The Blackbelt Club

"The BlackBelt Club" by Dawn Barnes starts off with Max Greene, a karate student who isn't good, waking up to go to his Dojo to find out from his sensei why he was put into an elite karate class known as the Blackbelt Club. Upon arrival he meets the three other students who were also chosen to be in the BBC and finds out that he has been chosen to stop the Death Master from destroying the world! The Death Master removed the wheels of power from the almighty tree of life. Max and his teammates must join together and find the wheels using their animal powers. They find the wheels, the Death Master is destroyed, and the world is safe once again. Just in time for dinner!

"The BlackBelt Club" isn't for everyone. Preteens and older may not like the weird writing style and childish plot. The plot idea is great and it could've been great if he would have made it longer. This could have been done by extending parts of the story and having a little more excitement in the story line. It also would have been better if there wasn't comic book style art for most of the story. As I said before, it could've been great, but there were just a few thing holding it back.

Rating:6 out of 10

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FAR FROM BURDEN DELL Chris Coppel Brown Barn Books
Everything in Amy's life is perfect: her food, her home, her people, her English country atmosphere&perfect, that is, until her beloved master abandons her for some sort of silly human project in far-off Hollywood. Distraught, Amy becomes a target for "dognappers" who lock her up in a horrible kennel with a bunch of other dogs. Despairing at first, Amy's hopes rise when she and some others succeed in escaping from the kennel. Their escape leads to a series of wild adventures throughout London, Amy and her friends always barely one step ahead of the outraged dognappers.
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SMILER'S BONES Peter Lerangis Scholastic
Smiler's Bones, by Peter Lerangis, is a story about an Eskimo named Minik. Minik and five other Eskimos, including Minik's father Qisuk ("Smiler"), travel from Greenland to America with the explorer Robert Peary. In America, the Eskimos become a living exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Within ninety-six days, four of the six Eskimos, including Qisuk, are dead. Not long after, one leaves America to return to Greenland, leaving Minik to be the only Eskimo living in New York. In Minik's search for the truth, he uncovers a web of lies and deceptions.
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A FAST AND BRUTAL WING Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson Roaring Brook
Two kids, two animals: Hawk and Cat. Will they hunt each other, or will they fight the urge to kill, because the brother and sister need each other in the human world? Emmet and Niki are caged in. They both crave the outdoors, but after the "incident in the woods," Niki is kept at home and Emmet is kept at the Tomington Center. They both long for the freedom to enjoy fresh, open air. According to Niki, it is because they have the ability to transform: Emmet to hawk, Niki to cat. Is this true, or is the story Niki wrote for the Father Project as fantastic as it sounds?
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THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME Mark Haddon Vintage
Christopher John Francis Boone is autistic, he's also the narrator of this funny yet touching story. He is a genius in math and science but cannot function very well socially. He hates being touched and can't stand the colors yellow or brown, but he wants to find out who murdered his neighbor's dog. He goes about trying to figure it out as if he was a detective in a murder mystery but uncovers some things about his life that are surprising.
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LOOKING FOR ALASKA John Green Penguin
It's one of those books that anyone can relate to, that seems to be telling the story of your own life. It's one of those books that you think everyone should read, but you don't know who to recommend it to. It's "Looking For Alaska," the first novel of National Public Radio commentator John Green, that tells the story of Miles (or Pudge, as his friends call him) and his first year living away from home at a boarding school in Alabama.
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11,000 YEARS LOST Peni R. Griffin Harry N. Abrams
Realistic children's novels on prehistoric man are few and far between; in fact, finding any child's novel on prehistoric man is rare. When the reader does find such a novel the book often proves to be dull or extremely fanciful, disqualifying it as historical fiction and as an enjoyable read. This is fortunately not the case for '11,000 Years Lost' by Peni R. Griffin. As a novelty, the book was a refreshing change from the usual juvenile fare of school stories and cheap serial thrillers.
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AIRBORN Kenneth Oppel HarperCollins
Airborn takes place in the near future, where the skies are ruled by massive airships. Matt Cruse was a cabin boy, aboard the passenger airship, Aurora. Cruse badly wanted to become a junior sailmaker, but his opportunity was stolen by the son of Otto Lunardi, a rich Airship maker. Tis begins Matt's adventures to prove himself worthy of comand of the Aurora.
I think this was a great book, mainly because of the vivid images, the loveable and unloveable characters, the fluid story line and the fact that it was comical and exciting at the same time. "Airborn" is a book with something to enjoy, no matter who is reading it.
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SOUL STEALER Martin Booth Little, Brown
Soul Stealer, by Martin Booth, is a fantastical sequel to Doctor Illuminatus. We Pip and Tim moved into a new house, and, over the summer, had discovered that a medieval alchemist's son, Sebastian, had awakened from centuries of slumber. In this sequel, we are taken into an adventure that begins as the new school year starts.
In the end, Soul Stealer is a delightful and well -written novel that would be perfect for any young and adventurous reader, and proves to be a wonderful sequel to Doctor Illuminatus.
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2. Other Recent Flamingnet Reviews
LEFT FOR DEAD Pete Nelson Delacorte
Hunter Scott, a young boy, created his history fair project on the torpedoing and subsequent sinking of the USS Indianapolis. The sinking killed many of the crew and left others to die during shark attacks and other misfortunes that the crew encountered in the water, waiting to be rescued. He starts a quest with the project to fix the damage done to the name of the captain of the ship, which will bring him all the way to Congress. The captain, Captain McVay, was inaccurately court-martialed and said to be at fault for not preventing the torpedoing. In actuality, Captain McVay was innocent and people in the Navy were the ones to blame.
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TUNES FOR BEARS TO DANCE TO Robert Cormier Laurel-Leaf

