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hey, I just finished reading the book Same Difference, by Siobhan Vivian. in this book, 16 year old Emily is accepted into a summer program at a prestigeous art school in philly. emily adjusts from the subburban summers she has known (sipping mocha mint frappachinos at starbucks while splitting half a glazed doughnut w. her best friend Meg), to trying to find her way in a school full of artistitic souls. will the struggle of going back and forth between two totally different worlds prove to be to much for Emily? and does SHE truly fit in anywhere??? oh, and happy (almost) halloween >:]
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ReplyDeleteI just finished The Dark Ground by Gillian Cross. Robert Dohetry was in an airplane with his family and suddenly finds himselfin a dark and mysterious forest. The darkness creeps around him and the temperature starts to drop. he cannot recognize anything around him and he is dazed. he needs a way to become warmer before night arrives. Will he find a way to keep warm, and will he survive this odd and dark forest? Or will he escape this treacherous forest?
Desperate to fit in, Charlotte Usher goes to extreme measures...including dying! It wasn't planned, but Charlotte's new powers could be used to her advantage. However, is interacting with the living putting Charlotte and her dead classmates in jepordy? Or will they all move on to a better place? Find out in the book ghostgirl by Tanya Hurley.
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading The Secret Life of Bees, it is about a 14 year old girl named Lily Owens. She arrives at the front door of a strange house in a place that she has never been to before, some how knowing that this is where she should be. While here she try's to find out what happened in her childhood nobody wants her to remember. As Lily discovers the secrets that her past holds she also finds herself and a place where she belongs.
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ReplyDeleteI just finished the book Time Windows, by Kathryn Reiss. this is a great book if you are up for a little adventure, history, and suspense. Miranda moves into a new house in Massachussettes and finds a dollhouse in her attic. when she looks through it she sees the past! after she looks through the dollhouse windows, she notices that her family will act and even repeat words that she saw other families say in the dollhouse. everything gets spooky when her mother says she feels strange and scared of the house. will Miranda's family move out of this house because it is haunted? find out in this GREAT book!
Nothing seems to go right for Vince Luca until he meets the girl of his dreams. But, his dad's linee of work seems to interfer with everything except for this. Until Vince discovers that his girlfriend's father is the man that is trying to put Vince's father behind bars for good. In this classic Romeo & Juliett story, join Vince on a journey through money schemes, violence and girls in the book "Son of the Mob" by Gordon Korman.
ReplyDeleteFor my IRP, I read Dan Brown's new sequel to The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol. It was one of the best book's I've ever read. It was a mystery/thriller about one man who must save his best friend by uncovering an ancient treasure of dynamic proportions. But once he realizes what the treasure is, he must choose between the life of his best friend, or the world as he knows it. This book was very intense because the main characters, Robert Langdon and Katherine Solomon, were being tailed by the CIA and this evil psychopath. It got so intense at points that I didn't know which part was the climax. That was until I actually reached the climax. That point was so intense I thought I might pass out. In conclusion, this book is amazing and I would recommend it to anyone 12 & up who wants a good thrill.
ReplyDeleteThe Pearls of Lutra is another excellent tale from Brian Jacques about Redwall. The book is filled with lots of adventure and excitement. Find out if Grath Longfletch can successfully avenge the slaughter of her tribe by Emperor Ublaz. Can young Tansy find the six missing pearls of the Lutra Tribe?
ReplyDeleteThe Pearls of Lutra is another excellent tale from Brian Jacques about Redwall. The book is filled with lots of adventure and excitement. Find out if Garth Longfletch can successfully avenge the slaughter of her tribe by Emperor Ublaz. Can young Tansy find the six missing pearls of the Lutra Tribe?
ReplyDeleteIf you want to read a novel that's full of adventures, comradeship, and full of the exciting battles that take place during World War 1, then All Quiet on the Western Front is a must read. Join Paul, a young soldier enlisted in the German army, who undergoes a huge change from an innocent boy to a man who is scarred from the horrors of war. Will he survive the mental chaos that this war has brought as well as surviving while fighting on the front lines?
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ReplyDeleteI just finished reading Sundays at Tiffany's. This book is about 8 year old Jane Margaux feels like she doesn't live up to her extravagant mother's expectations. Vivienne, her successful broadway producer mother pays little attention to Jane, except for their weekly trip to Tiffany's every Sunday. Jane spends most of her time with the only person she can really depend on in her life, her imaginary friend, Michael. Michael always knows the right thing to say to cheer her up and build up her self esteem. But unfortunately, imaginary friends don't last forever and Jane loses the one person she counts on the most.
Twenty-three years later, Jane is still under her mother's rule and is in a miserable relationship with a man who cares more about her Broadway connections than about her. Jane and Michael find themselves miraculously crossing paths again, and are faced with many new choices and questions about themselves and each other.
