SSMS Reads

Magyk by Angie Sage

2009-05-21T09:09:00.000-04:00

BOOK COVER COMING SOON!

Magyk is about a family of ordinary wizards who lost their seventh son who would of been the seventh son of the seventh son. Known to have the powers of an extraordinary wizard.Then they find a little girl and take her in later finding a big secret that even she didn't know about herself. The lovers of fantasy and adventure will never want to put this book down once they get into it! This is the first book in a series.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

2009-05-18T11:26:00.003-04:00

http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/about-the-book.htm

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
374 PAGES
In the ruins of North America in the future, a girl, Katniss Everdeen’s life is changed forever by a place called the Capitol. Katniss has to fight for her life on live TV. Will they win fame and fortune. or die in a blood bath? Read the book to find out what will happen. The main characters are Peeta Mellark, Haymitch and Katniss.
I would say a suitable age would be 12 and up.
This book would be for violence fans. I would say this because it has lots of violence and some swearing.

"No More Dead Dogs" by Gordon Korman.

2009-04-30T12:57:00.001-04:00

No More Dead Dogs" by Gordon Korman. This book is a fun book, recognizing that in every book including a heroic dog, the dog always dies in the end. The drama club decides to produce a play, Wallace keeps adding changes to the play, to the disproval of Rachel and Mr. Fogelman. Through agruements, vandalism, and hilarious disasters, will the play go on?

http://www.gordonkorman.com/deaddogs.htm

Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen

2009-04-29T11:50:00.005-04:00

Breaking Point By Alex Flinn

2009-04-23T14:02:00.000-04:00

It was his Breaking Point.

Paul’s life was tragic.

Not only did his father leave their family when he was at a young age, but his mother was turning into an over protective nut-job.
His school life was twice as bad. He was bullied to an extreme extent and had lost the only friend he could find. Then he met Charlie, the coolest kid in school. Their friendship may have made his family life worse, but in school he became very popular. He was being invited to parties, was no longer bullied, and had become a ladies man. Paul’s life was going better than he ever would have imagined. Then everything was turned upside down when Charlie suggests planting a bomb in the school.

Teen Angst? by Ned Vizzini

2009-04-23T13:59:00.000-04:00

“I started writing this book because of my backpack,” the first line in Teen Angst? sums up Ned Vizzini’s random, eccentric nature. Ned, a fifteen year-old paid writer, finds comfort in the addicting Magic world. But before he became obsessed with a game, he was obsessed with a test. THE TEST. Ned is a certifiable genius, having scored 1530 on his SAT. He even went to Stuyvesant High School, prestigious and massive, in New York City. He lives in Brooklyn with his equally odd family of five. But being a dorky Nintendo-lover with a crooked grin doesn’t always work in Ned’s favor. His school reflections share outrageous moments such as The View, “Horrible” Mention, and playing checkers (and drinking) with an old Mexican man called Poppy. You’ll laugh with (and at) Ned in his hysterical autobiography that anyone can relate to.

2009-04-23T13:56:00.002-04:00

Just Listen.
By: Sarah Dessen.

Annabel Greene, the girl known to have everything, popularity, friends, and her sisters, Whitney and Kirsten, models for Kopf’s Department Store. That is… until there lives turn upside down. Kirsten moves to New York for new job opportunities, Whitney has a fatal eating disorder, and Annabel’s best friend, Sophie, thought she saw her boyfriend and Annabel messing around at party.
After a hard summer, Annabel returns to school facing dirty looks, name calling, and confrontation. When she needed it most she met Owen Armstrong. He’s a reformed bad boy, who works at a radio station. He quickly becomes dedicated to Annabel in everyway. With his help Annabel might finally be able to face what happened that night her and Sophie stopped being friends…

A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl by Tanya Lee Stone

2009-04-23T13:56:00.001-04:00

A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl by Tanya Lee Stone

Josie, Nicolette, and Avia are three totally different girls with one thing in common. They all fell in love with the same guy. He's broken their hearts and ruined their lives, but they find their own way to get through it. This novel in verse is an edgy, exciting, and fast paced adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Eclipse By Stephenie Meyer

2009-04-23T13:54:00.001-04:00

In Forks, Washington where almost everything lives, like werewolves, vampires, also lives the love of Bella and Edward the two from Twilight, New and the later on book Breaking Dawn. Jacob falls in love but she does not love him like that. Edward and Jacob try to protect her but they get into fights along the way. Will Bella and Edwards love last? Will Jacob and Bella’s friendship get broken?

