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Heiress For Hire By Erin McCarthy

November 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Review by Cayla C
Colan- Period 1
Heiress For Hire is about a 23 year old spoiled rich girl named Amanda Delmar. Her father feels she needs to work for her money instead of living off of his, so he cuts her off and sends her to a remote, town called Cuttersville. While there Amanda’s father buys [...]

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The Shining by Stephen King

November 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Review by Daniel L.
Colan per 4
The Shining by Stephen King is an intense thriller that will have you wanting more. It takes place at a hotel called the Over Look in Colorado.
During the winter the Over Look is completely cut off from the rest of the world because of the heavy snow fall that blocks [...]

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Hoops by Walter Dean Myers

November 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Review by Chandler S.
Mrs. Colan-period 4
“I rolled to the right side, ran Tompkins into a pick, and got the ball from Roy. Tompkins had recovered and went up with me. I stuffed over him, and the crowd went crazy”. Hoops is an amazing story about a seventeen year old Lonnie Jackson whose team is in [...]

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Speak

November 13th, 2008 · No Comments

review by LK
Mrs.Colan period 4th
This book Speak is about a girl name, Melinda who went to a end-of-summer party with a friend. At the party, Melinda had called the cops, but no one really knows why she had called the cops. She had entered Merryweather High, where no one really likes her because she called [...]

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Dork In Disguise

November 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Review by Keith N.
During the book “Dork In Disguise” Jerry a nerd some may call him, is moving way from his home and going to a different school. He wants to start over and change; change his wardrobe, and mostly EVERYTHING. At his new school he meets a girl that he thinks is perfect, but [...]

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Revolution The story of John Lennon By John Duggleby

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Reviewed by DC
Colan period 1
Can one man change the world of music? Can one man be know by everyone in the world? Can one Man inspire music to the whole world? That man could be John Lennon.
“Revolution, The story of John Lennon talks about the history of John Lennon and the Beatles. It talks about [...]

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Twilight By Stephenie Meyer

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Review by Connor K
Colan – Period 2
The book I read Twilight by Stephinie Meyer is about a normal girl Isabella or Bella for short. When she moves to a small town named Forks, Washington. when she first gets there she just wants to go home because she is being forced to go. At her first [...]

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Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Review by Stephanie L
Colan period 2
The main conflict in the book is about a girl trying to get over the fact that she is dead. The main character Liz dies in a car crash, but then she was sent to a place called Elsewhere. Elsewhere is like a state but everyone is dead. Not the [...]

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Open Ice By Pat Hughes

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Review by M Fasano
Colan – Period 2

Open Ice By: Pat Hughes

Nick Taglio is the hockey team all-star. Nick definitely has a bright future in the sport of hockey….. Until he gets a possible career ending injury. Is the only reason why Nick wants to play for love or so he can be [...]

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The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Review By Reema N.
Colan-Per. 1
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is about four best friends, Carmen, Tibby, Lena, and Bridget. These 4 four girls hung out every summer…until this summer. Carmen, Bridget, and Lena would be going on vacation to visit family or go to camp somewhere this summer while Tibby would be staying home. [...]

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