... effort to communicate with my aunt because I thought it would be hopeless. I wouldn't understand her and she wouldn't understand me, but I was wrong, very wrong. My aunt has a son named Brian who is about two years younger than I am. I always wondered how it would be to have one deaf parent, let alone two deaf parents. Both my aunt and her husband ... are deaf. Brian turned out great; he has full hearing and is kind of the middleman between his parents and the rest of the world. We were sitting out on my porch about ... ...

• Word Count: 396
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... scientists are working on is the subject of artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science that deals with the capability of a computer to simulate intelligent human behavior. In Brian Christian's excerpt, "Authenticating" he studies the differences between computers and humans, and analyzes the differences by having conversations with bots. Although the computers may seem as if they ... ...

• Word Count: 1450
• Approx Pages: 6

... they way they might think is right. Because of their mental health condition, lashing out at others may be the way they think they're supposed to behave. According to Brian Jenkins, Executive Director of Chosen 300, "There's people who are not able to go indoors because if they go into closed spaces with a lot of people they can cause fights ... ...

• Word Count: 805
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... see again, all in search of a place where freedom and hope are as abundant and routine as the air that you breathe. Only the Heart, a touching novel explicitly composed by Brian Caswell and David Phu An Chiem, depicts a terrifying side to life which is beyond even the vast imagination of the many Australians and people raised in and living in a "lucky ... ...

• Word Count: 415
• Approx Pages: 2

A Cage of Butterflies, by Brian Caswell, is a scientific thriller. Dr Larsen starts an institute for kids who are geniuses, in order to study them. In the institute there is Gretel, a whiz at multi-dimensional mathematics, ... ...

• Word Count: 439
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... see again, all in search of a place where freedom and hope are as abundant and routine as the air that you breathe. Only the Heart, a touching novel explicitly composed by Brian Caswell and David Phu An Chiem, depicts a terrifying side to life which is beyond even the vast imagination of the many Australians and people raised in and living in a "lucky ... ...

• Word Count: 410
• Approx Pages: 2