Dovey Coe

Title: Dovey Coe

Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell

Reviewer: Megan D.

Summary: 12-year old tomboy, Dovey, doesn't like 17-year old, Parnell Caraway because he claims that Dovey has done a terrible thing. She knows in her heart that she didnt do anything bad. Parnell wants to marry Dovey's sister Caroline. Dovey does not want Caroline to marry Parnell because she thinks that everything will go wrong. Dovey talks to her mom and dad about it, but they think that Caroline should marry Parnell, and start her own life after she is finished with school. Caroline doesn't know what to do with her life. She wants to be a teacher, but Parnell already has enough money to take care of her and himself. Dovey hates Parnell so much that her town is saying that she is aiming to try to kill him. Will Dovey try to break up Parnell and Caroline and figure out why her town is saying that she is going to kill Parnell?

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Twilight

Title: Twilight
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Reviewer: Erin
Summary: Bella's mom gets remarried to a minor league baseball player and the new family has to move around a lot. Bella decides to go and live with her father, Charlie, in forever cloudy Forks, Washington. Charlie had already bought her a car and enrolled her into Forks High School. At lunch on her first day she sees the Cullens. Something is different about them and she wants to find out what. In biology, she finds she will be sitting next to Edward Cullen. He acts weird the entire class; sitting as far away from her as possible, staring at her and holding very still. Bella sees his eyes are as black as rocks. Soon she will find out that he's not normal and some old Indian legends might actually be true. Is Edward dangerous? and can Bella find out his secret? Find out!!

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The Cupcake Queen

Title: The Cupcake Queen
Author: Heather Hepler
Reviewer: Lauren M.

Summary: Penny Lane is a girl from New York City who is forced to move to the small town of Hog's Hollow with her mother. Penny's mother owns a bakery where Penny often has to help out. Being a new girl is hard enough as it is because of all the new things, good and bad. Nobody would ever guess that new friends, new discoveries, and new enemies could start with the simple slip of a cupcake.

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The Giver

Title: The Giver
Author: Lois Lowry
Reviewer: Alannah
The Giver is about a boy named Jonas who could not see color and didn't have pain or happiness. His whole community was the same no feelings no color. It was called sameness. When Jonas is older and recieves his job he is named Receiver and he learns that there is more than sameness and that there was a past of feeling color and happiness. Jonas learns this from a man he calls the Giver. When Jonas learns all of this and is beginning to see color he goes off searching for more communities with feeling and color to find out if was the past or if it is still here in present. This book is the first book in the trililogy by Lois Lowry. I think this book is really good and so is the rest of the triliogy and it's a fun adventure fantasy book I would definitely recommend it to others.
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The Borrowers

Title: The Borrowers
Author: Mary Norton
Reviewer: Natalie
Pod, Homily, and little Arrietty make up a happy little family, and I mean little! They're those tiny little people that live hidden under the kitchen. Where Pod (the father) goes out every so often to get food and other little odd 'n ends. A perfect little family...but can they stay hidden forever?

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The Pretty Committee Strikes Back

Title: The Pretty Committee Strikes Back
Author: Lisi Harrison
Reviewer: Casie
A bad hair cut leaves Kristen looking more like a man than ever! While Kristen looks for cute hats, Claire gets her very fist cell phone. It was a gift from Massie and even though she is in the official Pretty Committee, what she really wants is her first kiss from Cam Fisher (boy friend). The school goes on a trip to Lake Placid. While there Massie starts a club called MUCK. It is a secret kissing club! While at the lake they almost get caught for skipping their activities and instead going to Massie's MUCK meeting! Plus at nights Claire and Cam have been going into each other's rooms! At the end of the trip the Pretty Committee gets into a lot of trouble! They go where they are not allowed, in the woods! To the unmarked paths! Then they all get expelled! It was a long ride home and it was going to be a long hard punishment!
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The Fire Within

Title: The Fire Within
Author: Chris D'Lacey
Reviewer: Logan
In summary, David was looking for a place to stay for collage. He found one a few days later David finds out that the child likes squirrels. He decides to write Lucy a book for her birthday. Lucy really likes the book but David hadn’t finished it quite yet. So she had to wait until Christmas .

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Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Title: Sistehood of the Traveling Pants
Author: Ann Brashares
Reviewer: Sam A.
There are four BFFs and they're all going away somewhere, but Tibby. Tibby is the one who stays home. Carmen had a pair of pants and they fit all four friends. All the friends are different sizes. They decided that each girl will have them for one week and pass it to a different friend, and have to write notes along with the pants.

