Markus Zusak’s sanguine novel The Book Thief illustrates the austere story of a Jewish foster girl living amidst the cruelty and devastation of World War II. Liesel Meminger, an intelligent and kind-hearted youngster stricken by family tragedy, must contend with both physical and emotional conflict as she and her friends cope with the atrocities of life in Nazi Germany. In spite of the chaos encompassing their lives, Liesel and her allies manage to find peace and resilience through love and compassion.…
The author has a sincere way of telling the story. He knows how to engage every scene with another one and the setting he describes makes this story so real that the readers get involved really easily on this story. Many readers become part of the story through their imagination and this is a wonderful gift someone can have because being able to feel the story like part of your real life is not easy.…
Once again, he left school and moved to Chicago where he began work on his first novel. There, he also met his first wife with whom he had one son. They divorced a while after their son was born.…
Robert Louis Stevenson was born on November 13th, 1850 to his parents Thomas and Margaret Stevenson., he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Stevenson studied civil engineering at Edinburgh University at age seventeen, he was expected to follow the same footsteps of his father Thomas, who was a civil engineer and designed lighthouses. Stevenson was never interested in civil engineering or designing lighthouses in his father's business, he decided to stop studying civil engineering and instead study law at Edinburgh University. In 1875, Robert Louis Stevenson believed his profession should be writing, with that he quit studying law and focused on writing. As Stevenson progressed in his life, he had to face a tragical challenge, he suffered from…
I read the book Awake Natasha Preston. This book displayed many settings, Scarlett’s school, Scarlett's house, Noah’s house, and Ireland. This story is narrated between the two main characters noah and scarlett, this point of view is first person. The book awake displays a theme of love, it shows that love can’t be stopped if it’s meant to be. This book is about a young girl and boy who meet at school and they fall in love.…
James Patterson is a prolific author of thrillers, mysteries, young adult novels, and other genres. His first successful series featured psychologist Alex Cross, which later had a film adaptation. He has also written the popular “Middle School” series and the fantasy-mystery novel “Witch & Wizard”.…
In case you do not recognize the man in the picture, this is James Patterson. Mr. Patterson was born, March 22, 1947, in Newburgh, NY. Several of his books, were turned into movies. I am sure you recognized such titles as, “Kiss the Girls” and “Along Came a Spider”. He also had one to be television shows, “Women’s Murder Club”. So far I have read three of his books that I really like. I have only had on of his books that I could never get into. I tried reading that book for several days and just did not get it. James Patterson is just one of the best selling authors in the 21st century. Mr. Patterson has sold somewhere around 170 million books worldwide. He was featured in the Time magazine as “The Man Who Can’t…
Throughout history, great people have accomplished greatness. Robert Edmund Cormier is one of those people. For over two decades Cormier has been, and continues to be, one of the most controversial and widely read authors of young adult novels. (Ed. Deborah J) Robert Cormier's novel are well known for the conflicts between light and darkness, and what is right from what is wrong.…
who is a dreamer, lives a life out of romantic novels, and can be amusing and…
Rick was born on June 5, 1964 in San Antonio, Texas. Rick Riordan Sr. and Lyn Belisle Riordan are his parents. He grew up in San Antonio where he attended Alamo Heights High School. Editing his high school newspaper, his passion for writing grew. Growing up, he wrote short stories that were never successfully published. Rick always had an affection for writing, but his writing…
A classic book is a well-known book that is passed down generations and is usually, a classic will hold a depth that no one can hope to understand. Classic books create a strong statement towards history and culture, that still holds truth even long after. These books transcend the basic notions of a good book. A classic book has characteristics and themes that people enjoy reading even years from its original publishing.…
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem Massachusetts. In 1808, Hawthorne’s father dies of yellow fever and his mother withdraws and leaves him to be educated by his uncle, Robert Manning. In July 1820, Hawthorne write’s The Spectator, which was a newsmagazine that ran for a month. Nathaniel Hawthorne graduated from college in 1825 then isolated himself from society. During this period of isolation, Hawthorne wrote and anonymously published his first novel, Fanshawe, but the public ignored the novel. On July 31, 1849, Hawthorne’s mother, Elizabeth Hathorne, dies. Hawthorne falls into a deep depression but continues to write The Scarlet Letter and publishes it in February 1850. On May 19, 1864 Nathaniel Hawthorne dies in Plymouth, New Hampshire.…
He went on to attend Dartmouth College for several months, just to return home and work several jobs that did not fulfill his dreams of a picture perfect career. He published…
currents play large roles in any bottle’s direction; storms and debris may shift its course as well.…
Shane Silvers is an American author who made his name writing several series of popular paranormal and fantasy novels. He is often described as a man of power and mystery whose mystery is only exceeded by his power. The Nate Temple Supernatural series of novels is one of his most popular works. The novels feature a young wizard known as Nate Temple who is on a quest to protect his hometown of St Louis from a variety of paranormal nasties that populate many novels that we have come to love from our childhood. Nate is a tough guy that has been known to steal Death’s horse, cow tip the Minotaur and sucker punch an angel. He writes about characters who express utter disregard for self-preservation and consequences that will leave any thriller reader cringing on the edge of their seat and bursting out in laughter. In addition to the Nate Temple series, Silvers is also the author of the Feathers and Fire series. Unlike the Temple series, this series is set in Kansas City and features a rookie female wizard who is…