Home of the Braves

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What makes an average American high school suddenly become violent?

As Joe Brickman heads into the fall of his senior year, he's looking forward to the soccer season, when he will captain the Lawndale team. And surely this will be the year when he and his neighbor Kristine stop teasing each other and begin dating. But scary, unpredictable things start happening at Lawndale High. It's hard to tell what touches off the storm. Is it the arrival of Antonio Silva, a.k.a. the Phenom, a Brazilian soccer star who transforms the Lawndale Braves into a contender, and in doing so clashes with football players? Is it the shake-up of the social order in the school, when the Phenom starts dating Kris, and soccer becomes the "in" sport? Is it the brutal humiliation of Joe's best friend, Ed "the Mouse" McBean, and is Ed planning on taking some dark revenge on the entire school? Perhaps it's all of these new twists, and something older. As violence and danger escalate and school officials clamp down with zero tolerance, Joe finds himself searching for the courage to break free from the forces that threaten to take him down with the home of the Braves.

In his powerful and timely new novel, David Klass dramatizes the many ways in which past violence returns to haunt the present.

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Home of the braves.......2007-10-01

It was a very good book, and I couldn't put it down. But after I finish, it just seemed to be missing something. If you've ever had that problem, you know what I mean. But I still recommend the book, it is very good.

Great Read.......2006-09-27

The Home Of the Braves is a great book. It is great for tennager and also people who play soccer. I couldnt put the book down.

5 stars..........2005-09-07

this book deserves 5 stars. after the first chapter i was hooked. The way Klass describes the events happening it just brings it to life as if it really happening. Personally, this is one of the best books ive ever read. period.

Loved the sports, and I hate sports.......2005-06-26

I really liked this novel. I'm not usually that into sports, but the main character's vivid descriptions of the action made it super-real and exciting. I think I've been converted into a soccer fan--at least I will watch Brazil play the next time they do (and not just because the Brazilian guy in the book was supposed to look like a movie star).

Soccer.......2004-09-10

"Legend has it that Lawndale High is HAUNTED!" Joe Brickman, aka Brickhead, is the captain of the Lawndale soccer team. One day this guy just shows up at the school. His name is Antonio Silva, although everyone calls him "the Phenom." He "was" a Brazilian soccer star. No one knows why he is here at Lawndale. Joe's best friend Kris decides that she would rather hand out with "the Phenom" instead of hanging out with her friends. Read "Home of the Braves" to see how the story unfolds.

Soccer fans, this is the book for you. This book deals with a bad soccer team who gets transformed into a great soccer team. This book shows how one person can make a difference in sports and after school relationships.

Rainbow Jordan: She's Too Brave to Be a Child, Too Scared to Be a Woman

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Better than her first book, I think.
Rainbow Jordan by Alice Childress

Rainbow Jordan: She's Too Brave to Be a Child, Too Scared to Be a Woman
Alice Childress
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A Hero Ain't Nothin But a Sandwich

ASIN: 0380589745
Release Date: 1982-06-01

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Here is Rainbow Jordan: too brave to be a child, too scared to be a woman. "Powerful, eloquent, revealing...the memory of this exceptional heroine is likely to linger a long time."

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Better than her first book, I think........2002-06-13

Alice Childress's second novel for children, and written in the same sort of Harlemese as A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich, this is the story of fourteen-year-old Rainbow Jordan. Her single mother, Kathie, is a go-go dancer and flighty. Every couple of weeks she'll take off on a gig and leave Rainbow alone in their apartment. Usually when this happens Rainbow goes to say with Miss Josie, her foster mother, who cares a lot about Rainbow but is preoccupied with the breakup of her twenty-year marriage. On the street Rainbow's got a girlfriend, Beryl, who earns spending money with casual prostitution, and a boyfriend, Eljay, who keeps pressuring her to go all the way.

