TSHS Book Reviews

Compound, by S.A. Bodeen

lweingarden — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:29:15 +0000

Was there really a Nuclear Explosion? Eli finds out what he is really capable of doing to save his family. This book is full of mystery, intrigue and thrills. A real nail biter!

Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern

lweingarden — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:33:11 +0000

When high school sophomore Jessie’s long-term best friend transforms herself into a punk and goes after Jessie’s would-be boyfriend, Jessie decides to visit “the wild nerd yonder” and seek true friends among classmates who play Dungeons and Dragons.

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

lweingarden — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:22:31 +0000

May and Pearl, two sisters living in Shanghai in the mid-1930s, are beautiful, sophisticated, and well-educated, but their family is on the verge of bankruptcy. Hoping to improve their social standing, May and Pearl’s parents arrange for their daughters to marry “Gold Mountain men” who have come from Los Angeles to find brides. But when the sisters leave China and arrive at Angel’s Island (the Ellis Island of the West)–where they are detained, interrogated, and humiliated for months–they feel the harsh reality of leaving home. And when May discovers she’s pregnant the situation becomes even more desperate. The sisters make a pact that no one can ever know. This is a novel about two sisters, two cultures, and the struggle to find a new life in America while bound to the old.

If I Stay:a novel, by Gayle Forman

lweingarden — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:22:35 +0000

Mia is in an awful car accident – her parents are killed, her brother is critically injured. As she has her out-of-body experience she debates whether or not she should just let go and be with her parents, knowing the pain she’ll endure if she stays with the living

General Winston’s Daughter by Sharon Shinn

lweingarden — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:48:41 +0000

I read General Winston’s Daughter by Sharon Shinn this past weekend. I really enjoyed the book. It kept my interest from the first page. The plot took several turns & spins. It also gave a different side to war that you usually don’t see. I would reccommend this book to any of the students.

Mrs. Goode

TSHS Main Office Secretary

Hunted, House of Night Book 5 by P.C. Cast

lweingarden — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:43:35 +0000

Zoey and her friends encounter evil in an unexpected place when they learn that Kalona, the newest member of the House of Night, is hiding a deadly secret.

Untamed, House of Night Book 4 by P.C. Cast

lweingarden — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:41:13 +0000

Zoey Redbird’s life at the House of Night prep school for fledgling vampyres gets a lot tougher when she loses all three of her boyfriends and her group of friends turns against her, which makes it all the more difficult to get anyone to listen when she discovers Neferet has declared war on humans.

Chosen, House of Night Book 3 by P.C. Cast

lweingarden — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:39:46 +0000

Zoey Redbird, a fledgling vampyre, becomes confused about who to trust, with friends becoming enemies and enemies becoming friends at the House of Night prep school, and the need for caution becomes increasingly important when she finds herself juggling three boyfriends, and vampyres start turning up really dead.

Betrayed, House of Night Book 2 by P.C. Cast

lweingarden — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:35:28 +0000

Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird is just settling in at the House of Night, a finishing school dedicated to training fledgling vampyres to become productive adults, when a series of murders targeting human teens is traced back to the school, forcing her to think about the connections that still exist between her old and new worlds.

Marked, House of Night Book 1 by P.C. Cast

lweingarden — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:34:11 +0000

After being accepted as a fledgling vampire at the House of Night prep school and receiving special powers by a goddess, sixteen-year-old Zoey Montgomery discovers one of her peers is misusing her powers and must decide what the right thing to do is.