Margaux with an X really shows how people’s lives can change just by a couple people, it shows how Margaux gets through her struggles and finally makes a change. I recommend this book to people who enjoy real life stories and I would rate this book a 7 because most was swift but some of the writing was just too confusing.

I did my book review on forged by fire. When gerald was little like 2, or 3 years of age, his mom left to get some drugs gerald played with her lighter. While he was playing with the lighter he burnt himself. He droped the lighter and the curtins caught on fire. He was all a lone he was laying behined the couch with his gi joe crying and scared. So when a random boy called the police he whent inside the house and rescued Gerald. He was at the hospital and his aunt Quuen came and took him home while his mom whent to jail. And about 7 years later living with aunt Queen. On his birthday his aunt came in his room and said " your mom is coming tomorrow." As he layed there he started sweting and panting. Well tomorrow rolled around and he was asleep, it was Garald birthday his aunt came in his room and said" she's here" "i dont want to see her" Gerald. Well he finally came out and saw a man with cowboy boots and a little girl. When they sat down and started eating pancakes His mom just blurted out "me and jordan(man with cowboy boots)want you to live with us. "what!" gerald said. He started crying and panting he sprinted out the door and rode off onto his bike. 5 hours later he cme back. And thats when his world went dead. His aunt dies, Gerald suddenly is thrust into a new home filled with anger and abuse. A brutal stepfather with a flaming temper and a evil secret makes gerald miserable, and his only light in his grim life is his sister Angel. Angel grows close as he strives to protect her from jordan, his abusive stepfather, and from their substance-addicted mother. But Gerald learns painfully, that his past can not be extinguished, and that he must be strong enough to face jordan face to face in a final confrontaion, once and for all.........

Rview by Zach glines

The Glass Castle is a memoir written by Jeanette Walls and is a testament to the human spirit and overcoming desperate odds. Jeanette takes the reader on an odyssey that chronicles her life growing up in a family that was anything but normal. Her dad, Rex, was a genius, who thought no one was to be trusted, had a difficult holding on to a job, and was tormented by alcohol abuse. Jeanette’s mom, Rose Mary, was a dreamer who always thought everything was an adventure. She had aspirations of being a painter and writer. These pursuits often times, warped her sense of reality. Jeanette and her siblings lived a nomadic life for the first 10 years of her life—moving town to town in the states of California and Arizona. Jeanette’s family lived in abandoned buildings, living on scraps and the charity of others. Jeanette and her brother and sister often times didn’t go to school. Rex and Rose homed schooled their kids using the outdoors as the classroom.

With no money and limited options, the family moved to the small town of Welch West Virginia, where Rex grew up. The family bought a shell of a house on the edge of a cliff on Hobart Street. The house had three rooms, each 10 by 10 with no running water, or pluming. The house had electricity only when Rex had a job to pay for it, which wasn’t often.

One account Jeanette recalls is coming home one day to find a river rat rolling in the sugar bowl. Jeanette tells her mom of the furry rodent intrusion into their home only to be told that rats need to eat too. Later that night, Jeanette’s little sister, Maureen, complained she couldn’t sleep because she thought something was watching her. When Jeanette turned the light on, there was the river rat, on the bed staring at them. Brian, Jeanette’s younger brother, cornered the rat and killed it with a baseball bat. It was incidents like this and Jeanette’s dad’s continued spiral into the dark, hopeless world of alcoholism that convinced her that she had to escape the grip of poverty and hopelessness her family was ensconced in. Jeanette begins working, saving and planning with her older sister, Lori to move to New York.

The Glass Castle is an inspiration memoir and I recommend it. It will definitely make you marvel at the will Jeanette had to forge a new life for herself. I rate The Glass Castle an 8.

                                                                        ---Mr. Loosveldt

The Book Thief

by

Markus Zusak

     The Book Thief is narrated by Death and is about a German girl during World War II. The girl, Lisel, is sent to live with the Hubermans, her to-be foster parents because her father, who she has never meant, was a communist. On the trip to her new home Lisel's younger brother dies. At his funeral Lisel steals a book dropped by a grave digger, the first book she ever stole. When Lisel arrives on Himmel Street, meaning 'Heaven', she meets her foster father and mother. Her foster-mother is a hard-nosed women named Rosa. Lisel's foster-father, however, is a friendly man named Hans. When Lisel is continually woken up by bad dreams, Hans uses the time to teach her to read, through the book she had stolen at her brother's funeral, titled The Grave Digger's Handbook. 

