“Be careful”, is about the only thing Willow is used to hearing. Having Osteogenesis Imperfecta is not an easy thing to deal with. Even the slightest sneeze could break her ribs! Willow’s mom is prepared for almost any break that could occur… While on vacation in Disney World, Willow, her parents and her sister...
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Handle With Care
The Fault In Our Stars
When sixteen year old Hazel is diagnosed with Thyroid cancer, a disease that forces her to wear a breathing tube 24/7, her parents make her attend a cancer patient support group where she meets leg amputee Augustus Waters. After Hazel convinces him to read her favorite book, ‘An Imperial Affliction’ the two begin to...
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The Great Gatsby: From Book to Movie
“The Great Gatsby”, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, has recently been made into a movie- again! Nick Carraway, played by Tobey Maguire, finds himself living in the rich part of town. Nick’s next door neighbor Jay Gatsby, Leonardo DiCaprio, seems a bit suspicious but always throws ‘extravagant’ parties on Saturdays. Over the summer, Nick finds...
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My Girl
Set in a small town located in Pennsylvania, this is an emotional movie about a lonely young girl’s journey during the summer of 1972. Eleven year old Vada, based on her life, is played by Anna Chlumsky. Vada lives with Harry or her dad, played by Dan Aykroyd, who has a business in their...
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The Princess Bride
Many years ago, in a European nation called Florin, there was a beautiful girl named Buttercup. Buttercup has a farm boy, Westley, who only ever says three words to her, “As you wish”. Buttercup realizes that when Westley is saying, “As you wish” he really means, “I love you” and she finds out that...
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Lock and Key
Sarah Dessen Realistic Fiction Reviewed by Hannah Williams Rated 4 out of 5 Stars Ruby Cooper is eighteen years old. She’s been living with her mom for almost her whole life, just the two of them together. Out of the blue, Ruby’s mother abandons her, leaving Ruby alone to...
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Uglies
“What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful” Tally Youngblood was the last of her friends to turn sixteen. She was counting down the days till she could receive the surgery that would turn her beautiful. In Tally’s world, set three hundred years in the future, every teen receives cosmetic surgery to...
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The Heroes of Olympus: The Mark of Athena
“Seven half-bloods shall answer the call To storm or fire, the world must fall An oath to keep with a final breath, And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death” Percy Jackson, the son of the Greek god of the sea Poseidon, is finally reunited with his girlfriend Annabeth when the Greek warship...
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The Morganville Vampires: Black Dawn
It was a shock to you when you first moved into a town full of vampires. Obviously it was not a typical college town as you expected. You’re stunned, but soon after, you become comfortable with it. Friendships are built and romances spark. Then a new surprise comes; the draug. They are creatures that...
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Wherever Nina Lies
Nina was living life big with her younger sister, Ellie, until one day she just never came back, disappeared, gone, and lost. Ellie then began trying to forget all about her loved sister, but she couldn’t. She knew there had to be a purpose for her sister’s disappearance. She was going to get to...
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