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  Deadfall review   Dead Fall  By Stephen Wallenfels focuses on the point of view of Cory Bic whose past story is given in a third person narrated account, and whose present is narrated by himself. The book starts off with Cory and his twin brother Ty on their birthday as their father, in one of his better moods, decides to let the boys in on a guarded secret of his.  He takes them to a few stops in the woods before arriving at normal looking clearing with a stump in the middle. However, underneath is an abandoned living space dug out long ago and whose entrance is through the stump. They dub the place “Stumptown” and their father talks about how they will someday come up there and live free and happy, detached from the world. He talks about how he is planning on changing for the better, but soon afterwards, he seems to take a step in the opposite direction. He moves them to a new town, for a sketchy job, to live in a worn out house. Here he joins ranks wit...

    I read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part - Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. The story is centered around a Native American teenager by the name of Arnold. It is an inspiring story of a poor Indian kid who juggles his two identities as a Native American, and as an academic superhero.      Known mainly by the nickname Junior, Arnold is a teenager who lives on the Spokane Reservation. He has a knack for basketball and has a good friend, Rowdy. Rowdy is very aggressive and loves getting into fights, and has an anger management problem. However, he tries his absolute hardest not to hurt Arnold, as they are best friends and he has a soft spot for people close to him. Arnold also has a passion for academics. He attends the regular high school in his reservation, where sometimes the teacher forgets to come to school. A quite revealing detail about the school’s state. He is particularly excited about geometry, however upon receiving his textbook for high school geom...

       The Most Dangerous Game is a short story following the experience of big game hunter Rainsford on Ship-Trap Island. The story starts off with Rainsford and his friend Whitney on a yacht headed for Rio de Janeiro for jaguar hunting. As they discuss the philosophy of hunting, they notice that the sailors seem distressed as they pass an island called Ship-Trap Island. After hearing gunshots on the island, Rainsford falls off the ship trying to get a better look at what happened. Nobody notices him fall overboard and he ends up swimming to the island to save himself. When he wakes up, he notices signs of a large animal that had thrashed around and died. Despite the large scene and amounts of blood, he notices a .22 caliber cartridge, which if you don't know is a small round probably not suited for anything large. In an attempt to find civilization, he comes across the hunter house where he meets General Zaroff and Ivan. General Zaroff a cossack and expert hunter a...