Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. With a dream of joining the nba, all he wants to do at bluford high is play basketball. The gunslinger by stephen king includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 5 chapters, as well. Lionel, donrel and kendra lionel could not read and he was not doing well in school. The gunslinger the dark tower, book 1 the gunslinger the gunslinger by king, stephen author on jun012003 paperback on. Discount prices on books by paul langan, including titles like building vocabulary skills. Langan, as with other bluford books, keeps up the action and pacing with realistic dialogue and a focus on characters feelings. Paul langan is currently considered a single author.
I remember reading all the bluford books in school, but this one in particular stood out to me. It felt like i was reading a chick flick with a good ending. Hes really good at basketball but he doesnt focus on school work that much. In the gunslinger, stephen king introduces readers to one of his most enigmatic heroes, roland of gilead, the last gunslinger. From his clothes and lack of social understanding, zach can see cap is the perfect target for him and his friends. Weeks ago he was one of the most feared students in bluford high. Enhancements were made to more precisely measure materials read in k2 classrooms.
Its about how young teens struggle, and get themselves in situations that they wish they didnt get into. Think, at the time he wrote it, it was a standalone novel. Schooled characters lionel malka lionels mom and dad jamar dontrell climax lionels dream is to be in the nba or at least make it on the basketball team at blueford high school but he cant play basketball if he doesnt have a c average now lionel is really mad so he quits. The dark tower i, indicates that the dark tower books have had comparatively few readers when set next to his other novels. Schooled by paul langan by adolfo capistran on prezi. Paul langan born in philadelphia, paul langan spent his early childhood in the city before moving with his single mother to southern new jersey.
Schooled by langan paul ryan hernandez 7th grade june 3,2016 characters and the state of the main characters conflict characters and the state of mind. The first person he meets is zach powers, the school bully and popular kid at school. The sequel to the bully, this book is about bluford freshman tyray hobbs, the tormentor of darrell mercer. That first book, the gunslinger, was actually written by king as a series of short stories he was trying to get published in fantasy journals back in the day 60s i think. I have fond early childhood memories of the timelife books infomercial for this book back in circa 198081 i was 5 or 6 yo at the time. Plot shattered was about darcey, whose summer was just ending. With a dream of joining the nba, all lionel shephard wants to do at bluford high is play basketball, but everyone is trying to stop him. Lionels teacher is worried about him and gives him a letter to give to his father concerning his education and his actions in class. The first book is one of the best of the series as far as the writing goes. There he attended public school and worked a variety of jobsincluding salesperson at a shoe store, attendant at a horse ranch, landscaper at a mental hospital, and a nightshift stockperson in a warehouse store near atlantic city. The bluford high books are set in an urban high school and feature engaging, accessible writing and appealing, contemporary storylines.
The tale traces tyrays troubled home life, his desire to rebuild his reputation, and his quest to get revenge on darrell, the only boy who ever stood up to him. The gunslinger by king stephen at the best online ebook storage. Born in philadelphia in 1972, paul langan spent his early childhood in the city before moving with his mother to southern new jersey. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Schooled by paul langan by bralon marshall on prezi. With stephen kings the gunslinger its the other way around. The dark tower, by stephen king, follows the hero and the gunslinger, roland deschain, as he pursues the man in black across a desert wasteland then into the mountains. With a broken hand, a troubled family, and no friends in sight, tyrays options are limited. Langan says that to get different results, he had to take a different approach.
Four students chose to read this book after looking at the choices available to them. Born in philadelphia, paul langan spent his early childhood in the city before moving with his single mother to southern new jersey. Download and read online for free the gunslinger by king stephen. The young adult library services association yalsa american library association alafrom day one, the bluford books flew off my shelf like hot tamales. I did not like this book mostly because of the drama in the book. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Even better, its both an adaptation of the books and a continuation, meaning theres sure to be plenty there. Teenagers can relate to this book and it is on there level of understanding what the boy was feeling. As a parent you can use all the help you can on raising your children this book helps you choose what you should or should not do. The tale traces tyrays troubled home life, his desire to.
