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The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (National Book Award for Young People's Literature (Awards))

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Authors: Jeanne Birdsall

ISBN: 0375831436
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Summary: Fun, ginger bread, and waltzing!
The Penderwicks is my favorite book in my collection of hundreds of books.
It is a story about the Penderwick sisters, and thier summer vacation in the creamy yellow cottage behind Arundel mansion.
There, Skye bumps into Jeffrey Tifton, and then a marvelous friendship occours.
The Penderwicks is full of humor, and is the right book for anyone.
But just to be safe, I recomend this book from ages 8 and up. Even adults I know like it!

Summary: The best book ever!!!!!
This is my favorite book!! I found out about it when we were going on a vacation, it was a 10 hour drive and I asked my mom if we could go to the bookstore, she said yes. I saw the book read the first page and knew I would like it right away. If you like snappy,funny, and heart warming adventure books then you will like this one. This book is about 4 sisters who go on a vacation and rent a cottage in an estate called Arundel. There is Rosalind the pratical,and oldest Penderwick, Skye the smartest and stubborn one, Jane the writer who writes the "Sabrina Starr" books and often narrates her life aloud, and Batty the shy one who always wears her beloved butterfly wings,and of course Hound Penderwick. They meet a boy named Jefferey on the estate who becomes their companion on each adventure,as well as Cagney the gardener, Churchie who makes the best gingerbread in the country, two rabbits named yaz and carla, and unfortunately Mrs.Tifton and her Boyfriend Dexter. I hope this review helps you READ THIS BOOK!!

Summary: My Favorite Adventure Book
Candy Lane Craze is a really funny story. It was written by a funny author named David E. Spencer. He is one of the funniest authors I ever read. I first read this book online and then I told my mom to buy some books for my family. And then she said I could write some book reviews for other children and kids. I recommend this book to boys and girls that like reading funny stories. It's about Johnny, Sara, and Sabrina and they receive some magical candy from their grandmother, and then they magically disappear from her house when they eat dinner there. They disappear to a strange planet and they find a city called Sweet Little. It's a city where the people love candy and they like to build there houses with cookies and sweet stuff and they like to grow trees that grow candy. The kids meet Gloria and Gloria takes the kids to all the interesting sites around the city and there's candy and sweets everywhere they go. The city has a giant bug problem and the people have to fight the bugs when they search around the city for the candy. That is where the funny stuff happens in the book. This book will make great gifts for kids like me that read silly stories and fantasy stories.

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Monster

Publisher: Amistad
Authors: Walter Dean Myers

ISBN: 0064407314
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Summary: Unethical Justice
Steve Harmon is a 16-year-old Harlem kid, who is on trial for assisting in the killing of a convenience store owner. The story is "written" by Steve in the form of a screenplay. He is an amateur, aspiring film-maker. This interesting narrative-convention allows us to simultaneously see the trial through Steve's reporting, feel Steve's fear and confusion, and still not know Steve's actual role in the robbery. Exploiting the limited but seemingly objective viewpoint offered through Steve's screenplay, Myers effectively captures the fear and doubt a young, black guy has concerning the US legal system. Steve is scared, and as he should be. Lawyers, judges, and jurors are cynical when it comes to crimes involving black youth. Whether this bias is the media's fault (definitely a factor, in my opinion), is inherent in our justice system (also a factor), the fault of citizens who no longer care to engage their critical faculties (check), or based on thoughtless habit and bigoted precedent (double-check)-- Myers does not point fingers, but he faultlessly explicates Steve's predicament: how a black kid must defend himself against snap judgments in a supposedly fair trial. Not to put the onus squarely on the justice system, Myers also shows us actual thugs through the characters of James King and thug-in-training Osvaldo Cruz. Myers wants readers to know that actions predicated on a thuggish mentality have grave consequences. The consequences are severe: violence against innocents, violence against thugs, jail-time, prison rape and violence, and a cynical legal system that is tired of hearing the same stereotypical cases repeated ad nauseum.

