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Month: August, 6, 2006
Name: Fiza Shah
Grade: 8
Home Library: Main

Book Title: Angels and Demons
Author: Dan Brown

Angels and Demons was a spell binding book, full of twists and turns that ensure a suspense full read. The book starts out with a murder of a
CERN scientist and the theft of a recently uncovered a breakthrough discovery called Anti-matter. Just one drop of anti-matter has the power to fuel New York
City for an entire day. Though is put out of the safety canister, it could destroy an entire city.  The murder of the scientist has caused a lot of grief
to his young daughter, Vittoria Vetra.  Robert Langdon, a familiar character for those who have read "Da Vinci Code" (also by the same author), who is a
Harvard specialist, partners up with Vitoria to track down an ancient brotherhood called illuminati and stop them from destroying the Vatican City.

This book is a definite must read. Dan Brown uses cunning twists and turns to make this book into a very suspenseful page-turner. you just can't put it down.

Month: July 8, 2006
Name: Stephan Marquardt
Grade: 7
Home Library: Main

Book Title: The Outsiders
Author: S.E.Hinton

This book is about a kid named Ponyboy. When he was walking home from the nightly double feature movie theater. He was jumped by the "West Side Socials" the rich kids. He lost the fight to this bunch of kids. From then on the kids harassed the greasers he name that Ponyboy and his brother were known as then. The greaser were Johnny, Dally, Two-bit, Steve, Soda Pop, Darry, and Ponyboy.

They were made heroes in the town for saving kids that were trapped in a burning church. Not all of them made it out alive Johnny was hurt and did not survive.

Date:  July 6, 2006
Name: Natasha Anderson
Grade: 6
Home Library: Main

Book Title: All That Glitters (Avalon Web of Magic, book 2)
Author: Rachel Roberts

Emily and Andrea have one thing Kara doesn’t: A MAGIC GEM. The night before the first day of school Kara destroys her room looking for her new sweater. While she is looking for her sweater her dad comes in and tells her that she needs to work on the website for Ravenswood Preserve. (Ravenswood is nature/animal preserve that Emily, Andrea, and Kara wanted to stop from being destroyed. The main reason is because Ravenswood is not just a regular preserve it has one special thing: MAGIC CREATURES.)  When Kara searches and searches for her sweater for about an hour she decides to go to bed. She wakes up in the middle of the night and hears this strange noise outside her window. She looks out her window and sees green slime coming down from the window. It freaks her out so much she stays awake all night. The next day after school she goes to Ravenswood and gets into a fight with Andrea. So Kara decides to pack up her things and take a walk around the preserve. On her walk she finds something shiny. It’s a magic gem. She starts to use the gem and that’s how the trouble began. The first thing that happened was this odd creature comes and attacks Kara. Kara realizes what the creature is wearing: Kara’s brand new SWEATER. Kara freaks because she doesn’t know how to use her magic. Then Emily’s Cat comes to help her fight the monster. Kara then realized with her powers she could also speak to animals. Many strange things happen in this book and to find out what happened to the creatures and their horrible truth read AVALON WEB OF MAGIC BOOK TWO: ALL THAT GLITTERS.

Date: July 6, 2006
Name: Natasha Anderson
Grade: 6
Home Library: Main

Book Title: The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Author: Liz Kessler

Emily Windsnap has never had a father for her whole twelve years of being alive. She also has no best friend and has never gone swimming. Everyone has a secret right, well she found hers out on the first day of swim class. Emily is in 7th grade and has begged her mom for years for swimming lesson and finally she gets them. At her first swimming she finds out swimming is really easy for her until she gets this scary/odd feeling. Her legs go numb and stick together. She screams and the life guard pulls her out of the pool the numb feeling stops. When she gets home she asks her mom if she has to take swimming again. Her mom says yes. So no matter how scary it is she has to find out what that feeling was. She jumps in the lake. The feeling comes again, it scares her than she realizes her feet are gone. She had a tail. She was a mermaid. The next night she meets a mermaid named Shona. Emily and Shona become best friends. Shona offers to take Emily to a mer-school on Saturday. They study about illegal marriages. Then Shona asks about Emily’s parents. Shona said if you’re a mermaid your mom or dad must be one. Emily said no just me, in fact I did not even know my dad he left when I was born. Shona tells her that maybe her dad was a merman. Emily finds out by a teacher (at the mer-school). She and Shona visit a boat that Emily’s mom describes to her from a dream. Emily goes to the boat with Shona another time after that and they found files on Emily, Emily’s mom and Emily’s dad. They read them they have to get her dad out of prison. Can they do it without being caught? Read THE TAIL OF EMILY WINDSNAP to find out.

