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Mr. Ronald Gibb is a high school history teacher, whose life has fallen apart - he is reportedly widowed, living in a messy trailer-home, and largely uncaring about life.. Although he is depicted as a creative if weak-willed teacher, his students lack interest for the subject matt
Schooled is a 2007 coming-of-age young adult novel by Canadian author Gordon Korman.. The novel follows a young boy, Capricorn "Cap" Anderson raised in an isolated hippie commune who is sent to live with foster parents and attend public school following his grandmother's accident.
I Funny: A Middle School Story, also known as I Funny, is a realistic fiction novel by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein. [1] It was published by Little, Brown and Company in 2012.
If you do need to undergo a medical exam to get the best rates, prepare wisely. Avoid caffeine, alcohol and strenuous exercise in the 24 hours leading up to the exam, as these can elevate your ...
Ellis finished writing the novel in the summer of 2004. [7] Ellis said the book was an homage to Stephen King and the comic books he loved as a child. [7]Ellis told the Manchester Evening News that the Terby "is based on a Furby but also there was this bird-like doll that my older sister had and I wrote a short story about it when I was 7 or 8.
The book is a reaction to the self-help industry and what Manson saw as a culture of mindless positivity that is not practical or helpful for most people. [4] Manson uses many of his own personal experiences to illustrate how life's struggles often give it more meaning, which, he argues, is a better approach than constantly trying to be happy. [5]
The book became a perennial best-seller, read by many students as they prepare for their first year in law school. According to a 2007 story in The Wall Street Journal, One L continued to sell 30,000 copies per year, [5] many to first-year law students and law school applicants. It challenged the Socratic method and made people think critically ...
How to Be Good is a 2001 novel by the English writer Nick Hornby. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It centers on characters Katie Carr, a doctor, and her husband, David Grant. The story begins when David stops being "The Angriest Man In Holloway" and begins to be "good" with the help of his spiritual healer, DJ GoodNews (who also shows up briefly in Hornby's A Long ...