O my gosh!!!! I just could not put this book down. It is now one of my all time favorite books!!! It's a little confusing at first, but once you get into it, you start to understand it!!!! You definitely have to read this book!!!

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        This was a great for teenagers it is showing you how to get help. It help me in many ways. It is telling kids if you think that you have a probelm dont hold it in let the truth come out and you will feel alot better.

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       This is the exciting sequal to the great book Eragon. This book tells about eragon learning and understanding the magic that now runs through his veins. Roran, eragon's brother, has a tough time as well. You will find out about the HORRIBLE mistake Eragon made back at the Varden. Also, you learn about two other dragons that are in the land. One is friend and the other is foe. I recomend that evryone read Eragon. The movie is good, but it is nothing like the book. Plus the movie left out some key information that is needed in the 2nd book.

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       Impulse is intense but very good . It's like all Hopkins' books. Impulse is about three kids who try to comment suicide, but get a second chance at living. you get to look at their point-of-view.

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       i really liked this book, only that it's pretty depressing. i mean, it IS about getting over depression, but the way this boy lived was pretty tough to deal with. it's very well written, vizzini often breaks through the tough subjects and cracks a joke. they're not insensitive jokes, just kind of 'lets laugh at life, because we have it' jokes. it's definitely a good read as long as you're ready to learn a bit about the human psyche.

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       ATTENTION "STAR WARS" FANS: "Labyrinth of Evil" is a MUST READ!!!!!!!!!! i've read this book 5 times and it's awesome! it's all about the events that come just before Episode 3. it describes in full General Grievous's capture of the Chancellor and explore's Anakin's feelings as he is posted farther away from home. READ THIS BOOK!! you will be confused without it! WARNING: chapter 18 might make you sad.

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       This amazing book is the first in his great series he has written. This book tell the epic adventure of the mouse, Matthias, and his fight against an evil war tyrant, Cluny the Scrouge. He has the fight many enemies including rats, sparrows, and a poisonous snake to help his Abbey, Redwall Abbey, win the battle of good against bad. He makes many new friendships including some between a campainger hare named Basil and a brave suirrel named Jess. I recomend everyone read this book.

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        Alex Cross a big time detective in the Washington D.C. area, pursues the most brilliant criminal he has ever faced. The criminal calls himself the mastermind. Cross tries to find the mastermind by tracing the calls he made to Alex. Also he tries to talk to a man the mastermind tried to recruit to do a bank robbery. This was a good book for many reasons. Roses Are Red was well written, and it felt as though I was right next to Alex on his adventure. I would recommend this book to any one who wants to read a good book, and I almost guarantee you that whatever type of book you like you will love this one.

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       Jeanne DuPrau has been a technical writer for years, but her debut novel The City of Ember proves she has what it takes to become a great fiction writer. In a city lit only by floodlights, where food shortages and blackouts are a normal part of life, a twelve-year-old girl named Lina finds a powerful secret that may save the city. When she finds the smooth black box with an odd mechanical lock that seems to be quite ancient, and a torn-up message inside, she immediately seeks out the help of her childhood friend Doon. Doon has been trying to save the city for several years already, and so, these two young people may hold the key to the future of the City of Ember. DuPrau has crafted a masterful teen novel, suspenseful and moving. She fills the pages of her book with description and dialogue so detailed that the world of Ember is almost real. As another note, The City of Ember is a Blue Spruce Nominee, so if you are looking for a book to read in order to vote for the Blue Spruce award, this is an especially great read for you. All in all, The City of Ember is an incredible book that I would recommend unconditionally.

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       The Legend of the Firefish is a swashbuckling tale filled with adventure, pirates (or ex-pirates, rather), true love, and a new mythical creature called the firefish. Though not strictly fantasy, this book provides a great look at the human condition and how people relate to others. Packer Throme, a (presumably handsome) young fisher's son, sets out to find glory, fame, and acceptance by joining up with some ex-pirates. His personal journey to discovering who he is and how he fits into his world is incredibly interesting. The humor the author incorporates is an added bonus, and you'll grow to love the main characters. There are two other books in the trilogy: The Hand That Bears the Sword, and The Battle for Vast Dominion. They get better and better as you go along. A must-read for teens who like adventure, and even for those who like fantasy.

