Below are the book reviews I have on this blog. They are listed alphabetically by the author's last name.
Playground by 50 Cent
Laika by Nick AbadzisPlayground by 50 Cent
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Aya by Marguerite Abouet and Clemente Oubrerie
Aya of Yop City by Marguerite Abouet and Clemente Oubrerie
Aya: Secrets Come Out by Marguerite Abouet and Clemente Oubrerie
Reality Check by Peter Abrahams
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali
Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea
Feed by M.T. Anderson
Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
The Violin of Auschwitz by Maria Angels Anglada
Split by Swati Avasthi
However Tall the Mountain by Awista Ayub
B
Candor by Pam BachorzTropical Fish: Tales from Entebbe by Doreen Baingana
Sisters of the Sari by Brenda L. Baker
Haunting Jasmine by Anjali Banerjee
Invisible Lives by Anjali Banerjee
Seaglass Summer by Anjali Banerjee
Tattoo by Jennifer Barnes
I am J by Cris Beam
Not Easily Washed Away: Memoir of Muslim Daughter by Anon Beauty
Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg
Choosing WEb 2.0 Tools for Learning and Teaching in a Digital World by Pam Berger and Sally Trexler
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and TR Simon
Kendra by Coe Booth
Spies of Mississippi by Rick Bowers
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Ex-mas by Kate Brian
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Debbie Harry Sings in French by Megean Brothers
The Baggage Handler by Colin Browne
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Bill Bryson's African Diary by Bill Bryson
The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd
Born Under a Million Shadows by Andrea Busfield
Pride and Prejudice by Nancy Butler
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You'd be prettier if... by Dara ChadwickHush by Eishes Chayil
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Fist Sick Knife Gun by Geoffrey Canada
32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter
Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark
The Four Ms. Bradwells by Meg Waite Clayton
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Leverage by Joshua C. Cohen
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Matched by Allyson Condie
Angry Management by Chris Crutcher
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
Ironman by Chris Crutcher
Stotan by Chris Crutcher
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Ugly to Start With by John Cummings
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
D
James and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlLost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan by John Bul Dau and Martha Arual Akech
Lost by Jacqueline Davies
Mare's War by Tanita S. Davis
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
Every Little Thing in the World by Nina de Gramont
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai
Gym Candy by Carl Deuker
Room by Emma Donoghue
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Fire from the Rock by Sharon M. Draper
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Goodnight iPad by Ann Droyd
Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi Durrow
Unknown Soldier: Haunted House by Joshua Dysart (graphic novel)
E
The Ex Games by Jennifer EcholsFirst Kill Your Family by Peter Eichstaedt
Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles
Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
I am a Taxi by Deborah Ellis
The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg
For Blood or Money by Nathan Everett
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Finding Nouf by Zoe Ferraris When the Stars go Blue by Caridad Ferrer
Then Skin I'm In by Sharon G. Flake
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
The Morge and Me by John Ford
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Martha Graham by Russell Freedman
Crossing by Andrew Xia Fukuda
G
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven GallowayHummingbirds by Joshua Gaylord
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
The Investment Answer by Daniel Goldie and Gordie Murray
The Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
The Fault in our Stars by John Green
Little Princes by Conor Grennan
Kids from Nowhere by George Guthridge
H
Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing HahnThe Writing on My Forehead by Nafisa Haji
Shutout by Brendan Halpin
Nothing Pink by Mark Hardy
Plastic by Sarah N. Harvey
Aung San Suu Kyi by Judy L. Hasday
Blank Confession by Pete Hautman
The Shattering by Karen Healey
Wine to Water by Doc Hendley
Hiroshima by John Hersey
A Family Secret by Eric Heuvel
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Monique and the Mango Rains: two years with a midwife in Mali by Kris Holloway
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Alex Rider: Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Secret Year by Jennifer R. Hubbard
Freaks and Revelations by Davida Wills Hurwin
Murder in the Name of Honor by Rana Husseini
Chasing Windmills by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Jumpstart the World by Catherine Ryan Hyde
I-J-K
Between a Rock and a Hot Place: Why Fifty is not the New Thirty by Tracey JacksonAnne Frank by Sid Jacobson
Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, adapted by Paul Kuper
Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay
Broken Birds by Jeannette Katzir
Audition by Stasia Ward Kehoe
Gun Games by Faye Kellerman
Hangman by Faye Kellerman
Wanting Mor by Khan
Geeks by Jon Katz
A Short History of Africa by Gordon Kerr
Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
Jumping off Swings by Jo Knowles
Deadville by Ron Koertge
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge
The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
The Mascot by Mark Kurzem
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
L
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriInside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Human .4 by Mike Lancaster
Shattered by Paul Langan
Stay by Allie Larkin
Coffee at Little Angels by Nadine Rose Larter
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Dressmaker of Khair Khan by Gayle Tzenach Lemmon
The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine
Guardian by Julius Lester
Party by Tom Leveen
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan
Kids with Courage by Barbara A. Lewis
Muslim Women Reformers by Ida Lichter
The Great Call of China by Cynthea Liu
