| Sachar, Louis |
Small Steps |
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Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along. |
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This had a good plot which wasn't hard to follow. - MNHS |
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I really enjoyed this book. I really like the variety of characters and think that everyone should read this book. - MNHS |
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This book kept me reading for long periods of time. - MNHS |
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I enjoyed the book because of its surprising points like when a chracter unexpectedly got killed and I liked the fact that it is also a sequel to the best book ever. - MNHS |
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This book was okay to read. It was pretty easy to read and follow. - MNHS |
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This was a great book full of adventure and had a storyline that kept me interested. - MNHS |
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Great! - MNHS |
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I really enjoyed this book becaue there was a sense of danger throughout the entire book. I haven't ever liked reading, but this was the first book I wasn't able to put down. - MNHS |
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I liked this book because of the fact that all the charcters from Holes came back and the one most notorious one for bad ideas was X-ray and he had another one. I like this book because it was a fast read. - MNHS |
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It was Amazing! Very inspirational. - MNHS |
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Good storyin Armpit. His struggle to do the right thing - his parents constant fear he will screw up again - and the impact that someone much younger can help in your decision-making process. - MNHSs |
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Overall, this was a very good story. It wasn't as good as Holes - but it's hard to write a sequel. - MNHSt |
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This book was alright, but it was kind of confusing in the beginning. - KMS |
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I thought this was a great book! It is a quick book that wil keep you turning the pages. - KMS |
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I think that it would be cool to have a rock star girlfriend, but it would suck to lose her. - BMS |
| Sage, Aggie |
Flyte |
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When Princess Jenna is pursued by a dark wizard, it is the apprentice, Septimus Heap, who must save her while enduring such terrors as a night in the Forest with hungry wolverines and carnivorous trees. |
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It was awesome. Love stories of wizards you will love. BUT read the first book first or you will ruin it. - MNHS |
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I loved the twists and turns and humor in this book. - MNHS |
| Salisbury, Graham |
House of the Red Fish |
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Over a year after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the arrest of Tomi's father and grandfather, Tomi and his friends, battling anti-Japanese-American sentiment in Hawaii, try to find a way to salvage his father's sunken fishing boat. |
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I liked it; there is nothing wrong with this book. - BMS |
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I enjoyed this very much. It was very interesting to read the perspective of the Japanese American. This book teaches you morals and tell you the meaning of patriotism and your own homeland. - NMS |
| Sayres, Meghan Nuttall |
Anahita's Woven Riddle |
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In Iran, a young girl with three suitors gets permission from her father and a holy man to weave into her wedding rug a riddle to be solved by her future husband, which will ensure that he has wit to match hers. |
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Loved it! At one time or another Sayers makes it clear that all three are Anihita's suitors and and the story behind it all about a time of change. This book comes together well. - MNHS |
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I really liked the book. It was good and I couldn't put it down. I kept wondering what would happen so I was very interested. - MNHS |
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I thought this book was great. It is a mix of mystery, romance, and religion. - MNHS |
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Anahita seemed like a fictional character. She was - like all other books - but she really seemed fictional and unbelievable. The whole book had a feeling that the author was trying too hard and nothing came across sincere. - MNHS |
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The story is creative. There was a lot of background given about Anahita's suitors which take a little patience, but was worth it. - MNHS |
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I think this book was very interesting with all the scenarios happening in Anihita's life going to be in an arranged marriage. - MNHS |
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It was a little confusing in parts - otherwise pretty good. - MNHS |
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An excellent book with lots of riddles - interesting insight into another culture. - MWHS |
| Schultz, Laura |
Drowned Maiden's Hair |
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In the early twentieth century, young orphan Maud Flynn hopes to finally be loved when she is adopted by the elderly Hawthorne sisters, but she is instead roped into the family's crooked seance business. |
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It was an okay book with an average plot. - MNHS |
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It was really interesting and enjoyable. - BMS |
| Schultz, Laura |
Hero Schliemann |
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A biographical portrait of archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, describing how his youthful determination to live a romantic and heroic life came true when he discovered the lost city of Troy. |
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They could say more about Troy and what Schlieman found - more details about the artifacts. - BMS |
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I liked this book. It talked about a guy who was the greatest poet in the ancient world. It also says that according to tradition he lived about three thousand years ago. He supposedly was blind. No one is sure whether Homer actually lived. - BMS |