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KENSUKE'S KINGDOM Michael Morpurgo Scholastic
Michael, his dog, Stella, and his parents sell their house and many of their possessions after his parents are both laid off. They buy a boat and prepare to leave their town in England to sail around the world. Michael must leave his friends and be taught by his parents while they are on the trip. When they are well into the trip, however, Michael loses his balance in a storm and is thrown overboard with Stella.
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3. YA-YAS IN BLOOM Giveaway
To celebrate the release of YA-YAS IN BLOOM, we are running a book giveaway contest during the month of April.
You can win this new addition to Rebecca Wells' awarding winning bestseller LITTLE ALTARS EVERYWHERE and number one New York Times best-seller DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD.
This third book in the Ya-Ya saga returns to the roots of the Ya-Ya friendship during the 1930s in Thornton, Louisiana, when four year-old Teensy Whitman stuffs a big old pecan up her nose out of boredom. Rushed to Dr. Mott's office by her Cajun Mama, Genevieve Whitman, she sets off a chain of events that leads Vivi, Teensy, Caro, and Necie to become lifelong sister friends. Then the novel roars with all the raw power of Vivi's vintage T-Bird through sixty years of marriage, parenting mistakes, and hair-raising family secrets.
A narrative woven out of many voices, including those of Vivi and the petite Ya-Yas, Sidda and Baylor Walker, as well as tales by other inhabitants of the small town of Thornton, Ya-Yas in Bloom depicts the profound emotional ties among women and the confidences they share. Each episode, told in the rich patois of Cajun Bayou country, brings to life the Ya-Yas in love and at war with convention.
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Flamingnet Enewsletter March

