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I’ll be honest with you; walking into language arts class at the beginning of this school year, my initial vision of what to expect was very unclear. After years of sitting in class and writing while listening to mono-toned teachers read stories until the bell rang, I was not too excited about learning, period. However, […]

In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the author explores the proposition of fate and destiny; beliefs held by two young star-crossed lovers about their inevitable initial encounter. In the opening lines of the play, the audience gets a glimpse of foreshadowing: “a pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.”  Shakespeare clearly hints […]

My legs trembled slightly as I placed a foot outside of the Cave of Comfort; my place of residency, the area in which I spent all the days of my life, now abandoned. As shivers travelled down my spine, I closed my eyes, frantically hoping that this would not be the greatest mistake of my […]

2014 Book Ladder Of Mice and Men by John Steinback (112 pages) The Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (103 pages) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (391 pages) Sold by Patricia McCormick (272 pages) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (390 pages) She’s so Dead to Us by Kieran Scott (278 pages) […]

  Dear Evilin, Although you may claim that the book looks too boring to read, I will respond to your statement ahead of time with the oh-so-popular saying, “Do not judge a book by its cover”. The fascinating lines about the beauty and tensions of friendship and love will have you crawling under the covers […]