     Lisel comes to meet all the inhabitants of Himmel Street including Rudy Steiner, a boy who idolizes Jesse Owens. Rudy becomes Lisel's best friend and her guide. Lisel also meets the mayor's wife who sits in her library mourning over her dead son. The mayor's wife allows Lisel to enter her library and read her books, Lisel's new favorite pastime.

     Soon, a Jew comes to live with Lisel's family. The Jew, named Max, is the son of Hans' old friend and has come to ask the Hubermans for protection against the Nazis. By now, Lisel loves books and has begun stealing books whenever something catastrophic happens to her. As WWII progresses Lisel's life becomes harder as more and more bomb raids come to her little town. When the inhabitants on Himmel Street begin to gather in a basement during the bomb raids, Lisel reads to her neighbors to past the time.

     The Book Thief is a fascinating novel about WWII but also about Death. In this book Death is a person who walks the world carrying people's souls after they have died. Death meets Lisel when her brother dies and is intrigued by the determined girl. Death gives his insights about life and death throughout the book, making it an interesting read.

Publisher: Knopf Books

Book Reveiw by Elizabeth Hooper

Touching Spirit Bear

By Ben Mikealsen

Touching Spirit Bear is about Cole Matthews who is a big Bully.  He was sent to a deserted Island as an alternative punishment so Cole didn't have to go to jail for beating up Peter Driscal.  On this island he is visted by Edwin and Garvey, his counselers,  with supplies like food and stuff.  Once deserted on this island Coles anger takes a rollercoaster ride.  Cole tries to escape thru freezing winter alaskan water.  He nearly droundes but reluctantly brings himself back to the surface of the Island.  Back on the Island Cole gets angry at a Spirit Bear because it won't fear Cole so Cole try's to kill the bear and ends up getting mauled. 

Edwin and Garvey come back to the Island and save him from a certain death.  Cole was in the Hospital for six months.  Cole goes back to the island to serve the rest of his punishment.  there Cole finds himself and changes his anger due to many different activities Edwin and Garvey have him do. 

I liked this book because it had alot of dialogue and just the way the author wrote it that it made me really feel what Cole was feeling. 

Review wrote by Keaton Hale

Dreamland

By Sarah Dessen

     Dreamland is about a girl, Catilyn, whoes older sister runs away on Catilyn's 16th birthday.  Catilyn's older sister, Cass, was always good at sports and her schoolwork, she always made varsity teams, got 1st place, and made all A's.  When Catilyn finds her sister gone, she tries to fill her spot.  After Catilyn realized she couldn't, she wanted to be completely different then her sister.  Catilyn turned down Mike, one of the football players, and left the party she was at with a boy named Rogerson.  Rogerson seemed really nice at first but, Catilyn started learning stuff about him that she wasn't even sure she wanted to know. She started doing drugs because with Rogerson, Catilyn could be whoever she wanted to be.  After months of drugs and getting beaten by Rogerson, it finally stopped.  Only, it didn't stop because Catilyn said anything.

      I thought this book was good. I think it will help girls know that this is one way your boyfriend shouldn't treat you. Also, I thought Dreamland taught that you can trust people around you to help you when you need it.