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       this is the sequle to "sisterhood of the traveling pants". it's decidedly not as good as the first book and is very confusing. the girls break up with boyfriends and get new ones whom they pledge their love to while falling in love with someone else and all the time thinking of boyfriend no. 1. the whole book is a melodramatic soap opera. books 3 and 4 aren't any better. i wish ms. brashares had kept the same pizazz and fun energy of book 1. this is not worth reading unless you like getting angry and sad and dissapointed. sorry.

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       In a time where demons and angels walk visibly on the earth, all religion has been made illegal, and people are massacred by the government every day, sixteen-year-old Patch tries to make an escape. Living in the Christian Underground with a desparately grieving uncle isn't what he wants his life to be- but neither was being captured, watching the murder of all his friends and being placed with a family who hates him. As Patch refuses to deny his faith and speaks out to his friends in school, he is put in a mental hospital which would brainwash him, were it not for the help of his friend, Nancy, and a mysterious group of Believers known as the Tattooed Rats. Jerry B. Jenkins, famous for his fiction series "Left Behind" and local author John Perrodin team up to make this incredible novel possible. Told in short, fast-paced segments through the eyes of several young men and women, as well as a few supernatural beings, this novel is completely different from any other novel you may have read. This book is also especially good for people who like to have books with deep thought. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!

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       Bella was like any other normal girl. Had friends, went out, but her all so friendly world changed when she met Edward. Edward, who soon became fond of her, Edward who was more gorgeous than any human on the planet, Edward who Bella also loved in return. But how little she knew of what the cost would be to love a vampire. ONE WORD- AWESOME

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       TWILIGHT IS SERIOUSLY THE BEST BOOK ON THE PLANET!!! I was told about it by one of my friends at school. It is about a ordinary girl named Bella who gets sucked into the world of vampires and werewolves. She falls in love with Edward,the strange kid at school. He returns her love, but she is la tua cantante, "my singer". her blood sings to him in a way that no other human's does. Can they stay together for eternity, or will he surrender to his instincts? READ THIS BOOK!!!

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       This book totally rox!!!!!If you have read the other books in the same time period and place, you'd love this book. It has plenty of adventure and magic! Just make sure that your read Trickster's Choice first or it won't make sense.

Date Entered: 1/4/2005

       Sometimes books are written so well that the characters just seem to come out. Well, in this book Meggie's father, Mortimer Folchart, has the power to do just that...literally! One fated night, he reads aloud to his wife and is astonished when she and their two cats disappear and 3 men appear in their place. These men, Dustfinger, Capricorn, and Basta, were thrown from their own story, Inkheart, into our own world. Dustfinger, a lowly juggler and coward, begs Mo to be sent back into his story while Capricorn and Basta, the villains set out to destroy all the books so they can never be sent back. Capricorn enlists help from his men and burns all the copies save one. He intends to have Mo read one more thing out of it, his evil pet creature, the Shadow. Basta, Capricorn's top hit-man who favors messing around with his sword, attempts to sabbotage everything Meggie has ever known. Meggie, a twelve year old girl who loves to read, is suddenly in the midst of excitement she has only read about. She longs to have her father's gift with words, the very gift that earned him the name, Silvertongue. Meggie finds that there is more to her reading than she once thought. And now she is to be Capricorn's new "Reader", but with some help from the author of Inkheart, will Meggie be able to change the story in time to prevent her world from falling under the dreadful rule of Capricorn?

Date Entered: 3/8/2005

       Everyone's heard stories of hero's, princes, princesses, and magicians and Wren is no different. She grew up in an orphanage, always longing for adventure. Her whole world changed when she finds that her best friend, Tess, is actually the Princess Teressa. And when Tess is kidnapped by the evil sorcerer King Andreus, Wren teams up with a magician-in-training named Tyron, and a prince, a youngest son with no hope of ever becoming king, named Connor to rescue her friend. All the while while experimenting with magic that she has no training to use. And as a mishap, she herself is almost capured by the sorcerer and must change her shape in order to escape him. However, Wren must not become used to her new shape or she will be stuck as such forever! She is faced with the decision of rescuing her friend and facing the risk of being an animal forever and going back to the powerful magicians who can change her back. Wren knows what she must do.

