Between the shades of gray
November 29, 2011 • Aly Moore
Many people enjoy art in different ways, but some people find ways to show a message in their art. In the book Between the Shades of Gray, 15 year old Lina uses her drawings to seek family members and show people what was happening. Lina, her mother, and little brother are all forced out of their home... Read more »
The Lying Game
November 11, 2011 • Rachel Anstaett
The book The Lying Game by Sara Shepard is one of my favorite books I have ever read. It was fast paced, thrilling, and had many twists in it. The Lying Game was very fast paced. There was never a dull moment in the book, and I just kept reading and reading it. The Lying Game was so thrilling; my heart... Read more »
Vinyl in a new age
March 29, 2011 • Giordan Lucas
For music lover and loner Allie, life is all about music, LP music that is, and working at the local Bob and Bobs records. Times have moved on to a new digital age where all people have to do is download and listen, but that’s not Allies style at all, she is a major LP collector. Allie often wonders... Read more »
Fly on the Wall
March 29, 2011 • Haley Padilla
Dreaming of being a super hero, Gretchen Yee gets a strange cosmetic change; she is turned into a fly. In E. Lockhart’s Fly on the Wall, Yee attends an art school, where she pursues drawing. She is a bit of an outcast. Her parents reveal that they are getting a divorce, which makes her upset. Besides... Read more »
The Lucky One
March 18, 2011 • Maeson Ballou
A good book to read would be The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks. This story about a young soldier coming back from war to find his “lucky charm;” this lucky charm so happens to be a young woman. The man travels across the country on foot with his canine friend in order to search for the girl. Soon... Read more »
Blue bloods
February 9, 2011 • Kylie Emerson
Vampires and the fairy tale world stories have became popular in the past few years. Melissa De La Cruz brings a new meaning to the so called underground world of vampires and magical creatures. Cruz bases her stories upon a prestigious group of people living in New York City. These people are senators,... Read more »
Books and their movies
December 7, 2010
There are many different types of books to read. Recently, many books are being turned into movies. One book that was recently turned into a movie is Charlie St. Cloud. Charlie St. Cloud is a good book, although there are some confusing parts, it all quickly comes together. If I go to see a movie that... Read more »
Life as a Baghdad female teen
December 7, 2010
Oprah Winery once said, “To be a girl born in the US is one of the luckiest things in the world,” of course, I believed her, but I didn’t think I would ever truly agree with that statement without arguing different points of views. That was until I read some of the book Teen Life in the Middle... Read more »
A Child Called It Review
December 2, 2010
A Child Called “It” is a true story based on the childhood of David Pelzer. The story is also one of the most severe child abuse cases ever documented. It takes place during the late sixties in the city of Dale in California. The book is told through the eyes of David, from how he remembered it. The... Read more »
My Sister’s Keeper – 157
December 2, 2010
Stories of sisterly love and family drama make up the novel My Sister’s Keeper. I first heard of this book when my mother read it a few years back and put it on my list of books to read. I recently began reading it and am hooked. The story tells of a young girl named Anna whose sister has been diagnosed... Read more »