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Book Review: Chains book reviews Jun 24, 2020
By: Shriyan Ahuja
9/10
 
     The book “Chains” is the first book in the series “Seeds of America” by Laurie Halse Anderson. In this book, the main character Isabel, a slave, has ju...
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Book Review: The Giver book reviews Jun 17, 2020
By: Vincent Liu
 
     In The Giver, the main characters are Jonas and The Giver. Some supporting characters are Jonas’ family unit, Asher, Fiona, and Gabe. The conflict is that in Jona...
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Book Review: Wonder book reviews Jun 17, 2020
By: Hannah Qian
 
     Wonder, by R.J. Palacio, is the story of a 10 year old boy, August, who has a deformed face and has never been to public school before. August goes to school at ...
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Book Review: A Good Kind of Trouble book reviews Jun 17, 2020
By: Emma Li
7.5/10
 
     Have you ever read the book A Good Kind of Trouble? It is about a girl named Shayla and her problems throughout the book. Shayla is an African American. Sh...
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Book Review: Fahrenheit 451 book reviews Jun 17, 2020
By: Aarya Tyagi
10/10
 
     Fahrenheit 451 tells the story of Guy Montag, a naive man in a future dystopian society that has banned the possession of books. Guy’s job is to burn bo...
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Book Review: The Blood of Olympus book reviews Jun 17, 2020
By: Andrew Guan
10/10
 
     In The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan, seven half-bloods are on a major quest to save mankind from its own creator, Gaea. Along the way, they suffer m...
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Book Review: A Raisin in the Sun book reviews Jun 13, 2020
By: Izabella Zhang
6/10
     A Raisin in the Sun takes place during the 1950s in Southside Chicago where the Youngers family, an African American family, lives in a small apartment. The ...
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A Breath of Frost Book Review book reviews Jun 13, 2020
By: Catherine Sun
9.5/10
 
     A Breath of Frost tells the story of Emma, a young debutante who discovers that she is a witch, and a quite powerful one at that. Emma attends Rowans...
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Book Review: Tuesdays with Morrie book reviews Jun 07, 2020
By: Anthony Zhang
8/10
 
     Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom talks about a man named Mitch who reunites with his college professor, Morrie. As a child, Mitch is able to learn c...
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Book Review: 1984 book reviews Jun 07, 2020
By: Lydia Tong
7/10
 
     The year is 1984. In George Orwell’s classic novel, a dominant empire, Oceania, has taken over the entire world. Winston, the protagonist, meets Julia, an...
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Book Review: To Kill a Mockingbird book reviews Jun 07, 2020
By: Michael Meng
 
     The book To Kill a Mockingbird is a story set in the 1930s, right as the Great Depression hit the hardest. In the beginning of the book, author Harper Lee portray...
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Book Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles book reviews Jun 07, 2020
By: Julia Xiao
8/10
 
     Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a mystery novel about a genius detective, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and his room...
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