The YALSA top 10 were announced in October. You can see them on the home page of this blog. These books are all in the library. I am challenging all students to a 60 day challenge, beginning November 15th, ending January 15th. If you are participating in the challenge, you must read a book, one of the top 10 or have another book approved and write a book review using the format below. Post your review on this blog. You must do a review for every book you read. The person who reads the most books by January 15th will receive a box of books or a gift certificate to a local restaurant. For more information, stop in the library.
Format for book reviews:1st paragraph Introduction Begin with an attention getting lead drawing the reader in. Consider using a quote from the book, a description of a character, a shocking statement, or general to specific topic. Use interesting sentences, to give the book’s title, author, & book genre. Remember to include information about the author. Finally, write a thesis statement summarizing what the entire book was about. 2nd paragraph Synopsis of Book A synopsis is a quick overview of the book’s plot, setting, and main characters. Be sure not to give too much away! You should consider specific characters or situations in the book that made it entertaining, thought provoking, or fun. What made the book worth remembering and sharing? Are there elements of writing style that the reader might like to know about (flashbacks, flash-forwards, realistic dialogues, imagery, so on). What were some of the major conflicts in the novel? 3rd paragraph Closing You should include your personal viewpoint of how you felt about the book and why. Give positives (or negatives) with specific examples of why you felt that way. What would your recommendation or opinion be as to whether that reader will or will not like the book and is it worth the time to read. The conclusion should have a strong ending that refers back to the lead and gives the reader something to remember.
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Kadra Sommersted
11/22/2013 05:10:13 am
Hollows, wights, peculiar children, ymbrynes, and loops; you may see as fake, fairytales, and imaginary, but in Ransom Riggs book, Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children, all of these are possible. This book is a mystery and a spook thriller and Ransom Riggs first novel. He has a blog of a lot of his writings. When Jacob was young he believed in things that couldn’t come true, and his grandpa helped him dream those things; what changes when he gets older and what doesn’t?
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Blake Krysl, I am Number 4
2/25/2014 01:46:54 am
Eleven years ago, a bad alien race by the name of Mogadorians came to the lorien planet to destroy the inhabitants their in order to use its natural resources. They managed to kill everyone but they escaped 9 kids to earth to be protected, by guardians or cepans. All of them would get one cepan to help them train and get them ready for war and until they devolp their legacies or their magical powers so that one day they could destroy all the mogadorians. The mogadorians have chased them to earth and have destroyed three and number 4 or john smith he likes to be called has to fight them off to survive.
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Blake Krysl
2/25/2014 01:48:44 am
I am reading the book I am number 4. It is a Sci-Fi themed book. I like how the book felt like a rush and very suspenseful. The thing I didn’t it wasn’t the first book in the series. I find out that the book has 3 stories from the series and this is a book out side of that. I didn’t understand about things that much because they didn’t explain it.
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Marissa Lichty
12/2/2013 01:22:44 am
Marissa Lichty, 8th grade, Thousand Words, By Jennifer Brown
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Marissa Lichty
12/2/2013 01:23:00 am
Marissa Lichty, 8th Grade, Don’t Go, By Lisa Scottoline
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Marissa Lichty
12/2/2013 01:23:34 am
Marissa Lichty, 8th Grade, Don’t Go, By Lisa Scottoline
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Haley Schmeichel
12/4/2013 10:43:30 pm
Haley Schmeichel
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Shayne Campbell, 8th Grade, The Underdogs, Mike Lupica
12/6/2013 12:06:56 am
Shayne Campbell
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Aurora Gutshall
12/6/2013 01:25:01 am
Aurora Gutshall, 8th grade - Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
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Gabbie Scott
12/8/2013 04:57:31 am
Gabbie Scott, Grade 8 - Matched by Allie Condie
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Emma Krysl
12/8/2013 10:00:32 am
Emma Krysl, 8, Along for The Ride, Sarah Dessen
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Nathaniel Jennings
12/8/2013 09:45:24 pm
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
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Briaunna Parks
12/8/2013 10:13:32 pm
Briaunna Parks, 8th grade, Double Identity, Margaret Peterson
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Sarah Ethington
12/8/2013 10:14:06 pm
Sarah Ethington,8th Grade, What Happened to Goodbye, by Sarah Dessen
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Mikayla Marvin
12/8/2013 10:15:57 pm
Mikayla Marvin 8th Matched Ally Condie
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Jayde miller
12/8/2013 10:16:41 pm
Jayde Miller 8th grade
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Sam Eichelberger
12/8/2013 10:18:39 pm
Sam Eichelberger-8th grade-Sarah’s Key-Tatiana De Rosnay
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Morgan Fowler
12/8/2013 10:18:46 pm
This week I just finished an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G book. This book is called “Unwind” The author is Neal Shusterman. Neal is also the author of “Everlost” and “Downsiders”. Neal’s book “Unwind” has won the “Boston Globe/Horn Book Award”. Neal also writes screenplays for motion pictures and TV shows such as “Animorphs” and “Goosebumps”. “Unwind” is a fiction book. I could also be a science fiction book.
