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Journey of a girl
I read this when I was young, and I remember feeling like I had found a friend.In this book, I found a character who struggled with the same issues with family members, self worth, impossible crushes, and God that I did.But instead of dwelling on the struggles, we see the difficult childhood of this girl pass.
Well written, but not recommended for kids
This is a well written book, however, I feel I should point out several issues I have with this book, which seems to follow the formula of the "modern teen problem novel".This novel "explores difficult emotions" such as selfishness,jealousy, and alienation from God. All characters who are devoutly religious are portrayed as either uneducated or mean, and any "enlightened" characters or heroes are portrayed as not being religious.( Does anyone really know any Christians who go around , Bible-in-hand, accusing other women of "whoredom"?) And what modern teen "problem novel" would be complete without some sexual themes, and at least a brief discussion of menstruation ?At the book's end, our main character chooses to continue in her career after the birth of first child. Parents should also be advised that Sara Louise's "coming of age" includes rejecting religion.( Although, to be fair, the book does not portray Sara as a happy person, but I think this subtlety will be lost on children.)Judging by other reviews, most child readers did not pick up on the fact that Caroline was a much kinder and more likable person than Sara Louise.An adult reader who is wise to the anti-religious bias may enjoy the book ( if they're not grossed out by the idea of a 14 year old having a crush on a 70 year old man). If you are looking for a book about a normal child, with normal child feelings, dealing with her "perfect" sister, read Little House on the Prairie and leave this book on the shelf. Appropriate reading for adults, who can understand the bias against religion, but not at all recommended for children.
Book Review on Jacob Have I Loved
Just recently, I have read the Newberry Medal-winning novel Jacob Have I Loved written by Katherine Paterson. This book describes the life of young, Sara Louise Bradshaw, the twin of the popular and more appreciated, Caroline Bradshaw, growing up on the small island of Rass. All her life, Louise felt as if Caroline has deprived her of everything: their family's love, her friends, and her dreams for a successful future. Then, when Captain Wallace - who had mysteriously returned after fifty years of disappearance - finds a way to obtain a scholarship for Caroline in Baltimore, Louise is left to tassel with her sharp-mouthed grandmother and take on the traditional job of a male as a waterman. Unfortunately, this did not satisfy the woman she was becoming. Louise must learn to fight past her jealousy of her sister's shadow and figure and find her way to place Caroling cannot reach. I learned of this book from a friend and found it interesting from their description. After reading, however, I realized it is very emotional and gets very deep into the feelings of jealousy and hatred. In addition, it also has a large use of vocabulary. So I would recommend it to anyone who is thirteen or older preferably to the female gender but some men may also find this story appealing.
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Subjects:  1. Brothers and sisters    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Classics    5. Family - Siblings    6. Fiction    7. Girls & Women    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Social Issues - Adolescence    10. Twins    11. Juvenile Fiction / Family / Siblings   

Subjects:  1. Adolescent Psychiatry    2. Clinical Psychology    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Juvenile delinquents    5. Medical    6. Mental Illness    7. Mental health    8. Mental health services    9. Planning    10. Practice Management    11. Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent    12. Psychology    13. Psychology Of Juvenile Delinquency    14. Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior    15. Treatment    16. Adolescents    17. English legal system: criminal procedure    18. Juvenile offenders    19. Prisons    20. Psychology & Psychiatry / Psychotherapy   

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Great Book for Teens!!
I thought this book was one of the best books I've ever read. It was very realistic and it's something people want to read about. It had a very nice plot line and was a book some people could relate to! I would recommend this book to all my friends. I loved the way this book was written, it was so creative.

Awesome
The first one was awesome and so was the second one! It was a page turner, I read it in a few hours and was in awe about how well the story went from one situation to the other. Another great read.

