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Entries from June 2008

Teen Review: Eragon

June 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment

eragon
Title: eragon
Author: christopher paolini

What type of book is this?
Its a fantasy

Summarize the book (without giving away the ending):
A poor farm boy named Eragon is out hunting for winter meat when he finds a mysterious object which he thinks in a stone but later on finds out that is a dragon egg. through out the book he goes through many hard ships but his uncle gets mudered will eragon ever find the killers and avinge his uncles death or will it stick to his contious forever…
How did the book affect you?
it made me think about how things would be if dragons were real
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

heck yeah this book was so good i could barely keep my hands off of it it excieting and seems to always have something new happeing

Reviewed by D’Andrea

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Young Money – New Magazine

June 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Young MoneyThe library has a new subscription to ”Young Money” magazine. Take a look at their website for helpful tips on investing your savings, fantasy stock trading, entreprenuership, and more. Read it in person outside the Young Adult Room, “The Amazing Space.”

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Teen Review: Tangerine

June 18, 2008 · 1 Comment

tagerine, ed bloorTitle: Tangerine
Author: Edward Bloor


What type of book is this?
Young Adult

Summarize the book (without giving away the ending):
Tangerine is about a boy named Paul who is a nerd with bad eyesight. When he was little he was told that the reason for this was that he had stared at an eclipse for to long, but he never recalled. so he moves down to Florida with his family. He goes to a new school in Florida where he makes new friends and starts one the Lake Windsor soccer team. He is soon kicked off due to his eyesight. So he goes off to Tangerine Middle and plays on their soccer team. Paul finnaly finds out what really destroys his eyesight and is a stronger person because of it.

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Yes, because its a good book.

Reviewed by Jordan T.

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Big Week for Twilight Fans

June 3, 2008 · 1 Comment

Breaking Dawn Cover The new cover for Breaking Dawn was released this week.

Any thoughts on the symbolism? Is the pawn Jacob or Edward?

Reserve your copy today!

Also the first completed scene was shown at the MTV Movie awards:

http://twilight-trailer.blogspot.com/

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