Brilliant and impassioned, the glass palace is a masterly novel by amitav ghosh, the gifted novelist peter matthiessen has called an exceptional writer. Young readers will learn a great deal from this upclose and personal story. Shattering glass by gail giles goodreads share book. Thunder dog audiobook by michael hingson, susy flory. On the other hand, alices sister sees her story as a strange tale from a simple heart. Shattering glass is an awsome edge of your seat read. Again, this scene seems completely unbelievablethe cat, the floating dinner table, and the couple in bedand it adds to the magical quality of the book. Her ear for the adolescent male voice is flawless and dialogue is. The crucible movie adaptations performed on broadway in 1953, into the screenplay 43 years later. Stephen glass was a better actor than most, playing the role of a whiz kid with bashful narcissism. Main page summary at wikisummaries, free book summaries. There is a juxtaposition at the end of chapter 1 in this part of the bookwhat is it.
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After zits talks with art and sees hanks wife and children, he remarks he hank is one hundred different versions of himself, and only one of them is a killer. This book just might be one of the best books i have ever read. Its as though the floorboards are warped by dashed hopes. This superb story of love and war begins with the shattering of the kingdom of burma and the igniting of a great and passionate love, and it goes on to tell the story of a people, a fortune, and a family and its fate. Im not much of a reader which was why i pick the shortest book. Again, unlike gotd, the shattering isnt a neil gaimanesque deep weaving of native mythology to modernday storylines, but what it lacks there, it more than makes up with the protagonists. Lee is vividly good on the subject of americans abroad. If you have read either or both of these novels, compare the opening sentence of the chocolate war to the opening of shattering glass. Through the looking glass study guide contains a biography of lewis carroll, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis of through the looking glass. Shattered glass the film, shattered glass, is truly a cautionary tale capturing the horrific predicaments of a journalists decision to unrightfully delve into fiction.
All study guides are written by experienced teachers or advanced degree holders masters, phd in relevant fields and include a plot overview, chapter summaries, character analysis, quote explanations, themes and symbols, and essay topics. Thunder dog was a great story i recommend it highly. This 47page guide for shattering glass by gail giles includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 28 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. The 1% economy and the shattering of the allamerican town, approached, the. Still, the thriller plot and breakneck pacing will keep readers hookedand on the lookout for this authors next book. Shattering glass, by gail giles, is a 2002 young adult novel that tells the story of how high school senior simon glass went from school geek to popular kid to murdered over the course of a school year. With this first young adult novel, gail giles takes her places among the great writers of the genre. It was the last of millers works to be produced, since his final play, broken glass, opened on broadway in 1994. I would rate the book an 8 out of 10 even though i liked it alot. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Usa today, 44 stars a female, funny henry james in asia, janice y. Each chapter of the story bounces between the perspectives of the different protagonists, with keri receiving the firstperson treatment. Flight chapters 15 summary and analysis gradesaver.
Yeah the book was pretty good and all it got right to the point but kinda gave away the ending that was so good. Shattering glass summary and study guide supersummary. The glass menagerie quotes, the glass menagerie important. If youre looking for free book summaries, this is the single best page on the internet. I had been waiting for her sophomore novel ever since and it is with great relief that i say that the shattering is yet another great book following up on the steps of god and featuring an incredible cast of diverse, three dimensional characters who carry the story through with aplomb. I never knew exactly why, there was too much to pick from. Shattering glass, by gail giles, is a 2002 young adult novel that tells the story of how. The novel is about an high school boy named simon glass that is helped to become one of the most popular dogs in school by other students. Use our free book summaries to learn the 3 central ideas from over 600 books in 4 minutes or less. Now, after years in a juvenile ward, he is ready for a fresh start. Brian alexanders glass house reads more like a great novel. I think the ending should have been kept a secret but it was really great. The anchor hocking glass company, once the worlds largest maker of glass tableware, was the base on which lancasters society was built. Glass house the 1% economy and the shattering of the allamerican town by brian alexander st.
Despite orlandos great connection to nature, it seems to care very little about his heartache and gives him only garbage and debris in. Welcome to wikisummaries, where knowledge is free, and summarized for your convenience. Find sample tests, essay help, and translations of shakespeare. Shattering glass was the best book i have ever read for many reasons. This film tells the true story of fraudulent washington, d. This was an awesome book because it really related to me. The 1% economy and the shattering of the allamerican town alexander, brian on. In glass house, journalist brian alexander uses the story of one town to show how seeds sown 35 years ago have sprouted to give us trumpism, inequality, and an eroding national cohesion.
