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shamontiel you need ta knock it off
this book was written from someone who probably had to experience these things. Im white, im sometimes immature, but that doesnt mean that you bust on every white kid whos friends with a black kid! Hell, im friends with a black kid.

THis is the shizz
This is a very original and well thought out book. It has many twists and turns and really makes us look @ our society today and our acceptance of different cultures.
Top 5 reasons to buy The Hoopster!
5. The Plot:
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Subjects:  1. African Americans    2. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Fiction    5. Hate crimes    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Social Issues - General    8. Sports & Recreation - Basketball    9. Teenage boys    10. Juvenile Fiction / General   

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure    2. Action & Adventure - General    3. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. Family - Parents    6. Fiction    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Las Vegas (Nev.)    9. Social Issues - General    10. Social Situations - General    11. Sports & Recreation - General    12. Sports & Recreation - Miscellaneous    13. Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure   

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THIS IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ !!
I love this book so much. I was so in to the book i once read 61 pages at one time. It brought me to tears, it mad eme feel as if I were there.As if i was Jimmy and Seths bestfriend and went everywhere they did. I sugest u read this book, you will not forget it. I will always remember this book as the best book i have ever read !!

Heart of a Champion
In these book Seth meets a boy named Jimmy playing ball with his dad. Seth is invited to play and he sees how good Jimmy and begins to practice regularily. Jimmy's dad is hard on Jimmy and his mom and eventually moves away. Jimmy and Seth become good friends. Jimmy is always there for seth and helps him do better in school and baseball. one day Jimmy's mom decides to move away. At the start of the next baseball season Seth gets a call from hid old friend Jimmy who wants him to play on his team. Seth can't but Jimmy moves back to Seth's town and joins there baseball team. Jimmy is as good as ever and maked the varsity baseball team and Seth is stuck on the Jayvee. Todd and Jimmy are the star players of the varsity team and before a big game for the finals they both get caought drinking and are kicked off the team. Next season both friends are on the varsity team. One night Jimmy gets a call at 3:00 a.m from a friend that says Jimmy has been in an accident. Seth rushes to the hospital to find out Jimmy is dead. He is devestated he knew Jimmy was going to make the majors. The team was never the same without Jimmy.
Heart of a Champion
"Your every day life decisions can choose your fate." The book Heart of a Champion was written by: Carl Deuker. It is about a boy named Seth and his friend Jimmy. They both are trying to succeed and achieve there goal of playing professional baseball. I would recommend this book for kids who enjoy reading about baseball. What I liked about this book was they talked a lot about baseball. What I didn't like about the book was the things Jimmy was doing throughout the story. Another good book written by: Carl Deuker is Runner. This author is into baseball. Read this book and see if Jimmy and Seth can take there team to the championship game. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Baseball    2. Bereavement    3. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. Fiction    6. Friendship    7. Social Situations - Death & Dying    8. Social Situations - Drugs, Alcohol, & Substance Abuse    9. Social Situations - Friendship    10. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Friendship   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. General    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Knots and splices    7. Sports & Recreation - Camping & Outdoor Activities    8. String   

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This Book is Great
This book is great you'll love it. First she and her sister gets caputered by indins when her mom and younger brother went to the mill and her dad and older brother got killed by the indins. Regina is sad first she wanted the white men to come and save her but they didn't entill every one of the indins were gone. Which was most of her family because she gave up hope. She was at this camp with the white men and all mom's and dad's are tring to find theredauters and sons from the war. Regina was so nice and tried to never give up like i am.

An exciting book that's hard to put down
This book gives an accurate portrayal of what it was like back in the 1700's ~ and what it was like to move into the Indian's territory.
I AM REGINA
Rould you believe that two indians would crash your cabin door open, holding rifles at that, intending to kill you and your family. Well this is exactly what happened to a girl named Regina in a historical fiction novel called I am Regina.
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Subjects:  1. Boys / Men    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Fiction    5. Historical - United States - Colonial    6. Indian captivities    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Lifestyles - City & Town Life    9. Pennsylvania    10. People & Places - United States - Native American    11. Sports & Recreation - Baseball    12. Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / Baseball   

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Imitate The Tiger
This was a very good book I normally don't read too much but this book i could barely put it down. This book is about a teenager having problems, he drinks so that was that the start of it he is a linebacker for the football team at his high school. He ends up goin to rehaband learning from his mistakes. This book would probably be good for young teens goin through tough times.

