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The Footprints of God, Greg Iles
2007-04-12 02:13:00 This book doesn?t just piss about with simulations, it launches the missiles into global conflict and leaves the reader wondering how the Hell this story can be resolved. The clock is ticking and only one man, Dr David Tennant, has the answer. That said, it's late stages and he?s in a coma with only sporadic bouts of REM sleep disturbing his catatonia More About: God , Print , Prints , Foot , Greg
Insatiable, Eve Eliot
2007-04-11 20:08:00 Stories such as these are stories we wish we wouldn?t have to tell our kids. That said, they are stories that need to be told. And judging from the reactions of our young book reviewers, they are books that touch their realities in sometimes profound ways. Witness the quote from the summary ? It made me personally pause and be like?wow. The reviewer Kate, professes surprise at her own reaction. In so many ways, this is what we want as a reader ? a ?like wow? moment. More About: Eliot , Sati , Elio
Bucking The Sarge
2007-04-11 19:51:00 Book Review by Jen L Grade Eight, English Bigelow Middle School, MA I recommend this book because it is funny and very interesting. It is also an easy short story book so if you are a very busy person it wont take you that long to read. Also if you don?t like to read that much you will ... More About: King , Buck , Sarg , Sarge
Girl With a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier
2007-04-11 19:48:00 Book Review by Maria Grade Eight English Bigelow Middle School, MA Girl with a Pear l Earring is about a girl named Griet. The time when the book is set is from 1664 to 1666. Sixteen year old Griet is living with her parents when she is hired at the Vermeer family as a maid. Johannes Vermeer is a ... More About: With , Ring , Chevalier
My Sister?s Keeper, Jodi Picoult
2007-04-11 19:44:00 Book Review by Marena Grade Eight English, Bigelow Middle School, MA In this recent novel, Jodi Pico ult accurately portrays a family under enormous strain. My Sister ?s Keep er follows the day-to-day life of the Fitzgerald family. Kate, their oldest daughter, is slowly dying of cancer. Every time her body is thrown into relapse, her younger sister Anna is there ... More About: Keeper
After the First Death, by Robert Comier
2007-04-11 19:41:00 Book Review by Marcus Grade Eight English Bigelow Middle School, MA Grade: C+ In Robe rt Comier?s book, After the First Death , the main character Miro has to deal with internal struggles, questions and feelings never dealt with before while he waits on the stuffy bus for action to take place. ?This operation is different from the others. The others we ...
The Rag and Bone Shop, Robert Cormier
2007-04-11 19:37:00 Book Review by Xiaoyue Grade Eight English Bigelow Middle School, MA The RAG and BONE SHOP by Robe rt Cormier is a story about murder: Jason, a twelve year old boy, was very shy and had few friends. A seven year old girl, Alicia, was murdered. Jason was the last one who saw her, except the murderer. Braxton, the ... More About: Shop , Bone , Robert Cormier
Prom, Laurie Halse Anderson
2007-04-11 19:32:00 Book Review by Cat C Grade 8 English Bigelow Middle School Newton, MA Laurie Halse Anderson ?s book Prom is like a dance with no music. It goes nowhere. It has a beginning, and middle, but, is so loose there should be an epilogue to tie the book together. Prom, Anderson’s Hannigan is Bad News The main character Ashley Hannigan is just ...
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon
2007-04-11 19:29:00 Book Review by Carissa Grade 8 English Bigelow Middle School Newton, MA Plot in a nutshell: Mark Haddon?s latest novel is astonishingly captivating. Right from the start, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night -time will hook you in into this suspenseful and heartbreaking novel. The narrator, 15-year old Christopher John Francis Boone is autistic, and so the ... More About: Time , The N
Luna, Julie Anne Peters
2007-04-11 19:27:00 Book Review by Alyssa Grade Eight English Bigelow Middle School, MA The book Luna , written by Julie Anne Pete rs, is about a transgender teenage boy named Liam who is dying to be a girl on the inside and outside. Over the years Liam?s birthday list was beginning to get stranger and stranger. He started asking for girlish things and ... More About: Peter
After the First Death, by Robert Cormier
2007-04-10 00:24:00 Book Review by Elina Grade 8 English Bigelow Middle School Newton, MA After the First Death , by Robert Cormier was an intriguing book. Depending on the writing of style the reader prefers, this book can have negative or positive reviews. The plot is very nerve-racking; it?s a story being told from the perspective of the hijackers, the victims (including ... More About: Robert Cormier
My Sisters Keeper, Written by Jodi Picoult
2007-04-10 00:20:00 ?I used to pretend that I was just passing through this family on my way to a real one. It isn?t too much of a stretch really ? there?s Kate, the spitting image of my dad; and Jesse, the spitting image of my mom; and then there?s me, a collection of recessive genes that came ... More About: Keep , Sister , Pico , Sisters , Written
The Secret Life Of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
2007-04-10 00:11:00 Book Review by Mike A Grade Eight English Bigelow Middle School, MA In ?The Secret Life Of Bees ,? Sue Monk Kid writes a powerful story about a girl (Lily) that runs away from her abusive father and her own troubled life. Her mother was murdered when she was little and Lily wants to learn more about her. The ...
