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Book Reviews: A List of Scoop Staff Favorites
MATCHED
By: Ally (Alison) Condie
Genre: Teen Fiction
This book is a dystopian novel about a community were everthing is already chosen for you. Your job, your family, your love. The main character must find out who she is and who she wants to be.
WALK TWO MOONS
By: Sharon Creech
Genre: Fiction
Walk Two Moons is a story about death, family, love, and discovery. Sal has to move away form her beloved farm in Ohio to a town were the houses are as small as bird houses. Her mother is dead, her father is always at the house of a woman who sal doesn't like (whose last name means dead body), and a boy in her class won't stop looking at her hair. It doesn't make sense until on event leads to another. Don't Judge a man until you walk two moons in his moccasins.
OUT OF MY MIND
By: Sharon Creech
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Out of My Mind is a realistic fiction novel about a girl with disabilities. People always assume she is stupid and that she knows nothing, until she can talk, can she show every one who she is, or is it too late?
HOUSE OF THE SCORPION
By: Nancy Farmer
Genre: Fantasy
If you were a clone, would you be scared of the person you are a clone of, or would you love them? What about if all the clones were injected with a chemical that made them stupid, but you weren't? What if every one hated you because of who you are or what you are? These are only some of the questions Matt asks when he is moved from the little house in the poppy fields to the big house. Will people ever like him? If not, can he change them?
PICK ME UP
By: Jeremy Leslie and David Roberts
Genre: Nonfiction
This book is a nonfiction book about, well, everything. Stuffed to the brim with every thing from the bloodiest wars to who invented the printing press. With a funny voice, this book brings you everywhere in the world. A good light read.
Kiki Strike, Inside Shadow City
By: Kirsten Miller
Genre: Action/Adventure
The irregulars saved the world last night, you might want to send them a thank you note. Kiki Strike, is a 12 year old spy who brings together a group of girl scouts to form the spy group the irregulars. The irregulars discover an underground city called the shadow city. Facing a thirsty princess, a thousand rats, and betrayal, the irregulars save the world.
MATCHED
By: Ally (Alison) Condie
Genre: Teen Fiction
This book is a dystopian novel about a community were everthing is already chosen for you. Your job, your family, your love. The main character must find out who she is and who she wants to be.
WALK TWO MOONS
By: Sharon Creech
Genre: Fiction
Walk Two Moons is a story about death, family, love, and discovery. Sal has to move away form her beloved farm in Ohio to a town were the houses are as small as bird houses. Her mother is dead, her father is always at the house of a woman who sal doesn't like (whose last name means dead body), and a boy in her class won't stop looking at her hair. It doesn't make sense until on event leads to another. Don't Judge a man until you walk two moons in his moccasins.
OUT OF MY MIND
By: Sharon Creech
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Out of My Mind is a realistic fiction novel about a girl with disabilities. People always assume she is stupid and that she knows nothing, until she can talk, can she show every one who she is, or is it too late?
HOUSE OF THE SCORPION
By: Nancy Farmer
Genre: Fantasy
If you were a clone, would you be scared of the person you are a clone of, or would you love them? What about if all the clones were injected with a chemical that made them stupid, but you weren't? What if every one hated you because of who you are or what you are? These are only some of the questions Matt asks when he is moved from the little house in the poppy fields to the big house. Will people ever like him? If not, can he change them?
PICK ME UP
By: Jeremy Leslie and David Roberts
Genre: Nonfiction
This book is a nonfiction book about, well, everything. Stuffed to the brim with every thing from the bloodiest wars to who invented the printing press. With a funny voice, this book brings you everywhere in the world. A good light read.
Kiki Strike, Inside Shadow City
By: Kirsten Miller
Genre: Action/Adventure
The irregulars saved the world last night, you might want to send them a thank you note. Kiki Strike, is a 12 year old spy who brings together a group of girl scouts to form the spy group the irregulars. The irregulars discover an underground city called the shadow city. Facing a thirsty princess, a thousand rats, and betrayal, the irregulars save the world.