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Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
by Louise Rennison
In the Forests of the Night
by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Night Shade
by Lynne Ewing
Karen's Movie Star
Karen's Treasure
by Ann M. Martin
Roswell High Series
by Melinda Metz
Saratoga Secret
by Betsy Sterman
Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Dicey's Song
by Cynthia Voigt
The
Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton
The Contender
by Robert Lipsyte
The Pigman
by Paul Zindel.
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YA FICTION HINTON
by S.E. Hinton
Ponyboy is fourteen, tough and confused. Since his parents' death, his loyalties have been to his brothers and his gang, the rough, long-haired boys from the wrong side of the tracks. When his best friend, Johnny, kills a member of a rival gang, a nightmare of violence begins and swiftly envelops Ponyboy in a turbulent chain of events.
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by Louise Rennison
YA FICTION RENNISON
The True Confessions of Georgia Nicolson..... In diary form this story is mmmmmhehehehhahaha snicker, well, this story. is about a british girl and her messed-up scarry life. She is surrounded by the SG (sex god - who hates her or so she thinks....) , a cat that is half domestic tabby and half Scottish wildcat (who is determined to eat the neighbor's poodle) her dad who has the mentality of a teletubby (only not as advanced) and a cast of friends, so called friends.
This book is worth reading because it is so funny! But
not stupid and not gross - it covers very important issues to the youth of today -
like how to properly apply lipgloss to make your nose look smaller and how to deal
with younger sibling with exploding "knickers".
- YW BookCLub Review
(by Valerie and Kimberly with Special Thanks to Danielle and Lawrence S. who did
not read the book but ate our pizza anyway!)
name: Heather
school: Madison High School
grade: 9
age: 15
title: Left Behind
author: Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
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summary
Millions around the world have suddenly vanished. What could be the cause? Where did they go? Capitan Rayford lost his wife and son. Why was he Left Behind?
worth
Chirstians may be the only ones who hear about it but it is very educational and enticing, even if its not what you belive.
name: De Joire
school: Anson jones
grade: 7
age: thirteen!
title: Haunted sister
author:
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summary
this book was excellent! telling the story of how a deceased twin secretly took over her life was odd and satisfying!
worth
The story line and plot in the end.
name: Jessie
school: pease
grade: 8th
age: 13
title: Lisa Bright and Dark
author:
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summary
This girl is going crazy! She dose things like going threw glass doors and over doseing on sleeping med.! After a while her friends,teachers, and parent see it and try to help, but the only ones that can really help, that are to proud to see it, is her parents!
worth
Your always asking why! Why did she do this,why did she say that and it just keeps you reading!
name: Christina
school: St. Luke
grade: 8
age: 13
title: Homeless Bird
author: Gloria Whelan
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summary
A young Indian widow tries to survive in the city. Her Sass, or mother-in-law doesn't like her and sends her to live with other widows. See how she struggles to live from a country to city life.
worth
It is full of Indian legends and a little touch of romance. It is one of those books that keeps you hooked on because you always want to know what happens next!
name: Bianca
school: St.Mary's Hall
grade: 10
age: 14
title: Anne Frank and Me
author: Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld
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summary
Nicole Burns is a typical girl. She doesn't care much for school nor the research of the Holocaust. During a field trip she is knocked unconscious and finds herself living under the Nazis in 1942 as a Jew! How will she escape death under the Nazis and does she wake up from this nightmare?
worth
This book displays how a girl's personal beliefs are changed after a nightmare that was once real(1942:Holocaust). It's a great novel for everyone, especially those who love to read books about the Holocaust.
name: Abraham
school: Holy Spirit Catholic School
grade: 8
age: 13
title: The Outsiders
author: S.E. Hinton
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summary
The life of a boy who is part of a gang is told in this book. He only has his friends and brothers to stay beside. When his friend kills a member of their enemies, he stuggles to maintain emotional stability. One thing leads to another and he finds himself learning a valuable lesson.
worth
name: Abraham
school: Holy Spirit Catholic School
grade: 8
age: 13
title: The Outsiders
author: S.E. HInton
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summary
The life of a boy named Ponyboy is told in this book. He is part of gang consisting of only his friends and brothers, the only people who stay with him. When his best friend kills a member of the archenemies, Ponyboy finds himself struggling to maintain emotional stability as one thing leads to another. He finds himself learning a valuable lesson.
worth
The book is full of suspense. It is about teenaged boys in a coming-of-age time. It is a great book to read because of the character traits that are displayed and it focuses on the hardships of life.
name: Angela
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school: O'Connor HS
grade: 12th
age: 17
title: Ranma 1/2
author: Rumiko Takahashi
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summary
This book is both funny and filled with adventure.If you liked Inu-yasha(which by the way is by the same author)then you will love this book.It's about a boy living with a strange curse. But this book is more for the older kids.(15 and up): Sorry!