The Tiger and it's ups and downs.................
Imitate The Tiger My review
Chris Serbo is a senior in high school that is faced with the problem that is ruining his life, alcohol.In Imitate The Tiger by Jan Cheripko he is desperately trapped in a deep hole that he cannot get out of, for he lost his girlfriend, his grades are dropping, and his relationship with his aunt is deteriorating.Read more

Subjects:  1. Alcoholism    2. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Emotional problems    5. Fiction    6. Football    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. School & Education    9. Social Issues - Drugs, Alcohol, & Substance Abuse    10. Sports & Recreation - Football   

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Great skateboarding story
I picked up this book after I heard about it on the radio.It's a great story that boys and girls would love.They have to have an interest in skateboarding.I bought it for my son (13 yrs) and he couldn't put it down.He loved the action and all the skateboarding talk.Even my daughter (11 yrs) liked it.Read more

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mixed feelings
I have mixed feelings about this book. As has been stated, the illustrations are really bright and colorful.And obviously, the women featured are amazing people.But...it does have a very simplistic (even for a kids book) heavy-handed way about it.And somehow it bugs me that the primary author is a man.No women authors available to do the job?The underlying message, though, that with determination you can do it, is a useful one for little girls.

A good read!
Girls Can! By Rick Kupchella is a celebration of girls and what they can accomplish when they believe in themselves. Kupchella writes his story with the cooperation of Sandra Day O'Connor (the first female Supreme Court associate justice), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Olympic gold medal winner) and Sally Ride (the first American woman astronaut in space).
A little sexism for your sweetie
Despite getting higher grades in school and making up 52% of college graduates, girls apparently need a little extra patronizing and mixed messages about their ability to succeed.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Fiction    4. Girls & Women    5. Individuality    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Occupations    8. Self-realization    9. Sex role    10. Sports & Recreation - Gymnastics   

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Teacher's Grade: B
Mike Lupica has written an enjoyable, but highly predictable, story that will entertain 9-13 year old boys as much as High School Musical did.The story is a familiar one to anyone that has ever seen "The Bad News Bears"-genre of movie.Like all the movies in that genre, this plot centers around an underdog team being coached by a washed up adult.The ultimate ending won't come as any surprise to intelligent readers.
Travel Team!
Travel Team
author short on talent
Big mouth who writes so amateurishly and predictably that I might as well have stopped on page 4. Sorry Mike, you may have been able to fashion a minor columnist and broadcaster career out of being a flamboyantly idiotic fop, but when you try to write fiction, I'm afraid you come up short ... like you are.
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Keeper
The book I read was Keeper by Mal Peet.
I Don't Like Reading, But I Really Can't Put This Book Down!
wow!!! what an amazing book!! I just can't put this book down!! I got this book yesterday and I have not put it down since, this is without a doubt the BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!!! wow!!! This is an amazing book!! I would recomend to buy it!! This was required for my school, but if I had not ever heard of this and had to buy it, I would have thought it was nothing!! I recomend this for all young adults like middle schoolers 6-8 and also it could be just a fun book to read for adults too!! BUY THIS BOOK!!!

Not your average sports story
On the surface, Keeper is a soccer story. Goalie extraordinaire El Gato sits in a small hotel room recounting not only how he's just won the World Cup, but also how he came to be the keeper he is today.
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Great Wrestling Book
My review on this book is a pretty good review. This book wouldn't exactly be my first choice, but it was a good book. If you were into wrestling I would highly recomend this book. It has a lot of wrestling moves and some terms listed. There are some funny parts as well. I would not recomend this book to children under 5th grade and would strongly suggest that you would at least be 10 or 11. This is a good book and I highly suggest it.

wow!!!
i just started reading this book for my Battle Of The Books n i think that is awesome!!!everyone should read this book!!!

