No one knows what caused the chemical explosion that nearly destroyed Sanction City but nothing has been the same since. As the city rebuilds it finds itself facing a new disaster as it's over run with criminals weilding strange new abilities.
16 year old Xavier is doing his best to lay low in the crime ridden city and help his mom raise his little sister. Everything changes when he runs into a group of
teenage vigilantes and discovers criminals aren't the only ones with new powers.
When his sister is kidnapped and the police refuse to take the case he has to make a choice. Could trading in his backpack for a mask help save his sister and bring justice to his father's
X by Ilyasah Shabazz is set in the mid 1900’s before equal rights laws were passed and an extremely difficult time for Black America. The book starts in a small town in Michigan called Lansing where the main character, Malcolm Little, who is described as a poor teenager in a large family. Malcolm is independent and introverted in the beginning. The book soon explains that Malcolm lost his father early in Malcolm’s life causing Malcolm to be a natural leader. Malcolm gets out of his home town as soon as he can moving to Boston, Massachusetts with his step sister Anna in hopes to become a new man. In Boston, Malcolm makes friends with a character named Shorty. Shorty leads Malcolm around a suburb of Boston called Roxbury. Malcolm gets a new name,
They decide to have sex. When she awoke, the hunter was gone. As Niska goes to sleep in the teepee, Xavier starts to recall, again, about when he killed the phantom sniper. McCaan sends Xavier, with Elijah and Thomson, to search for him. They retrieve his bayonet, along with his rifle. When Lieutenant Breech sends 6 soldiers out on a raiding mission, which Xavier thinks is too many for this. Elijah leaves briefly to get a morphine tablet from the medic. The medic says no, because supplies are getting low. Next, the 6 soldiers leave for the German lines. In the chaos here, Elijah is severely injured, so Xavier lays on top of him to protect him. He has a few scratches and a potential broken arm, so he takes morphine. Xavier also learns that one of the soldiers died, and Thomson was sent to a hospital. Thomson might've died if it weren't for Gilberto, who saved Thomson. As Elijah and Gilberto were talking, Xavier recollects his short period of time at the residential school. He remembers the oppressive Sister Magdalene, who beat Elijah and Xavier with a switch. On the reserve, Elijah and Xavier visit estaminets, pubs that sell alcohol. Xavier, while drunk, meets a girl named Lisette. They hold hands and
on going to the jail when he senses that his father may be in danger.
“With no police force in California’s cities, criminals from all over flocked to San Francisco.” (Saffer,1) This meant that the criminals could commit their crimes with little fear of punishment. The criminals felt as if they could steal someone’s belongings, and not get caught then they would be fine. So, that’s why many people went over there. The San Francisco Gang was a group from New York. They always took gold, money, food, etc. But, after awhile another group of people from San Francisco put them on trial, they were then put in prison for 10 years. However, there wasn’t any prisons they could stay in so, they just frightened the gang and they never committed a crime from then on. Along with the San Francisco Gang, another gang came and started causing more trouble again. That gang repeatedly stole from stores, and homes taking everything they could. Until a group of 180 men called “Committee of Violence” they captured and hung some of the members of the gang, and threatened all the others. It must have been horrible without safety from criminals but as more cities grew, more prisons were
Whether they are good or bad, many influential individuals interfere in the involvement of adolescents with gangs. However, not all kids willingly join gangs or conduct in crime. Some join by force through a strong negative influence, or some join, simply because there is nothing else to engage in. Myers elaborates on gang culture by creating preteens and teenage characters, so the young readers can relate and understand. The novel introduces Jamal, a twelve-year old boy whose older brother Randy is in jail. To pay for his appeal, Randy
These are the survivors thoughts on the Triangle Factory Fire. There was over 100 survivors but I choose two of the most important people who lived from the fire and I am sharing their thoughts.
The merchants and residents were being put in situation where their safety was greatly at risk. This was very scary for those who were not used to it. “With no police force in California's cities, criminals from all over the world flocked to San Francisco. There, they could commit their crimes with little fear of punishment.” (Saffer 44)
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 was one of the most lethal workplace tragedies in American history. 141 young women died that day, because of their unsafe work conditions. If they had fire extinguishers and a sprinkler system, or even just a better fire escape, no one would’ve had to die. The girls did not have access to these things however, because they were not required by law.
Devin is a small kid in a big world, ever since his family made him move to Columbus he has hated them ever since. Devin just got his new spy glasses he just ordered. His parents just invited him out, but he declines and says he doesn’t really want to go because he wants to try them out. Devin has started to realize that his parents are acting weird around him whenever he asks where they go to work and just keep vanishing randomly. One day Devin decides to follow his parents to work so he jumps in the trunk of their car that they take to work, as Devin is in the trunk he notices there no longer on the road and that there’s a huge facility. As he approaches he starts to notice all these signs “Restricted area”. Devin waits for his parents to
Connor Lassiter lives in Akron, Ohio with his mother, father, and brother. He is a rebellious, stubborn 16 year old who gets into fights at school as well as with his parents. He is really temperamental and acts out of rage. This is the start of the hero’s journey, the ordinary world. Connor’s “norm” is getting in trouble all of the time and fighting with his parents about getting in trouble which only makes things worse and stresses out his parents even more.
Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson novel Target accounts the life of a sixteen year old boy name Grady West . Grady was your average high school sixteen year old who hung out with a group of friends, very outgoing, and likable. But, everything changed on a tragic uneventful November night. While walking home Grady was attack, beaten, and raped. From that very moment Grady’s life changed. He would no longer became the Grady he once was to his friends, family, and even to himself. Grady tried to escape his friends, old school, and what happened that night. But, every so often the memories reoccur. A year later, he now attended Thomas Jefferson High where no one would know who he was and what had happened to him. His journey at his new school is
Thursday evening after the nuclear factory just outside of New York exploded, it seems the experts were very wrong on the impact it would have on New York, and the surrounding cities. It did nothing to the people, not at all. It very unusually just flopped every building upside down.
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Arson is “any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, [or] personal property of another” (Bartol & Bartol, 2011. P 463). Arson comes in many forms – juveniles vandalizing property, businesses trying to collect insurance money, and murderers covering up their crimes are just a few of the examples arson investigators deal with. The reasons why arson is committed and the psychology behind arson are as diverse as the crime itself. There is no one perfect psychological profile of an arsonist. Young, old, educated, illiterate, sane, insane, rich and poor all can become arsonists. With such a wide range of suspect characteristics,
Department of Transportation. The fireworks are all of high- quality, so no special storage was required.