Publisher: Penguin Putnam Books

Book review by Ashlee Hagadorn

     No Right Turn

By Terry Trueman  

This Book is about a 13 year old boy who lives with both of his parents in Spokane, Washington. Jordan(the 13 year old boy) comes home from school and his dad starts to say bull**** my life is bull****. Jordan did not understand so he goes upstairs to his room. He later hears a gun shot and goes running down to his dads office and sees that his dad has shot himself in the temple. He tries to save him and alot of emotions happen and his dad is dead. About 3 years have passed and he is known as the ZOMBIE at school. He later meets his mothers new boyfriend whos name is Don who owns a 'Vette. A nice 'Vette. His mom goes on a date with Don and later on Don and him start to work on the 'Vette to improve it. Don takes Jordan on a ride in the 'Vette and goes about 110 mph. After the joy ride with Don, Jordan is thinking about taking it on a joy ride by himself because Don always leaves his keys in the car in the garage for an emergency. So Jordan tells his friend Wally about it. On wednseday night Jordan goes ahead and takes it for a joy ride with out Don knowing. He does it for a while and later meets Becka Thorson, the hottest girl in his school, because her car did not have gas. She starts to like him. Jordan starts to lie that the 'Vette is his. He goes on many dates with her. They soon get into a fight becaus she wanted to talk about his dad so he gets mad. She doesnt talk to him for a long time. He later is challenged to a race after school against a "goat" GTO. A classic one. They race and Jordan wins because of the NOS Don had installed. HE gets back with Becka and he still takes the 'Vette. Soon He out runs a cop because it was after him after he was speeding so he out runs it with his NOS and Becka gets scared and gets mad at him again. So much stuff happen to him after he out runs the cop but you need to read the book to know what happens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHA! BUt anyways I recommend NO RIGHT TURN because it has alot of emotion and action. I didn't want to stop reading it on the way home from Oregon last night but the book ended with me wanting to know more and more!

Book Review by Tyler Garcia

I agree with Tyler's review of No Right Turn, by Terry Trueman, who also wrote Stuck in Neutral. It's a compelling, fast read that shows the resiliency of the human spirt. If you're looking for a fast pace book with an interesting plot line, read No Right Turn. I give No Right Turn an enthusiastic two thumbs up!

Carpia Diem,

Mr. Loosveldt

A Child Called It

BY: David Pelzer

This book is about a little boy named David. His mom always beats him for no good reason. Davis is a child looking for someone who loves him and cares about him. His dad never does anything to save him from his mother. David never gets to eat and if he does its what his brothers didn't finish at breakfast. David found ways of getting food from stealing from other kids to going to stores and shoplifting. Teachers find out that David is stealing from other kids and they make sure that he dosent anymore. Later on David is transfered to another school since that school informed his mohter that he was stealing from other kids. At his new school the nurse notices that somehting is wrong with David. She soon starts to nothice different bumbs and bruses on David. So every day she checks him for new marks and marks them down on her paper. One day David comes to school and there is a police man there to talk to him. I reccomed A Child Called "It" because it has alot of emotion. It may be very sad but it is a good book I did not want to stop reading it. This is a book you can not put down!

Book review by: Ashley Aker

Swear to Howdy, by Wendelin Van Draanen is a comedy that has a tragic ending. This book is about a boy named Russel Cooper that moved to Lost River two years after his best friend Joey. Joey nicknamed Russel to Rusty Boy, or Rusty for short. Joey took him down to his secret little hide out. A river with a little rope swing that led straight into a "pool". The boys go on lots of adventures, and they like playing tricks on their sisters. Rusty had a sister named Jenna Mae, and Joey had a sister name Amanda Jane. One day at the river Joey and Rusty found a frog in the river and without Rusty knowing, Joey decided to play a trick on his sister. His sister was so mad after that. Joey's dad was a drunk and bossed Joey around the most. One day he let Joey go kill the ground squirrels with his .22 shot gun, but after shooting a few something that seemed like fun to him, turned out all wrong.(read more to find out). The boys end up going out to pull a prank on no person in particular, but it turns out to be a horrible mistake. Joey and Rusty made a pact not to ever tell anyone what they had done, but when Rusty went to check on Joey in the middle of the night, that pact took a huge turn. From not saying anything, to dragging Joey out of his own house, and taking Joey to his. This is a book is full of so many different genres. It is so adventerous, and the suspense makes you want to keep reading.

book review done by: Raney Maurer.

 BOOK REVIEW: BY PAYTON AIR head

"Zees Way" by: Kristen Butcher COPYRIGHT: by:K.Butcher

Genre: FICTION

AUDIENCE:YOUNG ADULT

THEME: Sometimes our gifts dont always show in a good way, we need to discover them.

The main characters are Zee, Horace, Jackman, Danny, Benny, Zees Dad, and Feniuk.

