The name of the book that this report is describing is The Testament, by John Grisham. ... This book was also written to express how money can corrupt people's morals and love. ... The plot is, Phelan dies leaving Rachel Lane a lot of money, instead of his other six children that he despises, and Stafford and O'Riley have to find Rachel somewhere in Brazil.The name of the book that this report is describing is The Testament, by John Grisham. ... This book was also written to express how money can corrupt people's morals and love. ... The relationship of government in this bo...

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A Boy At War I chose the book A Boy At War written by Harry Mazer for my book report. The main character in the book A Boy At War is a boy named Adam. ... Adam would have to start this school year late. ... He realized how horrible war was and the impact that it had on the family. ... His father gave him a lecture on how he wasn't suppose to be down there and how he would give Davi's father money tomorrow for fixing Adam's bike. ...

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"I had heard reports to the extent that he was a white man who lived on the nearby plantations. ... Since it was illegal for a slave to learn how to read and write, Washington received no education. ... Booker T. ... His ideas were a start, and he put ideas into people's heads, which resulted in other great leaders such as W.E.B. ... Booker T. ...

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The Book I read for my book report was called "A Spell for Chameleon-; the book was about a man named Bink who lives in a magic country called Xanth. ... The book was written by Piers Anthony and published in October 1977. ... Bink starts off by heading down the enchanted path that has warding spells associated with it, after traveling south for a few miles he meets a centaur traveling the path. ... He follows the gap east until he finds a village; he asks the villagers how to get across the gap, so they send a girl who is incredibly stupid but equally beautiful, to lead across the gap. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Book Report - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Introduction: I was standing in a bookstore in Los Angeles, browsing the shelves for a book that was required for my summer course in. ... Then, Guy Montage is reported to have books in his house. ... Soon after he leaves the city the next world war starts. ... Conclusion: I am somewhat amazed at how prophetic this book is and how accurate Bradbury's predictions were. How did he know? ...

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Grapes of Wrath Book Report When first released in 1939, The Grapes of Wrath, written by novelist John Steinbeck, created quite a stir among Americans still coping with the depression. ... Tom asks his Pa when they plan on starting out West, and his response is one of much anticipation. "If Al gets back from his squirtin' aroun', I figgered he could load the truck an' take all of it in, an maybe we could start out tomorra or day after (90)." ... Since forty dollars is needed to report the death to the law and bury it, the Joads reluctantly decide to bury him illegally, even ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The plot is easy to follow and the first sentence starts right away with the plot "without any forewords. ... One problem is how Ponyboy has to grow up without parents. ... It also shows how if a member of a family has an injury it's tough for the family and friends. ... It really does show how these things can affect a family and friends. ... One other reason to read the book is that the end of each chapter of the book does not leave you in suspense. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Hatsumomo immediately starts trying to find ways to destroy Chiyo's career as a geisha before it even begins, and makes Chiyo's life at the okiya a living nightmare. ... Once Chiyo-chan is an official apprentice geisha, her name is changed to Sayuri and she starts accompanying Mameha to parties where she begins learning how to entertain men visiting Gion, which is something she needs to be very good at if she wants to become a successful geisha. ... The book was very strong in the beginning, but towards the end, when the war starts and the Gion district is shut down, it loses much...

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• Grade Level: High School

Once they gathered everyone, the boys started electing a leader and planning a way to be rescued. ... When they first start off they all still act like young boys and play around and stuff but as they live on the island longer everyone's true colors come out. ... Would I recommend this book? ... It shows you how throughout the book they lose that child in them and become a dark, evil person. Reading this book can better a person because they can learn about people and how we all have the same characteristics in us. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The book "Lord of The Flies " by William Golding is about a plane carrying a group of english boys because there country is at war. ... Roger is a symbol of pure evil and is responsible for Piggy's death later in the book. ... The rest of the boys start to come out onto the beach from the jungle. ... They keep a constant signal fire going that they started using Piggy's glasses. ... When the feast is over, Ralph asks Jack how he is going to shelter from the storm thats blowing in. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It is only upon this discovery that we really start to doubt the husband's innocence. ... As he considers how he will spend the rest of his life, she reveals to him that she is pregnant. ... The first major difference between the book and the movie is how her disappearance was planned. ... He recalls how he never guesses the answers correctly and how this always leads to a fight. ... This is after Nick is forced to call the police when a neighbor reports something fishy. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She started riding at age three. ... Her mother ,Janet noticed how smart she was at a young age. At six she had started reading and writing poems and stories. ... On the other hand I do recommend this book to write a book report on, there is a lot of information to get good material, but as far as reading for fun you should set this book down and leave it in the library. I did enjoy writing the report and I learned a lot about Jacqueline and her stepping stones on becoming the first lady....

