The Fireside Book Chat

The Fireside Book Chat


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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers - a book review by Josh
June 08, 2010

Myers, Walter Dean. Fallen Angels. 2008. 13 May 2010. Myers wrote the book Fallen Angels to show how life was during the Vietnam War and what really happened when our soldiers were over there. Richie Perry, the main character, signs up for the army after

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - a book review by Gretta
June 04, 2010

Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones. Boston; Little, Brown and Company, 2002. The Lovely Bones. The Lovely Bones is a fiction novel about a girl who was murdered, and tells her story from heaven. The main characters name is Susie Salmon. One day on her way ho

I Am David by Anne Holm - a book review by Billy
June 03, 2010

Holm, Anne. I Am David. Gyldendal, Copenhagen: Harcourt, Inc, 2004 The book I read was called I am David by Anne Holm. The book is about a boy named David who has spent his entire twelve-year life in a concentration camp in Eastern Europe. The book start

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks - a book review by Sam
May 28, 2010

Sparks, Nicholas. The Notebook. New York: Warner Books, 2004. Print. The Notebook is a novel which revolves around young love and romance with a twist of a tragedy as well.  The book starts of at the local fair.  Noah Calhoun is hanging out with a grou

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer - a book review by Dylan
May 13, 2010

Krakauer, Jon. Into The Wild. 1st. New York: Anchor, 1997. 199. Print Into the Wild is the story of Chris McCandless who dropped everything, his friends, his family, all his belongings, to go on his great Alaskan adventure. Before he took his leave, C

The Butterfly Effect by Harry Humes - a book review by Gabe
May 13, 2010

The Butterfly Effect by Harry Humes - a book review by Gabe

Loose Woman by Sandra Cisneros - a book review by Brittani
May 12, 2010

Cisneros, Sandra. Loose Woman. 1st ed. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Print. Sandra Cisneros is a modern poet and she writes about anything from her Mexican heritage, to love, to sexual experiences through out this book. An example of one of her Mexican heri

I’m Nobody; Who Are You? by Emily Dickenson - a book review by Keri
May 11, 2010

Dickinson, Emily. I'm nobody! Who are you?. Scholastic Inc., 2002. Print. Emily Dickinson is a great poet. In this book of her poetry she wrote some very meaningful poems about life, love and many other things. Her one poem on page 16 about surgeons has

E.E. Cummings: The Complete Collection - a book review by Carrie
May 10, 2010

E.E. Cummings: The Complete Collection - a book review by Carrie

Freakanomics by Stephen D. Levitt - a book review by Andrew
May 09, 2010

Levitt, Steven. Freakonomics. Harper Collins. 2006. New York. The point of Freakonomics is to make the reader look at economic related ideas from a different perspective. Throughout the book there are different ideas that are relative to our daily lives.