Burn—suzanne phillips rating 3.5/5 (finished 2/11/10)cameron gets bullied at school by the jocks. he tries to hide the bullying from everyone else because he knows it will just get worseif he tells on the jocks. he lies to everyone including his mom. he finally reaches his breaking point and takes his anger out in the wrong way. this book was hard to read because i don’t like toread about kids getting picked on and it doesn’t have a happy ending. because of all this, it’s very believable. Probably most everyone can relate to cameron because we all have been picked on before.
AR 4.1/ pts
generation dead—daniel waters rating 5/5 (finished 1/27/10)
Teenagers die and come back as zombies—not brain-eating zombies, almost regular people zombies. They try to fit in at school and with the “traditionally biotic” people. Phoebe and adam, living teens, try help the zombies with their cause and end up being friends. tears came to my eyes at the end of this book. it was really good. I plan on finding the sequel.
AR 5.4/14 pts
AR 5.4/14 pts
IDENTICAL -- eLLEN HOPKINS RATING 4/5 (FINISHED 1/17/10)
TWO PRIVILEDGED TWIN SISTERS HAVE PARENTS WHO TREAT THEM BAD AND DON’T CARE ABOUT THEM. tHE GIRLS FIND COMFORT IN DOING BAD STUFF. i LIKED HOW THIS STORY WAS TOLD—tWO POINTS OF VIEW AND IN KIND OF FREE VERSE, STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS SORT OF WAY. vERY INTENSE, DISTURBING, AND EMOTIONAL.
Blood brothers – SA Harazin RATING 4/5 (finished 1/11/10)
A teen boy who works in a hospital has to deal with his very sick friend who took some bad drugs. This book was pretty good. It’s sad, though, because the main character, clay doesn’t quite fit in anywhere.
CATHERINE’S MOM DIES IN AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT, LEAVING CATHERINE AND HER SISTER ALONE WITH THEIR DAD. THEIR COLORFUL NEIGHBOR GLORIA JEAN GIVES CATHERINE ADVICE ON GROWING UP. ALL CATHERINE CAN DREAM OF IS LEAVING HER SMALL TOWN AS SOON AS SHE TURNS 18, BUT WHEN SHE DOES SOMETHING AT HOME HAPPENS TO BRING HER BACK.
Wintergirls – Laurie Halse Anderson RATING 4.5/5 (finished 1/3/10)This book was really good. A girl’s friend dies for anorexia complications and her surviving friend struggles with her own anorexia issues. The end was really good.
Undiscovered country – Lin Enger RATING 3/5 (finished 1/1/10)a teenage boy is out hunting with his dad and finds his dad dead of a gunshot wound. Did he commit suicide or didn’t he? The books follows the boy’s quest to find out the truth. I got kind of bored with this book in the middle, but it ended okay.
A teenage girl whose mother works at fairs sort of finds a permanent home and a boyfriend. I liked the main character because of her sarcasm. cute book.
The Chosen One--Carol Lynch Williams RATING 3.5/5 (finished 12/27/09) A teenage girl living in a religious cult is ordered to marry her 60-year-old uncle. stuff toward the end of the book made me mad when i read. I was not happy with the ending.
Started out slow. almost gave up on it. it got a lot better as it went on. a teenage girl living in nazi germany hiding a jewish man in her basement.
a group of Girls wear purity rings until their firendships fall apart. I had to force myself to keep going with this one.
Bliss--Lauren Myracle RATING 4/5 (finished 10/24/09) A high school girl is sent to live with her grandmother in the 1960’s south. Has some paranormal stuff in it. Pretty good. I read it in one night.
