At the age of 16, it's standard procedure for every girl at Lynnie Russo's posh Los Angeles prep school to get a car. So on her 16th birthday, Lynn...
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Dec 23, 2011
Jennifer
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Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
Does the name Barbara Hall sound familiar? It does to me because she has written and produced a number of my favorite TV shows - Judging Amy, Chicago Hope, and Joan of Arcadia. I knew she had also written some books, but I hadn't read any. THE NOAH CONFESSIONS caught my eye at the bookstore, and then I saw her name and snatched it up pronto!
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Does the name Barbara Hall sound familiar? It does to me because she has written and produced a number of my favorite TV shows - Judging Amy, Chicago Hope, and Joan of Arcadia. I knew she had also written some books, but I hadn't read any. THE NOAH CONFESSIONS caught my eye at the bookstore, and then I saw her name and snatched it up pronto!
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Aug 05, 2009
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A 16-yr-old girl that attends private school in Southern California gets a mysterious gift for her birthday. Expecting a car, Lynnie reacts poorly to an old bracelet and a thick letter written by her mother as a teen. She already has trouble identifying with her father, who seems to have never gotten over her mother's death, and this unexpected "gift" doesn't help matters. As she reads, she comes to realize that there was more to her mother than she knew.
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Nov 11, 2009
Shonali
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My Rating: 4 out of 5
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I have been reading quite a lot of YA recently and some seriously good YA at that. The Noah Confessions was no exception. An accidental find at my library (which has quite a good selection of Teen books ) I was intrigued on reading the summary at the back. I must say I was little put off with the cover though.
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I have been reading quite a lot of YA recently and some seriously good YA at that. The Noah Confessions was no exception. An accidental find at my library (which has quite a good selection of Teen books ) I was intrigued on reading the summary at the back. I must say I was little put off with the cover though.
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Dec 11, 2011
Makayla (Books Galore)
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The Noah Confessions By Barbara Hall was an amazing book that I could not put down. The cover is was drawed me to this book. I want to know how the ocean and the fire played a part in this book, and who the girl is on the cover. In the end i looked at the cover again and i could tell you what the cover was telling you. I won't tell you what it means, you will just have to read the book yourself, you will not regreat it. I even have my sister reading the book, and she is not a b More...
The Noah Confessions By Barbara Hall was an amazing book that I could not put down. The cover is was drawed me to this book. I want to know how the ocean and the fire played a part in this book, and who the girl is on the cover. In the end i looked at the cover again and i could tell you what the cover was telling you. I won't tell you what it means, you will just have to read the book yourself, you will not regreat it. I even have my sister reading the book, and she is not a b More...
Jun 05, 2011
Karen
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Lynnie is expecting a car for her 16th birthday, because everyone at her private school gets that. Instead, she receives an old charm bracelet with chipped birds hanging off it. It belonged to her mother, but even that information isn't enough to keep Lynnie from being angry over the gift. After Lynnie ditches school to learn to surf, her father gives her a very long letter her mother had written many years ago to someone named Noah, and Lynnie begins to discover her family's secrets -- includ
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Oct 28, 2010
Greg
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The Noah Confessions
****
10/27/10
Want a book about a childs mother she barely met? and her horrible childhood?
Lynnie learns from her mothers mistakes and she learns about her mother. She was just a normal girl. Who wanted a car for her birthday. Instead she receives a letter, written by her mother that Lynnie did not know for long. At first Lynnie puts it away and wont read it. After a day or so she starts to read it. This is where the story starts.
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The Noah Confessions
****
10/27/10
Want a book about a childs mother she barely met? and her horrible childhood?
Lynnie learns from her mothers mistakes and she learns about her mother. She was just a normal girl. Who wanted a car for her birthday. Instead she receives a letter, written by her mother that Lynnie did not know for long. At first Lynnie puts it away and wont read it. After a day or so she starts to read it. This is where the story starts.
