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Monster 682 reviews
Walter Dean Myers
Amistad, 2001
A book students like to read
+ All around, good attempt
+ Quick read, excellent story
+ Monster review
+ Monster: Intresting and thought provoking
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12 Angry Men (Acting Edition)2 reviews
Reginald Rose
Dramatic Pub Co, 1989
12 ANGRY MEN
+ 12 Angry Men
I read this play in English class, as well as acting it out. It is based on 12 jurors, who are diliberating wether or not a young boy is guilty, or not.Searching through the facts, the jurors finally come of with an answer due to the perswasion of one person. This book is great, and easy read, and ...
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Catch-22832 reviews
Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 1996
Lighthearted and comical, yet dark and meaningful
+ 25 words or less
+ Incredible
+ Great Characters Living With Death
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Can't Get There from Here51 reviews
Todd Strasser
Simon Pulse, 2005
good book =D
+ A Book You Can Imagine Yourself In
+ can't get there with out this review
+ can't get there from here review
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson 11 reviews
Mitch Albom
Time Warner Paperbacks, 2003
Touched My Heart and Soul
+ The best book I have ever read!!
+ An Inspirational Story
Tuesdays with Morrie is a "final thesis" between a young man and his old, beloved college professor who is diagnosed with a deadly, unforgiving illness called ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
This book made Morrie's death much more valuable by making it a life lesson for people. People ...
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The Old Man and the Sea6 reviews
Ernest Hemingway
Simon & Schuster Audio, 2006
throw away your self-help books, it's all right here
+ Very descriptive and compelling. A must-read!!
call me a throwback, but this slender novel contains more wisdom than entire libraries of self-help books. hemingway tells the story of an old cuban fisherman on his most memorable trip with characteristic simplicity. the man's respect for the fish, courage and inner battle are a fitting finale to ...
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Coraline350 reviews
Neil Gaiman
Harper Perennial, 2006
The other side of the door
+ Coraline novel on CD
+ Modern day "Alice in Wonderland" for adults.
+ For Kids Of All Ages That Like A Good Scare.
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Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)1104 reviews
John Steinbeck
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1993
One of the classics of literature
+ Capturing
+ One of the most popular books in American Literature-and for good reason!
This is the first book by Steinbeck that I ever read and like many other people, it was required reading in my language arts class. It was so moving that some of the girls in the class were crying at the end.
George and Lennie are two workers that move from job to job. George is small and ...
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1608 reviews
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
A Road To Treasure
+ Carrying the Fire Through The Darkness
You know who they are. Those people that get upset when stories are told that aren't a sugar coated version of the world, stories that seem like they were written by authors who truly believe that ignoring cold, hard reality is the best medicine.
Cormac McCarthy is not one of those authors. At ...
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A Separate Peace 769 reviews
John Knowles
Scribner, 2003
fast delivery
+ A Different time, a Different Place
+ Schoolbook
My daughter needed this book asap for school. She received it in 4 days....and in good shape too!
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Breaking Point27 reviews
Alex Flinn
HarperTeen, 2003
Great teen book
+ Very "Unsettling"
+ Alex's Review
+ The intersting book The Breaking Point
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The Kite Runner2517 reviews
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Trade, 2004
Ki
+ Wonderful
+ Fantastic
+ powerful and moving
+ Could Not Put it Down
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Messenger (Readers Circle)103 reviews
Lois Lowry
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2006
The Ideal home changes
Identified as the "Companion": to Newbery-winning "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue", I picked up Messenger with high expectations. The other two were terrific, stunning in their own ways. I wasn't disappointed. Lowry's created world in which the three villages of the three stories exist is clever ...
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven1610 reviews
Mitch Albom
Hyperion, 2003
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
+ The Five People you will meet in Heaven
Another great book by Mitch Albom! Thought provoking! Which five people from my past will be waiting for me? We all need to do more sacrifice! Loved it!
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Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Readers Circle)224 reviews
Suzanne Fisher Staples
Laurel Leaf, 2003
the best
+ Pakistani desert girl's life struggles
+ This book is good and bad!
A Girls Life and Future
I recommend this book to anyone who loves to read about true life. I loved
this book because I have seen the pain of being married off at the age of 13.
I recommend this book to mature readers because of the descriptive words and
sentences. Shabanu keep me ...
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Fahrenheit 4511271 reviews
Ray Bradbury
Del Rey, 1987
A thrilling combination of 50's pulp sci-fi and reflective commentary
+ Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
By my count, this'll be the 1,218th review for this book on amazon, so what could I possibly say that the other 1,217 haven't?
But for those few who dare dig this deep to read: I loved the book. I've read numerous novels and thrillers for fun, and also dabbled in more serious, non-fiction as ...
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Slaughter-House Five (First paperback edition)
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Dell Publishing Company, 1971
First Dell paperback edition of author's best novel and one of the best of all modern novels.
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Stranger with My Face125 reviews
Lois Duncan
Laurel Leaf, 1982
This Would Make a Great Movie !!!
+ Delightfully twisted
+ stranger with my face
+ Interesting book
+ Interesting book
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Lord of the Flies 15 reviews
Listening Library (Audio), 2005
Golding reading
+ A Must Read
+ Good recording.
Way cool! I am going to start teaching Lord of the Flies right after fall break. I have been previewing this audio version on may long drive to and from work (about 30 minutes each way.) I was so impressed with Golding reading his own book! I must say I cried at the end when Ralph breaks ...
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Give a Boy a Gun124 reviews
Todd Strasser
Simon Pulse, 2002
A Close Look at School Violence
+ for what its worth.
+ Students Rate Give a Boy A Gun
+ Give a Boy a Gun
+ A great inside on all views of school shootings
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