Date Entered: 3/8/2005

       "Hangmans curse" is a book that keeps you on the edge of your seat. This story of good verse evil kept me and my best friend reading. It's increadible to see the trust the characters have towards God, and the loyalty they have toward finding the answer to Baker High's legend of the hangman's curse. From insanity to death, the springfeilds must stick together as a family and try to solve the mystery as quickly as possible. Near the end of the book the crime fighting family realizes human life is a precious thing and nobody should abuse it. If you like mystery, crime, andsuspence, this is the book for you.

Date Entered: 3/13/2005

       Aly has always hoped only to follow her father's footsteps to be a spy. Her mother, however, has other plans. Not that her mother's life was ever ordinary. Aly's mother disguised herself as a boy for eight years in order to obtain her shield and become a knight of the realm. Aly feels her mother doesn't understand her. But before she is givin the chance, Aly is kidnapped by raiders and made a slave. She's not alone, though. The Trickster god has chosen her to help save his people. She is made a slave for the household of the two girls of the royal family that the god wants to put on the throne to represent his people. They are Sarai and Dove. Aly has special gifts she picked up from her father, the former King of the Thieves, to help her as well as a flock of crows. The god promises her her freedom if she can keep the two girls alive for the summer. But deals with gods can be tricky, this Aly is about to find out!

Date Entered: 4/4/2005

       The following book of Trickster's Choice is fantastically continues as Aly has to protect the Balitangs further. But a suprise is on the way for her.

Date Entered: 5/21/2005

       Roverandom is the story of a little black and white dog, Rover, who lives quite comfortably with an old lady and his ball. One day, while playing with his ball, it rolls into the road and is picked up by a man. When he won't give it back, Rover quite impertenintly bites him on the leg. The wizard, then gets mad, and turns Rover into a tiny toy dog. Rover has many adventures before climbing on the back of a sea gull (for he lived near the sea shore), and being taken over the edge of the world and to the man in the moon. This is the man who keeps all the dragons (on the moon) from making eclipses, creates the most splendid fireworks, makes sure the stars behave, is in charge of dreams, and is a chief wizard himeslf. Unfortunatly, he cannot counteract the spell placed on Rover, because of another spell that's anti-counteracting. Roverandom, (now christened so, because there is already another Rover (supposedly the first Rover ever!) on the moon, and the man in the moon wanted to avoid confusion) and Rover go exploring on the dark side of the moon, only to wake up the most fierceest of all the dragons! He chases them all the way home, and they only escape because the man in the moon used his most powerful fireworks directly on the dragon until he returned to his dark cave. Even then, both dogs had rather singed fur and tails! Then the sea gull returns with news and the mail for the man in the moon, (because how could he get it otherwise?) and when he returns back to Earth takes Roverandom with him. The bad wizard had married a mermaid princess and was now living as the "wizard in residence" under the sea. So Roverandom goes after him, only to be turned into a mer-dog by the princess! There is another mer-dog, also named Rover, and Roverandom believes that THIS Rover is the first one - the one on the moon being prone to rather extensive and elaborate exaggerations. Anyways, during their romping (which Roverandom didn't find as much fun as on the moon with the other Rover) they stirred up the great Sea Monster, who with every twitch of his tail caused great hurricanes and psunami's above land, and massive turbulance and destruction under water. So the wizard is sent to deal with the great Sea Monster, only to anger him more. The mer-people are beside themselves with what to do, until the great Sea Monster tells them that he won't be quiet and go back to sleep until they get rid of the "stupid wizard" who has been disturbing him. Very embarrassed the wizard burns all his magic books, potions, paraphenlia, etc. and then returns to land with his wife (who was very kind in staying with him). Roverandom returns with them, but because the wizard burnt or destroyed all his magical stuff, he cannot now change Roverandom back to a regular dog, although he's very sorry now, and wishes he hadn't hemmed and hawed quite as much as he had. But if you want to find out what happens to Roverandom next, you'll have to read this book. It is a classic among classics, it's just a more hidden one, but that makes it all the more potent and memorable a tale!