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Mar 13, 2011
Shaya
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I liked this book! The premise is a good one, if not entirely original. Lynnie's mother died in a car crash when she was young. Now she lives in CA with her dad and goes to a private school where everyone gets a car when they turn 16. Except Lynnie's dad gives her an ugly bird bracelet and no car. Later, he gives her an account her mother wrote about a crime that was committed. Both Lynnie's and her mother's narratives are interesting and well-written. Lynnie grows throughout the book and improv
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Dec 22, 2008
KRISTI ♫ ♪
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Quite good actually. Everything happens too fast though and there's a few parts where it gets REALLY boring but besides that, it's a good book. And it has an aamaazing ending. Not like "And they lived happily ever after" ending. Psh, those were SO last year. This ending is...just normal. In fact this whole book is just normal...everything that happens could seriously happen in real life and that's what I like about it.
Dec 11, 2008
Kara
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This book started off kind of slow and I thought it was going to be one of thoose books that drag on about a teenager and was makning us feel bad for them because they didnt get a car for their birthday. But it turns out it was totally different than that it was this murder mystery/teen romance type book but it was a good, quick read.
Jul 19, 2010
G
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A really insightful novel that helped me to develop and formulate my own definations of character, bravery, history and how they affect my life as well as the difference b/t secrecy and privacy.
Jan 17, 2010
Natalie
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This book wasnt what a thought it would be. Some posh beverly Girl wants a car for her birthday and flips out when she didnt. So i thought ugh here we go blah blah blah. but i was wrong. reading the noah confessions was a thrilling murder mystery.
Apr 12, 2010
the_gunners_babe
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It's a good book. It teaches you how to be grateful of what you have.. However, the flow of revealing the confession is too slow.
May 14, 2008
Ms.Goldstein
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This book is good because its main character, who starts out as a stereotypical selfish teenager, reads a letter written by her dead mother and learns that her parents were actually real people, once. It shows how people have to learn to be themselves while also allowing others to be themselves, which isn't always easy. The book is serious at times, light-hearted at times, and also has a little bit of surfing action and romance. It's got something for just about everyone.
Dec 20, 2007
Courtney
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I'm most struck by the discussion later in the book of the difference between what the "private" and "secret" parts of our lives are. I had no idea the author was a television writer until I read her bio at the end of the book, but the structure and wrap up of the story certainly makes sense. The tone is somewhat dark and disturbing, yet the characters are always struggling to define and understand love. It was a quick read.
Dec 29, 2007
Hollie
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This book was not what I expected it to be. A Beverly Hills rich girl wants a car for her birthday, but instead her father gives her a wierd gift that takes her back into the life of her dead mother. She finds out that her mother had witnessed a murder as a teen and this knowledge changes the daughter and her outlook on life.
I am still undecided on this book. I thought it was strange.
I am still undecided on this book. I thought it was strange.
Dec 15, 2009
Briana
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A wonderful and compelling novel that I didn't want to end and was left wishing for more. At first it was a bit confusingwith all the different families but then I got used to it.
A great novel about understanding who you are and where you've come from and knowing it's not about what happens when you die but what happens when you live.
A wonderful and compelling novel that I didn't want to end and was left wishing for more. At first it was a bit confusingwith all the different families but then I got used to it.
A great novel about understanding who you are and where you've come from and knowing it's not about what happens when you die but what happens when you live.
Mar 19, 2009
Tracie
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When Lynnie doesn't get the car she expects for her sixteenth birthday, she's more than a little disappointed. She does get a manuscript written by her now deceased Mom and in it Mom reveals family secrets that cause Lynnie to examine how she will choose to live her life. I appreciated finding more depth here than I expected.
Dec 11, 2007
Bagger
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Decided to read this book after finding Barbara Hall's blog online, she writes with the same humor/drama that her scripts and tv shows have. It is pretty good so far......
Mar 20, 2008
Laurie
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An intriguing examination of how family history affects us. Written by the creator of Joan of Arcadia, which is why I picked it up.
Apr 26, 2009
Erickasuriano6
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life has many past from not knowing your grandparents and then learn the true about them
Mar 10, 2008
Melissa
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Ok YA book about a girl needing to know more about her mother and her past.
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