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Lily B. on the Brink of Love

Title: Lily B on the Brink of Love
Author: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Reviewer: Jenessa
This book is about a girl named Lily who wants to become a famous writer and she is in middle school and at outdoor gym class and sees this boy that she thought was just so cute and to make even better she sees him pick up a piece of trash from the ground and through it away. So starts talking to her best friend Charlotte and all she could think about was him until she went to lunch and saw a flyer for an intern and the skills needed were typing, grammar, and loves to read. Lily called the number on the flyer and talked to her and found out that she was going to have an interview and if she got the job she might even get paid. So Charlotte talked Lily through all of the things that she needs to do to make a good impression always pay attention and look nice. When it came time to her interview she left and got there a little early just as Charlotte told her to do she rang the door bell and was shocked to see the boy that she liked lived there and her future boss's son she couldn't believe it. He told her that his mom wasn't here yet so he led her to his mom's office and told Lily that his mom is usually late. So Lily waited and waited and finally after 45 minuets she finally came. So they went through the interview and got a call a few days later and found out she got the job not only was she excited that she the job but also that the guy that she liked would be there too and she loved that. To find out more about the guy she liked, so she asked Charlotte and she told her his name and that he went to her camp. Bonnie one of Lily's friends told her that her brother hangs out with him and that he is into rock climbing. In the end Lily realizes that he is a big jerk and that Bennie's older brother Jake is the one she really likes.
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The Amber Spyglass

Title: The Amber Spyglass
Author: Philip Pullman
Reviewer: Kaitlyn S.
Will is determined to rescue his friend Lyra. She was kidnapped by Mrs. Coulter. He travels to Lyra’s world and with help of two Gallivespian spies, two low class angels, and the armored bear Iorek Byrinson he rescues his dearest friend. Lyra and Will are never safe. People from every universe are trying to attack them. They find out they must go to a place no living being has ever gone before. In doing so they must separate from their daemons, their life long companions who should never leave their sides. All the while a great war is fought as Lord Asriel leads his troops of glorious angels, tiny Gallivespians, armored bears, and flying witches into battle. An assassin follows Lyra’s path and Professor Mary Malone constructs the amber spy glass. As Lyra and Will search for their daemon and dust escapes from the sky the fate of every conscious being comes to depend on the simple choices of two mere children.
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Wringer

Title: Wringer
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Reviewer: Brad
This story is about a boy named Palmer. He is the son of a trophy winning pigeon shooter. He starts to hang out with some guys who want to be wringers, people who snap injured pigeons’ necks. They soon find out the he is hiding a pigeon named Nipper in his closet. Nipper brings Palmer and his neighbor, Dorothy, back together with all they play with each other. So now the gang has their suspicions; now see what will happen to Palmer.

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Call of the Wild

Title: Call of the Wild
Author: Jack London
Reviewer: Kurtis

Buck was born on a wonderful farm in California. He was born into a litter of six brothers and sisters. The open fields and fresh air were wonderful to a husky like Buck. His life was perfect until three men came and bought the whole litter of dogs. Buck’s dreamful life was over, the rest of his family would be scattered across the continent. Buck was put into a small wood box not knowing where he was or where he was going. Buck traveled by ship, train, and truck until he got to his final destination, Canada. He was let out of his small box not knowing where he was or what he was going to do at this weird place.
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Locked in Time

Title:Locked in Time
Author: Lois Duncan
Reviewer:Annmarie
Nore came to visit her dad and her new step-family.when she arrives she feels very welcomed, but then she starts to "fall in love" with her neww brother, Gabe, and things take a turn down-hill.she starts to notice some weird things going on with her new family and decides to incestigate. but what she finds out is more than she can handle. her new family will never age! lisete, Gabe,and Josie are stuck at one age for their entire lives! and when she tries to worn her father, its to late he is on his way to the air port for a business trip. she is now traped and when she tries to hide to save her life they find her, lock her in a small shack, and sets it to fire! just when she thinks that her life is over, dave(a good friend and nieghbor) breaks the lock and carries Nore to her safety!
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The Lightning Thief

Title: The Lightning Thief

Author: Rick Riordan

Reviewer: John K.

Percy Jackson has been on a lot of field trips but this field trip turns out to be an exiting one when one of his teachers turns into a giant bird thing and tries to kill him. Luckily his Latin teacher throws him a pen that turns into a sword. The bird then runs away at the sight of the sword. Then Percy’s friend Grover takes him to camp Half Blood where Percy finds out he is the son of Poseidon the god of the sea. Next Chiron one of the camp counselors gives Percy and his friends Grover and Annebeth a quest to recover Zeus’ masterbolt. Will Percy and his friends find out who stole the masterbolt or will they fail like the ones before them?

