Book Blab @ Stevenson H. S.

Review by: Tori Daul
Lockowitz – Period 3
I read the book The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. This story was set in South Carolina in the 1960s, was racism was brutal. Lily Owens lived with her father, T.Ray on a peach farm. Her mother died when she was a little girl, and [...]

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Kelsey P.
Lockowitz 3
I read the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Is about a girl named Scout Finch. The summer when Scout was six and Jem was ten, they met Dill, a little boy who spent the summer with his aunt who lived next door to the Finches. Dill and Jem become [...]

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Review By Zoe N. Wise 5th
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is about a girl who goes to a new school because she decides to move in with her father. When she arrives at the new school she immediately has a group of friends to hang out with. She learns about a family named the [...]

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Emily G
Wise- Period 2
In Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Harry is in his sixth year at Hogwarts. He soon learns why Voldemort (real name is Tom Riddle) who changed his appearance and how his childhood life was like. Professor Snape is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and Professor Slughorn is [...]

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Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Another book turned into a movie. This one actually got good reviews. What I find interesting about this novel is the way in which it was written. Young adult author Rachel Cohn convinced her friend David Levithan to co-write a book a book from an [...]

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Atonement by Ian McEwan
Review by Mrs. Dettling
This is a holiday season to see movies that are all based on wonderful books. During December, The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and Atonement by British author Ian McEwan have been released as movies. If you have not read Atonement (2002), I [...]

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The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Review by Mrs. Dettling
Have you read the book yet? Hurry up, because the motion picture with the same name opens in theaters December 7, 2007. I am reading the book first because I usually dislike what Hollywood does to good books. (THE BOOKS ARE ALWAYS BETTER). When I sit [...]

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