 | by Stephen Chbosky Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience |
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Staying Alive in High School (2006-04-20)
This is a YA book set in 1991/1992. I enjoyed it very much. The main character is a freshman in high school who hangs out with a bunch of seniors. The book is constructed from a series of letters from this kid to an unknown reader, supposedly us. It reads like a diary in that the kid says a lot of things... Read more... This is a YA book set in 1991/1992. I enjoyed it very much. The main character is a freshman in high school who hangs out with a bunch of seniors. The book is constructed from a series of letters from this kid to an unknown reader, supposedly us. It reads like a diary in that the kid says a lot of things he wouldn't normally tell anyone. I enjoyed a lot of the honesty, and the mixed tapes. The problem I have with the book is that the parents never notice their child's descent into drugs and alcohol. He seems to spend many nights out late with these older kids. I assume that I won't be as good/bad of a parent, but who knows. By the end he http://townhousebooks.org/rot13.html?process=fbegf+bhg+nyy+bs+uvf+ceboyrzf+naq+unf+fjbea+bs+qehtf+naq+nypbuby.+Jurer+ner+gur+nqqvpgf.+Bu+jnvg+ur+qbrf+pbagvahr+gb+fzbxr+ohg+ur+unf+cebzvfrq+uvf+fvfgre+ur+jvyy+dhvg.
 | by Neal Stephenson Book : Fiction | 1st ed |
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So Awesome (2009-03-18)
This book is the highlight of Neal Stephenson's career, and that says a lot right there. Intricate and well composed.
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Groovy (2006-08-31)
I liked this book a lot
 | by Cory Doctorow Book : Fiction |
A place so foreign and more like 4 other stories (2009-03-17)
I enjoyed about half of these stories. I recommend
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I enjoyed about half of these stories. I recommend
- Craphound: it is about an alien who roams around looking for good junk at yard sales, what is not to love.
- 0wnz0red: definitely worth the price of admission. You are not in control (of yourself), or are you?
- Return to Pleasure Island: Interesting, but I found it a bit slow. I do like books that talk about the private lives of amusement park castmembers.
- A place so foreign: Showed some promise. The background is that different time periods have ambassadors to other time periods. I liked the future of 1975. I felt that the end was a letdown though
- Shadow of the Mothaship: just didn't grab my attention. There were 2 other stories in the same "world" and I only liked one of them because of a strange character who thought he was the reincarnation of Nicola Tesla. (Home Again, Home Again)
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