Book Blab @ Stevenson H. S.

Review by Jessica M.
Lockowitz-Period 8

The book Saving Zoe by Alyson Noel is about a girl name Echo. Echo’s life is drastically changed when her sister Zoe dies. It’s hard for Echo to realize that she will never be able to talk to her sister again. She is extremely upset about it. In the beginning of [...]

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Review by Kelsey P.
Lockowitz Period 3
I read the book Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles. This book is about two totally different people. First character would be Brittany Ellis she is a senor at Fairfield High School and is captain of the pom pom team and was dating the captain of the football team. [...]

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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 Kelsey P
Lockowitz Period 3
I read the novel Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles. This novel is about a girl and a boy named Maggie Armstong and Caleb Becker. It all started when Caleb went to a party and got drunk then got into an accident which ended up hitting Maggie. Caleb [...]

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Review by Jamie G.
Brown- Period 3
Meredith Shale is a fifteen-year-old teenager. She is a bothersome daughter, a worrisome girlfriend, and now a fearful victim. Growing up, Meredith is raped by her father and he is sentenced to prison. When Meredith verbalizes the event, her mother turns her back. Her father is released [...]

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Jenna P
Independent Reading Project
Brown Period 3
My Sisters Keeper
In My Sisters Keeper, Anna Fitzgerald does not want to be her sisters’ donor anymore. (Her sister has APL, which is a type of leukemia.) All her life, her parents have made medical decisions for her and now she is ready to make them for herself. So, she [...]

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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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