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Criterion C Evaluation of Sources My primary source was a book about The Black Death. ... This was very useful because it gave a detailed description of what the church was going through and how many priests died and how the economy was going down. This book also said the lack of peasants that were needed and how high the wages went when a peasant wanted to work. This is mainly what the book consisted of. ... There were limitations in using this book. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Book Report on Iliad Iliad is a powerful, beautiful, and awe-inspiring work of ancient Greece. It combines the horridness of war into an epic poem filled with art, illustrious descriptions, and a myriad of wonderful literary images. It's a tale of a few days' fighting in the tenth year of the Troja...

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The book is written in the first account. ... The book details his efforts to teach the men how to fight an unconventional war. ... And, when bullets started flying, the ARVN stayed down and did nothing (p. 129). ... He wanted Hackworth to review and endorse a report of the incident, a glowing report of a perfect combat action, which was not the case at all (p. 347, 348). ... This writer feels that the book at times seems a bit self-praising. ...

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They are at all different stages of the writing process -- finishing a story, starting a new story, editing, illustrating, etc. ... From 3 to 5 pieces, they choose one to make into a book. ... Teachers will take out the story from the day before, reread it to the class, and add on to the story by starting a second paragraph. ... Focused Writing Report on Dinosaurs • Teachers need to model how to write a report, not just assign one. ... Brainstorming-  The teacher tells the class that they are going to make a class book about dinosaurs. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

While reading the book, you the reader, really get a sense of how someone in that situation is feeling. ... While trying not to make this out to be a book report. ... I learned how deep a person with a mental illness thinks. ... Also, to be honest, I hate reading, it's a hassle to me, but once I started reading this book, I couldn't put it down. ... I didn't want to make this sound like a book report. ...

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The report must follow the focus correction standard for Writing in the Social Studies. 2. The report must be a minimum of two word-processed pages. 3. The report must include an organized, clearly written answer to each of the questions. 1. ... He remembers how if the VC's weapon had worked, he would be dead and starts to cry. ... Later, he begins to think about how he had come into the army as a kid and how the war didn't mean anything to him then. ...

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This report will talk about the life of a famous author, Charles Dickens. ... In conclusion, this report will show a comparison of his work to his life. ... Then, when Charles was two they moved to London. 1 Just before he started to toddle, he stepped into the glare of footlights. ... After a slow start, The Pickwick Papers as the book was usually called gained a popularity seldom matched in the history of literature. 7 Then in 1837, Catherine's sister Mary, died. ... It deals with the same problems he faced when he lost Catherine and how his life was before he became rich and fa...

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The book I am going to report on is called Gremlins. ... It was then inevitable that a book would be published. ... It all starts with an inventor Rand Peltzer. ... And above all, no matter how they cry. No matter how much they beg, never, NEVER feed them after midnight And obviously in true Hollywood fashion in the book (and in the play), he breaks every one of these rules. ...

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Kennedy had to start campaigning for reelection, and decided to make a trip to Dallas to campaign. ... Lee and Edwin became close friends, but this came to a quick halt as Edwin and Marguerite started arguing. ... Oswald started to read books on, and become heavily interested in the ideas of Marxism (Parshall 72). ... His opinion of Russia started to change; he started to feel that it was not what he dreamed it would be (Posner 60). ... Once the loan was paid off, he started to buy some material things. ...

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This alienation shows how the surrounding society assumes he is guilty, they stereotype him because of his culture, and their values are shown through betrayal and hatred. ... When Kabuo approaches Ole to buy the land his father had started to purchase, he says no because he had already gotten a down payment from Carl Heine Jr. ... Kabuo is stereotyped in many instances during the book. ... The biggest suggestion of morals in the book is Ishmael's struggle between whether he should tell about the report from the lighthouse or not. ... During this book the people of San Piedro are going ...

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Art turned his book about his father's life in the Holocaust into a comic book, using mice to represent the Jews and cats to represent the Nazis. ... At this time the Jews were starting to be placed in concentration camps. ... Later that year, the New York Times reports that over 1,000,000 Jews have already been killed. ... Huts were reported to be covered with dead bodies, human excreta, rags and filth. ... Ironic how it seems that the United States wanted to end this war looking like the "good guys." ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This report is confidential and is the property of the co-owners listed above. ... As former students we know how much books can cost every quarter. We also know how long students have to wait in bookstore lines in order to get books for classes. ... According to Bank Rate, the College Board reported that in 2010-2011, students spent an average of $1,137 on textbook and supplies. ... According to the NACS 2010 Student Watch report, students ranked the ability to purchase used textbooks as the number one factor when considering what textbooks to buy. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

First Encounters: The Confrontation between Cortes and Montezuma In the book Discovering the American Past, Wheeler does an extraordinary job detailing the events that took place some 20,000-40,000 years ago. ... This all started when Cortes and his army sailed to the Western Hemisphere where the Native Americans called their home they thought that Cortes was the sun god. ... "He was also terrified to learn how the cannon roared, how its noise resounded, how is caused one to faint and grow deaf" (Wheeler, pg 17). ... "When Motecuhzoma hear this report, he was filled with terror. ......

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• Grade Level: High School