The Big Empty By: J.B. Stephens

2009-04-23T13:48:00.000-04:00

The Big Empty By J.B. Stephens

Strain 7, a virus that that knows how to leave a global scar, was the cause of these kids being brought together. By “these kids” I mean Amber, a troubled teen, I mean pregnant at sixteen, Diego, a sixteen year old that has a bullet wound in his leg, Michael, a dude who was about to break up with his girlfriend, then watched her rob a store, got framed, then ran away and is now stuck with her (what luck) and a few more. All on a journey to Novo Mundom, a perfect place in a very corrupt world. It is also their only chance to survive since they are trespassing forbidden land, the land that used to be the heartland of the United States, now known as The Big Empty. Will they be able to conquer the soldiers, codes, and doubts to get to there promised land?

Dreamcatcher Stephen King

2009-04-23T13:47:00.002-04:00

Blurb Dreamcatcher Stephen King

Four friends, Beav, Henry, Pete, and Jonesy are hanging out one day after school one day when they save a kid two bullies beating up little kid with down’s-syndrome.
They take a hunting trip to Maine to stay in touch. But when a disoriented, sickly looking man comes to their cabin, and a huge killer sluggish thing comes out of his back side, the trip starts to turn upside down. They start seeing bright lights in the sky and animals with strange looking flesh wounds. What will happen next? OOOOHHHHHH SPOOKY

Stay with Me by Garret Freymann-Weyr

2009-04-23T13:46:00.000-04:00

Stay with Me

By: Garret Freymann-Weyr

Imagine being twenty years younger than your only two step-sisters and being dyslexic. That’s how it is for Leila Abranel anyway. Sixteen-year-old soon to be seventeen, Leila has a loss in her family. Her thirty-six-year-old step-sister Rebecca, commits suicide. Leila wants to know why? Is it because of Jaine, her mother, which she lost so many months ago? Or is it a lost love?

Rebecca’s death leads Leila on an adventure of mystery, discovery, and love. While on her adventure she meets Eamon, a thirty-one-year-old television show-maker that Leila falls for--hard. He tries to help Leila find the answers that she needs to figure out this horrible event.

Will it take Leila her whole life to find out? Read the book to see what happens.

Girl Coming In For A Landing By:April Halprin Wayland

2009-04-23T13:45:00.000-04:00

Girl Coming In For A Landing

By:April Halprin Wayland

Girl Coming In For A Landing by April Wayland is an adventurous novel written in poems about a typical teen facing boys, high school, family, friends, and much more. It is one girl trying to make it through everything. From great excitements, such as getting her very own poem published to dramatic fights and break-ups, this novel covers all the ups and downs of early teenage life. It leaves you curious to what is going to happen next the whole time you are reading it. Will the confused girl make it through all the changes going on in her new, difficult world?

http://www.californiareaders.org/interviews/wayland_april.php

The Burn Journals By: Brent Runyon

2009-04-23T13:44:00.000-04:00

The Burn Journals By: Brent Runyon

1991… The year Fourteen-year-old depressed punk Brent Runyon came seconds away from death. This was just another attempt to kill himself. He doused his bathrobe in gasoline, put it on, and then lit a match. Now he is in a bittersweet hospital with scars that will be with him for the rest of his life. He questions himself in recovery over his attempt to commit suicide. Watch him go on with life as a burn victim and face the struggles of high-school. Will he attempt suicide again?
Find out in The burn Journals.

http://www.meettheauthor.co.uk/bookbites/807.html

London Bridges By: James Patterson

2009-04-23T13:39:00.001-04:00

London Bridges
By: James Patterson

F.B.I. Agent Alex Cross was put in a position where there was no turning back. Stuck in Paris he had to choose his family and job, in Washington, or death by bombs. He also had to stop a man that went by the name of Wolf, from destroying the Earth just for money. This is a very suspenseful book that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Will the Detective finally choose his life or everybody in the world?

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

2009-04-23T13:16:00.001-04:00

Bella has a great boyfriend, but there is one thing not a lot of people know about him. Edward is a vampire and now he has to leave to keep her alive and so she is not in danger. Bella lives in Forks, Washington. After he is gone she is hanging out with Jacob Black, but he has secrets too. Bella now has to deal with her boyfriend leaving, old friends, and almost does something really stupid. Bella learns that not everything is how it seems. Will Bella find out Jacob Black’s secret?

“Here in Harlem” by Walter Dean Myers

2009-04-23T13:16:00.000-04:00

It all takes place in New York in a small town called Harlem. This book has 54 different poems in 54 different but in one voice. It tells about all 54 people and their styles. We meet Tom Fisher who has a song for his style, Dennis Chapman who has a rhyming poem about her love and her life with her family. Clara Browns Testimony stars out the whole story with a memory poem. This book revolves around Harlem and people’s lives. You should read this book so you can under stand Harlem also.

Heroes By Robert Cormier

2009-04-23T13:13:00.002-04:00

Meet Francis Joseph a World War two solider, just returning home from war. Family and friends think they are welcoming back a war hero, but Francis knows the truth. Losing half of his face in a grenade explosion, he seeks out a childhood hero not to talk about childhood memories... but for revenge.