Brittany's Book Review on There's a Girl in my Hammerlock!
Maisie trys out for the wrestling team and makes it, but no matter how hard she tries she always gets into trouble by her coach. Being the only girl on the the team isn't easy either. No one wants to wrestle with her. But then she meets a friend on the wrestling team his name is George Bamberger, when the team would do warm-ups they were always partners. All through the summer Maisie has has a crush an a guy named Eric Delong, who also happened to be on the wrestling team. Meanwhile, the matches had started . When the other teams realized that their 105 pounder would be wrestling a girl they would forfiet. She went through matches undefeated by forfiets. which was great in a way but on the other hand she was very upset because no one supported her for wrestling because she was a girl,but then finally there was a team that their wrestler wasn't afraid to wrestle her. Even though she lost she was still very happy that she actually got to wrestle. I loved the book it was very awesome Spinelli is a very skilled writer and his book was great. My family is a very big wrestling family so when I saw this book I thought WOW!! i have to read it. It was a very great book and everyone should read it!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books - Young Adult    2. Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Fiction    5. Schools    6. Sex role    7. Social Issues - Adolescence    8. Social Situations - Adolescence    9. Sports & Recreation - Miscellaneous    10. Wrestling    11. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / General   

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A Lie and it's Ripple Effects
Oats has written a thought provoking young adult book that leads to the questions of personal responsibility, as well as self identity and acceptance. Darryl Flynn is a beautiful and charismatic young man. He's popular with his peers and a rising athelete in the swim team. One evening after school one of the teachers gives him a ride home, and Darryl's mind races at the idea of what might happen, of what this teacher might be, and what that might mean Darryl is. Told is quick chapters that burst with angst, Oats puts the story in high gear, barreling towards a dramatic event that send shockwaves through the school and Darryl's questioning mind. Oats provides no easy answers, and instead simply presents an honest portrait of a young man in crisis. I'll admit the language in the beginning threw me for a young adult book, however it's not done in an exploitive way, and does add to the realism of the characters.

Provocative
If I were stuck on a desert island and could only bring one author with me, I would definitely bring something by Joyce Carol Oates.I've probably read about 15 of her books over the last several decades and she never fails to deliver.
Ms. Oates Conquers Yet Another Genre
I am always delighted to find that a writer whose works I admire branches out into yet another genre, in this instance children's and young adult literature. Reynolds Price, Ian McEwan and Toni Morrison-- just to name three fantastic writers-- have done it; and now Ms. Oates, who apparently is capable of anything when it comes to writing, has written SEXY, the story of Darren Flynn: "Soon as he turned sixteen, put on weight and began to get attention for his looks, things began to turn weird." And weird they do. He becomes visible to both women and men, including his high school English teacher Mr. Tracy. Darren is on the swimming team, is from rural New Hampshire, is very shy-- he has a girl friend who is sort of just his best friend. He is still chaste as the New Hampshire snow when it comes to girls. He faces all the dilemmas of a teenage boy and certainly doesn't always make the better decision. Without giving away the plot of this short work, I refer to his handling of "the thing" with Mr. Tracy as well as his participation in the bashing of a gay kid at the mall.
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Great Beginnings
This work is a wonderful introduction to techniques of self defence. Examples are concise and easy to understand. The situations and techniques illustrated paint a comprehensive picture of the author's commitment to defensive strategies, while avoiding aggression and offensive tactics.

Great Book!
All i can say is that this book was a pleasure to read, and that it has inspired me more than i could ever imaagine!thank you very much Mr.Konzak

Preparation is your best defence!
Girl Power is an empowering book for young teens. With an emphasis on prevention and avoidance, the author captures the essence of self-defence. But the book also serves as an effective guide and introduction to simpleself-defence techniques and maneuvers that are easily practiced andlearned. This book will help young girls develop self-confidence and willhelp them take control of their own lives. Preparation and know-how arealways your best defence! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Martial Arts & Self-Defense    2. Sports    3. Sports & Recreation    4. Sports & Recreation / Martial Arts & Self-Defense    5. Instruction and study    6. Self-defense    7. Self-defense for women    8. Teenage girls    9. Teenagers   

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The Premier Primer
This book is the best introduction to sailing I've ever seen. It is packed with information. Although beginners may spend hours on one page, the concepts are clearly presented and easy to follow. It is succinct. Only 64 pages! The drawings are superb. They are far superior to photos in clarity - Jan is such a fine artist that they are superior to most other drawings as well.
A Lovely and Informative Book
This is a wonderful book for both children and adults who would like to learn the "nuts and bolts" of sailing. Adkins explains why sails work the way they do, with an understandable discussion of the Bernoulli effect, vectors, and the airfoil. He also explains various sailing techniques, such as docking, anchoring, tacking and gybing. Various knots are demonstrated as well. There are very attractive and useful illustrations throughout, which make the book very entertaining and accessable. My favorite part of the book is the 2 page spread showing various rigs. When I first started learning about boats, this helped me figure out the difference between a ketch and a yawl, and taught me the names for the various parts of a sail. This book contains lots of useful, digestible information at a reasonable price.