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THE WIZARD TEST Hilari Bell
Dayven has always wanted to be a Guardian for his army of Tharn, and as he grows up he becomes better and better with the sword. Then, he comes to a period in time when he must take the wizard test, to see if he has magic, and will become a wizard. Dayven eventually discovers a secret plan, and he is faced with a decision of loyalty.
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47 Walter Mosley
Veteran mystery novelist Walter Mosley strays out of his comfort zone and deftly tackles historical and science fiction in 47. The title character is a young slave resigned to the plantation lifestyle until Tall John, an enigmatic and agical runaway, finds him and teaches him about freedom.
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HORSEMAN #1 (The Hollow) Ford Lytle Gilmore and
Christopher Golden
Sleepy Hollow has always been a town of legend and myth, but now it seems that those legends are coming alive. And when an apparently headless horseman begins murdering people in town, Shane and Aimee begin to fear for their lives. The two teens decide to try and uncover the truth, even though the adults insist it must be an ordinary murderer dressed up as the horseman.
Christopher Golden is the bestselling author of numerous Buffy the Vampire Slayer titles and winner of the Bram Stoker award. Ford Lytle Gilmore is a film producer and comic book writer.
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DELIVER US FROM NORMAL Kate Klise
What is normal, anyway? Kate Klise's book Deliver Us from Normal is an intriguing, adolescent view on what normal is and why it is so important to children and teenagers. Klise uses the perspective of a twelve year old boy who lives with his four other siblings and his parents in Normal, Illinois.
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BEYOND THE DEEPWOODS Paul Stewart and Chris
Riddell
Abandoned at birth in the Deepwoods, Twig is living with a family of woodtrolls. One day, his adopted mother tells Twig that she is not his real mother and he must travel to his cousin's and hopefully he will find his destiny. Twig strays from the path that leads to his cousin's house, and he is lost in the dangerous Deepwoods. Twig has many adventures in the woods, and he meets many different creatures. Twig also learns many lessons, about nature and the ways of life.
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GHOST SHIP Dietlof Reiche
A blend of mystery, ghost story and pirate tale, Dietlof Reiche's Ghost Ship is a brilliant novel that will keep readers intrigued until the end.
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2. Other Recent Flamingnet Reviews
A MANGO-SHAPED SPACE Wendy Mass
Mia has a perfectly harmless yet rare condition where sights and sounds have a color in her head. Whenever she hears a noise, a color streaks across her vision. She has had trouble in school trying to figure out how numbers can be added together to get another number. To Mia the
corresponding number they add up to does not match the color that the original numbers were. As long as she has known about it she has kept it
a secret, until now. Her family and many of the people she knows have trouble getting used to this new idea. Mia, herself, experiments with
her colors and it takes a heart breaking experience to find out what a special thing her colors are.
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SHOCK WAVE Clive Cussler
Dirk Pitt is a character that is featured in many Clive Cussler novels. He is like a more modern day Indiana Jones. Also, his job and many of
his hobbies are similar to those of Clive Cussler. In what has been
called the best Clive Cussler novel, Dirk Pitt must stop Arthur Dorsett, the owner of a major diamond mining company, from carrying out a plan that will kill countless lives and has already killed many sea creatures. At the beginning, by what seems like chance he meets Maeve Fletcher, one of Dorsett's three daughters. Unlike her other sisters, Maeve realizes what a dangerous and cruel man her father is. Pitt, Maeve, and Giordino, a good friend of Pitt's, join together to put an end to Arthur Dorsett's plan, and to stop all of his brutal actions forever.
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THE GENIE IN THE BOOK Cindy Trumbore
Although this book is for children ages 7 - 11 (younger than
Flamingnet's typical reader), Cindy is a very good friend of ours. We
really enjoyed reading The Genie in the Book. It is about a boy named Will, who matures as he is given the chance to make his truest wish come true.
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THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Douglas Adams
Ford Prefect is a researcher for the revised edition of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He has been disguised as a human for the last 15 or so years while he has been researching Earth. Just before the world is about to be blown up by a group of hostile starships, Ford rescues a newfound human friend, Arthur Dent. He beams Arthur and himself up to the starship, but eventually the captain of the ship find they are onboard and throws them out the airlock. By a near impossible feat they are picked up by another ship exactly 29 seconds later. This ship happens to be piloted by Zaphod Beeblebrox, an old friend of Ford's. This leads Ford and Arthur into an unimaginable adventure with humans, mice, robots, and two headed, three armed monsters.
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2006 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

Shooting from the Lip. Firefly, 2005. 1-55297-914-8.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Prom. Viking, 2005. 0-670-05974-9
Baltin, Steve. From the Inside: Linkin Park’s Meteora. Bradson Press, 2004. 0-9603574-1-6.
Bauer, Joan. Best Foot Forward. Penguin Putnam, 2005. 0-399-23474-8.
Benton, Jim. It’s Happy Bunny: Life’s Little Attitude Book. Scholastic, 2005. 0-439-69346-2.
Benton, Jim. It’s Happy Bunny: Love Bites. Scholastic, 2005. 0-439-69345-4.
Boyer, David. Kings & Queens: Queers at the Prom. Soft Skull Press, 2004. 1-932360-24-7.
Bradley, Alex. 24 Girls in 7 Days. Dutton, 2005. 0-525-47369-6.
Brashares, Ann. Girls in Pants: the Third Summer of the Sisterhood. Delacorte, 2005. 0-385-72935-9.
Canales, Viola. The Tequila Worm. Delacorte, 2005. 0-385-90905-5.
Castellucci, Cecil. Boy Proof. Candlewick, 2005. 0-7636-2333-4.
Cohn, Rachel. Shrimp. Simon & Schuster, 2005. 0-689-86612-7.
Corbet, Robert. Shelf Life. Walker & Company, 2005. 0-8027-8959-5.
Crutcher, Chris. Sledding Hill. Harper Collins, 2005. 0-06-050243-6.
DeLint, Charles. The Blue Girl. Viking, 2004. 0-670-05924-2.
Edgar, Jim. Bad Cat. Workman, 2004. 0-7611-3619-3.
Finkel, Jon. Greatest Stars of the NBA: Jason Kidd. Tokyopop, 2005. 1-59532-183-7.
Finkel, Jon. Greatest Stars of the NBA: Tim Duncan. Tokyopop, 2004. 1-59532-182-9.
Flinn, Alex. Fade to Black. Harper Tempest, 2005. 0-06-056839-9.
Friedman, Aimee. South Beach. Scholastic, 2005. 0-439-70678-5.
Ganz, Nicholas. Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents. Harry N. Abrams, 2004. 0-8109-4972-2.
Grandberry, Omari. O. MTV Books, 2005. 1-4165-0328-5.
Green, John. Looking for Alaska. Dutton, 2005. 0-525-47506-0.
Horowitz, Anthony. Scorpia. Philomel, 2005. 0-399-24151-5.
Keys, Alicia. Tears for Water: Songbook of poems and lyrics. Penguin Putnam, 2004. 0-399-15257-1.
Lane, Billy. Chop Fiction: It’s Not a Motorcycle, Baby, It’s a Chopper. Motorbooks, International, 2004. 0-7603-2011-X.
Lester, Julius. Day of Tears. Hyperion, 2005. 0-7868-0490-4.
Limb, Sue. Girl, 15, Charming but insane. Delacorte, 2004. 0-385-73214-7.
Lockhart, E. The Boyfriend List. Random House, 2005. 0-385-73206-6.
Maxwell, Katie. Got Fangs? Dorchester Smooch, 2005. 0-8439-5399-3.
McCormick, Patricia. My Brother’s Keeper. Hyperion, 2005. 0-7868-5173-2.
McDonald, Janet. Brother Hood. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. 0-374-30995-7.
Meyer, Adam. The Last Domino. Penguin Putnam, 2005. 0-399-24332-1.
Miller, Steve and Baugh, Bryan Scared! How to Draw Fantastic Horror Comic Characters. Watson-Guptill, 2004. 0-8230-1664-1.

