In the Small town of Odessa, the town is known for one thing, outstanding Permian football tradition; football was Permian’s way of life. 1988 was the year that Permian was predicted to bring home the state title. How they were going to show that the prediction was right, was with there powerhouse division 1...
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Louis Sachar’s Holes is marvelous. Maybe it isn’t the best book ever written or even the best children’s book ever written, but its perfect in that it does exactly what it sets out to do – tell an exciting children’s adventure story with profound things to say about prejudice, friendship and loyalty, and does...
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At 32 and single Travis is wondering if he will ever get married. One of his goals in life was to settle down and start a family. All of his friends are married and have kids but him, he’s still the lonely bachelor of the group. Whenever his friends come over they make him...
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Troy Billings, a six-foot-one kid who also weighs almost 300 pounds, is just a normal kid who wants to be like everyone else, until he meets Curt MacCrae. Troy also lost his mom at a young age and only has a brother who is a sports kid and his dad...
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Pattyn, a teenage girl living in a mainly Mormon community, starts to question her life style. She grew up going to church every week and helping out with her 5 sisters. In her junior year of high school, Pattyn begins to struggle with her beliefs. Her family and church going friends are startled by...
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Kate Kreider had her life all planned out. She would go to college, graduate, meet the man who swept her off her feet, get married and start a family. Everything would be perfect. Order is key, and chaos must be avoided at all costs. In 1998, at a company picnic, Kate Kreider met Jon...
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“Now it’s my turn to watch over you,” young Michael Stolowitzky, aged beyond his years, vows to his adoptive mother, Gertruda Bablinska, the only family he has left. It is a time of desolation, desperation, and death in Europe, 1939. It is the beginning of World War II; it is the time of the...
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“Ashleigh’s planning to crash a dance at the Forefield Academy, and she wants me to come with her.” Julie is stunned after hearing this from her best friend Ashleigh, but what can she expect? Ashleigh has just begun acting like a person straight from the time of Jane Austen, the author of Pride and...
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In The Day the Voices Stopped, by Ken Steele and Claire Berman, Ken, a 14-year-old boy living in Connecticut, starts having hallucinations and is diagnosed with schizophrenia. He starts hearing voices that taunt him to kill himself. They tell him, “Hang yourself.” Throughout the whole book voices are swarming his mind and making him...
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In this book the author, Jeanne Mayo, gives advice to teenage boys and girls. She answers all the questions that you may be afraid to ask and lets you know all the important things about growing up. Jeanne is a retired youth pastor who understands the way teens think and act. She gives a...
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