Lois Duncan is the author of over 40 books, ranging from children\'s picture books to adult novels, but she is best known for her young adult suspense novels such as \"Killing Mr. Griffin.\" Many of these have been chosen as ALA \"Best Books for Young Adults\" and Jr. Library Guild Selections, and t...

Shattering Glass by Gail Giles is a very suspenseful and disturbing look at what it takes to be popular. In Chapter one, it starts off by saying "I guess, really, we each hated him for a different reason, but we didn't realize it until the day we killed him." It gets right to the poin...

The Man in the Woods By Rosemary Wells The Man in the Woods, an action packed suspense story, takes place in New Bedford, MA. The setting switches between New Bedford Regional High School, Helen's (the protagonist) home, the woods, and the libraries & the Fairchild mansion. Rosemary Wells...

When asked to write about a time in my life where my civil liberties were constrained, at first nothing specific came to mind. I am a white, male, heterosexual, no real practicing religion so there isn't many times in my life where civil liberties were constrained due to appearance, sexuality,...

Rocket Boys, an exciting memoir of a group of boys who are interested in rocketry, was written by Homer Hickam Jr. This autobiographical book tells about Homer's adventures with his rocketry friends. While Homer is launching these rockets, he deals with such problems as school, friends, and hi...

The Chocolate War Book Evaluation Bibliograhpical Data The Chocolate War, Cormier, Robert, Laurel-Leaf Books, 1974, 191 p. Setting: Place: Trinity High School. Time: The early to late 1970's. Narrative Viewpoint: Omni. Characters: Jerry – Jerry is a boy who ...

Risky, Ambitious, and Brilliant is the way to describe this author's works and life. As a contemporary American novelist and short-story writer he uses his characters to express his life throughout the war. One of his most recent works is "In the Lake of the Woods". All of his writing...

Decisions Decision making skills is a major part of being a parent in the twentieth century. My parents raised me to their fullest potential, but there were a few mistakes made in their decisions. They forced me to attend a private school that they thought was the best schooling environment for ...

Have you ever come across that one person that was the complete opposite of what you expected? That there personality was nothing like what you thought? Well I have, and it happened the second day of school. I had not made any friends yet and I was completely distraught because I thought I would ne...

High School and College Upon attending college for the past year or so, I have found that I enjoy being a college student more than I did being a high school student. At first you don't realize that there are so many differences between the two schools, because of the four years of high school ...

Chabert 1 Guy Chabert Mr. Adkison English 102 12 April 2000 Solution in School Murder It is 7:30 on a normal Tuesday morning at Westside Elementary School. The buses have begun to pull into the child unloading dock and have unloaded the students. As the buses pull off, the student...

Violence has been around since this world began, whether being in biblical times or in the modern times. Although violence has been around a number of years, there is on place where parents trust they can send they children with worries, school. Everyday a mother wakes up, kisses her child...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone By J.K. Rowling Personal Reflection I have to admit that I was rather upset to find out that we had to read this book. I have never been interested in science fiction/fantasy stories before, and I never understood what all the hype about Harry Potter...

High School Dropouts Even now, in the 21st century, where life evolves around degrees and technology, society is still faced with elevated numbers of teens that withdraw from school before completing their high school education. Where does this gradual deterioration of these teens ...

Everyone wants to be happy but not everyone is happy. What we work for in our life usually doesn't happen, and if it does then we should consider our self lucky. Do not start celebrating before you establish a strong grasp around it. Sometimes, you even drop things from your palm or you think y...

DOES THE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY GO TO FAR? Does the Zero Tolerance Policy go to far? According to Websters Dictionary, the definition of zero is naught: none; the defintion of tolerance is patience. The meaning of Zero Tolerance infact means both. Zero Tolerance in the school system m...

Constitutional violations occur far too common at Highland Park High School. Articles about controversial subjects written for student newspapers are censored. Lockers and backpacks are searched without reasonable suspicion. Minority students get excessively thrust in lower level programs. Teachers ...

"Although she was disabled, she was as responsive as the young men were to the culture of Glen Ridge." (Lefkowitz: 9) Description Leslie Faber, her real name concealed for privacy, was a seventeen year old mentally challenged female who was coerced into the basement of the Scherzer h...

The problem of violence in schools today is a major concern. Crime in and around schools threatens the well being of students, as well as the school staff and the surrounding communities. It also holds back learning and student achievement. The problem is more defined in the public school system tha...

i want you to find what causes gang and gun violence iin school and add those into my essay.(about a page or so) please include work sited. thank you. In an era of the rising concern over public school violence, the controversy over the importance of mandatory uniform policy has been brought up ...

Can you revise some grammers and make good transitions between paragraphs? And also, find what causes gang and gun violence in school(with some quotations with bibliography:web address) and added in some where in my essay. In an era of the rising concern over public school violence, the controve...

Uniforms In Public School Quality education is critical to the future of America's children. However, we cannot educate our children in schools where weapons, gang violence, and drugs, threaten their safety. Many local school districts have made uniforms an important part of an...

In today's world, sport stars and other athletes are looked up to by all ages. Everyone loves them. They look great in the eyes of the everyday public. They appear on television, they perform like rock stars, and do this with the entire world watching. No wonder we make heroes out of our favorites. ...