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 **The Books: **
 * //Students in the Reading Roundtable class review books they have read// //.// **

__Graceling__
By: Kristin Cashore This was a very enjoyable ​read. The book kept me guessing the whole time, and the problems that were faced weren't so straight forward, they were more spred out, and once one was solved another came up. This helps you stay connected with the book. I never wanted to put it down. I would say grades 10-12 would enjoy it. -Emily Morris, 10-9-09 Book Series: Fire, Bitterblue(2011)

__Sacred Scars__
By:Kathleen Duey I absolutely and completely love this trilogy!!!! Kathleen Duey is one of the best writers I have ever had the pleasure of encountering. Everything she writes is so detailed, so real, so unexpected. I NEVER wanted to put this book down. Everything is a guessing game throughout the whole book. She never reveals things to soon. She is very smooth and knows exactly what to say and when to say it. I am so very excited for the last book. Her first and second books were equally great. I recommend it to anyone who likes adventure, mystery and fantasy. Any age would enjoy this book, but probably no lower than 9th or 10th. -Emily Morris, 10-9-09 Book Series: Skin Hunger, book three tba


By:Scott Westerfeld  So far I like this series. I am looking forward to moving on to the next book and finishing the series. These books are the types of series you can’t put down. You just want to keep reading and never stop. The writer based these books on real life. It relates back to High School and all the drama. About whom you should be friends and who you shouldn’t. In this book, the characters are very adventurous and are not afraid to do something bubbly. If you are interested in reading books that are adventurous and trouble-making, this series would be a great series for you to read. Any age would enjoy this series. -Katie Moore, 10-11-09 Book Series: The Pretties, The Specials, The Extras

__ Catching Fire __
By: Suzanne Collins I absolutely love how this author writes. It grabs you so easily. Everytime I turn the page something that I would never have thought is thrown at me. It has been a little while since I read "The Hunger Games", but I would say that it is equally good. Some of the time it was easy to predict what was going to happen but not how or why. Any age would enjoy this book. -Emily Morris, 10-12-09 Book Series: The Hunger Games, third book to be released in 2010.

__ Wolf Rider __
By: AVI Wolf Rider by AVI was on of the best books I have read in a while. It was very thrilling and suspenseful. It has to be in my top ten books read. I would tell anyone my age or a little older to read it. They could probaly finish it in a few days, maybe less. AVI is a good author. The book was fairly short, 200 pages, and an easy read book. I think kids could compare this to their life. I could see it as being a non-fiction book.-Charlie Lazzaro, 10-16-09

By:Danielle Steel

My final reaction to the book was impressed. I really enjoyed the book overall and it had a great ending. It foreshadowed upcoming events, and it made it fun to guess what might happen, and end up being right. It did live up to my expectations and I would read more of her books. Compared to other books, this ranks up with all the ones that I liked that I have read. Definitely in the top ten/twenty. I thought the author had a neat writing style. There were two stories going on and they related to eachother even thought there was a two hundred year difference. My attention caught and held by the story itself. I love reading how people come together. How fate works when you least expect it. This book would be good for young adult (teens +) who like romance novels. - Kelly Nouse, 10-15-09

__** Fire Bringer **__ By: David Clement- Davies If you are a lover of the "Warrior Books" you may like this book. The ending tugs at your heart strings, and you'll quickly grow to love the main character (a red deer). I found this book enjoyable even with it's (two pages shy of 500) length. Any animal lover would like this book. (Young adult, fantasy book) - Samantha Shepard, 10-26-09

__** The WIcked Series **__ By:Nancy Holder I liked this series. They are the weirdest books I have ever read. They are about witches and witchcraft. The author believes in witchcraft, which is why I think she is able to make the books so detailed and real. This series i think would be enjoyed by anyone who likes detailed and confusing books. -Shelby Hanna, 10-26-09

__ **A Child Called It** __ By: Dave Pelzer I couldn't put this book down. You never knew what was going to happen next and you kept reading to figure it out. This book made me realize what kind of parent I could be and realize that you shouldn't judge people because you don't know what their home lives are like. Even if someone is laughing and smiling down the hallway, it doesn't mean they are not hurting inside. Also there are people out there that do have bad home lives. You might think you have a bad life because your parent tells you no and then you dislike them for a couple of hours, but there are people who get beaten by their parents and they still try to do anything and everything to get their parents to love them. - Sasha Cottrel, 10-28-09

__** New Moon **__ By: Stephenie Meyers I liked this book. I have read it many times. I get so into the book that I always get aggitated during parts, even though I know exactly what is going to happen. I like how two people who are total o​pposites fall in love. I would recommend this book to anyone, even boys. So if for some reason you haven't read this book, you should. - Shelby Hanna, 10-28-09

I found this book very enjoyable. It kept me at the edge of my seat the whole time. Even though Stephenie Meyers has a long way to go with her writing technique, I think she did a very good job at capturing the readers attention for the most part. Her characters are very likable and relatable. She has kept he​r story going by adding a new twist to the plot so that its readers aren't bored by the repetativness. I think in comparassion to the first book it is almost equally good. Recomended to young adults who like fantacy, adventure, and romance. - Emily Morris, 10-30-09 Book Series: Twilight, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn

__** Among the Hidden **__ By: Margaret Peterson Haddix I thought it was a great book in almost every way. It is exactly the kind of book I was looking for. I like the plot of it in particular. It has an interesting concept, and it was well thought out. It is a book that I rank highly. I would recommend it to just about anyone. If you like unpredictable and unexpected stories this is for you. This book had a lot of heart in it. I think the author is brilliant. I enjoyed her style of writing immensely . -Jay Green, 10-30-09 Book Series: Among the Impostors, Among the Betrayed, Among the Barons, Among the Brave, Among the Enemy, Among the Free By : Dan Brown I liked the book a lot. It was very suspenseful and had a lot of twists. It makes you want to keep reading and is very interesting. The book can get confusing sometimes, so you do have to pay attention. I would have liked it if it was easier to follow. I would recommend this book to pretty much anyone, especially people who like suspenseful books or mysteries. It is one of the best books I have ever read, and if you like this book then you will also like the Da Vinci Code. -Tyler Clement, 10-30-09
 * __Angels and Demons__**

By:Kristin Cashore I thought this book was a little slow. She did a good job with the characters and desriptions and emotions, but the events were repetative, and some didn't even seem to flow with the next. I liked how she connected it to "Graceling", but not to much so that you knew what was going to happen. It was its own story that made the minor things learned in "Graceling" to be major things in "Fire". The last two hundred pages or so were driven highly on the emotions of the character Fire. So every seen was what she saw and how she felt about it and not very factual. It made no sense sometimes and I had to reread it. I think I would pick Graceling over Fire. But overall this book was a good read. Those who would enjoy this book would be young adults who like fantasy, adventure, and action. -Emily Morris, 11-11-09
 * __ Fire __**

**__City of Glass__** By: Cassandra Clare This book has deffinently made it into my top ten. It was a great book to finish out the series. It did not bog down but kept me intrigued right up to the last word. Everytime I thought I knew what was going to happen everything changed and I was thrown into a spiral of new thoughts. I loved how this author writes. It again grabs you so easily. You feel like you are apart of the story. I also enjoyed the theology aspect of this book. It was so straight forward but it had some histories and mythology to it. I'm very dissapointed that this series is over but i am also excited for the prequals she is in the process or writing, and the continuers, which forcuses on the life of another one of the characters. Young Adult read. Very enjoyable for those who like adventure and fantasy. Emily Morris, 10-13-09

__** This Lullaby **__ I found this book to be a little slow. Some parts were good, and intense, but other than that I was kind of hopeing I could quickly get done reading it. The author seemed to drag alot of the pages out with only one problem to face, so it became a little repetative farther and farther along into the book. It had alot of things to think about though, like the future, and relationships. The writter is good at making you feel the experiences of the characters. I soon grew to love the Dexter character because of his corkiness and impulsive, laid back behavior, and the main character Remy because of her defensivness and her opinionated way of life. People that like examining peoples behavior and emotions and researching things like sociology would enjoy this book. I would say 11th grade and up. Emily Morris, 10-27-09