Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders. New York: Penguin Group, 1995.180 pages. (General Fiction)
“If I were to give this book a one word label it would be ‘fantastic’ because it is perfectly written. It is pretty amazing that only a 15 year wrote such a touching book.”
- Superbeau42
“The Outsiders is the best book ever!!! This book tells reality, not some made up fantasy book where everyone is okay. It is magnificent and one of the beloved books of all time.”
- Antwain
"The Outsiders was such a great book because it was real. The events in this book could happen. Also, the people had real conversations, not the kind that could never happen. This is a sad and scary book but also happy and satisfying."
- Doodles33
"I thought The Outsiders was one of the best books I have read in a long time."
- ???
“It’s not easy to stay out of trouble in this neighborhood. Not all the brothers will make it through. But you’ll just have to read the book and see what happens!"
- Prada Panda
"This honestly is my overall favorite book! The book has lots of action. The characters are awesome and have cool names. It is the book that I have been looking for!"
- Laugher
"It is like riding a log rollercoaster blind folded so you don’t know what is going to happen next until you read it. Mind you S.E. Hinton was only 15 years old when she wrote this book and it got published when she was 17 years old back in 1965."
- LT28
"Grabs you right from the get-go. This book is a must read for young teens who like a suspenseful story with a great plot."
- hockeysniper13
“It was a pretty good book, but I wouldn’t have read it if it wasn’t for school.”
- Jazzy G.
"I like them because they are cool and strong and back up their friends..."
- MC Kibbles
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
The Outsiders
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders. NY: Penguin Group, 1995. 180 pages. (General Fiction)
Ponyboy is your average 14 year old greaser. He is in a gang with his brothers Sodapop and Darry and a few more mischievous boys. They are usually pretty good kids, besides the fact that they get into rumbles and smoke and all. Ponyboy is probably the best in school out of all of them. He could have a better life than what he’s living right now if he chose to. He has a strong future ahead of him, until one night in the park. He was walking with Johnny, looking at the stars, when all of a sudden some Socs come and jump them. Nothing ever really happened when people got jumped, until that one Soc tried to kill Ponyboy. Jonny rescues him, but at what cost. Now they are on the run, not knowing what the future may hold for them.
I thought that The Outsiders was an awesome book. It gives you a taste of the true, sad life that these people had to live. It describes how they have fights all of the time and how rough it is to escape the torture of being jumped, beaten, and judged just because they were greasers. I recommend that all other people read this book. It really opened up my eyes to how good my life is even though I thought that it wasn’t at times. I think that everybody should know that they have it well; therefore I believe that everybody should read this book.
Reviewed by: So1cc5er
Ponyboy is your average 14 year old greaser. He is in a gang with his brothers Sodapop and Darry and a few more mischievous boys. They are usually pretty good kids, besides the fact that they get into rumbles and smoke and all. Ponyboy is probably the best in school out of all of them. He could have a better life than what he’s living right now if he chose to. He has a strong future ahead of him, until one night in the park. He was walking with Johnny, looking at the stars, when all of a sudden some Socs come and jump them. Nothing ever really happened when people got jumped, until that one Soc tried to kill Ponyboy. Jonny rescues him, but at what cost. Now they are on the run, not knowing what the future may hold for them.
I thought that The Outsiders was an awesome book. It gives you a taste of the true, sad life that these people had to live. It describes how they have fights all of the time and how rough it is to escape the torture of being jumped, beaten, and judged just because they were greasers. I recommend that all other people read this book. It really opened up my eyes to how good my life is even though I thought that it wasn’t at times. I think that everybody should know that they have it well; therefore I believe that everybody should read this book.
Reviewed by: So1cc5er
The Wide Window
Sniket, Lemony. The Wide Window. NY: Harper Collins, 2000. 214 pages. (Adventure Series)
Meet the Baudelaries. They are some of the most unfortunate children in the history of books. They have had so many events thrown at them in so little time: their parents died in a house fire, their house burned down, and they had to live with Mr. Poe. Since they had to be transferred from their Uncle Monty’s house because he died, they had to go live with their Aunt Josephine. They meet a charter owner, Captain Sham, who seems suspicious to the children. When they got back to their new home, they could not stop talking about him. They thought that he was Count Olaf, and they would soon find out. When Aunt Josephine wrote a letter to the children saying that she committed suicide, she left clues saying that she was hiding from Count Olaf.
I felt that the book was very exciting, and very hard to put down when you start to read the first couple of chapters. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read about unfortunate children.
Reviewed by: LT28
Meet the Baudelaries. They are some of the most unfortunate children in the history of books. They have had so many events thrown at them in so little time: their parents died in a house fire, their house burned down, and they had to live with Mr. Poe. Since they had to be transferred from their Uncle Monty’s house because he died, they had to go live with their Aunt Josephine. They meet a charter owner, Captain Sham, who seems suspicious to the children. When they got back to their new home, they could not stop talking about him. They thought that he was Count Olaf, and they would soon find out. When Aunt Josephine wrote a letter to the children saying that she committed suicide, she left clues saying that she was hiding from Count Olaf.