Newman, Leslea. Jailbait. Delacorte, 2005. 0-385-90230-1.
Nye, Naomi Shahib. Going Going. Greenwillow, 2005. 0-688-16185-5.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Sexy. Harper Tempest, 2005. 0-06-054150-4.
Palmer, Chris. Streetball: All the Ballers, Moves, Slams and Shine. Harperresource, 2004. 0-06-072444-7.
Paulsen, Gary. The Time Hackers. Wendy Lamb Books, 2005. 0-385-74659-8.
Pearson, Mary E. A Room on Lorelei Street. Henry Holt, 2005. 0-8050-7667-0.
Peters, Julie Ann. Far from Xanadu. Little, Brown, 2-005. 0-316-15881-X.
Polhemus, Ted. Hot bodies, Cool Styles. Thames and Hudson, 2004. 0-500-28500-4.
Rose, Malcolm Framed! Kingfisher, 2005. 0-7534-5829-2.
The RZA. The Wu Tang Manual. Riverhead, 2005. 1-59448-018-4.
Schindler, Nina. An Order of Amelie, Hold the Fries. Annick Press, 2004. 1-55037-861-9.
Schusterman, Neal. Dread Locks: Dark Fusion, Book One. Dutton, 2005. 0-525-47554-0.
Scott, Kieran. I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader. Penguin Putnam, 2005. 0-399-24279-1.
Simmons, Michael Dahlie. Finding Lubchenko. Penguin Razorbill, 2005. 1-59514-021-2.
Sleator, William. The Last Universe. Abrams, 2005. 0-8109-5858-9.
Sloan, Brian. A Really Nice Prom Mess. Simon & Schuster, 2005. 0-689-87438-3.
Spiegelman, Art. In the Shadow of No Towers. Pantheon, 2004.
Standiford, Natalie. The Dating Game. Little Brown, 2005. 0-316-11040-X.
Stone, Jeff. Tiger. Random House, 2005. 0-375-83071-5.
Volponi, Paul. Black and White. Penguin Viking, 2005. 0-670-06006-2.
Whyman, Matt. Boy Kills Man. Harper Tempest, 2005. 0-06-074664-5.
Williams, Lori Aurelia. Broken China. Simon & Schuster, 2005. 0-689-86878-2.

