She shows us how, although she wasn't biologically attached to the child, because of her closeness to him and the relationship she created with him, they became a true family that cared and loved each other. ... The author tells a story about a woman named Dominique who is an immigrant to the United States, coming from Trinidad. ... He found this album in his grandfather's trunk, in which each picture tells a story. ... Gates went on to tell of stories where his aunt was engaged to a very nice gentleman. Her fiancé was drafted in the war and never returned home. ...

• Word Count: 1685
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She then asks how you are doing. ... My grandmother then asks me well, how, I can help. I said well tell me about grandma Easter which is her mother who is deceased. ... But according my mother and grandmother's information and reading the history on how the Willis family arrived in American it could all match up and be true. ... He plays a big role in the latter part of my life story. ...

• Word Count: 1828
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

This story is about a midwife (Mary Ballard) who moved to the Maine frontier after the War for Independence. ... The males would learn how to read and do some basic math. ... Still the upper class had a division on who should be educated, and just how to go about it. ... She dutifully writes home and tells her family about the class. ... True, social equality was not to be found. ...

• Word Count: 2129
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Dorris, a contemporary author of anthropological studies, poetry and short stories, best known for his work in prose. ... She is nave by not believing anything will happen to him in the war because of her sheltered life on the reservation. ... She truly feels devastated and responsible for Lee's entrance and death in the war, and as she hits rock bottom, Elgin becomes conveniently present. ... When Ida begins her story, we see her mother passing. ... After becoming pregnant, Ida finds out Willard's true self and never tells him she is with child. ...

• Word Count: 1903
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Potok uses Reuven Malter as the victim of suffering in his story while Grisham uses Luke Chandler. ... On one hand, Reuven grows up in a Jewish family during World War II. ... Reuven felt Billy's pain and thought about how fortunate he was to have been spared that fate. ... So he told the sheriff that Hank beat the Siscos in self-defense, which was partially true, until he picked up a board and started beating them with it. ... When a person is put into a difficult situation, they grow and mature as they learn how to handle it, j...

• Word Count: 1855
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School