Sarah With an H

Irwin, Hadley. Sarah With an H. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. 134 pages. (Realistic Fiction)


There is a new girl at LaMond High School. Sarah with an H is everything all the girls wanted. Her hair, eyes, pierced ears, and clothes were much too expensive for any other girl to afford. Sarah also is very smart, loves to study, and is an awesome basketball player. At her new school, Marti has to show Sarah around. At first she is annoyed with her, and then she learns to be nice to her and eventually becomes friends with her.


When the Bebe Jumeau and some other antiques are stolen from the library Sarah, Marti, and Elva (from the nursing home) have to find them. Who stole them? Where are they? Why did they steal them? For profit? Read this book and these questions will be answered.

This book wasn’t the best I’ve ever read. It was ok. If you are interested in basketball, you might like it.

Reviewed by: FiresideReader

Girl 15 Charming But Insane

Limb, Sue. Girl 15 Charming But Insane. New York: Scholastic, 2006. 214 Pages. (Fiction / Humor Series)

Like any other self respecting girl her age Jess wants to be gorgeous, popular, and smart much like her best friend Flora. Now Jess needs a new focus because the only thing she can focus on is the gorgeous Benjamin Jones. But to bad for her Ben doesn't pay any attention to her unless Flora is talking to her. Perhaps Fred who does pay attention to her, but poor boy really needs a hair cut, will help Jess through her crush, after all he is a boy that pays attention to her. But Flora might get in the way AGAIN because she has a crush on "Freddy." Using her Charm and heroic personality Jess tries to hold it all together with quite funny results.

I liked this book. It wasn't my favorite, but I would read it again. But as for recommending it for someone to read, I probably would tell anyone about it.

Reviewed by: waddlesthepenguin

The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle

Avi. The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle, New York, Harper Trophy. 1990. 243 pages. (Historic Fiction)

In the true confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Charlotte's family moves to america for a better life but want Charlotte to finish school before she comes. When Charlotte is finished with school for that semester she packs her clothes, and leaves for the docks. Charlotte boarded a ship called "Seahawk" When she got there she was warned to leave but would not. The first night aboard the ship was very difficult for Charlotte to sleep with all the noises and bugs in her cabin. As she gets farther and farther into her journey she makes a dicision the will be crutial for her future. While aboard the ship she makes friends with and old African sailor to help her along the way. When a storm is on its way there is another disicion she has to make. Will she make it to America?

I truly loved this book when ever I put it down I would just want to pick it back up and see what happens next. I would recommend this book to anyone who asks.

Reviewed by: Smallerest

Harry Potter the Goblet of Fire

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter the Goblet of Fire, Scholastic, 2000. 734 pages (Fantasy Series)

In this story there is a fourteen year old boy named Harry Potter. He is excited to go back to Hogwarts and have a good year with his two best friends Ron and Hermione. But something exciting is happening this year that he doesn’t know about, The Try Wizard Torment. And who ever might be the winner will get the Try Wizard Cup as a great honor. The tournament includes three difficult tasks, one held during each school term.The three tasks each getting harder after every challenge the contestants encounter. The contestants are Cedrick Digory, Victor Krum, Fleur Delacour, and Harry of course.

The first task is to snatch the golden egg from the dragon. Each contestant gets a dragon and all of the contestants get their egg. But what they later find out is the egg they worked so hard for is a clue to their next challenge which is they had to swim down a lake and save their friends but also face evil mermaids. The third challenge was indeed the hardest challenge of all……a dark, living, live threaten maze. All four contestants would be in it at the same time. But you will have to read it for yourself to find out what happens.

~joker 13

The Thief Lord

Funke, Cornelia. The Thief Lord. New York: Scholastic, 2001. 345 pages. (Mystery / Historic Fiction)

In the dead of night, as the shops of Venice stand idly by and the winged lions and mythical creatures awake, the Thief Lord cuts through the night like a dagger, his prizes in hand. Or so Prosper and Bo thought. Prosper, age twelve, and Boniface, age six, recently had there mother taken away from them by Death. They had heard countless stories of Venice, the winged lions that guard the rooftops, the water creatures that walk up the stone steps of the canals, and the roads made of water. When they run away from their wicked Aunt Esther, they hop on a train to Venice. Prosper and Bo didn’t know where to go until Riccio, Hornet, Mosca, and the Thief Lord take him in and give them a home. All is well in their abandoned movie theatre, until the Thief lord accepts a job offer from the count to steal a lion’s wing from Ida Spavento that goes to the magical merry-go-round of the Merciful Sisters…

This book has a wonderful setting and can paint vivid images in your mind with only a few of the authors words. I would recommend this book to another person because it was very thrilling to me and kept me on the edge of my seat. I am rating this book a seven out of ten. I also learned many Italian words from The Thief Lord.

Review by: Gandolf the Read

Can't Get There From Here

Strasser, Todd. Can't Get There From Here. New York: Simon Pulse, 2005. 198 pages. (Fiction)

It's on the streets everywhere you go, poverty, hunger, and no home. This "tribe" of several very strong young people will face the challenge of their life! Maggot the center of the group, Tears, the new tribe member, also the youngest at age 12, Maybe, the follower of the group, Rainbow, the toughest girl of the group, OG, the oldest but not smartest of the group, Pest, the young puppy OG finds in the park, Country Club, the biggest thief of the group and also the fighter, Jewel, the psycho path of the group, and last but not least there is 2maro, she's the girl that is always finding her way around town and looking for free food and a warm place to stay any way that she can! This group goes through the hardest time of their lives as they face freezing temperatures, hunger, no one to want them and no where to go. Some will die, some will go home, and some will have to tough it out!

Go through the pages of "Can't Get There From Here" and see how a Liberian, parents with no care, and a group of kids with no where to go, and a mean security guard get through life! This book I would defiantly recommend that anyone read so that they can see what is going on in the world and how people that may seem bad may actually not be all that bad at all!


~BlueberryBuddy