Twilight by: Stephenie Meyer

This is the first book of the series. It starts off with a girl named Bells (Isabella), at the airport leaving to go a town named Forks, Washington from her regular home, Phoenix, Arizona. Her parents are divorced and she wanted to leave her mom for a while to live with her dad.
She moves into her new home in Forks, Washington with her dad, Charlie, and enrolls into her new school. On her first day of school everyone expects her to come because there are only over 300 kids in the whole high school. She makes friends easily unlike her old school, (she's very shy).
One day Bella notices 5 very beautiful high schoolers of the same family at a table alone. They all had straight faces but Bella mostly noticed the Bronze red haired boy named Edward. There is something about them that she is going to try to find out... but can she?

It was very extraordinary! Unlike any other book I've ever read. The book goes by really quickly, and it's like you never want to stop reading it! They're VERY awesome books!

Zuzu A.

7/10/08

No Place for Magic by: E.D. Baker

4th book in the series
Princess Emma and Prince Eadric travel to upper Montevista to ask permission from Eadric's parents to get married. But when they get there Eadric's younger brother, Bradston is kidnapped by trolls. Emma and Eadric find out his mother wants a more suitable princess for his bride. They travel across the land to find Bradston. But Eadric's mom won't let Emma to use magic even to save Bradston! What are they going to do?

The greatest series I've read.

Erykah

Island of the Blue Dolphins by: Scott O'Dell

An Indian girl gets left behind on an island alone. Her tribe leaves her and her brother gets killed by a pack of wild dogs. She finds a way to survive alone on the island.

It was a great and interesting book.

Park View School
Amelia
7-10-08

The Sight by: Erin Hunter

It's the first book of the "third" series, and it's about a blind kitten named Jaykit that wants to be a warrior, but he can't because he's blind. He hates his destiny, but his ancestors from Starclan come to remind him that he holds the power of the stars with his sister and brother, but is this true?

Park View lists continued...

in no particular order--

Vampire Diaries series by: L.J. Smith
Twilight series by: Stephenie Meyers
Vampire Kisses by: Ellen Schreiber
Vampire Coffins by: Ellen Schreiber
Blue Blood series by: Melissa De La Cruz
Cirque du Freak series by: Darren Shan
Demonata series by: Darren Shan

by: Ashley, 8th grade

Overboard by: Elizabeth Fama
What My Mother Doesn't Know by: Sonya Sones
What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know by: Sonya Sones
Bras and Broomsticks series by: Sarah Mlynowski
Fever, 1793 by: Laurie Halse Anderson
Among the Hidden series by: Margaret Peterson Haddix

by: Jennifer, 8th grade

Park View's Favorite Books Continued...

Another list from Park View's 7th and 8th grade famished for fiction club:

Favorite Books of All Time:

Stray by: Dick King-Smith
Jumping the Nail by: Eve Bunting
Queen of Babble series by: Meg Cabot
Harry Potter series by: J.K. Rowling
Leap of Faith by: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
No Talking by: Andrew Clements
The Homework Machine by: Dan Gutman
Jumping the Scratch by: Sarah Weeks
Candyfloss by: Jacqueline Wilson
Both Sides of Time by: Caroline Cooney
Extras by: Scott Westerfeld
Out of Time by: Chris Archer
Bras and Broomsticks by: Sarah Mlynowski
The Broccoli Tapes by: Jan Slepian

Park View Shares Their Favorite Books

The 7th and 8th grade famished for fiction group made lists of their favorite books at this week's meeting. I'll be posting their lists on the blog throughout the week. Stay tuned!!!

Top 6 Fave Books
- by a Park View 8th grader

1. Queen of Babble by: Meg Cabot
2. Skinny by: Ibi Kaslik
3. Confessions of a Shopaholic by: Sophie Kinsella
4. So Yesterday by: Scott Westerfeld
5. Cheat by: Amy Goldman Koss
6. Among the Hidden by: Margaret Peterson Haddix

Book Recommendations for 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Girls
- by a group of Park View 8th graders

1. The Twilight series by: Stephenie Meyers
2. Bras and Broomsticks series by: Sarah Mlynowski
3. The Clique series by: Lisi Harrison
4. Poseur by: Rachael Maude
5. Queen of Babble by: Meg Cabot
6. All American Girl by: Meg Cabot
7. Esperanza Rising by: Pam Munoz Ryan
8. The Uglies series by: Scott Westerfeld

Les Miserables by: Victor Hugo, adapted by Monica Kulling

Review by Chris

Les Miserables is about an escaped convict named Jean Valjean who meets his old enemy, Javert, who is a cop. You will have to read the book to find out more.
Mwahahahahahaha!