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Heinrich Schliemann had a dream as a boy which he made come true. He faced many odds, but kept on going. - BMS |
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The book was very factual and I like it a lot. - KMS |
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This book was just okay. - KMS |
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This was a great book for anyone who loves history or Homer. With very little plot, it makes for a boring read for anyone craving action. The author often inputs her own ideas and is hard to seperate fact from fiction. - CMS |
| Schultz, Samantha | I Don't Want to Be Crazy |
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A poetry memoir in which the author tells of the pressures that led her to suffer debilitating anxiety attacks, and the path she took to coping and recovery |
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I thought the book was gook but it did drag on too long. - MNHS |
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I liked this book but at first it was boring. It kinda grows on you, but I can see why someone wouldn't like it. - MNHS |
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I thought it was very real. I could relate to it - kind of - and it also made me aware of how panic attacks really mess up people's lives. - MNHS |
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Really good! - MNHS |
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This is an okay book. I enjoyed it. - MNHS |
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This is a really good book. It does a good job of explaining what an anxiety dosorder is really like . - MNHS |
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I really enjoy real life books. Like they tell it like it is and it is like a true story. - MNHS |
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I didn't get the beginning of the book. It was confusing and you couldn't follow the plot but toward the end of the book it got easier to follow and was interesting. - MNHS |
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I didnt like the ending! I didn't feel any closure. The book had okay content but I didn't feel a climax of the story. It bounced around a lot and didn't give answers to mos questions I thought about. However, it was very insightful to the anxiety disorder. - MNHS |
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I really enjoyed this book because it was really entertaining. I liked Samantha, and I kind of understand what she was going through. - BMS |
| Sedgwick, Marcus |
Foreshadowing |
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Having always been able to know when someone is going to die, Alexandra poses as a nurse to go to France during World War I to locate her brother and to try to save him from the fate she has foreseen for him |
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I really enjoyed the book. It had a good plot and a good setting. - MNHS |
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I don't like it; I love it! It's about a girl - when she looks at people and they vanish, she knows they will die soon. - BMS |
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I liked how Alexandra really wanted Tom not to die. - BMS |
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Very exciting story about a girl who sees the future - death. She saw her big brother's future and goes to France to save him. - BMS |
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I like how she was willing to do so much to save her brother after the other died. - BMS |
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Brilliant. It wraps around your imagination like a boa constrictor and won't let go. - KMS |
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Great WWII story. - KMS |
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This book is amazing. It combines Greek myth, war, and family. This author did a great job of keeping me in suspense. - NMS |
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This is a really scary story that I will always remember. - NMS |
| Sheldon, Dyan |
Confessions of a Hollywood Star |
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Upon learning at the end of her senior year of high school that a Hollywood film is being made in her hometown, Lola stops at nothing to get a part and upstage her nemesis, Carla Santini |
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It was really a good book about a girl wanting to be a star. - MNHS |
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I thought it was really original. Like it was not copied of another book. - BMS |
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This book was about a girl named Lola. Her dream is to become a Hollywood star. In her town they are shooting a movie. Lola is very excited because this her big chance to become an actress. From here she tried to talk to the producer. - BMS |
| Shepard, Sara |
Pretty Little Liars |
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Alison, Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna are best friends. After Alison disappears just before eighth grade, the girls drift apart. Three years later, they start receiving anonymous e-mails and text messages alluding to a dangerous secret. |
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It was really good and I couldn't put the book down once I got into it. - MNHS |
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I really liked this book because it was never boring, there was someting going on constantly. I could relate to what was going on, and I loved the drama in it - MNHS |
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This book was slow and sorf of hard to follow, but I really loved some of the characters. - MNHS |
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It went really fast but I really didn't like it. I didn't like it because it was all about sex and drinking - but I kinda liked it because it was kinda a mystery but girly at the same time. - MNHS |
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Jumpy and confusing. - MNHS |
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This book told me about how girls can be mean and try to seem good on the outside. But they are superficial girls who always think they're right and everybody else is wrong. - MNHS |
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This book was good - but I didn't like how the stalker wasn't Ashlee or whoever the dead girl was. - MNHS |
