Madison is reading Books!

A boy who runs away from home and finds himself living in a tree. He has survival skills with food, shelter and water and has a pet hawk. He eats acorn pancakes and berries. He goes to the library often and is 12 years old.

Reviewed by Nathan

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This book is about a juvenile delinquent named Cole who bashes Peter’s head into the curb and gets sent to an island for his punishment. He burns down his shelter and rebuilds it. He gets another chance.

Reviewed by Ian

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Brian is being dropped off at the airport to see his Dad in Canada.  But his plane crashes in the middle of nowhere and he is saved a few months later.

Reviewed by Dakota

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Cole, the main character, has messed up his life by bullying. Garvey is is counselor. Garner takes him to an island in Alaska. He has to spend a year there. Then he meets the spirit bear. Can the spirit bear help him or hurt him?

Reviewed by Kimi

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The Cay is about Phillip and Timothy. Timothy cares for Philip. Philip is blind. They are stuck on an island in World War II.

Reviewed by Kimi

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Gary is a musher in Minnesota with his dogs. He is training his dogs to sled but he doesn’t
have a clue as to how to do it. Storm is his best dog. Along the way, they’re faced with many challenges in the wilderness but they stick together. Then they enter the Iditarod. Will they make it? Read the book!

Reviewed by Katerine

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The main characters are Bella, Letta and Jane. The plot is about how three young girls deal with the difficult life of being on their own and fighting against their boss. The bosses of factories take total advantage of them and a small group fights back. In the end, only one survives from the fire.

Reviewed by Alisha

Comments Off on Uprising by Margaret Haddix

Gary Paulsen writes a book about his experience about the wilderness.. He trains his dogs to run the Iditarod. A lot of weird things happen along the way. In the end, he doesn’t win but finishes the race.

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This story takes place in the near future after nuclear bombs have devastated Los Angeles and Washington, DC. The story details the ways life changes for the residents of a small town in Upstate New York, after the explosions curtail the use of machines. The story is both disturbing and inspirational as people learn to live in a world made by hand.

Reviewed by Andy Morgenstern (Social Studies Teacher)

Comments Off on World Made by Hand by James Kunstler

The characters are Brian and the wild, life-like animals. The plot was that he got stranded after a plane crash in the woods. He had to find out how to live and survive. The conflict is he is trying to find people or somebody that can take him home to his family.

Reviewed by Lance (8th grader)

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