Superb
Thoughtful, thorough, and visually beautiful, especially if you like old boats.Those who believe thay must wear lycra suit rather than old t shirt and shorts to go, say, biking or to go sailing might not find it glitzyenough.I have bought four of them.One to replace our tattered copy athome, one for public library and two for favorite young relatives ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Juvenile Fiction    4. Sailing    5. Sailing - General    6. Ships & Shipbuilding - Engineering    7. Sports & Recreation    8. Sports & Recreation - Water Sports    9. Sports & Recreation / Sailing   

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Book report about The Good Luck Pony by Catherine Marie Fox
This book is about a girl who loved horses like I do. She always wanted to ride a real one and go very fast. Then one day she took some riding lessons. First,she learned how to guide the pony by using it's reins. Each week she took her pony around a circle with some other girls. One dayshe had to ride a different pony. She felt very unconformable on the newpony. Then all of a sudden the pony took off while the little girl wentwith him getting hit in the face with branches. Then the instructor ranwith her pony and grabbed the reins. The little girl's pony stopped.Then... Find out yourself when you order it.I loved this bookbecause it is about horses which I love and it has perfect words so I canread it easier. Also I love it because it has a charm which is a gold horsewith a gold chain. It is very pretty. I think it was a good story becauseit teaches you how to be brave. I think you would love it if you lovehorses.I am collecting all of Elizabeth Koda-Callan's bookswhich is also called Magic Charm books. She's my favorite author becauseshe writes all about little girls with different stories. ElizabethKoda-Callan now lives in New York city. You can read more about her in theback of the pages from "The Good Luck Pony."

A must-read book for youngsters.
This book is an easy-to-read book which is great for young children just starting to read, to help read better.

Wonderful!!!
This book is a wonderfull book for any little girl that has ever dreamed of riding.it comes with a good luck charm in the shape of a horse.this is a very inspiring book for young readers and horse riders.I recomendthis book be given as a gift to any little girl that has just started toride.this is a wonderful book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Horses    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings    7. Sports & Recreation - Miscellaneous    8. Gift books for children    9. Juvenile Fiction / General    10. Picture books   

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winner of the "Outstanding Informational Book for Teens" from the Children's Literature Council of Southern California
A much deserved winner of the "Outstanding Informational Book for Teens" from the Children's Literature Council of Southern California, this is a book I highly recommend.
Buy it for all the girls in your life!
This is a MUST BUY for all the females in your life, especially those that love the ocean.A fun read with lots of ingenuity--found it to be so charming, cute, fresh, inspiring, and informative.Just the kind of book you want your girls to read--trust me, they'll love it--makes great gifts too.Not only young girls will enjoy reading it--adults will too, believe me!

Loved Sanoe in Blue Crush, Loved this book.
Incredible, beautiful book! Sanoe proves that she's not just a great surfer and actress, she knows how to put a book together.I have been surfing for 3 years and I wish Sanoe had put his out when I started. I heard about the book on a KROQ radio ad in L.A. announcing her booksigning, but I couldn't make it, so I went to the store to check it out. I found 4 other girl's surfing guides! - they must have all just come out because I've never seen them. I sat down and plowed through all of them, and I'll keep this short and try and save people time and money if they are just going to buy one of these books, here is why Sanoe's is much better (but you'll see for yourself if you compare): 1. It's extremely well written, funny, and it's entertaining -- there's a continuous flow of interesting material, along with comics, photos, charts, and sweet graphics. My friends who don't surf checked it out and now they are starting to get the vibe of why the sport is so great. That's how this book is so great - it communicates the vibe of surfing. Bottom line: Sanoe's book is better written.2. Sanoe's "How To" part -about a third of the book - is very easy to follow, she takes the reader through it step by step, with tons of tight illustrations. I swear to God one of the other girl's guides has stick-figure drawings. Gimme a break2. Sanoe's book is in color - the other books are black and white or have just one color. Color crushes black and white. 3. Best I can tell, Sanoe is the only professional surfer of all the authors. As such, you bet your butt she knows what she is talking about when it comes to surfing.4. Sanoe has also been a model, so her fashion sections are great- she gives hints on all kinds of surfwear and beauty hints also. 5. The book is just really well-organized - going through the history of surfing, the herstory, the fashion, the dangers and how to proceed safely, sun and skin safety,all really interesting and helpful - I seriously could have avoided a few painful moments had I read through this before I learned. 6. Sanoe goes into the empowering aspects for girls and women - this is great material... i was thinking some of this when I was learning. You really do build your courage, discpline and confidence when you learn to surf. You basically have to as you get better. 7. Overall, Sanoe's tone is light and fun, and she has a huge glossary of all the surf terms... in case you want to get into the lingo of the sport. Seriously, a color book at his price...you absolutely will be thrilled with your value here. I bought 6 for gifts -- taking out a nice chunk of my xmas shopping. I would say that you definitely don't even need to be a future surfer to enjoy this book. The book is so full of interesting things about the ocean and it's so motivating in general.When are her new movies coming out? Cheers and aloha. ... Read more