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The book was really good. I didn't want to put it down and then I even tried the next two. - MNHS |
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I thought this book was very good! Many high schol girls usually can relate! READ THIS BOOK! - MNHS |
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I loved this book and I am already reading the sequel. I read it in two days and could not put it down. I even got some of my friends to read it. - MNHS |
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I enjoyed the book. This is one of the best books I've read so far. Girl lied to all her friends, and when they found out, she was afraid to go to school. -BMS |
| Shusterman, Neil |
Everlost |
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Following a fatal car accident, teenagers Nick and Allie collide with each other on the way toward the light and are shoved into an alternate state of existence. No longer living but not yet at the end of their journey, they land in Everlost, a color-bleached plane populated with child and teen spirits. |
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I really enjoyed this book. It was an interesting and creative take on where you may go after you die. - MWHS |
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It was a fun book to read from start to finish. Most books have a boring part, but not this one. - MNHS |
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Fantastic read. Couldn't put down. Should make a sequel and turn it into a movie. - MNHS |
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The book was really good. I read through it in a few days. - MNHS |
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The book Everlost is intense and it is a wonderful book that everyone will enjoy. - NMS |
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I would be scared to know that I died and I would never see my family again. The story was about 2 kids who died and entered into everlost. Allie wants to go home and finally see her parents again. - BMS |
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It was a very good book and it kept you on the edge of your seat. - KMS |
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I really enjoyed this book. - KMS |
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This book was very good all around and it described things very well. - KMS |
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Enticing - makde you think about life and death. - KMS |
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This was the best book ever and I really, really, really , really want to buy it. - KMS |
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I absolutely loved this book. It was amazing. I heard that it is going to become a movie! - KMS |
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I LOVE this book. It's amazing. It gives detail and sucks you into the hole between life and death. - KMS |
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An exciting story that makes you want to read more! - KMS |
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It was a fun, exciting book with a good ending. - KMS |
| Siddiqui, Haroon |
Being Muslim |
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The author addresses a number of political, cultural, and religious issues associated with the Muslim faith. |
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I thought the book was OK. But, The Muslims have a different world. I'd like to know more about being a teen. - BMS |
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The book gave a lot of facts about a lot of subjects. It could have been done in more detail, though. - BMS |
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This was an okay book because it had a lot about politics and I am not into politics and it also had a lot of words I didn't understand. But it was nice to hear from another point of view. - NMS |
| Siegel, Mark |
To Dance |
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Follows the life and career of a ballerina, detailing her dance school experiences, performances, and personal life. Presented in graphic novel format. |
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I liked this book because it had pictures and it is very interesting and it is a lot like me. - BMS |
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This book was so cool. I loved how Mark drew all the pictures. The sad part is when the teacher dies. - BMS |
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I think this is an awesome book. I was interested in it because I love dance and because I want to have an appointment for the NY ballet too. The book talks about Siena that is a girl who has flat feet. Her mom wants her to have good feet and maker her dance to have good feet later. She starts to love dance and she gets better. That is happening to me now. I am in professional dance and I think that I want to do my dream. - CMS |
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I thought this was a good book about a girl who loved to dance. She attended school at the NYC ballet. Eventually she had to stop, but she still dances. - CMS |
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I like this book because she wants to be a professional dancer. Not most people want to be professional dancers. I want to 2! - CMS |
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I loved it. I thought it was really funny. Most of it was really true. I loved the pictures and because they really helped tell the story. I should know - I'm a dancer! - CMS |
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I thought this book was so-so. It was too short to excite me. I don't really like graphic novels. - CMS |
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This wasn't my favorite book because I'm not really into comic book reading. The story of her life was so short, I wasn't excited. - CMS |
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I loved this book. The pictures were really good and I can really relate to the character because I'm a dander too. It was sad when her parents broke-up. - CMS |
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I liked the book because I like to dance. It showed me what it's like to be a hard-core dancer. - CMS |
| Skelton, Matthew |
Endymion Spring |
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Having reluctantly accompanied his academic mother and pesky younger sister to Oxford, twelve-year-old Blake Winters is at loose ends until he stumbles across an ancient and magical book, secretely brought to England in 1453 by Gutenberg's mute apprentice to save it from evil forces, and which now draws Blake into a dangerous and life-threatening quest. |
