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Initial Post:  Hello, My name is Gisella Berg. I was on May 1, 1933, in a small village in Germany. I live with my parents, my sister, Igne, and my grandparents. My father worked as a cattle dealer and worked with jews and non-jew. My parents never let me go outside to play, they said it was too dangerous and they wanted to keep me safe. One day when I  was 5 there was an event that happened called the night of the broken glass. I didn't go through it but a friend told my family about it. My family was scared. In May 1939 after I turned 6 we fled to Kenya for safety. When we got to Kenya I was still able to continue being educated with my sister. In 1947 we moved to the United States where my family started their own chicken farm. I got my high school diploma and in 1957 I married a man named Kurt Pauly who also had fled from Germany. Responses:  Hi Gisella, I am glad your family was able to flee Germany and survive the war. My daughter and I also survived the war, but th...

  In Brown girl Dreaming By Jaquline Woodson religion isn't a big concept but I felt that it would be fun to write about. I grew up Christian and still am and it has impacted me. Jaqueline grew up religious as well. She didn't understand why she had to go to the hall and why she had to follow a certain schedule but she was also too young to understand. her grandmother had decided that if she was living with them they would be going to church as well. In "Another Kingdom hall" Pg 160 is when we see they first start going to church.  In Flag on page 162 we see the impact that religion has on Jaqueline in school.  "Every morning, I walk out with Gina and Alina the two other Witnesses in my class.  Sometimes, Gina says,  Maybe we should pray for the kids inside  who don’t know that God said  “No other idols before me.” That our God is  a jealous God.  Gina is the true believer. Her Bible open  during reading time. But Alina and I walk throu...

What does the title tell you about the book? Does it tell the truth What does the title tell you about the book? Does it tell the truth? The title of the books tells you a number of things. Most times titles are what bring s reader want to read a book. If the title isn't good maybe the illustrations are better. The title shows you what the book will be about and how the author might have written the book. B rown Girl Dreaming shows that it's about a girl dreaming. Kind of obvious but it also shows you something about the author. You realize that the author didn't name the book something simple. For example the life of Jaqueline Woodson. She wanted to make the title appealing to younger generations. Most kids don't like reading Nonfiction books but Woodson made it so it would be interesting to them. The book is pretty easy to understand and is in short chapters so you don't lose focus. The story still goes all together though even if they are separate verses/chapter...