McCarthy appeared in the 1987 films Mannequin and Less than Zero, a cinematic adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's novel. The group starred in a few films, among them St. He was a member of the 1980s Hollywood group of young actors dubbed by the media as the " Brat Pack". McCarthy's first major role was in the 1983 comedy Class opposite Jacqueline Bisset. After graduating from high school, he enrolled at NYU for acting, but was expelled after two years. At Pingry, he played the Artful Dodger in Oliver!, his first acting role. McCarthy moved to Bernardsville, New Jersey, as a teenager and attended Bernards High School and the Pingry School, a preparatory academy. His mother worked for a newspaper, and his father was involved in investments and stocks. McCarthy was born in Westfield, New Jersey, the third of four boys. As a director, he is known for his work on Orange Is the New Black. 40 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars of all-time list. Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink, and Less than Zero. He is most known as a member of the Brat Pack, with roles in 1980s films such as St. Andrew Thomas McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) is an American actor, travel writer, and television director.
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When he begins dating one of her former best friends, Melinda finally begins to wake up again, knowing that she can’t allow anyone else to become the next victim. To top it off, she must face her attacker at school, powerless to do anything. Her parents are at a loss as to what to do with her. Her grades take a nosedive, she does everything in her power to avoid people, and she barely even speaks. What no one knows – what Melinda will not even let herself remember – is that she was raped during the party.Īs Melinda struggles to deal with her assault, she becomes more and more depressed. She earned this ostracism by calling the cops during an end-of-the summer party which caused a lot of people to get into a lot of trouble. None of her old friends will speak to her, and even the kids she doesn’t know personally are talking about her behind her back. Premise: Melinda Sordino begins high school not just unpopular but as an outright pariah. Social Issues: teen depression, rape, friendlessness, abandonment by friends, delinquency Violence: main character is attacked by her rapist and nearly raped again Sex: main character is raped but the act is never describedĭrug/Alcohol Use: main character drinks beer in an episode that is only referred to, not described Age and Grade of Main Character(s): 14/9th grade Maybe I would have liked it more had I not already read the first two thirds in Walk on Earth a Stranger, Vengeance Road and Under a Painted Sky. I didn't think it worked and, if you ask me, it succeeded in taking an area of the world that is oft-unexplored in modern fantasy and westernizing it.Ģ) For the most part, this book mirrors the plot of the stream of other Westerns we've seen lately. By "Western", I mean cowboys, shoot outs, saloons, etc. On two levels.ġ) Firstly, I just did not like the fusion of Arabian mythology with a Western setting. 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His very existence gave the lie to slave owners: with dignity and great intelligence he bore witness to the brutality of slavery. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become one of the major literary figures of his time. “Extraordinary…a great American biography” ( The New Yorker) of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.Īs a young man Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. **Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History** But later he finds himself in their place, may be in slightly different situations, going through things he once couldn’t understand, even made fun of. 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