A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead, 2007 Enthralling... + Very touching + Very good BOOK + Excellent Story             The Center of Everything92 reviews Laura Moriarty Hyperion, 2004 I loved this book + Great read. + great first book. + Reflecting on the 80's             The Lords of Discipline170 reviews Pat Conroy Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2002 Amazing + little slow but great read towards the end + Excellent Writing + Lords of Discipline + One of Conroy's Best             Tomorrow, When the War Began (The Tomorrow Series #1)157 reviews John Marsden Scholastic Paperbacks, 2006 so exciting!! + WOW + Surprisingly workable war and teen romance/coming of age hybrid; recognisable Oz kids + Fabulous + I look forward to teaching this             Mississippi Trial, 195531 reviews Chris Crowe Puffin, 2003 Mississippi Trial, 1955 + Mississippi Trial, 1955 + Li-Hsin's book review This book is about a boy named Hiram who goes to stay with is Grandpa in Greenwood, Mississippi. While there he meets an African American boy named Emitte Till. They became good friends. When Emitte is found dead floating in the river. Hiram sets out to find out who it was that killed him. I ...             The Bean Trees385 reviews Barbara Kingsolver Virago Press, 1990 Bean Trees a treat + Bean Trees + A beautiful story + Nice Read + One of the Best Books of the '80's             The Situation in Flushing (Great Lakes Books)6 reviews Edmund G. Love Wayne State University Press, 1987 The Situation in Flushing + Growing up in Flushing Michigan + A boy's perspective reminds an adult... + A Yearn for the Old! + Charming memoir             Looking for Alaska88 reviews John Green Puffin, 2008 made of awesome + YA??? 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Laura Wiess has written a compelling novel that deals with a painful subject. ...             Sue Monk Kidd Collection (The Mermaid Chair & The Secret Life of Bees) Sue Monk Kidd, 2003             Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)1275 reviews William Golding Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 Lord of the Flies Book Review By Conlan Mueller + Lost Innocence + A brutal, horrifying masterpiece + An Old Book Revisited             Twisted35 reviews Laurie Halse Anderson Puffin, 2008 A Book That Will Leave You in Knots + Twists you into the plot + A Powerful Read! + It's Tough Being a Teenager + When Bad Things Happen to Decent People             Kat Got Your Tongue3 reviews Lee Weatherly David Fickling Books, 2007 A wonderful story of survival and mystery. + Courtesy of Teens Read Too + Pure genius Lee Weatherby's KAT GOT YOUR TONGUE tells of a girl with amnesia - and the troubles she faces in not even knowing who her old friends were. Kathy feels she's a stranger in her own life - and feels there's a secret being kept which endangers her. KAT GOT YOUR TONGUE is a wonderful story of survival ...             Getting Away with Murder (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards))4 reviews Chris Crowe Dial, 2003 The Case That Changed America + A Must Read For All + A Great Non Fiction Read + GREAT BOOK!!!             Uglies (Boxed Set): Uglies, Pretties, Specials (The Uglies)34 reviews Scott Westerfeld Simon Pulse, 2007 Good series + Loved the "trilogy" + Amazing + Great series!             The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions)2517 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Trade, 2005 Ki + Wonderful + Fantastic + powerful and moving + Could Not Put it Down             Feed129 reviews M.T. Anderson Candlewick, 2004 Feed for thought + dystopia from the inside + A compelling comment on our future... + A Cautionary Tale for the Selfish Generation + Great story to the disturbing end             The Gospel According to Larry74 reviews Janet Tashjian Dell Laurel-Leaf, 2003 The Audiobook rocked! + A Book All Teens Should Read + Courtesy of Teens Read Too I only post a review when a book or a movie makes such an impression I just have to! This is going in everybody's stocking this year. I am giving the audio version of the book to all 7 significant people in my life including my 17 year old son. What an impression this book has made on me! After ...             The Catcher in the Rye8 reviews J.D. Salinger Bantam, 1966 A timeless classic worth reading I write this review having to look back almost 20 years when I read this book as a child. At an age when I found it difficult to engross myself in fiction (I simply did not read a lot as a child), I traversed through this book with interest. Unless you have issues with the course language, ...             Acceleration (Readers Circle)33 reviews Graham Mcnamee Laurel Leaf, 2005 reluctant reader teacher + Characters Trump Plot + Gripping Acceleration + Great Read + Acceleration