The book that I chose for independent reading was called "The Long Walk. The Long Walk is a suspense filled book that was written by the man they call the horror king, Stephen King. He wrote the novel in 1978. He wrote it under one of his different names, Richard Bachman. When he tried to get it published, it was rejected. He waited a couple of years and gave it another try and it got published.

Every year, around the summer time, one hundred teenage boys are chosen randomly to enter a competition known around the country as The Long Walk. The competition was ran by the Major of the army. During the long walk you have to run through small towns and cities across the state without slowing to under four miles per hour. You get little tubes of concentration of pork or beef at different times, and the gaurds give you canteens of water when you need them. The finish line is unknown, so everybody follows the same path and you can't take short cuts. If you run to slow, you'll get a......

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Title: The Long Walk
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