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Invasion of the Boy Snatchers

Title:INVASION OF THE BOY SNATCHERS
A CLIQUE NOVEL BY LISI HARRISON
Reviewer: Mariah

Massie Block-- Is not happy when Claire Lyons has to share Massies bedroom. But Claire isnt the only one getting on Massies nerves. Alicias hot cousin Nina come to the trimester for Spain. She starts to steal the hearts of everyone, even her crush! What will Massie do..?
Claire Lyons-- Wants her first kiss with Cam, her boyfriend. But will Nina steal him away?
Kristen Gregory-- Got a really bad haircut! Will she be forced to wear hats? Or may this haircut be good?
Dylan Marvil-- Gained weight over Christmas break. Will she burn it off in time for the Lovestruck Dance?
Alicia Rivera-- Her cousin,Nina, comes in from Spain. Massie declares Nina is "out". Which side will Alicia choose?
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Bucking the Sarge

Title: Bucking the Sarge

Author: Christopher Paul Curtis

Reviewer: Michael L.

This book is fun and interesting. It is about a boy named Luther T. Farrell. His mom is named the Sarge because she is rich and powerful. His best friends name is Sparky they have been friends since kindergarten. Luther has to work hard and long for his mom. She runs a realty business and Luther has to take care of the Sarges business people. One day he gets fed up with the Sarge so he figures out a plan to take the Sarge down!

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I Know What You Did Last Summer

Title: I Know What You Did Last Summer

Author: Lois Duncan

Reviewer: Maddie

“I Know What You Did Last Summer” is a book about four high school friends who went to a party one summer and started drinking. The four friend’s names were Barry, Julie, Helen and Ray. They weren’t paying attention when Barry was driving and they hit and killed a young boy on his bike. Instead of stopping, they just kept going so they wouldn’t get in trouble. One year later, still horrified about what happened, they all got strange letters or calls saying “I know what you did last summer.” They were all shocked. Then it ended up that someone was trying to hurt or even kill them. One of the friends, Barry, was shot at a football game after getting strange calls from someone saying they had pictures of what happened last summer. Then Helen’s neighbor, Julie’s boyfriend, and the brother of the boy from last summer’s nightmare ended up being the same person and he tried to kill Barry, Helen and Julie. Ray saved Julie from being strangled to death. Helen was forced to jump out the window for her life, and lived. Collie/Bud, who was Helen’s neighbor and Julie’s boyfriend, was arrested.
It was a great story if you like suspenseful and spooky stories.

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Faded Denim

Title: Faded Denim
Author: Melody Carlson
Reviewer: McKenna
Faded Denim is about a girl, Emily, who is overweight and thinks she is bigger than she actually is. Her best friend Leah, is a very beautiful girl and Emily is always comparing herself to Leah. Leah begs Emily to go to a modeling school in Chicago with her. Emily ends up going and to the modeling school and with all of the pressures, she becomes anorexic and bulimic.
The word gets out that she is anorexic and bulimic. Her friends and family helps her to realize that she is beautiful and these diseases could hurt her body. This helps Emily to be on the right path and she becomes healthy again. Now she is happy just to be here on this earth and is happy to be in God’s hands.
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The Babysitting Wars

Title: The Babysitting Wars
Author: Mimi McCoy
Reviewer: Katie H.
Kaitlyn had almost all of her small towns' babysitting jobs. Then one day a new girl, Nola, started taking all the babysitting jobs from Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn and her friends start to think of ideas of getting her jobs back, until she gets grounded and loses her friends. since she forgot about one of her friend's art shows. Then she gets an amazing job offer, to baby sit for the richest people in town. The only problem is, if something can go wrong it will. When babysitting she figures out that the kids are brats, and they lock her in a HUGE pantry. Want to figure out how she gets out and controls the kids? If so, read the book!
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Santa Paws on Christmas Island

Title: Santa Paws on Christmas Island
By: Kris Edwards
Reviewer: Krista

The book Santa Paws is a very good book. It is about a dog named Santa Paws and his owner Gregory Callahan. I liked this book because it is more about real life than some other books. It starts out with Gregory wanting a snow day (don’t we all). During the snow day they go snow boarding and Santa Paws saves the day. Santa Paws saves the day a lot. Santa Paws got his name by helping people. He mostly helped people during Christmas time and that is why he got the name Santa Paws. Some of the main characters are Santa Paws-the Callahan’s dog, Gregory- the owner of Santa Paws, and Patricia- Gregory’s sister. I liked this book because it shows how helpful dogs can be. This book is a great Christmas time book and I enjoyed reading it.
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