Date Entered: 6/17/2005

       Alanna of Trebond and Olau had the highest hopes for her only daughter Aly. But Aly had different ideas. She loves cracking codes, sneaking around, and spying. Aly wants her father, one of the realm's spymasters, to employ her as a field agent but as a father he refused. Fortunately for her, the Trickster god was on her side. During a solo sailing trip, Aly was captured by pirates and sold into slavery. The god made sure that only one family would get her, the one family that most needed her talents. Kyprioth the Trickster god made a deal with Aly. If she could keep the Balitang children alive through the summer he would take her home with a recommendation to her father for her to be a field agent. She accepted and went with the Balitangs into exile because the king thought the family was a threat to his crown. The older two Balitang girls had royal blood. Kyprioth was trying to execute his greatest trick ever and place one of them on the throne right under his siblings noses. Follow Aly as she undergoes many trials to keep the Balitang girls alive.

Date Entered: 7/6/2005

       This is an amazing book about dragons, and the sad, sad, sad, belief that it is ok have slaves........WELL THAT IS WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone should be free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Date Entered: 7/21/2005

       Kira-Kira is set in the late 1950's in Georgia, It's told from 10-year-old Katie's point of view, as she tells about her life, her mother working in a hatchery and her older sister Lynn, who she adores. But, when Lynn get sick with lymphoma, everything changes. Kira-Kira won the Newberry Medal for this year. It is a gripping read and I stuggest this book for anyone to read. Warning-it will make you cry.

Date Entered: 7/29/2005

       This book is one of my all time favorites. Its a story about 4 girls who share a pair of pants during the summer. I recommend this book to anyone looking for a good summer read!

Date Entered: 8/4/2005

       This novel is set in multicultural Hawaii and the first person narrator is high schooler Jeff Gill, a child of mixed bloods who must deal with the fact he looks white even though he's part Hawaiian. There's a day called "Killahaole Day" on the island of Oahu where white kids get punched out as retribution for the loss of the land and Jeff is a victim. And he also has to suffer through losing the girl he loves, getting shoved around by a big bully, bad grades, being suspended, and coping with his father's great expectations. He takes boxing lessons from his uncle and challenges the bully to a 'beef' on the golf course during the Hawaiian Open and provides great entertainment to Arnold Palmer and a host of schoolmates. What I like about this book is Jeff's resiliance and determination to carve out a niche for himself in a cliquish private school. He ends up getting into college and finding a girl (a fellow outsider). I would recommend this book to any teen struggling with self-identity issues. The author is also skilled in handling tricky situations like interracial dating!

Date Entered: 9/5/2005

       Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince is Harry's sixth year at school and things aren't going to well Ther'es a new potions master so Snape got the defense against the dark arts job he's always wanted. Haryy learns to apparate and of You-Know-Who's dark past. I won't tell you the end I'll only say this The tradition of Defense against the dark arts teachers staying only one year lives on and someone we all know and love a certain character dies but you'll have to read to find out who I recommend 13 & up on this one so go out and read it I guarantee you'll be surprised

Date Entered: 11/4/2005

       First of all, you should note, that this is not a teen book. It is an adult fantasy, and though it is written more complicated than most teen books, it is EXTREMELY well written and easy to understand, worded well, etc. It does get off to a somewhat lagging or slow start, but just keep reading and you'll get into it. I was hooked, and immediately after i read it, I started the second book (Brotherhood of the Wolf) which I like even better. This book combines all the keys to make a perfect fantasy. Chase, Adventure, Good vs. Evil, Romance, Escape, Violence, etc. and they all work perfectly together. The characters are well molded and all show individual characteristics. I don't want to say too much about it, but I will say that the system of magic used in it is GENIUS. Lords and kings take "endowments" from people to be strong and fight for their kingdom. For example, a man would give an endowment of wit to his lord. The man would lose all of his wit, and the lord would gain it. In exchange the lord would protect the "Dedicate" and provide him with food, shelter, comfort. All in all, I would give it an 8 out of ten. Take off one point for the lag at the beginning, and another for a few minor mistakes that all books have.

