tatortot723@chartermi.net
The book I just read was called Go Ask Alice. It was an anonymous journal be a teeneager who got into drugs and the whole world that goes with them. It was a very good book and I think that all teens should read it. After reading this book, I know that I will never do drugs because after you have drugs your life goes down hill and you also get into other bad things. Read this book and you will feel like you know "Alice."

DeViLsHAnGeL165@cs.com
The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky-the absolute best book I've ever read. Beautiful. 5 out of 5 stars! A "coming of age" book like NO other.

Gossip Girl by Cecily bon Ziegesar-Hilarious! For me, it's exactly what I want my life to be like and the total opposite at the same time! 5 *s

Monster-I can't remember who this is by but it's a really good book about a boy accused of a crime he didn't commit.3 *s

The Giver by Lois Lowry-I'm sure you had to read this book in middle school, but it's actually REALLY good! A boy becomes the "reciever" and the giver gives him memories of what life used to be like. (What it used to be like, is like how we live now. You will understand when you read it.) 4 *s!

SmileYellow@aol.com
I just got through reading a book called "Smack" by Melvin Burgess. It was so good. I literally could not put it down. I fell asleep with the book in my hands and woke up and started reading it again. It's about a girl and her boyfriend who run away from home to get away from their parents and they get hooked on drugs. Their whole lives change dramatically. It's amazing how Burgess tells the story, it sounds as if it were real and it happened to him and he is sharing it with you. It is written in a type of thought or diary form and all the main characters thoughts is what you're reading. Now I'm reading "The Next Accident" by Lisa Gardner about a man who hunts and stalks another man's family and kills them, one by one.

SunnyNightStars@aol.com
I just finished reading the Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice!
WoW! It was the best book i've ever read!
Now I am starting The Vampire Armand... i know reading out of order lol ........
but it sounds very interresting...............

emma_nem@hotmail.com
Just recently I read a book called Diary of a Teenage Girl. It is so good. It's about this 16-year-old named Caitlin O'Connor. She has lots of problems in her life like with her dad and his new girlfriend and trying to fit in in the popular crowd. She finally surrenders and gives her life to Jesus Christ. This book is awesome because it's hilariously funny and so inspiring. I love Christian books for teenagers, but I can't find that many. if u know of any please e-mail me at the address above.

nallthatjazzz@yahoo.com
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky, is a collection letters written to an unknown person. These letters describe Charlie's freshman-year experience. The experiences that Charlie goes through are powerful and well described. I could not stop crying. I felt very connected to the characters. Yes, there is some language. And there is alcohol, drugs, and sex. But there is all of this in every teens life. By the end of the book I loved all of the characters and wish I knew them personally. I am planning to go out and buy my own copy of the book soon so that I can highlight all of my favorite parts in the book. This book is definately worth reading... and it is definately a good read for guys as well as girls. You won't be disapointed.

katjune5@hotmail.com
I totally go for old-fashioned romances. They remind me so much of what love and friendship can fulfill. Christy by Catherine Marshall is a novel that completes this idea of love and charity for others. Catherine Marshall makes one feel for all of the characters, and with her words can have you laugh and cry. Good book to save for a rainy day...4 stars * * * *

FruitLoopQueen81@aol.com
~Along came a Spider , James Patterson
This book is the best murder mystery/suspence novel I have ever read. It starts out by telling the killer's first kill when he was only 12 years old. It then goes back and forth weaving throught sometimes as many as 4 different events and makes you want to keep read to find out more. This book has so many twists and turns that you can never be sure of what is happening. But as your reading and your about 7 chapters away from the End ,!!BAM!!, Everything you thought is changed and can't go back

Junkfoodfanatic@aol.com
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

The book I read this year that was the most enjoyable was The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Anne Brashares. It isn't the best written book in the world, but I liked it the best. It is a saga about four friends and their separate journeys during the first summer they've been separated. Just before three of them leave and go their separate ways and one stays at their home, they discover a pair of pants that seems to accentuate each of their very different body frames. They decide to send them back and forth to each other to bring each other confidence during the summer without their friends. The Pants first visit Lena and her sister in Greece who are meeting their grandparents for the first time. Lena's grandmother has her heart set on Lena and Kostos, a neighborhood boy, falling in love. Lena has her heart set on avoiding him at every chance possible, and ends up falling in love with him. Next the Pants go to Tibby who is staying at home and working at Wallmans, and planning to do a documentary on how much her hometown stinks. While working she meets Bailey, a twelve year old girl with leukemia and bonds with her. Then the Pants visit Carmen in South Carolina, who is visiting her Dad for the first time since her parents divorced , only to discover her father is getting married at the end of the summer to some lady he'd never mentioned named Lydia. While staying at Lydia's house she feels invisible and ends up doing something horrid that she makes up for later. Finally the pants go to Bridget, in Bajo California, which it turns out is in Mexico, at a soccer camp. She plays hard to show off for a coach whom she has a crush on and makes some big mistakes while trying to impress him. It is a story of friendship, and how things change. I give this book 5 out of a possible 5 stars. *****

