like the themes of family, friendship, and teamwork. The story also pertains to Rick Riordan's more famous book Percy Jackson, which will for sure interest those who are interested in that particular story genre.
Links to access this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Hero-Heroes-Olympus-Book/dp/1423113462
https://www.target.com/p/the-lost-hero-heroes-of-olympus-by-rick-riordan-paperback/-/A-76561161
https://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&pos=1&cn=261887

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Dracula begins with Jonathan Harker, a young English lawyer travels to Transylvania to finalize a transaction property. His client is count Dacula, and he spends a couple days in his castle before realizing that he has become a poisoner in Dracula castle and feels like he is becoming a vampire himself.

Genre : horror, fantasy, gothic

the best audience for this book would be anyone that enjoys horror and fantasy.

rating 4/5, I didn't give the book a perfect score it was too long (over 540 pages)

links:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_e3yL-c2qeZaZ1hwFCfZT8tBiIcHEwwtfcDXiJPCMII/edit

https://www.planetebook.com/free-ebooks/dracula.pdf

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Cinder - Marissa Meyer (Janiell Johnson)  

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Cinder - Marissa Meyer (Janiell Johnson)  

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Cinder is a romance, mystery and coming of age story with a fairytale twist. Loosely based of Cinderella in the dystopian world of New Beijing a cyborg named Cinder is struggling to make ends meet until she meets Prince Kai. A deadly illness is wiping out population and Cinder could be next. With the help of Dr. Erland she needs to decide what to do and if she can have her happy ever after.

Rating: I rated this book four stars because the sequels are more exciting than the first buts it a great starter for what's to come.  It is young adult so middle schoolers and teenagers can enjoy this book. It also has great Asian representation which I rarely see in young adult books.
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Link to Novel: https://novels80.com/cinder/page-1-993885.html

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The Fault in Our Stars - Mone't Hamilton

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The Fault in Our Stars - Mone't Hamilton

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The Fault in Ours Stars is about a teenage  girl battling thyroid cancer and depression so her mom puts her into a cancer support group where she meets a boy. They begin to hit it off then fall in love. She proceeds to discuss her favorite book (lead character has cancer). They start to search for the author of the book because the book weirdly ends in the middle of a sentence.

Genre: romance novel, young adult fiction.

Rating: I give this book a 5/5 because it teaches about the gift of life. It showed no matter how long or short we live, there is always a way to be remembered in someone's heart. It also showed a pure love story between the two main characters, a different type of love was portrayed in this novel compared to any other romance novel.

Link: https://novels80.com/242778-the-fault-in-our-stars.html

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A narrated voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the Heart of Africa. Charles Marlow, the narrator, tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames.

Genre: Novella, fiction

I give this book 4/5 stars due to the fact of the narrative and the book being difficult to understand.

Link: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/Heart-of-Darkness/

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This is a story told in 3rd person by different characters in the story. It starts off by a Christopher(son) and Kate(mother) Reese moving from the abusive ex boyfriend she had. The genre of the book is horror. People who like different dynamics of relationships and how the mind works, and behavioral things would love this book. For my teaser, all I'll say is how ironic it is for roles to be reversed and for the child to provide something to the parent:)

I rate it 5 stars, and thats good because i dont particularly like reading.
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Mya Bennett- Paper Towns is a story about a Quentin who falls in love with the mysterious Margo. Shes the high school popular girl, but shows up in the middle of the night at his house to take him on an adventure. Once the adventure is over she disappears, but leaves clues behind for him to follow
Genre: Fiction/ Teen novel
Audience: I would say this is a coming of age book for teenagers and young adults
I would give this book 4 stars. It is interesting and grasps the readers attention about the mystery about who Margo really is inside.

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Little fires everywhere by Celeste Ng explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster.

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Mikayla Verdier
Becoming is about Michelle Obama and how she became the person she is today.  In this book you learn about her loses, her wins and the lessons that she has learned along the way. Inside the book you learn behind the scenes view of what's its like to be a first lady.
You can find the book on Amazon.
I would rate this book 5/5. It is amazing and extremely self reflective, you will definitely love her more after you read it.

