Book Blab @ Stevenson H. S.

Review by Alec Berger
Wise period 2
In this autobiography Eric Clapton tells the story of his remarkable life. Clapton grew up in Ripley, Surrey in England as child. He got his first guitar at a the age of seven and taught himself how to play the intrument by listening to recordings of his early influences [...]

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Review by Allison b.
wise 6
This book is written by a vet named Nick Trout. He is a surgical vet and also deals with traumatized animals. He wrote this book as a reflection of different stories that touched his heart in some way. He explains one case when things didn’t turn out so well. Then he [...]

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Review by Danielle Steinberg
Wise 
Period 2
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer is about Dave Pelzer himself living every child’s worst nightmare. Dave lived a horrifying childhood. He was abused as a young boy. A Child Called It is about a young boy’s struggle to fight for his life being abused. He was verbally and physically [...]

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Review by Zoe N
Wise -7
Hannelore Wolff has to go through one of the worlds worst nightmares. The holocaust. She has been taken from camp to camp, seen one of her brothers get sick and die, and had to dig graves for all of the other Jewish people that have been killed along the [...]

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Shane S
Lockowitz Period 8

The main conflict in the book The Lost Boy is Dave the main character looking for a family. He is kicked out of his family house and he lived on the streets for a day. He then becomes an orphan. He tries to be accepted but he doesn’t. He steals [...]

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Review by: Jason W.
Wise, 2nd Period
In the autobiography, Hole in my Life, by Jack Gantos, he describes the obstacles in the way of his dream: money. This becomes the most obvious conflict in the book because in order to go to college and gain more experience in the field of writing, Gantos takes up an [...]

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Review by Carisa C.
Brown Period 5
Chalked Up by Jennifer Sey is about a teen gymnasts dreams to be an Olympic gymnast, and her struggles on the way of getting there. At the age of 38, Mike Jacki, head of the U.S. Gymnastics Team, calls Jen and asks her to compete in an upcoming [...]

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Review by Kyle P.
Mr. Argentar – Period 7

In “The Glass Castle” follows the twisted
childhood of Jeannette Walls. Like most children Jeannette has two
parents her mom Rose Mary and dad Rex, and she has one brother Brian and two
sisters Lori and Maureen. Through out the book the Walls family has to
keep moving from town [...]

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Shane S
Mr. Lockowiz Period 8
The main conflict in the book A Child Called “IT” would have to be David the main character surviving his mom’s chores/games. His mom has changed a lot from being a good mom in the beginning and a horrible mom by putting his kid through life threatening games. David has to [...]

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Review by: Alec B
Wise period 2
In Swimming to Antarctica by: Lynne Cox, Lynne Cox tells her stories of all her amazing swims and accomplishments in the sport of distance swimming. She started swimming at a young age and she realised that she could swim for long periods of time without stopping. Once Cox realized this [...]

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