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• Alex Frank

  Three books i enjoyed reading this year were Twilight, the Secret Garden, and What are Dreams
  
  

  9/9/2009 3:23:27 PM
• Fiona Withum

  My three favorite books that I have read in the past year are Eclipse by Stephanie Myer, The Sommuning by Kelley Armstrong, and Wicked by Gregory Maguire.I love all three of these books for the same reason. They are so amazing eciting and unusual. I like ghost books and scary books, but what I really love are books that have huge twists and when there uncecpected suprises!!!
  
  
  
  
  

  9/9/2009 4:13:40 PM
• Julie Illenye

  I've read:
  - Ten Minute Mysteries By: ?
  - The thing about Goergie By: ?
  - Eclipes By: Stephine Myers

  9/9/2009 6:21:30 PM
• Julia Susskind

  The first best book i read last year, was The Clique Series by Lisi Harrison. This was one of my favorite books because, at times there was a lot of drama. This drama made me want to read more and even more books in the series.
  The second best book i read last year was Eleven by Lauren Myracle. I felt like this book touched me in a special way, because we are both eleven, and going through the same difficulties in life, so that's why Eleven is one of my favorites.
  Another favorite book is It's Not The End OF The World by Judy Blume. This book is about a girl named, Karen, and she's trying everything to make sure her parents change their mind about their new decision of being divoreced from each other. I favor this book because, it's also interesting to read about other people your age, who is going through the complete opposite stuff that you are going through.

  9/9/2009 6:36:45 PM
• ClarkE

  Wow- I love reading about the books you have read. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Fiona I have another Gregory McGuire book in our reading center called, .....Opps- I can not remember the title- but it is the story of a rogue tooth fairy. I read all the books in his Wicked Series- I think I liked Son of a Witch better than Wicked. I was not crazy about A Lion Among Men.
  
  Julia- I love the short story Eleven as well. We will read some great short stories like that this year. One of my favorite stories from when I was in 6th grade was, A Day Without Sunshine by Ray Bradbury. I love it.
  
  ***Everyone, please make sure you are answering the entire question.
  
  Mrs. Clark

  9/9/2009 6:48:13 PM
• Ameer Al-Khatahtbeh

  **Your first assignment for my class is to respond to this post. I would like to know what are the top three books you have read in the past year. Why are these books your favorites? Please include the title of each book as well as the author. (Please avoid listing 3 books from the same series.)
  
  
  
  1st : Revolution Is Not A Dinner Party
  
  The reason i like this book is beacuse i LOVE chinese istory and this is a very sad book.
  
  2nd : Poppy
  
  I like this book beacuse its ver adventurous and it is also another sad book. This book will never get old for me...
  
  3rd : ACTING FOR TEENS
  
  I LOVE this book beacuse acting is my future career and i went to two auditions this summer and sucsessfully won both i shot a comerical but i dont know when it will be on tv. Also it tells you importaint stuff on how to get an agent and what percent your agent should take.
  Great book if you want to be a famous actor (soon to be me (: )

  9/9/2009 7:57:04 PM
• Mrs. Clark

  Here is an example:
  I love the book The Secret LIves of Bees. The characters were really well developed and I felt like I knew them personally.
  

  9/10/2009 9:23:41 AM
• brian liang

  My favorite books I read over the summer are :
  The Last Olympian by: Rick Riordan
  The Tale Of Desperaux by:Kate Dicamillo
  Brian's Winter bye:Gary Paulsen
  I enjoyed reading the Last Olympian and also the whole lighting thief series because I like to learn about olympus and what the author thought olympus was. It's a exciting book that has the ability to make you either cry or laugh. I laughed. The Tale of Despereaux was really sad but I couldn't stop reading it. I read the book in like 1 day. I read Brian's Winter because the first of the series (hatchet) got me hooked. My opinion is that survival books are more interesting and captivating.

