Fiction
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Your Secret Admirer
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The main character in the book is Janice. She is very brave and courages. Her admirer keeps sending her these letters making everyone cautious. He likes her a lot but she doesn't. The mystery is who her secret admirer is.
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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The Last of the Really Great Wangdoodles
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The main character in this book is the Professor who is always looking up and is very scientific. He takes 3 children to Wangdoodle land and they try to reach the last remaining wangdoodle, but the prock is trying to get in the way.
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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1000 Years of Famous People
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This book is about famous people from the past and present. There are people who invented things, fought for their rights, and even some Hollywood people. There are people from Anne Frank to Julia Roberts.
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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After the Holocaust by Howard Greenfield
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The main characters are eight different children who survived the Holocaust. It talks about these eight children whose lives were changed by the Holocaust. Then it tells what it was like after the Holocaust was over.
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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Anne Frank: A Hidden Life by Miriam Pressler
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The book took place around the 1940's in the "secret annex" which is in Amsterdam. The main character was Anne Frank. She was a serious dutiful and withdrawn girl yet also very flirtatious, rebellious and passionate. This book tells you more about her background and life. It also maybe more facts about her that you might not have known.
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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Crime Lab Case by Carolyn Keene
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The main character of this book is Nancy Drew. She is a detective for solving mysteries. When Nancy helps out at a chemistry" camp it turns deadly.
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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False Moves by Carolyn Keene
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The main character is Nancy Drew. She is a famous detective for solving crimes. When Nancy gets jealous of her ex-boyfriend's girlfriend she has to let go of her boyfriend and get to work on a case.
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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Follow the Blue by Brigid Lowry
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This book takes place about 2001. The main character, Bec is sweet and has very nice manners, until her parents go away. When Bec's parents go away and left her with a house keeper! Bec does things she normally wouldn't do.
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
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This book takes place in England. Harry Potter is the main character. He is brave and has magical powers. The book talks about how Voldemort comes back to power and Harry is entered into a competition.
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
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This book takes place around 2003 in London. The main character is Harry Potter. He is brave and a good friend, but has a temper. In this book Voldemort comes back and tries to ruin Harry's life. Harry also get expelled from school.
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
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The book took place in England. Harry Potter is the main character. He is extremely brave and has magical powers. Where Sirius Black escapes Azkaban and is looking for Harry. While Harry is trying to fight off dementors.
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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Living on Nothing Atoll by Theresa Kelly
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This book takes place in Janette's house, at the end of a school year. The main character's name is Cass Devane. She is an only child with a single mother. She has tons of attitude! The plot is Cass trying to accept her new step-sister, Tabitha and her new step-dad Steve. She could of probably easily adjusted to this new life if there wasn't the fact she also has to move to Hawaii. Can god pull her through this one?
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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Land of the Flies by William Golding
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This book takes place on a deserted island. The main character, Ralph is tall, tan, and has gold hair. He is a good leader and is obsessive over a warning fire. The boys are stranded. They pick Ralph as leader. Two people get killed. Then they are rescued by a naval commander.
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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Courting Disaster (Nancy Drew) by Carolyn Keene
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The story takes place on McClausm Island in South Carolina. When Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys team up for a super mystery there is a lot of action.
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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Deadly Doubles (Nancy Drew) by Carolyn Keene
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This book takes place in London College. Nancy Drew is a detective who is very famous for her work. She is very brave and will not give up on a case. In this book when a famous tennis player is killed and now are after Nancy she has to find out who killed the tennis players coach/boyfriend
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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Hit and Run Holiday (Nancy Drew) by Carolyn Keene
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This story takes place in Ft. Lauderdale on Spring Break. Nancy drew is a detective who is well known for doing lots of criminal cases. When a hit and run "accident" occurs it could cost someone's life.
Reviewed by local teen, Summer 2005
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Superman by Scott Beatty
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This book is about Clark Kent's life as Superman. It begins with his childhood in the home of the Kent family. Clark starts to learn about his super powers. He starts using his super powers to "save the day" from bad guys. Superman finds out that he has many foes. He battles these enemies and has some near death experiences. He works with a group known as the JLA, a group of superheroes that save the world. now lives in Metropolis with his wife Lois Lane.
Reviewed by local teen, 7-2003
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Wild At Heart: Trickster by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Trickster is about a horse named Trickster. Trickster gets a sickness caused by blister beetles. The blister beetles have a poison which gives you blisters. Blister beetles got their poison in Trickster's hay and he got blisters on his lips and inside of him. The only question is will Trickster live or die?
