Literature

12. BALANCING”Billy!” Charlie called as soon as he got out of the car. I turned toward the house, beckoning to Jacob as I ducked under the porch. I heard Charlie…

11. COMPLICATIONSEveryone watched us as we walked together to our lab table. I noticed that he no longer angled the chair to sit as far from me as the desk…

10. INTERROGATIONSIt was very hard, in the morning, to argue with the part of me that was sure last night was a dream. Logic wasn’t on my side, or common…

9. THEORY”Can I ask just one more?” I pleaded as Edward accelerated much too quickly down the quiet street. He didn’t seem to be paying any attention to the road….

8. PORT ANGELESJess drove faster than the Chief, so we made it to Port Angeles by four. It had been a while since I’d had a girls’ night out, and…

7. NIGHTMAREI told Charlie I had a lot of homework to do, and that I didn’t want anything to eat. There was a basketball game on that he was excited…

6. SCARY STORIESAs I sat in my room, trying to concentrate on the third act of Macbeth, I was really listening for my truck. I would have thought, even over…

5. BLOOD TYPEI made my way to English in a daze. I didn’t even realize when I first walked in that class had already started. “Thank you for joining us,…

4. INVITATIONSIn my dream it was very dark, and what dim light there was seemed to be radiating from Edward’s skin. I couldn’t see his face, just his back as…

3. PHENOMENONWhen I opened my eyes in the morning, something was different. It was the light. It was still the gray-green light of a cloudy day in the forest, but…

The next day was better… and worse.It was better because it wasn’t raining yet, though the clouds were dense and opaque. It was easier because I knew what to expect…

Meyer, Stephanie, 1973-Twilight : a novel / by Stephanie Meyer. – 1st ed. Summary: Grade 9 Up – Headstrong, sun-loving, 17-year-old Bella declines her mom’s invitation to move to Florida,…

The giant stone sank fast. Underwater, at three hundred feet, barely enough light remained to reveal its tumbling silhouette. Passing five hundred feet, the rock plunged into total darkness. Racing…

Rachel blushed, her skin tingling. “Thanks.” The agent led Rachel down the impeccably appointed hallway to a plain-looking doorway nearby. “The Lincoln Bedroom,” the agent said. “And as I am…

Sexton had no idea what the man was talking about. The reporter handed him the photocopies. Sexton looked at the pages-and for a moment, his mind went totally blank. No…

A few of the reporters laughed. With his daughter bearing down fast from his right, Sexton had no doubt this father-daughter reunion would best be held in private. Unfortunately, privacy…

Define Nationalism – Nationalism Forms and Theories – our site 1. Introduction What is Nationalism and how do you define NationalismThis essay will discuss definitions and forms of nationalism in…

Exhausted, Tolland looked up at the underbelly of the thundering tilt-rotor airplane. Deafening gusts pounded down off its horizontal propellers. As Rachel rose on a cable, numerous sets of hands…

Rachel fell onto her back against the cockpit’s rear wall. Half submerged in sloshing water, she stared straight up at the leaking dome, hovering over her like a giant skylight….

As Tolland’s hand felt the sides of the tank, he encountered dozens of bullet holes. He could feel the water rushing in. The Triton was preparing to dive, whether Tolland…