Tearjerkers, compiled from YALSA-BK responses

Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde.
Freak the Mighty by Philbrick
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (I would consider it an “adult title” for YAs).
Born Blue by Han Nolan
Finding Fish: A Memoir by Antwone Fisher? It's along the Dave Pelzer lines, but with the movie as an extra programming tool. Also, Fisher's poetry book, "Who Will Cry for the Little Boy" is recommended in the Patrick Jones book, Connecting Young Adults and Libraries. Dave Pelzer's brother, Richard, also has a book out called A Brother's Journey: Surviving a Childhood of Abuse
Some of Torey Hayden's books might also work for kids who want to read more like Pelzer's books. Crying, shuddering, and screaming are all suitable reactions to what's happened to some of the kids she writes about.
If your students like to read all the Pelzer books, they will also like to read Wayne: An Abused Child's Story of Courage, Survival, and Hope by Wayne Theodore. He also writes about his first hand experience as an abused child. This book will not stay on the shelf. It is a real tearjerker.
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Inside Out, Terry Trueman…cried at the end!
Rilla of Ingleside - several parts toward the end of the book always have me in floods.
Also, I'd suggest two by Ellen Emerson White: Long Live the Queen, and The Road Home.
Not a tear jerker...but a real gut ripper is 'A Child Called It" and its sequels by David Pelzer.
Ordinary People by Judith Guest (The tears still fall after 30 yrs)
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter (I dare anyone to read this and not cry)
Maybe it was just me, but I balled at the before/after transition in Looking for Alaska! I do think that this might fit your list though, because it is a stark view of teens greiving the loss of a friend.
I second anything by Sharon Creech. I just finished -The Wanderer- and last summer I read -Walk Two Moons- and both brought tears to my eyes!!
Also any book by Lurlene McDaniel
Jordan Sonnenblick's Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie
Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass
Wilborn Hampton's September 11, 2001: attack on New York City
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
For boys: Over the Wall, Touching Spirit Bear
For girls: The Devil's Arithmetic, Searching for David's Heart
The Great God Pan by Napoli. I don't want to spoil it, but it involves parent angst (Pan & his father) and also Pan & a human, Iphigenia.
I am so with you on Nicholas Sparks! A Walk to Remember is my absolute favorite book, and I always end up bawling even though I've read the book and seen the movie a thousand times. I would second someone's suggestion of Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson. He has another book, Sam's Letters to Jennifer that is similar to Suzanne's Diary- although I have not finished it yet, so I can't say whether or not it made me cry (but since I've also been known to cry over commercials as well, I'm sure I'll be crying!)
Adult book read by teens: I cried and actually threw the book across the room when I read _The Things They Carried_ by Tim O'Brien. It was the story about the water buffalo. I did pick the book up and finish reading and crying later on.
Kids' book: My daughter cried so hard during _Where the Red Fern Grows_ by Wilson Rawls that she got a nose bleed. She also cried during _Bud, Not Buddy_ by Christopher Paul Curtis and _Love That Dog_ by Sharon Creech.
Earthshine by Theresa Nelson for an older title.
I just finished Looking for Alaska by John Green yesterday and had to explain to my boss while I was sitting at my desk crying.
First They Killed My Father by Luong Ung - this is one of the most wrenching things I've ever read. I saw in Booklist that the sequel just came out, so I need to get my hands on that, too.
How Far Would You Have Gotten If I Hadn’t Called You Back? by Valerie Hobbs
More Than You Know by Beth Gutcheon (not YA, but adult with YA appeal)
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery (I read this multiple times as a teen and cried fountains everytime)
Hanging on to Max made me cry... a lot
Say Goodnight Gracie made me sob when I was a teen.
How about an oldie: Flowers for Algernon.
"Stop Pretending: what happened when my big sister went crazy" by Sonya Sones
PUSH by Sapphire: It's a killer, a true tear-jerker, but definitely only for more mature YAs. I am currently reading INVISIBLE by Pete Hautman and that's another extremely powerful & emotionally involving book for YAs! Would certainly be appropriate on the tear-jerker list.
A Time for Dancing by Hurwin
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood--and I don't cry easily!
The Bell Jar
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
Whale Talk , Chris Crutcher
My Sister's Keeper
Letters from Wolfie by Patty Sherlock (for all of us dog lovers) and Behind You (sequel to If You Come Softly)
The Cure by Sonia Levitin
Sex Education by Jenny Davis
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
Though these are not really ya fiction, which is what I think of first for tearjerkers for teens, some teens might like:Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived-wonderful non-fiction
Gingerbread made me tear up pretty good, but I cry from commercials as well... BUT, if you REALLY want to cry, have you read Faithful Elephants? This is a children's book, read out loud in one of my classes this semester. Needless to say, I had to walk out of the class to avoid sobbing.
Must your list only contain fiction? Irena Gut Opdyke's In My Hands definitely made me cry, as do all books about the Holocaust. 33 Snowfish (F by Adam Rapp) made me cry, too.
TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE and THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN both by Mitch Albom
EMAKO BLUE by Brenda Woods
The Lovely Bones
Good night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian
Imani all mine by Connie Porter
A child called it by Dave Pelzer
They cage the animals at night by Jennings Michael Burch
Hope Was Here_ by Joan Bauer
Oh, and Vanessa, my 15-year-old says she, "Cried like a baby at the end of the FIRE-US trilogy."
Bringing Up the Bones by Lara M. Zeises
Pat Conroy's The Great Santini
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Moss

Flamingnet February Enewsletter

Flamingnet Book Reviews Enewsletter

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2. Other Recent Book Reviews
3. New Word Challenge Section
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1. New and Advance Books Recently Reviewed On Flamingnet
DELIVER US FROM NORMAL Kate Klise
What is normal, anyway? Kate Klise's book Deliver Us from Normal is an intriguing, adolescent view on what normal is and why it is
so important to children and teenagers.
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/205.cfm?enb=132Fdaw

ANACAEONA Edwidge Danticat
Quisqueya is the name of the land currently called Haiti, and the time now is 1490. Anacaona is a young lady, and heir with her brother Behechio to the throne of Xaragua, a section of Quisqueya. Anacaona gets her hair cut off, a Native American ritual sending her into adulthood. Now that she is in adulthood, she can marry. Caonabo', the chief of the land of Maguana, which is a different section of Quisqueya, is looking for a wife, and he chooses Anacaona.
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/205.cfm?enb=232Fdaw