Reviewed by local teen, 8-2002
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A Place Called Ugly by Avi
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When Owen is told the summer house his family has been coming to for the past ten years is going to be knocked down so they can build a hotel, he is determined not to let it happen.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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Freddy Goes to the North Pole by Walter R. Brooks
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Freddy the pig lives on a farm with other farm animals. When Freddy decides to go to the North Pole he is in for a big adventure! Freddy and his friends get captured by a group of pirates who are also headed to the North Pole. Then the farm animals back home hear what happened they send out a rescue party to save their friends.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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Freddy Goes to Florida by Walter R. Brooks
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This is a good book about Freddy the Pig. Freddy goes on all kinds of adventures with his friends. He lives on a farm with Mr. and Mrs. Bean. Freddy and some of his friends head to Florida for the winter, they meet some new friends and have a very good time.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
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This is the first book in this series. It is about a has been in a big town of San Francisco who just found out she was a princess. She has to work hard to turn her slouch and blunt mannered self into a real princess.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot
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This book is about a sixteen year old girl who is a princess. She lived in San Francisco. She just found out that her mom was pregnant and she receives mysterious letters from a secret admirer.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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Disney Girls, Book 1/ One of Us by Gabrielle Charabon
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The story starts out with Best Best Friends Paula and Ariel, Yokiou and Ella, Jasmine and....... Jasmine is the only Disney Girl without a Best Best Friend. Until she meets Isabelle! All the other are not sure, but Isabelle is a true Disney Girl.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 6-2002
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Disney Girls, Book 2/ Mark of the Beast by Gabrielle Charabon
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Every Disney Girl has had a sleepover at their house except Isabelle. When she does, her next door neighbor Kenny spies and tapes a video of them. She has to get it back!
Reviewed by local teen, entered 6-2002
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Disney Girls, Book 3/ Sleepy Make Seven by Gabrielle Charabon
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Yokiou really wants her mom to have a girl when she has the baby, but they think it will be a boy. She also has to decide if she wants to go trick or treating with her friends or not! Then her mom has to hurry to the hospital to have the baby! It's a girl! She also goes trick or treating!
Reviewed by local teen, entered 6-2002
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Maggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary
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Maggie Schults is entering third grade and there is some hard stuff coming up. One of them is cursive, but Maggie refuses to do it. She doesn't see why she has to do it. She thinks that you can always type on the computer. After her refusal to not to have anything to do with cursive, her teacher comes up with an idea to make Maggie learn cursive, and it has to work.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 8-2002
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Ramona The Brave by Beverly Cleary
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Ramona is now entering first grade, boy does she have a story to tell. Some workmen chopped a hole in her house! That was not all, she was going to have her very own room for six months after the new bedroom was built, and she gets it for six months! But, when Ramona tells the class about the hole in her house they laugh. Even her teacher did not understand. Her teacher was the worst of them all. Ramona just had to make her teacher understand her.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 8-2002
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Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary
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Ramona the Brave is about a little girl going into 1st grade. Nobody understands her. Her teacher, her parents, even her big sister. She feels like a lonely first grader who (she thinks) is hated. Then she realizes that everybody does like her. It's just that she has a wild imagination and sometimes it can get annoying. Then one day she fights off a big dog and asks a question in from of Beezus's (her big sister) whole class and discovers she is Ramona the Brave.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 8-2002
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Ramona The Pest by Beverly Cleary
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Ramona Quimby is just starting school, and no longer a baby. Kindergarten is where the big kids go, she thinks, but it is not as simple as she thinks. Trying to make her teacher like her best is not easy, but lots of things happen too. Old enough to get a two wheeler bike (or take off one of the wheels on your tricycle, losing your first tooth, and getting nice new red boots.) Trying to kiss Davy, what else could happen.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 8-2002
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Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper
A boy and his friends form a basketball team. They get drunk. The boy's best friend was killed.
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Reviewed by Cara Beth, entered 6-2002
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Hank the Cowdog: Lost in the Blinded Blizzard by John R. Erickson
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This book is about a dog named Hank. Hank has to deliver medicine to a sick baby, the only problem is that he has to go through a blizzard. On the way he meets Rip and Snort, two coyote brothers. Without the help of Madame Moonshine (an owl) he would have never made it to the house. This book is a very funny book. If you like comedy then you should read: Hank the Cowdog: Lost in the Blinded Blizzard.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 8-2002
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The Warm Place by Nancy Farmer
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Full of humor and plot, this book wasn't long enough! A giraffe, two rats, a chameleon, and a boy go off in search of their instinctive home. They fight demons, talk about history based on an animal's point of view, and become best friends. It sounds Juvenile, I know, but it was a good book!