Defiance by: Valerie Hobbs

Review by Mar-Mar

This book is about a boy who has cancer, who spends his summer in a cottage. He meets an old lady that writes poems. She has a cow. Toby (main character) feeds the cow (Blossom) some Cheerios.
It was an O.K. book. It was boring until the end. At the end it gets interesting. A horrible tragedy happens to someone important to Toby.

Sammy Keyes and the Dead Give Away by: Wendelin Van Draanen

Sammy Keyes is going to school and she comes into the room and sees the bird flying in the room in the room. READ TO FIND OUT!



Great, because this was the best ever!

Starting with Alice by: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

This book is for girls. So boys, don't read it. The 1st alice book. The book is about Alice Mckinley. Her mom died when she was 4 because she had lukemia. Alice had a best friend and her name was Rosalind. She was also friends with Sara. But before she made friends she moved from Chicago where she used to live with her aunt Sally. Aunt Sally is Alice's aunt and she was Alice's mom's sister. Aunt Sally took care of Alice and her brother Lester. Sara used to have really dirty hair but then Alice and Rosalind had a bubble bath party and they washed Sara's hair and they became friends with her. but before that sara used to have no friends because she had dirty hair and she was very smart. When Alice just moved to Maryland she had no friends and her dad bought her a cat. She loved her cat.

This is a really good book and Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is a really good author and there are 22 books in the Alice series. They are the best books I've ever read and they are not for boys. They are for girls.

The Old Willis Place by: Mary Downing Hahn

Review By Gaby

The Old Willis Place is about a girl named Diana and a boy named Georgie. They have three rules to follow. One: You can't go past the gate. Two: You can't talk to anyone. Three: Never, NEVER go in Miss Willis's place.
There's a new caretaker as usual. But this time he has a daughter. Will Diana break the rules to be Lisa's friend?

This is the best book I've ever read. It's addicting and suspensful. Not too scary. A five star book definitely.

The Outsiders by: S.E Hinton

In this book their are three brothers who are struggling, because their parents died. So, the three brothers have to live by themselves in the house. The youngest one was named Ponyboy, the middle child is named Soda Pop, and the oldest is named Dave. On the opposite side where the boys live, are the rich teens who cause trouble. Later on in the book Ponyboy almost got killed by a knife from the trouble makers. Which were the rich teens. Then later on in the book Ponyboy becomes a hero! So if you want to find out what happens next, read this book.

Someday Angeline by: Louis Sachar

Angeline has never gone to the beach but knows about the animals who live there. For some reason her father won't take her to the beach and her mother is dead but Angeline doesn't know why. Read the book to find out.

The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter

Review by sparten16ab

There's this boy named Tom that is trying to save a baseball field from being turned into a parking lot. Tom is playing against the people that are trying to buy the baseball field. Tom tries to get a team to win the baseball field and it will not be turned into a parking lot. So when this boy comes named Cruz helps the boys and girls.

What My Mother Doesn't Know by: Sonya Sones

Review by Irisha.

The main character is Sophie Stein. This was one of the best books I've ever read. It's about a girl- Sophie who is popular. She is a freshman in high school. Over the winter break when all of her friends go on vocation, Sophie's parents tell her she is not going anywhere because they can't afford it. So, she makes up a vocation for herself. She goes shopping and to the museum where she meets Robin Murphy. He is not popular, no one likes him, but Sophie does. Everyone around the school made up stuff about Robin like, for example, saying "You are such a Murphy." And that is where the great story begins.

I think it's one of the best books and I will recommend it to teenage girls! A great book!

Alice in Lace by: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

While planning a wedding as part of an assignment for her 8th grade health class, Alice thinks about her father's and older brother's love lives and learns that you can not prepare for all of life's decisions. Pamela on the other hand is one of Alice's best friends. For a health class assignment she must hypothetically decide whether to get an abortion or keep the baby for 6 months.
Elizabeth is also Alice's best freinds. She is buying a new car. Throughout the book these three friends will need to make a tough decision.