Phone numbers go missing, files are left at home, phone calls arent answered, and as it. The bathroom sink and the working light switch the sound of the shattering glass and the car honking outside. Scott fitzgerald s 1925 jazz age novel about the impossibility of recapturing the past, was initially a failure. Gail giles is the author of shattering glass, an ala best book for young. The glass menagerie is a memory play that tells of a family trapped in destructive patterns. There is a fascinating and agonizing sequence during which lane tries to pin down the slippery details of a glass story, and glass tries to wriggle free. Im nik, a writer from germany, and in 2016, i wrote over 365 book summaries. Clumsy and awkward, hes a loser who occupies the lowest rung of the high school.
While she experiences her adventures, alice finds her journey to be confounding and nightmarish. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. It was written by american playwright tennessee williams and is believed by many to be an autobiographical play about the authors life. My brothers secret weaves a heartstopping tale that doesnt avoid the overt brutality and subtle coercion present in nazi germany. As the publication date of my book about lancaster and anchor hocking, glass house. It was right around my age group and some of the problems they have, boys have my age too. Glass house the 1% economy and the shattering of the allamerican town. Popular books summarized in 3 sentences or less this page shares a full list of book summaries i have compiled during my reading and research. The crossing of this brook causes the white knight great distress, for it signifies a significant move for alice on the chess board of her. Sparknotes is here for you weve got everything you need to ace or teach. Readers guide for shattering glass by patty campbell.
The disintegration of lancaster, ohio the atlantic. When we drove the keys i put the book together with the drive. I have tried to summarize each book on this page in just three sentences, which i think is a fun way to distill the main ideas of the book. I guess, really, we each hated him for a different reason, but we didnt realize it until the day we killed him. Through the looking glass chapter 8 summary and analysis. Shattering glass share a theme, as well as sever other points of similarity, with two masterworks. The lord of the flies by william golding and the chocolate war by robert cormier.
Brian alexanders moving new book glass house explores how the undermining by venture capital of onceenviable factory jobs in lancaster, ohio, has nearly killed that oncethriving town. The plot is fastpaced and compelling and there is power in the brewing violence. Her debut novel, shattering glass, was an ala best of the best book, a book sense 76 selection, and a booklist top 10 mystery for youth selection. Chapter 1, page 1 this is the opening line of the novel, and it. She trivializes alices identity shattering journey, distancing the trauma alice experienced in her dream with her own aboveground faith in an orderly universe. What is a summary of shattering glass by gail giles. Cramped rooms rest at odd angles in bob crowleys stylized set. Seemingly out of nowhere, the teenagers are torn from their beds and hauled off to prison by soldiers who serve the new evil government, the new order a. For instance, we all know about go set a watchman, the to kill a mockingbird sequel that shattered everyones donnes poetry the broken heart, page 2 moment when love destroyed his heart, enabling him to understand that which he now writes in his poem. In chapter 6 zits wakes up in a hospital room as hank storm. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. Personification a type of metaphor in which human characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things and hyperbole an exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without being literally true. Still, the thriller plot and breakneck pacing will keep readers hooked and on the.
Its twofold in that the reader also has the opportunity to be educated about people who are blind this was a major portion of the book, interspersed, and well worth it for that reason. Shattering glass literature guide learning to give. The book starts out by telling you that the 4 main characters murdered a kid and then throughout the book give you hints to what happened. Shattering glass by gail giles about the book simon glass was easy to hate. Buy a cheap copy of right behind you book by gail giles. The 1% economy and the shattering of the allamerican town. Each chapter starts out with a quote from someone involved in the story. After a while the book was hard to put down and i got really intense at some points.
The question and answer section for flight is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. Explore a character analysis of gatsby, plot summary, and important quotes. Due to his hunger for glory, steven glass, a wellliked writer and editor at the new republic, continually manipulates the system by orchestrating fake phone numbers, web sites, and contact names. For readers of the tigers wife and all the light we cannot see comes a powerful debut novel about a girls coming of ageand how her sense of family, friendship, love, and belonging is profoundly shaped by war. You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. The first great bookclub novel of 2016 has arrived. I couldnt stop reading i had to know what happened next. The wingfield apartment is in the rear of the building, one of those vast hivelike conglomerations of cellular livingunits that flower as warty growths in overcrowded urban centers of lower middleclass populations and are symptomatic of the impulse of this largest and fundamentally enslaved section of american society to avoid fluidity and differentiation and to exist and function as one. Sparknotes are the most helpful study guides around to literature, math, science, and more.
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