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David B. Hoss Grade 8-The Sea of Monsters
12/8/2013 10:18:54 pm
Have you ever read a book that was so enticing that you couldn’t stop reading it no matter how much you wanted to? Well, when you read the book The Sea of Monsters you’ll know what I mean. This book that I am telling you about had been written by non other than him, Rick Riordan. Awards this book has won are the New York Times Bestseller, a Book Sense National Children’s Series Bestseller, a Book Sense Top Ten Summer Pick for 2006, a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults 2007
A Best Book of 2006, Child Magazine, a Best Fantasy Sequel of 2006, Kirkus Reviews A Barnes & Noble Best Children’s Book of 2006
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Tayte Jussel
12/8/2013 10:19:49 pm
Tayte Jussel-8th grade-Catching fire-Suzanne Collins
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Dawson Kilcoin
12/8/2013 10:35:03 pm
Dawson
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Brendon Dow
12/8/2013 10:39:31 pm
Brendon Dow, 8th Grade, The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
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Blair Langan
12/8/2013 11:51:40 pm
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing you think you cannot do." This quote by Eleanor Rossevelt summarizes a lot about what Sarah Dessen, a New York Times Best Selling Author, is trying to get across in her book, Just Listen. It was about a girl named Annabel, who had a lot of struggles with her life. Her sister was anorexic and she had pretty much lost her best friend Sophie. All of these experiences, even though she was scared during a lot of them, only made her stronger.
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Wyatt Liewer
12/8/2013 11:54:23 pm
Wyatt Liewer 8th
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Gloria Turpin.grade 8, Matched, Ally Condie
12/8/2013 11:54:53 pm
When is saying “I love you” to someone a bad thing? How is being in love with someone an unforgiving mistake? Ally Condie has answered all of these questions in her book Matched. She writes of a future where you don’t have a choice you are who they tell you, you are. Ally Condie is a former high-school English teacher who lives with her husband and three sons in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Nicole Gotschall
12/8/2013 11:55:28 pm
Nicole Gotschall 8th The Line Terri Hall
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Julia Bauer
12/8/2013 11:55:54 pm
Have you ever wondered if you have lived in another world or you were a different person in the same world before the life you’re living right now? The protagonist Kyla Davis has figured out her past life before she was SLATED. Slated means to have your memory erased because you were bad before and the government decided to give you second chance, but it’s different for Kyla. The book Slated by Teri Terry is Science Fiction and is a very interesting book that makes you think when you read it. The author Terri has moved various places and has had more addresses than she can count, she has an obsession with characters who don’t belong or find themselves in unfamiliar places. Slated is her first novel. Kyla’s not sure if she wants to know the truth on why she got slated but whispers from her past echo in her mind.