Love it!
I read TTYL and absolutly loved it! Then I saw this one come out and had to have it! If anyone is border line to buy it, do it! It's just as good as the first book with just as many adventures.
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Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    2. Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. Fiction    5. Friendship    6. Girls & Women    7. Instant messaging    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Moving, Household    10. Social Issues - Dating & Sex    11. Social Issues - Friendship    12. Social Situations - Dating & Sex    13. Juvenile Fiction / Girls & Women   

Editorial Review

Strange, sleepy Rogerson, with his long brown dreads and brilliant greeneyes, had seemed to Caitlin to be an open door. With him she could be anybody,not just the second-rate shadow of her older sister, Cass. But now she isdrowning in the vacuum Cass left behind when she turned her back on her family'sexpectations by running off with a boyfriend. Caitlin wanders in a dream land ofdrugs and a nightmare of Rogerson's sudden fists, lost in her search forherself.Read more

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Dreamland
Dreamland by Sarah Dessen is a book about a seventeen-year-old girl by the name of Caitlin who is going trough some hard times. Every year since this year she has been the one who always looks up to her sister and is expected to be more like her sister. Then one day her older sister decides to leave early one morning and go live with her boyfriend in New York. She is then faced with new conflicts such as boys, drinking, and smoking.
Vivid portrayal of dating violence
Dessen's "Dreamland" is probably one of the most accurate portrayals of dating violence that I've read in fiction.People often wonder why victims don't leave their abusers, and how they could continue to love the person who hurts them.Dessen vividly portrays how Caitlin understands that what Rodgerson is doing is wrong, but she is afraid to leave.Her self-esteem is so fragile that she assumes everyone will blame her for getting into such a dangerous situation.
WOW wonderful!
This is the most fantastic book i have ever read. I couldn't stop reading it and finished it within 2 days. I couldn't have said it better myself. It was as if the author was writing a story about when i was younger. She captured everything perfectly. I would recommend this story to anyone. And if all of Sarah Dessen books are this good i am going to be busy over the next few days lol. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Dating violence    4. Fiction    5. Girls & Women    6. Identity    7. Interpersonal relations    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Juvenile Fiction / Girls & Women   

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great new chic lit
In Cecily von Ziegesar's new series, Gossip Girl character Jenny Humphrey leaves Manhattan to attend boarding school at the elite Waverly Academy in upstate New York.Jenny is determined to start completely over from who she was at Constance Billard, and create a new, cool, chic persona.Jenny knows she's up for a challenge when her new roomates are the best friends of the former Waverly Academy It Girl, but she's up for it.Nothing can deter her from her path to being elevated to It Girl status.Not her roomates, not the Disciplinary Committe, nothing.This book gives insight into a new side of Jenny Gossip Girl readers had not been previously privy to, and serves up a whole new set of scandals, intrigue, and gossip.Fans of Gossip Girl will love this new read, but it is not neccessary to have read it to enjoy The It Girl.

'The It Girl' is, without a doubt, the must-have accessory of the season
Sophomore Jenny Humphrey is finally vacating the city, as well as the illustrious Constance Billard, and heading to the countryside to attend the prestigious Waverly Academy. While it may just be a stone's throw away from the bright lights of Times Square, Jenny knows that it's a place where she can finally reinvent herself, and create a name she feels is worthy. A place where she can become...an It Girl. As soon as she arrives on campus, everything feels different, from the horsey smells, to the lone owls flying around, Jenny feels as if she has arrived, and intends on embracing the goddess she truly is. Now all she needs is a proper boy toy to worship her. But when Jenny encounters her two uber-rich, self-absorbed roommates - Callie Vernon and Brett Messerschmidt - Jenny begins having second thoughts. After all, those two are only ready to lend a helping hand if something's in it for them. And increasing Jenny's popularity doesn't likely hold a very high place on their to-do list. Surrounded by gorgeous girls, and even more gorgeous guys, Jenny knows that she's in the right place, now she just has to find the ability to stay there. And, if taking the fall for someone else, getting caught with "off-limit" boys in "off-limit" areas, and going up against the Disciplinary Committee all in the first week of classes is what it takes, then Jenny's all for it. After all, there's nothing that she wouldn't do to become...an It Girl.
it girl
theis is a greatttt book i read 1-5 in clique and 1-9 in gossip girl in 10 days, im a quick reader wat can i say? this book took a bit longer becauseit was harder to get into. but it was the bomb! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Boarding schools    2. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    3. Children's All Ages - Fiction - General    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    5. Fiction    6. Girls & Women    7. Interpersonal relations    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. School & Education    10. Social Issues - Adolescence    11. Social Issues - Dating & Sex    12. Wealth    13. Juvenile Fiction / Girls & Women   