Carbon Diaries 2015 by Saci Lloyd
I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore
Legend by Marie Lu
Happy Accidents by Jane Lynch
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Boost by Kathy MackelFlash Burnout by L.K. Madigan
The Unidentified by Rae Mariz
Diaries of a Beverly Hills Matchmaker by Marla Martenson
Sharing our Homeland: Palestinian and Jewish Children at Summer Peace Camp by Trish Marx
Farishta by Patricia McArdle
Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick
Sold by Patricia McCormick
Sophomore Switch by Abby McDonald
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Olives by Alexander McNabb
Jazz in Love by Neesha Meminger
Shine, Coconut Moon by Neesha Meminger
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (audio)
Gringolandia by Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Fade to Blue by Bill Moody
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Sing Me to Sleep by Angela Morrison
Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson
Cemetery of Dreams by S. Mostofi
Trash by Andy Mulligan
IQ: How Psychology Hijacked Intelligence by Stephen Murdoch
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Kick by Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Riot by Walter Dean Myers
Shine by Lauren Myracle
Dewey by Vicki Myron
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Burn My Heart by Beverley NaidooRadio Shangri-La by Lisa Napoli
The Threadbare Heart by Jennie Nash
Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
The Sk is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
Nelson Mandela: the Authorized Comic Book by the Nelson Mandela Foundation
Surf Mules by Greg Neri
Yummy: Last Days of a Southside Shorty by Greg Neri
The Case for the Only Child by Susan Newman
Gentlemen by Michael Northrop
Trapped by Michael Northrop
O
before i fall by Lauren OliverDelirium by Lauren Oliver
Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestad
Barefoot in Baghdad by Manal M. Omar
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
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A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue ParkWomen Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur
Run by Ann Patchett
Beet Fields by Gary Paulsen
Book Lust to Go by Nancy Pearl
Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera
As Easy as Falling off the Face of the Earth by Lynne Rae Perkins
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
Monsoon Summer by Mitali Perkins
The Secret Keeper by Mitlali Perkins
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Far to Go by Alison Pick
Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock
The Enough Moment by John Prendergast and Don Cheadle
Teaching Digital Natives by Marc Prensky
Desert Angel by Charlie Price
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Wife of the Gods by Kwei QuarteyJust One Wish by Janette Rallison
Body Drama by Nancy Redd
Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
Illegal by Bettina Restrepo
Perfect Shot by Debbie Rigaud
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Thaw by Fiona Robyn
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
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Palestine by Joe SaccoBetween Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam by Zainab Salbi
Good Long Way by Rene Saldana, Jr
The God Box by Alex Sanchez
Persepolis and Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi
Notes to Self by Avery Sawyer
My Brother's Shadow by Monka Schroder
Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Shooting Kabul by N.H. Senzai
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar
Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah
A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to be a Woman by Lisa Shannon
The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow
Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth
When She Flew by Jennie Shortridge
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
Harry Potter: Film Wizardry by Brian Sibley
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis
The Immoral Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Geography of Girlhood by Kirsten Smith
FlyGirl by Sherri Smith
The Next Thing on My List by Jill Smolinski
Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder
Buried Onions by Gary Soto
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
Possessing Jessie by Nancy Springer
Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda by Jean-Philippe Stassen
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Outcasts United: a refugee team, an American town by Warren St. John
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Wave by Todd Strasser
Borderline by Allan Stratton
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
The Day the Women Got the Vote by George Sullivan
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Hitler's Canary by Sandi ToksvigLove in Translation by Wendy Nelson Tokunaga
Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan
Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani
Women of the Silk by Gail Tsukiyama
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Unlocked by Ryan G. Van CleaveIf Love Hurts edited by Pam vander Heide
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan and Nick Henrichon
Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
The Trouble with Half a Moon by Danette Vigilante
The Hand You're Dealt by Paul Volponi
Response by Paul Volponi
Burnout by Adrienne Maria Vrettos
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Diamond Ruby by Joseph WallaceOne Good Punch by Rich Wallace
Wandering Girl by Glenyse Ward
Numbers by Rachel Ward
All Her Father's Guns by James Warner
Generation Dead by Daniel Water
Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
Wherever Nina Lies by Lynn Weingarten
Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
Miles from Ordinary by Carol Lynch Williams
Now is the Time for Running by Michael Williams
Pedro and Me by Judd Winick
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy by Bil Wright
Violence 101 by Denis Wright
IraqiGirl edited by Elizabeth Wrigley-Field
X-Y-Z
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangThe Eternal Smile by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim
Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammad Yunus
Ashes to Water by Irene Ziegler
Donut Days by Lara Zielin
The Implosion of Aggie Winchester by Lara Zielin
Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff
