DUE DATE/TIME: Tuesday, September 27th/11:59pm
1. Always type your FIRST NAME and LAST INITIAL. Full names will result in a DELETION of the comment.
2. Provide me with some basic citation information about the novel you have chosen to read.
* Be sure to follow the correct capitalization and punctuation as it is shown in the example for Lord of the Flies below.
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Capricorn Books, 1959. Print.
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Capricorn Books, 1959. Print.
3. Write a 3-4 sentence brief summary about your book.
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25 comments:
Mia M
Burke,Morgan.the party room (book one).newyork,newyork.simon&schuster.2011.book(paperback).
the book "the party room" is a mystery novel about the disappearance and murder of a girl named Samantha Byrne. The book is first point of view from a girl name Kirstien. The story basically shows Kirstien trying to find out where and what happend to her best friend and who committed the murder.the book is a Thriller/Suspense and is a good read if you like cliff hangers and mysteries.
Derek G.
Strasser, Todd. Blood On My Hands. New York: Egmont, 2010. Print.
So far, this is an amazing book. You never want to put it down. So basically this girl, has been framed for killing one of her “bestfriends”. There is a picture of her with her holding a bloddy knife over her friend’s body. But now, she’s trying to figure out who the real killer is, without getting caught by the cops.
Helen C
Hi Mai M your book reminds me of a book I read called Olive's Ocean sorry I can't remember who wrote it but it might be something you want to read after this book.
Jenna D.
Riordan,Rick. Battle of the Labyrinth. New York. Scholastic. 2008.
Battle Of The Labyrinth is about the Demi-god
Percy Jackson setting out on another quest. The Titans are looking for more people to join their army. Percy, Annabeth, Tyson and Grover set off into the Labyrinth to stop Luke and the Titans from finding Daedalus and using him for the army.
Kaleigh M.
Shan, Darren. Cirque Du Freak The Vampire Prince. New York: Little, Brown and Company,2002.Print
So far in the book The Vampire Prince, Darren is trying to stop the vapaneze from taking over Vampire Mountain. Darren is trying to stop them from killing everyone but he has to stay hidden from them and attack their leader. The leader is trying to get the blood stone which can locate any vampire any where in the universe. If the vapaneze get a hold of the stone that would be an end to all vampires.
Emily W.
Draanen, Wendellen. Flipped. New York: Scholastic, 2001. Print.
In the book Flipped is about so far is an eight grade teen romance. This Romance Is Between the two main characters Bryce and Julianna. They have been crushing on each other since the second grade. They hid it till the seventh, and that was there first kiss but since then it has brought an aquward discomfort for everyone.
Arietta C
Shepard, Sara. Wicked A Pretty Little Liars Novel. New York: Harper Teen 2009. Print
This book is the fifth in the Pretty Little Liars series. The book has drama, mystery, and romance in it. It is hard to put the book down because you get so into it. So far in the book Hannah, Aria, Emily, and Spencer are starting to get the texts and notes and threats again. Ian got a temporary bail to visit his mom with cancer. This book is amazing and I recommend that the girls should read this series.
Natalie P.
Mcnamee, Graham. Bonechiller. New York: Wendy Lamb Books, 2008. Print.
In this book so far Danny, Ash, Howie and Pike are best friends that are living a normal life as any other teenager. Until one day Danny goes off walking on the Harvest Cove Marina coming face to face with a creature called the “Bonechiller”. This beast goes chasing him down until Danny falls into a ditch and gets bitten by it. Soon Howie experiences the same situations and both boys start to have nightmares where there both in it. They then have these side affects where they can go out in the below 0 temperatures and not become cold. Finally, Ash, Pike and Howie go out to where Danny first saw the Bonechiller and try to find out exactly what kind of animal or human make up this creature.
Natalie P.
Arietta, the book your reading sounds really interesting from the summary you wrote. I will definitely want to read it this year.
Nicholas H.
Collins, Suzanne.Catching Fire.New York:Scholastic. 2009. print
This book is about a girl who wins the hunger a games. The hunger games is a fight to the death between districts. When she wins she cheats the capitol and now there is a chance of uprisings in the capitol. This book is very good and so far I am enjoying it.