The story is told from three points of view: Kathie, Rainbow, and Miss Josie. Kathie does love her daughter in her own way, but as Rainbow says, "her way don't weigh much". A good example of this is when Kathie went out and bought Rainbow some new, pretty clothes. But she had to use the babysitter money to pay for them, and because of this she had to leave Rainbow, then five years old, alone in the house for several hours. Miss Josie on the other hand cares about Rainbow in a much more mature way. Rainbow thinks little of either of them.

I thought A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich was good, but I think I liked Rainbow Jordan better. The situations in the book -- irresponsible parents, boyfriends that keep nagging you to have sex with them, men that abandon their families -- are real and just as applicable today as they were back in 1982 when the book was written.

Rainbow Jordan by Alice Childress.......2000-04-19

This book is very good for teens to read. This will allow them to see that maybe they are not alone in their journey also it will allow other children who are blessed to have good parents to see how it could be. I'd recommend this book to be read by everyone.

Home of the Brave: Honoring the Unsung Heroes in the War on Terror

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It's About Time...
A great book and a must read
A Book that Deserves Reading
A Title for all Americans to read!
What it Means to Be an American

Home of the Brave: Honoring the Unsung Heroes in the War on Terror
Caspar Weinberger , and Wynton C. Hall
Manufacturer: Forge Books
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ASIN: 0765313030
Release Date: 2006-05-16

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They are eighteen of the most highly decorated soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines in the United States military, yet most Americans dont even know their names. In this riveting account, former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Wynton C. Hall retell the stories of jaw-dropping heroism and hope coming out of Afghanistan and Iraq. Based on candid personal interviews, Home of the Brave takes readers beyond the bullets and battles into the hearts and minds of the men and women who are fighting terrorists overseas. These are the true-life stories of soldiers who risked everything to save lives and defend freedom. Lieutenant Colonel Mark Mitchell, the Green Beret leader whose fifteen-man Special Forces team took five hundred al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners, and posthumously repatriated the body of the first American to die in combat in the War on Terror, CIA Agent Johnny Mike Spann Army National Guard Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester, the first woman ever to be awarded the Silver Star for combat, whose sharp shooting and bravery played an enormous role in fighting off over fifty Iraqi insurgents while her ten-person squad protected a convoy of supplies on their way to fellow soldiers. Sergeant Rafael Peralta, a Mexican immigrant who enlisted in the Marines the same day he received his green card, and while wounded from enemy fire, used his body to smother the blast of an enemy grenade and gave his life so that his marine brothers could live Giving an in-depth and personal touch to the War on Terror, these real-life heroes remind us of American historys most enduring lesson: Ours would not be the land of the free were it not also the home of the brave.

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It's About Time..........2007-03-25

...that someone brought attention to the great valor and bravery of our troops fighting the global war on terror, since the main-stream media seems to be doing everything in their power to minimize the troops' effect on the American (and world) conscience. I wish we could all thank the late Sec. Weinberger for undertaking this project. Although the writing is a little weak at points, the stories themselves, underlining the great bravery and sacrifice of our young men and women, more than make up for any deficiencies in that area. Please read this book, and continue to support our troops!

A great book and a must read.......2006-08-20

This is a moving account of the bravery and heroism that occurs daily by the men and women who have volunteered to defend us.

It gives a true and detailed account of the reality of battle and the reality that there are courageous soldiers that need our support and deserve our recognition, regardless of one's political opinions.

A Book that Deserves Reading.......2006-08-14

As I listen to, watch, or read the national media it seems that the only thing they really want to focus on is how many soldiers got killed today. They I read the letters and they are filled with nothing but hatred towards Bush. They offer no solutions just say it's all his fault. Only once in a while do we see something that talks about supporting our troops. Our troops didn't ask to be sent over there, but they are do a great job for our country. It's nice to see that once in a great while a book like this comes along that actually does report on what our troops are doing.

