The Color Purple446 reviews
Alice Walker

Pocket, 1990

Color Purple

+ surprise
+ best book ever!

I love this book and I would recommend anyone to read it and watch the movie.
  
  











  



  
Olive's Ocean (rpkg) (HarperClassics)100 reviews
Kevin Henkes

HarperTrophy, 2005

PCE Student Review

+ Quiet and beautiful
+ Emotional Masterpiece
+ Idalis from Lake Tapps says, "This is a truly good book!"
  
  











  



  
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings307 reviews
Maya Angelou

Virago Press Ltd, 1993

The time of book that moves you

+ Quick Read
+ Well Written Account
+ South Mill Young Readers Book Club Review (Jr. High Readers)
  
  











  



  
It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health (Robie Sex Books)62 reviews
Robie H. Harris

Candlewick, 2004

I needed it when I was 10

+ What kids need to know.
+ Everything you need to know
+ An outlooker comments
  
  











  



  
ttyl (Talk to You Later)124 reviews
Lauren Myracle, 2004

What a great book!

TTYL is an awesome book! Great job by Lauryn Myracle. I just couldn't put this book down, every page seemed to add a new twist. I would definitely recomend this book to anyone. I'm very excited to read the other books in this series. -Amy Jagareski
  
  











  



  
And Tango Makes Three89 reviews
Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell

Simon & Schuster Childrens Books, 2007

A most valuable addition to our library...

+ GREAT BOOK
+ Tango book is missunderstood

A beautifully written and illustrated story. This is a very sweet love story and I can't wait to share it with everyone. Even though this is very clearly a childrens story, it is a story that will warm the heart of the adult reader as well.
  
  











  



  
The Golden Compass, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials, Book 1)1462 reviews
Philip Pullman

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2006

Golden Compass-an ultimate classic

+ Northern Lights / Golden Compass = Wonderful!
+ Adventure in the far, far north
+ Magically Adventure Tale for Both Children and Adults (A Grade)
  
  











  



  
The Chocolate War (Readers Circle)377 reviews
Robert Cormier

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2004

Fighting the good fight

+ Catcher in the Rye meets the Lords of Discipline - Great Audio Version
+ Chocolate War

Hyperboles, symbolism, style, point of view, etc. Many young people do not care...but after 8 years teaching 8th grade, as well as reading the book myself for the first time in 1989, the same age as my current students, the book changed me. Not back then, I merely worshipped the words, that ...
  
  











  



  
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn511 reviews
Mark Twain

Prestwick House Inc., 2005

Great book! When addressing controversy think of context.

+ Finn & Sawyer Part 2
+ Exceptional edition
+ Huckleberry Finn
+ Huck Finn
  
  











  



  
The Perks of Being a Wallflower1268 reviews
Stephen Chbosky

MTV, 1999

Freakin' Awesome

+ Thoughtful coming-of-age story
+ Pretty good.
+ Left wanting to know more...
  
  











  



  
It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health (Robie Sex Books)62 reviews
Robie H. Harris

Candlewick, 2004

I needed it when I was 10

+ What kids need to know.
+ Everything you need to know
+ An outlooker comments
  
  











  



  
And Tango Makes Three89 reviews
Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell

Simon & Schuster Childrens Books, 2007

A most valuable addition to our library...

+ GREAT BOOK
+ Tango book is missunderstood

A beautifully written and illustrated story. This is a very sweet love story and I can't wait to share it with everyone. Even though this is very clearly a childrens story, it is a story that will warm the heart of the adult reader as well.
  
  











  



  
ttyl (Talk to You Later)124 reviews
Lauren Myracle, 2004

What a great book!

TTYL is an awesome book! Great job by Lauryn Myracle. I just couldn't put this book down, every page seemed to add a new twist. I would definitely recomend this book to anyone. I'm very excited to read the other books in this series. -Amy Jagareski
  
  











  



  
The Golden Compass, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials, Book 1)1462 reviews
Philip Pullman

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2006

Golden Compass-an ultimate classic

+ Northern Lights / Golden Compass = Wonderful!
+ Adventure in the far, far north
+ Magically Adventure Tale for Both Children and Adults (A Grade)
  
  











  



  
The Perks of Being a Wallflower1268 reviews
Stephen Chbosky

MTV, 1999

Freakin' Awesome

+ Thoughtful coming-of-age story
+ Pretty good.
+ Left wanting to know more...
  
  











  



  
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings307 reviews
Maya Angelou

Virago Press Ltd, 1993

The time of book that moves you

+ Quick Read
+ Well Written Account
+ South Mill Young Readers Book Club Review (Jr. High Readers)
  
  











  



  
The Chocolate War (Readers Circle)377 reviews
Robert Cormier

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2004

Fighting the good fight

+ Catcher in the Rye meets the Lords of Discipline - Great Audio Version
+ Chocolate War

Hyperboles, symbolism, style, point of view, etc. Many young people do not care...but after 8 years teaching 8th grade, as well as reading the book myself for the first time in 1989, the same age as my current students, the book changed me. Not back then, I merely worshipped the words, that ...
  
  











  



  
The Color Purple446 reviews
Alice Walker

Pocket, 1990

Color Purple

+ surprise
+ best book ever!

I love this book and I would recommend anyone to read it and watch the movie.
  
  











  



  
Olive's Ocean (rpkg) (HarperClassics)100 reviews
Kevin Henkes

HarperTrophy, 2005

PCE Student Review

+ Quiet and beautiful
+ Emotional Masterpiece
+ Idalis from Lake Tapps says, "This is a truly good book!"
  
  











  



  
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn511 reviews
Mark Twain

Prestwick House Inc., 2005

Great book! When addressing controversy think of context.

+ Finn & Sawyer Part 2
+ Exceptional edition
+ Huckleberry Finn
+ Huck Finn