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Frogs and French Kisses
By:
Sarah Mlynowski
This is a great sequel to Bras & Broomsticks. In this book, Rachel assumes more responsibility than her sister and in the end she receives magical powers too. I can't wait for the next book, which should be coming out soon!!!
Reviewer: Tia - age 13
 

 

Disturbia
Shia Labeouf - Movie
This was a great movie!! It was kind of scary though! It was about a kid on house arrest and he's bored so he starts to watch his neighbors. He starts to suspect his neighbor is a killer!!! His neighbor finds out and it becomes a struggle to survive because he goes after them!!! This is a very suspenseful and thrilling movie!!
Reviewer: Sam - age 14

 

I Know What You Did Last Summer
By: Lois Duncan

Although it was a really good book, some of the sayings and sentences in the book are poorly written. Also, the movie and the book have nothing in common except for the characters.

Reviewer: Tia - age 13

 

Bras & Broomsticks
By: Sarah Lynowski

This book is so great, and Sarah also wrote a sequel, so I won't be surprised if that book is great too!!! I definitely recommend this book to any teenager or high school student because it's about a freshman who finds out that her mother and sister are witches and she's not. By convincing her sister, the girl, Rachel, has all of her dreams come true!
Reviewer: Tia - age 13

 

How to Be Popular
By: Meg Cabot

This book is absolutely hilarious and realistic. It tells about a girl who finds a book belonging to her best friend's cool grandma and follows its instructions on how to be popular. Her best friends' are giving her the cold shoulder. She suddenly finds herself more popular- to her joy- and in a huge dilemma!
Reviewer: Natalie  - age 13

 

You, Me and Dupree
Owen Wilson - DVD
You Me & Dupree is a hilarious movie!! It's about a newlywed couple, who let their friend move in because he lost his apartment. The friend creates all kinds of hilarious problems!!
Reviewer: Sam  - age 14

 

My Lost and Found Life
By:
Melodie Bowsher
I really liked this book!  It's a story about a girl that goes from being homecoming queen to being homeless. You would think that this book would be sad, but it is written in a way that makes you laugh.
Reviewer: Abby - age 16

 

Borat
Sacha Baron Cohen - DVD
Borat is a hilarious movie about a man from a foreign country in America. The customs are so different, he gets himself into a lot of trouble , but it's super funny!!!!

Reviewer: Sam  - age 14

 

 

Prom
By: 
 Laurie Halse Anderson
I thought that this book was so awesome, that the amazing author should write a sequel telling what Ashley does after the Prom.

Reviewer: Tia  - age 13

 

Dear John
By:  Nicholas Sparks
This is my favorite Nicholas sparks book it's awesome! It really like it because it deals with modern issues like the war in Iraq and people battling cancer. It's about a soldier in Iraq who's home on leave a meets a girl and they quickly fall in love, but with the stress of him being in the war and 9/11 adding fear their relationship starts to fall a part. 

.Reviewer: Sam  - age 13

 

John Tucker Must Die
Jesse Metcalfe -  DVD
This is a really funny movie about a guy who is dating three girls at one
time. They find out and their new friend Kate helps them to destroy John
Tucker. These girls are smart They're not getting mad they're getting even!!!

.Reviewer: Sam - age 13

 

Infest
By: Papa Roach

Infest is one of my favorite CDs in my collection.  I listen to it to wind down and relax.  Some of the band's songs have really made me think about the facts of life.  The CD is a mix of rock, rap, hip hop, and a few other categories.  The band has a really unique way of writing and singing. It does have some explicit lyrics and content.
.Reviewer: Kendra - age 14

 

MAD MAGAZINE
By: E. C.  Pub.
Mad magazines make fun of what happened during the month.  I think that it is a real enjoyment when you aren't looking for something real serious.  Check them out for yourself, they are great!.
Reviewer: Lindsay - age 15

 

The Lost Boy
By:  Dave Pelzer
This book is about a boy who finally was able to escape the clutches of his
abusive psycho mother. He jumps from foster home to foster home throughout his teen years.

.Reviewer: Angela - age 14

 

Three Weeks with My Brother
By:  Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Sparks is a well known author and this book isn't entirely new. Three weeks with my brother is about him and his family growing up together, and telling about how he and his brother always used to get into these fights over girls, school, track, etc.  When he was in his second year of college, he had a bad injury towards his knee and that made him unable to run anymore.  So since he can't run like he normally does, his mother tells him to so something that he has never done before.  So he tries writing.  As soon as you know it, he is a popular author with many books.  But he learns that his brother means a lot to him and that he wants to take this trip all around the world with him.
Reviewer: Lindsay - age 15 

 

Shattered Mirror
By:  Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Sarah Vida is quite different from other high school kids for two reasons. One because she's a vampire hunter and secondly because she is a member of the well respected Vida witches. Her family has been hunting one vampire, Nikolas for many years. After moving to a new city and starting a new school Sarah discovers two of her classmates to be vampires. They are weak because they don't feed off humans. But to Sarah, all of the blood sucking leeches are alike. As time goes on she forms friendships with the two that can bring nothing but disaster. From the first page to the last you wont be able to put this book down. 
Reviewer: Sean - age 15 

 

A Bend In the Road
By: Nicholas Sparks
Missy and Ryan were a happily married couple with a son, Johan. One day Missy goes for an afternoon jog like she normally does and while Ryan was trying to straighten up the house he gets a phone call from the police. Missy was killed in a hit-and-run accident. After all of the pain and agony, Ryan and Johan are making things work, but Johan is not doing well in school so his new teacher, Sarah Andrews, is willing to help him to pass the second grade. But as you read this novel you see that Ryan Miles and Sarah Andrews are falling for each other until Sarah reveals something so dramatic, to Ryan, that makes him change his mind about her.
Reviewer: Lindsay - age 15

 

Monster-in-law
Jennifer Lopez - DVD
This movie was pretty good. It was extremely funny. Its about this doctor getting married to Charlie (Lopez) a temp. and his mother a famous ex-talk show host is doing all she can to break them up!!! A great movie, check it out!!!!!!!!
Reviewer: Sam - age 13

 

Are We There Yet?
Ice Cube - DVD
This movie was super funny!!! I loved it!! It's about a guy babysitting his girlfriend's kids and he has to drive them back to the moms work. At first he thinks they're super annoying, but they grow on him and he starts to really care about them. My favorite part is when one of the kids has to go to the bathroom and the guy who is babysitting pulls over at a gas station and trys to find a restroom for the kid to use!!!
Reviewer: Sam - age 13

 

The Giver
By: Lois Lowery
T
he Giver is an awesome and twisted book about the perfect community. They don't have to decide anything, pick a job, or choose what to eat. There is no bragging or war, but when Jonas is "selected" for a highly respected position , he learns the startling truth behind the community.
Reviewer: Kendra - age 13

 

The Guardian
By: Nicholas Sparks
This is my favorite book of all time!!!! It is a thriller and a romance. Its about a girl and her dog Singer, and her love-life. She is deciding who she wants to be with, Mike her a down-to-earth guy friend or the very romantic and wealthy Richard. Then she discovers someone is stalking her, but who?
Reviewer: Sam - age 13

 

Little Man
Marlon Wayans - DVD
This movie was so funny!!!!!! I loved it. These two guys steal a diamond and it gets put in a women's purse. So to get it back they follow the woman and her husband home and the little guy pretends to be a baby. When the lady and her husband find him, they take him in. So the movie is all about the little guy (Marlon Wayans) trying to get out of their grasp with the diamond with out the husband and wife finding out he is a wanted thief!!!
Reviewer: Sam - age 13

 

The Secret Hour
By:  Scott Westerfeld
This is the first book of Scott Westerfeld's action packed Midnighter series. The story unfolds when windy city girl Jessica Day moves to a small town in Oklahoma called Bixby. She starts having dreams that appear to be beautiful but the dreams turn out to be a living nightmare. Suddenly Jessica finds herself swept into a entirely new world known as the the blue time. The blue time is a secret hour only known to a select few known as the midnighters. Jessica is now the newest midnighter and teamed up with five fellow midnighters with varying talents. They set off in search of a way to defeat the evil darklings who plague the blue time. But will the midnighters be defeated first?
Reviewer: Sean - age 15 