Ethornberry524@aol.com
Loser By; Jerry Spinelli (greatest author in the world) 4 stars

Mey3513@aol.com
I recommend:
Christopher Golden 'Skin Deep'. It is an amazing book and it keeps you on the edge of your seets. Also, I think 'When The Wind Blows' by James Patterson is the best book I've read. You have to get past the beginning and then, bam! Your stuck to the book and you want to finish it as quick as possible.

surfergurl11@hotmail.com
1.) Rachael Cohn - GingerBread

2.) Meg Cabot - Princess Diaries

3.) Meg Cabot - Princess in the Spotlight

4.) Meg Cabot - Princess in Love

5.) Francesca Lia Block - Dangerous Angels

RavenBe@aol.com
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn * * * * * (by Betty Smith) is a very excellent book. A few years ago someone I know was telling everyone about this book and how great it was. I finnally decided to read the book and if is now one of my favorites.

I also really enjoyed A Seperate Peace * * * * * (by John Knowles)

I read J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit * * * * 1/2 in school and liked it a lot. I'm now reading the Lord of the Rings * * * * triology.

I'm also reading Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility * * * and Emma* * 1/2. I think i like Sense and Sensibility a little more than Emma. Although some parts of Emma can be a little boring and rather tedious it is still in my opinion a good book.

She Said Yes * * * * is a biography of Cassie Bernall, a student killed in the Columbine High School shotings. when Cassie was asked if she belived in God she answered "Yes" and was killed. the book was written by her mother Misty Bernall.

I started reading Little Altars Everywhere last year but never fineshed it. If you have read it please e- mail me and tell me how you liked it! Thanks.... Whitney

Lakers3422@aol.com
My favorite book is Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. I love the book because Ms. Anderson is, no doubt, a wonderful author! She doesn't sugarcoat the appearance of life or Melina Sordino's (main character) situation. I would recommend the book to anyone and everyone. What's it about? It's about Melinda Sordino, a young freshman girl who busted an end-of-summer party. None of her old friends will talk to her (with the exception of Ivy, who is in the same art class as Melinda), and eventually, her only friend, Heather, abandons her as well. Melinda has to SPEAK about the trauma that occured on the night of the party.

Another book I really enjoyed is Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson. It's about Kaitlin Malone, who was brought up to hate the Crutchfields do to a fued dating back to her ancesters. However, Kaitlin soon falls head over heals for Bram Crutchfield. She must lie about her identity to save the love between them. But soon Bram finds out . . . A really great book. (Should I be scared? It was in my school library . . .)

jadedragon1882@yahoo.com
Sloppy First - A great new book that is a dairy to a bestfriend. She writes in her dairy using her bestfriend name. She expresses her thoughts about having to hany out with preppy girls at school when her bestfriend moves away. She writes about her dissaponments of everyday life and the events that have happened to her. Her story is a bit unusual but has a thought to which many have felt. Sloppy first by Megan Mccafferty is a story that everyone should read.

ca_chick727@hotmail.com
I just finished reading Someone Like You by Sarah Dessan. I would definetely give it 5 stars because the author makes you feel as though all of the events were happening to you. The story is about a girl, Halley, and her best friend, Scarlete. It is told first-person by Halley. She is away at summer camp when she receives a call from Scarlete saying that her (Scarlete's) boyfriend, Michael, is dead. He was on his motercycle when a car hit him. A few months later, Scarlete realizes that she is carring his baby. The two girls must deal with their new lifestyle and their uncertain furture. To top it off, Halley begins to date Michael's best friend, who turns out different from what she thought he was like. Halley must develop the strength to stand up to him before she does something she might regrete later. This is a tear-jerker, especially at the end. It is so sweet you can't help but sob. I recomend this book for any girl 14 or over who has had to deal with a bad r! elationship or unexpected twist in life.

Dreamgurl555@aol.com
The book I just finished reading is called Loves Music, Loves to Dance by Mary Higgins Clark. It's about these two women named Erin Kelly and Darcy Scott who have been friends since college. They are both talented young women Erin is a skilled jewelry designer and Darcy a "no frills" interior decorator.They have both agreed to help their friend with some research she is doing for a TV program about the kind of people who answer personal ads. At first it seems like innocent fun, until one day Erin disappears. Soon her body is found on a pier on one foot a shoe of her on. On the other a high heeled dancing slipper.Soon they find out that Erin is not the first victim of the "dancing shoe murderer". As the other seemingly non-related missing person reports are connected to her death through communiques from the killer. Darcy had persuaded Erin to help their friend do research for the documentary. Now feeling guilty over her friends death Darcy sets out to find the killer.What Darcy doesn't no until it's to late is that she is the killers next victim.

SHMSdramathor07@aol.com
i just finished reading a great book called hard love by ellen wittlinger, it is about a boy, john, and how he writes a zine (homemade magazine) and all the other zine writers he encounters, i don't want to tell you anymore but it is a great book!!! it has a very sarcastic writing style and anyone who has read the book speak will enjoy it!! i give it a 4 star out of 5!!

Grsammiegirl99@aol.com
I recommend three books from the same author telling the story of his abused childhood and having to learn that what his mother did was not his fault and learning to forgive her. A Child Called "It", The lost Boy, and A Man Name Dave I would rate this book as high as possibale

PunkDrummerGirl@aol.com
Hang A Thousand Trees With Ribbons: The Phillis Wheatley Sotry by Ann Rinaldi is a biography of Phillis Wheatley told in first person. Who is Phillis Wheatley you may ask? Phillis Wheatley lived during the time of the American Revolution in Boston, Massacusetts. She was captured as a slave in Senegal, Africa as a little girl. She was brought to the home of a wealthy merchant family in Boston where she was treated more as a member of the family and not as a slave. Soon she was tought how to read and write and she became the first published female African American poet in the U.S.A. Ann Rinaldi writes this biography through Phillis Wheatley so instead of getting the opinion of the white slave master as it is in many books, you read what Phillis thought and read her opinion. This is a great book for almost anybody. Don't let the large size of the book turn you off though. ! ;After the first two chapters you will be whipped into a reading frenzie and will never want to stop.

PunkDrummerGirl@aol.com
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a coming of age book about gang life in Tulsa Oklahoma in the mid 1960s. The main character, Ponyboy Curtis, tells the tale of being in the gang the greasers and how all they have is each other and fighting against the Socs, a rival gang that has money and anything they can get their hands on, especially trouble. The suspense of this book almost forces you to turn the page and keep reading.

Tsaousa@aol.com
I first heard of Amelia on the Rosie show. I bought her first book and then I ended up buying the other 3. Her books are very good. She talks about vampires, witches and shape-shifters. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes reading about vampires but can't quit finish an Anne Rice book lol. Amelia is a great authour and our age!!! I can't wiat for her next book

bootleg@interlog.com
Wanted to bring your attention to a terrific new book, RUSH HOME ROAD, a first novel from the talented writer Lori Lansens. RUSH HOME ROAD has received rave reviews in Lansens' native Canada (where it's already a bestseller) and is just starting to cause a buzz in the US and England.

The book tells the story of an elderly African-Canadian woman, Adelaide Shadd, a descendant of runaway slaves, now living out her days in a trailer park in Ontario, Canada. A troubled, five-year-old girl is abandoned on Addy's doorstep. In searching for a permament guardian for this odd young girl, Addy starts to re-live the events of her very dramatic life, beginning in the bootlegging era of the 1920’s. The two stories, past and present, fuse together brilliantly at the end of the book, leaving the reader hungry for more.

RUSH HOME ROAD is life-affirming, funny and surprising. It breaks your heart and mends it again. It's a book you can't put down. I think it's a book you and your readers would love.

gss624@hotmail.com
My favorite book that I have ever read is Born Blue by Han Nolan. It is the story of a young girl and her coming of age in a world of many difficluties heading her way. She is struggling to become a singer she feels she is destined to become. Her family life has always been shaky, first living in a foster home, then being kidnapped by her mother and given to a new family so she can get cocain. This moving story shows how a young underclass girl can achieve her dreams when she puts her mind to it. Also, you see how she grows and learns about life. It is inspiring and it shows a lesson that is important to learn. It is written in the young girl slang lanuguage which makes it hard to put down.

