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Sabin, E. Rose When the Beast Raven
Completes the trilogy which began with A school for sorcery.;Sequel to A perilous power. Just a year after being rescued from the perilous Dire Realms, Gray Becq struggles to adjust to life at the Lesley Simonton School for the Magically Gifted, where a series of accidents makes Gray wonder if he brought a demon back with him from the Realms.
Student Rating: Student Review:
2
 You have to read the first book or you won't understand this one. - MNHS
1
 I liked the book but I didn't like the ending. It was more like Charlie Bone than Harry Potter because they had endowments. I don't think Gray should've lost his alternate time strazopower either. - BMS
1
 It would have made more sense if I would have read the books that came before. - KMS
Salisbury, Graham Eyes of the Emperor
Following orders from the United States Army, several young Japanese American men train K-9 units to hunt Asians during World War II.
Student Rating: Student Review:
2
 This book was really good. It was an excellent war book. It really resembled by favorite movie - Pearl Harbor. - MNHS
2
 I liked this book because it showed the background of what happened at Pearl Harbor and how Japanese American soldiers were treated. - MNHS
2
 This book was very easy to get into. It's about U.S.-Japanese soldiers not being trusted and having to train dogs; they're the bait - MNHS
0
 The description on the jacket and illustrations made it seem like it would be a war story, but it turned out to be about training dogs for war work - KMS
   
   
Sanchez, Alex Rainbow Road
While driving across the United States during the summer after high school graduation, three young gay men encounter various bisexual and homosexual people and make some decisions about their own relationships and lives.
Student Rating: Student Review:
2
 A light read that goes by quickly. Very detailed. - MNHS
2
 It made me happy and sad at parts. I really liked it. - MNHS
2
 I liked it a lot. It was a easy read - and funny. - MNHS
1
 It was boring at first, but then got better - MNHS
2
 It was funny because a bunch of gay people together is hilarious to me - MNHS
   
Schanback, Mindy Princess from Another Planet
Fourteen-year-old Gracie Quicksilver escapes her impoverished and unconventional life by impersonating her rich cousin at an exclusive summer camp, until a series of weird events convinces her that her mother's delusions about being the deposed queen of a distant planet just might be true
Student Rating: Student Review:
1
 It was interesing in the beginning, but after that it got boring. - MNHS
1
 It was okay. I lost my attention a few times. It's not one of the best. - MNHS
0
 I didn't like it because it talked about the mom being an alien - KMS
2
 I liked her crazy mom & her switching places with a cousin and killing aliens. Good! - BMS
2
 This book talking about different things from another planet and it was a mystery so it was really good. - BMS
0
 A girl whose mother is from another planet and also just happens to be a queen? I don't think so. - KMS
2
 This is a really good book so far - I am not finished with it yet, but I like it and will certainly finish it. - MNHS
1
 It was sort of boring. - KMS
Schreiber, Ellen Vampire Kisses 2: Kissing Coffins
Sequel to: Vampire kisses. Sixteen-year-old Raven, a vampire-obsessed goth girl, searches for her true love, Alexander, who she has learned is a real vampire.
Student Rating: Student Review:
2
 I really enjoyed this book. It was full of excitement. I really like how the author wove together the goth girl and the vampires- KMS
2
 It's very suspenseful - MNHS
2
 It was very innteresting, though kind of strange. I liked it - KMS
2
 It was a thriller in every single chapter. It shows you how far someone would go for true love - MNHS
2
 I thought the book was really interesting. I couldn't stop reading it. - KMS
2
 The author gives non-stop action and gives detail. - KMS
1
 This book was a pretty good sequel to the first Vampire. Some new characters added an extra boast. All in all, this was a pretty great book - KMS
2 This was a really good book that kept me hooked the entire time. I read it all in one day! - KMS
   
