| Gallo, Donald | What are You Afraid of? |
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Presents ten short stories by well-known authors featuring teenagers with phobias, including fear of gaining weight, fear of clowns, and fear of cats. |
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All of the stories were interesting. - MNHS |
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I liked how it explains the difference between a phobia and a regular fear. - BMS |
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It talks about what people are afraid of and why they are afraid of it. - BMS |
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This book was interesting to read. I learned that there's a lot of phobias. I especially the story cause and effect because it was funny. I am glad I don't have a phobia. - BMS |
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This book was interesting to read. I learned that there's a lot of phobias. I especially the story cause and effect because it was funny. I am glad I don't have a phobia. - BMS |
| Gantos, Jack | Love Curse of the Rumbaughs |
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A young woman named Ivy, who made a shocking discovery in her small western Pennsylvania town when she was seven years old and learned a surprising secret nine years later, questions whether she has inherited the Rumbaugh curse of having excessive love for one's mother. |
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This had not much story - and was slow and difficult to buy into. - MNHSs |
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This book was brilliant with excellent themes. It is a story that will stick with me for a long, long time. It was laugh-out-loud surprising. Bizarre. Imaginative! Tremendous read. This would make a wonderful movie. WOWOWOWOW! - MNHSb |
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It was too weird and confusing to understand. - MNHS |
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This was a very bizarre story that I can't honestly say for sure whether I liked or disliked it. I couldn't stop reading it once I started because I was so interested to see where it would lead. Definitely not on my list of recommendations, but readers who enjoy the very strange might be drawn to it. - MWHS |
| Gay, Kathlyn | Am I Fat? |
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Examines causes of the increase in obesity in the U.S., describes the benefits and dangers of weight-loss diets and surgery, and discusses the roles of good nutrition, activity, and moderation in a healthy lifestyle. |
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I liked this book because my sister thinks that she is fat, so I needed to tell her she is not fat. - BMS |
| Giles, Gail | What Happened to Cass McBride |
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After his younger brother commits suicide, Kyle Kirby decides to exact revenge on the person he holds responsible. |
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I really enjoyed this book - so much that I had to finish it - even during classes. The book was unpredictable and that's what I like about it. The book: What Happened to Cass McBride is about a self-centered, rich girl who usually gets her way. She always felt great about herself until she heard that student who asked her out the day before had hung himself. A few days later the brother gave her the wrong pill to make her sleep deeply. He then kidnapped her and buried her alive. When Cassie woke up she realized taht she had been buried alive and there was a little tube in the box. She had to listen to Kyle about his little brother's life. She heard about how his mother had treated him as dirt. And about why he thinks that he had killed himself. As they were talking, Kyle and Cassie realized that it was the mother who had driven him to kill himself. - MNHS |
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It was very surprising and emotional - MNHS |
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I really enjoyed this book. This is definitely a page turner! It had great suspense and an interesting ending. Highly recommended. - MWHS |
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This book instantly held my attention. I really liked it. - MNHS |
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I kept wanting to turn the page and keep reading. It's told from three people's point of view. It wasn't my favorite book, but I enjoyed it. MNHS |
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I liked the plot a lot - but the format was confusing at times. The way the author wrote made me want to keep reading also. - MNHS |
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I loved this book because it made me wonder a lot. It kept me going and I just never stopped reading it. I also love the mystery of this book. - MNHS |
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I finished this book so quickly. It's about a girl who is buried alive. - MNHS |
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It was confusing at first but once you understand the layout of the book it was a good read. Suspenseful and hard to put down. - MNHS |
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The book was good and a fast read - but it was confusing in the beginning. - MNHS |
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Excellent story. You could identify with Cass and her snootiness. Giles makes you feel for the brother who kidnaps Cassie. - MNHSs |
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It is very suspenseful and captivating. - MNHS |
| Glass, Linze Alex | The Year the Gypsies Came |
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In Johannesburg, South Africa, in the late 1960s, twelve-year-old Emily, who longs for affection from her quarreling parents, finds comfort in the stories of a Zulu servant and in her friendship with a young houseguest who has an equally troubled family. |
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I really enjoyed the book. I had to finish it, even during classes. The book was unpredictable and that's what I like about it. - MNHS |
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It didn't go anywhere for long periods of time and it never explained what the problem was. - MNHS |
| Grand, Kimi | Green Jaspar |
| Having returned to a politically unstable England after the Crusades, brothers Will and Gavin--with the help of the red horse Hosanna--attempt to rescue their friend Ellie who is being held prisoner by an enemy of King Richard I | |
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This book lived up to the name Blood Red Horse made for itself. It is the best crusade times story I've ever read. The plot has unexpected twists and is considerable more realistic in the end than usual. - MNHS |
| Grant, Vicki | Pig Boy |
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Dan Hogg's school trip to a heritage farm--where taunts about his last name are funny to everyone but him--goes from miserable to dangerous when an escaped convict appears. |
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This book was just okay. A teenager becomes a local hero when he takes matters into his own hands. Some interest parts and good suspense characterize this book. - MNHS |
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Good story - but short. - MNHS |