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Important addition to the literature on street organizations
Few books are currently available on street organizations (commonly referred to by sociologists, anthropologists and criminologists as "gangs") that present both an insider perspective and outsider analysis, and place these social formations into the context of both the contemporary and historical variables that cause their formation, and direct their transformation into radical political organizations.Read more

Subjects:  1. Almighty Latin King and Queen    2. Case studies    3. Criminology    4. Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies    5. Gangs    6. Hispanic American youth    7. History    8. Literary Criticism    9. New York    10. New York (State)    11. Social conditions    12. Sociology    13. Sociology - Urban    14. Adolescents    15. Organized crime    16. Social Science / Sociology / General    17. USA   

Editorial Review

Vince Luca, 17, has a problem. His wealthy family runs the, uh, vendingmachine business in New York, and Vince is determined not to be part of it.Especially after a hot date is ruined when he finds that his older brother Tommyhas conducted some business with Jimmy the Rat and hidden the messy andtemporarily unconscious body in the trunk of Vince's car. His dad, the King ofthe Mob, is reasonable, sensible, lots of fun, gives great presents to hiskids--and his name strikes the hearts of other mobsters to stone. Read more

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Son of the Mob
Ages 13 and up. Vincent Luca, a 17 year old now a senior in high school, is a mob prince in 'Son of the Mob'. His best friend Alex helps him through his tangeled life with his dad's business, also called 'The Life'. Vince has lovelife problems, until this one amazing girl, Kendra Bightly enters his life; who happens to be the daughter of a FBI agent who is trying to put Vince's dad in prison for a long time. Kendra happens to be the miracle of Vince's life. Would Vince reveal his identity to Kendra? What will he do next? Get your hands on this sensational, comical and amazing book by Gordon Korman.

Son of the REAL Godfather....
Vince Luca is your normal, average, seventeen year-old guy... except for the fact that his father is the most powerful Mob boss in New York City.Although Vince wants absolutely nothing to do with the family business, he just can't avoid it.Like the time when he found a guy in his trunk, or the time he found his locker stuffed with stolen Palm Pilots, his father's job is unavoidable.But now, fate throws Vince another curveball that lands him dating the daughter of an FBI agent, the same agent who's trying to put his father behind bars.
Mob?
When this said mob, I chose it to read thinking there would be action and killings. I after all did enjoy all his other books. After reading it, I thought it was just O.K. I did find it was geared towards girls because of all the romance. I would probably only recommend this for a quick read or a book report. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Family - General    4. Fiction    5. Humorous Stories    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Law & Crime    8. Love & Romance    9. Organized crime    10. Social Issues - Adolescence    11. Social Issues - General    12. Social Situations - General    13. Juvenile Fiction / General   

Editorial Review

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Great book!
This is one of the best books I have ever read in my life.It is very funny and the author can write like she is a normal teenager very well.I recommend this book to any girl over 12 years old!There is some cussing and there is some mmature parts.

A Good Book.
I think this book was well written. Even thought some parts of the book seamed shallow, it was a great book. Ashley is not the Prom going type of girl. However, her best friend Natalia is. When their math teacher steals all the prom money, Ashley pulls through for Natalia. In the end, they have a great prom. (At least for a gym prom...)

look a little deeper
The things Ashley does may seem immoral at first, but that's the whole point of the story. She starts off as somebody who doesn't really care, somebody who can't quite stand up for the things she wants. But there is really a change in her character by the end.
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Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Family - General    4. Fiction    5. High schools    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Proms    8. School & Education    9. Schools    10. Self-realization    11. Social Issues - Adolescence    12. Social Issues - General    13. Social Situations - General   