   
Seabrooke, Brenda Stonewolf
After three years in a barbarous orphanage, Nicholas is raised in near-isolation in a castle, where he is watched every moment, prevented from reading or seeing the outside world, and given "treatments" designed to retrieve some mysterious, forgotten bit of information from his brain.
Student Rating: Student Review:
1
 It didn't make sense - KMS
1
 It was sad but it was kind of good. I thought it would be a calm book, but it really wasn't. - BMS
1
 I wanted to keep reading, but there were still unanswered questions. I don't think I'd recommend it - KMS
1
 It was good, but I didn't like the ending. It was the best fantasy I've ever read.- KMS
2
 Very interesting - MNHS
   
Shahan, Sherry Death Mountain
While traveling to visit the mother she has not heard from in almost a year, Erin and another teenage girl become lost in the rugged Sierra Nevada mountains and must struggle for six days to survive.
Student Rating: Student Review:
2
 If you like mountain adventure stories, this is a good choice. I learned a lot about survival when lost in the outdoors. Books like this make me wonder how brave I would be in an extreme situation. - MNHS
1
 This book started out kind of slow. - MNHS
1
 I liked the way the book was set up. There was never a dull or boring moment. Something was always happening. I think the ending could have been a little better. - MNHS
1
 This book is for someone who enjoys camping and survival. It is all about being stranded and surviving through times you wished you are anywhere else - KMS
1
 It just kind of went on and on. Didn't really seem to have a point. - KMS
1
 It was exciting, but it didn't have too many good parts in it. - MNHS
1
 In the worlds of Will Ferrell - 'Big Time Stuff.' - KMS
1
 MNHS
1
 Exciting sometimes - KMS
2
 Very good because it was adventurous and you never knew what would happen next - MNHS
2
 I like holw the mystery slowly unfolds - KMS
2
 This book teaches a lot about friendship and never to give up. - KMS
Sheldon, Dylan Planet Janet in Orbit
Janet records her trials and tribulations in her diary, including how she finds a summer job, the changes in her mother and best friend as they fall in love, and how she approaches her own seventeenth birthday.
Student Rating: Student Review:
1
 This book is for girls. - MWHS
1
 I thought it was interesting but didn't like the ending. - BMS
   
