books by Melvin Burgess     books:     Melvin Burgess      Smack Melvin Burgess HarperTeen, 1999 Awesome This is a great story that is realitic story about drugs, but not preachy. The characters are all very beleivable, and most teens will probably be able to see themselves or some friends in at least one characer. Having every chapter written by a different character ...             Bloodtide (Blood...) Melvin Burgess Simon Pulse, 2007 Courtesy of Teens Read Too The city of London is slowly crumbling, with two prominent sides tearing the city apart. There are the half-men who are too grotesque, too unworthy of living the normal life they once had, all because of the way they were transformed against their will. Then there are ...             Billy Elliot (Zona Libre) Melvin Burgess Grupo Editorial Norma, 2002 "It flows, like electricity...aye...that's it..electricity!" When Billy is explaining what it feels like to dance, he basically summarizes the whole of this screenplay: "...starts out sort of stiff..." but then, he adds, the dance (and story) unfolds and becomes "a fire....electricity." Since I decided that Billy Elliot ranked ...             Bloodtide Melvin Burgess Tor Books, 2002 Bloodtide review Bloodtide is a novel that will horrify ordinary readers, and make them feel quite disgust. However, the appalling plot of the novel is what made it so intriguing. The novel is unlike any other published works ever on Earth. I think the purpose of the novel is to ...             Junk Melvin Burgess A&C Black, 2000 The Truth of Weakness Winner of the Guardian Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal, the novel Junk by Melvin Burgess successfully allows readers to gain insights into what teenage drug life was like in Bristol during the mid 1980s. The characters in the novel go through many struggles and ...             Sara's Face Melvin Burgess Simon Pulse, 2008 Courtesy of Teens Read Too Jonathon Heat was a famous rock star who had his own compound, surgeons, and assistants. All of the things a rich and famous celebrity would have--and then some. In fact, due to so much cosmetic surgery and experimental procedures, somehow Jonathon's face was ...             "Billy Elliott" (Penguin Longman Penguin Readers) Melvin Burgess Penguin, 2008             Bloodsong Melvin Burgess Simon Pulse, 2007 PART II Fifteen-year-old Sigurd, son of King Sigmund, is the last surviving member of the Volson clan. His father's kingdom -- the former city of London -- is gone. And his father's knife, a gift from Odin himself, has been shattered to dust. Now, Odin's eye is upon him. Armed with a powerful sword forged from theremnants of his father's knife, ...             Bloodsong Melvin Burgess ANDERSEN (RAND), 2005             Doing It Melvin Burgess Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2006 Funny, well-written but a bit over the top This book provides from a first person point of view the sexual awakenings of three high school boys. Dino is the popular one, who lusts after the equally popular Jackie, who spurns him for her much older boyfriend. When she finally relents and starts snogging him, ...             Tiger, Tiger (Puffin Teenage Fiction) Melvin Burgess Puffin Books, 1998             The Copper Treasure Melvin Burgess HarperTrophy, 2002 A good book At first TenTons ,Davis,and Jami are on a big boat and find a chest full of copper so they try to move it to get some copper but as soon as they move it it falls off the edge of the boat. A few days latter they were playing in the water and they found it, but they ...             Loving April (Puffin Teenage Fiction) Melvin Burgess Puffin Books, 1996 Loving April I enjoyed this book, though i would NOT recommend it to children (under 12yrs)for various reasons. The book is about a girl called April who due to an accident in her child hood, caused her to become deaf. The people who live in Aprils village laugh at her because ...             The Cry of the Wolf (Puffin Teenage Fiction) Melvin Burgess Puffin Books, 1995             An Angel for May Melvin Burgess Puffin Books, 1994 Of Interest for Its Film Adaptation Definitely a children's book which is not necessarily a bad thing but will probably disappoint those who have seen the film version. The screenwriter added a lot of depth and sophistication that the book simply does not have. Books do not have to be quite this ...          products you might be interested in search for books bloodsong, bloodtide, fiction, longman, penguin, treasure      toavi.com    web we recommend Awesome randomly chosen book: Paul of Tarsus