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Fast read. Good chapter portions and switching between past and actual story. - MNHS |
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This book was really great at the beginning. The set-up was great - but it lacked follow-through that many readers would expect. - MNHS |
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The idea of the book was really good and I enjoyed reading it. Though the idea of children in Oxford has been used before the author didn't make it see sorta realistic, and I liked the time switches to the past. I do think the author could have done more with the story, but the book was so-so. - MNHS |
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Great fantasy! I really enjoyed the story. - MNHSs |
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Strange twists and dark corners made this book exciting; The ending had me on the edge of my seat. - BMS |
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I wouldn't mind having not burnable paper for books. It was cool that he was writing everthing that was going on with that kid. - BMS |
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This book was thrilling, exciting and a little bit scary. KMS |
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This is a very good book that I would suggest if you don't mind long books. The first part wasn't that interesting, but once you get into the action you can't stop. - KMS |
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Kinda confusing - I was easily lost. - KMS |
| Slade, Arthur |
Megiddo's Shadow |
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After the death of his beloved older brother Hector in World War I, sixteen-year-old Edward leaves the family farm in Canada to enlist in Hector's battalion, where he attempts to come to terms with what has happened |
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I liked the book so much that I thought it ended way too soon. The only part I did not like was the ending. - MNHS |
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Wonderful, but the ending felt rushed. Made me cry! - MNHS |
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Sad! But good! It was hard to read through the tears. - MNHS |
| Sleator, William |
Hell Phone |
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Seventeen-year-old Nick buys a used cell phone only to call his girlfriend, but strange and desperate people keep calling--one of them a denizen of Hell--begging for or demanding his help |
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I liked the plot of the story and how the pace of the story was steady. The events happened one right after the other making the story more exciting. MNHS |
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The book was Great! It was filled with excitement and twists. The ending was just as god as the rest of the book but I liked that it was a happy ending for Nick. - MNHS |
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It was OK. It was kind of scary and also hard to follow. - MNHS |
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I think this was a very odd book, but very good in the lessons learned by Nick. - MNHS |
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Even though the climax was kind of lame... - MNHS |
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Quick read - and suspenseful. Interesting concepts. - MNHS |
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A bit of a stretch to buy into - but a fast, fun and scary read! - MNHSs |
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It's pretty good and keeps you reading, but it does have several slow parts. - MNHS |
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Great book! Interesting story about a cell phone that won't stop ringing and people in desperate need of hope. - MWHS |
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Very good! - MWHS |
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I like the book because it is mysterious; It had a lot of excitement in it. People kept calling him and he didn't known them. - BMS |
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It was very exciting and interesting. I loved this book. The main character died and came back because of the cell phone. - BMS |
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I think it's OK because they say the "H" word a lot. - BMS |
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I love all the killing. A group of people come from hell and kill zombies, fight bad people, and kill angels (man). - BMS |
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I like how Nick wants to save Jen. - BMS |
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I like the art when he was talking to Trang and he was saying stuff aboout the phone. - BMS |
| Smelcer, John |
Trap |
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In alternating chapters, seventeen-year-old Johnny Least-Weasel, who is better known for brains than brawn, worries about his missing grandfather, and the grandfather, Albert Least-Weasel, struggles to survive, caught in his own steel trap in the Alaskan winter. |
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It was interesting to find out if he would be free. Loved the book . It was full of suspense not knowing what would happen next. - MNHS |
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It was good; I just didn't like how he died at the end. - MNHS |
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It was okay because it was back and forth from character to character. - MNHS |
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Boring! - MNHS |
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I disliked this book because I didn't like how it switched back and forth from Johnny to his grandfather. Also I don't like that it took so long to get into the book and it just wasn't my type. - MNHS |
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It was the best book I've ever read. - MNHS |
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Not very interesting. - MNHS |
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Rather boring! - MNHS |
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It was a great book. It tells a lot about Indian culture. It keeps you into it and makes you want to read more. - NMS |
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This was really an unforgettable story. It made you feel like you were in Alaska. - NMS |
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It was great. The only thing is that it gets confusing in one chapter talking about what the grandpa does and in the next chapter what the grandson does. It was exciting when the grandpa got his foot caught in in his own trap. - BMS |
