A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
a book review for Team Burkdoll
This book is about a girl named Mattie Gokey, who is sixteen
years old. Her mother dies, and then her older brother leaves, and
she is left to do all the housework. Her dad does not understand
her and expects her to do everything. Mattie . . .
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Freaky Green Eyes by Joyce Carol Oates
a book review for Team Burkdoll
This book is about a girl named Francesca Reid, but she likes to
be called Franky. It seems that Franky lives the good life
and her family has lots of money. Her dad is a sports commentator,
and her mom seems to be just perfect. Yet . . .
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Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan
Book Review for Team Snyder
Darren Shan is just a normal boy
who happens to have a great love for spiders. He has three friends:
Alan, Tom, and Steve. Alan produces a flyer that his brother
had gained, which was the key to getting tickets to the Cirque Du
. . .
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Baby Alicia Is Dying by Lurlene McDaniel
book review for Team Burkdoll
This book is about a girl named Desi Mitchell. Her parents are
very rich and give her anything she desires, but they ignore her
because they work long hours.
Desi and her best friend Corrine work at a childcare clinic
together. This . . .
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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
a book review for Team Burkdoll
This book is about a young man, Christopher
McCandless. Chris seemed like a normal, middle class person: He had
great parents, lived in a nice house in Washington D.C., had a dog,
graduated from college, but this life was not for him. He . . .
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4 book reviews
The winter break allotted me some time to sit back and read four
books: Chasing Tail Lights, The Stranger, The Poet Slave of
Cuba, and Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the
World . Here are my reviews, in order of enjoyment. . . .
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Eragon by Christopher Paolini
a book review by R. Peer for Team Puckett
A farm boy finds a blue stone that falls out of the sky. The next day, the blue stone hatches into a baby dragon. Eragon touches the dragon, which results in his being turned into one of the legendary Dragon Riders. Soon after, Eragon . . .
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