tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69522782237863883262024-02-07T13:49:41.965-08:00The Tween Book Review QueenA blog for tweens and teens to find good reads!Sam Hearts Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06508050359194695478noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952278223786388326.post-17024656909462463562009-11-07T21:03:00.000-08:002009-11-07T21:03:04.880-08:00Wow....
Hehe....I just read a very interesting book that someone close to me recommended...It's called Secrets of my Hollywood Life by Jen Calonita. I guess it's a series? Well....let's just say I laughed very hard with this book. The writing is, let's just say, mediocre, and the storyline is very original. (NOT) It's about teen star Kaitlin Burke, and her desire to live a "normal life", so she Sam Hearts Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06508050359194695478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952278223786388326.post-78116010447360061052009-10-27T20:10:00.000-07:002009-10-27T20:10:21.049-07:00Ida B.I just read a book called Ida B., by Katherine Hannigan. It is a really light-hearted, funny read. It is about a young girl named Ida B. Applewood, more commonly known as Ida B. She is a homeschooled, carefree, glass half full kind of girl. Until something comes into her life that changes that all. Then her world is turned upside down, and she has to go to the "Place of Slow but Sure Sam Hearts Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06508050359194695478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952278223786388326.post-78485507840574847632009-09-27T19:23:00.000-07:002009-09-27T19:31:52.799-07:00Mama's Bank AccountSo I recently read a book called Mama's Bank Account, by Kathryn Forbes. It's a quick read, but very enjoyable. It's about a Norwegian-American family whose Mother, "Mama", is the main character in this book. Her daughter, Katrin, later known as Kathryn, wanted to write a book about her strong mother, and the tough times she got them through. The way she carried herself through these times Sam Hearts Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06508050359194695478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952278223786388326.post-7893125974454264012009-09-25T21:20:00.000-07:002009-09-27T19:32:41.696-07:00The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsSo I just read a book called the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It probably is my FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL TIME!!! It can be a little violent sometimes, though, so I'd recommend it for ages 12 and up. This book is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a nation once known as North America, now known as Panem. Panem has twelve districts, and every year two people ages 12-18 are sent to anSam Hearts Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06508050359194695478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952278223786388326.post-14343780965807326222009-08-04T08:04:00.000-07:002009-08-04T08:16:08.491-07:00Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li JiangThis review is about Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang This book is set in 1966 in Communist China. Twelve year old Ji-Li seems to have everything. A great family, a nice home, and a bright future. But when China's leader, Mao Zedong, launches the Cultural Revolution, everything changes.She and her family are constantly humiliated and exploited because of their "class status." They live in constant Sam Hearts Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06508050359194695478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952278223786388326.post-83230385911449563942009-07-25T18:44:00.000-07:002009-07-25T19:04:15.002-07:00I Have Lived A Thousand YearsI just read an ah-MAZING book called I Have Lived A Thousand Years, by Livia Bitton Jackson. This book might be a little scary for some, because it is based during the Holocaust in a concentration camp for a majority of the time, but we young people need to learn really happened in the Holocaust!!!! Don't be turned off! It's probably one of my favorite books of all time!!!!For Elli Friedmann, Sam Hearts Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06508050359194695478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952278223786388326.post-64897641440083106912009-07-24T20:44:00.000-07:002009-07-24T21:31:04.647-07:00Before Green Gables by Budge WilsonGood news!!!!For all of you who love Anne Shirley, the feisty heroine of the Anne of Green Gable Series, you can now go back in time and learn about Anne's past in the book Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson. Not only is this book squeaky clean, but now you can learn about how Anne became the girl she was in the Green Gables series.When Anne is orphaned as a baby by an epidemic, she is Sam Hearts Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06508050359194695478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952278223786388326.post-43298774168569105782009-07-24T20:18:00.000-07:002009-07-24T20:40:33.326-07:00How Not To Be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler Recently I read a book called How Not to Be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler. It was whimsy, charming, and funny! Overall, I LOVED it! There was some not so great language though. My mom read it before I did, and she had to black out some words, sometimes even paragraphs. :( My mom would advise parents to read it first. Other than that, it was fantastic!It was about a girl named Maggie Dempsey, whoseSam Hearts Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06508050359194695478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952278223786388326.post-57435230505926643172009-07-24T19:59:00.000-07:002009-07-24T20:12:16.279-07:00Welcome to My Blog!!!!My name is Sam, I'm 12, and I am an AVID readerI read a variety of books, from Jane Austen to JK RowlingThese days, it's really hard to find good books for younger people, so to help with that problem, I will review tons of different books, to give an idea of what books you might be interested in readingREAD ON :)Sam Hearts Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06508050359194695478noreply@blogger.com0