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Ella Enchanted 1078 reviews
Gail Carson Levine
HarperCollins, 1997
Cinderella Who? by Sara Martinez
Many young girls dream of having a fairy tale life just like the ones that appear in Disney movies such as Cinderella, but what happens when these girls grow into young ladies and expect a little more than your usual fairy tale? In her novel Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine adds a whole new twist to the familiar story of Cinderella. With the use of point of view, characterizations and themes, ...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)5409 reviews
J.K. Rowling
Scholastic Press, 1998
Please don't summarize!
I loved this book and read it in two days and began the next immediately. One thing that troubles me -- about many amazon reviews -- is that they are NOT reviews. Person after person summarizes the story (which is, basically, summarized in the official editorial paragraph. WHY OH WHY does everyone do this! WHy not just say what you liked/disliked and why?
Rowling uses EXQUISITE VOCABULARY ...
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The Lost Boy: Foster Child's Search For the Love of a Family (Sequel to A Child Called It)445 reviews
David J. Pelzer
Omaha Press Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1994
The Lost Boy
This is a story about a young boy who gets abused and treated unfairly. He doesn't have any clothes besides the ones he caries in a brown paper bag. He runs away from the world he hates. He has no home to go to, then he finds hope. To find out more information about this book find it and venture into it.
In my opinion this book was excellent and amazing.Why? Because it made me cry on ...
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Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul (Chicken Soup for the Soul (Audio Health Communications))473 reviews
Jack Canfield
Health Communications, 1997
A great gift!
I bought this book as a gift for my 16yr old niece. The very next day, she told me how much she loved the book. She even cried reading it. I think it's nice to find reading materials that can move the minds and feelings of teenagers.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire5167 reviews
J. K. Rowling
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2001
Harry Potter and the Four Champions
Triwizard Tournment ,Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasly.
Harry potter has a horrible life under the commands of the Dursleys. He wants to get to Hogwarts, a wizard and witchcraft school, one of the three, Beaxubutions and Durmstrang. This year the Triwizard Tournment is happening at Hogwarts it hasn't happened in over one-hundred years.
The champions are Viktor Krum, one of the ...
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The Count of Monte Cristo381 reviews
Alexandre Dumas
Topeka Bindery, 1999
The 2nd best book ever!
except for the Bible, this is the best.
It is the full and undiluted version from the first english translation.
read it, learn it,live it.
j
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2599 reviews
J.K. Rowling
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban book 3
Like the first two Harry Potter books this book is great, it is in this book that parents should beware; it starts to have a few more moments that might scare the younger reader, it takes on a darker side as Harry ages and Voldemort begins to gain his power back, Definately makes you want to continue to read the complete set, this is my second time thru the books and I never tire of reading ...
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Alanna (Song of the Lioness)566 reviews
Tamora Pierce
Tandem Library, 1999
Life Changing at 12
When I first picked up this book, I was the typical bookworm. I knew every corner of my middle school's library. Most often, I'd find myself in the mythology section or classic plays. However, one day, I took a fateful journey into the fantasy section.
I was 12 years old, timid and accepting of even the worst opinions of me.
When I read it, I was enlightened. A whole five foot one, (four foot ...
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Lonesome Dove375 reviews
Larry McMurtry
Topeka Bindery, 1999
Great Story
Get past the first 50 pages and it will pull you kicking and screaming to the very end, where, when you close the book, you'll feel the loss of a good friend.
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time1010 reviews
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
The most powerful book I have ever read...
Many of us have felt hopeless, scared and frustrated since 9/11. We see anger building, more disaster looming and see little hope through governmental leadership. This incredible story, about a man who against all odds builds a school for a Pakistani village that nursed him through a near-death experience, provides a solution, at least the beginning of a solution, to the spiral of hatred and ...
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Don't Die, My Love259 reviews
Lurlene McDaniel
Tandem Library, 1999
Sadly romantic & beautiful=)
This is my second time reading this book and what can I say, I cried both times..I love it!!! One of the BEST books I've ever read!!!It is probably one of the saddest book out there as well. Don't Die, My Love is about Luke and Julie who had been childhood lovers and now is in high school and has a love bigger than anything..Luke is the football star quarterback and is madly in love with Julie ...
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Elder Rage or, Take My Father... Please! How To Survive Caring For Aging Parents275 reviews
Jacqueline Marcell
Impressive Pr, 2000
Thank you for a WONDERFUL book. Both entertaining AND full of valuable information.
I wish to extend a huge thank you to Jacqueline for writing this book! My mother-in-law had been diagnosed with dementia and had progressed to point where we felt it was no longer safe to allow her to continue to live alone. Our problem was that she was fighting us "tooth and nail" at every turn. She did not realize the scope of her problem. She felt she merely could not remember things once ...
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Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See306 reviews
Bill Martin
Harcourt School, 1993
Must get for your little ones!
Talk about a book that my son loved!!!!! After a few days he was reciting the book without looking at the pages. He is only 2.5 years old. He especially loves the part with the teacher and kids at the end. You gotta invest in this book. It is so worth it.
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Dealing With Dragons296 reviews
Patricia C. Wrede
Demco Media, 1992
One bored Princess is about to have a ball!
Princess Cimorene is the daughter to the king of Linderwall...where the knights keep their armor polished for show considering nobody's seen a dragon there in years...
Cimorene HATES it at Linderwall. And she wants to do things, not learn exactly how and when she's supposed to scream if someone decides to come and kidnap her. Cimorene takes classes behind her fathers back for extreme fun. She ...
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Martin the Warrior261 reviews
Brian Jacques
Philomel, 1993
The best book in the series!
I pretty much said it all in the title! This book is awesome! It's got the most action, battles, and the coolest bad guys! It's great! Read this book!
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The Immortals (Wild Magic)269 reviews
Tamora Pierce
Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, 2002
Captivating
Wild Magic, a book by Tomora Pierce and the first book in the series The Immortals, is about a girl named Daine. Daine was always good with animals. Then she leaves her home and realizes she is more than good with animals; she has magic. Her magic allows her to talk to them and they obey her. Her magic is about to run away with her when her new job sets her in the company of a kind mage named ...
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The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches (Keeper Martin's Tales Series, Book 1)301 reviews
Robert Stanek
Reagent Press, 2002
Truly outstanding!
I discovered Robert Stanek's work about a year ago and have been happily reading ever since. Great writing like this speaks for itself! This is such a wonderful book and beautifully illustrated. The author has created a fantasy world with depth and made it real. This is a book that deserves to be read by readers the world over.
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Mossflower298 reviews
Brian Jacques
Demco Media, 1999
GREAT FOR ALL AGES!!!!!
It is all you want in a good book.It has just the right amount of action,
peril,valor,and humor. If you want a book that is good for everyone, you just found one!
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House of the Scorpion296 reviews
Nancy Farmer
Simon & Schuster Childrens Books, 2002
Timeless
A real page turner, I can see why its now on many schools summer reading lists.
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Where the Wild Things Are351 reviews
Maurice Sendak
HarperCollins Publishers, 1987
Good Book
My kids at preschool love this story and they listen to it almost everyday before taking a nap. I bought the DVD as well and they love it also.
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