The plot of "Zees Way" is: Zee is hangong out with "the Cool Guys". He wants to prove that he is cool so he buys some spray paint. The next week he graffitis all over Feniuks Hardware store wall. He didnt get caought. The day after he painted the wall he did it again but this time he got caught. feniuk told him that he was going to tell his father. Zee wasnt to afraid because he thought that Feniuk didnt know anything about him. Then Feniuk started yelling out his phone numbers, his address, school, and neighbor he could tell. As soon as Feniuk started yelling those numbers Zee started to freak out. Zee didnt know what to do. The next day Feniuk tells Zee that he can add to the graffiti and that can be his punishment. The graffiti wall starts to turn more into a mural. As the days pass by Zees dad starts wondering what is going on because Feniuk tells Zee that he has to be at the Hardware store at 8:00 A.M Every morning till it is done. Zees dad is very curious of why Zee is waking up so early all of a sudden. Zee gets more into his artwork(note: I DIDNT SAY GRAFFITI).

Make a prediction do you think that Zee is going to finish the mural and just start graffiti again or is he going to take his talent somewhere else and maybe even get a job for painting a mural and get paid? TO find out you mine as well read the book!ITS WORTH IT....

You should read this book because: It is full of suspence and if you like books with mischevious teens then you will definetly like this book!!!

I RATE THIS BOOK: A TOTALLY AWESOME BOOK!

Night  Night is a story about a boy named Elie Wiesel. Him and his family were jews and were taken to a concentration camp in 1944. Elie was the only survivor in his family. The last time he saw his mother was when the Nazis seperated the men from the women. ELie faces many dangers and hardships as all of his friends and fellow inmates strive to survive in a world where they are wanted dead.

This is a really great book and I recomend that you read it.

Stuck in Neutral

Stuck in Neutral by Terry Truman is a realistic fiction about a boy named Shawn McDaniel, who thinks his father is going to kill him. Shawn believes his father is going to kill him because his dad moved out because of Shawn's sezuiers and didn't want to see him in pain, also because his  father, Sydney E. McDaniel, is becoming intrested in Earl Detrauxs. Earl is the father who killed his 2 year old son  to "end his son's pain". Shawn is a boy who has a disablity, he can't controll his own body, he can't speak. So everyone around him thinks he knows nothing, but little did they know Shawn remembers everything he hears. He remembers everything as a child. Shawn wants his father to no he is not in pain but there is no way to tell him. When Shawn has seizures he goes off into another world that he loves, and doesn't want to go back to reality. On the Alice and Ponds Show, Shawn's family becomes a little worried about their father.  Paul and Cindy, Shawn's brother and sister, say that their father would have to go through them. Shawn's mother, brother and sister all go to Spokane from Seattle to a Basketball game. Shawn stays home with a babysitter and late at night Sydney shows up and tells the babysitter she can go home. Shawn is scared because his father has never wanted to stay with him. Shawn knows what is going to happen.

Book review by: Heather Johnson

Small Steps

Small Steps is a fictonal story about a reformed prisoner named Thedore but most of the people from his past have known him as "Armpit." Well to help reform his life he ha mad five Goals Graduate High School, Get a Job, Save all his Money, Avoid Violent Situations, and Loose The name Armpit. Time passes by and Armpit is living by thouse goals that he has made, he has almost has $1,000 dollars in the bank when one of the people he knew at camp greenlake comes to call. He had a ticket Scalping sceme that was perfect a "sure fire plan." There is a pop star comming to town for a concert. But the plan will cost big. $750 of Armpits hard earned money almost all of it. Well so he brings the money because his friend said he'll double it with 3 tickets sold, but Armpit regrets it the minute he gives his friend X-Ray the Money. So they buy the tickets and Armipt has to pay another $30.00 to put an ad in the paper to try to sell the tickets. Well a week goes by no tickets sold and about another half a week none sold, finaly he starts selling them and he has finally made his money back. There are 2 Tickets left he flips and flops at the idea to sell them, not sell them, sell them, finally he says not to sell them he is going to take his speical friend his next door neighbor a Ten year old named Ginny she has Cerebral Palsey but she is so strong about it that armpit has found out who he really is by being friends with her well they Go to the concert. They find there seats but they are stopped by the gaurd who says there tickets are counterfit Ginny then has a Sezure and the gaurds think that he pumped on drugs but he didn't the have him pinned to the ground then the Mayor shows up she had met him earlier in the story and she belives him. then because of this they Meet the Star Karia Delone and this is were the Climax Begins.      