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Jared Hammerlun
12/8/2013 11:56:04 pm
Jared Hammerlun
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Amanda
12/8/2013 11:56:13 pm
Amanda Brown
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Tyler Beeks
12/8/2013 11:56:29 pm
Tyler Beeks
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Tessa Rainforth
12/8/2013 11:58:14 pm
Unwind Book Review
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Jaden Ruleaux
12/8/2013 11:58:37 pm
Jaden Ruleaux
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Justin Appleby
12/8/2013 11:59:26 pm
Justin Appleby
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Shelby Thomas
12/9/2013 12:01:58 am
Shelby Thomas 8th Unwind By: Neal Shusterman
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Tessa Rainforth
12/11/2013 03:55:52 am
Tessa Rainforth
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Aurora Gutshall, 8th Grade: Unwind by Neal Shusterman 12-20-13
12/20/2013 12:15:03 am
Aurora Gutshall, 8th Grade: Unwind by Neal Shusterman 12-20-13
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Ehric Strope
12/20/2013 08:26:44 am
Ehric Strope, 8th grade, A Painted House, John Grisham
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Ehric Strope
12/20/2013 08:27:39 am
Ehric Strope, 8th grade, A Painted House, John Grisham
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Jared Hammerlun
1/7/2014 02:52:48 am
Jared Hammerlun
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Shayne Campbell
1/9/2014 01:44:56 am
Shayne Campbell
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Wyatt Liewer
1/9/2014 02:02:24 am
If you are an adventurous person and love to read adventure books then the book North by Donna Jo Napoli is the book for you! Donna Napoli is one of the most interesting authors I’ve ever read from. She writes for all ages; from long lasting chapter books to the short sweet children’s books for the younger kids. Donna has won 21 total awards for all her books. The majority of the books she writes are about animals because she loves the outdoors. This book will keep you reading until the last page. It is defiantly one of my most favorite books I’ve ever read because it is so adventurous and it is so similar to the books Gary Paulsen writes. To me the book’s genre is adventure because it follows Alvin through his journey through the wilderness. If you like any of Gary Paulsen’s novels then this book will be a great choice for your next read.
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Emma Krysl
1/10/2014 12:21:44 am
Emma Krysl, What Happened to Goodbye, Sarah Dessen
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Gloria Turpin
1/10/2014 12:40:18 am
Gloria Turpin, grade 8, How to Love, Katie Cotugno
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Blair Langan
1/12/2014 03:40:55 am
Blair Langan
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Gabbie Scott
1/12/2014 06:10:24 am
Gabbie Scott, Grade 8, Crossed by Ally Condie
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Nathaniel Jennings
1/12/2014 07:06:35 am
Lone Survivor
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Sarah Ethington
1/12/2014 10:10:59 pm
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Briaunna Parks
1/12/2014 10:12:42 pm
Briaunna Parks, 8th grade, Thousand Words, Jennifer Brown
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Abbie Flower
1/12/2014 10:14:21 pm
Abbie Flower
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Tayte Jussel
1/12/2014 10:28:25 pm
The boy who lived is in another magical book of wizards and witches and even dragons! The book is called “Harry potter and the goblet of fire”. It is the fourth book of the serious.
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jayde miller
1/12/2014 10:44:09 pm
Jayde Miller, 8th grade
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Tyler Beeks
1/12/2014 11:51:47 pm
Savannah owns a former guard dog named Luthor who attacked a show dog named Electra. Savannah and her family were sued because of Electra’s injury, they were to pay one million dollars or to turn Luthor in to the pound. Now it’s up to Griffin and Ben to save their friend. The plan -operation doggie rehab- was going well until Luthor was threatened by an unknown dog owner.
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Julia - Variant
1/13/2014 12:20:06 am
Useless, pointless, dysfunctional, and broken are the words Benson Fischer uses to describe his life. Being in at least 15 different foster homes throughout his life. No one gives two toots about Benson. He finally finds his big break when he finds a scholarship to Maxfield Academy. The fictional book called “Variant” is one of the best books that I’ve read because it is mysterious and enticing, which are the main things I look for in a good book! Will Maxfield Academy finally be Benson Fischer’s big break or will it just be another scarred memory of the past.