Specifically this is a report on the actions of nineteen of our finest soldiers. Their stories rival those of any of the heros of World War II, yet I've seen nothing about them in the news.

I've got to make two specific comments:

Our local politicians are making a lot of noise about immigration from Mexico, illegal or otherwise. Sgt. Peralta, a Mexican immigrant, wounded from enemy fire threw his body on top of an enemy grenade so that his marine brothers could live.

As the press reminds us daily, we've had about 2,500 killed in three years of fighting. That's about what we kill every three weeks on the highways. Why aren't the liberals, the media, congress, and everyone else concerned about safer cars, safer highways?

A book that deserves reading.

A Title for all Americans to read!.......2006-07-06

Incredible, spine tingling, heartwrenching accounts of extraordinary Americans put in extraordinary situations. Once you start this read, you won't be able to put it down. I've shared my book with several people now and they all have had the same reaction I had. You can't help but be overwhelmed with awe and pride in our country and its military when you read this book. It is un-american for the media in our country to not share these stories with the public. We all have the right to know what sacrifices are being made on our behalf. Thanks to Caspar Weinberger for his patriotism and his insight in bringing these stories out.

What it Means to Be an American.......2006-07-06

This was one of the best books I have ever read about the True Heroes of Our Country. It should be required reading at every High School and College in the country. I would also include the media but I doubt it would do any good.

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This Book Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine
Home of the brave
Let's see this on adult shelves, too!
A haunting account of men, woman and children

Home of the Brave
Allen Say
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 061821223X

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In dreamlike sequences, a man symbolically confronts the trauma of his family's incarceration in the Japanese internment camps during World War II. This infamous event is made emotionally clear through his meeting a group of children all with strange name tags pinned to their coats. The man feels the helplessness of the children. Finally, desperately he releases the name tags like birds into the air to find their way home with the hope for a time when Americans will be seen as one peoplenot judged, mistrusted, or segregated because of their individual heritage. Sixty years after thousands of Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisoned, the cogent prose and haunting paintings of renowned author and illustrator Allen Say remind readers of a dark chapter in America's history.

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This Book Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine.......2002-10-20

Beautiful, poignant book. Even though it is a children's book, it is abstract, and perhaps hard for even some adults to understand. Despite the symbolic nature of most of the objects in the book, the message is clear, though blurry at the edges.

Home of the brave.......2002-10-19

This book is about Japanese children in a camp in Calofornia in 1941-1945 (World War 2). Allen Say uses a lot of descriptive writing in this book. It is very mysterious because we do not know who all the children are. I think this is a spectacular book for all agoes. I also recommend this book for anyone who likes descriptive writing.

Let's see this on adult shelves, too!.......2002-07-09

Children's books are often the best reading -- and I might not find some titles were it not for Amazon's List Makers. "Home of the Brave" by Allen Say is such a discovery, a beautiful book.

Lucky is the author who can extend his message through his own poignant illustrations. This story of a man whose kayak is swept over a falls into an underground river is told as if in a dream. Is he climbing out of a kiva? Encountering two children, he walks with them in the desert toward lights which are those of an internment camp.

This surreal story tells about a people deserted by the country to whom they had given their allegiance. We remember the injustices during World War II and wonder what scars from today's prejudices and judgments are foretold.

How I would like to hear a group of young readers discuss what this story means to them. I hope parents and teachers do not try to escape facing these issues with children. To me there is a plea for understanding and Peace, and there is Hope. I will read it again and again.

A haunting account of men, woman and children.......2002-06-04

A series of dream sequences imparts the trauma and experience of incarceration in an internment camp: an experience suffered by more than a hundred thousand Japanese Americans during World War II. Say creates a haunting account of men, woman and children who experienced the camps: kids with rudimentary reading skills will find this a thought-provoking introduction to the topic.

