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Young adult literature ( YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 [1] [2] and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as friendship, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality. [3] Stories that focus on the challenges of youth may be further categorized as social or coming-of-age novels.
Willy Wonka. Willy Wonka is a fictional character appearing in British author Roald Dahl 's 1964 children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, its 1972 sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and several films based on those books. He is the eccentric founder and proprietor of the Wonka Chocolate Factory.
The Godfather. (film series) The Godfather is a trilogy of American crime films directed by Francis Ford Coppola inspired by the 1969 novel of the same name by Italian American author Mario Puzo. The films follow the trials of the fictional Italian American mafia Corleone family whose patriarch, Vito Corleone, rises to be a major figure in ...
Deon J. Hampton. May 9, 2024 at 11:35 AM. DENVER — The family of a 4-year-old boy whose heart had stopped beating hours earlier gathered at Children’s Hospital Colorado last month to say their ...
Ludwig van Beethoven [n 1] (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music.
Ready Player One is a 2018 American science fiction action film based on Ernest Cline's novel of the same name.The film was co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Cline and Zak Penn, and stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, and Mark Rylance.
85,000 cu ft/s (2,400 m 3 /s) Niagara Falls ( / naɪˈæɡərə /) is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls, which straddles the international border of the two ...
7 ( seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube . As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy.