http://booktalks.edublogs.org A Book Blog Especially for Chico High School. Thu, 17 May 2007 16:45:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bottled up by Jaye Murray is a realistic teen fiction. This book is about a 15 year old boy named Pip downs who has problems at school and drug problem. The principal at Pips high school gives him a choice to go to all his classes and to go to ... http://booktalks.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/bottled-up-by-jaye-murray/ Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is a tough, tender, and funny story about a high school student, Melinda Sordino, who busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Before that happened, Melinda was a sweet, popular teen but when high school starts more than her attitude and personality changes, also ... http://booktalks.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/speak-by-laurie-hale-anderson/ A Child Called It is the first in a series of four books. It is about a boy name David who is abused by his alcoholic mother. David struggles with many hardships throughout his abusive childhood, but he eventually learns how to take care of himself because nobody else will. I ... http://booktalks.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/a-child-called-it-dave-pelzer/ Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is a fiction book about friendship. This book is about two boys that are both out of the ordinary. Freak and Max are in 8th grade. Max is unusually tall and Freak is very small because he has a disease called Morquio Syndrome. Through ... http://booktalks.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/freak-the-mighty-by-rodman-philbrick/ Life in Prison by Stanley “Tookie” Williams My book is about a man who starts the Crips and Bloods. He also killed 4 people and he went to prison. He has been living on death row since 1981. Tookie has dedicated his life to ending gang warfare. Here is a look ... http://booktalks.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/life-in-prison-by-stanley-%e2%80%9ctookie%e2%80%9d-williams/ “Hatchet” is a story about a boy named Brian who gets in a plane crash and ends up stranded in the woods. It is about Brian trying to survive with only a hatchet. Find out if he survives or not. I would recommend it, because it was a good book and ... http://booktalks.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/hatchet-by-gary-paulsen-2/ Eragon, by Christopher Paolini is a fantasy fiction book about a farm boy who goes hunting in the mountains where he finds a stone. The stone turns out to be a dragon egg, which turns his farm life into an adventure about magic and dragons. If you are looking for a ... http://booktalks.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/eragon-by-christopher-paolini/ This book tells about the true story of an eight year old girl who loses her mother in a devastating trailer fire. Jerri is then sent to live with her step-father’s parents who neglect and abuse Jerri and her siblings. Jerri refuses to believe that her mother is really dead ... http://booktalks.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/letters-my-mother-never-read-by-jerri-diane-sueck/ This book is mainly about a little girl in foster care that was stolen back by her biological mother and sold for heroin. As she gets older she joins a band and it turns out that she’s an amazing singer. Unfortunately, she ends up going on the road with her ... http://booktalks.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/born-blue-by-han-nolan-2/ The story Hero by S.L. Rottman is realistic fiction. It’s about a 15 year old kid named Sean. He has problems with his mom and he’s in trouble at school. Sean has to go to court because he has been in too many fights at school. At court Sean is ... http://booktalks.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/hero-by-slrottman/ Point Blank is about a boy who finds out his parents died in a car crash. His name is Alex Rider and he is fourteen years old. When his uncle dies he has to live with a maid that worked for his uncle. He joins an agency called the MI6. ... http://booktalks.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/point-blank-by-anthony-horowitz/ Maximum Ride: Schools out Forever, a series by James Patterson, is full of adventure. This book’s about how six kids are morphed into across between a bird and a person. Now the leader Max has to take care of them. Since they have no family or home they try to ... http://booktalks.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/maximum-ride-schools-out-forever-by-james-patterson/