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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Son of a Wanted Man by Louis L'Amour
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Mike Bastian was adopted by Ben Curry, the leader of a huge band of outlaws. Mike knew what his dad expected him to do, take control of the outlaws when he became too old to, but he's not sure if he wants to. He learns that Ben has a mother and daughter, but that they don't know he's an outlaw. Finally, the outlaws break up and Mike doesn't have to become the leader.
Reviewed by a local teen, entered 6-2002
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Mojave Crossing by Louis L'Amour
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Jell Sackett is taking thirty pounds of gold to trade and buy with. Most of it is his, but some belongs to some friends of his. He has no worries until he meets a black-eyed woman who asks him for a ride. He agrees to take her with him to Los Angeles. After being chased through the desert and having his outfit stolen he learns she was in a deal with the enemy.
Reviewed by a local teen, entered 6-2002
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Shalako by Louis L'Amour
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Shalako is traveling in the desert one day when he hears shots in the distance. He advances carefully and finds the dead body of a man. He follows his track and finds where the dead man lost the track he was following. Shalako follows that trail and finds the lady that made it. He takes her back to her camp then leaves. When the camp is attacked Shalako draws the attackers away with smoke signals. He protects them from any other attacks and finally he and the lady he found at the beginning go away to start their own ranch.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 6-2002
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Trouble Shooter by Louis L'Amour
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Hopalong Cassidy receives a letter calling for help. When he arrives it is to find Pete Melford killed and the ranch he left to his niece gone without a trace. Justin Treadway, the "owner" of the land where the ranch was supposed to be turns out to be the outlaw named Fan Harlan. Finally, Pete's niece gets her ranch and Fan Harlan is killed.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 6-2002
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Silver Canyon by Louis L'Amour
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Matt Brennan arrived in town to find there was a fight over some land. Rud Maclaren and Jim Pinder both are fighting over land owned by a man named Ball. Both Rud and Jim offer to hire him but he refuses. Instead, he joins up with Ball. Not long after Ball is killed, but before he died he left his range to Matt. Finally, Matt and the others agree on peace and Scott marries the daughter of Rud Maclaren.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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Flint by Louis L'Amour
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James J. Kettleman is told by a doctor that he has cancer and he has less than a year to live. He remembers a hideout he was told about and decides to go there to die. When he gets there he is told by another doctor he doesn't have cancer and is not going to die. He helps a girl by saving her from a cheating businessman who he later beats in a fist fight.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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North to the Rails by Louis L'Amour
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Tom Chanty's father was killed when he was only a kid. He grew up in the east because when his father was killed his mother moved wanting no more of it. When Tom grew up he came to the west to buy cattle. He makes a deal with a man named French Williams. The deal is, if Tom makes it to the railhead with him Tom pays him one third of the sale prices, if he doesn't French gets it all. French tries to make it hard for Tom, but in the end Tom is right there with him.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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The Strong Shall Live by Louis L'Amour
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This book is made up of lots of little stories about men and women who fought for their lives. These people fought against evil villagers who cheated, robbed, and murdered as if they had a right to. But, of course, the good, hardworking people always won.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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The Princess Test by Gail Carson Levine
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The Princess Test is about a young girl who has to have everything perfect from satin sheets to velvet pillows. She already has the girl heart and she stumbles upon a castle and has to prove she is princess material.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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Magic School Bus! The Search for the Missing Bones by Eva Moore
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This book is about a Halloween Party in Miss Frizzle's class. In this book Ms. Frizzle and her class have to go though a building full of pretend bones to find all of the bones they will need to finish their costumes for a skeleton. During the search they see a skeleton that can disappear and appear somewhere else. The skeleton follows them everywhere. Could it be the ghost of John? Ms. Frizzle and her class learn about their bones and discover who this "ghostly" person just might be.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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Magic School Bus: The Truth About Bats by Eva Moore
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This book is about a very cool teacher and her Magic School Bus. In this book Miss Frizzle takes her class to Yosemite National Park to see some bats. The bat that they are looking for is the spotted bat. This book can help you if you are doing a report on bats because it explains a lot about them and has some diagrams.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 8-2002
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SCOUT by Julie Nye
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Jeff finds a dog he wants to help because it is hurt. He helps and loves the dog! But, soon he finds it's name is Scout! In the end Lieutenant Grady comes and wants to take the dog back to camp! But, Jeff likes Scout too much! It turns out Scout is given a choice between Lieutenant Grady or Jeff. Scout picks Jeff!!
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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Spunky's Diary by Janette Oke
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Spunky was up to her name. But when it was time for them to go Spunky wasn't sure. In the end Spunky loves her new owners!
