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=Travel Article=

I went to Vietnam and here is my article.

=Original Short Story= Here is my short story.

= = =Quarter 2 Independent Reading=

I read **//Beautiful Malice//** by Rebecca James and talked about key images in the book using a collage as my visual.
= = =Quarter 1 Independent Reading=

// Nicholas Sparks //

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About the author:  Nicholas Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on New Year's Eve in the year 1965. He is the second son of Patrick Michael and Jill Emma Marie Sparks. Well over 50 million copies of his books in print, Sparks is one of the world's bestselling author of love stories. His novel Three Weeks with My Brother, which Sparks wrote with his brother Micah, have been New York Times and international best sellers. Six of Nicholas Spark's novels- Dear John, The last Song, Nights in Rodanthe, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, and the Notebook are now major motion pictures. Two others are in the process of being made into fil

m, True Believer is expected in 2011 and The Lucky One is expected in 2012. In 1985 and still in school, Sparks penned his first (never published) novel, The Passing and another unpublished book The Royal Murders in 1989. After college, Sparks was still unsure about his career choice; 1993 was the year, he wrote The Notebook, during his spare time. Two years later, Spark's was discovered by a literary agent Theresa Park and the rest was history. After the huge success of his novel, Nicholas Sparks continues to charm the world with his enchanting love stories.

About Dear John: When Savannah Lynn Curtis met John Tyree, two lives changed forever. A 23 year old rebel, joined the army after high school, unsure of his future. During his break, John comes home to North Carolina and swears he met the girl of his dreams. The attraction was mutual and quickly grows into a love, that makes Savannah want to hold on to John forever, vowing to wait for him while he finishes his tour of duty. Then came 9/11, now John must choose between love and country. When John returns, he realizes nothing stays the same forever, does it?