The Fireside Book Chat

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Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk - a book review by Kyle
July 28, 2010

Palahniuk, Chuck. Fight Club. New York City: Norton, 2005. Print. A Product Recall Specialist finds himself thinking about how he is content with his life and is surrounded by the things he loves like his furniture and silverware that he has acquired ove

The Minstrel’s Tale by Berit Haahr - a book review by Linda
July 16, 2010

Berit Haahr. The Minstrel’s Tale. New York. Random House Children’s Books. 2000. Print. Summary The story takes place during the Middle Ages, in the 14th century. Thirteen year old Judith of Nesscliff is betrothed to the old, disgusting, Lord Norber

Her Mother’s Shadow by Diane Chamberlain - a book review by Adriane
July 14, 2010

Chamberlain, Diane. Her Mother's Shadow. Ontario: Mira, 2004. Print. This book starts off telling about Lacy's past and the murder of her mother. Lacy is a young women who has encountered many struggles throughout her life. She is thrown another obstacle

The Mission by Jason Myers - a book review by Suzi
July 14, 2010

Myers, Jason. The Mission. N.p.: Simon Pulse, 2009. Print. Kaden Norris, a 15-year old from Dysart, Iowa, has his life flipped upside down when his older brother and role model, Kenny, is brutally murdered while serving as a marine in Iraq.  Not long af

Blue Moon by Alyson Noel - a book review by Katelyn
July 08, 2010

Noel, Alyson. Blue Moon. New York: St. Martin's Griffen. 2009. Print. Ever and her family were in a car accident, and they all were killed.  A boy named Damen discovered Ever and brought her back to life by making her an immortal.  She later found out

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks - a book review by Bri
July 07, 2010

Sparks, Nicholas. Dear John. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2006. Print. Nicholas Sparks takes readers on a romance roller coaster in his novel, Dear John. John Tyree was a rebel teenager who went into the military right after high school. This book

Tripping Over the Lunch Lady and Other Short Stories by Nancy E. Mercado - review by Meghan
July 06, 2010

“Tripping Over the Luch Lady and Other Short Stories.” Schoolastic Inc. New York: USA, 2004. All these short stories in the book Tripping Over The Lunch Lady and other short stories were a great book to read. It did have easier dialogue and text thr

Lockdown by Dean Walter Myers - a book review by Dylan
July 05, 2010

Walter, Myers, Dean. Lockdown. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2010. Print This story is about a kid named Maurice “ Reese” Anderson. He is in a juvenile facility called Progress. He got stuck there for trying to steal some prescription pads fr

Shelf Life by Gary Paulson - a book review by Joe
July 02, 2010

Paulson, Gary. Shelf Life. New York: Simon 8 Schuster, 2003. 173. Print. Gary Paulson edited this book “Shelf Life” to give readers a wide variety of short stories. Through out this book there is ten short stories about witches, people living on Mars

Guys Write for Guys Read by Jon Scieszka - a book review by Derek
July 01, 2010

Scieszka, Jon. Guys Write for Guys Read. New York: Viking, 2005. Print. Jon Scieszka took short stories that guys have wrote over the years and made a collection with them. There aren’t just short stories, but art in the book also that guys have drawn