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Straight talk about pregnancy
The Unplanned Pregnancy Book for Teens and College Students is an excellent resource for young parents-to-be.Williams-Wheeler has compiled a step-by-step guide so an individual can formulate a course of action and gain insight into their purpose in life.The chapters are detailed and offer a non-judgmental description of all the options available.Particular attention is given to determining if you are actually pregnant, how to have conversations with parents and boyfriend/child's father, what to expect during the pregnancy, parental assistance programs, what will the baby need, the 411 on abortion, adoption, future contraception, and an extensive resource section with addresses, telephone numbers and internet addresses.
A Great Resource
You suspect you're pregnant: you're young, in high school, college or the workforce.What is your next step, what does the future hold for you?
Educate Yourself.Make a Plan.Take Action.
What am I going to do?What is my family going to think?What will my boyfriend think?What will he do?
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Subjects:  1. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    2. Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Situations / Pregnancy    3. Pregnancy & Childbirth    4. Abortion    5. Adoption    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Pregnancy    8. Pregnancy, Unwanted    9. Social Situations    10. Teenage mothers    11. Teenage parents    12. Teenage pregnancy    13. Women college students   

Reviews (10)

I love those moments
Wow.That's all I could say for a long time after I finished reading this book.What an amazing story.It may start outlight-hearted, but it's a very serious story.I loved it.The characters are incredible, the plot twist comes out of nowhere (yet there are great clues planted in the beginning), and the ending is surprising and realistic.I'm rushing off to read Godless now, and I may need to add Pete Hautman to my list of favorite authors.

life
I like my book because it's confusing; it messes with your mind.It messed with my mind because I didn't think his friend Andy died in the Tuttle place. I thought he was alive the whole time cause of how he talked to him and he wasn't really there. Is he like schizophrenic or something? I think that that was pretty mean to put him in an all boys school I didn't thing that it was where he belonged. But he's crazy and sick in the mind because he used to look into Melissa room at night. This book really didn't make much sense. All it was pretty much was a guy writing down really long lie. I would recommend this book to people with time to waste.
One of the top teen reads of the year
This comes in as one of my favorite YA reads published in 2005.There is brilliance, elegance, and genius in simplicity, and Pete Hautman's Invisible exemplifies this maxim.Despite the fact that it is less than 150 pages long, with a large font and short chapters, Invisible covers years of events, actions, and emotions with remarkable clarity.
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Subjects:  1. Best friends    2. Children's 9-12    3. Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction    4. Children: Grades 3-4    5. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    6. Fiction    7. Friendship    8. General    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Models    11. Railroads    12. Social Issues - Adolescence    13. Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings    14. Social Issues - Friendship    15. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Friendship   

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Really Touching
This book is a collection of short stories about Mexican-American teens in California, but the themes and the things they do could apply to anyone. Reading this book, you watch their transition into adulthood, the loss of innocence and the pain that comes with it. The stories are all very different. There is the story of a girl who tries to buy back all the clothes of her mother's her father gave away when her mother died. There is the story of a hardworking, honest boy, and his cousin, who flees when the going gets rough, but comes back for the glory. But all the stories weave a complicated picture that will leave you sighing wistfully at the end. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. California    2. Children's All Ages - Fiction - General    3. Children's stories, American    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Fiction    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Mexican Americans    8. People & Places - United States - Hispanic/Latino    9. Short Stories    10. Social Issues - Adolescence    11. Social Situations - Adolescence    12. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Adolescence   

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Pendragon - great summer read
D.J. MacHale delivers another great Pendragon book.Easy to read and entertaining. Leaves you wanting more. Thank goodness book seven "The Quillan Games" is available.

The Most Interesting Yet.
The Rivers of Zadaa is an amazingly good book.In his sixth adventure Bobby Pendragon, (who left his home with his Uncle Press to travel through space and time) has to out smart Saint Dane again.
Pendragon Review
I love to read all of the Pendragon books time and time again. This one is my favorite in the series. After sitting down to read it I immediately knew I wouldn't be able to put it down. If you have read the first 5 in the series, you will not be disappointed. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Adventure and adventurers    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    6. Diaries    7. Droughts    8. Fantasy    9. Fiction    10. General    11. Juvenile Fiction    12. Juvenile Science Fiction / Fantasy    13. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic    14. Social Issues - Adolescence    15. Juvenile Fiction / Legends, Myths, Fables / General   

