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The Outsiders:


The Outsiders
Reviewed By: Vanessa
Location: Watson Lake, YT
Rating: 5 out of 5

My review is on "The Outsiders". It was written by S.E. Hinton. It is abouted some things that happened to her and her friends as teens. The book is all about gangs and some pretty bad stuff. Some people even...

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The Chrysalids:


The Chrysalids
Reviewed By: Maia
Location: Vancouver, BC
Rating: 5 out of 5

the book is the chrysalids and its about a boy growing up in a society where deformation is shamed and called diveant, then he discovers that he and his friends have a secret of their own which they must keep...

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The Octonauts and the Only Lonely Monster:


The Octonauts and the Only Lonely Monster
Reviewed By: Lucas
Location: Toronto, ON
Rating: 5 out of 5

My mom bought me a new book. The title is The Octonauts and the Only Lonely Monster. I had never seen these characters before, but the pictures are very colorful and fun. The story is about eight animals who make...

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Things Not Seen:


Things Not Seen
Reviewed By: Angie
Location: St. Stephen, NB
Rating: 5 out of 5

My book review is about Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements. I thought it was a really great book and I've read it six or seven times. Every time I read it, i get more and more from it, making...

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The King in the Window:


The King in the Window
Reviewed By: Jordan
Location: Stratford, ON
Rating: 5 out of 5

The book the king in the window was written by Adam Gopnik. It is a witty, quick-paced, enjoyable read. It is about a boy, named Oliver, who discovers he is the chosen king of a type of "ghosts", called wraiths,...

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Where The Sidewalk Ends:


Where The Sidewalk Ends
Reviewed By: Halla
Location: Winnipeg, MB
Rating: 5 out of 5

My book review is on an excelent poetry book called Where the Sidwalk Ends by the poet Shel Silverstein. Where the Sidwalk Ends is really creatively written, hilarious, usually rhyming poetry. on each poem ther is usually a very cute...

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Dragon Sword and Wind Child:


Dragon Sword and Wind Child
Reviewed By: Jess
Location: Shelton, WA
Rating: 5 out of 5

I read the book Dragon Sword and Wind Child and found it to be one the most wonderful and fatasiciful books I have ever read. I read it over and over and was very sad when I had to return...

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The Treasure of Pelican Cove:


Treasure of Pelican Cove
Reviewed By: Vanessa
Location: Watson Lake, YT
Rating: 4 out of 5

This story is about a boy named Jimmy who thought that there was treasure in the area that he was staying in. Jimmy and his sister Elizabeth Ann and their brother Paul were going to visit their grandma. Their uncle...

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The Bone Collector's Son:


The Bone Collector's Son
Reviewed By: Olivia
Location: Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Rating: 4 out of 5

I think The Bone Collector's son is a very good book. It's about a boy whoes father is a bone collecter.He digs up skeletons of deceased chinese so they can be sent home to China for a proper burial. His...

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Nancy Drew:


Nancy Drew
Reviewed By: Camille
Location: Yucca, CA
Rating: 5 out of 5

Nancy Drew Ski slope mystery I like this book because of its sense of adventure and danger. I like all of the Nancy Drew books. It shows that teen girls can go into danger get out of them and solve...

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Little Nicholas:


Little Nicholas
Reviewed By: Dallas
Location: Toronto, ON
Rating: 5 out of 5

(my Mom is typing this for me) My mom and I went shopping at the World's Biggest Book Store and we picked a book called Little Nicholas. We read it every night before bed. My mom read this book in...

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The Trolls:


The Trolls
Reviewed By: Angela
Location: Sequim, WA
Rating: 5 out of 5

I read Trolls by Polly Horvath. It was about an Aunt and three kids named Frank (pee-wee), Amanda and Malissa. The aunt was named Salley and she would tell her nieces and nephew about when she was a child....

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The Wolf Tower:


The Wolf Tower
Reviewed By: Hana
Location: Nepean, ON
Rating: 4 out of 5

My book review is about ‘The Wolf Tower’, by Tanith Lee. 'The Wolf Tower' is a great book about a slave-born girl named Claidi, who hates being ordered around by a snobby princess named Jade Leaf. One day, as Claidi...

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The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes:


The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes
Reviewed By: Miranda
Location: Richmond Hill, ON
Rating: 5 out of 5

My book review is The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes #17 Home is where the heart is and it is about Abby a 11 year old girl that just started grade six has to move away from all her friend,...

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Captain Underpants:


Captain Underpants
Reviewed By: Ktora
Location: Kadina, SK
Rating: 5 out of 5

Capitan underpants books are the coolist. there groos and there totally wicked. If there is a seirse of books to get it has to be the underpants collection. Books that are groos have bogger in them. its not like you...

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INGO:


INGO
Reviewed By: Amy
Location: St.Andrews, NB
Rating: 5 out of 5

INGO was a book I picked up partly because the cover drew me in. In this case you can judge a book by its cover. I found INGO to be very easy to follow and the characters were described so...

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The Frog Princess:


The Frog Princess
Reviewed By: Brielle
Location: Orleans, ON
Rating: 5 out of 5

My book review is on The Frog Princess. The Frog Princess is a ''magical'' experiance. You could read The Frog Princess over and over and not get bored because it is so enchanting. My favourite part of this book is...

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Twilight:


Twilight
Reviewed By: Bella
Location: South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Rating: 5 out of 5

My book review is on Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. I chose this book for the main reason that is both a horror/action story along with a romance. The story is about a girl named Bella who goes to live with...