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This book was very confusing to me how they alternated stories. - BMS |
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I liked this book a lot; the author went into great detail with his writing, and it was great. It was sad when the dog got killed because he was trying to save the little boy from dying from a bear. - BMS |
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I really enjoyed this book; it was really good. I will (recommend) this book to the world because it is so wonderful. - BMS |
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The story kept me in suspense the whole time I was reading it. It was terrific! - MWHS |
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This is a suspenseful book. I really recommend it. - KMS |
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An amazing read - a must read book. - KMS |
| Smith, Gordon |
Forest in the Hallway |
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Accompanied by a mysterious lost boy and a rowdy family with strange powers, fourteen-year-old Beatriz searches for her missing parents while evading a band of slave traders and a vengeful witch. |
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This wasn't one of my favorites. It talked about how the leaves on the carpets had eyes and how the trees looked at her...not something I'm interested in. Then she meets the slayer, like the one from the movie Scream. This book was just random. I really didn't like it too much. - MNHS |
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This book was okay - but it was pretty farfetched and a lot of things didn't make sense. - MNHS |
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I liked the part when she is walking down the hallway and it starts turning into a forest. It's good she finds her parents. - BMS |
| Smith, Sherri L. |
Sparrow |
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After the death of the beloved grandmother who raised her, high-school student Kendall Washington travels to New Orleans expecting to be taken in by her only living relative, an aunt, but the reunion does not go as planned. |
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This book was just okay. - MNHS |
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It was an easy read. It was a great book. - MNHS |
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I really enjoyed how it kept you wanting to read more and more. I didn't want to put it down. - MNHS |
| Solitaire, Jenna |
Keeper of the Winds |
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After the death of her last known relative, Jenna discovers a mysterious board in her attic and learns from Simon, who works for the Vatican, that she is a "Keeper," with powers and a destiny inherited from her grandmother. |
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It was an awesome, great storyline and great characters. - MNHS |
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I liked the ieda for the book. It was a new idea and the book was an interesting read. I will need the other books in the series when they come out. - MNHS |
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I really enjoyed this book. It reminded me of Tamora Pierce. - MNHS |
| Sonnenblick, Jordan |
Notes from the Midnight Driver |
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While his mother is out on a first date, 16-year-old Alex decides to get drunk, steal her car, and drive to his father's home, hoping to catch him romancing one of Alex's former teachers. His goal? Revenge. Reality? A damaged car, a decapitated gnome, a drunk driving charge, and community service. He is ordered to serve his 100 hours visiting Solomon Lewis, the meanest, crankiest resident at Egbert P. Johnson Memorial Home for the Aged. |
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I book covered some pretty interesting things in order to keep me wanting to know what would happen next. - MNHS |
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I liked it because I thought it was funny when he drank and drove and hit a lawn gnome and it was pretty cool when he helped out Mr. Sol, the old dude - so overall - it was a good book. - MNHS |
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I could relate to this book and it explains a lot about a teenager's life and how things can change they way a person acts towards other people. Very well thought out book. Gets to the point. - MNHS |
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The book covered some pretty interesting things in order for me to keep wanting to know what would happen next. - MNHS |
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I really enjoyed this book. - MNHS |
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It was light-hearted and funny, yet it taught a serious lesson about friendship and it was a quick read and was very enjoyable and a page turner. - MNHS |
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I really liked the book and it had a really good story to it. The moral of the story had a very strong message. - MNHS |
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I like what he does at midnight. He does interesting things. When he's done with Mr. Um and the literature lesson, he wants to play chess, checkers, or even tic-tac-toe. - BMS |
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I really liked this book because the character talked as if he knew you. - BMS |
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This was a great book. It mentioned some characters of his previous books. It a a great story on when new talent was discovered in even the oldest person. - KMS |
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I have to admit that I cried pretty hard at the end. It was a wonderful book. - KMS |
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An excellent sequel to an amazing book. - KMS |
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This book has a lot of comedy. - KMS |
| Spradlin, Michael |
To Hawaii with Love |
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Headstrong Rachel Buchanan and her friends sneak away from Blackthorn Academy and set out to find a mysterious artifact before it falls into the hands of her nemisis, Simon Blankenship, a journey that takes them to the volcanic shores of Hawaii. |
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2 |
This book was really enjoyable to me because this girl gets into trouble with the government. When you think about it kids in high school get in trouble and it's interesting to see what they do. There is a mysterious twist in the middle that makes me want to read more. P.S. I'm not much of a reader and ever since reading this book I'm hooked on mysteries. - MNHS |