  9/10/2009 3:05:39 PM
• hannah

  My top 3 favorite books i read this summer was the 1st box car chirldren buy warner G, next was twilight by stephain M, lastly the The Homework Machine by Dan G. All of these books were really interesting,fun to read, exited to see what will happen next, alot of drama,the people in the story acts like real kids and teens do,and much more. Also when u finsh with the books u feel like u wont to read more and more of the topic. as you can see all theses books hae a reason why they aremy faorite book this summer:)

  9/10/2009 3:17:16 PM
• Jesse Michael

  The first book is Charlie Bone and the Hidden King By Jenny Nimmo. I really liked this book with all the adventure, problems, and their is some funny lines in there, too. The second book is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K Rowling. My fifth grade teacher, Miss Pari, recommended this book to me and I am glad she did. I am continuing with the series. The third and last book is Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time by Lisa Yee. This is the best book I have ever read. it has alot of problems, funny lines, and a lot of twists in it. I like all three of these books.

  9/10/2009 4:36:45 PM
• Kevin H

  Hi

  9/10/2009 5:12:01 PM
• Mohammed Hashmi

  One of my favorite books I've read in the past year is Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix by J.K. Rowling. The reason I chose this book is because it shows the beginning of a new and the most important saga in the book that lasts until the end of the series. I also liked it because it shows that Harry is growing up. It shows this new image of maturity in him.
  
  Another book that I like that I've read is the Diary of a Wimpy Kid The last straw. I absolutely love it because it's non-stop humor. I also like it because of the main theme how his dad is going to send him to a military academy. What the main character does to try to convince his mind is hilarious.
  
  
  The last book that I like that comes to my mind is The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe. It was a good because it had a lot of good adventure in it. I'm not all that into adventure and I still like this book and I think that's something it should be commented on.I also like the suspense.

  9/10/2009 5:12:39 PM
• Elana Grunberg

  My three favorite books i have read are number the stars by louis lowry, The mixed up files of Mrs. basil E Frankweiler by E.l. konigsburg and toliver's secret by Esther wood brady. I like number the stars because she wrote it well and its a true story because its based on the holocust. also the book fascinated me because it is a good book. I like Mrs.Basil E. Frankweiler because the kids run away and have an interesting adventure also it is sort of a mystery book. I like toliver's secret because she learns to face her fears witch is really important and hides her true identity. In the end of the book she stands up to a bully witch is not a very easy thing to do. It takes a lot of courage.

  9/10/2009 5:56:32 PM
• Mallika Iyengar

  The three books I like the best are The Pistachio Prescription, Can you sue your parents for malpractice?, and Here’s to you Rachel Robinson.
  I like all three books because
  1. I like Realistic Fiction
  2. They make you want to turn the page
  3. They are books which are not too hard and not too easy for me!
  

  9/10/2009 6:06:51 PM
• Jeffrey Chen

  My 3 favorite books last year were Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling, Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz, and Swindle by Gordon Korman. I liked Harry Potter because it had a lot of suspense and it kept me wanting to read more. Alex Rider is a good book because it has action and it has lots of cool gadgets. I like Swindle because it shows that kids can succeed too, not just adults.

  9/10/2009 6:33:16 PM
• matt miskanic

  One of my favorite books of the past year is Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. I like this book because it's funny and I could relate to some of the events. Another book is Bunnicula by James Howe. I like this book because it's full of mysteries and I like something that gets me thinking. Finally, my third favorite book of the year is Holes by Lois Sacher. I love book because it had a very interesting topic and an amazing ending.

  9/10/2009 6:38:17 PM
• sriya

  One of my favorite books is Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. This my favorite book because there is whole big twist in the story that Edward and his family are vampires.
  
  Another one of my favorite books is Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. The reason I like this book is because Bud runs away to find his father and gets into a great big adventure finding people and losing his best friend on a train.
  
  The last of my favorite books is 39 Clues the Maze of Bones. I like this book because it is an adventure when Dan and Amy’s grandmother passed away she left them and their family the 39 clue adventure to find out the biggest secret of their family.
  
