The Watcher
10 best books like The Watcher (James Howe): Say Goodnight, Gracie, Life is Funny, The Composition, Ruby Red, The Wings of a Falcon, Swollen, Locked Inside, The Girl Who Hated Books, Something Beautiful, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
There are friends we can't imagine living without.
Morgan and Jimmy were kids together, whirling around the porch on hot summer days. They've been friends forever, and by now they know each other inside out. They do everything together--from cutting high school to go into the city to coaching...
| Author | E.R. Frank |
| ISBN | 0142300837 |
From the outside, they're simply a group of urban teenagers. But from the inside, they're some of the most complex people you'll ever meet. There's Eric, fiercely protective of his brother Mickey-but he has a secret that holds together his past and future. Sonia, struggling to live the life of a good...
| Author | Antonio Skármeta |
| ISBN | 0888995504 |
Winner of the UNESCO Tolerance Awarda and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and an Americas Award Commended Title
Life is simple for Pedro -- he goes to school, does his homework and, most importantly, plays soccer. But when the soldiers come and take his friend Daniel's father away, things...
In Ruby Winters' world, colour opens some doors and slams others shut. Her opulent Johannesburg neighbourhood is a far cry from the streets of Soweto where anger and hatred simmer under the surface. Ruby can't resist the blue-eyed Afrikaans boy who brings her the exciting rush of first love, but whose...
| Author | Cynthia Voigt |
| ISBN | 0590467131 |
Fantasy books get a lot of flack from "established" literature. Children or young adult fantasy books get ignored by adult fantasy readers. So between the two, I guess it's not surprising to find that this book is an undiscovered gem. But I urge anyone who has a few hours and spare 99p or whatever ridiculously...
| Author | Melissa Lion |
| ISBN | 0553494082 |
Samantha only wants to be loved. By her father, by her best friend, and now by the new boy at school, Farouk. The more time Sam spends with him, the more she can’t stop thinking about him. But she’s cautious, because people can hurt. To escape, Sam runs track at school, finishing every race, but never...
As the daughter of the wildly successful inspirational singer-author Skye, who died in a plane crash when Marnie was young, Marnie Skyedottir stands to inherit great wealth. But until she is old enough, she must survive a dreary life in private boarding school. She endures by escaping into an online...
| Author | Manjusha Pawagi |
| ISBN | 1896764096 |
I laughed so hard I cried.
The overflowing books in Meena’s house were just too close to home. So funny! This is a fantastic book for those whose homes are overflowing with books. I have such a place now, and my childhood home (especially until a friend of my parents built them a large bookcase)...
| Author | Sharon Dennis Wyeth |
| ISBN | 0440412102 |
A little girl longs to see beyond the scary sights on the sidewalk and the angry scribbling in the halls of her building. When her teacher writes the word beautiful on the blackboard, the girl decides to look for something beautiful in her neighborhood. Her neighbors tell her about their own beautiful...
| Author | Margaret Peterson Haddix |
| ISBN | 0689871023 |
Things are so bad, I feel like I'm going to explode if I don't do something...
Everyone has to keep a journal in Mrs. Dunphrey's English class, but the teacher has promised she won't read any entry marked "Do not read this." It's the kind of assignment Tish Bonner, one of the girls with big hair...
| Author | Susan Shaw |
| ISBN | 0525478299 |
Safe. To Tracy, safe means having Mama close by. Years after her mother's death, Tracy still feels her presence. But the moment Tracy is forced into a car as she is walking home from school one day, safe is ripped away. In the aftermath of an unspeakable crime, thirteen-year-old Tracy must fight her way...
A look at the effects of one girl's suicide on her high school
"I can feel
The whispering of the hallway walls
Growing louder as the groups gather.
Each clique adding to its morning input.
"Did you hear?"
"Who told you?"
"Do you think it's really true?"
