en-US Thu, 14 May 2020 19:49:07 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 15757971 378 Catherine Fisher 0803739699 Andrew 3 8th-grade-semester-2 3.69 2012
author: Catherine Fisher
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2020/05/01
date added: 2020/05/14
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A bit confusing at first, It takes reading the entire book to understand why things happen in the beginning and why certain characters say certain things. It feels like you're reading the third book in a series but the first two didn't exist. It seems as though you have to read the entire series to understand and hope that they give more answers than you make questions.
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In book two of the critically acclaimed Obsidian Mirror series, New York Times bestselling author Catherine Fisher, called “the first lady of British fantasy� by the London Times, once again shows us that she is a master of world-building and surprising plot-twists. Jake, Sarah, and Oberon Venn continue their fight for control of the Obsidian Mirror, and whoever wins will either save a life, change the past, or rescue the future.
But the Mirror has plans of its own.]]> 359 Catherine Fisher 0803739702 Andrew 0 3.89 2013
author: Catherine Fisher
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> 22504699 New York Times bestselling author once again shows us that she is a master of world-building and surprising plot-twists. The vast, intricate world, fascinating revelations, and unexpected turns in the final book of the Obsidian Mirror trilogy will appeal to readers of Cassandra Claire, and will satisfy existing fans fully.
Ěý±Ő±Ő> 352 Catherine Fisher 0803739710 Andrew 0 to-read 3.91 2015
author: Catherine Fisher
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 23735633 Ěý
Sukie’s been lonely since the death of her big sister, Kitty—but Kitty’s ghost is still with her. At first that was comforting, but now Kitty’s terrifying anyone who gets too close. Things get even weirder when Sukie moves into her family’s ancestral home, and an older, less familiar ghost challenges her to find a treasure. Her classmate Cole is also experiencing apparitions. Fortunately, an antique broom’s at hand to fly Sukie and Cole to the New-York Circulating Material Repository’s spooky Poe Annex. As they search for clues and untangle ancient secrets, they discover their histories intertwine and are as full of stories of love, revenge, and pirate hijinks as some of the most famous fiction.]]> 272 Polly Shulman 0399166149 Andrew 0 8th-grade-semester-2 3.95 2015
author: Polly Shulman
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at: 2020/03/18
date added: 2020/03/18
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His search for the time machine, the girl, and his fate leads him to the New-York Circulating Material Repository, a magical library that lends out objects instead of books. Hidden away in the Repository basement is the Wells Bequest, a secret collection of powerful objects straight out of classic science fiction novels:Ěýrobots, rockets, submarines, a shrink ray—and one very famous time machine. And when Leo’s adventure of a lifetime suddenly turns deadly, he must attempt a journey to 1895 to warn real-life scientist Nikola Tesla about a dangerous invention. A race for time is on!

In this grand time-travel adventure full of paradoxes and humor, Polly Shulman gives readers a taste of how fascinating science can be, deftly blending classic science fiction elements with the contemporary fantasy world readers fell in love with in The Grimm Legacy.]]> 260 Polly Shulman 0399256466 Andrew 0 8th-grade-semester-2 3.85 2013
author: Polly Shulman
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at: 2020/03/04
date added: 2020/03/04
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When the magical objects start to disappear, Elizabeth embarks on a dangerous quest to catch the thief before she can be accused of the crime or captured by the thief.

Polly Shulman has created a contemporary fantasy with a fascinating setting and premise, starring an ordinary girl whose after-school job is far from ordinary and leads to a world of excitement, romance and magical intrigue.]]> 336 Polly Shulman 0399250964 Andrew 4 8th-grade-semester-2 3.89 2010
author: Polly Shulman
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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date added: 2020/02/24
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The book covers some of the more forgotten stories as well as some common stories that are often told to kids as folktales or fantasies. This book explores what the world would be like if fairy tale magic was real.
]]> 9539092 A girl finds a bright spot in a dark world.

A boy leads a strange, lost creature home.

And a group of peaceful creatures cedes their home to hostile invaders.

Shaun Tan, with his understates voice and brilliant draftsmanship, has proved that he has a unique imaginative window to our souls, and an unparalleled ability to share that opening with pictures and narratives that are as unexpected as they are deeply true.

Originally published in Australia, these three beloved and acclaimed tales were never widely available in the U.S. Now for the first time, The Red Tree, The Lost Thing, and the John Marsden classic The Rabbits are presented in their entirety with additional new artwork and authors' notes. Together they tell a tale that will leave no reader unmoved, about how we love and find what matters most to us.]]> 128 Shaun Tan 0545229243 Andrew 4 8th-grade-semester-1 4.20 2011
author: Shaun Tan
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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date added: 2020/01/14
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]]> 18225810 Three weeks. Two sisters. One car. A True Story

Raina can’t wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren’t quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she’s also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn’t improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, when something doesn’t seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after all.

Raina uses her signature humor and charm in both present-day narrative and perfectly placed flashbacks to tell the story of her relationship with her sister, which unfolds during the course of a road trip from their home in San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado.]]> 199 Raina Telgemeier 0545540607 Andrew 4 8th-grade-semester-2 4.32 2014
author: Raina Telgemeier
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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date added: 2020/01/14
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]]> 10481268 ]]> 362 Maile Meloy 039925627X Andrew 0 to-read 4.06 2011
author: Maile Meloy
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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Everything Aaron has worked so hard to build in Quill has crumbled. Fallen from the height of power and influence and left for dead in a foreign place, Aaron has lost everything, and now he must humbly beg for food from those who saved his life.

In Artimé, Alex chooses his people over his brother and abandons his search for Aaron, closing the door on that relationship forever. The Artimeans need his focus now more than ever as they face the terrifying power of a new enemy who has taken control of Quill—the notoriously evil Gondoleery Rattrapp.

Desperate to stop her, Alex embarks on a risky mission to enlist help from an unlikely ally, and along the way he’s determined to rescue a lone sailor from monstrous beasts with mysterious origins—a sailor who just might show Alex a different world. As he prepares for an epic war with all of Quill and Artime hanging in the balance, Alex must place his faith in a reckless plan...and hope that he and all of his friends make it through alive.]]> 528 Lisa McMann 1442493364 Andrew 3 8th-grade-semester-1 4.42 2015
author: Lisa McMann
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2019/12/04
date added: 2020/01/14
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Head mage Alexander Stowe and his friends successfully fended off the latest threat to their magical world of Artimé with the help of a surprise ally. But old enemies have secretly been plotting against them. Now Alex must lead his people in a final epic battle, one they can’t hope to win alone. Will Artimé finally know peace or will all they’ve fought for be destroyed forever? - See more at: ]]> 544 Lisa McMann 1442493372 Andrew 3 8th-grade-semester-1 4.43 2016
author: Lisa McMann
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2016
rating: 3
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date added: 2020/01/14
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Raina Telgemeier once again brings us a thoughtful, charming, and funny true story about growing up and gathering the courage to face—and conquer—her fears.]]> 144 Raina Telgemeier Andrew 0 to-read 4.29 2019
author: Raina Telgemeier
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> 7293595 272 Doug TenNapel 0545210283 Andrew 2 8th-grade-semester-1 4.05 2010
author: Doug TenNapel
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2010
rating: 2
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date added: 2020/01/12
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The main character's decisions don't make sense and the overall plotline is scrambled around making the book seem sort of, rushed.
]]> 6393631 214 Raina Telgemeier 0545132053 Andrew 4 8th-grade-semester-2 4.22 2009
author: Raina Telgemeier
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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date added: 2020/01/12
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In this pulse-pounding conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe trilogy, constitutions are tested and old friends are brought back from the dead.]]> 625 Neal Shusterman 1481497065 Andrew 5 8th-grade-semester-1 4.15 2019
author: Neal Shusterman
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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One day George escapes from the zoo, He rides on top of a bus, he gets busy in a kitchen and takes a job washing windows. Then he sees some men painting ... and of course George is very curious. And that's when the trouble begins!]]> 48 H.A. Rey 1844285081 Andrew 5 8th-grade-semester-1 4.29 1947
author: H.A. Rey
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1947
rating: 5
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Back in Quill, Aaron’s power base grows as he aligns himself with an unlikely ally. Together, the two enact a drastic, risky plan to finally conquer Artimé—a plan that could ultimately leave everyone in both Artimé and Quill in far more danger than Aaron realizes.]]> 464 Lisa McMann 1442493313 Andrew 4 8th-grade-semester-1 4.36 2015
author: Lisa McMann
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2019/10/07
date added: 2019/10/07
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]]> 1618 226 Mark Haddon 1400032717 Andrew 5 8th-grade-semester-1 3.89 2003
author: Mark Haddon
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 2019/09/16
date added: 2019/10/07
shelves: 8th-grade-semester-1
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]]> 18801978 New York Times bestselling Unwanteds series, which Kirkus Reviews called The Hunger Games meets Harry Potter.

As Alex grows more confident in his role as the mage of Artime, he expands his skills and brings his first creature to life with results that are both painful and wonderful. A team from Artime heads out to rescue Sky and Crow's mother from underwater Pirate Island and discovers there are more creatures than they ever imagined in the ocean surrounding the islands and not all of them are friendly.

Meanwhile in Quill, Aaron faces threats to his leadership as Gondoleery hones her rediscovered magical abilities and Eva and Liam form a secret alliance against him. But Aaron's distracted with a discovery of his own, a hidden jungle that holds a dangerous secret. His time there yields a startling truth about himself, and a potential opportunity to increase his power.]]> 400 Lisa McMann Andrew 4 8th-grade-semester-1 4.34 2014
author: Lisa McMann
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2019/09/30
date added: 2019/10/07
shelves: 8th-grade-semester-1
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Two years after being airlifted out of war-torn Vietnam, Matt Pin is by bombs that fell like dead crows, by the family -- and the terrible secret -- he left behind. Now, inside a caring adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events force him to choose between silence and candor, blame and forgiveness, fear and freedom.

By turns harrowing, dreamlike, sad, and triumphant, this searing debut novel, written in lucid verse, reveals an unforgettable perspective on the lasting impact of war and the healing power of love.]]> 224 Ann E. Burg 0545080924 Andrew 2 7th-grade 3.98 2009
author: Ann E. Burg
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2009
rating: 2
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date added: 2019/10/07
shelves: 7th-grade
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A good book for people who are fans of reading in a poetry format
]]> 7200982 Now is the third shocking, funny and heartbreaking book in Morris Gleitzman's Second World War series.

Sometimes facing the past is the bravest act of all...

ONCE
I didn't know about my grandfather Felix's scary childhood.

THEN
I found out what the Nazis did to his best friend Zelda.

NOW
I understand why Felix does the things he does.

At least he's got me. My name is Zelda too. This is our story.

Now is the third in a series of children's novels about Felix, a Jewish orphan caught in the middle of the Holocaust, from Australian author Morris Gleitzman - author of Bumface and Two Weeks with the Queen. The other books in the series, Once, Then and After are also available from Puffin.]]> 169 Morris Gleitzman 014132998X Andrew 3 7th-grade 4.05 2010
author: Morris Gleitzman
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2010
rating: 3
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date added: 2019/10/07
shelves: 7th-grade
review:
A very good book that takes place when Hitler/Nazis were in charge
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Nikki Grimes has been awarded a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award. Words with Wings has been named a 2014 ALSC Notable Children's Book in the middle readers category.]]> 96 Nikki Grimes 1590789857 Andrew 3 7th-grade 4.02 2013
author: Nikki Grimes
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2019/01/24
date added: 2019/10/07
shelves: 7th-grade
review:
A pretty good book for people that like reading in the poetry format
]]> 4605 482 Jane Smiley 2743604913 Andrew 3 7th-grade 3.47 1995
author: Jane Smiley
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.47
book published: 1995
rating: 3
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]]> 10073 New York Times-bestselling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line.

Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. Four people who come together on New Year's Eve: a former TV talk show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother. Three are British, one is American. They encounter one another on the roof of Topper's House, a London destination famous as the last stop for those ready to end their lives.

In four distinct and riveting first-person voices, Nick Hornby tells a story of four individuals confronting the limits of choice, circumstance, and their own mortality. This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances.

Intense, hilarious, provocative, and moving, A Long Way Down is a novel about suicide that is, surprisingly, full of life.

What's your jumping-off point?

Maureen
Why is it the biggest sin of all? All your life you're told that you'll be going to this marvelous place when you pass on. And the one thing you can do to get you there a bit quicker is something that stops you getting there at all. Oh, I can see that it's a kind of queue-jumping. But if someone jumps the queue at the post office, people tut. Or sometimes they say "Excuse me, I was here first." They don't say "You will be consumed by hellfire for all eternity." That would be a bit strong.

Martin
I'd spent the previous couple of months looking up suicides on the Internet, just out of curiosity. And nearly every single time, the coroner says the same thing: "He took his own life while the balance of his mind was disturbed." And then you read the story about the poor bastard: His wife was sleeping with his best friend, he'd lost his job, his daughter had been killed in a road accident some months before . . . Hello, Mr. Coroner? I'm sorry, but there's no disturbed mental balance here, my friend. I'd say he got it just right.

Jess
I was at a party downstairs. It was a shit party, full of all these ancient crusties sitting on the floor drinking cider and smoking huge spliffs and listening to weirdo space-out reggae. At midnight, one of them clapped sarcastically, and a couple of others laughed, and that was it-Happy New Year to you, too. You could have turned up to that party as the happiest person in London, and you'd still have wanted to jump off the roof by five past twelve. And I wasn't the happiest person in London anyway. Obviously.

JJ
New Year's Eve was a night for sentimental losers. It was my own stupid fault. Of course there'd be a low-rent crowd up there. I should have picked a classier date-like March 28, when Virginia Woolf took her walk into the river, or November 25 (Nick Drake). If anybody had been on the roof on either of those nights, the chances are they would have been like-minded souls, rather than hopeless f*ck-ups who had somehow persuaded themselves that the end of a calendar year is in any way significant.]]> 368 Nick Hornby 1594481938 Andrew 3 7th-grade 3.45 2005
author: Nick Hornby
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> 28217808 Love That Dog and Hate That Cat will love her newest tween novel, Moo. This uplifting tale reminds us that if we’re open to new experiences, life is full of surprises. Following one family’s momentous move from the city to rural Maine, an unexpected bond develops between twelve-year-old Reena and one very ornery cow.

When Reena, her little brother, Luke, and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesn’t know what to expect. She’s ready for beaches, blueberries, and all the lobster she can eat. Instead, her parents “volunteer� Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named Edna—and that stubborn cow, Zora.

This heartwarming story, told in a blend of poetry and prose, reveals the bonds that emerge when we let others into our lives.]]> 288 Sharon Creech 0062415271 Andrew 3 7th-grade 3.84 2016
author: Sharon Creech
name: Andrew
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2016
rating: 3
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date added: 2019/10/07
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Thirteen-year-old Alex tries his hardest to be stoic when his fate is announced as Unwanted, even while leaving behind his twin, Aaron, a Wanted. Upon arrival at the destination where he expected to be eliminated, however, Alex discovers a stunning secret--behind the mirage of the "death farm" there is instead a place called Artime.

In Artime, each child is taught to cultivate their creative abilities and learn how to use them magically, weaving spells through paintbrushes and musical instruments. Everything Alex has ever known changes before his eyes, and it's a wondrous transformation.

But it's a rare, unique occurence for twins to be separated between Wanted and Unwanted, and as Alex and Aaron's bond stretches across their separation, a threat arises for the survival of Artime that will pit brother against brother in an ultimate, magical battle.]]> 390 Lisa McMann 1442407689 Andrew 4 7th-grade good 4.11 2011
author: Lisa McMann
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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date added: 2019/10/07
shelves: 7th-grade
review:
good
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The magical world of Artimé is gone. The Unwanteds have no food, no water, and no hope. And everyone is looking to Alex Stowe for answers. Overwhelmed and feeling totally helpless, Alex knows it's up to him to find a way to restore Artimé, rescue his captive friends, and free Megan from her voice-stealing necklace of thorns - three impossible tasks. But could help lie with the silent, orange-eyed newcomers? Meanwhile, Alex's twin brother Aaron continues to build his army in the stark land of Quill, preparing for the ultimate showdown with the Unwanteds. But a shocking twist reveals that Alex and Aaron share a common enemy more dangerous than either could have imagined...]]> 464 Lisa McMann 1442458453 Andrew 4 8th-grade-semester-1 4.36 2013
author: Lisa McMann
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2019/09/12
date added: 2019/09/16
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The battle is over. The magical barrier between the dreary land of Quill and the fantastical world of Artimé is gone. Now residents of both places are free to mingle, but tensions are high. The artistic warriors of Artimé struggle to forgive those in Quill who condemned them to death, while the Quillens attempt to recover from the shock of Artime’s existence, the loss of their leader, and the total collapse of their safe, orderly world.

14-year-old Alex Stowe has recovered from his physical wounds since his death-defying role in Artime’s victory, but his confidence is shattered. He battles self-doubt after Artimé’s beloved mage, Mr. Today, makes a stunning request, which is further complicated by the mysterious arrival of two silent, orange-eyed teenagers.

Meanwhile in Quill, Aaron is devastated by his fall from grace and seething with anger toward his twin brother Alex. Spurred by rage, Aaron recruits a team of Restorers and devises a masterful plan of revenge that will return him to power� if no one gets in his way.]]> 416 Lisa McMann 1442407719 Andrew 4 8th-grade-semester-1 4.28 2012
author: Lisa McMann
name: Andrew
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2019/08/26
date added: 2019/09/16
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