Date Entered: 12/10/2005

       Brotherhood of the Wolf is second in the Runelords Series by David Farland. The first is Sum of all Men or Runelords if you would like to look into it. I have read the first one as well, and posted a review here on it. I don't want to give away too much of the book, so I shall touch on the quality of the writing, and stuff like that. For those of you who have read the first book, you may know that it lags just a tad at the beginning. This book makes up for it. From the minute you start reading you do not want to put it down. It is very well started. It is much darker than the first one, and lacks some of the color and vibrance, but I suspect that it was taken out to make the story feel darker still. The magic system is INCREDIBLY well thought out, a process of peasants endowing certain virtues on their lords, such as wit, stamina, brawn, etc., so they will be strong to fight. It includes everything you would expect in an action fantasy, and while it is an adult fiction, it is very good and well written. 9 out of 10 in my opinion, one taken off for the lack of the amount of color and vibrance of the first. I take my hat off to David Farland. I liked it so much i was living in solitary confinement for a time while I read it. Look into it!!!

Date Entered: 12/15/2005

        If your into, disasters, suspense,and drama,(Oh my!)then this book is defaintly for you. The Posiedon adventure is about a big luxery cruise liner that is hit by a huge roadwave on New Year's Eve and flips, completely upside down in the middle of no where. Now as only a handful of survivors try to to make it through the capsized boat, the race against time is running out. They must make they way to the bottem or hull of the ship. This is not easy, since the whole boat is upside down, and you can't use stairs, or even rugalar hallways to move about. Obstacles, debri, and unfortunately dead poeple are scattered all over the ship. It's a test of skill and endurance,between themselves, there cooporates, the ship and time.It's hard to believe that this book was made in 1969. This book was re-released because of the new Warner Brothers film Posiedon which is now the third remake of this popular story. (if you get the chance, go see it, it's sad with of drama, but you will be pleasently pleased.) The orignal movie is the best compared to the book, but the second and third is nothing to sneeze at and a highly recommend you rent it from your local movieplace. BUT READ THE BOOK 1ST! All in all, I was indeed grateful to read this book, and watch the movies (which are still two weeks late)and i hope you get the chance also. I hoped you enjoyed reading my book/movie review and take my advice. You won't regret it!

Date Entered: 5/27/2006

       Phyllis Reynolds Naylor entertains readers with a humerous book about a teenager, named Alice, who struggles with the everyday problems of highschool, home, boys and friends. Even though her dad just got remarried she stays strong even though she feels like a third- wheel. She gets braces and worries that every one will tease, but her predictions are almost always wrong. This is a great book and I would reccomend this book to anyone who loves to read!

Date Entered: 6/10/2006

       Extreme adventure is what Abarat is all about when young Candy Quackenbush is lead by a strange creature to the mysteriously exciting islands of Abarat. The creature goes by the name of John Mischief and has a pair of antlers on his head along with his seven "brothers" attached to them. They call themselves John Fillet, John Sallow, John Moot, John Drowze, John Pluckitt, John Serpent, and John Slop, but John Mischief is the "head" brother. They lead her to the Islands of Abarat where the twenty-five islands are all in different "time" zones. Each island is an hour of the day and the last island is "time out of time", but no one has ever been there and been able to tell the tale. Candy seems very important to Abarat, something she had never felt back where she came from in Chickentown, Minnesota. She adjusts extraordinarily well to the lifestyle and oddities of the place and performs magic she's never been of having using words she can't remember learning. Something strange is going on and Christopher Carrion, the evil Lord of Midnight, has a desire he cannot place for the schoolgirl from the Hereafter, the Arabatian name for where Candy comes from. He's not the only one, however. Rojo Pixler, a businessman with the goal to conquer the world, wants Candy to take him back to the Hereafter so he can conquer that, too. Candy has other plans and, with the help of several new-found friends, sets off to discover her purpose in this place that feels more like home to her than Minnesota ever did. More than anything she wants answers.