HOW TO BECOME A PIRATE Cressida Cowell
Poor Hiccup. He wants to be as good a Viking pirate as his father, Stoick the Vast, but his absolutely average size makes Pirate Training Lessons harder than he thought. But with the help of his best friend Fishlegs and his loyal, if sometimes sulky, pet dragon Toothless, Hiccup is destined for great swordfights, meetings with mysterious strangers, and hilarious treasure- seeking adventures as he learns "How to Be a Pirate."
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/205.cfm?enb=332Fdaw

HUNTER JoyCowley
Jordan and her brothers, Baxter and Robbie, are flying on a small plane, and they crash. Baxter has suffered some wounds in his arm. They all are hungry. They know they are miles away from civilization, so they have to survive on their own. Yet, they are not completely on their own.
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/205.cfm?enb=432Fdaw

MILLICENT'S GIFT Ann Rinaldi
Millicent is a fourteen-year-old girl with an incredible power. Millicent can do magic, and when she is fifteen she will have a wish that will absolutely have to come true. Of course, what should the wish be? Millicent comes to an extreme conflict. Should she use her wish for friendship, brotherhood, or for something she would want?
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2. Other Recent Book Reviews
A MANGO-SHAPED SPACE Wendy Mass
Mia has a perfectly harmless yet rare condition where sights and sounds have a color in her head. Whenever she hears a noise, a color streaks across her vision. She has had trouble in school trying to figure out how numbers can be added together to get another number. To Mia the corresponding number they add up to does not match the color that the original numbers were. As long as she has known about it she has kept it a secret, until now.
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/205.cfm?enb=632Fdaw

CHILDREN OF THE LAMP P. B. Kerr
John and Philippa are twelve-year old twins that live in New York with a seemingly perfect mother and a short businessman father. It all starts with a trip to the dentist where John and Philippa find that they have to have their wisdom teeth removed. While they are under anesthesia, their djinn-uncle Nimrod puts himself into their dreams and tells them to meet him in London. The kids mysteriously convince their mother and when they ask their father, he seems scared to say no. When they meet their Uncle Nimrod, their mother's brother, they find out that their mothers side of the family is djinn. This means that they have magical powers.
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/205.cfm?enb=732Fdaw

GODS AND GENERALS Jeff Shaara
This prequel to The Killer Angels begins before the start of the Civil War; it goes all the way through the first part of the war and stops at the beginning of Gettysburg. It mainly follows four men, Robert E. Lee, Winfield Scott Hancock, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. The reader learns about their personal lives and the lives they led as soldiers. Jeff Shaara turns these men's years as soldiers into a beautifully told story that educates as well as entertains.
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LORD OF THE KILL Theodore Taylor
Ben's parents have left on a trip to India to do a story about Bengal tiger poachers. Ben's father is a conservationist that has made many people mad with his actions to stop the illegal killing of tigers. They leave Ben, their 18-year- old son in charge of the family's Los Coyotes Big Cat Preserve. Ben handles the responsibility well, and the job is easy, until someone breaks into the preserve.
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/205.cfm?enb=932Fdaw

SUPERNATURALIST Eoin Colfer
The book takes place in the future. It starts when Cosmo Hill, formerly an inmate in the Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys, escapes to a group that calls themselves Supernaturalists. The group now has four members, Cosmo, Mona, Ditto, and Stefan. What they all have in common is the ability to see a creature that they have named Parasites. They are supposedly sucking the last bits of life that injured people have left in them. The Supernaturalists fight these creatures by rushing to places where people have just been injured to ward of the Parasites with their electric rods. Soon, though, a person will give them information that will challenge what they are fighting for.
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3. New Word Challenge Section
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4. Flamingnet Content Rating (FCR)
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Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen is about two children named Bryce and Julianna who grow up across the street from one another. Each chapter changes back and forth between Bryce and Julianna telling their story. Julianna raises chickens in her yard and sells eggs to all of her neighbors because her family needs the money. She gives the eggs free to Bryce because she likes him. Bryce does not want the eggs because he does not like her and feels they may be diseased. He does not tell her because he does not want to hurt her feelings so he throws them away every morning. One morning after Julianna has delivered the eggs she catches Bryce throwing them away. The story then flips and Bryce tries to win Julianna back because he realizes that she is a kind person and has a lot of feelings.