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Nicole Gotschall
1/13/2014 12:21:27 am
Nicole Gotschall 8th Grade The Hunger Games by: Suzanne Collins
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Ehric Strope,
1/13/2014 02:19:00 am
Ehric Strope, 8th Grade, Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
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Morgan Fowler
1/13/2014 05:52:02 am
Have you ever gone to the library and couldn’t find a single book that sounded interesting to you? Well have I got a book for you; it’s called, “One for the Murphys.” This wonderful book is by Lynda Mullaly Hunt, and was published by the Penguin Group in 2012. This book has also received an award called the Tassy Walden Award. Although this book is fiction it seems so real. This book has perfect wording in it that helps you “see” the storey happening in your mind.
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Mikayla Marvin
1/13/2014 10:08:51 pm
“After ever after, by Jordan Sonnenblick, is an outstanding book!” proclaimed Mikayla M. an 8th grader from O’Neill Public Jr./Sr. High School. “After ever after” is a realistic fiction that I recommend for those kids that don’t love to read but still like a book that is sweet, short and to the point. You are going to come across many obstacles in your lifetime but with the help and belief from friends and family you will be able to overcome them.
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Sam Eichelberger
1/13/2014 10:09:06 pm
Book Review “Dogs of Winter”
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Paola Quintero
1/13/2014 10:11:31 pm
Book Review Paola Quintero
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Brendon Dow
1/14/2014 10:18:14 pm
Brendon Dow, 8th Grade, Star Wars The Wrath of Darth Maul, Ryder Windham
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jose ponce
1/17/2014 01:55:26 am
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jose ponce
1/17/2014 01:58:41 am
The book Holes by Louis Sachar is about a young teenage boy named Stanly who is a victim of bulling kids in his school would bully Stanly because of his over weight but one day Stanly was coming home from school when suddenly a pair of shoes fell from the sky and hit Stanly on the head he picked them up and thought if maybe it was a sigh that his dad could make as an foot repellant odor for smelly shoes and Stanly was so excided to go home to tell his dad about the new invention he sprinted home when a cop car followed him down the street and asked why he was running and when he saw the shoe he immediately got off the car and arrested Stanly.
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Amanda
1/22/2014 11:52:55 pm
Amanda Brown
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Justin Appleby
2/4/2014 12:33:01 pm
Justin Appleby
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Shelby Thomas, 8th grade, Unwholly, Neal Shusterman
2/6/2014 12:21:40 am
What would life be like if we had a second civil war over reproductive rights? The book Unwholly by Neal Shusterman gives an interesting twist to what might happen if a second civil war would happen in the near future. This book is classified as a science fiction adventure and dystopia. Shusterman got his idea to write this book was when he saw an article online about transplant technology. The article stated how the transplant technology is getting better, and that in our lifetime we could see a day where 100% of a donor’s body could be used. “If a 100% of you is alive are you a live or are you not,” was Susterman’s initial inspiration to write the book. The agreement written was passed as the Bill of Life. The Bill of Life made it illegal to touch the life of a child until they are thirteen. In which case they can be unwound. Being unwound involves getting numbed and your parts surgically removed to be used for others.
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Abbie Flower, 8th Grade, Reality Boy A.S. King
2/6/2014 10:20:53 pm
Abbie Flower, 8th, Reality Boy, A.S. King.
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Trevor Dempster
2/7/2014 03:53:35 am
A mystery. The prospect that no one ever knew about. Whatever you call it there will always be that one kid that plays a sport and doesn’t want to show off. The investigator is larger than a normal high school kid and has pimples and large glasses to match his nerdy complexion. In the book Payback Time by Carl Deuker he describes the high school season of a player that no one knew about. The reporter, Mitch “True”, it’s his job to figure out who this kid is.
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Trevor Dempster
2/7/2014 04:08:42 am
What do you think of when you hear Michael Jordan? Most people think of his famous free throw line dunk or his incredible ways to get off a shot and make it. After reading this book, Michael Jordan by Chip Lovitt, I really learned a lot more about Michael. This sport genre book is a must read for me because I love sports.
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Haley Schmeichel
2/9/2014 09:59:14 am
Look Again
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