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FANTASY
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by
J. K. Rowling (JD) Great – I would recommend this book to my
friends. I really enjoyed reading this book
and I’m going to read the next book in the series.
I’ll definitely recommend this book to others. My favorite part in the book was when Harry, Ron,
and Hermione went searching for the stone and they all went back except for Harry, who
found the stone… Harry Potter
and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling (SR) One of the best books I have ever read! Harry Potter
and the Goblet of Fire was so cool. It
is one of my favorite books in the world. I
liked it because there were new people to meet, more mystery, more magic, and more fun and
adventure. I’d recommend any of the
Harry Potter books to my friends. If I were a
magazine reporter, I would call this book “the best of the books of any Harry Potter
books!”
(JF) One of the best books I have ever read! This book is about Lanen Kaeler and
her adventures to seek out the legendary Dragon Isle with its dragons. When she gets to Corli, she finds a harvest ship
that is going to the Isle. She and all the
other people on the ship have to gather Lansip Leaves because they can heal anything from
broken bones to broken hearts. Lanen
befriends a dragon Akor, and they fall in love. Mikel
(Lanen’s father) promised her to the Demons. Five
dragons, including Akor, fight Mikel for Lanen. Akor
dies from the Ring of the seven Circles of Hell. When
he burns, a man that Lanen had imagined was lying there in the midst of his bones. His name is Varien.
(LH) Great – would recommend this book to my friends.
CONTEMPORARY FICTION
(LC) Great – would recommend this book to my friends. This book obviously took a long time
planning and organizing to make it so great. The
ending was a surprise and sad. I enjoyed
reading it because I just got hooked. I would
definitely recommend this book to friends. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (AC) One of the best books I have ever read! Walk Two Moons
has to be one of my four favorite books. It
was so good I couldn’t stop. Sharon’s
description was outstanding. As I was
reading, I felt like I was there. I could
also feel how the characters felt. Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen and Bruce
Coville (JF) One of the best books I have ever read! Marina and Jed have to go up on Mount
Weeupcut because their families become Believers. That
is, they believe that the world will end in fire on July 27. The last-minute Christers keep trying to get
inside the barbed-wire fence. They end up
getting in on July 27 and set fire to the church. There
is a lot of fighting and Jed’s father shoots a woman attacking his son. Marina and Jed fall in love and Jed has to move to
Colorado with his mother because his father died in the fire. Marina and Jed email each other back and forth to
keep in touch. Adorable
Sunday by Marlene Fanta Shyer (CM) Great – would recommend this book to my friends. I loved the book. It shows the good and bad in being a TV star. Sunday [the main character] auditions for parts in
TV commercials. She is so busy with
auditions, callbacks, and filming that she hardly has time for school. She starts to fail classes that she is good at. Not knowing what is going to happen to her next is
what kept me from being able to put this book down. Bloomability
by Sharon Creech (TM) Great – would recommend this book to my friends. The book was about Dinnie, who was
going to a new school in Switzerland. Dinnie
was nervous at first because she was a long way away from her family. Even though her family moved a lot and didn’t
have a lot of money, she still missed them. In
the beginning, Dinnie was very shy and convinced she would not like the new school. She imagined a bubble around her that would
protect her from anything new. During the
school year, Dinnie made new friends. One
friend was Keisuke who was Japanese. He had a
difficult time speaking English, and often used words in an unusual way. Keisuke’s word for possible was
“bloomable.” This is the main theme
of the book. Dinnie was discovering her
bloomabilities (possibilities) as she was growing up.
I like this book because next year I will be going to a new school with girls I
don’t know yet. It will be scary at
first, but as I meet new friends, I hope to discover my “bloomabilities.” Someone Dies, Someone Lives by Lurlene McDaniel (LT) Great – would recommend this book to my friends. Katie is in need of a heart. When her beeper goes off on night, it is no
coincidence that the heart used to belong to a young man named Aran. His brother Josh searches for Katie, and when they
meet there is an instant connection. Josh
helps Katie to meet her dream.
(CC) Great – would recommend this book to my friends. I think it is exciting what
some people will do to find out about their family history.
In Backwater, Ivy Breedlove is trying to be a
historian, but her dad is a lawyer and enforces that.
She is determined to write about her family history. If you want to know more about the book you will
have to read it yourself. Radiance Descending by Paula Fox (CM) Good, but maybe not if your favorite TV is on. When he sees all the attention which
his parents and people in the neighborhood give to Jacob, eleven-year-old Paul struggles
with his feelings toward this younger brother who has Down syndrome. I thought Radiance Descending was a good book. I liked the way Paula Fox told the story. I thought she was very descriptive. My favorite part is when Paul goes exploring in
the forest.
(CM) One of the best books I have ever read. Born and raised in isolation in a
wealthy, eccentric family, Sandy is shocked when he, his parents, and their servants
become victims of a vicious plot by his greedy uncles to incapacitate them and take their
money. I thought that Love Among the
Walnuts was a great book. I recommend
it to all of you. I thought that it had a
great plot. I liked how all of the characters
worked together to do what they had to do. I
think all of you should read this book.
(CM) One of the best books I have ever read. Twelve-year-old best friends
Elizabeth and Tara-Starr continue their friendship through letter-writing after Tara-Starr's family moves
to another state. I thought that P.S. Longer
Letter Later was a very, very good book. I
liked how the whole book was told through letters. I
also liked how two best friends stayed in touch even though they lived very far apart.
(KK) Great – would recommend this book to my friends. Baby was
a very interesting book about a family who finds a baby in a basket on their doorstep with
a note from her mother saying she can’t take care of her at the moment, but that she
loved her and would come back for her one day. At
first the family didn’t want to take the child.
They wanted to notify the police, but after a little persuasion from the
mother in the family, they decided to keep her for a while.
It is a very good book about family ties and family love. HISTORICAL FICTION
(EP) Not rated. Jessie Keyser has lived in Clifton
Village in 1840 for as long as she can remember. But
people in her village are falling ill and dying from diphtheria. One night, Jessie learns truth from her mother. It is really 1996 and Clifton is a historically
accurate tourist attraction. It is up to
Jessie to brave a world she doesn’t know to find help for her village before it is
too late. A Time of Angels by Karen Hesse (KK) Great – would recommend this book to my friends. In review, A Time of Angels
was a very interesting book. It takes place
in 1918 during the war. An epidemic of
influenza has spread throughout Hannah Gold’s town. There
are very few boring parts in this book. Most
of the book always has some intriguing event happening in it. After Hannah and her two sisters get the flu, you
want to keep reading to see what happens to them. ROMANCE
Out of Time by Caroline B. Cooney (SH) Great – would recommend this book to one of my
friends. It’s a thrilling conclusion of “Both Sides of Time.” Annie has to go back through time to save the one
she loves. It is love and romance and danger
all in one.
(SH) One of the best books I have ever read! I loved this book. It kept me hanging over the edge of my seat. After I finished it, I started the conclusion, Out of Time,
right away. It was a romance, time travel or
science fiction, and murder mystery all in one.
(SH) Great – would recommend this book to my friends. Devonny Stratton goes through time to
be saved from a nightmare of a marriage by a knight in shining armor. She finds her true love. Elizabeth’s Secret Diary, (Sweet Valley High)
by Francine Pascal (EM) Great – would recommend this book to my friends. This book was great. It was about Elizabeth Wakefield’s secret
diary that only she knew about. She wrote
about her boyfriend who moved away and about how life was when he was gone. She also wrote about her crazy twin sister and her
brother’s depressed mood. SUSPENSE
(SH) One of the best books I have ever read! This book was great! I felt so bad
for Laura Williams. Who would be so mean and
cruel as to kill an 11-year-old boy for something so-o-o-o stupid?
(LT) Great – would recommend this book to my friends. This spine-tingling book is based on
the hit movie, The Sixth Sense, with a question and answer
section by the author. You can pick up
everything you might have missed and experience the suspense all over again! SCIENCE FICTION
This Place Has No Atmosphere by Paula Danziger (LT) One of the best books I have ever read! I thought This Place Has
No Atmosphere by Paula Danziger was a great book.
I loved the way she shared her thoughts about the future and life on the
moon. If you like love stories or stories
about the future, I think that you will like this book.
I recommend this book to all of you. BIOGRAPHY
Britney Spears’ Heart to Heart by Britney
and Lynn Spears (LT) One of the best books I have ever read! This book is about how the
famous Britney Spears became such a star – from the time she began her dancing until
her Star Search debut. The book describes how
her family suffered and how it was all worth it. The Review Crew is part of a project entitled "Talk It Up!" which is funded by a 2000 Youth Development Mini-grant from the United Way of Greater Rochester.
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