New...
| Author | Han Nolan |
| ISBN | 0152058842 |
Miracle McCloy comes from an unusual family: Her father, Dane is a prodigy who published his first book at age thirteen; her grandmother, Gigi, is clairvoyant; and her mother was dead when her "miracle" daughter was pulled from her womb. Having been raised according to a set of mystical rules and beliefs,...
| Author | Clem Martini |
| ISBN | 1553375742 |
The Mob is the saga of a crow family, the Kinaars, who are faced with troubled times. When the family converges for the annual Gathering, a mob mounts a revenge attack on a cat with disastrous consequences. The Gathering should be a time to rejoice. Instead, it becomes a time of fear, danger and uncertainty,...
| Author | S.L. Rottman |
| ISBN | 0141307013 |
Sean is a 15 year old high school freshman. He has no one to look up to as his mother is abusive and a drug and alcohol addict. His father left the family a few years back and hasn't talked to Sean since. To make matters worse, whatever money Sean is able to make is stolen by his mother on a weekly basis....
| Author | Jacqueline Woodson |
| ISBN | 0142501905 |
Feni is furious when she finds out that her mother has agreed to take a fifteen-year-old pregnant girl into their home until her baby is born. What kind of girl would let herself get into so much trouble? How can Feni live under the same roof with someone like that? Her worst fears are confirmed when Rebecca...
| Author | Jonah Black |
| ISBN | 0064407985 |
Student Name: Date Submitted: 4/30/19
Book Title: The Black Book: Girls, Girls, Girls Lexile: N/A
Personal Response:
I liked the plot of the book a lot. The book had me a little confused when Jonah would go into his fantasy vs reality, but as I read on, I tend to understand that situation...
Kaline Klattermaster's Tree House
| Author | Haven Kimmel |
| ISBN | 0689874022 |
This is a difficult book to review, because even after a waiting period, I can't tell you if I even liked the book or not. The back of the book is misleading, the summary describes things that are basically just the last five pages of the book.
The basic plot is that a spastic child named Kaline is...
| Author | Patricia MacLachlan |
| ISBN | 0064434923 |
The stunning picture book collaboration between Newbery Medal–winning author Patricia MacLachlan and acclaimed illustrator Barry Moser.
A young girl comes to terms with the fact that she and her family are leaving the prairie. As she talks herself into acceptance, her Mama helps her...
Marriable: Taking the Desperate Out of Dating
| Author | Hayley DiMarco |
| ISBN | 0800730836 |
If I had paid more than 75 cents for this book, I would have wanted my money back. There are a few tiny nuggets of truth in it, but this book is basically a slightly Christianized version of "The Rules." It buries insulting and demeaning advice under a cutesy, image-heavy presentation. This goes for both...
| Author | Mark Fink |
| ISBN | 1934813125 |
Andy Crenshaw’s summer just went into the toilet. His father got a new job and cancelled their dream vacation to Hawaii. Andy and his older brother, Brad, are shipped off to a farm in Wisconsin to stay with an Aunt and Uncle they hardly know. Brad has little use for Andy, except to torment him.
What...
The Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community
| Author | Jesse Rice |
| ISBN | 1434765342 |
This timely release explores the community-altering phenomenon of social networking sites and what it reveals about friendship, God, and our own hearts.
With hundreds of millions of users, social networks are changing how we form relationships, perceive others, and shape our identity....
Love and Respect for a Lifetime: Gift Book: Women Absolutely Need Love. Men Absolutely Need Respect. Its as Simple and as Complicated as That...
| Author | Emerson Eggerichs |
| ISBN | 0529124300 |
When you touch your spouse�s deepest need, something good almost always happens!
Based on three decades of counseling and research, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs leads couples through the intricacies of a marriage built on Love and Respect. He explores the differences in men and women and how...
| Author | Adam Rapp |
| ISBN | 1886910723 |
Little Chicago opens in the office of Children’s Services, where 11-year-old Blacky Brown is being interviewed by a social worker trying to determine what has happened to him. His emotions are blocked at first, but then he reveals that he has been sexually abused by his mother’s boyfriend, and...
