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Student Book Reviews

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If you are submitting a book review, please include the following information:

1.  Title of the book and name of the author; be sure to underline the name of the book, please.
2.  A summary of the plot
3.  What you thought about the book—rate it on a scale of 1-5 stars (1 worst, 5 best), and tell us why you rated this book the way you did.  What made it worthy of the evaluation you provided?  Would you recommend this book to others?

All book reviews must be the original work of the student.  We will not post reviews that have been copied and pasted from the book jacket or from other websites.  We want your original analysis!

Thanks! 

Random Student Reviews

Alanna: The First Adventure

By Tamora Pierce

Becca’s Rating: 5 Stars +

     Alanna is an eleven year old whose one dream is to become a great knight. One problem: she’s a girl. What’s a girl to do? Switch places with her twin brother, befriend the King of Thief’s and the Prince, make enemies with an older Paige and keep her identity a secret. Piece of cake

     I would recommend this book to people of all ages. People who enjoy adventure, action and comedy, especially for all the girls out there — embrace your inner heroine, and read this amazing series - Songs of The Lioness.  

                                        - Becca Mann

My Sister's Keeper

By Jodi Picoult

5+ Stars  

Summary:

            Many thirteen-year-olds are rebellious teenagers, but not many actually sue their parents for medical emancipation. Anna is tired of being a pincushion for her sister's needs. "Anna… a four letter word for vessel." Her sister, Kate, was diagnosed with a rare case of leukemia since the age of three. her parent's, distraught over the idea of losing a child, embryotically created Anna to ensure that she would be an exact donor for Kate. The court trial begins and Kate is steadily dying of a failing kidney. Is Anna doing the right thing?

Review:

            I fell in love with this book. Picoult does an amazing job relating characters to those similar in our lives. The reader is sympathetic to Anna's reasons for emancipation, even though it creates problems throughout the family. You understand the mother's anger at her younger daughter for the refusal to take a vital part in saving her elder daughter's life. You recognize the brother's need for attention from his parents whose attention has extended solely to his sisters. You empathize with the father's confusion and helplessness, his torn state of loyalty between his wife and his daughter. This novel tears at your emotions, absorbing you into this fictional reality. The reader will find their self laughing with the characters, arguing with them, agreeing with them, and crying with them. I never wanted this book to end.

Jasmine Cruz

Twilight

By Stephenie Meyer

5+ Stars

Summary:

            Isabella, or Bella to anyone outside her family, has decided to move in with her divorced father in a little city near Seattle, Washington, where the atmosphere is nearly set in a permanent overcast. You expect the new kid in town to be nervous and squirm-ish, right? Bella is hardly like that. She plays it cool in school—until Edward Cullen enters her life. This drop-dead gorgeous guy has her tongue-tied and reels her in his mysteriousness. What is it about him that attracts her? He seems almost… supernatural. Edward is in the same state of confusion as Bella, he has never felt this way towards anyone before. What makes this normal quaint looking girl any different from the rest of the others? As their romance begins… so does their dangerous adventures.

Review:

            Bella and Edward's our-love-can-never-happen-but-I-can-not-resist romance is truly seducing. I do not want to give too much away. Edward, a teenage vampire forever to remain immortal, meets Bella, the average and pretty mortal teenager. Many teenage female readers are going to envy Bella's character for snatching up this surreal, ideal, stoic Edward. This book makes a girl's fantasies sigh in giddiness and you find a smile on your face in anticipation to read the next page. This book is great for fiction/fantasy/romance and is highly recommended for an amusing, fun read. The movie should be interesting!

Jasmine Cruz

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