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited Notes (Cliffs Notes)

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Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited Notes (Cliffs Notes)
Aldous Huxley
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ASIN: 0822002566

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A very usefull helper.......2003-01-15

This cliff notes helped understand this book.(I am a high school senior). And I would tell anyone who has read this book, if they need help to pick this book up.

Good Review, but Needs a Few More Pieces of Information.......2000-05-08

In this Cliff's Notes booklet, the reviewer, Warren Paul of Columbia University, provides the following (in order): a brief biography of Aldous Huxley, a 6-page history of utopian/dystopian novels, 1-and-a-half pages containing the general plot, one or two lines describing each of the characters, a detailed description of each chapter (each with a few paragraphs of commentary), a critical analysis of the novel as a whole and of the characters, definitions of the terms (e.g., Malthusian Belt, Musical Bridge) used in Brave New World, a chapter-by-chapter summary of Brave New World Revisited, review questions for the student, and a "Selected Biblography." All in all, this Cliff Notes succeeds in providing the details the student of Aldous Huxley needs to do a book report on either of the two books for which it provides commentary. It also serves to stimulate interest in utopian and dystopian novels. The review would have been better if there had been more assessment of how Brave New World Revisited was received by the public compared with the reception of its predecessor, and of the very different treatment of the new world in the two texts (a novel in the first case, and an extended essay in the second). I also would have appreciated a list of all of Aldous Huxley's novels and other literary works in chronological order to help me put Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited in their proper perspective with regard to the author's literary career. Lastly, the Selected Bibliography consisted of only four texts, many of which were old when this Cliff Notes booklet was written. I would have expected at least 20.

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Home of the Brave.
Arthur Laurents
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Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (Bloom's Notes)

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Idiots.
Brave New World:The worst book
I like how all of the little kids got laid!
One of the finest books ever
This book is the story of life as we don't know it.

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (Bloom's Notes)

Manufacturer: Chelsea House Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0791040844

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Idiots........2006-03-13

The last two reviewers are idiots. The book is Huxley's satire on modern society, and he criticizes the rampant sexuality of it. This Bloom's Notes book has excellent literary criticism to accompany its summaries, etc. Definitely use it for AP, IB English.

Brave New World:The worst book.......2000-05-29

I find that this book is horrible. It is boring and not enjoyable to read at all. I find it discusting in one scene the children were singing a song about orgies. In the book farenhieght 451 they talk about a world in which all books are burned well I think every copy of this book should be burned it is horrible and boring I only recommend this book for people who have problems sleeping. This book will get them to sleep if it doesn't give them a headache first.

I like how all of the little kids got laid!.......1999-11-17

I like how all of the little kids got laid!

One of the finest books ever.......1998-12-02

A must read for anyone. Huxley brings us a world of advanced genetic engineering and a pre-determined class structure which is not at all out of our grasp. Although this book was mutilated by MSnbc's happy-go-lucky feel good miniseries, it really must be read. Pick 1984 up while you're at it...nice compliment.
Warning: may cause awareness and thoughts to propogate through the brain. Also, may make you want to turn off your TV.

This book is the story of life as we don't know it........1998-10-06

This book can be related to today's society in many ways. If you don't know what is going on, read and learn. I am a young woman (17), and it tought me that I should always look for the truth. I can trully see our government manufacturing babies in the future. This book is real.

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (Bloom's Reviews)

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ýCommunity, Identity and Stability'
Everyone should be required to read Brave New World!
A Shocking Glance At The Future

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (Bloom's Reviews)

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ASIN: 079104114X

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ýCommunity, Identity and Stability'.......2000-10-29

Aldous Huxley's `Brave New World' takes place in Europe, in 625 after Ford (people started a new era in 1908, the year in which the American industrialist Henry Ford produced his first Model-T car). There is a New World society. People are no longer born the natural way, but the state creates and conditions them. Humans are being mass produced and preconditioned to become members of one of the social classes, ranging from Alpha plus to Epsilon minus. People are going to work and get their soma. They get their education at their level and they get sleep teaching. It's a totally arranged life.

Aldous Huxley was born at Godalming in 1894, into a prominent family of scientists. The nearly blind man was educated at Eton and Oxford and writer of many novels, short stories, essays, drama and verse, but `Brave New World' has proved to be his most lastingly popular work. The title was taken from Shakespeare's `The Tempest', in which Miranda, when seeing the first glimpse of the world outside the island on which she grew up, speaks the words: "O brave new world that has such people in it."

In this novel-of-ideas and dystopia, or in other words, a savage criticism of the scientific future, the motto is Community, Identity and Stability. There is no love, no individualism and people do not have emotions. Everybody belongs to one big group. No one is alone, because everybody is the same. The motto is, off course, an ironic contrast with the battlecry of the French Revolution: Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. It's obvious that Huxley wants to point out the dangerous aspects of the advancement of science. People will abuse the results of investigations, which will make the individual disappear.

The link of the motto with the battlecry of the French Revolution is not the only one. Many of the character's names are composed by use of the names of historical heroes. For example Benito Hoover, is made of Benito Mussolini and Herbert Hoover. This way the writer is parodying all the time.

The story starts at the London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre, where the Director explains some students how humans are being made by the Bokanovski-process. Eggs divide again and again (sometimes even 96 humans are beings hatch from one egg). When the Director asks a student whether he knows what a parent is, he answers: `"Human beings used to be." he hesitated; the blood rushed to his cheeks. "Well, they used to be viviparous."'

Bernard Marx is different from others. Something went wrong when he was in his bottle. He turned out to be, although he is, too small for an Alpha. He doesn't look like and has more emotions than other Alphas, which makes him not belonging to the big group. He and his colleague Lenina, a very pretty girl, who is very popular among the Alphas, go to New Mexico, to the Savages. Here the people haven't been scientifically produced. They meet John and his mother and take them to their world, which John really likes. He would love to see the New World. John hasn't been manipulated, so he's still able to have strong feelings....

A real pessimist can only think of a world like this. Therefore I think it's amazing how Huxley made up this story. It's been a great pleasure reading it, and it makes you start thinking about what the world will be in the future. Next to that, there's another, an educational aspect in the book. People have to be aware of abusers of knowledge. Huxley sure makes clear what he wants to say. It's a perfect novel.

Everyone should be required to read Brave New World!.......1999-05-21

Everyone should be required to read Brave New World. Huxley provides great insight into the effects of science dominating the human race. He shows that life in the Utopia is more efficient in many respects, however it lacks the deep human emotions that give meaning to life other than "constant consumption." Although first published in 1932, it is amazingly close to reality of life today. Brave New World's vivid descriptions and lively commentaries will hold your attention throughout the entire book. Once you pick it up, you won't be able to put it down!

A Shocking Glance At The Future.......1999-05-05

This was a great book. Huxley's view of a future "Utopian" state is very shocking, and it says a lot about society and technology. It really makes you think, and I like that. It is also very straightforward and it's hard to miss the point Huxley is making. If you like science fiction this book is a must! Definitely worth your time.

Alex Huxley's Brave New World: Brodie's Notes (Brodies Notes)

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Alex Huxley's Brave New World: Brodie's Notes (Brodies Notes)
Graham Handley
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
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Backdrop for the Star Spangled Banner: A Look at Some Key Events Leading Up to the 'Land of the Free & the Home of the Brave'

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Backdrop for the Star Spangled Banner: A Look at Some Key Events Leading Up to the 'Land of the Free & the Home of the Brave'
Arthur, R. Bauman
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What was life like for Americans who lived, fought, and perhaps died in and around Maryland during the French and Indian War? The American Revolution? The War of 1812? What effect did those events have on the destiny of a young nation? Who was this man that wrote the song that brings all United States citizens to their feet, hats in hand, snapping off sharp salutes or standing with hands over hearts? This book provides some possible answers to those questions.

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