Date: June 23, 2006
Name: Jelena Cvijetic
Grade: 8
Library: Madison

Book Title: The Boyfriend List
Author: E. Lockhart

The book is about a girl names Ruby Oliver.  She starts to get panic attacks because her social life has turned into a mess.  In ten days she, lost her best friend and everyone else, became a leper, became a famous slut and many other things. She starts seeing a therapist who tells her to write down the names of every boy she has had the slightest, little, any-kind-of-anything with. In result, the boyfriend list starts.

I think that E. Lockhart is a very good author and her book relates to teenage girls everywhere. The Boyfriend List is one of those books you just don't want to put down and you always want to know what will happen next.

I very much enjoyed this book and thought it was very funny yet sometime serious. It's a great read for teenagers.

Date: June 23, 2006
Name: Jelena Cvijetic
Grade: 8

Book Title: The Da Vinci Code
Author: Dan Brown

This book starts out when a man who is murdered but has to pass on Secret information in codes and ciphers so the information does not fall into the wrong hands. His clues use Leonardo Da Vinci's works of art because Da Vinci had known the secrets the man wanted to pass on.

In the book, Robert Langdon and Sophie team up to try and solve the clues. The battle to find out the secret isn't just a game; it's a matter of life or death when the search turns ugly.

The team faces many adventures and surprises in the book, but when the mystery is solved, you'd never guess that that was the answer.

This is my favorite book.  It is a great mystery and always keeps you guessing. Dan Brown is a very good author and has many other wonderful books, like, Angels and Demons, and Deception Point. This book is a must read for adventure/mystery lovers everywhere

Date: June 14, 2006
Name: Emma Larson
E-mail Emma@theLarsons.biz
School: Lakewood Catholic Academy
Grade: grade 6

Book Title: The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Author: Liz Kessler

Emily Windsnap is a girl who lives on a house boat with her mother. Emily is only twelve years old.

Emily's mother would not let her swim, when Emily was twelve years old her mother finally caved in and let her take swiming lessons. At the first swiming class when Emily got in the water her legs began to form together Emily discovered a seceret about her self she was a MERMAID. "The Tail of Emily Windsnap" is a heart warming story. Even though there is fantsay the story in pretty down to earth, Emily still deals with her every day problems with being a twelve year old. Emily has to deal growing up with out a father. Emily writes a fake note to her teacher saying it's from her mother but Emily's mother found it the nexted day. Her mother thought that Emily was scared of water so Her mother took her a syciatrist who was emily's babysitter Millie. Emily wasn't really scared of the water at all she just didn't want that felling of her legs forming together again. Millie didn't do anything even though Emily thanked her for curing her so called fear of water.

That night Mr.Beeston came over to Emily's house for coffee and donuts like he has once a week fo the last twelve years. Emily started to sneak into the sea at night she tried to stay away from water but she just couldn't she loved the creamy smooth feeling of the sea. The second night when Emily got out of the water she walk down a bit and saw someone on the rocks brushing her hair Emily just stood there for a while not making a sound haver a while she cought lightly the girl turning around and jumped into the water Emily realized it was a mermaid just like her. Emily called out to the girl to tell her to wait Emily called out her she said "wait i'm a mermaid too" Emily jumped into the water and her tail began to form she showed the other girl her tail. The two girls became friends and started to dee each other more often Shona And Emily.