Reviewed by local teen, entered 6-2002
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Maury had a Little Lamb by Janette Oke
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Shandy was a lamb of thee to his mother Ewe, he was last so he got rejected! Maury takes care of him, but when he goes with the other sheep they think he is a stranger! He ends up with trust in the end!
Reviewed by local teen, entered 6-2002
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Never Been Kissed by Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen
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Mary Kate is really nervous about her first date with Jake, a "super jock." As she feels more comfortable around him she spends more time with him. She starts to leave Ashley out. Ashley ends up planning most of their sweet sixteen. Great Book!!
Reviewed by local teen, entered 6-2002
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Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
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I liked this book. It was a good book. It tells how to stay safe on a bike. How you feel different about somebody after they die.
Reviewed by a local teen, entered 6-2002
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Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar
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Wayside School is back and opened, although cow moos are still heard throughout the school sometimes. Now Mrs. Jewels is pregnant and is a little stranger than usual. When Mrs. Jewels goes away they get a new substitute, Mr. Gorm, their former evil teacher's son who has three nostrils. One by one the students lose their voices....
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
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This book is great! The author makes this book what it is. It is about three orphans who have to go live with an evil man who wants their fortune and will do anything to get it, including marrying the fourteen year old. But they trick him and win. But if you do not like sad books or ones that end on a sad note do not read this. This book was great!!!
Reviewed by Cara Beth Quisenberry, entered 6-2002
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The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket
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Violet, Klaus, and Sunny go to live with an Aunt. Upon reaching the house they find she is scared of almost everything. From the stove to the phone, from the car to the heater. She won't use the stove for fear it will blow up, so they always have cold food. The evil Count Olaf kills their Aunt, and almost gets the children's fortune. When his plan fails, he runs away.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 6-2002
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Shiva's Fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples
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Shiva's Fire is about a girl named Paravati who was born knowing how to dance. Then one day the headmaster of the Indian dances called the Guru, finds Paravati and takes her to the Guru Kulam to become a professional. She becomes so good in her dancing that she is to dance for the Sultan. Paravati meets the Sultan's son and falls in love with him, but in order for her to marry him she would have to quit the Guru Kulam. She finds that she is devoted to Shiva and wouldn't give up her dancing.
Reviewed by Audra, entered 7-2002
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Y 2 K-9 by Todd Strasser
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Y 2 K-9 is about a family dog. The family dog and his friends save the world from Y 2 K. I think that younger children who love dogs would enjoy this book because it is more fairy tale than truth.
Reviewed by Cara Beth Quisenberry, entered 7-2002
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Some Kind of Pride by Maria Testa
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I enjoyed this book very much. Some Kind of Pride is about a girl that is perfect in baseball. A reporter comes to her city to learn more about her. She believes that all her talent is wasted because she is a girl. She feels this way because she hears her dad talk to people during the games. Sometimes she believes she never wants to play baseball again, but she knows it is a big part of her life. This book is wonderful!
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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Some Summer by Jean Vandevenne
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Charlie and his friends have found a great place to build a clubhouse and have supplies... but Aunt Essie changes that with a garden! The boys still build a clubhouse but run out of supplies. But, Aunt Essie made pickles and the boys sell them as "pickle pops." They really love their Aunt Essie!
Reviewed by local teen, entered 7-2002
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Mary Kate and Ashley Sleepover Secret by Jean Waricha
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This book is about two girls named Mary-Kate and Ashley. Ashley wants to have a sleepover party, and she also wants to invite the most popular girl in school. When the time comes for the sleepover Ashley gets nervous and wants everything perfect. Then when everyone gets there they play a game of Truth or Dare, and Mary-Kate ends up ruining Ashley's sleepover party by telling everybody a secret that she had never told anyone, not even Ashley.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 6-2002
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The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
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Louis is a trumpeter swan. He is just like his brothers and sisters except he can't make a sound. This proves to be a difficulty as he gets older. His father flies to a city and steals Louis a trumpet. Louis learns to play the trumpet and soon he goes looking for a job to pay off his father's debt. Finally he gets enough money and his dad takes it to the music store owner.
Reviewed by local teen, entered 6-2002
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Katie's Problem by ?
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This girl named Katie had an appendix rupture. Her friends helped her get through it. So, she was o.k.
Reviewed by Cara Beth, entered 6-2002
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The Other Kitten
Could you imagine fighting over kittens? Well, that's what Mark and his sister do over two adorable kittens!! Find out what happens in The Other Kitten!
Reviewed by local teen, entered 8-2002
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