The book Uprising is about three young girls in 1910,1911 New York City. An Italian immigrant, Bella. A Russian immigrant, Yetta. And a rich American, Jane. All three girls experience the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in 1911.
The book starts off in Pearl Harbor when the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor. A very interesting thing i learned that soldiers during WW2 called the Japanese fighter planes meat balls because the planes had a picture of the Japanese flag on the wing of the plane. This book takes places in the 1940’s when the US
First, once I found out that this book took place in Savannah Georgia, I really wanted to get it. I have never been to Savannah, but I wanted to learn more about the town as well as the murder that happened there. Since Savannah is a small town I felt connected to the book because Georgetown is
A Long Way Gone, is a memoir written by Ishmael Beah. Ishmael was born in Sierra Leone and grew up during the civil war in Sierra Leone. In, A Long Way Gone, Ishmael tells the reader his experiences as a boy soldier and his experiences in rehabilitation in order to regain his humanity. The book begins with Ishmael answering questions to his high school friends, in New York, about his time in the war.
The well-written book is thoroughly detailed and has an excellent plot. The story begins in Charleston in 1803. Sarah Grimke receives Handful,
The book starts off with a brief introduction by Zabin that simply lays out what has happened leading up to the trials. It does a good job of really setting the scene of the panic some citizens had but also the citizens who were
Chapter 1 “All Starts” All starts with a man called Christopher Mellow. He worked on a technological company in the state of New York, USA. He was very young and intelligent man. One day he was checking private documents about what he was doing was use for, he checked the trade secrets that the company used for years. Very distressed because his boss always at a certain time checked the documents.
Part two, Covert Action, of Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq, by Stephen Kinzer, presents situations in Iran, Chile, South Vietnam, and Guatemala where covert actions were used to abolish governments that the United States claimed had communist influence and intentions. These threats were misguided, but the excuse was used to justify the actions to the public. The true intention of these interventions was to protect American businesses in foreign countries. These interferences are still causing problems for all countries involved.
The book has many characters with very different personalities. The book has unexpected twists and turns throughout it. The novel involves kidnappers, a dragon and (of course) the 5 children from Miami that know nothing about what they’re getting into. This book started out as, a fairly normal story.
The novel is set in the year of 2025, where the world is overrun by corruption, greed, criminals, violence, famine, thirst, slavery and division. The main character, Lauren Olamina, narrates her life and journey in the novel. Lauren describes the horrendous and corrupt world around her and notes of the population’s response to the violent acts. Lauren views the world around her when she
Primarily, as the reader reads more into this fascinating book, they learn that Lori wants to move New York City in hopes of moving to a better life environment, where she can strive in what she loves to do, which was
The novel follows Stevie an eleven year old girl who lives in Southside Chicago throughout her middle and high school years. Stevie goes through the social pressure of her peers and family to tell her how to act, think, and look. Slowly throughout
Early in the novel, the author introduces
Survival of the Fittest Think of a video game where you are placed into an abandoned city and your goal is to defeat many people around you, and make it back to headquarters before everyone else. That is what Cia Vale has to do in The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau, except it isn’t a video game, it’s real life and it is a nightmare. Main characters in The Testing include the protagonist Cia Vale, her romantic interest Tomas Endress, her mentor Michal Gallen, some of the competitors Ryme Reynolds, Will, Roman Fry, the strange man at the fence, Cia’s mother and father, her brother Zeen Vale, and lastly, the testing administrator Dr. Jedidiah Barnes. Where Cia lives in Five Lakes Colony, after graduating school a select advanced group are chosen
This novel talks about the life in America during those times back in 1937 how many people struggled to live. Many people during those days lost their jobs. There was no welfare state or unemployment benefit. Disabled or old people had to depend on their families or charity and keep working for as long as they could. Everyone was so competitive in order to get a job.
