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Book Reviews, Collins, Suzanne
Book Review: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Title: Catching Fire Author: Suzanne Collins Series: The Hunger Games #2 Published: September 2009 Publisher: Scholastic Press Pages: From: Shawna Freeman Rating: 9/10 Catching Fire is the second novel in the Hunger Games trilogy written by American author Suzanne Collins. It’s a continuation of the first book, The Hunger Games, and to be perfectly honest, […]
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Girl on Fire: How NYC and Princeton compare to Iowa
[As seen in Creston News Advertiser, November 5, 2015] I walked out of the glass doors onto a large piece of triangle pavement and a sudden wave of the smell of garbage, grime and pollution slammed into me. The smell, however, was accompanied by a view of stories-tall buildings with lights flashing and painted words […]
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Can anonymous really accomplish something?
[As seen in Creston News Advertiser, November 19, 2015] The devastation of France has been written in blood all over the newspapers and cyberspace. The horrors that have occurred in that country, just one in a vast world of war, have brought out the true nature of humanity. The United States and the world stand […]
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Book Reviews, Collins, Suzanne
Book Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Title: The Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins Series: The Hunger Games #1 Published: September 2008 Publisher: Scholastic Press Pages: From: Shawna Freeman Rating: 9/10 The fourth and final Hunger Games film was released on the silver screen: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II. Since I don’t have cable or Internet, I’ve been slow in learning […]
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Girl on Fire: Dolores to the rescue
[As seen in Creston News Advertiser, October 29, 2015] It was the screeching noise as I turned onto the highway that caught my attention. My car had been making funny noises for awhile, but nothing that made me wonder if I should take it in to get fixed. That is, until the moment I turned […]
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Girl on Fire: Mother nature can be so breathtaking
[As seen in Creston News Advertiser October 15, 2015] The sunlight was warm on my face as I trudged up a steep incline, little clouds of dust forming around my Nikes with each step. The dirt and grass were dappled with light until I reached an opening in the trees at the top of the […]
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Girl on Fire: Back in the classroom
[As seen in Creston News Advertiser, September 17, 2015] I walked into the hospital, unsure where the conference room was. There were two men leaning against the wall, and one asked if I was with the class. I said yes, and he led me down a long hallway and pointed at a door with frosted […]
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Book Review: The White Rose by Amy Ewing
Title: The White Rose Author: Amy Ewing Series: Lone City #2 Published: October 2015 Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: From: Barnes and Noble Rating: 9/10 I was perusing the Barnes and Noble app on my phone when I came across a book with a shiny white cover of a flower and a girl in the center. It […]
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Girl on Fire: Happy anniversary
[As seen in Creston News Advertiser, August 20, 2015] Today is Aug. 20. Historical events for today include: • the American Civil War ended in 1866, • NASA launched Voyager 2 into space in 1977, • in 1988, a ceasefire was agreed upon after almost eight years of fighting in the Iran-Iraq War, • in […]
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Book Review: The Jewel by Amy Ewing
Title: The Jewel Author: Amy Ewing Series: Lone City #1 Published: September 2014 Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: 358 From: Barnes and Noble Rating: 9/10 Sometimes you come across that one book that kind of blows your mind and makes you think, what if? Well, Amy Ewing’s debut novel The Jewel did that to me.
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