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Little Hoot by: Amy Krouse Rosenthal

This book tells a story about a little owl named little Hoot and his parents. Little Hoot like going to school, playing hide and seek with his forest friends, and practicing his staring. However, there is one thing that little Hoot does not like. He does not like staying up late. Little Hoot wants go to bed early, but his parents always tell him that he has to stay up late because he is an owl. Little Hoot’s ways of keeping awake are playing with swords, playing on the jungle gym, building forts, jumping in the leaves, and jumping on the bed.

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M.C. Higgins the Great

A great story of a young mountain boy discovering himself. The young boy, M.C. struggles with family ties, his father, and friends. This story shows M.C.'s journey from the coal-mining that is stripping away their homeland and what they know, to friendships, and to wanting to make a difference in the world. A great story of family and making a difference.

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The Underneath by: Kathi Appelt

The underneath is an unusual book that tells the story of animals who love, a man and a shake who hate, an alligator who has dislikes cheating and trees that know everything. It is eloquent, beautifully descriptive and filled with loss ang longing.

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Stone Fox by: John Reynolds Gardiner

This story is about a young boy who fought to save the farm he grew up on. Young Willy lived with his grandfather become very ill. He could not do anything besides lay in bed so Willy was forced to run the farm by himself. When he found out that his grandfather owned $500 for taxes for he knew he had to do something. He enters an adult dog sled race and is racing against a legend, Stone Fox. Willy and his one dog, searchlight, are neck and then instantly searchlight’s heart burst before the finish line and died. Stone Fox stopped all the other racers and let Willy finish the rest of the race by walking and Willy won the money from the race.

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The Great Gilly Hopkins

Galadriel (Gilly) Hopkins is an 11 years old who has been shuffled back and forth between foster homes and hasn't been taking it hell. When she finally ends up at one house, she vows to make Mrs. Trotter suffer. Gilly wants to misbehave so that her mother has to come get her. This plan doesn't turn out how she thinks it will. No matter how nice everyone is, Gilly keeps her awful attitude going. After different events, she finds herself caring for the new people in her life.

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Vocabulary word of the day!

embezzle (v.) to steal money by falsifying records Usage: The accountant was fired for embezzling €10,000 of the company’s funds.

Vocabulary word of the day!

coerce (v.) to make somebody do something by force or threat. Usage: The court decided that David Beckham did not have to honor the contract because he had been coerced into signing it.

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abhor (v.) to hate, detest Usage: Because he always wound up getting hit in the head when he tried to play cricket, Marcin began to abhor the sport.

The Lady’s Jaggler by: Anatole France

This story is about a poor juggler named Barnabas. He doesn’t have permanent home, he traveled from town to town. He performing what does best, juggling. Barnabas had been hard time to make enough money for him own living. Besides, he was unable to work because of he’s condition. Barnabas was a good man and simple man and he feared in God. Barnabas, suffers cold weather and other problems in his life. One day, he went to church and a monk saw him. The monk asked him why he was wearing that kind of clothing. Then Barnabas told the monk that he was no permanent home, and he asked the monk if he can live like him. He wants to give praise to God and that he gladly give up what he’s doing just to be in the monastery and the monk helped Barnabas to get in. The monk was touched by the faith of Barnabas and allowed him to join in monastery. In the monastery he entered, all of the monks gave worthly praise to the Holy Virgin of God in their own way. Some were writing books and making sculpture. Barnabas felt like he was out of place. He felt that he can’t do anything special to give worthly praise. He was so depressed. And he thought of juggling with balls and knives before the image of the Holy Virgin. The monk was surprised by what they saw. And the moment, the Holy Virgin descend from the altar and wiped the sweat one of the juggler’s forehead. The monks at once recognized that he simple-hearted were blessed with a unique gift, allowing them to make close to God.

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This story is about a boy who finds a beagle who has been abused by it's owner. After finding out who the owner was the boy was forced to return him, but the dog ran away from home back to Mark, the boy. Mark tries to keep him a secret from his family and friends so that he doesn't have to return him again. When the beagle is attacked, bu another dog, all of his family is aware that, Mark was hiding him. He doesn't want to give him back so he works out a deal with the original owner to get to keep Shiloh. This is a very touching book.

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Vocabulary word of the day!

Beagle: : a type of small dog used for hunting that has smooth black, brown, and white fur.

Crossing the Bar BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crost the bar. This poem is about barrier between life and death. This is the last poem of Alfred Lord Tennyson. According to Tennyson we should have a strong faith to our Almighty God. In terms of Religion, we should have also strong faith and trust to the belief of our religion. Because if we don’t have faith and trust to out religion it will cause to crossing the Bar, it means that there are tendency to change your religion.

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A Psalm of Life BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW What The Heart Of The Young Man Said To The Psalmist. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world’s broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead! Act,— act in the living Present! Heart within, and God o’erhead! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o’er life’s solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. This poem is about life, A psalm of life is a blow to the pessimistic attitude of taking life lightly. This poem gave inspiration to us, that we should not waste our life, that life is short and is going to end soon. We should always enjoy our life even though we are sad or facing problems. Life short so we should go with the flow and enjoy everyday and don’t be negative person, we should always think positive. This poem is about how to live life and that there is only one life and therefore, we should make a good use of it.

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Invictus BY WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. This is a poem that show that you should have your own perspective on your life. Every aspects of our life is like pit or hell. However, they express their story of how they feel that nothing can get in their way anymore. Everyone of us has a problem that we encountered everyday but we should never ever give up. Even when we are down, we should still strong and hopeful. Everyone of us can control their own life. Whatever they encounter in their life, or whatever life throws at then, they are the “captain of their soul”, they can manage their own life.

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Vocabulary word of the day!

Stealth- the act of moving secretly or unnoticed. Usage: The cat burglar took the ring by stealth, slipping it from the sleeping woman's finger.

Vocabulary word of the day!

Gruff- rough or stern in manner or speech. Usage: heidi's grandfather was gruff, barking stern orders and hardly smiling.

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Whorl- something that turns or goes around in a circle. Usage: The whorl of a fingerprint.

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