They contain sub-sequential visual art in rectangular patterns much like comic books. ... The major differences between comics and graphic novels is that they are longer, and comics can cover stories over the course of many issues while graphic novels are just one or two books (Difference Between Comic Books and Graphic Novels, knowledgenuts.com). ... The art was also very riveting and emotional because it contained such intense imagery of what the narrator/author was describing but were drawn very simply. ... As a feminist, I enjoy books that are meant to empower girls and change the view o...

• Word Count: 1310
• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: High School

If a person constantly reads books that have the same type of theme, they will most likely start to look for things related to what they're reading in their books, in their everyday lives. People love reading, but diving into books too deeply and thriving over the subjects in the text can definitely be dangerous. ... Because of the emotional attachment that she had to Leon, she became even more disinterested and indifferent towards Charles. ... Emma was naive, which made her mind very malleable when it came to her thoughts from reading her books. ... s life was ruined by the books she rea...

• Word Count: 1202
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• Grade Level: High School

Her books received many rewards and honors. ... Both books were selected as Honor Books in the Chicago Tribune Book World's Children's Spring Book Festival. ... Apart from this, even the over- didacticism of its first person narrative "it is as didactic as modern pop songs "comes off the page with such absorbed conviction, such persuasive truth and emotional power that one accepts it. ... Most teenage kids don't like books that drag on and have long periods of times where there is no action. ... Censored Books: Critical Viewpoints. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Of Mice and Men In terms of emotional stability, there is only one thing in life that is needs and that is friends. ... Throughout the books, he's worrying that he will be seen as being useless like his dog. ...

• Word Count: 521
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• Grade Level: High School

McCarthy's other books with his signature lone character, the main character of this book, John Grady Cole, experiences his journey in the company of his friend Lacey Rawlins, along with another fellow cowboy, as well as sometimes being in solitude. ... All The Pretty Horses includes elegant and simplicity qualities that were missing from earlier books of Cormac McCarthy. ... With all that being said, responses to All The Pretty Horses among the faithful readers of Cormac McCarthy were not as optimistic as with his other books. ... "The story of John Grady Cole is told with sympathy that ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He then went on to write many more stories for them, thirteen of which were combined into three books. These books were later put together to form the novel The Catcher in the Rye. ... Paul Engle, a Chicago Tribune reviewer, stated that the novel was "emotional without being sentimental, dramatic without being melodramatic, and honest without simply being obscene." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This situation describes the emotional ordeal that so many veterans had to go through during the course of a war. ... In fact, most young people had never experienced a war, but could still somehow relate with the help of extensive history books and novels. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He manages his books in his head, conducts his business by word of mouth, and employs the aid of weather prophet---already obsolete in many parts of the country at that time, in order to determine the success of a harvest. ... The name is romatic and attractive, just like the character of her, emotional and impulsive, given to quick decisions. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

First published in 1946, The Stranger was Camus' first novel. The version that I purchased is a direct translation from its French origin. At times the language was a little rough, however, this fact also added to the books authenticity. The somewhat broken English, creates a sense that the main...

• Word Count: 1699
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• Grade Level: High School

"Everything is Illuminated," by Jonathan Safran Foer, was published in 2002 and is still on many bestseller lists. Foer was born in Washington D.C. in 1977. Foer's grandfather, Louis Foer, was a holocaust survivor. Foer never thought about having a career in writing, but was inspired to become a wri...

• Word Count: 2266
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"Slaughter house Five" was by far the most succesful of all the movies based on his books, primarily because the novel was so great to begin with. ... His life has also been filled with struggles, hardships, and emotional pain. ...

• Word Count: 1839
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School