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Summer Reading 08?!?!?!?!?
I completely forgot about my summer reading do for 08. I am going to be a freshman this year and i forgot about my reading over the summer. It completely slipped my mind and i didn’t remember my teacher addressing it to us. I called a few of my friends who filled me in on “Some” of my requirements and stuff. I need to read a novel and biography… i have already begun reading The Giver by Lois Lowry and i am already on page 50. I just started today, but i have only 2 weeks… Please anyone help me on some books for a good biography??? or some tips on reading because i hate it!
use cliffnotes.com and skim… you’ll read quicker
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Looking Back: A Book of Memories $6.80 “I would like to introduce you to this book. It has no plot. It is about moments, memories, fragments, falsehoods, and fantasies. It is about things that happened, which caused other things to happen, so that eventually stories emerged.” children as well as adults often ask Lois Lowry where the ideas for her stories came from. In this fascinating, moving autobiography, the Newbery Medalist answers… |
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Lois Lowry: The Giver of Stories and Memories (authors Teens Love) $27.93 … |
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Gathering Blue $25.00 Approx. 5 hours, 4 cassettesIn her strongest work to date, Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future world. It is a society ruled by savagery and deceit that shuns and discards the weak. Left orphaned and physically flawed, young Kira faces a frightening, uncertain future. Blessed with an almost magical talent that keeps her alive, she struggles with ever broadening responsib… |
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Lois Lowry $122.83 This book is in Used condition |
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The Worlds of Lois Lowry $20.14 This book is in New – Excellent condition |
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Lowry’s The Giver $5.99 The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into key elements and ideas within classic works of literature. CliffsNotes on The Giver explores a world in which disease, hunger, poverty, war, and lasting pain simply don’t exist. The members of this utopia have given up all human emotions and memories to live in a state of Sameness. Following the story of a 12-year-old boy who recognizes the hypocrisy of his community’s “social order” – and who crafts a way to free everyone from the bane of Sameness, this study guide provides summaries and critical commentaries for each chapter within the novel.  Other features that help you figure out this important work include Personal background on the author, Lois Lowry Introduction to and synopsis of the book Character descriptions Critical essays on the author’s themes, style, language, and more Review section that features interactive questions and suggested essay topics Selected bibliography and list of critical works Classic literature or modern-day treasure — you’ll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides. |