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Lesia's Dream:


Lesia's Dream
Reviewed By: Moriah
Location: Sudbury, ON
Rating: 4 out of 5

My review is on Lesia's Dream by Laura Langston. This book is about a family that immigrates to Canada from Ukraine. I found it especially interesting and suspenseful. There are many breathtaking and sad things that happen throughout this touching...

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Inheritance Trilogy:


Inheritance Trilogy
Reviewed By: Jennifer
Location: North Gower, ON
Rating: 5 out of 5

I chose to review Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Trilogy books Eragon & Eldest. These books are perfect for any fantasy lover. It has magic, battles, fire breathing dragons, a corrupt empire, and it even has it's own languages, which I find...

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W.I.T.C.H Series:


W.I.T.C.H Series
Reviewed By: Annika
Location: Saskatoon, SK
Rating: 5 out of 5

my book review is about the .w.i.t.c.h. series, I enjoy the beacause there are parts in the book that have happened to me, and might happen to me and wont happen to me! I also enjoy them because they show...

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The Complete Chronicles of Narnia:


The Complete Chronicles of Narnia
Reviewed By: Samantha
Location: Sudbury, ON
Rating: 5 out of 5

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE As you can see my book review is on the CHRONICALS OF NARNIA: THE LION , THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE. This is a fantacy classic that i...

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Green Angel:


Green Angel
Reviewed By: Samantha
Location: Sudbury, ON
Rating: 5 out of 5

My book review is on Green Angel By: Alice Hoffman. This book is an exciting adventure. The main charecter is confused and delisional, when her family goes to the local market (some ways down the hillside they lived on). She...

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Adventures in Odyssey:


Adventures In Odyssey
Reviewed By: Lauren
Location: Calgary, AB
Rating: 5 out of 5

My review is about a audio book CD series called Adventures in Odyssey. The stories are about a small town called Odyssey and the adventures that happen to the people that live there. My favorite characters are Mr. Whitaker, Connie...

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The Witches:


The Witches
Reviewed By: Fatimah
Location: Toronto, ON
Rating: 5 out of 5

My review is on the book (THE WITCHES).It is an awesome grade 5 book. It had lots of information that I almost believed in it! In the book a little boy his parents die in an accedint in England,so he...

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Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul:


Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul
Reviewed By: Brianna
Location: Killeen, Texas
Rating: 5 out of 5

the book im reveiwing is Chicken Soup for the Girls Soul.this book teaches girls of all ages about life and that you go through alot of things and it helps girls learn too.it has stories about relationships, death, love, family,...

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The Screech Owl Series:


The Screech Owl Series
Reviewed By: Brandon
Location: Tyne Valley, PE
Rating: 5 out of 5

My book review is on The Screech Owls Series.They are written by Roy Macgregor.There are 20 books in the series.In order there titles are "Mystery At Lake Placid", "The Night They Stole The Stanley Cup","The Screech Owls' Northern Adventure","Murder At...

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Field Trip to Niagara Falls:


Field Trip to Niagara Falls
Reviewed By: Morgan
Location: Woss, BC
Rating: 5 out of 5

My review is on a book called Feild to Niagra Falls. It is a really good book i like it. It got all kinds of funky and cool writing. It is about mice. Its funny and very interesting. I like...

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Harry Potter :


Harry Potter
Reviewed By: Nikki
Location: Kingston, ON
Rating: 5 out of 5

The book Harry Potter nd the Goblet of Fire was really good. There was a perfect balance between action, romance and comedy. This was the best book of the series. I recommend it to nyone over 10 years of age....

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Goosebumps:


Goosebumps
Reviewed By: Cierra
Rating: 5 out of 5


If you like spooky reads, then Goosebumps is for you. R.L. Stine is a horror writer, the author of Goosebumps. And he does his job. NEVER turn out the light with these books. They are fast reads, fairly easy and...

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Holes:


Holes
Reviewed By: Jennifer
Location: Iqualuit, NU
Rating: 5 out of 5


My book reveiw is on the book called Holes by Louis Sachar. It is about a boy (Stanley Yelnats) and he is under a curse the curse began be his no-good-dity-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a...

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Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism:


Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Reviewed By: Louis
Location: Val-David, QC
Rating: 5 out of 5

This is one of the best books I have ever read. It's an overly exiting book of Hypnotism, Adventure, and Friendship. I highly reccomend his book to anybody that likes adventure. Enjoy!...

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The Shadow Children Books:


The Shadow Children Books
Reviewed By: James
Location: Bathurst, NB
Rating: 5 out of 5

Shadow Children Series by Matgaret Peteron Haddix This series of books was awesome. They make you sit and think of how great our lives are....how free we are. It is scary to think that things like this may actually be...

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Wicked:


Wicked
Reviewed By: Molly
Location: Prince George, BC
Rating: 5 out of 5

How did the wicked witch of the west become so evil? Was she even evil? What was her life like? These are a few of the questions that this book answers about a character that hes been around for a...

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Lunch Money:


Lunch Money
Reviewed By: Emily
Location: Hamilton, ON
Rating: 4 out of 5

Lunch Money By: Andrew Clements I really like this book it is about 200 pages and it is really funny. It's about a boy who adores making money. Then comes the principals part "HE"S NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE MONEY ON...

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Black Beauty:


Black Beauty
Reviewed By: Melissa
Location: Winnipeg, MB
Rating: 5 out of 5

My review will be on the book Black Beauty. Black Beauty is about when a horse moves from different owners. He goes through bad to good owners, loses his best friends, but in the end goes to the groom who...

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