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Really good book if you like spy stuff. It has a twist of fantasy at the end. Read the first book first. - MNHS |
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I wonder what it would feel like to have all seven tallismans of power. You could probally get ice cream everyday. - BMS |
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I liked how through all the bad times, she always had something funny or sarcastic to say. - BMS |
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Great book! Adventurous and fun. When they were on the ship and saw Simon and had to fight him. - BMS |
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This book makes you think about how kids can do thinks grown-ups can't. It's a mixture of suspense and realistic fiction, with a sprinkling of fantasy, so it'll keep you engaged no matter what you like. - NMS |
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To Hawaii with Love was a very interesting book. I absolutely loved it and the end was very suspenseful. Since it's a series - no one technically won the war and I love it when books are like that. - CMS |
| Springer, Jane |
Genocide |
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Examines the definition of "genocide"; the response of governments and the United Nations to genocide; and genocide prevention; and presents case histories. |
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I really liked this book. It had some very interesting facts about Genocide. One thing I didn't like was that there wer little side stories taht would take up to four pages throughout the book. - MNHS |
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This book had a lot of information. - MNHS |
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It was very interesting. It tells you new things about places you never heard of or things you never knew. It was about war and lots of violence. It is not scary but very interesting. - BMS |
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It was very interesting. It tells you new things about places you never heard of or things you never knew. It was about war and lots of violence. It is not scary but very interesting. - BMS |
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It scared me that it was true. - BMS |
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This book is NOT for the squimish. In some parts it can be grisly. - BMS |
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Has a lot of information about genocide; it was pretty disturbing in places. - BMS |
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It was confusing. It went from one thing and jumped to another. For example, it said about something and went to Hitler. - BMS |
| Stahler, David |
Doppleganger |
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When a sixteen-year-old member of a race of shape-shifting killers called doppelgangers assumes the life of a troubled teen, he becomes unexpectedly embroiled in human life--and it is nothing like what he has seen on television. |
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Didn't make sense for the conflict. Wanted to know who or what he was and why he was on earth. - MNHS |
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It's a little different and involves killing and disposal of bodies. The book did have sex in it. I really enjoyed the book. - MNHS |
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There were no gaps in the story and the only unsatisfying part was the ending. - MNHS |
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It is what every high school student wants to read. Great story and character development that keeps you enthralled until the end. - MNHS |
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This book was just okay. - MNHS |
| Stanley, Diane |
Bella at Midnight |
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Bella's peasant life is changed when her real father, a knight who abandoned her when she was a baby, comes and reclaims her, moving her to his home where she lives with a resentful stepmother and two horrible stepsisters and learns about a plot to kill her friend, Prince Julian. |
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This book is action-packed and very entertaining. - MNHS |
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Great book! Storyline was excellent! Great mixture of fantasy and reality. - MNHS |
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This is a great good book. The plot is not incredibly complex, but it is a fast read. The storyline is sweet and the characters are easy to identify with and love. - MNHS |
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It was good. - BMS |
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I loved this book. I could read it over and over. - KMS |
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It was confusing in the beginning but they you start to understand it. The beginning doesn't really talk about Bella. - KMS |
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This book grabbed my attention and kept it the whole book. It was extremely entertaining. - NMS |
| Stenhouse, Ted |
Murder on the Ridge |
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Will and Arthur's friendship is tested when they join with Catface in an effort to prove that Blackfoot Wilfred Black was murdered in 1917 and not killed in the World War I battle at Vimy Ridge as everyone had been led to believe. |
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This was a pretty good book. I really liked it at some parts, but others I didn't. - MNHS |
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It just dragged on! Very confusing to me! - MNHS |
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I loved this book. It was the best book I've read in a really long time. I think I enjoyed this book so much because it really made you think. I also liked this book because I thought the plot was very original and creative. It is about boys trying to find out what happened to one of their grandfathers. Time travel back to the war. - CMS |
| Stille, Darlene |
Plate Tectonics |
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Explores the science of plate tectonics and how the movements of the earth's crust have resulted in mountain ranges, islands, and ocean floors |
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I was having trouble inderstanding plate tectonics so this helped me. - BMS |
| Stille, Darlene |
Greenhouse Effect |
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Describes the causes and effects of the greenhouse effect and how it might be stopped. |