Other of my favorite books are: Dancing on the Edge also by Han Nolan and Violet and Claire by Francesca Lia Block. Dancing on the Edge is the story of a girl born out of the body of a dead woman. She lives with her grandma who believes in, works for, and worships the supernatural. Miracle, the young girl, is made to believe many things during the time in her life. She finds her father, Dane, has melted, or so her grandmother has made her believe. She believes that she will bring him back if she tries hard enough. She finds herself having to face reality and the real world eventually which is very difficult for her. Violet and Claire is about two friends who are complete opposites. Violet wants to be a movie writer. Claire believes she is a fairie. Their friendship blossoms, and suffers, but grows out of the hurt. There are three parts to this story. The first part is writted from Violet's point of view. From there, the story continues from C! laire's point of view. The third part is written in third person as from both of their point of views as the conclusion. It was a very intruiging story of life, love, dreams, and hurt.

Other books that I am currently reading right now that have captured me are: Boys Lie by John Neufeld, Send Me Down A Miracle by Han Nolan, Echo by Francesca Lia Block, and A Face in Every Window by Han Nolan. These stories all have very interesting plots and are very well written. They are hard to put down at any time. As you can see, my favorite author is Han Nolan, with Francesca Lia Block following close behind.

nycqueen32@msn.com
My sister really turned me on to Mary Higgins Clark books. Her newest one, Daddy's Little Girl, was the first one I read, just last week. It's about a girl, Ellie, who's sister is murdered when Ellie is just seven years old. 23 years later, Ellie is an investigative crime reporter for a newspaper in Atlanta. She goes back to her hometown because the man she put in jail 23 years ago for murdering her 15-year-old sister is being released from prison on parole. Throughout the book, you really start to wonder whether or not Rob, the man who went to jail, really killed Andrea, Ellie's sister. There are two other suspects, and at least once in this book you suspect all of the three suspects. But you'll have to read this great book to find out who is really the murderer!

nycqueen32@msn.com
There are so many books that are great reads, it's hard to narrow it down to a select few. So here are some of my recommendations:

*A Face in Every Window*~by Han Nolan. This book follows a boy throughout what was probably the most stressful year in his life. First, his grandmother dies, and his mentally challenged father sinks into depression, telling everybody they're "not his mam." His mother, trying to move her husband away from the painful memories of his mother, enters an essay contest she sees in the newspaper, and from that essay, she wins a farmhouse, and the boy (I don't remember his name!), his Mam, and his Pap move to that house. But then along comes the boy's best friend's drug-obsessed older brother, saying that the boy's Mam is the only one who understand him, and Larry, the older brother, moves in with them, also. Next to move in is a girl who hung out with the boy's best friend, and the boy, who used to hate this girl, strangely falls in love with her. This book is a great read-it may seem long, but you'll get into it!

*The Freedom Writer's Diary*~This is a nonfiction book in the young adult section following a young teacher about to start teaching English to a diverse class. All their lives, these teenagers have seen drive-by shootings, foul language, and people getting severely beat up, so their grades have dropped. They were all piled into Ms. B's class for kids who needed more assistance in their English grades. In the beginning, nobody liked the class, but Ms. B wouldn't let them get down. She did things that weren't even heard of in that school. One thing got her so much recognition, the class and her went to meet Steven Spielberg! This book is full of diary entries from the classmates from freshman year to graduation, all about things that happened to them that really made them think, and things that Ms. B helped them overcome. Ms. B followed them their whole high school career, from their first step into her classroom to their last step in the high school. Then, nobody would even think of a Caucasian female and an Asian female even looking at each other. But in this class, race didn't matter. Everybody was friends, and it was a sad good-bye. This is a very touching book.

Njxsweetiex137@aol.com
Dancer
By: Lorri Hewitt
Dancer is about an aspiring African- American ballet dancer named Stephanie. She desperately wants to make it into a huge ballet company, but has her doubts. How many black ballerina's actually make it? She asks herself. Her parents want her to choose another occupation for her future, considering that they are not very wealthy and ballet dancers only get paid if they become famous. Even worse, a pale, pretty Russian girl named Anna (who had just begun taken classes) steals the lead for Sleeping Beauty, and another new student: Vance, a good looking, stubborn, African- American dancer (whom Stephanie crushes on) takes the part as the Prince.

This inspiring love story tells of a girl who overcomes all the doubts that holds her back. She overcomes the hate she has towards the girl she has been so wrong about and the racial put-downs she has bestowed on herself. As for Vance, they grow to love each other and the trust that her family puts on her starts to bloom.

This book deals with issues most teens face today. From discrimination, alcohol, drugs, family, and friends. It perfect for anyone who needs a little encouragement without the pity parties. I give it 5 stars!