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The Shining

Madison M. | July 14, 2010 | Comments (1)

The Shining is about a 5 going on 6 year old boy named Danny who is gifted with the "shining" The "shining" is like mind reading, but worse. He can see visions of the past and future. and read peoples feelings and minds. Pretty cool huh? Well, His father, Jack Torrance is a ... Read more »

A Great and Terrible Beauty

Madison M. | June 20, 2010 | Comments (1)

A bright young teenage girl that leads a very normal life is shocked when suddenly, her mom is murdered, and she meets a mysterious boy named Kartik. She is taken from her birth home in India and moved to Spence Academy, an english school for girls. Here Gemma meets many gir ... Read more »

The Lightening Thief

Madison M. | May 01, 2010 | Comments (1)

When a 13 year old half blood named Percy Jackson finds that his father is Poseidon, and that he is accused of stealing Zeus's most powerful weapon, the lightening bolt, he must set out to find its original thief and return it to him by the solstice. ... Read more »

The Anansi Boys

Brian P | April 25, 2010 | Comments (0)

I have to admit that Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite writers. I love how the fantasy parts of his writing seems so natural, like of course ... Read more »

The Thief Lord

T. | November 12, 2009 | Comments (2)

Summery----The Thief Lord, by Cornelia Funke, is a well written book mostly about two children named Prosper and Bo and their runaway from their stuck-up Aunt and Uncle. The story takes place in Venice, Italy where the two boys have run off too in escape of their Aunt and Un ... Read more »

Pretties

Madison M. | November 12, 2009 | Comments (1)

Ok so the second book in the "Uglies" series is about these three kids named Tally, Shay, and Zane. The day they have been waiting for all their lives has finally come, the day they turn pretty... But, the question is, is it worth it? ... Read more »

Uglies

Madison M. | November 09, 2009 | Comments (0)

Uglies is a book about two teenagers named Tally and Shay. The day of their long life is coming around the corner soon, the day the turn pretty. Nothing could ever interfere with that dream, until now. Tally and Shay discover the life before them, (our time) and realizes th ... Read more »

Midnighters

Madison M. | November 09, 2009 | Comments (0)

Midnighters is a very intriguing series about the secret hour of midnight and its hidden secrets waiting to be discovered... ... Read more »

Chronicles of Ancient Darkness

Madison M. | August 29, 2009 | Comments (1)

Wolf Brother is about a twelve year old boy named Torak living in ancient times. Back then, humans lived off the land, they hunted, tracked, made weapons, fished, and slept on the forest floor. Although Torak would seem like their average boy, he is more than beyond anything ... Read more »

The Last Apprentice

Madison M. | August 15, 2009 | Comments (6)

The Last Apprentice Series is about a young thirteen year old boy named Thomas Ward, who being a seventh son of a seventh son, can see and hear things others can't. Such as, ghosts and ghasts, he can see witches, and many other things. Because he is what he is, it is natural ... Read more »

HP and the Chamber of Secrets

Madison M. | August 01, 2009 | Comments (0)

Ok so now that I've already done the whole "This is who he is and his past and who these people are, etc." This summary should be a WHOLE lot shorter. YAY!!! Oh and excuse me if I leave out details, it's a complicate book. This book is about Harry Potter, continuing his scho ... Read more »

The Thief of Always

Madison M. | July 31, 2009 | Comments (3)

Thief of Always is about a young boy of ten or eleven named Harvey, who leads a cruelly slow life, and would do anything to do something interesting. His dreams come true when on an unusually cold autumn day, a man named Rictus tells him about a wonderful world just waiting ... Read more »

HP and the Sorcerer's Stone

Madison M. | July 31, 2009 | Comments (5)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone is about a young boy named Harry Potter, a young boy who is unknowingly a very talented wizard, with a very interesting past. He would be a normal young wizard, if it wasn't for the strange lightening scar on his forehead that tells the s ... Read more »

Twilight Series Review

Madison M. | July 21, 2009 | Comments (10)

Twilight, hmmm how to start? Well, to begin, Twilight is the story of a so called "quiet" girl from Phoenix, Arizona named Bella. She moves to live with her dad, because her well loved mother wants to travel with her husband Phil. And so the series begins. As she begins to g ... Read more »

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