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Description: The book is not only a portrayal of the two Wes Moores; it is also a depiction of their families. Moore emphasizes the extent to which our families shape who we are, and stresses that without family support, most people have little chance of achieving success.
Genre: Biography
Audience: Teens because this is almost like a coming to age book, it will help other teens growing up in less fortunate backgrounds know that there is still hope.
Rating: I would give it a 4.5 stars, it is a very good book but I do wish they went more in depth in some of the scenes.
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The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.

Two kids named Wes Moore were born blocks apart within a year of each other. Both grew up fatherless in similar Baltimore neighborhoods and had difficult childhoods; both hung out on street corners with their crews; both ran into trouble with the police. How, then, did one grow up to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader, while the other ended up a convicted murderer serving a life sentence? Wes Moore, the author of this fascinating book, sets out to answer this profound question. In alternating narratives that take readers from heart-wrenching losses to moments of surprising redemption, The Other Wes Moore tells the story of a generation of boys trying to find their way in a hostile world.

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Chapter One

Is Daddy Coming with Us?

1982

Nikki and I would play this game: I would sit on the living room chair while Nikki deeply inhaled and then blew directly in my face, eliciting hysterical laughs on both sides. This was our ritual. It always ended with me jabbing playfully at her face. She'd run away and bait me to give chase. Most times before today I never came close to catching her. But today, I caught her and realized, like a dog chasing a car, I had no idea what to do. So, in the spirit of three-year-old boys everywhere who've run out of better ideas, I decided to punch her. Of course my mother walked into the room right as I swung and connected.

The yell startled me, but her eyes are what I remember.

"Get up to your damn room" came my mother's command from the doorway. "I told you, don't you ever put your hands on a woman!"

I looked up, confused, as she quickly closed the distance between us.

My mother had what we called "Thomas hands," a tag derived from her maiden name: hands that hit so hard you had to be hit only once to know you never wanted to be hit again. The nickname began generations ago, but each generation took on the mantle of justifying it. Those hands were now reaching for me. Her eyes told me it was time to get moving.

I darted up the stairs, still unsure about what I'd done so terribly wrong. I headed to the bedroom I shared with my baby sister, Shani. Our room was tiny, barely big enough for my small bed and her crib. There was no place to hide. I was running in circles, frantic to find a way to conceal myself. And still trying to comprehend why I was in so much trouble. I couldn't even figure out the meaning of half the words my mother was using.

In a panic, I kicked the door shut behind me just as her voice reached the second floor. "And don't let me hear you slam that-" Boom! I stared for a moment at the closed door, knowing it would soon be flying open again. I sat in the middle of the room, next to my sister's empty crib, awaiting my fate.

Then, deliverance.

"Joy, you can't get on him like that." My father's baritone voice drifted up through the thin floor. "He's only three. He doesn't even understand what he did wrong. Do you really think he knows what a woman beater is?"

My father was in the living room, ten feet from where the incident began. He was a very slender six foot two with a bushy mustache and a neatly shaped afro. It wasn't his style to yell. When he heard my mother's outburst, he rose from his chair, his eyes widening in confusion. My mother slowly reeled herself in. But she wasn't completely mollified.
"Wes, he needs to learn what is acceptable and what is not!" My father agreed, but with a gentle laugh, reminded her that cursing at a young boy wasn't the most effective way of making a point. I was saved, for the moment.

My first name, Westley, is my father's. I have two middle names, a compromise between my parents. My father loved the sound and meaning of Watende, a Shona word that means "revenge will not be sought," a concept that aligned with his gentle spirit. My mother objected. Watende sounded too big, too complicated for such a tiny baby. It wasn't until later in life that she understood why it was so important to my father that Watende be a part of me. Instead, she lobbied for Omari, which means "the highest." I'm not sure what was easier or less lofty about that name, but I was well into elementary school before I became comfortable spelling either.

