The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1168 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Picador, 2007 Approachable for all readers, essential for understanding our flat world. This book should be on everyones "must read" list + Friedman is a True Patriot! I found the first section (263 pages) difficult to plow through - I come from a software / engineering background and found the techie speak in the first section dry. Understandably this book was written for a broad audience, and this section was a prerequisite for the remainder of the book as it ...             Enchantment175 reviews Orson Scott Card Del Rey, 2005 It gets good... then great + A new sleeping beauty + A Modern Day Sleeping Beauty.....sort of! + AMAZING Book! + Wonderful tale             The Counterfeit Princess2 reviews Jane Resh Thomas Clarion Books, 2005 History brought to life + Girl as spy The world of pre-Elizabethan England is vivid and engaging in this tale of one girl caught up in life-and-death circumstances created by power struggles she'd known little of before. Though captive to the dire situation in which she finds herself, Iris's sense of agency keeps her from succumbing to ...             A Corner Of The Universe116 reviews Ann M. Martin Scholastic, 2004 accepting unconditionally + mom's review + Good Book + What happened to Adam? + Crazy Kid             Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club)247 reviews Alan Paton, 2003 It's on my Top 10 + Cry the Beloved Country + Heart wrenching, sad, uplifting, moving, inspiring ...... + Still Relevant + Another MLA 100 oversight...             The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Illustrated American Classics)383 reviews Elizabeth George Speare Houghton Mifflin, 2001 Classic + read it four times when I was younger + The first book I ever read twice + still enjoyable as an adult + Perfect Historical Fiction Book for Adolescent Girls             Steps to the Altar (Benni Harper Mystery)29 reviews Earlene Fowler Berkley, 2003 One of the Best + The mysterious and baffling human heart + 5 stars and 2 thumbs way, way up! + Wonderful!             The View from Saturday286 reviews E. L. Konigsburg Aladdin, 1998 Great Classroom Teaching Novel! + Interesting I have taught this in my classroom every year since 2000! I absolutely love it. I've used it in 6th grade and currently in 5th grade. The book easily lends itself to teaching about point of view and a host of other reading skills. Point of view is the skill I think the kids enjoy the most when ...             The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents38 reviews Terry Pratchett HarperCollins, 2003 This book is hilarious page after page! + Courtesy of Teens Read Too + typically brilliant! + The second rat gets the cheese! + Doesn't pull punches when it comes to the darkness, but absolutely wonderful             The Princess and the Hound24 reviews Mette Ivie Harrison Eos, 2007 happy reader + A Creative Masterpiece + Review Courtesy Of TL's Book Nook ( tlbooknook.blogspot.com ) + A beautifully woven tale             Julie of the Wolves (Summer Reading Edition) (Julie of the Wolves)238 reviews Jean Craighead George HarperTrophy, 2005 Classic + After Reading This Book You Will HATE Sarah Palin This is a haunting story that still symbolizes the greatness of Jean Craighead Goerge. It is more than a mere survival story, but the story of a girl who is torn between the modern world and her native Inuit ways. When a rape incident encourages her to flee to California, tragedy occurs and she ...             Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)45 reviews Dorothy L. Sayers HarperTorch, 1995 A Mystery Writer's "Serious" Novel + Read, and re-read + Intelligent read but no mystery + Reunion and Union             Mira, Mirror14 reviews Mette Harrison Puffin, 2006 A truely original fairy tale... in the old style of the Brothers Grimm... + a great fantasy read + Dark, earthy and left me very reflective of life. Do you remember the magic mirror in the fairy tale, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"? Where you ever curious about where the magic mirror came from, or who was in it? Well, in this truely original fairy tale, you find out how a young witch named Mira was put into the magic mirror, and how she ...             The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary412 reviews Simon Winchester Perennial, 1999 the madness of scholarship + Supplement, Addendum, Prequel, Sequel, Corollary + Three-and-a-half stars, really. + Psychological thriller that can't be put down + A fun, informative piece of history             My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics)512 reviews Jean Craighead George Puffin Books, 2004 Book that inspired my retirement dream + Well written book + A Great Book!!!! + Every boy and tomboy should read it!! + A child's introduction to Thoreau             Icy Sparks (Oprah's Book Club)227 reviews Gwyn Hyman Rubio Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001 Great book + Very Good Read I was intrigued by Icy Sparks and her interesting life. This book was an easy read that I didn't want to end.             The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread (Tale of ...375 reviews Kate Dicamillo Candlewick, 2006 Love, Forgiveness, and Bravery + book good movie might bad + Pure Magic + The Tale of Despereux             Because of Winn-Dixie (Movie Tie-In)750 reviews Kate DiCamillo Candlewick, 2004 A little book with a lot of heart + Charming! + Man's Best Friend + how a stray dog wins friends and influeces people + Because of Winn Dixie             The Last of the Mohicans (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)11 reviews James Fenimore Cooper Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003 A novel of historical importance - but not accurate + Native American Classic + The Last of the Mohicans + Last of the Mohicans             And Only to Deceive : A Novel of Suspense64 reviews Tasha Alexander, 2005 My New Favorite Author + Fun, witty, and altogether charming! + Victorian Romp + Enjoyable