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Summary: Angel is the illegitimate child of a single mother. Her father is married and wants nothing to do with her. Angel’s mother has been rejected by her own parents for bearing a child out of wedlock. The society they live in ignores them. Angel is sold into prostitution as a young girl. She has known nothing but rejection throughout her life. Michael Hosea is a godly man sent into her life to rescue her and show her the redeeming and transforming power of God’s unconditional love. Francine takes us on an emotional journey of Angel’s rebirth. We witness Angel’s stubborn acceptance of present circumstances, Hosea’s persistent pursuit in the face of her rejection, Angel’s brokenness and healing as she finally accepts Hosea’s love. This is an inspirational story about God’s unconditional love and forgiveness.

Interesting. Not a fast read

Bibliography: Alexie, S.(2007).The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian. New York: Little, Brown. Book Summary Arnold Spirit, otherwise known as Junior, doesn’t get the best start in life; he was born with “water in his brain”. Even though he survived the surgery that drained this water, he was not left entirely unscathed. He developed too many teeth, he had poor eye sight, he had seizures, his body parts were un-proportional and he had a “stutter and a lisp”. For someone who has such a bad start in life, one would expect him to cave under all the pressure. But Junior draws cartoons to all the time. He draws “because words are too unpredictable”. The cartoons are his way of expressing himself in an otherwise mangled world. Junior knows that life at the rez will not amount to much; the school is still using text books that are at least thirty year old. He decides to transfer to a neighboring schoo...

Bibliography: Havill, J.(2008).Grow: A Novel in Verse. Atlanta: Peachtree. Book Summary When Berneetha decides to grow a vegetable garden on Mr. Conn’s vacant lot, twelve year old Kate joins her. Berneetha is a retired teacher and everything about her is big. In Kate’s words” Berneetha not fat. “She’s big. She’s round. There is a lot of her. Berneetha is not meant to fit in the same skinny space reserved for people who care about those things”. Kate and Berneetha head out together to the vacant lot and start preparing it for planting. First they have to get rid of all the trash. At first people in the neighborhood think the two are crazy. But as the garden starts to take shape people slowly join in to lend a hand. They are joined by Harlan the “graffiti gangster”, Dr. Citra Arockiasamy who contributes tomatoes plants, and various other community members. Soon the garden is ready and the vegetables have be...

Bibliography: Park, B.(1992). Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus. New York: Random House. Book Summary This is the first book in the Junie B. Jones series. It’s the first day of kindergarten for Junie. Junie is scared to ride the school bus. After she learns that she is going to ride the bus on her first day of school Junie B. ”stayed scared about the bus for a whole week”. She doesn’t like anything on the bus; there are no cloth covers on the seat and the bus is smelly. She doesn’t like the other kids either. After school Junie is more scared to ride the bus after her new friend Lucille tells her that bad things could happen on the bus such as milk being poured on you. She hides in the class and misses the bus. Junie B. wanders around the school and is eventually found by the janitor .Junie B. explains to her mother what happened and her mother cautions her about ...

Bibliography Brown, D.(2004). Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Book Summary The author highlights some of the odd characteristics of Einstein from birth through adulthood and how he became famous. His grandmother thought he was too fat and his mother thought he had fat head. Einstein took longer than normal to start talking. He had a temper and often had “nasty tantrums” and was sometimes cruel to his sister. He often ignored things that didn’t interest him but paid single minded attention to things that interested him such as math which he was brilliant at. My Impression The book chronicles the life of Einstein from birth to adulthood. The author includes the odd details that characterized the physicist’s life. These details make Einstein more real. The struggles he experienced at home and at school help the reader get a clear picture of Einstein. The text is simp...

Bibliography: Sayre, H.(2004).Cave Paintings to Picasso: The Inside Scoop on 50 Art Masterpieces. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. Book Summary: In this book, Sayre gives readers a list of 50 art masterpieces ranging from 22,000 B.C. to A.D. 1964. The art pieces cover a wide variety of styles. Sayre takes the readers on a world tour as they explore the art from the prehistoric age to the modern 21 st century art of Rene Magritte in the “Son of man” and the Andy Warhol Campbell tomato soup can painting. The selection includes paintings that are not only famous but beautiful to look at. My Impression The paintings are chronologically organized according to time period. The author provides facts and analysis of each art piece. The size of each art piece is provided and a sidebar provides the artists timeline. The author gives background information, time period, some information about what was going on d...