I felt that the book was very exciting, and very hard to put down when you start to read the first couple of chapters. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read about unfortunate children.
Reviewed by: LT28
The Magician’s Nephew
Lewis, C.S. The Magician’s Nephew. NY: Harper Entertainment, 1955. 100 pages. (Fantasy Series)
The Magician’s Nephew was about a young boy named Digory whose mother wass very sick and could die at any second. While Digory’s father was away, he and his mother were living with Digory’s aunt and Uncle Andrew who was a magician. And last is Polly who lived next to Digory and eventually became friends with him, even though they had totally different personalities.
This book was about how Uncle Andrew had two rings that were green and gold. When they put on the yellow ring, it would take them to a world between the worlds, a flat piece of land with identical pools. To switch worlds, they’d put on the green ring and jump into a pool. Eventually, Digory and Polly got tricked into going there. While they’re there, they run into an evil witch, who incidentally goes back to the real world and makes their life horrible. When Digory and Polly try to get her back they jumped into the wrong pool, which brought them to a perfect world with the fruit of life which gives you everlasting life. Do Polly and Digory get back to their own world? Does Digory’s mother die? And what will Polly and Digory do with all of the rings? You’ll have to read the book to find out.
If I could choose another one of C.S. Lewis’ books, I definitely would. And now that I have finished this book, I am currently reading Prince Caspian, another sequel in The Chronicles of Narnia. Once I am done reading Prince Caspian, I hope that I will finish all of the series. If you’re wondering what the other books are in the series, her they are- The Magician’s Nephew, The Loin, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Voyage of the Dawn Trader, and The Last Battle. I hope to read all of these.
Reviewed by: Jodancer6696
The Magician’s Nephew was about a young boy named Digory whose mother wass very sick and could die at any second. While Digory’s father was away, he and his mother were living with Digory’s aunt and Uncle Andrew who was a magician. And last is Polly who lived next to Digory and eventually became friends with him, even though they had totally different personalities.
This book was about how Uncle Andrew had two rings that were green and gold. When they put on the yellow ring, it would take them to a world between the worlds, a flat piece of land with identical pools. To switch worlds, they’d put on the green ring and jump into a pool. Eventually, Digory and Polly got tricked into going there. While they’re there, they run into an evil witch, who incidentally goes back to the real world and makes their life horrible. When Digory and Polly try to get her back they jumped into the wrong pool, which brought them to a perfect world with the fruit of life which gives you everlasting life. Do Polly and Digory get back to their own world? Does Digory’s mother die? And what will Polly and Digory do with all of the rings? You’ll have to read the book to find out.
If I could choose another one of C.S. Lewis’ books, I definitely would. And now that I have finished this book, I am currently reading Prince Caspian, another sequel in The Chronicles of Narnia. Once I am done reading Prince Caspian, I hope that I will finish all of the series. If you’re wondering what the other books are in the series, her they are- The Magician’s Nephew, The Loin, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Voyage of the Dawn Trader, and The Last Battle. I hope to read all of these.
Reviewed by: Jodancer6696
Annie Between The States
Elliot, L.M. Annie Between The States. NY: Scholastic, 2004. 535 pages. (Historical Fiction)
The main characters in Annie Between the States are, Annie, her mother, her brother Jamie, Thomas walker, and her other brother Laurence. The story takes place during the Civil War down South. Annie has to look after her mother and younger brother, Jamie, while her brother, Lawrence, is at war with the Blue Coats. She solves her problems by trying to help her brother, Lawrence, keep track of the Blue Coats that he is fighting against. She also has another problem when she falls in love with a Blue Coat named Thomas Walker. She doesn’t know what her brother will think. Her little brother, Jamie, is trying to gain independence by joining the Confederate side and show his older brother that he can manage on his own. Annie is a lot like me because she is a young spirited girl who loves to ride horses and climb trees. Her brother, Lawrence, even had to get her out of a tree once when she was ten. When she goes to a prison for murder, she goes through a lot of neglect, she has to sleep on a cold stone floor with hundreds of rats and mice. . The ending was very extraordinary because she ends up with one of the Blue Coats as her husband. The author is one of the best writers that I have read.
Reviewed by: BlackPearl
The main characters in Annie Between the States are, Annie, her mother, her brother Jamie, Thomas walker, and her other brother Laurence. The story takes place during the Civil War down South. Annie has to look after her mother and younger brother, Jamie, while her brother, Lawrence, is at war with the Blue Coats. She solves her problems by trying to help her brother, Lawrence, keep track of the Blue Coats that he is fighting against. She also has another problem when she falls in love with a Blue Coat named Thomas Walker. She doesn’t know what her brother will think. Her little brother, Jamie, is trying to gain independence by joining the Confederate side and show his older brother that he can manage on his own. Annie is a lot like me because she is a young spirited girl who loves to ride horses and climb trees. Her brother, Lawrence, even had to get her out of a tree once when she was ten. When she goes to a prison for murder, she goes through a lot of neglect, she has to sleep on a cold stone floor with hundreds of rats and mice. . The ending was very extraordinary because she ends up with one of the Blue Coats as her husband. The author is one of the best writers that I have read.
Reviewed by: BlackPearl
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