Out of the Dust By Karen Hesse

out-of-the-dust.jpg Summary: In a series of poems, fifteen year old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family’s wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.

 Review By Azza: I really enjoyed reading this book. We read this book last year in English and talked about all the features of the great Depression at that time. It is written in an interesting form of poetry. It will keep you want to read it over and over again.  9/10

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Avalon High by Meg Cabot

avalon-high.jpgSummary: Having moved to Annapolis, Maryland, with her medievalist parents, high school junior Ellie enrolls at Avalon High School where several students may or may not be reincarnations of King Arthur

Review by Moon-Young: I enjoyed this book because Meg Cabot had fit fantasy and actual life in a very natural interesting way. 9/10

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Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos

joey-pigza.jpg Summary: Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship.

Review: I liked this book but I didn’t find it as funny as the first in the series, Joey Pigza Swallows the Key.  7/10

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Eragon by Christopher Paolini

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