false 313517 female Boston, MA 08/2007 04/2008 1 8 7 true 5736964 read 1 true 660077 currently-reading 0 true 660076 to-read 8 false 774163 yaliteraturejournal Heroes (Mass Market Paperback) by Robert Cormier]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7224084 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173469358s/293951.jpg 313517 Jeane http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/313517-jeane Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:11:57 -0700 Cormier, Robert (1998). Heroes. New York: Delacorte Press. 135 pages.

Summary and Evaluation: After three years fighting in World War II, Francis Cassavant returns home a mangled, faceless Silver Star war hero. He still has one final mission though – to find and eliminate the child...more...]]> A Hero Ain't Nothin But a Sandwich (Mass Market Paperback) by Alice Childress]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7224003 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173300434s/270402.jpg 313517 Jeane http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/313517-jeane Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:45:04 -0700 Hatchet (Paperback) by Gary Paulsen]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6581485 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715174s/69940.jpg 313517 Jeane http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/313517-jeane Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:53:44 -0700 Paulsen, Gary (1987). Hatchet. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks. 186 pages.

Summary and Evaluation: One summer day thirteen year-old Brian Robeson sets off on a journey to visit his father in northern Canada. Not long into the flight the unthinkable happens -- the plane crashes in the Can...more...]]> Troy (Paperback) by Adele Geras]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6581648 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174366341s/388698.jpg 313517 Jeane http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/313517-jeane Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:43:09 -0700 Forever . . . (Paperback) by Judy Blume]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6581584 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170984861s/80675.jpg 313517 Jeane http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/313517-jeane Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:40:30 -0700 Catalyst (Paperback) by Laurie Halse Anderson]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6065011 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172374981s/170171.jpg 313517 Jeane http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/313517-jeane Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:32:13 -0700 Anderson, Laurie Halse (2002). Catalyst. New York: Penguin Group. 232 pages.

Summary and Evaluation: In Catalyst, author Laurie Halse Anderson creates a wonderfully complex character – on one hand a golden child, on the other a teenager struggling with the expectations she has placed on...more...]]> The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6037517 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R8AA8QEVL._SL75_.jpg 313517 Jeane http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/313517-jeane Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:04:55 -0700 Lowry, Lois (1993). The Giver. NY: Bantam Doubleday Publishing Group, Inc. 180 pages.

Summary and Evaluation: In this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, the reader is introduced to Jonas, who lives in a utopian community without pain or fear; where all his needs are provided for – and all his d...more...]]> Seventeenth Summer (Archway Paperback) by Maureen Daly]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5176741 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178667743s/819587.jpg 313517 Jeane http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/313517-jeane Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:36:43 -0700