worth
It is a book that promises to make you laugh!<:
name: Karina
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school: Tejeda
grade: 7th
age: 13
title: Rainbow Boys
author: Alex Sanchez
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summary
These 3 guys, Nelson, the school "queer", Kyle, Nelson's friend, & Jason, the school jock, are all gay. This book expresses how 3 gay people "come out", but in the process become better friends. If you like a book with a topic that seems everyone tries to ignore, this book is great for you. I just finished this book, it is FABOLOUS, & just for your information, i am no where near lesbian!!!
worth
The chaarecters & suspense makes you feel like you are there, not just reading a book. You some how become sucked into this zone!
name: Lisa
school: Reagan Highschool
grade: 9th
age: 14
title: Burning up
author: Caroline B. Cooney
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summary
This was book was awesome! I loved following Macy and Austin and trying to figure out what happened in the fire in 1959. I loved how determinded she was and how she pushed every one around her. I loved how she learning about how the other half lived and the I hated that her friend died (can't say who).
worth
If you like myster and adventure this it a book for you! It's interesting and it keeps you wanting for more. I stayed up till 4 in the morning just to finish it when i was close to the end. It just keeps you interested from beginging to end.
name: Kandiss
school: Warren High School
grade: 9
age: 13
title: Sang Spell
author: Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
summary
A little boy ends up in a city that he can't find a way out of and noboby who lives there won't tell him because they don't know either.
worth
That you have to try to figure out how to get out of that city and why he can't figure out . It's a good, spooky,book,but can get exciting t some points.
name: Kandiss
school: Warren High School
grade: 9
age: 13
title: Fearless
author: Francine Pascal
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summary
A girl who is just like every other girl but she's not - she's fearless
worth
it has some mpments that are so good that I scan through the not so detailed parts and go in to the juicy parts.
name: Olivia
school: Jack C. Jordan Middle School
grade: 8th grade
age: 13
title: T*Witches (the power of two)
author: H.B. Gilmour and Randi Reifeld
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summary
This book is about twins who were witches and seperated at birth and 15 years later meet again.
worth
It has alot of action
name: olivia
school:
grade: 12
age: 21
title: yugioh
author: kazuki takahashi
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summary
I like the show call yugioh in I like the art of the book.
worth
If you you so get this book you will like the same art and you so go to www . yugioh. com
name: Cassandra
school: Brack
grade: 9
age: 14
title: Shattered Mirror
author: Amelia Altawater- Rhodes
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summary
Sarah is a vampire hunter/ witch. She meets a comple of people who change her world forever.
worth
IT was really worth reading this book because I never thought that I get such a big impact from one book.
name: Megan
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school: North Atlantic Regional High School
grade: 10
age: 14
title: The Bomb
author: Theodore Taylor
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summary
Taking a stand in World War II: The U.S. government wants to use 16 yr. old Sorry Rinamu's home on an island in the western Pacific as a testing sight for atomic weapons. Even though the islanders are told they can return when the land is safe again, Sorry is sure that the radioactive fallout will poison the warm blue waters forever. Sorry knows he has no choice but to stop this disaster before it starts.
worth
It paints a vivid picture of the dawn of the atomic age.
In the Forests of the Night
By Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Reviewed by Rhea Byran
10th Grade - Home School
In The Forests of The Night is described by some, as a dark faerie tale.
You can read through this author's novel very quickly, it grabs your attention and refuses to let go. This book doesn't seen like a book at all, but more like a poem. That feeling may occur, because the author wrote the book centering around. William Blake's poem, "The Tiger," with the first stanza saying;
Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright,
In the forests of the night,
What Immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
Regardless, this great book taking place in the year 1701, is about a 17 year old girl being turned into a vampire against her will, and being forced to accept who she is now. The girl's name was, Rachel, but after being turned into a vampire, her name became, Risika. Risika has to go through all of the memories of her past life... the death of her twin brother, and the love for her family.
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes was born on April 16, 1984 --- that very date in 1998, on her fourteenth birthday, Amelia found out that her first novel,
In the Forests of the Night, was accepted for publication. This book was written when the author was thirteen years old. I believe that the author uses a vocabulary that most people wouldn't expect a thirteen year old to use.
Amelia uses eye catching sentences like, "Never before and never after have I felt the soul-tearing, mind-bearing pain I experienced that night."- quoted from the beginning of Chapter 7.
I recommend that people who are into
vampires and the paranormal to read this book. I believe that it is an interest to teens
and adults.
added 1/31/02
(Daughters of the Moon #3)
by Lynne Ewing
YA FICTION EWING
reviewed by Susanne Garcia
by Betsy Sterman
YA FICTION STERMAN
review by Kelly B.
This is the book I recommend and I think other people will like it just as much as I
by Cynthia Voigt
JUV AWARD
YA FICTION VOIGT
reviewed by Susanne G.
Whittier Middle School
I thought that Dicey’s Song was a good book. There are lots of problems that Dicey goes through with her brothers and sister. One of the problems is that her cousin wants to separate them. Another problem is that the kids find out that their mother is in the hospital. She goes through everything never being separated from her family.
I recommend this book, it's thrilling and interesting.