Rita Williams Author Study

Ruth May (the youngest) starts to befriend some of the children in the Congo by playing the game called, “Mother, May I?” Leah (one of the middle twins) befriends a boy named Pascal and they teach each other different words in their own languages. Adah (the middle twin with hemiplegia) feels as if she has

All three girls were 12-year-olds and in the same class. Morgan and Anissa planned they would kill Payton during a game of hide and seek in the woods. Anissa suggested that Payton should lay on the ground so Morgan wouldn 't find her and while she was on the ground Anissa sat on her so Morgan can take the big kitchen

The bus is transporting children 18 years and younger to the U.S. Navy base Fort Knox, where the children will be safe, and be trained as soldiers to take down “the others”. When Cassie’s little brother Sammy forgets his stuffed teddy bear Nugget, Sammy begs Cassie to run back and retrieve Nugget from their cabin. As Cassie is running to retrieve Nugget the bus leaves and Cassie is stranded in the camp by herself. Cassie knows that if she wants to survive, she is going to have to be careful. Cassie believes...

One sunny day, a young girl by the name of Beth traveled one day to “Mitchell Gail’s,” which is her “go to” store. Beth needs to purchase clothes for her Uncle Al’s birthday party. As she browses through clothes she meets a friendly employee whose name is Hannah. Hannah offers hold on to Beth’s belongings while she goes into the changing room to try on clothes. As soon as she steps out of the changing room, she is caught by Madge P. Groton who is the head security guard of the store.

Her desire to go to an old plantation she had been at before she didn’t realize that it wasn’t on their way to Florida but in actual Tennessee. By the moment she had realized they were in the wrong place she had kicked the basket which was holding the cat, and thus it sprung onto her sons face and caused them to crash. The dad gave in because they grandmother had stirred up their curiosity by telling them there was something secret there. When they were getting ready to get on the road toward Florida, she was the only one to dress up because she wanted to stand out in case she was on the road dead, they would had known that she was a lady. The time she was born in showed her character because she would referred to black people as the “n” word.

While both of the writer 's center their stories around

In the start of the book we learned that the main character Miles Halter is going away to school. His mother hosts a party for all of this friends to see him before he goes away. He is disappointed with the outcome of the party because only a few weird kids came.they only went because they had nothing better to do. He didn 't have many friends at home before he went away. He was very excited to try to make new friends at school.

Because of Minny including the chocolate pie and how Miss Hilly ate two slices of it, she not only freed herself but others as well. One day Minny calls Aibileen and tell her that Leroy was fired and when he asked why,. the boss say Mister William Holbrook told him to do it, and that Holbrook told him it’s Leroy nigger the reason, and Leroy tried to come home and kill her. This is the time Minny breaks down and states that she can no longer take this and starts to cry. Aibileen then tells her, “It’s time, Minny.

The themes of both books are both knowledge is power. Both of the settings are around the same time period and they are dystopias. Finally, the characters of the two stories are both lifeless wives and the main characters are against the society. This shows how the two stories are similar by themes, settings, and

Overall, it makes sense why during this time the girls’ dry and dull life resulted in their reason to spark such a mess for their entertainment. Any of the other theories do not make nearly enough scenes as this one. Not being able to do what you want and waking up knowing you’d spend your day cleaning around the house while your brother got to have fun fishing and hunting would make someone insane enough to do what these girls

Isabelle Williams was so excited for the grand opening of the new library. She lives in Austin, Texas. It was Saturday, June 24th, 2010. Izzy has long blonde hair, dark green eyes, and very pale skin. She is twelve years old and is an only child.

Ruby Gates is a seventeen-year-old girl who lives in a clean unpainted shack at 24 Depot Street, in the black part of town with her mother Emma Bates. They are the only white family on the block. Of the five children in the family, two of them are married and the other three live at home. Ruby Gates and her family were known as the “the lowest of the low”. Ruby is shaped by society as a victim because she showed that the case wasn’t directed towards the blacks.

Meanwhile, Kendra sees a man named dale who is the groundskeeper of the house, playing pie pans full of milk across the yard that seems to attract hummingbirds and insects. When they came kendra was given 3 small keys by her grandfather she ended up finding a secret notebook and in the notebook it says to drink the milk that is in the yard. When they both drink the milk they notice that the butterflies and hummingbirds are actually fairies. When her grandfather finds out they have drunk the milk they have a serious conversation about the area and that it is a magical fairy land reserve. Then midsummer eve arrives it's a time when all the magic critters are set free to roam all over the reserve including their house and grandpa sorenson instructs the kids to go upstairs place earplugs in their ears and make circles of salt around their beds and looking out the window is absolutely forbidden.

On their new job they meet their new co-workers Slim, Carlson, Candy, and Crooks. As well on the ranch are Curley and his wife, who has no name. One afternoon, on the ranch Lennie goes into the barn to pet some puppies.

In the novel “An Old Fashioned Girl” by Louisa May Alcott, Polly Milton, a young country girl, moves to the city to become a music teacher. This is because her older brother wants to go to college but the family does not have the money. Polly being the good sister that she is, leaves her family to earn the much needed money. As the novel progresses, Polly begins to struggle against the high class society that surrounds her, though this is far more undesirable than she expected in the beginning. Though not always easy Polly tries to adjust to her new lifestyle, and proves herself to be kind, sensible, and brave.