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Check It Out -- Teen Literature Database
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10 book reviews found, page 1 of 2. Narrow results by selecting age range:
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Audience: 3rd Grade - Adult
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Harry Potter is accepted to a magical school for witches and wizards ands finds a few friends.
They help him in his quests to defeat Lord Voldemort, the most feared wizard in the magical world. Harry figures out that Lord V. killed his parents, but he lived. At the school, he overhears about the Sorcerer's stone, a magical stone of immortality. Throughout this book he makes magical friends, discovers his past, and uncovers his future.
Similar books: harry potter and the chamber of secrets
Date read: 6/13/2007
ISBN: 043936213X
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Holes
Audience: 4th Grade - 10th Grade
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Stanley Yelnats has been accused of stealing a famous baseball player's sneakers and is sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention center where the inmates dig holes, five feet deep by five feet across, in the miserable Texas heat. It's just one more piece of bad luck that's befallen Stanley's family for generations as a result of the infamous curse of Madame Zeroni. While the warden claims digging the holes builds character, it doesn't take Stanley long to realize there's more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. Will Stanley be able to dig up the truth?
Date read: 2/2/2002
ISBN: 0374332657
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Horse Whisperer
Audience: 10th Grade - Adult
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A novel about a broken horse and a broken girl. After Grace and her beloved horse, Pilgrim, are in a tragic accident, both of them are left scarred physically and mentally. Pilgrim has become wild and won't even trust Grace. Annie Graves, Grace's mother, takes her daughter and her horse on a cross-country trip to try to salvage their lives, or what was left of them. They enlist the help of Tom Booker, a charming and wise horse whisperer who attempts to assist Grace, Pilgrim, and Annie with their problems. But on the trip, Annie begins to fall for Tom and tempers between mother and daughter flare.
Date read: 06/22/2005
ISBN: 0385315236
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Howl's Moving Castle
Audience: 6th Grade - 9th Grade
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Sophie is stuck working as an apprentice hat maker for her stepmother until the day that her excellent hat making skills lead her to being cursed by a witch. The witch's curse turns Sophie into an old woman and Sophie finds herself seeking help from the wizard, Howl, who lives in a moving castle.
Similar books: Dealing with Dragons by P. Wrede; Wee Free Men by T. Pratchett
Date read: 2/2/2005
ISBN: 0688062334
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Interview With the Vampire
Audience: 11th Grade - Adult
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Louis, an ancient vampire from Louisiana, is followed home one night by a young reporter looking for an interesting story. He sure found one in the grieving vampire filled with loathing for his creator, Lestat, and pain for his lost companion. Louis weaves his tale in this riveting story of a troubled man transformed into a tortured vampire in a quiet room in New York. The reporter found the story of a lifetime, and so much more.
Similar books: The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned
Date read: 06/22/2005
ISBN: 0394498216
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