The Fireside Book Chat

The Fireside Book Chat


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The Portable Beat Reader by Ann Charters - a book review by Gabby
September 27, 2011

Charters, Ann. The Portable Beat Reader. New York: Penguin Books, 2011. I focused on three different poets in my book (Enter names here) but the one that stood out to me most was Bob Dylan. I knew he is/was a song writer but I wasn’t aware that he w

Avalanche by Arthur Roth - a book review by Nathaniel
September 26, 2011

The book, Avalanche, is about a boy named Chris that gets trapped  in an avalanche.  One day he was skiing and hunting for birds.  Chris was enjoying taking shots when the last shotgun blast caused an avalanche.  Chris tried to out-ski the rumbling

Leftovers by Heather Waldorf - a book review by Desiree
September 23, 2011

Sarah has a hard time with her life in the past year with her dad dead and her mom dating again she doesn’t know who to turn to at a time like this. She has to volunteer at this camp called Camp Dog Gone Fun for the summer. While she is at camp, her mom

Son Of The Mob by Gordon Korman - a book review by Ryan
September 22, 2011

Have you ever watched the movie American Gangster? If so then you would like the book Son of the Mob. There kinda related because they involve gangs and there violence. If you like books with gang violence, then you should give this book a chance. Son of

Choosing to See by Mary Beth Chapman - a book review by Kayla
September 20, 2011

Choosing to See is a book that has a lost child in the beginning but goes to the very very beginning. She was a little 8 year old and died. Her name was Maria and loved to have fun. It was devastated when she passed away. Even though Choosing to See is a

All In by Monique Polak - a book review by Andrew
September 19, 2011

All In by Monique Polak - a book review by Andrew

Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider series) by Anthony Horowitz - a book review by Logan
September 16, 2011

Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider series) by Anthony Horowitz - a book review by Logan

CIRQUE DU FREAK by Darren Shan - a book review by John Wigman
September 15, 2011

CIRQUE DU FREAK by Darren Shan

The Wave by Todd Strasser - a book review by Tori
September 14, 2011

The movement in the story is the teacher brain washes them by teaching them about The Wave and the students get obsessed over it and the parents are worried about it, especially Laurie’s mom. It’s pretty good and has some drama in it, and it’s reall