Along the way she stops to warn the foxes and other small animals to stay out of her way saying, "Out of my way, all you foxes, owls, beetles, jack rabbits, coons, and wild animals!...Keep out from under these feet, little bob-whites .Keep the big wild hogs out of my path. ... When getting into the building she is overcome by the size and style the building appears to her. ... Phoenix would change her attitude ten out of ten times if put into different scenarios dealing with the same issues. ...

• Word Count: 679
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

That night the birds find a way into the children's bedroom where they are attacked viciously and had Nat not stepped in, the children would have been killed by the birds. ... This story was written in the 1950's, which is not long after the Second World War and Nat turns the kitchen into an air raid shelter. ...

• Word Count: 4431
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

That night the birds find a way into the children's bedroom where they are attacked viciously and had Nat not stepped in, the children would have been killed by the birds. ... This story was written in the 1950's, which is not long after the Second World War and Nat turns the kitchen into an air raid shelter. ...

• Word Count: 4405
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

Ondaatje's next novel, 1992's The English Patient, won the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize, and was made into an award-winning film. ... A prism, by definition, refracts light into a spectrum of colors. ... He becomes a criminal like Caravaggio by breaking into the Waterworks. ... When Clara leaves Patrick, he is thrust into a world of darkness. ... Only with love can anyone be expected to have identity and fit into a community. ...

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School