Whether Steve served as a look-out or not, the punishment for being found guilty is unduly harsh, especially keeping in mind that, by most estimations, Steve is a kid. An innocent store owner was murdered, and those even lightly associated with the crime will serve hard time. Steve had no idea discussing a scheme with thugs could land him in a gambit for his youth and freedom. This book was excellent, and kept me reading in one sitting, because I wanted to find out how Steve would make out, and if he actually committed the crime. The book answers one of these foregoing questions, and leaves the other out in order that readers can ponder the nature of current justice system, the plight of New York ghetto youth, and thug culture.

---Possible Spoilers Follow----

Did Steve do it? I think he did, but he was lucky enough to escape the unnecessarily harsh and unfair punishment allotted for him. I also think that spending a few days in lockup, and fighting for every argument in order to save his skin will scare him straight enough to never associate with thugs or discuss schemes ever again. In this way, I think his experience will serve as ad hoc aversion therapy, and in his case, is much better than prison ever could have been. Steve is an intelligent kid who nearly made a fatal mistake, allowing himself to be associated and suspected of a murder, which carries a heavy sentence in the US for young black men. The quote that most poignantly captures America's heavy-handedness with black youth, concerns Steve talking about how his younger brother isn't allowed to visit him in jail: "They didn't allow kids in the visiting area, which was funny. It was funny because if I wasn't locked up, I wouldn't be allowed to come into the visiting room."

Summary: ! MONSTER !
The book, Monster is about a boy named Steve Harmon who is 16 years old. Since he is in jail for a crime, everyday he writes in his notebook a movie that he is planning to film about his life. Not only his life but his experience. He'll call it what the prosecutor called him, MONSTER.
I really liked the book, Monster because once I was reading, I couldn't stop because it was sooo interesting to me and also because the book sounds more like non-fiction instead of fiction.
I can't really pick one part of the book that I liked only because I liked the whole book a lot. The evidence from the book that made me like the whole book started from the beginning of the book when the main chracter, Steve Harmon was writing in his notebook how he's going to film a movie about his life and experience.
I didn't think the author had to make anything better in the book because I really liked the book very much.

Summary: Monster
this is about a 16 year old boy named Steve harmon who is on trial for a murder/ crime he did not coomit but in a way was a part of it . he has a death penalty against him. is he telling the truth or will he b a liar in the juries eyes?

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	Bud, Not Buddy (Newbery Medal Winner, 2000) Publisher: Yearling Authors: Christopher Paul Curtis
ISBN: 0440413281 List Price: $6.50 Amazon Price: $6.50 Usually ships in 24 hours Buy this book from amazon.com or from amazon.co.uk	Avg Cusomer Rating: 5 Reviews: Summary: Bud, Not Buddy Best book I have read since, I don't really know since when, since ever! Incredible fantastic, genius, stupendous wonderful! If you don't like it you've got to be crazy!!!!!!!!!! Summary: A very good book This was one of the books we had to read this year for English Studies. It's a realistic look at the 1930's (with extreme poverty and families just barely surviving) and a foster child, Bud (not Buddy) Caldwell. Bud is convinced that a certain musician is his father, and sets out to find him with hardly a clue. On the way, Bud has some funny things happen to him, but some of those things are kind of boring, and have little to do with Bud finding his dad, unfortunately. The ending (which is surprisingly happy) is better than the middle part, which slows the book down at times. If you like novels set in the past that still have something to say about today's world, then I would recommend Bud, Not Buddy. Two other novels we read that I also liked were An Audience for Einstein and Flowers for Algernon, a classic novel. Summary: Bud, Not Buddy This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. It's very entertaining and well written. Summary:

