Winning Essays

Topic: Reading changes your life

By Shavona Mann

          During this school year, I read very interesting books.  I soared with birds, I have flown in planes, swam with dolphins and sharks, I have gone to England and Paris and a couple of times to Germany.  Reading has taken me to places I never knew existed.  I went to the Northern Canadian Woods with the breath-taking book “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen.  I went to New York City with the Olsen twins in the running by book “New York Minute.”  I was bullied by Neal Moffet in the hilarious book called “The biggest klutz in 5^th Grade” by Bill Wallace.  I have been in situations I wouldn’t even imagine being in.  My most recent book really took me away.  The setting was Scotland in the middle of a battle.  Besides the war that was going on at that time, Princes were killing their brothers just so they could become king, even though the bravest warrior becomes king.  So on in the story, a chain of murders are linked together, all pointing to the same person, Macbeth! 

          These are some of the situations I was put through this year.  Reading has taught me that even when you are in one place, it doesn’t mean you can’t reach another.

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