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90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life by Don Piper & Cecil Murphey - a review by Stacey
March 30, 2011

Piper, Don, and Cecil Murphey. 90 Minutes in Heaven: a True Story of Death 8 Life. Grand Rapids, MI: Revell, 2004. Print. 90 Minutes in Heaven is a story that is about Don Piper’s car accident and his experience in Heaven. In the beginning of the book

Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King a - a book review by Anthony
March 29, 2011

King, Stephen. Dolores Claiborne. Viking, 1992. Print. The book Dolores Claiborne started out with a woman by the name of Vera Donovan. Mrs Donovan is married to a man and is the proud mother of a daughter and two sons. Not long after her marriage sh

Heartless by Sara Shepard - a book review by Alyssa
March 24, 2011

Shepard, Sara. Heartless. New York: Alloy Entertainment, 2010. Print. Heartless is the seventh book of the eight Pretty Little Liar series written by Sara Shepard. The beginning starts off in the same scene as the last book ended. The series is about fou

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - a book review by Brian
March 23, 2011

Christie, Agatha. And Then There Were None. New York, NY: St. Martin’s, 2001. Print. Agatha Christie starts off ‘And Then There Were None’ with giving the reader an insight into the characters thoughts and what they are thinking of when they all

Exit Here by Jason Myers - a book review by Cassie
March 22, 2011

A 19 year old, wealthy college student, Travis Wayne, goes to Hawaii for summer break in search of a good time. Just when he thinks everything is good and nothing can go wrong, a tragedy occurs that he can’t quite shake off and move on, it haunts hi

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher - a book review by Sam
March 21, 2011

Asher, Jay. Thirteen Reasons Why.London England: Penguin Books Ltd ,2007. Print. At the beginning of the book Hannah sends out tapes to the thirteen people that made her end her life and the thirteen reasons why. The tapes are mostly about this boy

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - a book review by Brandon
March 18, 2011

The author begins by describing Guy Montag’s job. He goes on saying that Guy has no regret and is happy. Then he bumps into seventeen year old girl named Clarisse McClellan. She goes on to say abstract things that Guy never thought about. She then a

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult - a book review by Abby
March 17, 2011

Picoult, Jodi. Nineteen Minutes: a Novel. New York: Washington Square, 2008. Print. Nineteen Minutes is about a a boy, Peter Houghton, who is relentlessly bullied from the time he was in kindergarten.  Peter was seventeen years old with the body of

Midnighters: The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfield - a book review by Mike
March 16, 2011

Westerfeld, Scott. Midnighters: The Secret Hour. New York: Eos, 2008. Print. Midnighters is a blend of fantasy, action, mystery, and horror that takes place in the fictional town of Bixby, Oklahoma. Jessica Day, the new girl in Bixby, becomes one of

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan - a book review by Taylor
March 15, 2011

Annotated Bibliography This book “THE SEA OF MONSTERS” is the second book in the “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS” series by Rick Riordan. It stars off with Percy “the main character” dreaming about his friend Grover being chased by a myst