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I like it because she wrote this like she cares about the earth. - BMS |
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This book is about how the greehouse effect is causing global warming. - BMS |
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This book was kind of O.K. It kind of talked too much. Like it talked a lot about the weather. It also talked a lot about global warming and ways to stop global warming. - BMS |
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It's about other states, cities, and there's more than just global warming. It says about animals dying from pollution. - BMS |
| Stone, Tanya Lee |
Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl |
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Josie, Nicolette, and Aviva all fall for the same sexy high school senior, and while they each make different choices, they're all changed by their experiences of love and sex. |
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This was really short. It really didn't have any action. The girl's story ended too abruptly. - MNHS |
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I enjoyed this book because it was extremely easy to read! - MNHS |
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The book was intense and I didn't want to put it down. It also really taught me a lesson. - MNHS |
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I really enjoyed this book because it was very interesting and was never boring. I also loved how I could relate to the characters and events because I have had to help people with boy problems. - MNHS |
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I thought the book taught a good lesson. It was also interesting and funny. - MNHS |
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The book was really entertaining to read. It had a lot of real life situations in it. - MNHS |
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I thought this book would be good for young girls because it was informational and inspiring. - MNHS |
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I really enjoyed the book because it was funny and I could relate to it. It reads fast because you can't put it down. Every girl should read this scandalous story. - MNHS |
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It was amazing! - MNHS |
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This was an amazing book containing facts about the players in the school. You learn from others' point of view. - MNHS |
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Because it really says that some boys are only out for one thing. - MNHS |
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It is was really good and the way it's written is cool. - MNHS |
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Good. Went by fast. - MNHS |
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This was a very quick read. It was easy to relate to and interesting. A very good chick book. Hard to put down. - MNHS |
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This book was quick and easy to read. It related to what a lot of high school students go through and was very well written. - MNHS |
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I really enjoyed this book. - MNHS |
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I really enjoyed this book. - MNHS |
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This is a girl book. Girls would mostly read it. It's very funny and teaches girls to be strong and not fall for a guy and do stuff with him. - MNHS |
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The book was great and fairly close to my life. I like reading what I can relate to. - MNHS |
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This book was really interesting and is a lot like what teenagers are going through. It makes you feel like you're actually there and makes you want to keep reading it. - MNHS |
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It was realiztic. That is what made the book enjoyable. - MNHS |
| Sturtevant, Katherine |
True and Faithful Narrative |
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In London in the 1680s, sixteen-year-old Meg tries to decide whether to marry either of the two men who court her, taking into account both love and her writing ambitions. |
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This book was just okay. Some of the olden-times language was hard to read. - BMS |
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I love how Meg speaks her mind in the way she loves reading. - NMS |
| Sullivan, George |
Berenice Abbott Photographer |
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Presents a look at the life and work of New York photographer Berenice Abbot, from her early years in the bohemian communities of Paris and Greenwich Village to her career as a famous photographer. Includes illustrations |
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It is about a good photographer. There is a picture of a fountain that I thought was old but cool. Another was a statue of The Father Duffy in New York Times Square. I didn't really like the book, but some of the pictures I thought were OK. - BMS |
| Sutherland, Tui T. |
Avatars: So This is How it Ends |
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A girl in New York has been the center of major accidents all her life. Teenage brothers lose their parents in a car crash; they move to L.A and work as lighting technicians. In Chile, a boy fond of animals works with a vet from the U.S. When the apocalypse comes in 2012, these young people, along with a teenage pop singer, are flung forward 75 years into a world where they appear to be the only normal humans. |
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This book was just okay. - MNHS |
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I really liked this book because it talked about Avatars Journey. It was an okay book. - BMS |
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Five teenagers wake up in the world 75 years later and the world was completely different. These crystal hunters have taken over. They meet up and find out that they are avatars or ancient gods and must compete in competition on who will rule the world. - BMS |
| Sweeney, Joyce |
Headlock |
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High school senior Kyle is determined to become a professional wrestler but his dream is threatened by a loved one's illness and the dramatic reappearance of a long-absent relative |
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Wonderful story. It was much more than just a pro wrestler story with great characters and good action. - MNHSb |