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The Lightning Thief By: Rick Riordan

Review By Julie Moy Leong

Roarrr!!! The monster races toward a boy, charging like a raging bull. The boy, named Percy, faces many more monsters than just that Minotaur, a bull-man. In the book, Percy discovers he’s half human and half god, or a Demigod. He goes on a [...]

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Nineteen Minutes by Jodie Picoult
Review by Jaime Horwitz
It only takes nineteen minutes for a school shooting to happen.
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult is about a 17- year old boy, Peter who
commits a terrible crime. Peter is not the most popular guy at Sterling
High. After Peter commits this crime, jail awaits him until [...]

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Travel Team by Mike Lupica

Review by Robert Lee

He was a superstar who didn’t make the basketball travel team he had made for the past two years because he was too short. Danny Walker was a twelve year old star point guard and a son of a former NBA player, Richie Walker. In [...]

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by: Ann Brashares

Review by: Kelly Budish

What would you do if you and your best friends were separated for a whole summer? You would probably be afraid that you would lose touch. In the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Ann Brashares, Bridget, Lena, Tibby, and Carmen are [...]

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Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult

Reviewed by Haley Levinson

Imagine growing up thinking your mom had died in a car accident when you were a young child and then finding out she was alive and you were kidnapped. In the book Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult the main character, Delia Hopkins a.k.a Bethany Matthews, was told [...]

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Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Review by Jacob Weiner
Could you imagine huge battles with mystical creatures, humans and
monsters that have never been heard of. The battle is fought between
two sides: the Empire, which is pretty much humans and the ugly
monsters who are ruled by an evil king, Galbatorix, and the Varden, who
are the [...]

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Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Reviewed by: Dannie Kray

Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli is such a different book. Stargirl is not like any girl I’ve heard of before. Of course she has her quirks, but she is loving and kind. This unusual girl meets many strange people along her way, but she will not forget about [...]

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Strike by Barbra Corcoran (No image available)
Review by Reuben Rier
Bang, something could “strike” at anytime. This book
is so interesting and not a single moment is boring.
It is about a young boy and his father who never agree
on anything. His dad is trying to make him, his son
Barry into his own mirror image of himself, “ [...]

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Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Review by Frank Zhao
The “Life of Pi “by Yann Martel is an amazing book! The book is about a
boy named Pi and his Bengal Tiger, Richard Parker, living out in the seas
for 227 days. The book is told from Pi’s point of view. The book was
written [...]

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Velocity by Dean Koontz
Review by Danny Gottlieb
I read the book Velocity, By: Dean Koontz. It is about a man named Billy. He is in his upper thirties and works at a bar. Billy is a normal guy. He has a many friends but his life was turned upside down after his wife passed away. [...]

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