  

  9/10/2009 7:47:19 PM
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  9/11/2009 7:04:41 AM
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  9/11/2009 7:12:22 AM
• sarah robinson

  my three fav books are
  1:palace of mirrors
  it is truly a heart warming story.
  it involves action drama, and bit of horror
  in the ending were everyone is crying i felt like i was in the book because i was crying to.
  
  canterwood crest:
  i loved it because it was a very cool story.
  i really liked it because it is in middle bording school for special talen, and the main charaters specail talent was horse ridding, wicth i do. the charaters are very proper.
  when thebook discribes the scenery you could actually see it in your mind.
  
  
  how to steal a dog:
  
  this story is mostly about the community.
  this girls father left her with her mom and brother 200 dollars and a note.
  she and her family strugle to survive and loses money.
  so she diside to seal a dog a find again to collect reward money.
  but i wont ell any more but that it is really FUNNNNNNNNNNNNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9/11/2009 2:57:23 PM
• tamar mor

  My three favorite books that I have read in the past three years are There's a Boy in the Girls Bathroom, P.S. Longer Letter Later, and Are you There God it's Me Margaret. I love all these books because the characters are all kids around my age and I feel like I can relate to all of their lives and secrets.

  9/11/2009 3:21:38 PM
• ClarkE

  I continue to be impressed with the diversity of all the book titles you have read.
  
  Mrs. Clark

  9/11/2009 3:48:41 PM
• Ibrahim Khalifa

  The first of my favorite boooks is Flight 29 Down by D.J machale/Stan Rogow. the other 2 are from the same series, The Alex Rider. The books are Ark Angel and Storm Breaker by Anthony Horowitz. I like these books because they are real page turners. Action at every corner.

  9/11/2009 4:10:29 PM
• Jacquelyn Littlefield

  I've read
  The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
  The Talented Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker
  Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
  

  9/11/2009 4:46:42 PM
• Tahlia Stephenson

  These are my three favorite books. One is Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets by J.K. Rowling that is because that book is creepy and exciting. Another one of my favorite books is Hank Zipzer Holy Enchilada by Henry Winkler I laughed out loud when I read that book and also I love the descritive language the author uses in the book. The last book that was my favorite was Gifted hands I don't remember the author right now, but the reason why I like it is because of the powerful message and it felt real. That's a wrap for every thing and I hope you enjoyed my writing

  9/11/2009 6:02:54 PM
• Rachel Degutz

  My Three favorite books are Sasquatch and Peak by Roland Smith and The Giver by Lois Lowry. I like Sasquatch because it's very adventureous. Most of the characters goes out on an active volcano to search for sasquatch but the main character, Dylan went with this guy that had a cabin on the mountain with they stayed in. There was a secrect copartment that led to many underground tunnels were the sasquatched lived in wich they can live remaning crypids. At the end Dylan actually saw a Sasquatch. I loved that book because I just found it so interesting to read about the groups exsperiance looking for this creature on a mountain than is also an active volcano that could erouped any second. I also read Peak, Peak is about a boy named Peak. He is very into climbing, in the begining of the book he is living in NYC and he scaled a scyscraper.After that his parents send him to Tibet and he climbs Mt.Everest, he's planned to be the youngest person to climb Mt. Everest. He climbs it with this other person that is around the same age as him and his dad sacrificed his life saving Peak's dad's life. In the end Peak let's the other kid get the fame by not going to the top. I found this book really interesting because I get a feel of what it's like to climb the hightest peak in the world and to know how they do it and all of the stuff they must do on the mountain. My third favorite book is The Giver, as I said earlier. I like The Giver because it takes place in the future and I just loved reading about the main character's new job and his world. I pictured his world so colorful and neat, well then until I found out that they saw in black and white.
  Thoses are my three favorite books and why.u

  9/11/2009 9:57:11 PM
• Sanjay Mangroo

  my favorite three books I read over the summer were The Haunted Mask by R L Stine. My second book i read was The Fugitive Factor by Gordon Korman. My last book i enjoyed over the summer was The Janitors Boy by Andrew Clemets. I enjoyed each book because there always was something going on, such as in the fugitive factor there was something always going on like a car chase.To stealing a car.Or ghosts trying to get the characters.