Sheldon, Dylan Sophie Pitt-Turnbull Discovers America
While spending the summer in Brooklyn with her mother's former schoolmate, Sophie, a sheltered English teenager, makes some unlikely friends and finds a new side to her formerly "dull and passive" personality
Student Rating: Student Review:
1
 This book was just okay. - MNHS
0
 Moved too slow. - MNHS
2
 This book was really good; I can't wait to read the others. - MNHS
1
 It wasn't very exciting - MNHS
2
 I thought this book was really, really good - KMS
2
 I quite enjoyed this book for many reasons. One, he used descriptive words. I always had a mental image painted in my head. Tow, I learned a lot of new words and new meanings for words. Three, I lastly like that Sophie was discovering America on her own because it made everything we do more exciting because she isn't use to our customs. - CMS
2
 The book was good, but I had to force myself to read it in the beginning. It got much better later. My favorite character ws "Soap" or Sophie because she tried something new. - BMS
Shinn, Sharon Truth-Teller's Tale
Twins Eleda, who can tell only the truth, and Adele, who cannot reveal others' secrets, are tested by the arrival of a pair of handsome dance instructors who seem to harbor a deep secret.
Student Rating: Student Review:
1
 It was interesting, but it would have been better if the author had put in a few more action scenes. It dragged slightly, but in my opinion was worth reading. - MWHS
2
 It was a really great book. It has happy and heart-broken moments. - MNHS
2
 I really liked this book. It had a lot of twists and turns that made it really interesting. The characters were also very interesting. - MNHS
2
 Very funny. I loved the mixup at he end, and happy endings are the best - MNHS
2
 This story is very unique and well thought-out. It's not overly imaginary and fantastic, but a perfect balance so that the story's still believable. This was an enjoyable book! - MNHS
2
 I really enjoyed this book! - MNHS
Shipton, Paul The Pig Scrolls
Gryllus, an ancient Greek hero has been turned into a pig by Circe and is content to stay that way until a prophetess, Sibyl, kidnaps him and informs him that he is the only one who can save the world.
Student Rating: Student Review:
2
 It was really funny. - MNHS
2
 Hilarious! I even learned some Green mythology - BMS
2
 If you're into Greek mythology, this is a book for you. The story is about a talking pig who almost dies while he saves the world - KMS
1
 The way they talked was funny & I liked the way the author made it a cartoon, but I still thought it could've been better. - BMS
Shusterman, Neal Dread Locks
Accustomed to a carefree existence, fourteen-year-old Parker Baer meets the girl next door and finds his life taking a menacing turn as he begins to absorb some of her terrible powers.
Student Rating: Student Review:
2
 The book was amazing - till I got to the end. I hated the end. - MNHS
2
 This is an awesome book; I couldn't put it down! The bood was so intense. It's a modern twist on an old myth. You should definitely read this incredible book. Read It! - CMS
2
 A really, really good book. The author did a great job of mixing myths and kids' stories. It was amazing. - CMS
2
 The book kept me wanting to read. There wasn't a time where I got bored of the book. - MNHS
2
 I really liked the conflict between the main character and the girl. - MNHS
2
 it was an awesome book which kept me reading - MNHS
2
 This book is awesome - CMS
1
 This book had some boring parts, otherwise it was great - KMS
1
 Good end - and unexpected results. - MNHS
2
 This is the type of book I like to read. - MNHS
2
 This book was amazing! - KMS
2
 This was a great book! It has some Greek mythology thrown in. - KMS
2
 I thought the book had a great twist and a very interesting plot! Mr. Shusterman has a great way of setting the plot and problem. He puts you in a state of disbelief! - KMS
2
 It was a really good book. I enjoyed it very much. It made me think. I like books that do that. I never saw her being Medusa coming. - MNHS
1
 I liked when people turned into stone for just staring, but I had trouble figuring out the plot. - BMS
2
 .Wow. A new take on the Medusa story. It was a really good, mysterious modern story. - BMS
2
 I really enjoyed this book! - MNHS
2
 Great - quick read! - MNHS
2
 It was awesome! - KMS
2
 This book had an unexpected theme and surprising ending. - KMS
2
 The book was very interesting and I couldn't put the book down. - KMS
2
 I really liked the book because it had myths and was kind of a fantasy. - BMS
2
 I couldn't put it down - KMS
2
 This book was really exciting; I couln't put it down - KMS
2
 It was very interesting and suspenseful. - KMS
Sills, Leslie From Rags to Riches: a history of girls' clothing in America
Describes how clothing for girls in the United States has reflected society's changing views on children, from dressing girls as little adults in the seventeenth century to allowing girls to express themselves by choosing from a variety of styles in the twenty-first century.
Student Rating: Student Review:
1
 It was good. - MNHS
1
 It was pretty good, but it disturbed me that girls were wrapped in blankets to keep their postures straight and one girl died when her ribs broke after being laced up - BMS
2
 I loved this book because I learned from the clothing that they wore in the past. - BMS
2
 It was almost as if someone ws talking to me. I love history. Even though the topic was a bit frivolous, I still think it was a 2. - BMS
1
 I liked the book really well. - KMS
2
 I really enjoyed this book. - MNHS
2
 t was very interesting - KMS
   
