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Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
"A Dog's Tale" is a short story written by Mark Twain. It first appeared in the December 1903 issue of Harper's Magazine. In January of the following year it was extracted into a stand-alone pamphlet published for the National Anti-Vivisection Society. Still later in 1904 it was expanded into a book published by Harper & Brothers.
All of the characters in her books are fictional, although some are based on real people. [2] Martin has written many popular children's titles including The Baby-sitters Club series and the California Diaries series. [3] Her book A Corner of the Universe, received a Newbery Honor Award. [4]
The Terracotta Dog (Italian: Il cane di terracotta) is a 1996 novel by Andrea Camilleri, translated into English in 2002 by Stephen Sartarelli. It is the second novel of the internationally popular Inspector Montalbano series . [ 1 ]
Russel Susskit-- Hidatsa boy who touches his dogs to travel in his journey to search for answers about his spirit. Nancy-- The female character in the story who Russel finds in the snowy wilderness while pregnant. Russel rescues her and keeps her company. She also accompanies him in feeding the dogs. Oogruk-- An old elder and Eskimo shaman ...
Before they have gone several miles Devil and Ortho have chewed their way out of their travel kennels and are destroying the back of the truck, and Paulsen says to Ruth that someone will have to ride in the back with the dogs and keep them in. Ruth replies that as Paulsen is the one running the Iditarod that it should be him, and that it will ...
Later, Ribsy sneaks into a high school football game, wanders onto the field, and makes the game-winning tackle. He is caught by a boy who, pleased at the attention he gets for people thinking it was his dog who won the game, takes him in. The story of the game gains the attention of the Hugginses, who attempt to retrieve him.
The 2013 Australian-French film Adore (alternatively known as Adoration) is based on the story The Grandmothers. The director Anne Fontaine said Lessing told her when they met that it was based on a true story that took place in a small community in Australia. [ 1 ]