Crispin : The Cross of Lead. New York: Scholastic , 2002. Print. The fiction piece Crispin takes place in 1377 under the feudal system. The main character in the story is known as Asta’s son his whole life until later he finds out that his real name w

Gardner, Lisa. The Next Accident . New York: Bantam Books , 2001. Print. This book was about Supervisory Special Agent Pierce Quincy, who works for the FBI. In the beginning of the book his daughter Mandy was in a ca accident. The toxic report had shown

Staudohar, Paul D. Football's Best Short Stories. Chicago: Chicago Review, 1998. Print. Summary In the book Football's Best Short Stories it mainly displays the different situations that happen while being a part of the sport of football. The main ar

Dessen, Sarah. Someone Like You. New York: Penguin Group, 1998. Print. This book was about a girl named Halley and her best friend Scarlett. Towards the end of summer Halley's parents send her away to Sisterhood Camp. While Halley is at Sisterhood Camp sh

Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Illus. Ellen Foney. New York: Hachette Book Group USA, 2007. Print. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a fictional book wrote looking through the eyes of a teenage Indian b

Chandler, Elizabeth. Kissed By An Angel. New York: Simon Pulse, 1995. Print. This book is the story of a girl named Ivy that had never really been the cool girl. Her friends tried to convince her to go out with the star of the swim team, Tristan, but

DREAMLAND The book Dreamland by Sarah Dessen is about a girl named Caitlin and her life living in a dreamland. Caitlin is trying to live a normal life after her sister had run away from home on Caitlin’s sixteenth birthday. Caitlin’s sister, Cass, wa

Stroud, Jonathan. The Amulet of Samarkand. New York: Miramax Books, 2003. Print. This story starts off with the main character, Nathaniel, summoning the magical demon, a djinni, Bartimaeus. Nathaniel tells the demon to go and steal the Amulet of Samarkand

The Best American Short Stories of the Century. Ed. John Updike, Katrina Kenison. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999. One of the themes that connected stories in this collection was a love triangle situation.  In “Blood-Burning Moon” by Je

Zusak, Markus. I Am The Messenger. 2005. New York: Knopf/Random House. Print. This book is about a 19-year-old cabdriver, Ed, who thinks he is worth nothing.  His mom believes he is going to turn out like his father was: a drunk and good for nothing,