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Seen and Unseen: what Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's photographs reveal about the Japanese American incarceration Book Review

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  1. BIBLIOGRAPHY Partridge, E. (2022). Seen and Unseen: what Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's photographs reveal about the Japanese American incarceration. Chronicle Books. ISBN: 978-1-45216-510-3 2.  PLOT SUMMARY This book captures the lives of Japanese Americans during their time in internment camps from 3 photographer’s points of view.  3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS This informational novel falls under the category of History in the Dewey 900’s. After Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were forced from their West Coast homes and imprisoned in camps. The government first hired Dorthea Lange to take pictures to show Americans how well the Japanese were being treated in the camps. To her horror, life was nothing like what she was allowed to photograph. Next is a photographer by the name of Toyo Miyatake. He was a prisoner in Manzanar and had smuggled his camera lens in. With help from friends, he was given the supplies needed to make a camera and develop the prints. His pictu
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Temple Grandin: how the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world Book Review

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  1. BIBLIOGRAPHY Montgomery, S. (2012). Temple Grandin: how the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.  ISBN: 978-1-48984-780-5 2.  PLOT SUMMARY This is a biography of Temple Grandin’s life from childhood to animal advocate.    3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS This information book falls under the category of Biography. Montgomery does an excellent job of describing autism and how Temple’s behavior was as a result of it. Growing up, Temple faced many challenges, especially with communication. The book progresses through the various schools she attended and how she finally found solace in high school with animals. Readers will enjoy the sidebars and photos depicting more insight into Temple’s life. The trials faced as a woman and someone with a disability are the main points in this book and Montgomery does an excellent job of showing how Temple never gave up on cruelty-free deaths for cattle. There are blueprints and diagrams that show how the cattl
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In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers Book Review

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  1. BIBLIOGRAPHY Brown, D. (2021). In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years after the 9/11 attacks . Etch, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.  ISBN: 978-0-358-22357-3 2.  PLOT SUMMARY This graphic novel shows the moments leading up to the planes hitting the two towers through what transpired in the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years after 9/11. 3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS This information book falls under the category of history in the Dewey 900’s section. The book is written as a graphic novel and begins when the first plane hits the first tower. Readers are given a first-hand look at the confusion turned to horror as another plane hits the other tower. The novel jumps to the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa as other planes have been hijacked. The aftermath of finding survivors when time running out leaves readers on the edge of their seat. The second part of the novel shows the attacks against the Taliban, interrogation tact
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Digital Tech Final Reflections

 As the summer session comes to a close, I created a Storyjumper book to share my thoughts about the course. I hope you enjoy it! https://www.storyjumper.com/book/read/174527351/66a706e774b32
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The Color of Magic Book Review

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1. BIBLIOGRAPHY Pratchett, T. (2015). The Color of Magic . Colin Smythe. ISBN: 9780861403240 2.  PLOT SUMMARY The Color Magic is the first in the series that follows the adventures of a washed-up magician, Rincewind, and a tourist, Twoflower. The two meet one fateful day and then embark on a wild journey through fires, fights, imprisonment, and sacrifice. Will they both survive the journey? 3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS This fantastical young adult fiction book is written by Terry Pratchett. It falls under the category of comical historical fiction. This novel takes place in a supernatural world of magic. It involves many fantastical creatures including magicians, witches, trolls, fairies, and Death. This novel follows Rincewild and his guiding of Twoflower around Ankh-Morpork. Things begin to go awry when people realize how much money the tourist has.  The characters play off each other perfectly. The magical elements placed throughout the book are a fun aspect; it’s reminiscent of Harry Potte
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Six of Crows Book Review

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  1. BIBLIOGRAPHY Bardugo, L. (2015). Six of Crows . Henry Holt And Company.  ISBN: 9781627792127 2.  PLOT SUMMARY Kaz and a ragtag team are chosen to save the world by completing an impossibly dangerous task. Will they put their differences aside to unite or will they give in to their emotions?   3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS This fantastic young adult fiction book is written by Leigh Bardugo. It falls under the category of contemporary fantastic fiction. It involves 6 teens who are chosen to save the world from catastrophe. Love and loyalty are the topics of the story. In this novel, Kaz is a 17-year-old thief who is rising up in the gang ranks. He is recruited by a merchant to retrieve a scientist who has made a drug that gives Grishas (witches) supernatural powers that make them unstoppable. Kaz assembles a crew of 5 others who are willing to risk their lives for a cut of the reward. The characters are believable as teens who have lived well beyond their years but still have a youthful qual
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