GJSHS book reviews

written by students and staff

Entries from February 2006

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

February 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Why would a family of extremely good-looking, amazingly brilliant, and shockingly pale people live in a small and rainy town in Oregon? Maybe because they are vampires; sun hurts and they don’t want people to pay much attention to them.Bella Swan moves in with her father for her senior year because her mother has gotten [...]

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Tags: Horror · Love Stories · Suspense

Keeper by Mal Peet

February 27th, 2006 · No Comments

World Cup superstar goalkeeper El Gato (the cat) gives an exclusive interview to his friend Paul Faustino, a prestigious South American journalist.  But instead of talking about the match El Gato tells the story of his childhood, wandering into an enchanted clearing in the rainforest near his logging camp home and learning soccer from a [...]

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Tags: Light Fantasy

Midnighters: The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld

February 7th, 2006 · No Comments

Midnighters the secret hour is a thrilling, and suspenseful read. When I started reading it was a little boring but then I couldn’t put it down, it took me two days to complete.
– Brittany, 8th Grade

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Tags: Light Fantasy