Four very different best friends have wonderful and not so wonderful experiences in the first summer they have ever spent apart since they were born. ... All of this suddenly changes once they find out that they would not be spending their summer together for the very first time. Summer vacation has been when they would spend the most time together hanging out and doing what average teenage girls usually do, summer was when all of their birthdays would tie together. However, this summer was going to be different, this summer none of them would even be in the same state. ... Through out the...

• Word Count: 1842
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

I enjoyed reading this story. ... After reading it over twice I thought of another reason why the mother might have killed herself. ... It happened the summer before he was entering college at University of Massachusetts on a full academic scholarship. ... In conclusion, I enjoyed reading this story very much. ...

• Word Count: 1319
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

I enjoyed reading this story. ... After reading it over twice I thought of another reason why the mother might have killed herself. ... It happened the summer before he was entering college at University of Massachusetts on a full academic scholarship. ... In conclusion, I enjoyed reading this story very much. ...

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

For three days I stay in a hole in the yard where I pass the time by reading my books, hoping not to be discovered. ... At the end of that summer it became clear that if our family wanted to stay in Canada we would all have to learn English, but in order to do so we would yet again move to a place called Rockville Ontario. For the remainder of my summer I spent as much time as I could reading outside. ...

• Word Count: 2372
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Also, in the summer my parents and I plant tomato seeds, jalapeño seeds, potatoes. ... I was taken bilingual classes, and I spent most of my summers reading and watching things that where in English. ... Thanks to that teacher I decided to change that I started to take reading classes until I got to a college reading level. ...

• Word Count: 1963
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

It was on a hot summer back in 2007. ... For example, yoga exercises and meditation, reading enough (especially about child development), listen to classical music, swimming, avoid fast-unhealthy foods, among other things. ... This summer coming up, you will be enroll in the "Little League". ...

• Word Count: 1627
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

His pride in the United States was coupled with his Orthodox Jewish faith, although not too deeply observed, having been exposed to a more secular socialist leaning Jewish culture through the "Workmens' Circle" and by reading the "Daily Forward" the leading secular Yiddish newspaper in the United States during the great immigration of Eastern European Jews prior to World War I and subsequently served the needs of that generation until it more or less died out in the later part of the twentieth century. ... According to one of her very unreliable stories, she claimed to have had booked pas...

• Word Count: 1623
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He finds more pleasure in reading his books than in spending time with his parents. ... His father found him reading in the closet. His mother found him reading when he was supposed to be asleep or playing outside. ... Rodriguez himself admits that he did not understand too much from his reading, but, when he finished it, he crossed the name of the book off his list. ...

• Word Count: 2210
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The Awakening Kate Chopin was born in St. Louis, MO in 1850 to an Irish/Creole family. After the death of her parents, she attended the St. Louis Academy of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic boarding school. Kate spent much time with her French-Creole grandmother and was very interested in music and ...

• Word Count: 1324
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Words have the power to influence the world. When one chooses their words accordingly, they have the power to effect society and make prominent changes. Being blessed with the ability to speak to the very souls of the general population isn't an easy feat to accomplish. One significant author nam...

• Word Count: 1483
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Her family remains in Thailand, but E.S. has a sister moving here next summer - also marrying a gentleman that she met on-line. ... She enjoys reading, photography, watching movies, visiting friends of her husbands in the community, playing darts, horseshoes, and even shopping. ...

• Word Count: 2075
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Personal and Cultural Characteristics During any social interaction, people present themselves while simultaneously reading the presentations of others. ... When I was age four to six I repeatedly hid in the closet to cut my hair short, and emulated my brothers by opting not to wear a shirt on hot summer days. ...

• Word Count: 2124
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate