We are class 5T in Holland Elementary School in Holland, MA, USA. We just finished reading The Children of Topaz for our Holocaust unit in Reading. This was our fifth literature study book of the year.

This book is about a diary kept by a 3rd grade class in a Japanese internment camp in Utah during WW2. It was about the life and times of the camp community. The 3rd graders illustrated their diary. The book showed some of those pages. There were also photographs. The book covered the span of one school year.

Some of us liked how such young children wrote such an amazing story. It was amazing how the Japanese took the relocation so well. The children drew very good pictures in the diary.

Some of us did not like The Children of Topaz because it wasn't fiction, and we like fiction. The book was also kind of boring. It didn't have very many exciting parts. It was also depressing to read. Some of us felt there could have been more writing by children and less commentary. We found the terms and names confusing.

Some of us felt uncomfortable reading this book. The people who put the Japanese in this camp were us, the American people. We should have thought before we placed innocent American people in camps because of the way they looked. The whole story was about racism. It was heartbreaking.

COUNTRY OF THE BLIND is a collection of 33 short stories hand picked by H.G. Wells as his best. The stories were written first published between 1894 and 1906 in both magazines and other Wells' anthologies. Most of the stories are science fiction, though a few are not. Among my favorites were "The Stolen Bacillus," "The Lord of the Dynamos," "Under the Knife," "The Sea Raiders," "The Crystal Egg," "The Man Who Could Work Miracles," "The New Accelerator," "The Truth About Pyecraft," "The Magic Shop," "Empire of the Ants," and "Country of the Blind." "The Crystal Egg" and "The Magic Shop" both appear to have influenced Stephen King's NEEDFUL THINGS. Other stories were uninspired sleepers.

I enjoyed this book, but did not think the story line was as strong as some of the earlier books in this series. I had a feeling the author was writing stories just to extend the series a few more volumes. But, since I am a Bolitho fan, I will probably end up buying all of them.

I would recommend using the book only in advanced-level classes in folklore. The content is strong, and the presentation, in general, is clear. There is also a fine bibliography that will provide a useful reference resource for studying folklore. The main problem with using this book in introductory classes is that it is too complicated for most undergraduates. Also, there is a wide variety of examples that illustrate various points, but in the thrust to represent cultural diversity, the authors include too much material that simply is irrelevant and uninteresting to students. This book might be useful in a graduate course in folklore studies, but by the time that students begin studying folklore at advanced levels, they will probably be interested in more complex and thorough studies of folklore. The book might, however, be a good starting point for professors and students in other disciplines who are interested in folklore research. It also could be useful for researchers who wish to access the scholarly literature on folklore.

While George Catlin is passionate of his desire to chronicle the North American indians and thier traditions, he falls short in the area of the east coast tribes and nations. The Cherokee, Chippewa, Choctaw, and Six Nations (Iroquois,Mohawk,Algonquin,Oneida,Seneca, and Tuskaroras ) all were an integral part of American history, They are observed on a minimal note. Comparatively, the Mmandans,and Sioux were beautifully chronicled with respect to the traditions and fears of the white man that were held among many Indian nations of the period. The detailed description of the rituals that a boy must endure to become a man, make one realize how trivial our day-to-day challenges really are. You cannot read this book and not gain a renewed respect of the American indian, and all they endured to please the White man,and avoid bloodshed in the name of peace,as they believed the great spirit wanted.

Okay, folks, like a lot of books from the eighties eras written about michael, basically they're the same thing. the authors seem to copy each other. so basically this book is like Mark Bego's books about Michael. The cover is of Michael in the Beat It Jacket. with like blue lights gleaming all on the cover.

This book posits that focusing on the beauty of such films as "Black Orpheus" deflects from the fact that there is rampant anti-black racism in Brazil. If I remember correctly, the author is a scholar at an HBCU (historically Black College or University). At times, I think he borrows from canonical white thinkers too heavily. However, I still think it was a good book. It has parallels to life in America where politicians want to talk about what they dislike on television rather than explain why they haven't enacted more bills for the people. Individuals who collect books on Blacks in the New World Diaspora should definitely purchase this piece.

I would like to know is it valid for START 2 under the NMD

Maury Allen's book mentions, numerous times, that Thurman Munson was not a nice man. He was rude to fans, waitresses, and Heaven Forbid-sportswriters. Allen happily mentions that he has never wasted one vote on Munson in Hall of Fame votes. In fact, not voting for him appears to be revenge for Munson not giving quotes and quips for Allen's stories in the New York Post. This is precisely the reason sportswriters should not vote for Hall of Fame inductions; as Allen states, the writers vote on what they thought of the ballplayer as a "man", not as a clutch ballplayer, who always came through when his team really needed him to. And we all know, if you don't show respect to sportswriters, you don't deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. Sportswriters believe, that since they know how to put two sentences together, they are more important than the players they write about. Gotcha, Maury. And go to Hell.

This book is a perfect example of the importance of truth in advertising. If Maury Allen wanted to write a book that provided an overview of his prolific sports writing career I'm sure that there would have been many interested readers. However, he has chosen to write that book and disguise it as a book about the Yankees. Sure, the focus of the book for the most part is on the Yankees, but Allen presents little that the average Yankee fan has not already seen. He also interrupts the narration on the Yankees with stories from his personal experiences that have nothing to do with the Yankees. There are no insights here for Yankee fans, which would be fine if he didn't promise a book about George Steinbrenner's years of ownership with the Yankees. Don't waste your time with this book.

I enjoy reading baseball books that contain stories and anecdotes that don't usually appear in the papers. Allen has amassed a wealth of these stories, and as a baseball fan who is not privy to the "inside story," I found the book extremely interesting and fascinating. Allen rambles through Steinbrenner's 25 years as owner of the Yankees, and, in the process, he relates many wonderful stories about baseball and the people in it. Some of his tales aren't complimentary, but he's never nasty or spiteful, and I find that refreshing. I recommend the book to anyone who likes baseball and likes to read the stuff that isn't covered by the print and broadcast media. The book was written as an anecdotal anthology, and it succeeds.

"Senseless Secrets," while presenting an outstanding review of the history of the U.S. Armed Forces, is written from a point of view that is difficult to accept. The author cites many examples where he believes the American intelligence services to be responsible for needless deaths of U.S. servicemembers. Many of these "failures," according to LTC Lanning's own analysis, are those of non-M.I. military and even civilian leaders disregarding or undermining the work of the intelligence community and even dismantling the service altogether. However, all are blanketed with the label of "failures of intelligence." Aside from that, of course, the book is extremely well-written and valuable to anyone with an interest in military history of the United States.

We must all remember that nearly every military succes or failure is easly explainable in retrospect. Inteligence is among the most vulnerable department when it comes to analysis such as this. It is always possible to critisize the quality and quantity of information available when , after the fact, many more things come to light. This is not a strike against the author, it is a reminder to us all to be rational and to delicatly determine the circumstances surrounding us.

failures considered fatal actions of the cia through civil war and the last two world wars; very interesting book for the new generations of army officers.