  9/12/2009 1:15:58 PM
• Catherine Solimini

  My 3 favorite books are Twilight and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer and The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy. I like these books all for the same reason because they are all mysterious and adventurous stories and they show you about life and twilight and eclipse are about how a girl finds out the person she is in love with is a vampire and that he loves her to. The wild girls is about how a girl moves
  from Connecticut to California and meets a unexpected girl when she was searching the neighborhood and they became best friends.

  9/13/2009 9:49:29 AM
• Anthony Parfilko

  My favorite three books were Hearts in Atlantis by Steven Kings, The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, and The Giver. I liked Hearts in Atlantis and The Giver because it gave me another view of the world. Some people might say that these books opened their eyes. I feel that they only told me that I could. I liked The Lightning Thief because I really enjoy adventure books. All these books have one thing in common- The main characters are my age.I really enjoyed reading these books.

  9/13/2009 11:57:05 AM
• Alec Mandell

  1. The Last Shot by John Feinstein
  this book was an intense thriller about a star basketball player being blackmailed during the final four, while two teenage reporters try to stop them.
  
  2. Vanishing Act by John Feinstein
  
  this book is about two teenage reporters who try to find out the mystery of a star russian tennis player that went missing.
  
  3. Mr Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
  
  this book is about a painter who is very interested in penguins. he wrote a letter to an explorer and the explorer sent him a penguin who eventually had kids with another penguin and became very famous doing shows in theatres

  9/13/2009 11:58:22 AM
• Kyle Sullivan

  My three favorite books that I read in the past year are Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K Rowling, Tangerine by Edward Bloor, and Ice Fire by Chris D'Lacey. I liked Harry Potter because it is a exciting and fun adventure book. I really enjoyed the book Tangerine since it is about soccer and I LOVE SOCCER! Ice fire was a great fantasy book about dragons.

  9/13/2009 1:53:55 PM
• Sandesh Rao

  My three favorite books are Stormbreaker-Anthony Horowitz, Harry Potter Deathly Hallows-J.K Rowling , and Pendragon-Soldiers of Halla (book 10).I like them all for the same reason. They had loads of action and suspense. When I was reading these books my parents actually had to make me stop reading(which happens very rarely)

  9/13/2009 1:57:01 PM
• Daniella Tafilowski

  My 3 favorite books are Model Spy by Shannon Greenland, because it is a spy book, and it kept me reading. I didn't want to stop.
  My 2nd book is Harry Potter #3, because it is very magical. I really liked all the parts where the kids had to make potions.
  My 3rd and last book is A Pickpockets Tale by Karen Schwabach, because I think it's amazing and interesting to read about how people used to live back in the 1700's.

  9/13/2009 5:52:01 PM
• Camryn Pisano

  One of my three favorite books that I have read this year was Number the Stars by: Lois Lowry. This is one of my favorite books because it has a lot of facts from that time in history which was during the Holocaust in 1943. My second favorite book is The Doll People by: Ann Martin. I loved this book because of its excitement and adventures to keep the dolls secret from the humans. Last but not least The Great Gilly Hopkins by: is a heart warming story. This book is about a girl who has a pretty hard life growing up moving from foster home to foster home. I liked this book because I like reading books about kids who have different lives then me. I would recommend these books to anyone.
  
  

  9/13/2009 6:22:01 PM
• Prateek Jacob

  Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Hound of the Baskerville is one of my favorite books. This mystery interested me because it caught my attention with the suspense. This book was in the genre of mystery which is one of my favorites. I enjoyed this book because it was very adventurous. The part that I enjoyed most was when Sherlock Holmes followed a carriage (which his friend and him failed to find out who was in it) found out the carriage number at such speed. Lastly, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of my favorite authors.
  