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	World Cultures: A Global Mosaic Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall Authors: Achmad Brodsky Crofts Gaynor
ISBN: 0130368954 List Price: $94.40 Amazon Price: $94.40 Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks Buy this book from amazon.com or from amazon.co.uk	Avg Cusomer Rating: Reviews: Summary:

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Publisher: Puffin
Authors: Mildred D. Taylor

ISBN: 014034893X
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Summary: Great for Historical Fiction Readers
The Logans have always owned their farm in Mississippi. Hundreds of acres of land. The land that all of the other sharecroppers employers would do anything to get their hands on. And it belongs to the Logans, a black family.
The four Logan children, Stacey, 12, Cassie, 9, Christopher- John, 7, and Little Man, 5, all get mixed up in the prejudice and racism of the deep south during the book. Stacey's friend, TJ, is a source of much trouble for the children, encouraging them to do things they shouldnt and getting them into trouble. He then gets himself into a mess when he begins to hang out with Melvin and R.W Simms, the sons of a very powerful, racist man. The Simm's other son, Jeremy, is very fond of the Logans, however, and tried desperately to become close to them.
All throughout the book, the children find themselves getting into trouble, witnessing horrible acts against their friends and neighbors, and eventually, fearing for their lives.
This book is a good illustration of life as it was in the mid 1930's in the deep south for a black family. Good for historical fiction readers, and very well written.

Summary: Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
"WE PROMISE TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF OUR NEW BOOKS!"

The first day of school. The day when you get you books. The day when you stomp on them?

That's exactly what Little Man does when he reads the inside cover of his. His older sister, Cassie Logan, follows suit. But this wasn't the start of the problems in Spokane County, Mississippi. When the Wallaces burned and killed some of the Berry men, THAT was the start. From revenge to apologizing, Cassie gets involved in everything. But when T.J., her brother Stacey's best friend, hanges out with R.W. and Melvin Simms, she begins to get wary. Then T.J. is forced to steal something, something that may cost him his life just because he is black. Will Cassie help T.J. or let him get what was coming to him?

'Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry' is a book about racism and how blacks fight to be equal. It is a touching story with a surprising ending, although honestly, it didn't live up to how good I'd heard it was. Though it can get boring at times, it is a classic and tells how bad racism was in the 1930s. Sad and exciting, it shows how Cassie deals with her problems. And I'm sorry to say boys, this book sure seems like it would interest girls only.

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Summary: This is a great book hands down!!!
When my teacher told our class we were going to read this book i thought great another boring novel. But after I finished the first two chapters I simply cond not put this book down. This book puts you in the story you know how Cassie feels, thinks, and lives. Simply a great book to read. I recently purchesed the other two books in the series, and though they are not as good as this, they are a must read as well. I give this book 5 stars.

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	Everyone Worth Knowing Publisher: Simon & Schuster Authors: Lauren Weisberger
ISBN: 0743262298 List Price: $23.95 Amazon Price: $16.29 Usually ships in 24 hours Buy this book from amazon.com or from amazon.co.uk	Avg Cusomer Rating: 5 Reviews: Summary: Good Spirited Satire Although this book reprises the theme of examining the horrors of an entry level job, and uses a glittery version of New York City for its setting, it departs from The Devil Wears Prada in several ways. For one, there is more sympathy for all the characters. The protagonist is earnest, foolish, and occasionally depressed, but she seems to have more resources for moving toward what she wants than did the protagonist of Prada. Her boss and coworkers are colorful and sometimes devious, but also seem earnest and foolish. No one character has to carry the role of ultimate evil. A romance develops, leading to the final scene of a truly exclusive party. Classic beach read stuff! The interplay of the conflicting demands of job, friends, family, and self is more nuanced. The bottom line for me is that the book functions well as a satire of the fact that human beings value connections with other humans. The machinations of our attempts to set priorities on our connections is inevitably humorous, and every comedy deserves a romantic, happy ending. Thank you, Lauren Weisberger, and best wishes for further success! Summary: Pretty good sophomore effort After reading and seeing The Devil Wears Prada, I picked this book up for a vacation read and was pleasantly surprised by it. I had seen such lukewarm reviews for it last year and had thought the author might be a one trick pony, but that is certainly not the case. While the book is undoubtedly light in tone and the characters aren't as gleefully evil or fleshed out as in the author's first book, this is a fun and fast look at the glamorous, and unglamorous, scene that is the city and its neverending PR machine. This is a safe choice for a light summer read. Summary: A Big Disappointment I'd have to concur with some of the other reviewers. After Devil Wears Prada, I was expecting a lot more from this book and author. The story was basically the same as the first book, quite tedious and unimaginative throughout, and frankly, not very well written. It was hard to get through it. Summary:

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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 (Yearling Newbery)

Publisher: Yearling
Authors: Christopher Paul Curtis

ISBN: 0440414121
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Summary: How good and not boring was "The Watson's go to Birmingham"?
Hi. My name's Alex D. And I read the book "The Watsons go to Birmingham."
Well, I thought this book was one that you could get cought on really quick, and it is really interesting and fun. There were a lot of really funny parts and it made me laugh. I do recomend this book to anyone who wants a good story, something to laugh at, and just to read it for fun. It wasn't a boring book at all. I really don't remember any just plain old boring parts. And don't get me wronge, EVERY book has their boring sections or chapters, but this one had like hardly any at all. I really enjoyed it and will probably read it again some time. And I'm not much of a reader. I only read the books I get interested in. And I sure got interested into this one.

Summary: A Great Read
This book starts off with Kenny and his family being called the "Weird Watsons". You start the chapter by getting to know the family, Kenny, Joetta, his momma, his dad, and Byron who gets called By, Daddy cool, and Daddy-o. After that it mixes in a typical day with the family introduction.

The book is mostly about Kenny's life and how he gets teased, and how he goes to Birmingham and typical ten year old, elementary type stuff in 1963. It's like a portal to 1963 through a ten year old boy's mind during the civil rights movement. Surprisingly enough it effects them in the last chapter, but you will have to read it to find out!!!

In this book Kenny has a "line", if you should say, he repeats it overtime he says "...might as well tied to a tree and yelled `ready, aim, fire".

The book has a good sense of humor and will make the grouchiest person laugh, it made me crack up!!

At the end it has a epilogue that explains the time period and tells about famous heroes like Dr.Martin Luther King JR., and Rosa Parks, and how they did the boycott and how they used Gahndi's tactics to stop civil injustice in a non-violent, peaceful way.

Summary: The Best Book Ever!!
This book is full of drama, comedy, and so much catstrophe. The part with the most comedy is when Rufus and his brother(new kids) both get on the bus and talk funny. The part that I think has the most catstrophe is when Byron dyes his hair and his dad shaves all of his hair off. If you are looking for a really good book full of entertainment, this is the exact book for you!

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Small Steps

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Authors: Louis Sachar

ISBN: 0385733143
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Summary: The Literacy Bridge - Large Print - Small Steps
My nine year old grandson has reasonably severe dyslexia. He struggles with reading. This author, in large print, has spurred him to new accomplishments in his reading. I can highly recommend both the author and the format for similar issues.

Summary: Really Good Read
I am 13 and I read Holes 2 years ago. It was a really good book so when Small Steps came out, I just had to read it. I just loved the book. I never wanted to stop reading it. It is definitely one of those books you can read again and again and it's still good.

Summary: Great book
I got this book back in January and I am reading it for the 3rd time. I loved it. It was such a great sequal. Not don't get me wrong it was not AS great as "holes" but all the same it was a great book. You'll find your self reading it in 3 days time. I give this book actually 4 1/2. Mainly cuz I see that it says 10 and up on the inside dust jacket and there were some referances to sex, drugs and some language, which I think that the book could have got along without. But anyway it was a great read. (well several great reads)

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