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Teen Book Review
Rating 4
Posted on 10/7/2013
Reviewed by Christine, Spencer Road staff
I love this author, but the book took a little while for me to get into it and really like the characters. Luke has just published a best selling book of teen parables. Now, it's summer and he's going on a road trip/author tour along Route 66 with his brother. What he doesn't know is that his brother is also bringing his girlfriend and Luke's ex-best friend, Fran. I really enjoy the humor of this book. Luke is a very honest character when he reacts to certain situations. This book is a lighter read and will make you want to see some o
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Rating 5
Posted on 9/11/2013
Reviewed by Sydney, Middendorf-Kredell TAB
This book is soooo good! It's my favorite book. It's very touching and emotional in the last 20 pages. It's about a girl who has Stage IV thyroid cancer and she meets this boy at her support group who had osteosarcoma cancer but has no evidence of cancer in him and they fall in love. Then they go to Amsterdam together with her mom to meet this author and find out more about this book that she recommended to him and it's just a really good book and it's so touching!
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Rating 5
Posted on 9/11/2013
Reviewed by Maggie, Spencer staff
Even though her entire family is filled with psychics, Blue has no special power. Well, she does, but her power is only in the ability to make her family's psychic powers stronger. So Blue's participation in the annual practice of hearing voices of those who will die in the upcoming year is purely supportive... Until this year when Blue is surprised to actually hear a name. "Gansey."
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Rating 4
Posted on 8/21/2013
Reviewed by Sherri, Middendorf-Kredell Staff
Who can resist a book with this title? A lot of humor, adventure and danger combined with a little bit of romance make this an intriguing read. Perry, a high school senior, is forced by his parents to take their quiet, unassuming, and plain looking foreign exchange student to the prom. But in the course of one night, Perry's world is turned inside-out by this young woman who is not at all what she has appeared to be.
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Rating 4
Posted on 8/6/2013
Reviewed by Sherri, Middendorf-Kredell Staff
Shayne Blank walks into a police station and confesses to murder. Just who is Shayne Blank? He's the new kid at school. Quiet. Unassuming. But still, he seems to invite trouble which escalates when he stands up to those bullying his new friend Mikey. Is he a murderer? Or is there more here than meets the eye?
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Rating 4
Posted on 8/6/2013
Reviewed by Sherri, Middendorf-Kredell Staff
Jessica lives to run. But when a tragic car crash takes her leg, Jessica is sure her life is over. As she struggles with learning to walk with a prosthetic leg, Jessica meets Rosa. Rosa has cerebral palsy and it is difficult to understand her speech. But she is a math whiz...just what Jessica needs to help her get through Algebra. As she and Rosa become friends, Jessica learns that there are many kinds of disabilities and that, just maybe, she can run again.
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Rating 4
Posted on 7/31/2013
Reviewed by Arely, Spencer TAB
The False Prince is a stunning start to a captivating trilogy. It stars Sage a witty individual who is one of four orphans taken by Connor, a nobleman. All the boys are taken to Connor’s home to train and become the perfect pawn in Connors plot. They learn everything from reading to sword fighting and table manners. Meanwhile Connor keeps a close eye on them and rates their every move. At the end only one of them will be selected for a grand mission—to pretend to be the king’s long lost son.
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Rating 4
Posted on 7/31/2013
Reviewed by Maggie, Spencer Staff
Cinder, a talented mechanic, is approached by a handsome man to fix his broken down robot. She quickly realizes that it's not just any handsome man, it's the prince! With a plague ravaging earth and war with the evil queen and people of Lunar on the horizon, this futuristic science fiction retelling of Cinderella, the first in Meyer's Lunar Chronicles series, is far from your standard fairy tale.
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Rating 5
Posted on 7/31/2013
Reviewed by Jenna, Middendorf-Kreddel TAB
This book is awesome! When I was a teen, it was one of my favorites. I would suggest this book to anyone! Although it is a young adult book, I think that adults would enjoy this book as well.
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Rating 5
Posted on 7/31/2013
Reviewed by Graceson, Spencer TAB
Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan is a Adventure filled story about Percy and friends Anabeth, Piper, Jason, Leo, and Nico.
In this story Percy and his friends have to save Nico and the world while Anabeth has to find the Mark of Athena.
You can read this book at your library any time, just remember its the third book in the series The Heroes of Olympus.
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