The Year of Secret Assignments, Jaclyn Moriarty
2007-04-10 00:09:00 When two rival schools send letters back and forth as an English project, you know things are bound to go wrong. Book Review by Michelle Grade Eight English Bigelow Middle School, MA This book had a great theme, about how two rival schools could get along pretty well if they just tried, although there are some bumps along the ... More About: Men , Secret , Mori , Sign , Year
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
2007-04-10 00:02:00 Book Review by Sammy Lewis Grade Eight English Bigelow Middle School Christopher John Francis Boone is the main character and the narrator of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night -Time by Mark Haddon. Chris is autistic and his mother is dead. He lives with his father in Swindon England. When the dog from across the street ... More About: The N
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
2007-04-10 00:00:00 Book Review by Elizabeth Grade 8 English Bigelow Middle School Newton, MA ?At night I would lie in bed and watch the show, how bees squeezed through the cracks of my bedroom wall and flew in circles around the room, making that propeller sound, a high-pitched zzzzzz that hummed along my skin. I watch their wing shining like bits ... More About: Life , Monk , The Secret , Secret , Bees
The Things They Carried, Tim O?Brien
2007-04-09 23:57:00 Book Review by Evan Grade 8 English Bigelow Middle School Newton, MA If you are interested in the Vietnam War, The Thing s They Carr ied, by Tim O?Brien is the book for you. The book takes place in Vietnam in 1964 in forest, swamps, and jungles. Tim O?Brien describes every one and every item that the soldiers carried during the war. ... More About: Arri
Girl With a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier
2007-04-09 23:53:00 Book Review by Alexa Grade Eight, English Bigelow Middle School Girl with a Pear l Earring is a story of the quiet life behind the face of an epic portrait. In the story, Griet, is cast into the life of a maid when her family hits bad fortune. Finding a new family among the complicated family of the Vermeers ... More About: With , Ring , Chevalier
My Sister?s Keeper, Jodi Picoult
2007-04-09 23:51:00 Book Review by Adrianna Grade Eight English, Bigelow Middle School, MA My Sister ?s Keep er, The Plot Anna, a thirteen year old girl, created to help her sister, Kate who has leukemia, is finding out that she wants her own rights. She decides to hire Cambell Alexander, a lawyer to take her parents to court. Julia Ramano, a children?s lawyer ... More About: Pico , Keeper
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
2007-04-09 23:47:00 Book Review by Xue Grade Eight English Bigelow Middle School, MA Mark Haddon has written a touching and heartfelt novel about a boy with autism. The story is well written in a first person view of the narrator, Christopher Boone, and his life. It is written in a unique way that makes the reader feel like they too ... More About: Curious , Time , The N , Night
A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray
2007-04-07 17:12:00 ... where all your dreams can come true. If you want to be able to sing really well you just have to wish for it and it will come true (while you're there); it's where grass turns into butterflies when you touch it; it's paradise, the place that every person dreams of. More About: Beauty , Great , Bray , Beau , Terri
The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
2007-04-05 17:41:00 Lies will be told, and truths will be unfolded. It?s the ultimate timeline of a teenager?s life summed up within months. There?s love, there?s loss, and most important, there?s learning. This isn?t just the average melodramatic story. Not every problem is completely solved with a happy kind of ending. More About: Life , Monk , The Secret , Secret , Bees
My Sister?s Keeper, Jodie Picoult
2007-04-05 17:29:00 Within this book lies an intricate and winding plot which Pico ult guides the reader through smoothly. Once started, this book is almost impossible to put down because it is absolutely captivating. Never is there a dull moment, and although it may appear to be long, it is quite a fast read. Picoult manages to tell this story of a controversial topic without going overboard and to add in a plot twist or two that produce countless emotions. More About: Keep , Sister , Keeper
The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
2007-04-05 17:20:00 This book shows the similar characteristics between humans and bees, and the common misconceptions used to describe them. The Secret Life of Bees is a delightful book it has great character development, and is also very descriptive, and powerful. There is nothing about this book to dislike. I recommend this book for people who enjoy a deep plot with mystery intertwined. More About: Monk
The Perfect Shot, Elaine Marie Alphin
2007-04-05 17:15:00 Elaine Mari e Alphin?s style of writing is extraordinary. Her use of the technique of flashback makes the story more detailed and interesting. The use of flashbacks has made this murder mystery one of a kind. Elaine Alphin?s bold metaphoric sentences fill the book with imagery and setting. Also, the way she described certain objects, its like you can almost see them, exactly the way they are. More About: Shot , Perfect , Laine
The Rag and Bone Shop, Robert Cormier
2007-04-05 17:10:00 Book Review by Tia Grade 8, English Bigelow Middle School Newton, MA I highly recommend the book ?The Rag and Bone Shop ? written by Robe rt Cormier because it is a murder mystery about a girl named Alicia Bartlett, a seven year old who was murdered. Alicia was a quiet kid and loved doing jigsaw puzzles. She had long black hair, ... More About: Robert Cormier
The Rag and Bone Shop, Robert Cormier
2007-04-05 17:08:00 The Rag and Bone Shop is the best novel I have read. I liked the book because I loved murder mystery and is one. It is also a realistic fiction. More About: Robert , Robert Cormier , Robe
Flyboys, James Bradley
2007-04-05 17:05:00 Book Review by Jack A Grade 8 English Bigelow Middle School Newton, MA Flyboys is a story of courage about World War two pilots fighting in the pacific. Many of Americas young boys ran to local recruiting stations at the outbreak of the second World War. They attacked China, killing and burning their way through the countryside. The Americans ... More About: James , Ames , Boys , Radley , Bradley
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon
2007-04-05 16:57:00 Book Review by Britt Grade 8 English Bigelow Middle School Newton, MA ?Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.? Many people have doubts towards ... More About: Curious , Time , The N , Night , Mark
Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser
More articles from this author:2007-04-05 16:50:00 In his breakthrough new novel ?Fast Food Nation ?, Eric Schlosser takes us through the terrifying and corrupt industry of Fast Food and its subsidiaries. Through interviews, personal stories and investigative work, Schlosser reveals what happens not only in fast food restaurants, but also what happens behind the scenes. More About: Loss 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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