book review: lovely bones by: Alice Sebold

Lovely Bones by: Alice Sebold is about a girl that is brutally raped and murdered. This book is extremely touching. I haven't finished this book yet but it's a book that I am going to finish it's very moving. I would recommend this book to teens and anyone who likes mystery or anyone who likes weird and odd books.

book review; Jumping off Swings

Jumping Off Swings by: Jo Knowles

This book is a very heart filled novel about a teenager that is pregnant but she doesn't know just what she is going to do about it. Is she going to keep it put it up for adoption or have an abortion?

I loved this book it had me hooked till the end and I felt like I was there through the whole thing with Ellie (the main character). I felt her pain and excitements. This book is a book I would recommend for teenage girls or older women that is interested in reading about pregnancies.

It is a fairly short book. It has 230 pages and is a very quick read. Every chapter is told from 3 different characters point of view.

Book Buzz: Story of a Girl By: Sara Zarr

So Story of a Girl is about a girl that had sex with a senior and got caught by her Dad and since then she has been getting made fun of at school and when she got into the high school everyone knew who she was before she could even get through the doors because the guy told everyone what happened even about her father catching them. She didn't get a chance to tell her story because nobody believed her. now her dad won't talk to her but she still has her best friend and she got to tell someone her side when a new girl moved to their school.

This book so far has been an absolutely amazing book and I would recommend this book to anyone.

Silent Reading Review

I read a lot of amazing books this year but the one that i think is the best and most thought out book so far would have to be the book Tricks by: Ellen Hopkins. I haven't finished reading it yet but so far it is a very well written book that I have enjoyed and think others would enjoy just as much.

This book is about 4 kids that don't have it necessarily easy but find a way to make it better. They don't give up instead they work it out and find the best in the worst of situations. They take it one step at a time.

I think anyone would be able to read this book as long as you understand the form of how it's written. It's written in a poetic form but the chapter titles are the first sentence and the names at the top of the page are the characters that are talking at that point. It's a fairly long book because of the poetic writing it's about 600+ pages but a quick read.

My Thoughts About Grief Girl by: Erin Vincent

I think Grief Girl is a good book if you haven't just lost a family member. If you have I wouldn't suggest you read this book until you have got over the death completely. But other then that it's a great book and i would suggest it to anyone. It is a great book and very well thought out. I really appreciate the illustrations the book draws out. It is very descriptive and planned very well. The most shocking part about this story is it's not a story it's true this really happened to Erin Vincent.

The plot of the book is about a girl whose parents got into an accident her mother died right away and her father lived for about a month then died. They were killed crossing the road by a truck. Her life change in the split second that she got the news about her parents. Her older sister was instantly changed to become a mother/guardian of her and her little brother.

I would recommend this book to mostly teenage girls so they can see that what they have is more then most people and to put them in Erin's shoes so they know how she felt when she got the news that her parents were dead.

This book was 306 pages of fun sadness and pure shock. "The priest says his "ashes to ashes" speech as they lower Dad into the hole next to Mum."