The gun by paul langan bluford series flashcards quizlet. He beats people up and takes their money because he thinks that gets him respect. They are in a placetime that has moved on, which seems to mean. Its about this boy named lionel, whose dream is to become a professional basketball player. Mass market paperback 28 the fallen bluford series book 11 jul 4. I could feel the main characters pain and relate to his point of view and how he felt about things. He has followed the man for twelve years and his pursuit never wavers for any reason.
Langan has not exactly been where his readers and characters have, he says, judge the book not by the cover or the color of its author, but by the story. Paul langan is the associate laboratory director for neutron sciences at oak ridge national laboratory, a joint faculty professor of cellular and molecular. Paul langan has 16 books on goodreads with 70568 ratings. Ever since his mom got shipped out to the military for a long time, his life just hasnt been the same. Buy a cheap copy of the gun bluford series, number 6 book by paul langan. Please note that the lexile measures for a small population of books have been recently updated. Roland deshayn, or roland of gillead is walking the desert chasing the man in black. But then he just ended up turning them all into book 1. It is the first volume in the dark tower series the gunslinger was first published in 1982 as a fixup novel, joining five short stories that had been published between 1978 and 1981. In the beginning the main character, tyray hobbs, is a bully. His storytelling gets better as the series progresses, none better than wizard and glass, but the gunslinger is probably the most wellrounded. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read secrets in the shadows. A fight threatens to end his sophomore year at bluford high, and at home, things are even worse.
Bluford high series collection 21 paperbacks first book. Caps first few days at claverage middle school also called c average by the students are a nightmare. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, because it flowed very well and was never boring. The stress of it all seems too much to bear, and darcy searches for ways to keep it all together.
This book is filled with action, once you pick it up, you wont be able to put it down. Shattered personal response i read the book shattered by paul langan. The wheel of ka turns, and a movie based on stephen kings magnum opus the dark tower is finally coming to theaters, say thankee sai. My son loved this book so much he wrote a report about it in school. The book is about a kid named tyray hobbs is a bully at bluford high and then he bullies this kid named darrell mercer the ne the gun by paul langan teen ink login. His dad wants him to focus on school work, but its been hard for him because his mom moved to the army. Patano, reading teacher when i finished these books, i went back to the beginning and read them all over again. Paul langan books, author biography, and reading level scholastic. So they are more stand alone vignettes than seamless congruent chapters.
This is a book to which lower level students will relate. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. He is a haunting figure, a loner, on a spellbinding journey into good and evil, in a desolate world which frighteningly echoes. The gun bluford series, number 6 book by paul langan. And now that ive finally read the book all these years later, i can attest that it lives up to the billing of that classic infomercial. But then darrell mercer publicly humiliated him, and tyray lost his reputation.
Karma plays a big part in this book, when a big, strong, angry, dishonest bully gets what he used to give. Childe roland to the dark tower came, the gunslinger is a compelling whirlpool of a story that draws one irretrievable. Brothers in arms by paul langan and ben alirez paperback, 9781591940173. Tyray hobbs wants revenge on darrel, and has a gun to get it. Roland has a quest to get to a place called the dark tower. Start studying the gun by paul langan bluford series. While each novel in the bluford series can be read independently, the books are interconnected and represent a span of about 2 years at bluford high. It deals with a real issue, and captures the readers attention with real life emotion.
The book is very slow to get started, and even the ending is somewhat anticlimactic, but it sets the stage for this story and the world in which it takes place. Did lionel make the team for the bluford high school basketball team. This is one of the book choices i am using with students. Paul langan, unlikely author of young urban books the. Frankie, the most feared bully from his neighborhood, is hunting him, and martin doesnt know who he can turn to. Paul langan began his tenure as the associate laboratory director ald for the neutron sciences directorate nscd at the oak ridge. In the book the gun this is the situation for darrel. The gun was selected as a 2012 popular paperback for young adults.
Paul langan books list of books by author paul langan thriftbooks. Since he hasnt been good at school he uses basketball to take his mind off of things. Stephen king, in his forward to the newly revised and expanded edition of the gunslinger. The gunslinger is a fantasy novel by american author stephen king. And when the kids he once bullied start threatening him his world completely. See all books authored by paul langan, including the bully bluford series, number 5, and blood is thicker bluford.
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