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7/20/2011

The best book I ever read.

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This sounds more like a teacher, doesn't it.  I read my favorite book of all time in 8th grade.  I had a teacher at the time who introduced us to really exciting books.  The one that has become my favorite is The Hobbit.  The story was exciting, it was suspenseful, it was totally believable.  I suppose most boys love stories that involve wizards, goblins, wharves, elves, magic, swords, and the battle between good and evil. 

I particularly liked the character of Bilbo Baggins.  He made me believe that even though I was a very average boy of 14 that I could do much more that I thought.  Bilbo is forced into an adventure that makes him complete many challenges which he though he was incapable of completing.  Mr. Baggins learns that, though he thinks he is feeble, that he can become stronger, that his hobbit skills can be sharpened though they have become almost unrecognizable through years of easy country living.

Bilbo learns to fight with his hands, he learns to fools dragons and he learns that the power of the ring is desired by everything that is evil.  Bilbo learns that if you stand for what is good or have what represents it, the forces will come looking for you.  Evil will not rest.  Edmund Burke said, ""All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."  Bilbo discovers that he cannot avoid the evil that is coming and must fight it.

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Katch "Zombie King" Diaz
10/5/2011 07:06:03 am

Best book i ever read... Can't decide between: Indiana jones: Temple of doom or Graveyard of Empires.

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Ruby Zhang
10/5/2011 07:08:53 am

I have many different favorite books. However, the one that I like the most is "Where the Red Fern Grows". this was one of the books that I read in sixth grade. I really enjoyed it because it was a book about friendship between two dogs and a boy.

The boy had to work for many weeks in order to get the money for the two hunting dogs. THe girl one was very smart and did not act until necessary but the boy dog usually acted without thinking. the book tells about how they go on certain hunting trips for raccoons and other small animals. It also tells about how the girl dog would check up on the boy every night when he was asleep and how the male dog wouldn't eat until the female dog had gotten her food too.

However in the end, they are mat by a fierce mountain lion when going on a hunting trip. the lion is killed but the male dog dies because of too much blood loss. Without her comrade, the female dog also dies because of grief. After a few months, a red fern grows in the dirt where they were buried. Even though this story was very sad, it was still a very good book.

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sara "simpsonizer"
10/17/2011 06:19:54 am

to get A's in every subject so i will be awesome

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