Date Entered: 6/13/2006

       Its areally good book expresing and i think any girl ages 12 and up would love it.

Date Entered: 6/30/2006

       great book all around. would suggest it for readers in 7th-8th grade. cant wiat for 2nd one in series to come out. would recommend it.

Date Entered: 9/2/2006

       In this book, Ponyboy is a 15 year old boy whos parents have died and he is left living with his two older brothers. Him, his brothers and his freinds are greasers. In this book Ponyboy has to deal with The Socs, rumbles, murder, death and much more. It is truly on of my favorite books and I think that everyone should read it.

Date Entered: 10/10/2006

        Even thow it is under the kids section it is still good for us teens!! It is about the adventures of the last humans alive. In the beginning they find themselves on a ship called Muther, and 500 years in the future! I'm on the 12th one now, and wow I can't wait to read the next one. there are about 15 books in the series. Thes books capture the imagination of readers of any age! You should read it!

Date Entered: 11/10/2006 4:08:00 PM

       Crank is a book written in verse. It is a true story about Ellen's daughter and her struggle with drugs. The book is very good and down to earth. Once you start to read it, you can't put it down.

Date Entered: 1/29/2007 11:02:00 AM

       Burned is very good. It is aslo written in verse like Ellen's other books, Crank and Impulse. Burned is about a girl that grew up in a strick Mormon family. She starts to hang out with a boy who her dad doesn't approve of so she is sent to live with her aunt for the summer. While there she learns some things about her dad that she didn't know and she starts to fall in love with a boy. The summer finally comes to a close and she is sent back home. Things are well until she finds out she is pregnant. After this her world is changed. This book was very good. It may make you cry but after you read it you will tell everyone else to read it because it is so good.

Date Entered: 1/29/2007 12:37:00 PM

       Sold was a very inspiring book.the young girl strives to escape a world of suffering and soon finds herself trying to trust the people who try to help her. Lakshmi the main character could not trust any one else because she was sexually abused i was so proud in her strive to get hel-p and escape a world of pain and hatred from her owner.

Date Entered: 3/8/2007 3:55:00 PM

       READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! elves, dragons, fights, battles, dwarves ( the always forgotten, yet amazingly strong creatures), mountains, adventures, kings, love, hate, man this book has everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i LLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOVVVVEEE it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Saphira rocks!

Date Entered: 6/5/2008 8:28:00 PM

       A book that is considered science fiction for time travel and parralel universes, as well as a fantasy in everything else, Mary Hoffman''''s book ROCKS! Lucien Mullholland, an English 16-year-old boy struggling with cancer embarks on a fantastic journey that he could never have anticipated. A simple notebook with a marble pattern transports him to Talia, an alternate to Italy. While there, he becomes healthy again and is known as Luciano. It is discovery and wonder at first, but there is danger lurking in the city. The evil di Chimici family strives to force the Duchessa of Bellezza to sign a treaty, giving them the city, and Lucien becomes entangled in this problem. Meeting friends, facing danger and the threat of discovery, and being kidnapped, Lucien must help the great city he has come to love.

Date Entered: 6/24/2008 2:54:00 PM

       Very good tells alot of history of the human and covonet war.A book to read over and over again

Date Entered: 7/25/2008 10:38:00 AM

       This book was pretty suspensful. I thought it was pretty good. I highly recomend this book if you want to read about mysteries.

Date Entered: 8/9/2008 1:09:00 PM

       This book was hilarious. My favorite character was Fregley. If you wanna laugh read this book. Im now reading the second one Jeff Kinney is one of the best authors.

Date Entered: 8/9/2008 1:13:00 PM

       Fregley was awesome and Rowley was hilarious. This book is recommended if you wanna laugh. Jeff Kinney is one of the best authours.

Date Entered: 8/9/2008 1:16:00 PM