has anyone read teacher crush of the sweet valley colection??
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No, I haven't, thank goodness... The series is miserable drivel...
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well for one thing...Harry Potter. Thats one of my favorite series. If you haven't already read them, sisterhood of the traveling pants. one of my favorite books ever is cobwebs, by karen young...thats awesome. also, the dueling princes, stealing princes, pulling princes set...i love those. One of those hideous books where the mother dies (yes, thats the title) i love that book, i've read it like 6 times. all of those are great...i hope there's at least a few you haven't read here! this is exactly what i told someone else, idk if you read that, but if you did, thats why it looks familiar :)
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YUP. Love wings of a butterfly and razor blade romance...sweet666. DO you like em
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YES i love it!!!!  can you send me a copy....
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Can I answer with a question? Which was your favorite? I have to say I so loved #4! I couldn't wait for #5 to come out and then when I read it, I was angry. (yes.....sad too) But it surely didn't stop me from reading #6 which was fabulous! I can only imagine what J.K. Rowling has in store for us with #7!!! See you in the book stores!
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go to amazon.com and do a search. I have the book but never read it not my kind of book.
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I loved The Color Purple, especially because most of it, if not all of it is written in letter format.  There is an interesting shift in the book where Celie no longer writes "Dear God," but "Dear Nettie,".  Also isn't it interesting that Mister has no last name mentioned?  He's just Mr.________.  Maybe he is undeserving of a name in Celie's mind?\n\nIf you've read the book, you shouldn't have any trouble with an essay on it, in fact, I had trouble keeping my paper on it to 8 pages,...unless you have difficulty articulating your thoughts onto paper (which often happens to me)...\n\nThe book is rich in content and makes the reader rich in commentary.
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This is what teachers read on a daily basis so this wasn't too hard.... it's actually amazing that you can read it when it is all messed up\n\n\n\n\ni cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.\n\nThe rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
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Looks like an interesting series of books by Cate Tiernan.  Had to go to Borders to find it.\n\nFrom reading the excerpts it appears to be sort of a 'diary' of a young teen just coming into her own.  She has a lot of decisions to make and a big revelation to cope with.  I'm hoping the series does not get too 'dark', but hey, life has it's darkness sometimes. If you learn something to help you cope with this world, go for it. "an harm none"  So mote it be. \n\nI am surprised no one has even attempted to answer your question, I'm hoping there are readers out there and not everyone lives on the net!
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I LOVE IT!!! My favorite part is when he lets her be in 2 places at one time!! I watched the movie first, and the book seemed to be very similar to me if i remember correctly. I also like Shane West, and think he did a wonderful job.
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I have I have! Read it all, its awesome... it makes me sad, but if you think of it... Hurry up and finish it! I don't wanna give the end away.
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Yes I have, I have to say that book changed my life. The title can be decieveing.. just a little, because I felt the book was more about spirituality.. I'm not a big reader, and that book was like 300 pages.. it really is a book you cant stop reading, but sometimes you have to put it down cause its pretty deep.. and you need to just stop and obsorb the information. Its a really good, and you dont have to read the 1st book to get the others, I started w/ #4 I think..and it made me look at life very differently.
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I sure did!!\n\nIt was one of my favorite books when I was younger.\n\nRoll of Thunder is part of a trilogy surrounding the Logan family (other two books are Let the Circle Be Unbroken and The Road to Memphis) The protagonist is Cassie Logan and this is a basically a coming of age story set against the backdrop of what would be impending social change (i.e. the Civil Rights Movement) because the novella takes place in the 1930s.\n\nAnyway, to answer your first question, the location did matter. Mississppi, along with Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina are commonly referred to as the Deep South. In this region, racism and segregation were more blatant through the enactment of laws known as Jim Crow. It was also in this region (though really everywhere) that civil liberties of African Americans were violated and extreme antagonistic actions were taken against them (kidnappings, lynchings, etc.) by such groups like the Klu Klux Klan.\n\nThis is important because the Logan family actually owned land (a farm) in Mississippi. Property rights were so important to African Americans because they were denied for some time. Because of this, there was great pride in the Logan family; Cassie actually lived a pretty sheltered existence.\n\nYou have read the book so you know about the events that happen throughout the plot. It were those events that causes Cassie to sober up about what was happening to the idyllic world she once knew as social tensions began to escalate.\n\nThis book is actually a reflection of Mildred D. Taylor's personal experiences growing up during this time in America that proceded what was commonly referred to as the Civil Rights Movement (although in all actuality the Civil Rights Movement began FAR before 1955). She is actually from Mississppi, so that would be another reason for the location.\n\nYou can also go to Amazon.com and read their plot summary as well as Wikipedia to read Mildred D. Taylor's biography. Good luck!
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there is this book it is really good it is called "the cage" by Ruth Minsky Sender a summary about it is:\n\nWow! what a compelling story to read and think about. The Cage was a great book I could not put it down! By the time two days had passed I had finished the book. \nIt is an amazing account of a young girl's life who endurs all of the hardships of the Holocaust and the torture of the ghettos and concrentation camps. I would reccomend this book to teens and older, because there are many graphic parts, overall a joy to read!!!!!!
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boy or girl?\nthe lovely bones is for girls... (its soooo depressing!!)\ni say "exodus" (my 8th grade brother loved it too!), "the giver" (read it in 8th grade)... can't think of anything else!!\ngood luck!
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I read that book, and I also read the 2 that followed it...\n\nI found the book to be very good, although disturbing. I was at work when I read it. I started at 9 am, and didn't put it down until I finished it. \n\nWhat I liked about it:\n\nI didn't like the fact that a child had to endure that abuse, but what I did like about it was the fact that I know without a shadow of a doubt that my children are not abused. I am happy about the fact that my children know they will have a full stomach, they can eat when they are hungry, and that they know they have a mother that loves them and would never harm them. I also like that "David" could grow to have a son of his own and know that he would never put his son through what his own mother put him through. Glad that he could grow to have a normal, happy life.
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The first thing you need to know is just what the teacher is asking for. If it is completely open, you have great choices. What about a character comparison between the main character and his protagonist. What about an indepth look at differnt themes with pertinent references to current world issues. It is a sci-fi book, look at what social aspects Bradbury predicted and what has actually become real. Otherwise you could compare Bradbury's writing style with one of his contemporaries.\ngood luck