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Monster
Walter Dean Myers
Amistad, 2001
From a Teacher/ School Librarian's perspective...
+ The Most Realistic Story
+ Monster
+ Using Monster in the Classroom
+ Calling all Middle School Students
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The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
Back Bay Books, 2004
Wow, 'nuf said!
+ Sad but good!
+ Definitely different...
This book was truly interesting - I told several of my friends to read it so that we could discuss it!!
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
MTV, 1999
A Must-Read High School Coming of Age Story
+ Plot and themes are unrealistic and heavy-handed, but this remains an emotional and meaningful book. Recommeded
+ One of my favorite books to re-read
+ Awesome coming of age novel
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Bless Me, Ultima
Rudolfo Anaya
Grand Central Publishing, 1999
Bless You Anaya
+ A Delightful Tale of a Boy Growing Up on the Llano
+ The Ultimate Read
In this beautifully written coming of age tale, Anaya delivers part of the Mexican/American experience. The loss of innocence in the story refers to a religious quandry for Toni, a six year old boy. Should he adopt his mother's culture and become a priest or should he become like his father's ...
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Annie John: A Novel
Jamaica Kincaid
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997
A real study of life on a Caribbean Island -- A different review
+ ANOTHER COMING OF AGE STORY
+ Lovely writing but not Kincaid's best
+ A Fine Line Between Love and Hate
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Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1999
This has meaning. Pain.
+ Excellent read
+ Speak
My mom found this book on a plane. Someone left it there perhaps accidently as they were gathering up their suitcases, or as I prefer to believe, because they finished reading it and wanted others to read about it. That's why I love books so much they are meant to be read, shared, enjoyed. My mom ...
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The Bluest Eye (Vintage International)
Toni Morrison
Vintage, 2007
Bluest Eye
+ Realsim is profanity
+ Mature Book for Mature People
+ She uses the f word? Christ on a cracker!
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Keeper
Mal Peet
Candlewick, 2007
Teen ager loved it
+ Great book, but why does Peet use Spanish?
+ A Pretty Good Book
+ For Soccer Fanatics and Patient Readers
+ Gripping soccer themed novel
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King Dork
Frank Portman
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2008
Brilliantly subversive
+ Must Read!
+ Very well-written and extremely entertaining
+ A great book for someone starting high school
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The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
Bantam, 1966
A timeless classic worth reading
I write this review having to look back almost 20 years when I read this book as a child. At an age when I found it difficult to engross myself in fiction (I simply did not read a lot as a child), I traversed through this book with interest.
Unless you have issues with the course language, ...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Bantam, 1983
South Mill Young Readers Book Club Review (Jr. High Readers)
We are the members of the South Mill Young Readers Book Club located in Conyers, Georgia. We are in the thirteen year old age bracket and thought it would be challenging to attempt to read and understand this story. As a result of our reading, we rate the book as follows:
Creativity - B+
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Birdy
William Wharton
Vintage, 1992
Interesting book
+ Classic Tale of Friendship
+ Obessional & Feathered
+ A wonderful, unclassifiable novel
+ I loved this book... so unique
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Vintage, 2004
Inventive and Enjoyable
+ Fine novel told from a unique perspective
+ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
+ Bigger than just a story about autism
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Marjane Satrapi
Pantheon, 2004
Awesome Experience
+ Brave New Girl
+ Fresh perspective
+ A good read--a lot to think about
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The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
very good book
+ Amazing
+ Goes down easy, but it ain't exactly fluff
+ Bee's
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