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The Witches, American War Book Review

Two special books you need to read

By Mehedi Hasan ShawonPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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"The Witches" is a dark fantasy novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story is set in parts of Norway and parts of England. But a world has emerged about a young English boy and his Norwegian grandmother.

Which exists in every society and country in the childish society of witches. The witches are ruled by a very wicked and powerful Grand High witch. They come to England with a plan to turn all children into rats.

The novel "The Witches" was published in 1983 by Jonathan Cape of London. The images were by Quentin Blake, who had previously collaborated with Dahl. It is one of the best children's novels of all time. But the novel has received mixed reviews and reactions.

The book was adapted into short audio by Lynn Redgrave. A stage drama and BBC radio drama, directed by Nicholas Roeg in 1990. Robert Zemeckis directed a film in 2020.

In 2012, The Witches novel was ranked 81st among children's novels in a survey published by the School Library Journal. This is stated in a survey of a US monthly magazine.

Dahl had four books in the top 100, and the novel was in third place, more than any other author. The Witch's novel was included in the list of the 100 most influential novels published by BBC News in 2019.

The novel has received rave reviews in the United States. But there are some caveats to the frightening parts. In a 1983 review, Ann Waldron of the Philadelphia Inquirer said that the book is quite emotional in its underlying circumstances.

The witches had mixed reactions to the outcome of the monstrous image. The novel received much acclaim for its paintings by Quentin Blake.

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American War Book Review

The first novel written by Canadian-Egyptian journalist Omar El Akkad is American War. It is about the near future of the United States. The Second World War began in the United States with climate change and fossil fuels.

The story uses a historical metaphor about the future historian Benjamin Chestnut. He was deported from Louisiana due to the Climate Refugee Civil War. The narrative chapters are interspersed with fictional primary documents collected by the narrator.

The novel has been much admired and acclaimed. The first book was nominated for an award. A bill to ban the use of fossil fuels anywhere in the United States will be passed in 2074.

The "Second American Civil War" began with the breakup of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and the Texas Union. It is said from the point of view of his nephew Benjamin. A virus known as The Slow, forms a solid foundation in South Carolina.

In 2017, the novel was shortlisted for the Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Award. In 2018, Amazon awarded the book. Also in the same year, the book Arthur C. Clark was shortlisted for the award. It was the fourth of five books to reach the finals of the 2018 Canada Reads competition.

The American War Novel is listed as one of the top 100 most influential novels published by BBC News in 2019.

When the war broke out six years after the autumn, he and his family lived on Louisiana's climate-ravaged coast. She is survived by her parents Benjamin and Martina, her older brother Simon, and her twin brother Dana Chestnut.

Dad was killed in the Baton Rouge bombing in 2075, and Sarat and his family moved to a refugee camp called "Camp Patience" on the Mississippi-Tennessee border.

Sarat and his family spent the next six years in Camp Patience, helpless. In the year 2081, the autumn batas became 12 years He befriended the charismatic Albert Gains. He is sending aid to the Free Southern States to keep the United States weak and divided. This is how the story of the novel begins to unfold.

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