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  Module 4 – Book Re view 3   Review of Candace Fleming ’s THE FAMILY ROMANOV : MURDER, REBELLION, & THE FALL OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA   *This review was written for a course through Sam Houston State University.   1. BIBLIOGRAPHY   Fleming, C. (2014). THE FAMILY ROMANOV: MURDER, REBELLION, & THE FALL OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA. Anne Schwartz Books. ISBN: 9780375867828     2. PLOT SUMMARY   “The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & the Fall of Imperial Russia” by Candace Fleming gives an account of the last days of the Romanov dynasty and the fall of the Imperial family, Tzar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra and their five children. The narrative, divided into four parts, touches on the isolated life the royal family led, their personal tragedies, and their downfall due to the widespread discontent of the Russian people. The author works to paint a picture of the political and economic unrest that began and exacerbated the revolutions in 1917. The ...

  Module 4 – Book Re view 1   Review of Susan Campbell Bartoletti’s HITLER YOUTH : GROWING UP IN HITLER’S SHADOW   *This review was written for a course through Sam Houston State University.   1. BIBLIOGRAPHY   Susan Campbell Bartoletti. (2005). HITLER YOUTH: GROWING UP IN HITLER ’ S SHADOW . Scholastic. ISBN: 978133830984 3     2. PLOT SUMMARY   "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Candance Fleming is a non-fiction book which tells the experiences of young people who were members of Hitler’s Youth, those who opposed and resisted the Nazi regime, and as well as innocent victims. The struggles and choices made by these young people are layed out for the reader and each portion does truly show the human condition of what it means to want to belong, but also pointing those out who chose to adhere to their morality and choice of following what they knew was right, even in dangerous times.   3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS     "Hit...

  Module 4 – Book Re view 2   Review of Steve Jenkins ’s ACTUAL SIZE   *This review was written for a course through Sam Houston State University.   1. BIBLIOGRAPHY   Jenkins, S. (2009). Actual Size . Clarion Books. ISBN: 9780618375943     2. PLOT SUMMARY   "Actual Size" by Steve Jenkins is a children's picture book that teaches children about the variety of animals and their true to life sizes and variety of animals. As the reader turns each page, they see a double page that is illustrated with a different animal. The animals vary from bugs to large land animals, sea creatures, and birds and enhance true variety of what is found in the animal kingdom. In conjunction with each illustrated animal, there is corresponding text that gives information about the animal including its name and size.     3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS     "Actual Size" is made up of double-page spreads for most of the 18 animals and insects featured in the b...