Cranes Cranes by Hwang Sun-won is the story of how two childhood friends separated by war reconnect as prisoner and guard. Song-sam and Tok-chae are both sons of farmers that grew up in the same village at the Thirty-eighth parallel, the line dividing North and South Korea. During the war Song-sam fled to the south, leaving his family behind while Tok-chae stayed in the village. They both meet again as adults when Song-sam returns to the village with another police officer from the south. To his surprise Song-sam find that his childhood friend Tok-chae is tied up as prisoner in front of the village’s police office.
Since the town is so little news and rumors spread quickly through their community. Those stories included the ones created about the legend Boo Radley. Dill, a friend of the Finch children, stays in their neighborhood ever summer. He is very interested in Boo Radley and decides to investigate the Radley property. But, Dill’s idea gets Jem shot at by Boo Radley’s older brother Nathan.
Continuing down the river after he finds Jim they come across what they think is the King and the Duke. Huck and Jim find themselves in a bit of a twist of trouble with the King and Duke. The King and Duke were pretending to be Peter Wilks’ brother from England so he can try to steal all of his money that was in his will. The boys get caught by the village and are caused to flee for their safety. Huck finally gets away from the King and Duke but has seemed to lost Jim on the way.
Sent by Athena, Telemachus leaves the safety of his home in search of word of his father. After visiting the kings of the neighboring regions, he returns with news from Menelaus. Escaping an ambush, he hides in his father’s pigsty. There, in the most unexpected place, he is reunited with his esteemed father. Likewise, Stitch, deeply troubled, hides deep in the jungle because he realized how much trouble he has caused.
He graduated from college had a summer job and in comes a letter saying he was now drafted into the war. Not knowing what to do he basically tries to hide his draft letter and when his dad asks him what’s his plans for the summer he says “Nothing, wait”. He starts to think about running for Canada and then one day at work while doing his usual job of removing blood clots from the neck of dead pigs something inside him broke. He walks away from the plant, goes home and packs, writes a letter to his parents, and starts to drive north. At this point in the story O’Brien to the point of view of the people who read it seems like a coward for running away.
The Amos family locked him in a shed outside their home and Bud escapes. He decides to look for the person he thought is his dad, the person from the flyer, Herman E. Calloway, a band leader. He travels all over and finally finds the band. He is convinced that Herman is his father but Herman denies it. Finally they both realize that Bud is Herman’s grandson because his mother is Herman’s daughter.
Grandpa Bobby tells his story: some people offered him a job smuggling emeralds from South America, but later double-crossed him, tried to kill him, and stole his beloved fishing boat. Ever since then, he's been trying to track them down and get back his boat. It hurt to think that everyone thought he was dead, but it was necessary. First, he didn't want the guys he was looking for to know he was still alive; second, he also knew that if his son found out, he would, true to form, drop everything and rush down to South America without another thought. Grandpa Bobby was in a bar in a small fishing village in Colombia when he saw Paine's interview on the satellite TV.
The townsfolk exile the group and send them on the road to Sandy Bar, a mountain camp about a day of travel through rough, windy, and cold terrain. They have very little supplies until they meet Tom Simson, known as “The Innocent” of Sandy Bar, and his young fiancé Piney Woods. The makeshift family of morally questionable outcasts is set to brave the elements in this story of judgment and redemption. The troupe displays many admirable qualities as they band together to survive the challenges that lie in wait outside the town of Poker Flat. The first instance of redeeming qualities seen in the group is when Tom Simson comes into the picture and offers up his supplies to the group.
James Moloney’s novel A bridge to Wiseman’s Cove is all about the adventures of the protagonist Carl Matt. Carl is the son of Kerry and the brother of Sarah and Harley Matt. When Sarah and Kerry abandon him there’s only one place for him to go, Wattle Beach. His Aunt is waiting there for him and his brother. In Wattle Beach he will learn and overtake the curse of Matt’s, free the Bird of Osprey and visit Wiseman’s Cove.
Corina Cojocari Starks-Winn English III August 30,2012 Little Mischief As I am walking through the woods I notice my father is working again trying to get the tribe back in order. The tribes in the village have been battling for years and my father doesn’t want to disappoint our tribe so all we have to do is work. My father, Powhatan, is the chief of our tribe. All my father cares about is about making our tribe the strongest tribe in the village. Our tribe is located in a small village in Jamestown, VA. My name is Matoaka, but you can call me Pocahontas.