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The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima

November 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Lockowitz Period 8
Review by Christopher Q.
The book, The Warrior Heir, is about a boy named Jack Swift who was originally supposed to have a wizard stone, but he was born without one. So he was implanted a stone by Dr. Jessamine Longbranch, a warrior stone instead of a wizard stone! Jack was on medication to [...]

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Tags: Fresh. Independent Reading · Lockowitz

Hero by Perry Moore

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

review by Mrs. Johnson
Thom Creed is not your usual teenager. He’s a good basketball player, except for the “seizures” that start to show up when he’s stressed out.  His dad is a disgraced superhero who works a factory job. Then there are the guys who are jealous of his athletic ability and his dad’s refusal [...]

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Tags: Faculty/Staff Reviews

Battle of The Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

April 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Reviewed by Alex H.
Lockowitz-3
Percy has to once again save the world. This time its from Kronos and his army. He is given the task of finding Darilus workshop, which is conviently located at the middle of a maze underground. He can take two people with him, he choses Annabeth Chase, and Grover. Grover is afraid [...]

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Tags: Fresh. Independent Reading · Lockowitz

Beastly by Alex Flinn

April 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Reveiw by Hector G
Mr.Lockowitz-period 8th

In the novel “Beastly” by Alex Flinn, the main characters are Kyle Kingsbury aka Adrian who is a round character because at the beginning of the novel he was a self-centered, arrogant, jerk that only cared about his looks and made fun of others if they were not “perfect”. But thoughtout [...]

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Tags: Fresh. Independent Reading · Lockowitz

East by Edith Pattou

April 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Review by Allison B.
Wise period7
East is about a young girl named Rose. She lives on a farm with her parents and five older brothers and sisters. She loves to sew for her self and family, but it also keeps her mind off of her sister who is very ill and her family is in a [...]

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Tags: Fresh. Independent Reading · Wise

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

April 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Review b Robert p.
Lockowitz p.8

In the book Brisingr Eragon is tested against his limits. He is making dangerous oaths to people he shouldn’t. He makes an oath to his cousin Roran that he would help save Roran’s beloved Katrina. During the time that Eragon is helping Katrina he discover someone that has betrayed the town [...]

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Tags: Fresh. Independent Reading · Lockowitz

The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima

February 27th, 2009 · No Comments

review by Mrs. Johnson
Jack is the Warrior Heir to the Weirlind.  Very few weirlind know that he exists, until one day  he skips his “heart medicine” and his powers become visible to those who know what to look for. That starts Jack’s race to learn to handle his new-found abilities before he’s kidnapped or killed [...]

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The Bonemender by Holly Bennett

February 27th, 2009 · No Comments

review by Mrs. Johnson
This fantasy is written in a style more like Lewis or Tolkien than Atwater-Rhodes or Chima or Snyder. By that I mean that the style is more formal than “Poison Study” or “Wizard Heir”, but it is just as gripping. Gabrielle is a bonemender or healer as well as the Princess of [...]

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Hawksong by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

February 27th, 2009 · No Comments

review by Mrs. Johnson
This was a fun fantasy involving shape-changing cultures who have been at war for centuries. Danica is heir to the avian shapeshifter throne. She wants to end the war between her people and the serpiente or snake shifters. Their leader, Zane Cobriana, proposes to end the war, LITERALLY! Can hawk and snake [...]

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Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Review by Stephanie W.
Brown- Period 5
Twilight is a fantasy story about a normal girl falling in love with a vampire. She starts out by moving in with her dad and starting a new school. She is not excited about either, but does it so her mom could be happy. She meets Edward, the vampire, and [...]

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Tags: Brown · Sophomore English CP