   
Simmons, Michael Finding Lubchenko
Evan's father is framed for murder and bioterrorism, so high-school junior Evan, using clues from a stolen laptop, travels from Seattle to Paris with two friends to find the real culprit.
Student Rating: Student Review:
1
 It was cool how the main character was somewhat of a young criminal mastermind. The characters - even the small ones - were fleshed out and well-written. - MNHS
2
 I thought that this was a good book. There was always some kind of action happening in every single chapter. - MNHS
2
 I liked how the book was written from the mind of a 16 year-old. It makes the book easier to relate with. It's also funny because the author writes the book using a teenager's style. The main character, Evan, gets off topic easily and tells things the way they were, without using too much description. - MNHS
2
 It kept me glued to the pages. I never wanted to put it down. Amazing. If you're looking for a book that is down to earth and is just wild and full of drama and suspense, this is the book for you. Woo! - MNHS
2
 I really liked the book because it kept me wanting to read more - MWHS
2
 Usually I don't like first person perspective, but this author rocks! The plot was great! Just the kind of book I want to read. The teenager is awesome; he makes things so interesting. This book definitely making my top 20 list. I read it 3 times; I don't usually do that - MWHS
1
 It was very scatter-brained but enjoyable. The characters were mult-dimensional and the settings were good. - MNHS
2
 Easy read; short sentences - MNHS
1
 The book seemed a little unbelievable - hav ing three teenagers go by themselves to London. The book also took a long time to get to the end point. - MNHS
2
 This book was very funny. I liked the characters - and could relate to them. The situation was pretty far-fetched, but that was part of the humor. - MNHS
2
 This book was a fun read; and a good set-up for the sequel. I think the author will have a third in the series. - MNHS
2
 This is one of the most entertaining books I've read in a long time. Highly recommended. - MNHS
2
 It was a good book. - MNHS
1
 It is mysterious, and I'm more in to teen dating books. For being a mystery book it is good. - MNHS
2
 I really liked this book because it had a great plot and a mystery taht lasted almost the whole book. - MNHS
2
 I really liked the plot of the book and I enjoyed how the mystery was solved. - MNHS
2
 It was a good book. It really kept me wanting to read more and find out what was going to happen next. - MNHS
   
Sleator, William The Last Universe
When her desperately ill older brother insists that she take him into their mysterious backyard garden, designed by their quantum physicist great uncle, fourteen-year-old Susan discovers that things are not always what they seem.
Student Rating: Student Review:
1
 Good until the ending. - MNHS
2
 Some parts reminded me of the science fiction movie "Cube 2: Hypercube." It was interesting. - MNHS
1
 This book did not hold my attention. I was disappointed because I've read other books by this author. - MNHS
1
 Okay, but not great. The author did a lot of description and not much action. - MNHS
1.5
 I think the concept of the book was good and the setting was spooky. It just missed the mark, somehow. - MNHS
1
 The book was OK, not enough action in the beginning - MNHS
   
   
Smith, D. James The Boys of San Joaquin
In a small California town in 1951, twelve-year-old Paolo and his deaf cousin Billy get caught up in a search for money missing from the church collection, leading them to complicated discoveries about themselves, other family members, and townspeople they thought they knew.
Student Rating: Student Review:
2
 Great read! Reminded me of myself on all the little adventures. This author is very good and relates a little to Gary Paulson's style of writing. My favorite part was when they found the money hole. _ MNHS
2
 This book didn't have a thick and suspenseful plot, but it was interesting and cute and a good easy read. - KMS
2
 This is a great book. - MNHS
Smith, Jeff Bone: out from Boneville
Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone are run out of their home, Boneville, and become separated in the wilds, but better fortune begins when the three cousins reunite at a farmstead in a deep forested valley, where Fone meets a young girl named Thorn.
Student Rating: Student Review:
2
 It was one of the best, funniest books I've read - BMS
2
 This book is funny and has a lot of adventures. I love the comic book style. - BMS
2
 I really liked the book; it was funny and scary at the same time - CMS
2
 It was funny, but it also has a very deep storyline. The three bones are funny and dysfunctional - keep up the good work! - BMS
2
 I thought it was good. It had a lot of adventure and action, and I really liked the pictures - MNHS
Sonnenblick, Jordan Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
Steven Alper is a typical eighth-grader--smarter than some, a better drummer than most, but with the usual girl problems and family trials. Then, on October 7, his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey, falls, has a nosebleed that doesn't stop, and is diagnosed with leukemia. All hell breaks loose.
Student Rating: Student Review:
2
 I really enjoyed this book because I could really relate to the main character. We had so much in common that, basically, I felt that I was reading about my own life. I would recommend this book to anybody. If all the kids that don't like to read would read this, I guarantee that they would get hooked on reading and want to read another and another - CMS
2
 Wow! I loved this book. Everything was true for me because my mom is sick, and I could relate to tlhis - BMS
2
 I love the way I can picture the characters, but I felt sorry for the little brother being sick - BMS
2
 I really enjoyed this book. - MNHS
2
 The characters and the story-line was great. I enjoyed this book. - MNHS
2
 I really liked this book because I love how the author wrote it with such charm. It made me really sad, but it was good. I liked Jeffrey a lot because he was funny. - BMS
2
 This was a good book and I'd recommend it! I will read more books by this author. - MNHS
2
 It has its funny moments, sad moments, and sweet moments. I really enjoyed this book. - KMS
2
 This book made me cry; it was so sad. I was sure the little brother was going to die! - BMS
2
   