The House of the Scorpion is the book I have just finished reading. This book is about a young boy who is the clone of a powerful drug lord and about his life growing up. He is in a constant struggle to find out why he was created, and is uncertain about his future. This book is filled with suspense, and has many plot twists along the way. It is amazing, impossible to put down once you have started it, and I would recommend it to anyone who loves science fiction.
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ReplyDeleteI finished reading The Dirt Eaters, by Dennis Foon. This is an intriguing science fiction story about a 15 year old boy named Roan who's village was destroyed. Captured and raised by warrior monks, Roan will learn he is a natural at fighting. He swears revenege on whooever destroyed his village, Longlight, but when he discovers about a dark conspiracy, he flees from the monks and into the Devastation. Along the way, he will meet unforgetable characters, and finally understand who he is, and why Longlight was destroyed.
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This is a breath taking book that is almost impossible to put down. This book takes us to the ruins of North America in a place called Panem. With 12 districts supplying 1 boy and 1 girl to the Capitol, a battle to the death commences as it does every year. Only this year Katniss, who takes care of her sister and mother ever since the mining accident that killed her father, is picked to go to the games. The boy that was chosen has a major crush on Katniss and they use this to try nd survive in the games. The only rule is there can only be one winner...
ReplyDeleteFor my IRP, I read the book "Outcast" by Michelle Paver. This book is in the native american era and placed somewhere in Europe. In a world of magic and tragedy, Torak is cast out of his clan for crimes he did not commit. This story was about Torak's incredible journey to prove that he is not guilty of these crimes and thwart the villain named Seshru. I thought this was a decent book with a strong plot and interesting characters. Yet, the reading level was under the eigth grade curriculum. I would reccomend this as a n easy and fun read.
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby. It is an amazing book about a deaf girl named Joey who is struggling in life. She has no friends except her mom and is miserable until she meets and befriends a baby chimpanzee. This chimp teaches her sign language and what a friend really is. When this chimps life is put in danger it is up to Joey to do what is right even if it means breaking ties with her mom.
ReplyDeleteHey, I am almost done with Pirate Curse by Kai Meyer. In this fantastical book, there are two polliwogs, or humans that can walk on water. Their names are Munk and Jolly. They're trying to understand why some of their friends and their parents have been killed. They meet an odd man called the Ghost Trader. He speaks about wierd forces connecting an evil world and their world, which causes terrifying creatures appear and wreak havoc. Munk and Jolly team up and set sail to find the answers to all these questions and uncover the mystery of these deaths. I would recommend this book to eigth and ninth graders.
ReplyDeleteAirman is a fantasic novel written by Eoin Colfer. Connor Brokehart had a great life. But when the king and his teacher are killed, Connor tries to intervine and is believed to be a traitor and thrown into jail. After years of horrible teatment, Connor realizes that the only way to escape Little Saltee is to devise a plan using his wits and ingenuity.
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ReplyDeleteFor my IRP this time I read Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins. This book is one of action and suspense. This book is second to the book The Hunger Games, which is the first book in the series. I do not want to give first one away by telling you about the second one, so I will tell you about the first one. In The Hunger Games, Katniss, the main character, gets picked to have to go into the ring with 23 other tributes, and fight to the death on live TV that everyone is forced to watch! Read this amazing book to find out what happens to Katniss.
P.S. Even though the main character is a girl it is a great read for both guys and girls.
Aaron, this definitely sounds like a good book to read. I'll have to check it out.
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ReplyDeleteLooking for a book with a plot that twists more than a roller coaster and is full of exhilirating action scenes that will blow your mind? Check out the book Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz. The book takes place in the present and is about a fourteen year old boy named Alex Rider who works as a spy for M16. After saving the world countless times, he his asked to save it once more when a previously vanquished foe, the terrorist group Scorpia, rises again with an evil plan that is more dangerous than ever. Will Alex be able to save the world once more,and will he be able to trust the people he believes are his friends?
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ReplyDeleteI read Z. Rex for my IRP, and I thought it was very good. It was a sci-fi/fantasy about a boy who must save his father from an evil corporation while being chased by a dinosaur created by this corporation. I enjoyed this book because the descriptions were so beautifully projected that I couldn’t bare it. The battle scenes were almost too lethal and too gory that I couldn’t believe it. In the climax battle scene, everything was described so beautifully, from the blows from one creature to another, to the expressions on the people’s faces. In conclusion, this book is for any one 14 & up who can take multiple lethal battle scenes and a plot that twists and turns like a snake.
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ReplyDeleteFor our latest IRP, we all read Anne Frank. I thought it was a very interesting book. I thoroughly enjoyed when Anne discussed the outside world as a part of her diary. In this book, Anne Frank and her family flee to Amsterdam, where her father works, to live in a Secret Annexe with another family, the Van Daans, and a Mr. Dussel. In her diary, Anne talks about the outside world, her own personal opinions about things, her daily life, and her relationships. It is one of the most memorable books I've read that comes out of that war.