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Dear John by Nicholas Sparks - a book review by Melissa
February 24, 2011

Sparks, Nicholas. Dear John. New York. 2006. Print Nicholas Sparks’, novel Dear John is a story about two people falling in love. The main characters , John Tyree and Savannah Lynn Curtis meet in Charleston North Carolina. He is from Wilmington and i

Ranger’s Apprentice: The Kings of Clonmel by John Flanagan - a book review by Ben
February 23, 2011

Flanagan, John. Ranger’s Apprentice: The Kings of Clonmel. Australia: Philomel Books, 2010. Print. The book, Ranger’s Apprentice: The Kings of Clonmel, is about a Ranger, Halt, and his former apprentice, Will. Their journey in this book forces th

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton - a book review by Clark
February 22, 2011

Ponyboy Curtis is victim to growing up without parents or a stable community. Ponyboy lives in Tulsa with his brothers Darry and Sodapop where there are two gangs that are in the city. The two gangs are the socs and the greasers. One night five socs co

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen - a book review by Kaylynne
February 17, 2011

Dessen, Sarah. Along for the Ride. New York: Penguin Group, 2009. Print. Along for the Ride tells the story of Auden, an intelligent and mature 18 year-old, just graduated from high school and ready to begin college as soon as summer ends. She decides

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling - a book review by Sara
February 16, 2011

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Scholastic Inc. New York, NY. 2007. Print. Summary: In this book, Harry Potter has started a new year at Hogwarts. But before he even thinks about school, he is forced to go on the run with his two b

Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters by Peter F. Langman - a book review by Abby
February 15, 2011

Langman, Peter F. Why Kids Kill: inside the Minds of School Shooters. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Print. The summary of Why Kids Kill is all about the psychological state of mind these kids were in when they committed this horrific crime.  Ea

Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks - a book review by Lindsey
February 14, 2011

Sacks, Oliver. Musicophilia. New York: First Vintage Books Edition, 2008. Print. Musicophilia is one of the best psychology reference books of this time.  Oliver Sacks writes case studies about some of his patients and people that he has meet to show

KURT COBAIN by Christopher Sanford - a book review by Taylor
February 10, 2011

Sandford, Christopher. KURT COBAIN. NEW YORK: CARROLL and GRAF PUBLISHERS,2004.print. Christopher Sandford,the author  KURT COBAIN, describes who Kurt Cobain was when he killed himself. Then moves on to speculate as to the reasons why he killed himsel

Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich - a book review by Emily
February 09, 2011

Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting By in America. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2001. Print. In Barbara Ehrenreich’s, Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting By in America, low class living is described at first hand. Barbara become

Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America by Jonathan Kozol - a book review by Kaylin
February 08, 2011

Kozol, Jonathan. Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America. New York: Crown, 1988. Print. The nonfiction novel written by Jonathon Kozol, Rachel and Her Children, was written as a sequence of personal stories told by homeless people, explai