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The Book Corner
Fantasy Fans 
Sci-Fi books
Sports Fans 
Mystery 
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Book Reviews
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ADVENTURE
Call Number – Fic Avi While sailing alone to v
Farmer, Nancy – A
Girl Named Disaster Call Number – Fic Far
Nhamo escapes from an unwanted marriage but must face drowning and starvation in her attempt to be free. v Cooney, Caroline – Flight #116 is Down Call Number – Fic Coo Heidi Landseth helps to rescue people from the plane that crashed on her family’s property. The experience changes her life forever. v
Call Number – Fic Hob Teenage members of a wilderness survival school leave the
group with one of the boats and try to run the white water at the bottom of
the v Paulsen, Gary – Canyons Call Number – Fic Pau Brennan becomes obsessed with a skull that he finds on a camping trip and becomes involved with a challenge of his life. FANTASY v Anthony, Piers – Ogre, Ogre Call Number – Fic Ant Discover the pun filled world of Xanth with Smash the Ogre. Reviewer – OCL’s Teen Zone v Brooks, Terry – Sword of Shannara Call Number – Fic Bro Giant, elf & druid fight evil together. Part one of a series. Reviewer – OCL’s Teen Zone v Cooper, Susan – The Dark is Rising Call Number – Fic Coo Will v Hambly, Barbara – Stranger at the Wedding Call Number – Fic Ham Kyra, who is studying to become a master wizard, finds out that her younger sister has been promised in marriage to a person that can harm her. Even though her father has disowned her because of her magic, she returns home to save her sister. v Lewis, C. S. – The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Call Number – Fic Lew The story takes place in a make-believe place called Narnia. There are four children who live in a gigantic house with a professor. One day they explore the house and wander into a wardrobe, which brings them into Narnia. There is a White Witch there who made it always winter but never Christmas. There is also a lion named Aslan who is the true king and can overpower the witch. Many events happen and this book never gets boring. You never want to put it down and something is always happening. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is a terrific book and is great for all ages. v McCaffrey, Anne - Dragonsong Call Number – Fic McC Forbidden by her father to indulge in music in any form, a girl on the planet Pern runs away. v McKinley, Robin – Deerskin Call Number – Fic McK
A beautiful princess flees from her father’s wrath and unlocks a door into a world of magic where she finds the key to her own survival. v Rowling, J.K. – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Call Number – Fic Row The story is about a boy who finds out he is a wizard although he lives with his muggle (not wizard) aunt and uncle. Harry Potter goes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where he finds that he is famous in the wizard world. He learns many things and also discovers some secrets that get him and his friends in an exciting journey through school. I like the exciting and thrilling adventures Harry and his friends get into. It is an awesome book if you want a great adventure! Student Reviewer – Samantha W. |
HUMOROUS STORIES
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Call Number – Fic Ada Arthur Dent travels
the galaxy causing hilarious havoc along the way. |
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"A
Charlotte Zolotow book." Follows the wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and
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Call Number - Fic Ren Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk
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Call Number – Fic Str When Brad asks someone else to the senior prom, Nicole resorts to a desperate measure--she decides to make her next-door neighbor over into a dream date. The book was appealing to me because I could really relate to the normal teenage problems that Nicole goes through. Student Reviewer – Lauren G. |
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After receiving an apparent crank call from a man claiming to have committed murder, fifteen-year-old Andy finds his close relationship with his father crumbling as he struggles to make everyone believe him. I liked that it kept you thinking about who the person was
that called. I like to read
mystery books. Student
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When eighteen-year-old Anita fails to return home from work, her parents and younger brother try to understand and cope with her disappearance. |
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Katie, a young prosecutor in a small It was a very suspenseful novel, and it kept you on the
edge of your seat. Student Reviewer – Anonymous |
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