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Perfect Ending to a Durned Good Read
This is one of the most real-world inspiring and beautifully understated pieces of fiction that I have read. The protagonist, Louden Swain, is a 17-and 18-year-old who is doing his very best to become the best (the most alive, capable) person he can figure out how to become. It's durned good to see such a life as Louden's promoted in a fine piece of writing instead of the maladjusts we often find in contemporary, "cool" literature. Although Vision Quest is listed as a young adult title, the writing transcends that genre. This is not so much a book for adolescent readers (although they'll likely enjoy it) as it is a fun read for adults who powerfully connect with good novels. The ending: it's downright perfect. The wrestling match between Louden and his opponent is not the point of the story. The journey of becoming is what matters here.
If you loved the movie..don't buy this book!
My husband is perhaps the biggest fan of the movie Vision Quest. He bought this book hoping it would be as good or better and was HORRIBLY disappointed. It was shallow and Godless! You are left feeling disconnected from the main character. You feel like you need a bath after reading it. Seriously, this is not the book you had hoped for if you loved the movie. Save your money on this one.

This remarkable book helped make me a writer.
This book not only helped me become a writer, it confirmed that there are folks out there working in each moment to be the best people they can be. I've carried the protagonist, Louden Swain, with me every day of my life since I read VISION QUEST in late 1979. And I'm glad for it.
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Fantastic!!!!
This book is the best. It felt so down-to-earth. You feel like you know he williams sisters. I truly disagree with the person who talked about this book being about Jehovah's Witness. They don't encourage reades in any way to become a Jehovahs Witness. This is such a good book, I don't see how anyone could bad-mouth it. I had the good fortune to meet Venus, and I'm not lying i swear, and she is so nice and friendly. She gives off such a good vibe. THIS IS A GREAT BOOK!!!!!!!!!!! BUY IT PLEASE!!!!!!!

No Shunning Allowed
Hilary Beard is a Philadelphia journalist who you can trust implicitly, she has a great even voice.Her previous book was the life story of enterpreneur Lisa Price, the woman who came back from financial ruin to found CAROL'S DAUGHTER the great herbal essence success story.Lisa got to meet many celebrities, in fact she knew them before they got big, and her cosmetic prescriptions, learned from her mother and Trinidadian family, helped Erykah Badu and Jada Pinkett among others,
Great book for teens and fans of Venus and Serena!
After seeing Venus and Serena on the Oprah show, I decided to get this book and I'm glad I did.The book talks about many of their on-court experiences so if you're a fan of Venus and Serena and have followed their careers since the mid 90's, you'll find out fascinating tidbits about their reactions to incidents on the WTA Tour.I also bought a copy for a friend's 11 yr. old daughter so as you can see this book is a great conversation-starter for parents and their daughters.All-around, well done. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1980-    2. 1981-    3. African American women tennis players    4. Biography    5. Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage    6. Biography & Autobiography - People of Color    7. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    8. Children's 12-Up - Biography / Autobiography    9. Children's Books/Young Adult Biography    10. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    11. Juvenile Nonfiction    12. Social Issues - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance    13. Social Problems (General) (Young Adult)    14. Sports & Recreation - General    15. Tennis players    16. United States    17. Williams, Serena,    18. Williams, Venus,    19. Juvenile Nonfiction / General