I liked this book but definitely feel that it is a "girl's book."
by Sister-of-Flamingnet

SUGGESTIONS FOR 6TH GRADE GIRLS

From Yalsa Listserv

East by Edith PattouColibri by Ann CameronAshes of Roses by Mary Jane AuchInkheart by Cornelia FunkeI Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade by Diane Lee WilsonA Girl Named Disaster by Nancy FarmerTangled Threads by Pegi Deitz SheaZazoo by Richard MosherHeir Apparent by Vivian Vande VeldeEsperanza Rising and Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz RyanOnce Upon a Marigold by Jean FerrisAngel on the Square, Homeless Bird and others by Gloria WhelanWitch Child, Sorceress, and Pirates by Celia ReesChinese Cinderella : The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mahany Sharon CreechHow about these oldies but goodies:The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareUp a Road Slowly by Irene HuntRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorThe Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

Jaqueline Woodson, Cormier's _THE RAG AND BONE SHOP_,some of the newer Konigsburg titles (_SILENT TO THEBONE_, _OUTCASTS OF SCHUYLER PLACE_), Mildred Taylor,Virginia Hamilton, Joan Bauer, Jerry Spinelli.


A great crying book is A Time for Dancing by DavidaHurwinI love Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen. It's awonderful coming of age story.The Sammy Keyes series are part real-life, partmystery.

*The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread (grown-up's fairy tale)
*Crispin, The Cross of Lead (great action)
*A Single Shard (very sensitive)
*Bud, Not Buddy (very "quest-like")
*Out of the Dust (sad, upbeat)
*The View from Saturday (a great Battle of the Books type)
*The Midwife's Apprentice (enough "yuck" for the boys)
*Walk Two Moons
*Hatchet (for adventure)
*An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (don't read this while eating a bowl of spaghetti)
*Island of the Blue Dolphins
*Where the Red Fern Grows
*The Secret Garden
and my two latest "favorites"...
*Coraline (I had no fingernails left after this one)
*The Thief Lord (magical)
And you can't beat "Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown" for old-fashioned fun.


- The Year of Secret Assignments - Jaclyn Moriarty - I don't rememberanything offensive in this book but there may have been some language (Itend to miss those words for some reason)- Out of the Dust - Karen Hesse- Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine PatersonMaybe too obvious but L.M. Montgomery's books:- The entire Anne of Green Gables series, especially Anne of the Islandand Rilla of Ingleside (will definitely make them cry!).- The Emily of New Moon series - I remember several of my friendsbawling over these back in sixth grade, but they did nothing for me- The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery - no one seems to have heard ofthis one, but it's Montgomery's most feminist work (for the time, not somuch at all any more!)Fantasy but with a real-life feel:- Beauty by Robin McKinley- East by Edith Pattou- The Theif Lord - Cornelia Funke

I just finished THE LEGEND OF BUDDY BUSH (Sheila Moses) and it did all those things. I think it would be a great title for 6th graders. Really well done.

What about A VIEW FROM SATURDAY (Konigsburg)? That's a great story. Not so sad but about real life and tons of fun.

Hesse's WITNESS might work too and also ALEUTIAN SPARROW.

A Year Down Yonder - Richard PeckWalk Two Moons - Sarah CreechNumber the Stars - Lois LowryJacob Have I Loved - Katherine PatersonA Ring of Endless Light - Madeline L'Engle

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt, and LOVED it and feel it would be terrific for your group. If only the cover was half as enticing as the book is great.
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konigsburg
The Misfits by James Howe
Hope Was Here By Joan Bauer
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
Kit’s Wilderness by David Almond
Any Sharon Creech
Any Sonia Sones

Sahara Special by Esme Raji CodellPictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly GiffHoot by Carl HiassenHush by Jacqueline WoodsonLeon's Story by Leon Walter Tillage (nonfiction)

Sahara Special by Esme Raji CodellPictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly GiffHoot by Carl HiassenHush by Jacqueline WoodsonLeon's Story by Leon Walter Tillage (nonfiction)

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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo is a twist on "the castaway landing on a deserted island" theme, a Robinson Crusoe like story set after World War II. My daughter and I just finished it. She is in seventh grade and found the way the boy comes to the island, as well as the ending, a bit hard to accept. I must agree, especially the ending. The interactions between Kensuke and the castaway, Michael, are interesting and make the reader think about what they would do in similar circumstances. The initial language barrier was an intriguing obstacle that was overcome within a rather short period of time, thanks to Morpurgo's creativeness within the story. Overall, we both enjoyed this book and recommend it as an easy, enjoyable read for fourth and fifth graders, or for reluctant readers. It is also for readers seeking a Hi/Lo book.

