The Fireside Book Chat

The Fireside Book Chat


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Teach Me by R.A. Nelson - a book review by Jenna
May 02, 2011

Nelson, R. A. Teach Me. New York: Penguin Group, 2005. Print. Teach me dives right into the middle of an incredulous story of a young woman and her English teacher’s twisted, forbidden love. It’s Carolina “Nine” Livingston’s senior year, a

Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen - a book review by Katie
April 29, 2011

Dessen, Sarah. Someone like You. New York: Speak, 2004. Print. The book Someone Like You is written by Sarah Dessen. It is a teen novel about love and troubles one faces throughout high school. The story starts off with the main character, Halley, wh

Between Sundays by Karen Kingsbury - a book review by Alex
April 28, 2011

Kingsbury, Karen. Between Sundays. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007. Print. Between Sundays is a phenomenal story about the life of a professional football player and a foster child. This foster child named Cory was put into the care of his mother’s b

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz - a book review by Nick
April 26, 2011

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz - a book review by Nick

All Quiet On The Western Front - a book review by Jeff
April 25, 2011

All Quiet On The Western Front is a book about a couple of graduates who are urged by their German teacher to join the German Army and fight in the war. The main character Paul Baumer and his classmates also his best friends enlist in the Army and have

Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix - a book review by Tyler
April 21, 2011

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Found. New York: Simon 8 Schuster  for Young Readers, 2008. Print. Jonah and Chip may have seemed like your average teenagers, but they are apparently anything but that. As they are going through their lives going to school

Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric S. Nylund - a book review by Troy
April 19, 2011

Nylund, Eric S. Halo: Ghosts of Onyx. New York: Tor, 2006. Print. The book Halo:Ghost of Onyx was written by Eric Nylund. This book takes place far into the future, year 2545. The story begins with 300 super soldiers called Spartan-3’s who are appar

The Witness by Dee Henderson - a book review by Lyndsay
April 18, 2011

Henderson, Dee. The Witness. Carol Stream: Tyndale House, 2006. Print. The book The Witness starts with a murder in the town’s mall.  Officer Luke Granger interviewed the only eye witness, Amy, and finds that she has been running from a man for 5 y

A Painted House by John Grisham - a book review by Vanessa
April 15, 2011

In the beginning the story takes place in the 1950’s where the summers were so hot that the sun would beat down and leave you sun burned. But in the fall it would rain almost every day. This was also a time of war the “Korean War”. The Chandlers

Pet Cemetery by Stephen King - a book review by Rob
April 13, 2011

The book Pet Cemetery by Stephen King was about a family that moved up to Maine. The members in the family are Louis the husband and father, Rachel the wife and mother, their two children, Ellie and Gage, and Ellie’s cat Church. When the family move