My parents' debate continued downstairs, but their words faded. I went to the room's only window and looked out on the world. My older sister, Nikki, and I loved to look through the window as families arrived at the swap market across the street. Our home was on a busy street that sat right on the border of Maryland and Washington, D.C., stuck confusingly between two different municipal jurisdictions, a fact that would become very significant in the near future. I pulled back the thin diaphanous curtain that covered the windows and spotted my friend Ayana outside with her mother. She was half Iranian and half Italian, with long, dark hair and warm eyes that always fascinated me. They were light green, unlike the eyes of anyone else I knew, and they twinkled as if they held stars. I wanted to tap on the window to say hello as she walked past our house to the tenement building next door. But I was afraid of making more trouble for myself, so I just smiled.

On the dresser by the window sat a framed picture of me with Nikki. I sat on her lap with my arm wrapped around her neck, a goofy smile on my face. Nikki is seven years older, so in the picture she was nine and I was barely two. Colorful beads capped the braided tips of her hair, a style she shared with my mother, and large, black-framed eyeglasses covered half of her face.

Nikki's real name was Joy, like my mom's, but everyone called her Nikki. My mother was obsessed with the poet Nikki Giovanni, in love with her unabashed feminine strength and her reconciliation of love and revolution. I spent nearly every waking moment around Nikki, and I loved her dearly. But sibling relationships are often fraught with petty tortures. I hadn't wanted to hurt her. But I had.

At the time, I couldn't understand my mother's anger. I mean this wasn't really a woman I was punching. This was Nikki. She could take it. Years would pass before I understood how that blow connected to my mom's past.

My mother came to the United States at the age of three. She was born in Lowe River in the tiny parish of Trelawny, Jamaica, hours away from the tourist traps that line the coast. Its swaths of deep brush and arable land made it great for farming but less appealing for honeymoons and hedonism. Lowe River was quiet, and remote, and it was home for my mother, her brothers, and my grandparents. My maternal great-grandfather Mas Fred, as he was known, would plant a coconut tree at his home in Mount Horeb, a neighboring area, for each of his kids and grandkids when they were born. My mom always bragged that hers was the tallest and strongest of the bunch. The land that Mas Fred and his wife, Miss Ros, tended had been cared for by our ancestors for generations. And it was home for my mom until her parents earned enough money to bring the family to the States to fulfill my grandfather's dream of a theology degree from an American university.

When my mom first landed in the Bronx, she was just a small child, but she was a survivor and learned quickly. She studied the other kids at school like an anthropologist, trying desperately to fit in. She started with the way she spoke. She diligently listened to the radio from the time she was old enough to turn it on and mimicked what she heard. She'd always pull back enough in her interactions with her classmates to give herself room to quietly observe them, so that when she got home she could practice imitating their accents, their idiosyncrasies, their style. Words like irie became cool. Constable became policeman. Easy-nuh became chill out. The melodic, swooping movement of her Jamaican patois was quickly replaced by the more stable cadences of American English. She jumped into the melting pot with both feet.

Joy Thomas entered American University in Washington, D.C., in 1968, a year when she and her adopted homeland were both experiencing volatile change-Vietnam, a series of assassinations, campus unrest, rioting that tore through the nation's cities, and an American president who no longer wanted the job. Joy herself was caught between loving the country that offered her and her family new opportunities and being frustrated with that country because it still made her feel like a second-class citizen.

At college, Joy quickly fell in with the OAASAU, the very long acronym for a very young group, the Organization of African and African-American Students at the American University. The OAASAU was rallying AU's black students into engagement with the national, international, and campus issues roiling around them.The battling organization elevated her consciousness beyond her assimilationist dreams and sparked a passion for justice and the good fight.
A charismatic AU senior named Bill was the treasurer of OAASAU, and two months after they met early in the exciting whirlwind of her freshman year, Joy was engaged to marry him. Despite the quick engagement, they waited two years to get married, by which time Joy was a junior and Bill a recent graduate looking for work. Marriage brought the sobering realities of life into focus. The truth was, they were both still trying to find their feet as adults and feeling a little in over their heads as a married couple.

