YAC Index - by Author
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| Rabin, Staton | Black Powder |
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After his best friend is shot and killed, fourteen-year-old Langston borrows his science teacher's time machine and travels from Los Angeles in 2010 to Oxford, England, in 1278 to try to prevent Roger Bacon from publishing his formula for gunpowder. |
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This book was just okay. - MNHS |
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I liked this interesting storyline. - KMS |
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It was a good book and it had a lot of meaning to it. - CMS |
| Rahlens, Holly-Jane | Prince William, Maximillian Minsky, and Me |
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In Berlin, thirteen-year-old Nelly Sue Edelmeister--a self-described nerd and aspiring astronomer--gains a greater understanding of herself and those around her as she develops her first crush, considers whether to go through with her bat mitzvah, and tries out for the basketball team. |
| Student Rating: | Student Review: |
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It's hilarious. - MNHS |
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It was long and a bit boring. - CMS |
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I really liked this book; it fits well with high school life - KMS |
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I liked the idea of the book but I thought it was too much like other books. - BMS |
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I really liked this book because the author really described the characters and the dialogue helped me to see what was really happening. - BMS |
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It was a good book about people my ahe. I can rel.ate to a lot of the problems she has - CMS |
| Rallison, Janette | Fame, Glory, and Other Things on my To-Do List |
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When the new boy at her school turns out to be the son of a Hollywood power player, Jessica, a small-town sixteen-year-old with stars in her eyes, a job at Wal-Mart, and a bit part in "West Side Story," sets out to get Jordan's estranged father to attend the production--but her drama teacher's politically correct hatchet job on the script threatens to turn her "big break" into a disaster |
| Student Rating: | Student Review: |
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I loved this book! It has interesting and not boring. I usually don't like reading, but once I picked this book up, I couldn't put it down. Great book! - MNHS |
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Dull in some spots, but good storyline - MNHS |
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It was really interesting read. I enjoyed the book; I stayed up all night to read it. Great book. - MNHS |
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This was great! She got over her old boyfriend and I liked that! - BMS |
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I really liked the character, Jessica, because she's funny and nice. I felt like I was in the story because I could relate to her. - BMS |
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This book is really funny; I didn't want to put it down - KMS |
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The book is very entertaining; I love that it's so realistic - KMS |
Rau, Dana Meachen |
The Harlem Renaissance |
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Presents a short history of the Harlem Renaissance in New York during the 1920s and 1930s when literature, art, and music flourished in the African-American community. |
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| Reiche, Dietlof | Ghost Ship |
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Twelve-year old Vicki, and her friend, Peter, try to solve the mystery of the appearance of a ghost ship, "Storm Goddess", and its eighteenth-century figurehead, when supernatural occurrences at a seaside resort casts the tourist town in a two hundred year-old legend. |
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This book was awesome; really neat! I enjoyed it because ut jeot me guessing what was going to happen next - KMS |
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This book was awesome and really neat! It kept me wondering what was going to happen next - KMS |
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They had a few too many one sentence paragraphs for drama, but it was thrilling; I wanted to keep reading! I would recommend this book to any mystery fan - KMS |
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This book is really suspenseful! It is awesome. Sometimes it scared me, but I recommend it to anyone. - KMS |
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The book was awesome; it was very mysterious and how things were solved and how it all started. I liked how there was a partnership and how the book ended. - BMS |
| Rennison, Louise | Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers |
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After trying to take Hamburger-a-gogo land, also known as the United States, by storm when her family vacations in Memphis, Tennessee, a British teen returns home to deal with the attentions of too many boys, weird parents, and mad cats. |
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This is a great book for girls who like the Angus Thongs series. It is also a great romance book for teenage girls. - MNHS |
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This is an amazing book! It's a laugh-out-loud read and a great addition to the series. Georgia is an amazing character and so many people can relate to her. The book leaves you wanting to snatch the next one up! - MNHS |
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I don't like the ending. I wish the plot would give more, or at least a foreshadowing, of what happens next. It reminds me of the high school drama about boys and girls that surround me evey day.- MNHS |
| Robertson, James | Robert E. Lee: Virginia soldier, American citizen |
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Explores the life and military career of Robert E. Lee, who led the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War and later became one of history's most beloved individuals |
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I almost quit halfway through. It ws very boring. The writing was more for adults. Some facts were a bit interesting, and I think he was very brave. - BMS |
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It gave a lot of information but it wasn't really fun to read. - MNHS |
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It was factual, but had a lot of words I didn't really understand. - MNHS |
| Rogansky, Barbara | Dybbuk |
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In this retelling of a Jewish legend, a girl is possessed by the spirit of the man she was destined to, but did not, marry. |
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I liked the book, but it was weird in some places and hard to understand. - BMS |
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This book was just okay. - MNHS |
| Rosenbloom, Fiona | You are so Not Invited to my Batmitzvah! |
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As her bat mitzvah approaches, Stacy Adelaide Friedman of White Plains, New York, has a lot on her mind--her parents have separated, her mother dresses her like an American Girldoll, her younger brother is embarrassing, and she is totally in love with Andy Goldfarb. |
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2 |
I really think this book was good. It was laugh-out-loud funny. - MNHS |
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You Reeally want to know what will happen next. It was awsome. - KMS |
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I liked the way this book was set up. The suspense of what would happen to Staci kept me up all night reading. |
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I loved this very interesting book - KMS |
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A great book for any age - KMS |
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It was nice and funny - KMS |
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This is a really good book. The author talks like us kids. You shoudl read this book. - KMS |
2 |
I learned a lot about friendship and Jewish traditions.- KMS |
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This is a great book for girlsIt includes love, adventure, and cultural diversity. This book was a thrilling adventure and an easy read - KMS |
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I was confused at the beginning, but I ended up liking it - KMS |
2 |
Great book! I learned a lot about another culture - KMS |
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I thought this book was very good - KMS |
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I liked this book a lot. It was fun. The drama was good, too. - KMS |
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It was a really good book with a happy ending. - KMS |
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I really enjoyed the book and learned a lot about a whole new religion. - KMS |
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This book was creative and amusing. It was pretty funny and narrated by a kid so I could relateIt had a lot of twists which made it a fast read. - KMS |
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This book was creative and very amusing. It had an clever opening letter to God that gives a preview to what was going to happen. The book is very modern-day with a Jewish twist that makes it more interesting. Also it is a pretty funny book. All in all, it's a really good book - KMS |
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It is entertaining, and I could not put it down - KMS |
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It was very fun to read and made me want to keep on reading! - KMS |
| Roth, Matthue | Nevermind the Goldbergs |
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A seventeen-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl leaves her home in New York for the summer to film a television show in California. |
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DUDE! Finally! Another good library book to read a lot. - MWHS |
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This book has no climax, is way boring. I would not recommend it. MNHS |
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This book did not hold my attention; I would not recommend it - MNHS |
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Gives a view of New York City and L.A. lifestyles in the Orthodox Jewish communities. - MWHS |
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It was good but there were Jewish words which I didn't know - MNHS |
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I think I would have enjoyed the book more if I knew first-hand what it's like to be an Orthodox Jew. Very good writing and definitely an off-beat book. - MNHS |
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A modern Romeo and Juliet. Very easy to read - MNHS |
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Great adventure book to read! TV education is a good idea - MNHS |
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