We follow our anti-hero as he stays in a rat infested hotel, hangs out with his friends that think he is a hero, and feels as if he is a spy walking the streets. Why does this hero deserve to be killed? What secrets does Francis carry with him?

What my girlfriend by Sonya Sones

2009-04-23T13:13:00.000-04:00

What’s worse, getting the girl of your dreams and ruining her social life permanently or not getting her at all? Robin, A.K.A “Murphy” is struggling to make the right decisions, is it really worth all of the trouble? Meanwhile, Robin attends Harvard for free due to his artistic abilities at only age 14. Hiding his secret from his new found college friends, Robin must choose. This book is complete reality, written all in poems, it keeps you on the edge of your seat, and it’s a very fast read.

Milkweed by Jerry Spineill

2009-04-23T13:10:00.000-04:00

Gold Medalist Jerry Spineill has done it once again. Milkweed takes you to an unimaginable place, WWII. There will be bombs dropped, guns fired and there will be a struggle to stay alive.
The main character faces many changes. Luckily he has the help of his friend Uri. They will have to steal food to stay alive.

There are times to run and times to hide.

Even more things will change when the Jackboots come to the town where they live, and takes them to a place of death and starvation which they call the ghetto. This will all change when the main character finds the answers to all their needs.

2009-04-23T13:09:00.000-04:00

1984
By: George Orwell
An average Factory Shift Working Man, in a world controlled entirely by a corrupt, out of control Totalitarian Government (that controls what they think, what they do, where they work, what they eat, where they live, etc.), will be told that this is not the way it used to be, and sets out on a journey. He will be sent to room 101, fall in love, witness rocket attacks, smuggle goods, join a secret society, be betrayed, and may be forced to love the country that will kill him……………1984.

Maximum Ride- The Angel Experiment

2009-04-23T13:07:00.000-04:00

I’ve dreamt of a nightmare, and now its reality…

‘’The flock’’ house can’t keep them safe, at least… not anymore.

The School who stole them from their hospitals the moment the were born, mutated them and now they’re 98% human and 2% bird and they can fly.

Now they escaped the school with the help of a traitor friend named Jeb, a scientist at the school, but they found them and the only way to survive is to fly.
Because The School knows their every position.

Can they destroy the organization that destroyed them?

You’re in for the ride of your life welcome to the story of,
Maximum, Angel, Fang, Iggy, Gasman, and Nudge…
HAPPY FLYING!

Portrait of an Artist: Vincent Van Gogh

2009-04-23T13:04:00.000-04:00

Vincent van Gogh, one of the best known artist from the nineteenth century, will be remembered as one of the best artist of all times throughout history. He first Vincent in Holland but then he moved to France, he wanted to get away from his father and work on his paintings in peace and quite. His father would kick him out of the house at least three times a month. His mother finally talked his father into letting Vincent used a closet in the basement for a paint work place. Vincent spent every dollar he earned or found as a child on his paint supplies. I feel that Vincent’s awkward thinking really contributed to his paintings. Other than his paintings, Vincent is probably very famous for cutting his ear off and sent it in the mail to his girlfriend as you will find the story in the book. He was consider to be insane, could go off like a lose cannon at any moment.

Forever by Judy Blume

2009-04-23T13:02:00.000-04:00

FOREVER by: Judy Blume
In this romantic story, the main character, Katherine falls in love with Michael. The story takes place at a high school in a small town. Katherine at the beginning of the story knows little to nothing about relationships. As the story goes on . From Michael to explore a more physical side of their love puts Katherine in a conflict within herself and with Michael. By the end of the story Katherine comes to some important decisions that impact her relationship with Michael.

Twilight by: Stephenie Meyers

2009-04-23T13:00:00.000-04:00

Bella (Isabella) Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her dad Charlie, while her mom and her mom’s boyfriend go on vacation. Bella makes friends with a few people in Forks: Jessica, Angela, Mike, Eric, and Jacob (who’s an old childhood friend). Bella meets this guy Edward Cullen, who also is her science lab partner. Bella begins to like Edward and he begins to like Bella slowly, but they both just want to be friends. Edward is giving Bella hints on why they can’t be together, Bella has to figure out why. What will happen to Bella & Edward? Will they become more than friends…?

A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer

2009-04-23T12:55:00.000-04:00

Dave Pelzer, a little boy that was stabbed, abused, and starved by an alcoholic mom, tells the world about his critical situation. His mother put him in the garage and made him go to school in the same clothes. They were ripped and torn. The only time Dave gets to eat is when his father is home which is very rare, and when there are scraps left in the garbage can.
This story is based on this poor little boy’s life. He was the perfect little thing in his parents life until the younger kids came into their lives. He was treated like a red-headed step child.
“ Does he make it out alive?”