As the love haze wore off, Joy began to see that the same qualities that had made Bill so attractive as a college romance-his free and rebellious spirit, his nearly paralyzing contempt for "the Man"-made him a completely unreliable husband. And she discovered that what she had foolishly thought of as his typical low-level recreational drug use was really something much worse. In a time of drug experimentation and excess, Bill was starting to look like a casualty.

As the years passed, Joy kept hoping that Bill's alcohol and drug use would fade. She was caught in a familiar trap for young women and girls-the fantasy that she alone could change her man. So she doubled down on the relationship. They had a child together. She hoped that would motivate Bill to make some changes. But his addiction just got worse, and the physical, mental, and emotional abuse he unleashed became more intense.

One night things came to a head. Bill came home and started to badger Joy about washing the dishes. His yelling threatened to wake up one-year-old Nikki, and Joy tried to shush him. He kept yelling. He moved in on her. The two of them stood face-to-face, him yelling, her pleading with him in hushed tones to lower his voice.

He grabbed her by the shoulders and threw her down. She sprawled on the floor in her white T-shirt and blue AU sweatpants, stunned but not completely surprised by his explosive reaction. He wasn't done. He grabbed her by her T-shirt and hair, and started to drag her toward the kitchen. He hit her in the chest and stomach, trying to get her to move her arms, which were now defensively covering her head. Finally, she snapped. She screamed at him without fear of waking Nikki as he dragged her across the parquet floor. She kicked and scratched at his hands.

Bill was too strong, too determined, too high. Her head slammed against the doorframe as he finally dragged her body onto the kitchen's linoleum floor. He released her hair and her now-ripped T-shirt and once again ordered her to wash the dishes. He stood over her with a contemptuous scowl on his face. It could've been that look. Or it could've been the escalating abuse and the accumulated frustration at the chaotic life he was creating for her and her daughter. But something gave Joy the strength to pull herself up from the floor. On top of the counter was a wooden block that held all of the large, sharp knives in the kitchen. She pulled the biggest knife from its sheath and pointed the blade at his throat. Her voice was collected as she made her promise: "If you try that shit again, I will kill you."

Bill seemed to suddenly regain his sobriety. He backed out of the kitchen slowly, not taking his eyes from his wife's tear-drenched face. Her unrelenting stare. They didn't speak for the rest of the night. One month later, Joy and Nikki were packed up. Together, they left Bill for good.

My mom vowed to never let another man put his hands on her. She wouldn't tolerate it in others either.

My parents finished their conversation, and it was obvious that one of them was heading up to speak to me. I turned from the window and stood in the middle of the room, mentally running through my nonexistent options for escape.
Soon I could tell by the sound of the steps it was my father. His walk was slower, heavier, more deliberate. My mother tended to move up the stairs in a sprint. He lightly knocked on the door and slowly turned the knob. The door opened slightly, and he peeked in. His easy half smile, almost a look of innocent curiosity, assured me that, at least for now, the beating would wait.

"Hey, Main Man, do you mind if I come in?" I'm told that he had many terms of endearment for me, but Main Man is the one I remember. I didn't even look up but nodded slowly. He had to duck to clear the low doorway. He picked me up and, as he sat on the bed, placed me on his lap. As I sat there, all of my anxiety released. I could not have felt safer, more secure. He began to explain what I did wrong and why my mother was so angry. "Main Man, you just can't hit people, and particularly women. You must defend them, not fight them. Do you understand?"

I nodded, then asked, "Is Mommy mad at me?"

"No, Mommy loves you, like I love you, she just wants you to do the right thing."

My father and I sat talking for another five minutes before he led me downstairs to apologize to my sister, and my mother. With each tiny step I took with him, my whole hand wrapped tighter around his middle finger. I tried to copy his walk, his expressions. I was his main man. He was my protector.

