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Day My Butt Went Psycho 45 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
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The Old Man and The Sea 686 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 ...
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This Side Of Paradise 96 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 ...
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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
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Takeoffs and Landings 9 reviews Margaret Peterson Haddix
Aladdin, 2003
Reading TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS will make you feel good.
+ A Family Heals Itself + PRETTY GOOD BOOK + A reader
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The Outsiders 1532 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
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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
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Bronx Masquerade 76 reviews Nikki Grimes
Puffin, 2003
Beautiful!!!
+ Incredible + Bronx masquerade + Bronx Masquerade
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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
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The House on the Gulf 19 reviews Margaret Peterson Haddix
Aladdin, 2006
awsome!!!!
+ Good Book + The House On the Gulf + Read 'The House on the Gulf'
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Pictures of Hollis Woods 146 reviews Patricia Reilly Giff
Yearling, 2004
Great for pre-teens.
+ pictures of hollis woods + Beautifully Pictured + Pictures of Hollis Woods + Captivating
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The Great Gatsby 1123 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"
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All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten 73 reviews Robert Fulghum
Ballantine Books, 2004
great read
+ Cute! + Arthur's Kindergarten Review + Refreshing Perspective + Simple ideas for your not so simple life
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The Iliad of Homer 67 reviews Homer
University Of Chicago Press, 1961
Richmond Lattimore...Genius!!!!!
+ greek myth + Apt reading for America today + Western literature starts here
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I Love You Like a Tomato 19 reviews Marie Giordano
Forge Books, 2004
Dancing as fast as she can
+ Entertaining + Great book + i love this book + A new favourite!
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The Sun Also Rises 478 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. ...
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Classic Bikes 1 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., ...
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True Love 29 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
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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
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Black Like Me 155 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
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