Flamingnet January Enewsletter

Flamingnet Book Reviews Enewsletter
Topics:
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1. New and Advance Book Recently Reviewed On Flamingnet

THE CRY OF THE ICEMARK
Stuart Hill
Stuart Hill's first novel, The Cry of the Icemark, is a brilliantly written tale of destiny and personal discovery. It concerns a fourteen year old princess, who after her father has just died in battle, finds herself ruler of a country on the brink of war. With the help of a witch's son she makes allies with Vampires, Snow Leopards and Werewolves who agree to join her in her battle against a greedy, unstoppable nation.
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/index.cfm?enb=132Fdaw

CHASING THE FALCONERS Gordon Korman
Chasing the Falconers by Gordon Korman is the exciting first book in a series of non-fiction action tales. Despite the drab and misleading cover, this book is filled with suspense and adventure. Aiden and Meg Falconer are being punished for their parents' crime of treason by living in the custody of the "supes" at Sunnydale Farm, a Juvenile Detention Center. Upon escaping this horrible lifestyle, they transform from innocent, high society children, to young fugitives on a mission to prove their parents' innocence.
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/index.cfm?enb=232Fdaw

SMILER'S BONES Peter Lerangis
Famous Artic explorer, Robert Peary, takes a young Eskimo, Minik, and five other Eskimos from their native land. Peary brings them to New York City to be presented at the American Museum of Natural History. They are treated like circus acts, and soon four of the six Eskimos are dead including Minik's father, Smiler. Out of the two remaining, one goes back to Greenland, leaving Minik in New York City. The story tells of the unjust way Minik was treated and how it ruined his life forever.
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/index.cfm?enb=332Fdaw



SHADOW LIFE Barry Denenberg
The story of Anne Frank is told through her sister's eyes in a fascinating and compelling tale of the human will to live. Author Barry Denenberg's masterful portrayal of realities for Jews living during the WWII era makes for a fascinating read. Denenberg fills readers in on historical facts and goes on to re-create the diary of Margot, the sister of Anne Frank. The final sections of this book shed new light on the fates of Anne and her companions from 263 Prinsengracht.
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/index.cfm?enb=432Fdaw


DOCTOR ILLUMINATUS Martin Booth
Pip and Tim move into an ancient English home, Rawne Barton, built in 1422. As soon is they are settled they notice that there is another person in the house. They uncover a boy, Sebastian, who has slept in the house for almost 600 years. The explanation he gives Pip and Tim is that his father was a great alchemist who fought an evil alchemist named de Loudéac. Also, he says that, just before Sebastian's father was going to be burned at the stake, around 1440, he told his son to continue his fight against de Loudéac. Now, in our modern day, Sebastian tells Pip and Tim that he needs their help to defeat de Loudéac who has slept just like Sebastian so that he may live longer.
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/index.cfm?enb=532Fdaw


2. Other Recent Book Reviews
UNDER THE SUN Arthur Dorros
Ehmet lives in the Bosnian town of Sarajevo during their civil war. When his father tries to send he and his mother to a safer place, his mother ends up dying and Ehmet must survive on his own. He hears from a friend that there is a place where orphaned children are living in peace and helping to rebuild a village and their lives. Ehmet makes his way through war torn Bosnia looking for this haven of peace. This is an excellent book that all our reviewers loved!
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/index.cfm?enb=632Fdaw


INTO THE ABYSS David Marsh
Ashlyn and Autumn Miller live in their grandmother's house on the coast of Oregon because both of their parents have died. One day the two siblings are exploring Deadman's Bluff down at the beach, when they are caught in a storm and almost drowned in a whirlpool. Miraculously, something in the water saves their lives. Soon, Ashlyn becomes aware of strange sounds inside his head. At first he thinks nothing of it, but before long the sounds turn into messages. He follows the messages and finds he has been chosen. He and Autumn venture into the bottom of the ocean and discover secrets beyond anyone's wildest dreams.
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/index.cfm?enb=732Fdaw



TRUESIGHT David Stahler Jr.
Jacob is blind, his parents are blind, and everyone in his community is blind. Jacob lives on the planet Harmony, a place where everyone is genetically engineered to be blind. In his community they believe in the idea of Truesight, that sight corrupts people and leads them to have no values. As Jacob is preparing to find out his job for life, something strange starts to happen to Jacob and the world become much clearer than it was.
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/index.cfm?enb=832Fdaw


CHILDREN OF THE LAMP P.B. Kerr
This book is about the life of two young djinn, John and Philippa Gaunt. In a dream, their Uncle Nimrod tells them that they need to come to London immediately. Little did they no that a simple trip to see a relative would turn into a journey of self-discovery, adventure, terror, magic, and mystery.
http://www.flamingnet.com/enewsletter/index.cfm?enb=932Fdaw



HIDDEN TALENTS David Lubar
This book is about kids who in one way or another are strange. They are so strange that they are sent to an alternative school. This school is the end of the line as schools go. Martin, who is the main character in the book, has been thrown out of 3 schools, cub scouts, and his baseball team. This is the reason he ended up in the alternative school called Edgeview. At Edgeview he has to deal with bullies but he makes 5 new friends in the end. Just when it looks like the end of the road for Martin and his friends, they find out something that could change their lives forever.
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