That is one of only two memories I have of my father.

The other was when I watched him die.

My dad was his parents' only son. Tall but not physically imposing, he dreamed of being on television-having a voice that made an impact. Armed with an insatiable desire to succeed-and aided by his natural gifts, which included a deeply resonant voice-he made his dream come true soon after finishing up at Bard College in 1971.

As a young reporter, he went to many corners of the country, following a story or, in many cases, following a job. After stints in North Carolina, New York, Florida, Virginia, California, and a handful of other states, he returned home to southern Maryland and started work at a job that would change his life. He finally had the chance to host his own public affairs show. And he'd hired a new writing assistant. Her name was Joy.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Part I Fathers and Angels

1 Is Daddy Coming with Us? 5

2 In Search of Home 26

3 Foreign Ground 46

Part II Choices and Second Chances

4 Marking Territory 69

5 Lost 85

6 Hunted 108

Part III Paths taken and Expectations Fulfilled

7 The Land That God Forgot 129

8 Surrounded 146

Epilogue 173

Afterword 181

A Call to Action by Tavis Smiley 185

Resource Guide 187

Acknowledgments 235

A Reader's Guide 241

What People are Saying About This

"Startling and revelatory . . . a rocketing real-life narrative."-Baltimore Sun

"A moving book . . . a call to arms."- Chicago Tribune

"This intriguing narrative is enlightening, encouraging, and empowering. Read these words, absorb their meanings, and create your own plan to act and leave a legacy."-Tavis Smiley, from the Afterword

"[A] compassionate memoir-a story that explores how some survive and others sink in urban battlegrounds."- People

"Moore vividly and powerfully describes not just the culture of the streets but how it feels to be a boy growing up in a world where violence makes you a man."- O: The Oprah Magazine

"Inspiring . . . a story for our times."-Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here

Reading Group Guide

1. The author says to the other Wes, "I guess it's hard sometimes todistinguish between second chances and last chances." What do you think he means? What is each Wes's "last chance"? Discuss the differences in how each one uses that chance and why they make the decisions they do.

2. During their youth, Wes and Wes spend most of their time in crime- ridden Baltimore and the Bronx. How important was that environment in shaping their stories and personalities?

3. Why do you think the incarcerated Wes continues to proclaim his innocence regarding his role in the crime for which he was convicted?

4. The book begins with Wes and Wes's discussion of their fathers. What role do you think fatherhood plays in the lives of these men? How do the absence of their fathers and the differences in the reasons for their absences affect them?

5. Wes dedicates the book to "the women who helped shape [his] journey to manhood." Discuss the way women are seen in Wes's community. What impact do they have on their sons?

6. The author says "the chilling truth is that [Wes's] story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his." To what extent do you think that's true? What, ultimately, prevented their stories from being interchangeable?

7. Throughout the book, the author sometimes expresses confusion at his own motivations. Why do you think he is so driven to understand the other Wes's life?

8. The author attributes Wes's eventual incarceration to shortsightedness, an inability to critically think about the future. Do you agree?

9. Wes states that people often live up to the expectations projected on them. Is that true? If someone you care for expects you to succeed-or fail-will you? Where does personal accountability come into play?

10. Discuss the relationship between education and poverty. In your discussion, consider the education levels of both Weses' mothers, how far each man got in his education, the opportunities they gained or lost as a result of their education, and their reasons for continuing or discontinuing their studies.

11. The book begins with a scene in which the author is reprimanded for hitting his sister. Why is it important for conflicts to be solved hrough means other than violence? In what way do the Weses differ in their approaches to physical confrontations, and why?

12. Why is the idea of "going straight" so unappealing to the incarcerated Wes and his peers? What does it mean for our culture to have such a large population living and working outside the boundaries of the law?

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The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates|Paperback

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The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.Two kids named Wes Moore were born blocks apart within a year of each other. Both grew up fatherless in similar Baltimore neighborhoods and had difficult childhoods; both...

