Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy with Nathaniel Whitaker
a biography/autobiography review for Team Burkdoll - Cheese Please
This book is a memoir of Tony Dungy's life. He gives a recount
of his childhood and school years - including elementary, high
school, and college. He tells of his marriage, raising his family,
and notes his steps for becoming one of the . . .
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What Happened To Cass McBride by Gail Giles
a book review for Team Puckett -- the Bookworms
This book is about a girl who gets kidnapped by a guy who is
trying to get revenge. The whole thing happened after Cass had
written a nasty note about the guy's brother after he had asked her
out. She didn't intend for him to find the note . . .
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A Poem for Team B's -- Pizza Please
In celebration of April as National Poetry Month
Roses are red
Violets are blue
After writing this poem
Our pizza will come true!
Going seemed well
As everyone read
But little did they know
Soon the B's would be ahead
After having a slow start
We listened to the . . .
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Hit and Run by Lurlene McDaniel
a book review for Team Burkdoll - Cheese Please
Hit and Run is about four different people's
lives. This book is mainly about a girl named Analise who was
riding home on her bike one night from babysitting, and she
is hit by a car. The boy who hit her was Quinn, and he and . . .
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Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
a book review for Team Rice -- Motley Crew
The setting takes place in an old abandoned village surrounded
by mountains, where most of the village houses are broken down. It
is present time.
The characters are Mo, who is the dad of Maggie and husband of
Teresa. Teresa is called . . .
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Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman
a book review for Team Thurston -- the No Namers
Quinn is a wild child who loves crazy fast rides, roller
coasters and has piercings. He doesn't really feel like he has
anything that he is good at. On the other hand,his brother Blake is
a cautious kid; he likes to go the speed limit and . . .
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The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier
a book review for Team Burkdoll -- Cheese Please
This book starts off with a little girl named Alicia getting
murdered, and the police suspect Jason, who is 12 years old and
lives down the street from her. He was the last one to see her and
the last one at her house as he was watching . . .
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The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
a book review for Team Rice - Motley Crew
First Part Last is a pretty good book from the
front of the book to the middle. The end of the book goes downhill
because it is not too descriptive and leaves you hanging about the
mother of the child in the story. The book is a little . . .
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Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
a book review for Team Burkdoll - Cheese Please
This book is about a family that lives in Oklahoma during the
Dust Bowl. Billy Jo is a young girl who has a passion for playing
the piano. Her ma stays home and tends to the house and she is very
pregnant. Pa is a farmer.
One day Pa . . .
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A time for dancing
a book review for Team Burkdoll - Cheese Please
Sam and Jules have been best friends since they were nine years
old. They grew up dancing together and loved it. During the summer
before their senior year, everything was going well until one
morning when Jules was at dance class, her hip . . .
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No Right Turn by Terry Trueman
a book review for Team Thurston - the No Namers
The story I am writing about is No Right Turn . I really
do think it is a good book, and I think people should read the book
because it is very interesting.
The story begins as Jordan tries to save his dad's life by
giving him CPR, . . .
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The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
a book review for Team Puckett - The Bookworms
I remember the day one of my students asked me if "Indians" still lived in tepees. I felt devastated after living fourteen years on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation with Native Americans. Lakota are people too. I had to get out my yearbook . . .
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Tenderness by Robert Cormier
a book review for Team Burkdoll - Cheese Please
Tenderness is about a young girl named Lori
Cranston, who ran away from home because of her mother's boyfriend.
A few years ago, she met Eric Poole, who befriended and protected
her, and ever since that time, he has stood in her . . .
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Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
a book review
Inexcusable by Chris Lynch is a story that is
thematically similar to Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. The
main difference is it is told from a male's perspective, in the
voice of Keir Sarafian. In both Speak and
Inexcusable , the . . .
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The Wizard’s Daughter by Catherine Coulter
Book Review for Team Thurston (No Namers)
The beginning of this book was mysterious and very well written.
The middle almost all the way to the end was both exciting and well
thought, not to mention immensely detailed. The end unfortunately
was unsatisfying to the the reader. It . . .
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