On Saturday Shona took Emily to mermaid school and Emily had a blast but she wanted to know why mermaid children had school on Saturday morning. On the night Emily and Shona met Emily said her last name was Windsnap shona gasped and said she thought she heard that name before. After mermaid school the teo girls swam out to rainbow rocks were they first met and then the both of the went back to mermaid school to look up illegal marriges because at rainbow rocks Shona said that she thought that she really had heard Emily's last name before "Windsnap". shona history teacher helped them out with there search and even told them about one illegal marrige that happened around there. Jake Windsnap a merman who married a human was the story shona's history teacher told them. Emily said he must be him Jake Windsnap must been my dad Emily said. That night Emily asked mother if she could tell about her father Her mother Mary said she did not remember. Emily tried everything to find out more about her dad then one dad her mother went to meeting and Emily's babysitter Millie fell asleep and Emily started up the boat and went to find the prision her father was at. Her mother got a phone call about Emily that she might be in danger and Emily's mom found Emily her mom and Mr.Beeston were in a speed boat. They both jumped on board. Emily's mother reconized she was and realized why Emily was doing what she was doing. Shona found Emily and helped her out Emily's mom was confused and her mom said we have a lot of catching up to do. Emily jumped in the water with Shona theyfound a hole through The Great Mermere Reef Emily could fit through a hole but shona could not Emily foun the prison and could not get through the entrance but could get through a hole the wall. Emily was in the north wing she needed to be in the east wing she found her father talked to him but she had to leave him. Emily went back to the boat and got in told them evering thing that happened then Neptune and solgiers captured Millie, Mary (Emily's Mother), and Emily. They were all taken to Neptunes palace Emily and her mother were taken to court with Neptune, Reporters, and Mr.Beeston. Emily was asked to speak in her defence she spoke great words but Neptunetold her how dare she. neptune said the court would resume shortly. Neotune came back after about thirty mintues he let Emily and her mother go free and emily's father but they need to go and live on a desert island were merpeople and himans can live peacefuly Emily, her mother, and father lved happily together after a rough twelve years.

I enjoyed this book because it was full of adventure and many emotions it is happy and sad story in the end everyone is happy it touched my heart.

Date: June 14, Year: 2006
Name: Emma Larson
E-mail Emma@theLarsons.biz
School: Lakewood Catholic Academy Grade
Grade: 6

Book Title: The Bad Beginning
Author: Lemony Snicket

Lemony Snicket is a creative and somewhat a depressing writer, he can also be somewhat creative. What inspired me about his writing was that he writes about life but more than life four lives the lives of the Budlaire orphans and what they went through.

"The Bad Beging" is about how the four Budlaire Childrens troubles began. The story was depressing yet interesting because it talks about how even though you might be scared to do some thing you can do it. I liked the story very much because it helped me over come obstacles.

The story of the four Budlaire children Violet the eldest who was fourteen, Klaus who was tweleve, and young little sunny who was an infant, they were all on the beach when Mr. Poe a friend of the Budlaire's parents went down onto the beach with horrible news that the Budlaires parents had died in a fire and that they now the Budlaire orphans would go to live with their closest reletive Count Olaf. Count Olaf is a horrible man who is only interested in the Budlaires fortune. The Budlaires soon moved in with Count Olaf and began to do anything that Count Olaf said because he forced the Budlaires into doing so.

The Budlaires were treated very poorly with no love at all. Count Olaf was coming up with whatever he could think of to get the Budlaires fortune. Toward the end of the sory Count Olaf and his theater troop put together a play called "The Marvilous Marriage" in which was a real play not a story but what was going on in the play the were truely doing. Count Olaf was planning to marry Violet the eldest Baudlaire to get the Baudlaire fortune for himself. Klaus the middle child thought up a plan to ruin the play to all of his luck his plan was successful but Count Olaf got away with his evil companions. With all of the over with sending the Baudlaires on to their next gardian.

Date: June 1, 2006
Name: Jelena Cvijetic
Grade: 8
Library: Madison

Book Title: Speak
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson

The book is about a girl named Melinda who enters high school as a social outcast.  Her best friends all hate her and people she doesn't even know say bad stuff about her.  The teachers
pick on her because they think she is a bad influence.  All of this is happening because of what happened at a party. At the party Melinda called the cops.  Everyone thought it was a stupid thing to do, but Melinda had a reason.  The problem is she can't tell anyone what happened on that horrible night.This book shows how high school really is and the different cliques and stuff that goes on.  It's a powerful story and kind of sad.  Laurie Halse Anderson is a great author, and this book is really good for teens to read. I like this book a lot.

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