Helen C
Braswell, Liz. The Nine Lives of Chloe King, The Chosen. New York: Simon Pulse, 2005. Print
This book is the third and final book in The Nine Lives of Chloe King series. So far in this book Chloe’s life has been turned upside down. Chloe’s best friends Paul and Amy have broken up , Chloe has learned she is the chosen one, and learned that Sergei is now dead because he was working with the Rogue to get rid of her. I can’t wait to finish the book I’m on chapter 13 and there are only 2 chapters’!
Austin D.
Shan,Darren.Cirque Due Freak:A Living Nightmare.Waterville,Maine:Thorndike Press. Print.
This book is about two boys Darren and Steve who get tickets to a freak show and after the show Steve trys to become a vampire and Darren steals a special spider from the show so far and is a great book so far and hope you read this book
Eric D.
Lore,Pittacus I Am Number Four. New York: HarperCollins Publishers,2010.Print.
This book is about aliens called Loriens that were almost wiped out by by other aliens called the Mogadorions. but a small group of Loriens survive and flee to earth. Years pass and the Mogadorians find the group of Loriens on earth. The hunt is on. Now three of the nine survivors are dead. Number Four now flees to a remote town in Ohio and falls in love with a girl named sarah. But when the Mogadorians find Number Four
Number Four has to choose between his love or his kind
Jaime G
Cabot, Meg. Abandon. New York: Scholastic Inc, 2011.Print.
This book is about a girl named Pierce Oliviera who died of hypothermia and manage to escape from the land of the dead, the Underworld. After coming back bad things start to happen to her like her best friend comitting suicide and having to move to Isla Huesos. Unfortunatly she must balance her normal life with trying to stay alive when the Furies want her dead.
Jaime G
Eric D i saw the movie and i loved it. Normally the book is better than the movie if so then maybe I should read I Am Number Four next.
Patrick U.
Wasterfeld, Scott.Leviathan. New York: Simon Pulse,
2009. Print.
This book is about a prince of Germany whose parents were killed and now running away from home.Now Alek,Count Volger, and three others trying to get as far as away from home. But they are captured by the crew on the Leviathan that is a gaint whale floating witha bunch of locks of different kinds of birds.
Johnny C.
The Outsiders Hinton, S.E.New york The penguin group 1995. Print.
This book is about a gang of kids, years back. Their gang is made up of Greasers. Greasers is a word for poor kids with long hair. They fight alot with Socs (sosh's), another word for "rich kids". The gang is like a club. They are friends hanging out everywhere they go. But one day, when the gang is taken too far by the Socs, they are wanted by the cops, and they are on the run. It is a life or death situation.
Molly L.
Downing Hahn,Mary. All The Lovely Bad Ones. New York:Scholastic,2008.print.
This book is about how these two kids named Travis and Corey are going to be spending the summer with their grandma at her inn called " The Fox Hill Inn." They have just arrived and Travis and Corey are hearing stories about how the inn is "haunted". Travis and Corey read a book about it , and it said "Others were kept awake by noisy children playing in the halls. Lights and radios came on in the middle of the night. They had ghost hunters with special cameras and recorders. The experts agreed: Ghosts roam the halls of the inn".
Molly L.
Downing Hahn,Mary. All The Lovely Bad Ones. New York:Scholastic,2008.print.
This book is about how Corey and Travis go to there grandmas inn, and the other guest "the Jennings" wanted to see ghost, So Corey told them ghost storys that she had "experienced" before. The Jennings believed the storys that Corey told. Corey had a white long dress so she put that on and put white make-up on and black circles around her eyes. Corey told the Jennings that the ghost come out at 3 in the morning and make noises under the tree, So thats what Corey did.
Molly L.
Hahn,Mary Downing.The Old Willis Place.New York:First Scholastic paperback printing,2004. Print.
This book is about Diana and her brother Georgie who live in the woods. A new caretaker for the Willis house moves in, which is a huge haunted house they live behind, moves in next to the Willis mansion staying in a trailer. The caretaker's daughter, Lissa, is around the same age as Diana. When Lissa is asleep at night, Dianna and Georgie break into the trailer and steal stuff.
To Derek G:
That book sounds really intresting, I would like to read that when im done reading my book. I wonder who killed the girls best friend.
from Molly L.
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