  The second book of my choice is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
  Since I am fond of magic, I started the Harry Potter series. Fantasy is a genre that appeals to my imagination, as using my imagination is a passion of mine. I liked this book because it was the longest book I read in the past year. This book introduced me new to vocabulary words. J.K. Rowling catches the reader’s attention by weaving the plot where finally Harry defeated Voldemort yet again.
  
  My last book is Earth and Space. Since science is my favorite subject, I chose to read this book. I chose this book because it is good to learn about the world around you.
  Plus reading this book can help solve problems scientists are having trouble with. To conclude, these are the three favorite books I read in the past year.
  
  

  9/13/2009 6:43:12 PM
• gerard pepe

  The top three books I have read in the past year are HEAT by: Mike Lupica, Diary of a Wimpy Kid The last straw by: Jeff Kinney, and A Taste of Blackberries by: Doris Buchanan Smith. HEAT was one of my favorites because I love sports and the turns the book had were great. I really enjoyed HEAT. Diary of a Wimpy kid was one of my favorites because it was HILARIOUS! I could not put this book down. I actually read it in one day. This is why Diary of a Wimpy kid was one of my favorite books I read in the last year. My third favorite book I read in the last year was A Taste of Blackberries. I really enjoyed this book. It was one of my favorites because it was shocking and it was a great book in any way I can think of. These are my three favorite books I read in the last year and why there are my three favorite books I have read in the last year.

  9/13/2009 6:47:26 PM
• anthony mojica

  my favorite three book i read this summer are to kill a mockingbird by harper lee, the war of the worlds by H.G. wells, and 20,000 leagues under the sea by jules verne. i enjoyed reading each book because a lot of great stuff. I hope you enjoyed reading.

  9/13/2009 7:32:25 PM
• kelly joyce

  I have read Twilight, Diary of Wimpy Kid, and my Last Best Friend.
  I liked Twilight so much because it was a book with so much emotion and a lot o action plus adventure.
  I liked Diary of a Wimpy Kid because it was super funny and was so ridiculous.
  My Last best Friend was good because there are a lot of emotions from losing her best friends and trying to survive the year without her.

  9/13/2009 7:47:52 PM
• kelly joyce

  The authors of twilight is Stephanie Meyer, the author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid is Jeff Kinney, lastly My Last Best Friend is by Julie Bouie
  

  9/13/2009 7:59:06 PM
• Faizan

  My top three books are...
  Diary of a wimpy kid The last straw because its funny
  Animorphs The Soulution because it has a lot of action
  The Bfg because I like the aurthor Ronald Dahl
  
  I hope you have similer books and i hope this is gonna be a great year!

  9/13/2009 9:18:40 PM
• julianna illenye

  some other boks i have read were the ...
  - The Host By: Stephene Meyer
  - Sammy and I By: ?
  - Harry Hodeeni

  9/14/2009 6:08:14 AM
• Andrew Lee

  My top three book I have read over the summer are The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull
  Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last straw
  and Journey Around the World in 80 Days I like all of these books since they all have twists and turns

  9/14/2009 8:18:15 PM
• Greg Gordon

  The topthree books i read over the summer are:
  Beyond the Grave
  The End
  Diary of a Wimpy Kid:The Last Straw
  They are great books i enjoyed reading them.I recommend you to read these books.

  9/30/2009 7:46:17 PM
• Gregory G.

  The new book im reading is called Time Cat. This book has me hooked on every single sentence.The book is intresting in every way possible.You can visualize the plat in each different time period.

  10/13/2009 5:52:08 PM
• Emily Eng

  My three favorite books are the unusual suspects by Michael Buckley,where the red fern grows by wilson rawls, and the everafter war also by Michael Buckley.Those are my three favorite books because i like adventureous books with fairy tales too!

  10/13/2009 6:10:23 PM
• Julianna Illenye

  Elsewhere:
  Best book ever! Everyone should read it. at some parts it is sad most most of the book is funny and happy. i really enjoyed it. My mom and da read it and they even loved it. (My parents aren't big reader) Hahah. I love the book Elsewhere!!!

  11/29/2009 1:11:57 PM