Day My Butt Went Psycho45 reviews
Andy Griffiths

Scholastic Paperbacks, 2003

Love It or Hate It, This Book Is About Butts.

+ Do you like butts?
+ Butt-Fighters, Buttasaurs, and Buttwars, Oh My
+ ONE OF THE MOST HILERIOUS BOOKS I'VE EVER READ!!!!
+ Ryan's Review
  
  











  



  
The Old Man and The Sea686 reviews
Ernest Hemingway

Scribner, 1995

The sea giveth...and the sea taketh away

+ Well, he nailed the title . . .
+ the super old man

"The Old Man and the Sea" was Ernest Hemingway's last important work. Written in Cuba in 1951 and when published, it became one of his most recognize pieces. The work won him the Pulitzer prize in 1953 and the Nobel prize in literature in 1954. *SPOILER* This is ...
  
  











  



  
This Side Of Paradise96 reviews
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Scribner, 1998

A brilliant, serious, and triumphant first novel

+ And now, real life begins...

Fitzgerald's brilliant, serious, and triumphant first novel can be summarized as follows: Bittersweet experience transmutes Amory Blaine's youthful enthusiasm for wealth and romance and art into a mature understanding of self and of the need to serve others. Fitzgerald is a watercolorist, not an ...
  
  











  



  
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics)51 reviews
Thomas Hardy

Penguin Classics, 2003

A Certain Classic

+ Ahead of its time
+ Highly Recommended.
+ One of the most deeply moving novels in English literature
  
  











  



  
Takeoffs and Landings9 reviews
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Aladdin, 2003

Reading TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS will make you feel good.

+ A Family Heals Itself
+ PRETTY GOOD BOOK
+ A reader
  
  











  



  
The Outsiders1532 reviews
S. E. Hinton

Puffin, 1997

one of my favorite books of all time

+ Outsiders is the best
+ A great book, but a little bit of a repetitive story
+ Relevant Teenage Tale
  
  











  



  
Far from the Madding Crowd (Signet Classics)22 reviews
Thomas Hardy, Suzanne Keen

Signet Classics, 2002

Forces of Nature

+ A Classic to be Savored
+ My favorite English Novelist
+ We Pull Our Own Strings
  
  











  



  
Bronx Masquerade76 reviews
Nikki Grimes

Puffin, 2003

Beautiful!!!

+ Incredible
+ Bronx masquerade
+ Bronx Masquerade
  
  











  



  
The Scarlet Letter (Bantam Classics)406 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Bantam Classics, 1981

A wonderful piece of literature, however

+ One of the best novels ever
+ Sin, Redemption
+ Hawthorne's Masterpiece
+ Useful for AP Lit
  
  











  



  
The House on the Gulf19 reviews
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Aladdin, 2006

awsome!!!!

+ Good Book
+ The House On the Gulf
+ Read 'The House on the Gulf'
  
  











  



  
Pictures of Hollis Woods146 reviews
Patricia Reilly Giff

Yearling, 2004

Great for pre-teens.

+ pictures of hollis woods
+ Beautifully Pictured
+ Pictures of Hollis Woods
+ Captivating
  
  











  



  
The Great Gatsby1123 reviews
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Scribner, 1999

As American as apple pie...

+ What Can I Add?
+ The Summer of '22
+ The Great Gatsby
+ An intimate, touching story that deserves its praise while still being thoroughly relevant despite its age; a solid "A"
  
  











  



  
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten73 reviews
Robert Fulghum

Ballantine Books, 2004

great read

+ Cute!
+ Arthur's Kindergarten Review
+ Refreshing Perspective
+ Simple ideas for your not so simple life
  
  











  



  
The Iliad of Homer67 reviews
Homer

University Of Chicago Press, 1961

Richmond Lattimore...Genius!!!!!

+ greek myth
+ Apt reading for America today
+ Western literature starts here
  
  











  



  
I Love You Like a Tomato19 reviews
Marie Giordano

Forge Books, 2004

Dancing as fast as she can

+ Entertaining
+ Great book
+ i love this book
+ A new favourite!
  
  











  



  
The Sun Also Rises478 reviews
Ernest Hemingway

Scribner, 1995

Bitter sweet

+ Interesting read
+ The Sun Does Indeed Look Bright

I'm Jake. Jacob Barnes. American journalist. Living in Paris. I send off my cables. I work hard for a couple of hours. I put the stories in big manila envelopes. And send them out. That brings in the money. French? I speak French. Spanish? I speak Spanish. Don't think I've got it made. ...
  
  











  



  
Classic Bikes1 review
Peter Henshaw

Stoeger Publishing Company, 1995

Easy read, lots of inside info on the "Classic" companies

Peter Henshaw writes about the history of classic bike manufacturers with a style that doesn't give a clue as to how hard it must have been to gather all this history. He has articles and photos covering: Ariel, AJS, BMW, Brough Superior, BSA, Douglas, Ducati, Excelsior U.K., Excelsior U.S.A., ...
  
  











  



  
True Love29 reviews
Robert Fulghum

HarperTorch, 1998

Writing about Love

+ I must make one correction in my story in the book.
+ The many faces of love
+ My opinion
+ Warm Fuzzy
  
  











  



  
The City of Ember (The First Book of Ember)415 reviews
Jeanne DuPrau

Yearling, 2004

I Eagerly Recommend This Book!

+ City of Ember at a cafe in my mind
+ Seeing the Light
+ Excellent read
  
  











  



  
Black Like Me155 reviews
Robert Bonazzi, John Howard Griffin

Signet, 1996

oh wow this is unforgettable!

+ proof that something relatively minor can pack a punch
+ Constructing Race, the artifice of being Other
+ Black like me: One of the best books I have ever read
+ Black Like Me