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Author: Douglas Adams Title: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Genre: Science Fiction Publication Date: October 12, 1979 Number of Pages: 224 Geographical Setting: England, Space Time Period: 2000’s, considered the future from the year written Series (If applicable): The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Plot Summary: All Arthur Dent wanted to do was to keep his house from being destroyed for a bypass, and suddenly things started to change and become super weird all around him. At least he has his good friend Ford Prefect to keep him company during this whole mess. With the start of Arthur’s amazing adventure, we learn so much about the universe, and that is all thanks to the book that Ford keeps on him, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Subject Headings: Science fiction, Humor, Fantasy, Comedy Appeal: Language/Style – The story has lots of witty banter between characters, as well as many humorous turns of phrase, meant to make the reader chuckle when rea...

From the article, “Why the Banning of ‘A Birthday Cake for George Washington’ Really Matters,” we get a glimpse into understanding what happens with children’s books, particularly how part of the process is done. By reading, we learn that many children’s books are created with an author writing the story and an artist who draws the images for the book. Based on information from the Author, Ramin Ganeshram, many people had gone for how they looked and that they took away their “status as a person of color and glossed over the fact that the illustrator and editor are both African American” (Bloom, 2016, para. 28). Many people attacked the creator of the book for the art being too happy with the slaves smiling while working, and that it made the slaves look happy to be enslaved and to work for their master. The goal of the book was to try and show how although they were enslaved, there was status involved within the enslavement, and that the main character of the book, the historical fi...