Sorrells, Walter Fake ID
After a lifetime of moving and assuming new identities, sixteen-year-old Chass begins to piece together the past that haunts her and her mother which involves a mysterious tape, a deceased popular singer, and the secrets of several people in a small Alabama town.
Student Rating: Student Review:
2
 I really enjoyed the book. - MNHS
2
 I loved it; es muy bien. The entire book was great. - MNHS
2
 Very good mystery. The very big twist at the end totally threw me off - MNHS
2
 This book was very interesting and kept me reading until the conclusion. - MNHS
2
 I liked the way they gave the info to the mystery. - MNHS
1
 This book was just okay. - MNHS
2
 A girl who doesn't know her real name. A mother goes missing in a town where the cops are against her and a big record industry thug is after her. Such a good book - full of mystery and adventure. - MNHS
2
 I really enjoyed this book. - MNHS
2
 I absolutely loved this bok. I honestly hate to read , and I don't usually do it unless I have to. Amazing, I actually wanted to read!! - MNHS
2
 I really enjoyed this book. - MNHS
2
 The interesting plot was very good - MNHS
2
 I loved not knowing what was going to happen next; there was so much suspense - MNHS
2
 Mysterious! - MNHS
2
 Very suspenseful - MNHS
2
 I enjoyed this book. The situation was intriguing and it was not always predictable. - MNHS
2
 It was a GOOD book.More and more things kept happening. And it happened to a sixteen-year-old girl who I could relate to - MNHS
2
 Great mystery! The main character is a bright, very strong-willed teenager who won't give up until she finds the answers she's searching for. I couldn't put it down. - MWHS
2
 Amazing! Had me hanging onto every clue. - MWHS
2
 A very good book. I don't read much and I couldn't put it down. Very good mystery. - MNHS
Spiegler, Louise The Amethyst Road
Having fled the city of Oestia after attacking an official, sixteen-year-old Serena--an outcast as well as a mixed-race child of a Gorgio father and Yulang mother--seeks to reunite her family and regain her honor.
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Spinner, Stephanie Quicksilver
Hermes—also known as Mercury, Wayfinder, and Prince of Thieves—has many talents. Wearing his famed winged sandals, he does the bidding of his father Zeus, leads the dead down to Hades, and practices his favorite arts of trickery and theft. He also sees the future, travels invisibly, loves jokes, and abhors violence. And he's an entertaining and ideal narrator on a fast-paced journey through ancient Greek mythology—from Medusa's cave to Trojan War battlefields to the mysterious Underworld.
Stephanie Spinner brings the famous messenger—and the best-known gods and mortals of mythology—to life with high action and spare, powerful prose.
Student Rating: Student Review:
1
 I liked it because it talked about the heavens and hell. - MNHS
2
 I thought that the book was entertaining with the gods and all. Plus it was a little bit comical. - MNHS
2
 I really enjoyed this book. - MNHS
2
 Interesting! - MNHS
2
 I really liked this book because of the the mythology, and it was a fast read - MNHS
2
 MNHS
2
 This was a great book, awesome word choice, and it was never boring - MNHS
Spradlin, Michaek Spy Goddess: Live and Let Shop
Beverly Hills teenager Rachel Buchanan gets in trouble with the law and winds up at mysterious Blackthorn Academy in Pennsylvania, where she uncovers secrets about the school and becomes entangled in a case of international espionage.
Student Rating: Student Review:
2
 It was a great spy book and it has a little fantasy. If you like books like this, it is great. - MNHS
2
 This book is very easy to follow. It also has a little bit of Greek mythology in the background which made it interesting to read. - MNHS
1
 I can't believe that the girl in this book could get herself into so much trouble; I think it's funny that she laughs when she gets nervous. - BMS
2
 It was cool when she found out she was a reincarnation of Eretha, the goddess of life. - BMS
2
 It makes you feel like you are really there in the story - KMS
2
 Really fast-paced book; plot is very intriguing. The canracters did not change who they were completely; they were still themselves at the end - MNHS
   
