Ruta Sepetys

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarqueis a book about a German soldier Paul Bäumer and some of his friends from school who joined the army voluntarily after their teacher talked about joining the war. The group of nineteen year olds started the war with a great sense of nationalism and enthusiasm, but after experiencing ten weeks of hard training from Corporal Himmelstoss and the brutality of life on the front. Paul and his friends realize that the reasons of for which they enlisted are simply meaningless after some time on the front. Also, Paul and his friend realize that war is not as glorious or honorable as it is made out to be, and constantly lived in strain both mental and physical.

When she had her third kid, she ditched her writing career and returned to being a social worker. When she started her writing career, her first book was called Slammed, and she made a sequel that had three books in it that branched out of Slammed. According to usatoday, “When she published more of her books, they added up to 22 books and three novellas, and contributed to two anthologies.” (usatoday).

A fair age to become a soldier In a long way gone written by Ishmael Beah he’s a child soldier and he faces many challenges along the way.

The story describes the disgusting conditions and detail of the meatpacking facilities which was one of the main reasons for writing this novel. Sinclair describes how the animals were packed in the stockyards and slaughtered in unsanitary conditions. Jurgis faces the chance of death each day he arrives at work. The family is hit by debt, illness and bad weather throughout the story but still have to trudge on to pay off the debt created by the wedding. The families lose and gain unsteady jobs as the story goes on but never anything

Hook ideas? War is something that changes peoples llifes May-Lee Chai's Saving Sourdi, is a story of a girl in need of being rescued. She has to be rescued from herself as her mind is stuck in a war which has actually ended years ago (I don’t think it ended), or in other words, a personality disorder that has been formed by psychosocial events. The girl, Sourdi, is still affected by the war. Throughout the story, all of Sourdi's decisions are influenced by her war experience and the intention to survive it.

Throughout the story Abilene listens to her diviner tales that all connect to an old letter she found. As the book goes on the reader learns Ms. Sadie has more to do with her father’s past than it seems in her diviner stories. Moon Over Manifest

Ever since my great grandpa told me about it I have watched movies and played games about it. Though I have never really read books about it except for informational ones, This book might change that for me. It was a really interesting read and I’m glad you had our class read it. (Do you have any other war books that are good to read?)

Night, by Eli Wiesel and Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys takes the reader through a journey that they will end up remembering for the rest of their lives. The book Night is written by a teenage boy that

Undoubtedly , WW1 was the first utmost military conflict in the modern times that has evoked variety of literary responses which reflect the sociopolitical and psychological background of that time and are considered as vital part of the historical and cultural memory of WW1 . War poetry has provided us with variety of images of the war and the battlefield by men who have experienced the reality of war face-to-face. On the other hand, women knew from the beginning that the war was going to be a great tragedy not only for men who were enlisted in the army , but also for women on the homefront who battled against the fear and horror aroused by WW1 . Women 's voices of agony, anger and anguish have emerged from the shadows of marginalization during WW1 to express their anti-war attitude. Women 's poetry of WW1 mirrors the 'new ' roles that women took during WW1 and shows the connection between men in the battlefield and

“Soldiers Home” by Ernest Hemingway and “Speaking of Courage” by Tim O’Brien both deal with the difficulties of veterans returning home from war. Both of the protagonists, Krebs and Bowker respectively, experience trauma, which leads them on a search for self-discovery and an outlet for their pain. At the end of each story, neither of the characters wants to participate in society anymore. Despite the similarities, Norman Bowker is more forthcoming with his feelings, ultimately making him a more successful character. In addition, the similarities and differences between the authors’ styles accentuate those that occur within the characters of the stories; both authors use symbolism to show the changes in the dynamic characters over the course of the narratives.

The book “Princess” written by Jean Sasson tells the life of ‘Sultana’, (The name of the princess, Sultana is a substitute for her real name due to the dangers she could later face if traced) a Saudi princess bounded by a strict society that she says define women nothing more than a tool to fulfill their sexual desires and bearer of their children. “From an early age, the male child is taught that women are of little value: They exist only for his comfort and convenience” (chapter introduction, princess). This book depicts how even the royal woman are beaten, executed and enslaved by their fathers, sons and husbands. It paints a shady image of the Saudi society in our minds showing the different shadows of grays in a colorful pallet. For example the book tells about a Fillipino woman who had shifted to Saudi Arabia to work as a servant in one of the ‘reputed rich families’, later realizing that her duties also consisted of pleasing the employer and his two sons sexually.

The novel “A Night Divided”, written by Jennifer A. Nielsen, tells the story of a young girl and her brother who go on a quest for freedom with many obstacles on the way. Due to the East Berlin government, the father decided his family should move to West Berlin, but the mother didn’t want to leave behind the life they built in the East. Therefore, she allowed the middle child, Dominic, to go with their father. Unexpectedly, one night eight-year-old Gerta’s family was divided with the sudden rise of the Berlin Wall. While she, her brother Fritz, and their mother are in the East, their father and other brother are in the West.

It seemed that she was at the mercy of her captors. However, the Lord had not forsaken her. One bright spot in her existence was a tiny window in her isolation cell.

There is a transformation in the image of women characters in the last four decades. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is one of the famous contemporary Indian English writers. Her novels give

They take you on a journey full of dream-crushing brutality and deception of what seems to be the ideal place to work and built a life. They settle near the stockyards and meatpacking district, where Jurgis finds his first job at Brown’s slaughterhouse. Jurgis, thinking the U.S. offered more freedom, finds that the working conditions there are very