Editorial Review

High school sophomores Gary Searle and Brendan Lawlor have had enough.Day in and day out, for more than two years, they have been harassed, beaten up,and cursed out by most of the jocks at Middleton High--especially by footballplayer Sam Flach. Armed with guns they've stolen from a neighbor's collection,Gary and Brendan storm a school dance, booby trap all the doors with homemadebombs, and prepare to turn their high school caste system upside down with aviolent show of force. When it's all over, Sam Flach is alive (but without anyhope of a future football career), Gary has killed himself, and Brendan is in acoma, after being beaten almost to death by other students who managed to disarmhim. Could this tragedy have been prevented? Who, if anyone, is to blame?Read more

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Was this really fiction?
At times it was difficult to tell if this book was fiction.The detail that was given was beyond belief and the characters seemed to each have their own voice.The style is almost that of a news report you would see on television, where there are numerous people being interviewed at different times and the camera cuts from person to person to get all of their statements.Each paragraph was a new person's view on the situation and the instances that occurred.Little pieces of letters were included to have the main characters be able to be part of the story but the story was told through the eyes of others.Onlookers that witnessed and partook in many of these activities expressed the situations that occurred the night of the dance and of the years leading up to it.Each character had their own tone and there was never an instance in which you thought the person speaking was the same as another.The idea of bullying and school shootings were the main ideas for this book.The pain that you felt from the letters that the boys had written could make you feel how much they had been hurt.Bullying is a large factor in schools that is slowly tearing away at other students and will continue to do so until actions are taken by the small minorities, such as in this book.

This should be an adult book only!!!
My middle school student found this book in his library, wow.I am in the process of trying to get it pulled off ALL the shelves in the school district.Crimes are committed more often by copy cats and we certainly do not need another school shooting in the United States.It does not answer any students questions as to why school shootings happen I am not even sure adults can figure out all the reasons why.
Give a Boy a Gun
Give A Boy A Gun
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Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Fiction    4. High schools    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. School shootings    7. Schools    8. Social Issues - Adolescence    9. Social Issues - Physical & Emotional Abuse    10. Social Issues - Violence    11. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Violence    12. Modern fiction   

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Money, Money, Money
Money Hungry by Sharon G. Flakes is about a girl named Raspberry. She loves money. she sell's things in school and on the streets. she also sells things that make her class sick or dose it??? She gets in big trouble. To make it worse her mom is datind hre best friends dad!!! Is her mom trying to get back at her because she hates her money ways or is she in LOVE??? Raspberry dose'nt know but one thing she dose know is that it is NOT COOL !!! Will raspberry stop her money ways? Or will she continue to be the hustler that she is??? Read the book and find out.

better then expected
Well, when first picked up I wasn't expecting much from the book. I had met the author earlier on, and decided to finally read one of her books and this was the most appealing.
vanessa's book review
Money hungry is the best book ever because of its suspense. When i first read the book I thought it was a little dumb. But then the book went into suspense. I went nuts and i couldn't just drop the book because it left you hanging. And you couldnt go back sleep because you were just dying to find out what was going to happen next.Its a great sensation and it really makes you get into the book. The novel is also very detailed and colorful book because it gives a lot of details and really makes you want to finish the book. This is my favorite book ever and i would recommed to anyone anytime. money hungry rocks!!!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Family - Parents    4. Fiction    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Lifestyles - City & Town Life    7. Money    8. Mothers and daughters    9. People & Places - United States - African-American    10. Single-parent families    11. Social Issues - Adolescence    12. Social Issues - Homelessness & Poverty    13. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Homelessness & Poverty   