Stahler, David A Gathering of Shades
Having moved with his mother to a remote corner of Vermont after his father's death, sixteen-year-old Aidan learns much about his family, including that ghosts inhabit an ancient orchard on the family farm, sustained by his grandmother.
Student Rating: Student Review:
2
 Once the story got going it compelled me to read more and more and in the end I was eating up the plot. The character development is great - very realistic - and each person is always in character. Although it's not the best book I've ever read, I did enjoy it. - MNHS
2
 This book was very exciting and kept you really in tune to what the book was talking about. Also the detailing was good, too. - MNHS
1
 This book was just okay. - MNHS
   
   
Staples, Suzanne Under the Persimmon Tree
A young Afghan girl, Najmah, befriends an American woman, Nusrat in Peshawar, Pakistan, after Najmah flees her native Afghanistan during the 2001 war; and together they begin a long journey to located their missing loved ones after the war ends.
Student Rating: Student Review:
2
 This book related 3 viivid pictures which showed the hardships the girl endured - KMS
   
Steinhofel, Andrew

Center of the World

Translation of: Die Mitte der Welt.;Originally published in German: Hamburg, Germany : Carlsen Verlag, c1998. Phil, living in a small, provincial German town, works through his often difficult relationships with his single mother, his distant twin sister, his first boyfriend, as an odd assortment of friends help him learn about the wounds and healing brought by love.
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Stephenson, Lynda Dancing with Elvis
In Clover, Texas, in the late 1950s, high-schooler Frankilee deals with a devious and manipulative, not to mention prettier and more talented, foster sister, a boyfriend she does not want, and a community divided over school integration.
Student Rating: Student Review:
1.5
 I liked the story. It was funny in parts and sad in others. I didn't appreciate all the swearing. I liked it that Angel got caught in the end. - MNHS
1
 This book was OK, but it moved too slow and was too long. It was kind of hard to understand just because it goes so slowly - MNHS
1
 I really enjoyed the book, but the language was too much and got in the way - BMS
.5
 I suppose this book has its moments, but they were few and far between. The language really was offensive. Disappointing! - MNHS
1
 The book was pretty good. It was a quick read and really interesting. The concept of the story was unique and by just looking at the cover I couldn't tell it would be so exciting. - MNHS
2
 I really liked this book and how it related to life. I thought it was a little weird at first, but it didn't take very long to get into. - MNHS
1.5
 I liked some parts of the book, but I just don't think it was historically accurate - in terms of how people really acted and thought. I usually don't see so much swearing in historical fiction books. The characters were all different, but also maybe a lot of stereotypes, too. - MNHS
2
 I really enjoyed all of this book. Frankilee was so kind even when she didn't want to be & her dad sounds like a great dad. - BMS
   
Stolls, Amy Palms to the Ground
The only child of an over-protective mother and a well-meaning father, and in therapy since the age of seven, eighth-grader Calman Pulowitz spends two weeks with his pen pal in Washington State, getting drunk, running away, and learning a lot about himself.
Student Rating: Student Review:
1.5
 It was pretty good. It had a lot of twists and turns. - MNHS
2
 I loved all the characters; not one was the same, and I could relate to the circumstances. I felt like I was in the character's shoes - MNHS
   
Sullivan, George Built to Last: building America's amazing bridges, dams and tunnels
Describes the construction of America's most famous structures such as the Erie Canal, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, the Hoover Dam, and the Golden Gate Bridge, as well as the interstate highways
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2
 The book is about many national and momentous memorials. Did you know that the Hoover Dam used to be nicknamed - Boulder Dam? And that Fort Pecik is the largerst earth dam in the world? - BMS
2
 I really enjoyed this book. - MNHS
2
 Very informational. - MNHS
   

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