Speak

By Laurie Halse Anderson

       Speak, is about Melinda Sorino who is a freshman at Merryweather High. Melinda is struggling her first year of highschool with no friends, bad grades, and annoying parents that don't understand her. She cuts class and gets sent to MISS... Merryweather In-School Suspention. She fails all her classes, except one. Art. Her yearly project is to design a tree, in anyway. But for Melinda, something so simple can turn into another thing so complex. She has so many things running through her mind, about one night during the summer after 8th grade. At the end of the year party something happens to where Melinda ends up calling the police. Now, being an outcast at highschool, her old friends don't talk to her. Melinda's only friend, Heather, leaves her for a popular group. She hides in closets, escaping everything but her own thoughts. Soon, the same thing that happened to her, is about to happen to her old best friend. Can Melinda save Rachelle before things get worse? And can Melinda gain enough courage to stop it from happening to herself again? Speak is a wonderful Realistic fiction and relashionship book about gaining control over your own life and selfesteem. This book also shows how much courage, or just one person, can really make a difference. I sugest this book because personally, i couldnt put it down. But mostly because this could really happen to anyone, and it is about the difficulties of growing up, making decisions, and living through highschool. There is too much suspense and real-life-could-happen experiences to put it down.

       Publisher: Scholastic/ Penguin Putnam Books

       Pages: 198

       Audience: Teenagers

By Rachel Loomis

      Dear John is a a romantic novel about a man and a women who fall in love. The book begins when the main character, John Tyree is just a teenager. It was just him and his dad, his mom had left since before he could talk and didn't know anything about her. His dad didn't talk much, and when he did it was only when him and john were collecting coins. That was his one and only interest in life. Since John's dad never really disaplined him or yelled at him, john was always getting in trouble and didn't care. He was an okay kid but one time he just lost his temper and told his dad what he really felt about collecting coins, he didn't like it. Collecting coins was the only thing the two talked about and shared. Once that was over, they never really talked. So, John decided to join the army right after highschool, he needed to get out of that town and away from everything. The army really changed John, he was such a better man afterwards and on his first leave home, he came home and talked to his dad and apologized for the way he was earlier on. His dad forgave him but they still never talked after their coin collecting days together were over. His dad was a very organized, routine, non-social man and just minded his own business all the time. So John spent most of his time on his break working out or surfing. Until he met Savannah that is. She had dropped her bag in the ocean and needed it terribly. None of her friends she was with were any help, and just as she was about to dive in and get it John came to the rescue. When he returned the bag to her he realized she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen and something about her was different from all the other girls he knew. They hit it off right away and ended up falling in love. There is just one problem; John only has one week left until he has to go back to his army life. Can their relationship last?

      Well, through the letters and phone calls their love stays strong untill John comes back home for another visit home and this time he stays with Savannah and gets to meet her parents and everything is great. They do have a fight once though, but it's because John wanted to be able to have more alone time with Savannah but she kept volunteering them to go out to dinner with her friends. He thinks he is not as important to her as her friends is and acts rude all night out. Once they finally stop yelling and arguing Savannah confesses that she kept planning things because she was trying not to fall in love with him even more. She said when he the last year, she cried for days and was so depressed. She didn't want that to happen again. He comforts her and tells her soon he will be out of the army and then they can be together, and get married even. After that visit they were more in love than before, which they didn't even think was possible. They kept in touch while he was away and when there was only one week until John is to return, his dad had a heart attack. He couldn't spend his vacation with savannah, he rushed home to be by his father's side. John eventually finds out that his dad had aspergers; it's a kind of mental illness. It's just a mild case but it explained why he rarely talked and when he talked a lot it was only about coins. For him, the coins represented his passion for life. John starts studying coins again and when he starts talking to his dad about the coins, like savannah had earlier on when she came to visit, his dad was overjoyed with happiness. John had a newfound respect for his father and still loved him no matter what was wrong with him, he had done as best he could raising John. He was proud to have him as his dad.