 

The Boy Who Couldn't Die
By:  William Sleater
We all know that losing some one is hard but Ken takes it harder than most. When his best friend Roger is killed in a plane crash he takes it pretty hard. Afraid of death now more than ever Ken decides to seek invulnerability. He finds himself at fortune teller Cheri Buttercup's paying $50 for part of his soul to be hidden away. Little does he know that his actions are going to cost him more that 50 bucks. He soon finds that Cheri Buttercup is really a voodoo witch and is using his soul to do her dirty work. He soon sets off on a quest to find his soul along with his new companion Sabine. But will they be able to beat the evil Cheri Buttercup?
Reviewer: Sean - age 15 

 

At First Sight
By:  Nicholas Sparks
This is an amazing book!! Nicholas Sparks has yet again wrote another great romance novel!! At First Sight is the sequel to True Believer, but you don't have to read True Believer first. The story begins with Jeremy originally a big city boy, settling down in Boone Creek with Lexi the love of his life. But how well does he really know her? When he finds out a secret from Lexi's past, their relationship is put to the test. Can their love pull them through? Find out by reading this awesome novel, At First Sight!!!!
Reviewer: Sam - age 13 

 

Save the Last Dance 2  
Izabella Miko - DVD
I didn't think this movie was very good. It wasn't very interesting and there wasn't much point or plot to it. Also the ending was bad.
Reviewer: Sam  - age 13

 

Click  
Adam Sandler - DVD
This is pretty good movie. It's very funny!! It's about a man who gets a remote control that controls the universe. He can fast forword, rewind, pause, anything!! It's pretty much a comedy, but it did have a few sad parts in it. Adam Sandler plays the main part who receives the amazing remote of the universe. It has a great message too. If you are looking for a cool movie check Click out!!!!!
Reviewer: Sam  - age 13

 

All the right reasons   
By:  Nickelback - CD
It's a totally cool CD!!! It has lots of great songs like photograph, savin me, and rock star + many more!!! Nickelback is a great band and this is some of their best work. I absolutely recommend this C.D. to any one!!!
Reviewer: Sam  - age 13

 

Chicken soup for the teenage soul on love & friendship   
By:  Jack Canfield
I love this book! It has so many stories teens can relate to. It has many different subjects like falling in love, breaking up, friendship, tough times, and many more. You should really check out this book!!!
Reviewer: Sam  - age 13

 

The A-List    
By:  Zoey Dean
This series is amazing. I would definitely recommend them to girls who love a good teen novel. So far there are 7 books in the series, but I'm sure there are more to come!
Reviewer: Abby - age 17

 

Peeps
By:  Scott Westerfield
Scott Westerfield is a relatively new author on the scene, a man whose books always leave you begging for more. You might have heard of him from his Uglies series, where everyone can be perfect-or not. This book also fits into the sci-fi genre, but it's set in a modernesque world that makes the story fully believable. It's a vamp story for the person who doesn't like vampires, but gets their kicks from stories about raging diseases. You see, vampirism here is an STD. Not just an STD, but a PDATD. So much as kiss a person when you're infected and poof! You've created a new vampire. Congratulations. These vampires, called Peeps, avoid sunlight and hate everything about their former lives. Sound like Dracula to you yet? This time though, there are carriers. People infected with the disease, who've managed to stay sane. It's people like these who take down the bad guys. Peeps also features almost anything you could want to know about parasites you've never even heard of! Think having five cats is putting a damper on your social life? Guess what folks- there's a chemical in cats that gets into the brains of humans and makes them more socially appealing. That that dog people. All in all, this book was an excellent read, and I strongly recommend it to the sci-fi or occult fan.
Reviewer: Arielle - age 14

 

A Walk To Remember
By:  Nicholas Sparks
This is a great book!!! It's a romance novel and tear jerker. About a guy falling in love with a shy girl and it has a sad twist. Even though it's sad  it's certainly worth reading. Nicholas Sparks is the author and all of his books are great. I would recommend this book if your looking for a good read.
Reviewer: Sam - age 13