“Two years he walks the earth, no phone, no pool, and no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is The Road. Escaped from Atlanta. Thou shalt not return, ‘cause “The West Is The Best.” And now after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure. The climatic battle to...
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Memoir
Into The Wild
My Girl
Set in a small town located in Pennsylvania, this is an emotional movie about a lonely young girl’s journey during the summer of 1972. Eleven year old Vada, based on her life, is played by Anna Chlumsky. Vada lives with Harry or her dad, played by Dan Aykroyd, who has a business in their...
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It’s Kind of a Funny Story
It’s Kind Of A Funny Story by Ned Vizzini brings the reader into the life of Craig Gilner, age 15, as he is accepted into the prestigious New York City high school, Executive Pre Professional. Tormented by the stress brought on to him by the extreme amount of work required to achieve what he...
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The Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Bruce Lee has had such an impact on the world that it is hard to find a way that in which he is the loser. Bruce Lee is most famous for his martial arts skills, and his strength. He had stared in many films but, undoubtedly, he is most famous for his film, “Enter...
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A Rip In Heaven
“The truth that we were about to learn was that, in fact, we weren’t tough kids at ll. We never dreamed of the kind of brutality we were about to encounter, the kind of tragedy that would destroy our lives in a single night. Our lives in the city had not prepared us for...
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Columbine
Columbine, by Dave Cullen, is a factual story about the events that lead up to and took place at the Columbine shootings. In this story, Cullen tells us about the killers’ motives and earlier life before the killing. Both Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were bright young men with promising futures. Looking into the...
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Oogy
“The dog only a family could love.” Oogy, a white male pit-bull, was found abandoned bleeding to death on the streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with part of his face ripped off. He was only minutes away from death. Oogy, the two month old, was unfortunately used as a bait dog. (A dog that can...
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Three Little Words
Ashley has been waiting forever to say three little words “I guess so”. They might not sound all that important, but when you have been searching for a family to call your own practically your whole life they can mean a whole lot. Ashley was only three years old “the day they stole her...
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The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
World War II, the war against religion, has begun. If you are Jewish you must go into hiding, never to venture outside while the war is in progress, or go to a German concentration camp where you will die a long, painful death. Anne Frank, her mother, father, sister Margot, their friends Mr. and...
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The Help
Aibileen Clark, a black woman from Jackson Mississippi, is a maid that raises children. She raised 17 children only one her own. In 1962, blacks used different bathrooms, busses, libraries, grocery stores, and even lived on different sides of town. Miss Skeeter Phelan, a white upcoming writer, and Aibileen have never spoken outside of...
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