    When John went back to the army, September eleven came and he was back in it for two more years. Savannah understood what he had to do but now there love was being put to the test. Two more years. They still sent letters quite frequently. But, over time the letters came less often, there was many missed calls and John just figured Savannah was getting really busy. I mean, she did have a lot going on in her life right now. One day, the hospital called, John's dad had another heart attack, his condition was really bad. He was dying. John came home to visit again, to find his dad in the worst condition in his life. He lost so much weight and didn't have the energy to talk let alone move around. John had to make the desicion to put his dad into a good nursing home nearby. His dad really didn't want to go, those places scared him, but it was the best thing to do. John went back to germany, where he was stationed in the army. A few weeks later, his dad died. The same day he had gotten a letter from savannah, which he hadn't for a while now because the mail service was very poor. In her letter you could tell she was really sorry, she told him she loved him and everything but couldn't not let him know; she had fallen in love with another man.

     John's heart was broken. He had only had three more months until he was out for good. He couldn't believe it, they were so close to seeing each other again. When he was off again, he really had no where to go. So, he went and found Savannah, she had married Tim; he had been a good friend of hers her whole life. John had met Tim a few times, he was one of the best men John had ever met. So, when he heard the news, his heart was still broken but was glad it was Tim becuase he knew Tim had loved her for years but didn't want to interfere. The problem was, Tim had cancer and could be die since this hospital wasn't helping him much. John was Savannahs main support and he comfrted her, she had been running their business, fixing the house, taking care of all the horses and animals, taking care of Tims autistic 19 year old brother, and being there to support Tim at the same time. Tim new if they didn't get the money to transfer him to a better hospital, he was going to die. So he talked to John, and told him that if he died, he could marry savannah and he knew she still loved him. This book tought me a lot. It's about learning how to be a better person and to make the right choices, no matter how much you don't want to. You will just have to read it to find out the ending, its definately a surprise ending thats for sure.\

Megan Hardy.

The Life All Around Me By Ellen Foster

 By

      Kaye Gibbons

Book Review By: Alisa Mason

         The main character is Ellen Foster who is a foster teenager. Ellen applys to Hanford university, because she has the talent for writing, poetry to be exact. Meanwhile, Ellen has finally found a new mother and a  beautiful cozy new home to permently stay in. Ellen and her new mother grow close and Ellen grows very happy despite of her sorrowful family history. Sometimes she stays awake at night thinking of her sad past that haunts her; of when Ellen's mother died and when her father abused her. However she pushs foward through her fear, grief, and pain and still finds room for love for her new mother. These trials that Ellen has; strengthens her and her life turns right-side up. Find out how by reading this novel of Ellen Foster's life all around her.

                 This novel is a emotional rollercoaster keeping you thrilled . You may cry,you may laugh, you may frown, or you may smile. It gives you hope as a reader to be whatever you want to be (which is the theme of this book). So, I recommend this book to all you teenage girls out there, because the author connects with the reader so well its like they (the writer and the reader) are on the phone talking to each other. I say this because, this novel is filled with problems and thoughts teenagers go through and think everyday! I enjoyed it very much and hope you do to!

Pages: 218

Publisher:Harcourt Books

Audience: Teenage Girls

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

TEARS OF A TIGER

BOOKREVIEW # 2

TEARS OF A TIGER WAS ABOUT ANDY JACKSON.  HE GOT INTO A FATAL CAR CRASH AND ENDED UP KILLING SOMEONE.  HE WAS WITH FOUR OTHER FRIENDS,  THEY WERE DRINKING AND ANDY HIT A WALL AND KILLED ONE OF THE PASSENGERS.  ANDY'S LIFE HAS CHANGED HIS BEST FRIEND IS DEAD BECAUSE OF HIM, HOW HORRIBLE.  WELL ANDY GOES TO A PSYCIATRIST AND DOES A BUNCH OF ACTIVITY'S TO TRY AND HELP ANDY WITH HIS DEPRESION.  ANDY HAS A GIRLFRIEND NAMED KEISHA SHE IS HIS BEST FRIEND,  SHE IS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY PERSON KEEPING ANDY FROM GOING INSANE.  WELL KEISHA ENDS UP LEAVING ANDY BECAUSE SHE CAN'T TAKE HIM ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE ACCIDENT BECAUSE THATS ALL HE CAN TALK ABOUT.  ANDY'S LIFE HAS OFFICIALLY FALLEN APART AND THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO ABOUT IT.  ANDY IS IN HIS HOUSE ALONE ONE DAY AFTER KEISHA LEFT HIM AND................

I LIKED THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT ONLY SPOKE THRU DIALOGUE AND NEWS REPORTS SO IT MADE IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.   

