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Last Shot:The Final Four Mystery by John Feinstein

April 16th, 2009 · No Comments

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Last Shot, by John Feinstien
This book is about a kid named Steven Thomas. He is a kid that loves basketball. Steven had entered a writing contest and he is now in New Orleans. It is the biggest weekend for college sports. He has won a pass to the final four, but he isn’t alone. [...]

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Tags: Argentar · Fresh. Independent Reading

Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle by Vlad Zaranok

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Review by Vlad Z.
Lockowitz – Period 8
This book is the second book to the Son of the Mob series. The main character again is Vince, and he goes to Hollywood for his university in this book. When he arrives to Hollywood, he meets his roommate, Trey. Trey’s dad is really involved in politics, and Vince [...]

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Tags: Fresh. Independent Reading · Lockowitz

What Happened to Cass McBride By Gale Giles

April 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Review By: Zoe n
Wise 7th
Nobody knew where Cass was. The police was immediately on the case. It was so weird that right After David Kirby commit suicide, Cass went missing. No one knew that someone was seeking revenge on Cass for something she didn’t do.
What Happened to Cass McBride was a thrilling story. You [...]

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Tags: Fresh. Independent Reading · Wise

The Face on the Milk carton by Caroline B. Cooney

February 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Review by Spencer E.
Argentar Period 7
Fifteen-year-old Janie Johnson’s life is changes when she sees the picture of a missing girl on the back of a milk carton at lunch. A girl named Jennie Spring, with red hair, “like her own”, was kidnapped twelve years ago, and last seen in a shopping mall. Janie wonders if [...]

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Tags: Argentar · Fresh. Independent Reading

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

February 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Review by Hector G.
Mr.Lockowitz Period 8th
The book I read was Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles and the main conflict in the book involves two teens named Caleb Becker who spent the last year in juvenile detention center and Maggie Armstrong spent the last year in hospitals and physical therapy and both never expect what happens [...]

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Tags: Fresh. Independent Reading · Lockowitz

13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

February 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Review by Rebecca H
Argentar – p.7
The main conflict in the book 13 Little Blue Envelopes is that Ginny the main character is facing hard times dealing with what is going to happend next in life.  Ginny never knew her Aunt Peg died, until she got the first blue envelope.  Ginny has hard times dealing with [...]

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Tags: Argentar · Fresh. Independent Reading

Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Review by Vlad Z.
Lockowitz – Period 8
The book Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman is about a teenager named Vince Luca, and how he tries to stay away from his family business. Vince doesn’t like what his dad does, and always wanted a clean life, but it just doesn’t seem to work for him. [...]

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Tags: Fresh. Independent Reading · Lockowitz

Maximum Ride by James Patterson

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Review by Steven w
Lockowitz-Period 8
The book, Maximum Ride, is about six mutants who call themselves Iggy, Gasman, Nudge, Fang, Angel and Max. In the beginning, they all live in dog crates at a place called the School. The School is a laboratory that focuses on mainly genetics. When one of the scientists, named Jeb, [...]

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Tags: Fresh. Independent Reading · Lockowitz

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Review by Henry H
Lockowitz Period 3
The main conflict of this book is about a boy named Santiago who has to fulfill his personal legend. His personal legend is to travel to the pyramids of Egypt to find treasure. He is destined to find the treasure because he had a reoccurring dream about it. He faces [...]

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Tags: Fresh. Independent Reading · Lockowitz

The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult

January 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Review by Jenny L
Brown Period 5
My book is The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult. It’s about a fourteen-year-old girl named Trixie whose world comes crashing down when she gets raped by her boyfriend Jason. Her father Daniel is a comic book writer working on a comic about Dante’s nine levels of hell. Laura, Trixie’s mom [...]

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Tags: Brown · Sophomore English CP