Editorial Review

Despite her natural talent for singing, 6-year-old Janie knows deep inher heart that if you really want to sing and feel the blues, you gotta beblack. Aren't the tapes of the "ladies"--Aretha, Etta, and Billie--that shelistens to every night in the stinking basement of her first foster home proofenough of that? So the scrawny, blond-haired, blue-eyed child of a heroin addictchanges her name to Leshaya, decides that her unknown father was AfricanAmerican, and shuts down all feeling; only allowing the sorrow of her hard lifeto escape when she opens her mouth to sing. Raised by addicts and drug dealers,Leshaya trusts no one and loves nothing except her music: "Didn't need nobodyelse. I could make love to my own self with that sound ridin' the beat."Finally, after surviving several foster homes, a harrowing heroin withdrawal,and an unwanted pregnancy, 16-year-old Leshaya finds a band and ends up with asingle on the radio. But can even that be enough for a girl so hungry for lovethat she looks everywhere for it except the one place she's sure to findit--within herself? Read more

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THE BEST BOOK IN MY ROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This book almost made me cry because janie is a great person but some of the things she does doesnt make any sense she has a baby, she gives baby away but she still loves the baby. But she did what she thought was right in her heart. When she wanted to sing she thoight about the people she was leaving behind. Even though she was very young she was determined to sing with Arethra Franklin. Just thinking about this book makes me feel like everyone makes a promise to themselves but they forget them.perserverence is the key in this book.

Worst Book Ever
I honestly thought that Han Nolan could have done better. I mean yes, there was a moral to it, but it wasn't that great. I read it and did a oral book report. The book has too much going on. First she's with her mom, then her mom gives her away, then she leaves?

Born Blue
This book starts out with a girl who lives in a foster home. Patsy and Pete are the people who run the house.Her and one of her friends love music. Janie loves The Ladies she and her friend Harmon could listen to them for hours. But her mom comes back into her life and Janie starts to see her again. Janie goers jthrough a lot good and bad. Drugs, singing, her mom, guys, wondering her her father is. Janie trys to do the right things but its hard for her, because she wants to have fun. Janie dosnt litsten so people get mad at her a lot. Janie has many people that try to help her but they all fail. Will Janie ever become a famous singer or will she fail? Will she regreat all the dicisions she has mad or will she be happy with them? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Abandoned children    2. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. Fiction    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Mothers and daughters    7. Singers    8. Social Issues - Drugs, Alcohol, & Substance Abuse    9. Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings    10. Social Issues - Physical & Emotional Abuse    11. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance    12. Reading Group Guide   

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What? Where? When?
This is another great book by Cabot! I can't really say much except that it had a bunch of twists and turns. First all evidence says this guy was a killer, but WAIT no its this guy, WAIT it could be either...the whole book was like that. Exciting, different, and exactly what book lovers want. I LOVED it! I definately reccomend it!

a good book
This book is good a little scattered in places , and the plot is kinda all over the place but it still is a really good book.

Great Sequel To A Well Written Series (Spoiler Warning)
The second book in the Mediator Series, Ninth Key, is really very good.I didn't see the plot coming from anywhere.The whole book is filled with twists and turns as to whom the ghost, who came screaming in while Suze was trying to sleep, exactly is.It leads her onto an adventure to find out who the infamous "Red" is, and sends her investigating the past of her boyfriend, Tad's father.Of course, Suze really doesn't consider him to be her boyfriend.She rather that be Jesse, "whose ghostly status--not to mention apparent disinterest in her--make him unattainable." ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - Fantasy    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Death    4. Fiction    5. Ghosts    6. Horror & Ghost Stories    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Love & Romance    9. Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories    10. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic    11. Time travel    12. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Adolescence   

Subjects:  1. 21st century    2. Congresses    3. Developmental - General    4. Developmental psychology    5. Human Geography    6. Psychology    7. Social conditions    8. Sociology    9. Sociology - General    10. United States    11. Young adults    12. Adolescents    13. Child & developmental psychology    14. USA   

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That Summer
Have you ever felt like your world was coming apart? The book That Summer is an awesome book. The author Sarah Dessen. At first I didn't like the book. As I kept reading i didn't want to put the book down.
That Summer
Have you ever felt like your world was coming apart? The book That Summer is an awesome book. The author Sarah Dessen. At first I didn't like the book. As I kept reading i didn't want to put the book down.
Pretty Good
THAT SUMMER
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Subjects:  1. Children's Studies    2. Popular Cu