BY:  KEATON HALE

Sierra Combs

    The Night I Disappeared 

      By Julie Reece Deaver

             The night i disappeared is about Jamie Tessman. Jamie doesn't really love her school,Steven's prep. She thinks of it as the school for all the rich kids and doesn't like any of them. Her favorite part of the day is when school gets out and she can go see her only friend and somewhat more,Webb. This all changes when her mom, an all successful lawyer, has to go to a case in Chicago and Jamie has to go with her. So in the summer her and her mom go to Chicago and being away from Webb,makes her have mind slips. She will go off in her own world and not realize whats happening in the real world. So that starts getting her into trouble. The first day she arrives in Chicago Jamie is riding a bike through the streets and has a daydream. Then she crashes into a parked car and thats where the story starts. After the wreck she ends up in the hospital. There she meets a girl named Morgan Hackett who came in with her aunt who is a psychiatrist. The two girls become friends and start hanging out but Jamie keeps having daydreams. When Jamie has a daydream in frount of Morgan she sends her to her aunt. From there it really gets exciting. They uncover a horrible secret about Jamies past. The ending is sure to make your mouth drop! 

Alicia Irving Fox

Crank

By: Ellen Hopkins

                 Crank is about Kristina Georgia Snow, until Bree takes over. Kristina is a good girl and she is pretty much just like the other girls in

her school. Kristina meets a drug-doing boy who changes her whole look at life when he introduces her to... The Monster. Kristina goes to

visit her dad, but who comes back hom to mom? Not Kristina but... Bree. Bree gets herself into a lot of troulbe and Kristina isn't too happy

about that because she feels that she doesn't have control over her own thoughts because of all the CRANK she had done while she stayed

at her dad's appartment. When Kristina/Bree came home she was never going to be the same. She met and fell in love with two boys... one

named Brendon and the other named Chase. Brendon turned out to be nothing but a controlling guy so Kristina/Bree found that Chase was

more than what she had thought him to be. Kristina/Bree "didn't have a type"... so she told her mother. Her type was more like anyone who

really cared that she was a real person and that she had feelings too. And that person ended up to be Chase, "The Man of Her Dreams."

No Right Turn

By: Terry Trueman

Brandon Degarimore

No right turn begins with a 13 year old boy Jorden,who lives with his mother and father in spokane Washington.

One day Jordens father decided to shoot himself when Jorden was with him in his house, he suceeded took a shot right in the temple. 

When Jorden came he wsa stuned he called 911 and after the call he started to begin CPR and Jorden kept thinking

that his father did not love him and that the last words his father said to him "This is Bullshit". After Jordens dads death he practicly

icilated himself from the world for three long years.

After these years his mom ends up meeting someone new. Don a neighbor of Jorden, Jorden did not know Don and realy did not care.

Until one day Jorden came home from school and Don was working on his Stingray Corvette outside his driveway. Jorden was astouned

of the car. This reminded him of secret magazine storage of corvette catalogs he had found in his dads office. After seeing the corvette Don let

him drive it and Jorden was astounished of the feel of the car. He loved it so much he needed to drive it again. After he had schemed the plan

he told Wally a freind from school in a way. Anyways Jorden stole the car succsefully and could not stop driving it so he decide to drive it again and again

On one ocassion he met up with Beckka Thompson a hot cheerleader. After helping Becka Jorden started to date her and soon many more conflicts affect Jorden and he learns of

why his father had killed himself. This is what No Right Turn is about.

     Prom

       by:

       Laurie Halse Anderson 

 publisher: Penguin Group

 copyright: 2005

 pages: 215

 Audience: teen girls

 Reviewer: Kayla Hutchings period 2

    Prom, by Laurie Halse Anderson, is a book set mainly for teenage girls. Ashley, the main character is a girl who does not care about prom and getting all decked out for the prom but yet her best friend, Natalia is the head of the prom committee. Things happen and turns of that Miss Crane, Ashley's math teacher stole the money from the prom committee. Well some how Ashley got all mixed in, in helping put together a prom with no money and with the good and bad help from her principle, friends and family. Things get tough with her job, boyfriend, school and homework, and her family (her mom being pregnant again with her fifth child that's including Ashley) in all the craziness in those situations some how she will pull it off. If you enjoy high school drama or at least reading about it here is a book for you! 

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