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Ari'Yhana Waters
Description: This book was based true events that occurred in Philadelphia 1793. An virus from the refugees is starting to spread throughout the whole city causing a epidemic. Things start to become a life or death situation with every folk in the town. People are scared and terrified for their lives.
Genre: Novel, Historical Fiction, Historical novel
Audience: Newly teens , Teens
Rating:4/5
I really love historical plague books of that sort, They really catch my eye is a special way.

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Sean Ruffin
Link: https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/111005/search/LIBRARY:43eace4bf72c1da4a3e57ae546104056c7276cd6/details?requestId=launchTitleDetails&launchFromPermalink=true

This book first takes place at a pool where the protagonist, Percy Jackson is in a pool and shows how he can hold his breath for about 7 minutes. This indicates that there is something special about him. He then takes a trip to the Greek museum where he realizes that he can read in Greek and realizes that his "friend" is a demigod who protects over him and that his teacher was also a demigod and has to escape because there is a rumor that he stole Zeus's lightning bolt. The genre for this book is a fantasy fiction and anyone could read it, I rate it 5 stars.

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Name: Althea G.
The novel takes place in an alternative fantasy universe during the Medieval era. The reader is introduced to the setting not knowing of the conflict until one of the main characters, Will, chases a culprit. The book would be enjoyable for anyone who likes epic and fantasy genres.

Rating: 4/5, I liked the part when the protagonists traveled to other places in search of the criminal, and the fighting scenes were intense. But the previous books had a more epic setting

Link:https://www.overdrive.com/media/1258470/the-royal-ranger

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name: Amarachukwu Izugha
Rating:3/5
Genre: Romance, coming of age and Fiction
Summary: This book was written sometime in a Victorian era with a few alterations to culture traditions and religions of that era. It follows a young seventeen-year-old countess of Ruthford who is placed in a bad financial situation after her parents died. Out of desperation, compassion, and necessity her grandmother seeks to secure her future by accepting a marriage offer for her hand from a wealthy baron who was related to her but declines her grandmothers offer and refuses to be put in a marriage that will restrict her freedom and decides to run away to a place called the glittering place where young ladies where groomed to become wives of what they called "the new age wealth". what will become of her in the outside world is a mystery.

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Khia Cooper
Genre: Romance, Mystery
The book starts with Edward Cullens thoughts on school and the "humans" around him. He feels that high school is repetitive and teens get excited over the tedious things. Life to him is boring and dull but when he encounters Isabella Swan that changes. He grows an interest in her because he can't read her thoughts and she's not like the ordinary human. Throughout the book Edward  learns more about Bella and takes multiple risk to keep her around while in some ways trying to push her away.
Rate: 4/5 stars

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Title: The Leavenworth Case Author: Anna Katherine Green

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Title: The Leavenworth Case Author: Anna Katherine Green

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Description:  This mystery novel is set  in New York City, it concerns the murder of a retired merchant, Horatio Leavenworth, in his New York mansion. The Leavenworth Case is narrated by a young lawyer, Everett Raymond; Gryce(the lead investigator),  enlists him to help with the investigation. Gryce manipulates the young man to help him solve this curious murder mystery. All the clues point to the victims niece, but was she the one who killed him?? This story would be enjoyed by those who love a mystery that isn’t too easy to solve and has several odd facts.
Rating: I would give this book a 4/5. The book was pretty good it kept you interested and made you want to keep turning to the next page.
Link to the book: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4047/4047-h/4047-h.htm

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The Potters Wheel by Chukwuemeka Ike- Tolulope 

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The Potters Wheel by Chukwuemeka Ike- Tolulope 

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The chapter starts by talking about how obu has just become the first position in his class examination and then moves on to describe the kind of family he was in. The author explains how he is the only boy out of seven children and explained the name of each child to show how each girls name's meaning was only a way to hold out faith and anxiety they had in awaiting his coming. The book is set in the igbo land during 1918, there is only one main character which is Obuechina Maduabuchi but there were a lot of side characters also. The genre for the book is fiction and I think audience would really enjoy the book because even though it was made in an old setting, we still face most of the problems that happened in the book, for example: patriarchy, corruptions, people in power abusing titles and so much more. The ending of the book was quiet shocking because the person who tried to change the patriarchy is the last person one would ever assume would do it.

