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Matthew Young Ship of Fire Michael Cadnum Main Characters: William Perivale is a doctor who has a servant named Thomas. William was once rich, but lost all his money due to bets between dogs, and bears. He soon changed everything when him and his servant went on to a ship and became the best ship doctors in history. There works got spread around the world thanks to William. As for Thomas, he always followed Thomas around. Thought, he soon paid off his debt to William and became his own doctor. Drake is legendary sea pirate that works for Queen Elizabeth to loot the Spanish and make money for England and himself. He becomes good friends with Thomas after Thomas’s master William is no longer with him, and forces Thomas to become a medical fighter. Main Conflict : The conflict here was that they were both poor and needed money badly. They struggled to pay bills and had no jobs, and resorted to betting. Once that failed it seemed they were all out of hope. Then, a ship neede d...
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Kirsten Branham A Breath of Frost by Alyxandra Harvey Main characters: Emma-a girl who was traced to several murders, Gretchen- Emma’s cousin, Penelope-Emma’s cousin, Main conflict: Emma was framed for murdering a girl who was found covered in frost and other murders because she is the one who is finding the bodies. Quotes: Historical Perspective: Success of the Book: Author’s facts and statistics:

Evan Tatge. The Youngest Templar Book Report

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Evan Tatge “The Youngest Templar” MIchael P. Spradlin Tristan: An orphan raised by monks who catches the eye of one of the Knights Templars. He is then brought on an adventure and eventually has to deliver the holy grail to England. Sir Thomas: A respected knight who takes tristan to be his squire and entrusts him with the holy grail. Robard: On Tristan's journey to england he meets Robard the archer in the woods who helps tristan get where he is going. He was one of the kings archers who was on his way back to the main city. Maryam: A muslim assassin that instead of killing tristan, joins him and Robard on their journey back to England. She has a life debt to Tristan because he took an arrow out of her shoulder. Sir Hugh: A lying and cowardly knight who betrayed the templars and tried to kill Tristan. He fled from the battle that most likely killed Sir Thomas. Main Conflict: SIr Thomas and Tristan go to Outremer, a place where the main battle f...
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Bailey Miller         Still Star-Crossed by Melinda Taub Main characters- Rosaline, Livia, Benvolio, Pairs, Esclus, Mercutio, and Lady Capulet Main conflict- Rosaline is in love with Benvolio. They are from different families and they are still in a fued after Juliet and Romeo died. Some events that happened is Benvolio fought Pairs because they were fighting over Rosaline. Rosaline and Benvolio got exiled for being in love. Quotes- “For before he loved Juliet, Romeo had loved her. And now the sweet, lovesick boy was dead.” The reason that this quote is important is because it talks about the past, before Rosaline and Benvolio. Rosaline was thinking about Romeo, her family member, and that he died for love. “ I'd rather be a servant until the day I die than be the wife of a Montague.” This quote is important because it talks about the two families. “This is madness, Friar. I know not why you perform a wedding between a Capulet and Mon...
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Satyam Dahya Into The Dim Janet B. Taylor 16 March 2018 Book Report Main Characters: Hope Walton Hope Walton is a teenage girl who lost her mother due to a severe “Earthquake”. Hope Walton does not know it yet but she is the daughter of a time traveler. Main Conflict: The main conflict in this historical  Sci-Fi thriller is when  sixteen-year-old Hope Walton loses her mom to an earthquake overseas, her secluded world crumbles. Agreeing to spend the summer in Scotland, Hope discovers that her mother was more than a brilliant academic, but also a member of a secret society of time travelers. Trapped in the twelfth century in the age of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Hope has seventy-two hours to rescue her mother and get back to their own time. Along the way, her path collides with that of a mysterious boy who could be vital to her mission. 3 Important Quotes: “The past is so interesting we just wanna keep on searching for more” This quote talks about how ...
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Jasmine Kirkland Kissing Shakespeare Pamela Mingle Main Characters: William Shakespeare- A handsome young man who goes through struggles with choosing the dangerous life if a privitative Jesuit or becoming a writer who will change the world with his plays and sonnets. Miranda- She hopes one day to become a Shakespearean actor like her famous parents until her disastrous performances in her school’s staging of The Taming of the Shrew. Humiliated, Miranda skips the opening night and night party because all she wanted to do is hide. Stephen Langford- He is known as a Time Warden, who travel  through time and has visions that can foretell the future. He is a mysterious man who has many secrets. He is also the fellow cast member who has other plans for Miranda. He steps out the of the backstage to ask Miranda if she would like to meet Shakespeare. Main Conflict: The main conflict is Kissing Shakespeare was when Miranda thinks that her fellow cast members were total nu...

The Beet Fields Memories Of A Sixteenth Summer

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Main Characters: Old Mexican Man: Teachers the value of working hard and helps the boy up on his feet after he runs away. Bill: Gives The Boy a place to work and live when all the beets were gone. Deputy: The Boys enemy. Arrests him and steals his money. Boy runs away from him the rest of the book. Conflict: The conflict in this book is that the boy ran away from home because he had a hard home situation.  He gets a job harvesting beets with Mexicans. He moved to another job driving a tractor and working for a farmer named Bill. The other reason was he got caught by a deputy and then is jailed, but breaks out shortly. Quotes: -“ For the bird to drop to me you must kill it first”- This is significant because he has had a hard life and when he got somewhere better he had a better one. -“How much money did I give you last night?” - This is significant because the boy was always looking for a job. -“ He comes back for a moment looking for the deputy and when he didn...