The Fireside Book Chat

The Fireside Book Chat


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Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery by Siddharth Kara - book review by Christine
April 28, 2010

Kara,Siddharth. Sex Trafficking Inside the Business of Modern Slavery. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. Print. In this book, the author had gone all over the world researching sex trafficking. In many of the places the girls that were trafficked

Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog by John Grogan - a book review by Amber
April 27, 2010

Grogan, John. Marley 8 Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. Print John and Jenny Grogan start searching for a new dog. They find a dog at a local vendor and this dog starts out very crazy but they see nothing wrong

Louder Than Words by Jenny McCarthy - a book review by Brittany
April 26, 2010

McCarthy, Jenny. Louder Than Words. New York: Dutton, 2007. Print. In the book Louder Than Words a mother, Jenny, shares her story.  Throughout the book Jenny retells the story of her sons life, and unexpected discovery of autism.  She explains in deta

Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons - a book review by Brenee
April 24, 2010

Simmons, Rachel. Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression In Girls. New York: Harcourt Trade Publishing, 2002. Print. Odd Girl Out is a behind the scenes look at female bullying. Female bullying goes unseen in our culture, but continues to be a gro

A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer - a book review by Justin
April 23, 2010

Pelzer, Dave. A Child Called "it." Deerfield Beach, Florida: Health Communications, Inc., 1995. Print. The story A Child Called “It” is about the life of David Pelzer and his terrors growing up. David started his life growing up in a normal, well put

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich - a book review by Billy
April 22, 2010

Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2001. Print. Nickel and Dimed is about the author, Barbara Ehrenreich, going into the work force working almost minimum wage to see if its enough to survive and pay a second months

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich - a book review by Kyle
April 21, 2010

Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed. 2001. New York: Holt Paperbacks, 2008. Print. Barbara Ehrenriech had a great idea of dropping almost everything she knew to see what it would be like to live on the brink of poverty. First she tries to find jobs a

The Roswell UFO Crash: What They Don’t Want You To Know by Kal K. Korff - a book review by Ashley
April 20, 2010

Korff, Kal K. The Roswell UFO Crash: What They Don't Want You to Know. New York: Dell Publishing, 2000. Print. Korff wrote and put this book together to clear up the issue revolving the conspiracy about what happened at Roswell in 1947. The books

The Selected Poems of Langston Hughes - a book review by Wyman
April 19, 2010

Hughes, Langston. Selected Poems of Langston Hughes. New York: Knopf, 1971. Print. This is a collection of much of Langston Hughes' work as a poet. Most, if not all, of his poems are based of of his life experiences as a black man living in a world run by

Questions About Angels by Billy Collins - a book review by Nate
April 16, 2010

Collins, Billy. Questions About Angels. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 1999. Throughout this poetry book, the reader can clearly see the various themes which embodies the poems. Ranging from everyday subjects like teachers, the weather, and the mo