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The Racketeer by John Grisham  -Layla Foster 

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The Racketeer by John Grisham  -Layla Foster 

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Description: A fifth federal judge has just been murdered, and there's no sign of force entry or struggle. Just two dead bodies: The judge and his secretary and one large safe that was opened and emptied. There's one person that knows who killed the judge and why but everything comes with a price. http://thefreeonlinenovel.com/bi/the-racketeer

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The Unwanted: Stories of Syrian Refugees by Don Brown.  Nicole Mensah.

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The Unwanted: Stories of Syrian Refugees by Don Brown.  Nicole Mensah.

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Brown depicts moments of the traumatic horror of the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. The book starts off with a group of teenage boys writing graffiti on a wall in Southern Syria, and how the boys were arrested and viscously tortured. This sparked a protest for their freedom, which doesn't go well because the authoritarian government in Syria retaliates against protesters, and punishes anyone who challenges them. This sets the tone for the whole book. He sheds light on all of the stories of those who survived. The book serves as a testament to the bravery and resilience of the refugees, and to spark the readers mind of the oppression Syrians were and are still going through. The target audience for this book would be those who take interest to injustice and oppression.

I would give this book a 4-5. It was overall a really good book. I wish they went into a little more detail in some areas.

Link to project-

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1meMbK0C_StbTJBml_HSs2YjwOPeqxJiJMQdzEbajr-c/edit

Link to book-

https://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&pos=1&cn=963857

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She Said/ She Saw by Norah McClintock Maya Jones

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She Said/ She Saw by Norah McClintock Maya Jones

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Genre: Mystery
She Said/She Saw is the mystery of Martin and Clark's death. Their deaths were witnessed by their best friend Tegan. Did she see who did it or not? Did she catch the person responsible? I would recommend this book to people who like murder mystery tv shows and books. It has thrilling suspense and shocking outcomes that you wouldn't have expected. I would give this book 4 stars. It was written very well overall but there were a few typos.
Link to book:https://www.teenbookcloud.com/book.aspx?id=3154

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The Stranger is about Meursault, the main character, who lives in France that gets drawn into a murder at the beach in Algiers due to his affiliation with Raymond, his supposed friend.

In the beginning, his mother passes away and he attended her funeral (even though, he didn't want to go as much).

Genre: Novel, Philosophical Fiction, and Existential Fiction.

Rating: I give this book a 5/5. The main character is very interesting and he's not your typical character.

Link: https://freeditorial.com/en/books/the-stranger

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Title: The Glittering Court Book 1       Author: Richelle Mead          written by Doubra  

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Title: The Glittering Court Book 1       Author: Richelle Mead          written by Doubra  

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Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Literature.
Link: The Glittering Court Series, Book 1 by Richelle Mead · OverDrive: ebooks, audiobooks, and videos for libraries and schools
The first chapter starts with “I’d never planned on stealing someone else’s life” which sparks curiosity in a reader’s mind and draws them to read more and making the audience a reader. In the first two paragraphs of the first chapter, it is seen that the main character was from a fallen noble family and readers could notice through the words that unlike the rest she was different, and she wants more than a normal noble life. The main character is just like Christopher Columbus because she is about to take a big risk in her life. The risk she is about to take is one that is deadly and could cause the life of others involved. There were a lot of plot twist and the way Richelle Mead was able to fit everything together in one giant detailed puzzle was amazing. Every chapter had a purpose, and the character development was good too. I think most people could relate with the book. The part I liked the most was when she pretended that everything was fine but within, she was planning her escape plan which was amusing and true because sometimes it is best to think rather than act. I cannot stand being forced to be undermined by something or someone like the main character was, I rather make my own way.

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Meet Adelaide in The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead

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