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This book is a really really fast read. It goes by quick because its not that big of a book and the print is average size. Its a book that will keep you reading. I would definiately recommend this to anyone who just wants a good book - or a fast read. - MNHS |
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This is about a field trip gone bad. A quick, good rad with some suspense and a good moral to the story. - MNHSb |
| Greene, Michele Dominguez | Chasing the Jaguar |
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Text mainly in English with some Spanish. After having unsettling dreams about the kidnapped daughter of her mother's employer, fifteen-year-old Martika learns that she is a descendant of a long line of curanderas--Mayan medicine women with special powers. Includes glossary of Spanish words. |
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The story was very confusing but I still got the author's point. It was a very good story. - MNHS |
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I just plain thought it was a cool book, and my sister like tigers which are like the jaguar that pops up a lot in the book. I like how Jenifer, Lola, and Martike become friends. - BMS |
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I really enjoyed this book. This was one of the best magic books I've ever read. Martiko was lucky to get the power of the witches. - BMS |
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Martika gets you hooked. She's really brave, and you can trust her. She sounds like a good character. You want to know what's going to happen now that she's a curandera and how she'll save Jennifer. - BMS |
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This book was good. It's great the way the author grabs your attention by putting in a mysterious kidnapping case even though it's about a 16 year-old discovering her powers. Ht's a great book for you're into magic and mystery. - NMS |
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I think the book was very interesting because it was full of action, mystery, and secrets. I liked the book a lot. - CMS |
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I thought it was really a good book and that it was cool how they put fantasy and ralistic matters together. I alos thought it was cool how they showed everyone's side of the story. - CMS |
| Gregory, Nan | I'll Sing You One-O |
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Reunited with her long-lost twin brother, twelve-year-old Gemma constantly tests the boundaries of acceptable behavior while relying on angels to help her connect with her new family. |
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It's about a girl named Gemma. She is 12 and lives on a farm with her foster family. She calls them her true family because she has lived with them her whole life. She calls her real family her fake family. She sings a song called The Question Song ------ - BMS |
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This book was very sad. That's because Gemma finds out that her mom's dead. Also because she hs to live with another family. At the end, it ends happily. - BMS |
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I liked this book beause the girl in it put all of her time and energy to get an angel, save the farm, and help Willow. But, it is so sad. - BMS |
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It had to be sad that the girl's mom died, and she doesn't even know her. I loved the book. - BMS |
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I really like this book because I think it could relate to a real person's life. I also like it because it kept me interested when she would talk about helping Willow wanting an angel, etc. I loved this book. - BMS |
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I like it - and I don't like it because it's a very sad book. But it was always a book that you couldn't put down. The girl in the book is a big dare-devil and she makes you cry sometimes! - CMS |
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I think this book is inspiring and thoughtful. - KMS |
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This book was enjoyable and very happy. It also teaches a good lesson. - KMS |
| Grey, Christopher | Leonardo's Shadow |
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Fifteen-year-old Giacomo, servant to Leonardo da Vinci, helps his procrastinating master finish painting, "The Last Supper," while also trying to find clues to his parentage and pursue his own career as an artist in late fifteenth-century Milan. |
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Comical and interesting. I really liked this book and will be on the hunt for a sequel. - MWHS |
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Great story - very fast-paced - intriquing . - MNHS |
| Grief, Jean Jacques | The Fighter |
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Translation of: Le ring de la mort. Moshe Wisniak, a poor Polish Jew, uses his physical strength and cleverness to help him survive the horrors he is subjected to in the concentration camps of World War II. |
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Fantastic! This book had a different perspective that made it stand out from other books about the Holocaust. - MWHS |
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Great read! This book had great detail! - MNHS |
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It was really descriptive and you could feel the emotion. - MWHS |
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This book was just okay. - MNHS |
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I thought that the book was okay. I didn't like how the book was over the course of like thirty years. - MNHS |
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I liked it a lot. I liked how it shows how horrible it was to be in the concentration camp. - MNHS |
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This book was just okay. - MNHS |
| Gross, Philip | Lasting |
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It was an interesting way to show the Yeti - a very intriguing story with dynamic characters - MNHS |
| Gwantney, Doris | Homefront |
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Margaret Ann Motley has always wanted a room of her very own, but when her English cousin Courtney moves in with Margaret's family to escape the blitz, Margaret loses her only chance of having her own room and begins to resent Courtney, until she realizes how difficult Courtney's own life has been. |
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I thought it had an okay storyline and a good plot to it, but there wasn't much action which I like in books. - KMS |
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It had a good storyline. It reminded me of myself. - KMS |
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I really enjoyed this book. - NMS |
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Another book that makes history interesting! It explains WWII in a way that makes sense and shows that kids and teens can work through them. - NMS |
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I really enjoyed this book because Margaret Ann is a girl who faces everyday problems that real teenagers go through. This book also captures a certain time period of World War II and how it changed the lives of famiklies who had someone close to them in fighting in this war. - CMS |