School Time Books

well any book that makes me cry I consider to be pretty good, and this book had me crying. It's a sad story, but it's beautifully written.

This book was one of the, if not the, saddest books I have ever read. The characters and plot are very deep, and the book keeps you hooked all the way to the end. I cried. a lot. Very sad, but highly recommended.

I liked this book a lot the first time I read it, but not so much the second time. When I read it the first time, I didn't know what was going to happen so it was a surprise. However, when I read it the second time I knew what was going to happen, so it was kind of boring. I did like it a lot though because it was a really sad book and I love sad books.
Sammy and Julie were the best of friends. They loved to go to parties together, they loved to dance together, and they loved to all around spend time together. They are in the middle of a dance class when Julie all of a sudden feels really sharp pains in her hip and back. Her mother has to take her to the hospital but they are no help at all. Julie goes through 13 different doctors before she even knows whats wrong with her. She then finds out she has a really bad cancer and it is spreading very fast. Julie has to drop out of school and dance class just to recover. Sammy is really upset that she can't see or talk to Julie! Julie gets worse and worse over time until one day she goes into a coma. Shortly after Sammy gets a call from Julie's mom and rushes over to say good-bye. Shortly after Julie slips away!
I recommend this book to teenagers that love sad books like me. This book is really sad!

This book made me cry! I think everyone should read this book. It is touching, upsetting, and happy. language is beautiful. Note: for children under 10, has lots of bad words.LOVED IT!

I think this was a very good book. It teaches morals about how to deal with life. Not just normal day stuff a girls goes through, that along with having cancer. It shows how important it is to have a best friend, and what it is like to be a good one. I like how is portrays the two young girls life, it makes it so you can relate to them more. I like how it changed the side of the story, from Sam and Julie. It showed how hard it is to have cancer, but than also how hard it is to have your best friend go through it also. It takes the negatives of the book (cancer) into a positive impact on life. Too live your life with not regrets and to live life to the fullest. It is a very touching book. I almost cried. This book seems similar to the books by Lurlene McDaniel. I suggest this book to anyone who likes sad, life changing stories, who is also about 12 or older due to bad language. Even with that to though, it shows what the girls lives were like and gave more emotion to what was happening in there lives. This is definitely a must read and to add it to you collection, or school library!

This book has become a favorite. It is short, sweet, simple, and has a great cadence...

I purchased this book in store and therefore had no reviews to read beforehand. I had never heard of this book and quite honestly didn't think much by the cover other than the fact that is was a book about bedtime - which I didn't have yet. When I opened the book and started reading each page, I was instantly sold! The little rhymes for each different animal mom (or dad!) and baby is so incredibly sweet it just melted my heart on the spot. This book became a nightime ritual for me and my son for several months. He loved to see the animals and make each animal sound. He even liked to point out the stars and moon on some of the pages. Finally, the last two pages show a mommy tucking her little baby into bed (at which point I say, "see, how the baby is going to bed"), then followed by a page with the baby fast asleep. For those who have little ones with sleep issues, it is a good illustration to show another baby peacefully going to sleep. Like clockwork, my son would start rubbing his eyes. I have switched to Guess How Much I Love You right now but I plan to return to this poetically sweet and simple little bedtime treasure!

This is a sweet book and my three year-old grandson loves it. On most pages it calls the baby animal by the correct name: a foal, a calf, a pup...but on the other pages the baby is a sheep instead of a lamb, a cat instead of a kitten, a goose instead of a gosling. This inconsistency bugs me everytime I read it. I would suggest that you read it before you buy it.

This book is the perfect lap size. The illustrations are just beautiful. Both of my children (under 3 years old) love this book. This is the perfect addition to any collection...

We recently bought this book for our 15-month old and he loves it. The illustrations are lovely, the narrative is sweet and melodic, and it is short enough to be a book that holds his attention start to finish even when he is tired. A lovely find!

I got this book for Christmas and i finished it that day. It's a book you just can't put down. It's about Jemima(Jem)Emmerson, who's 15 when the story starts. The war becomes reality when her brother joins the millitia and her mother starts writing letters under a psudonym to a local newspaper asking for supplies for the army. These letters end up making something very bad happen to the family. When her father employs a tutor for her that is a tory she hates him nd treats her very badly. Then Jemima finds a coded message that tells her that John Reid(her tutor)is a spy for Washington then she gets to know him and falls in love with him. Then her younger brother goes away to the army too, and she and her mother are left home and worrying. This is a really good book. I don't really like that Jemima sort of looses the spirit she has at the begining; sassy, fun, and willed. But it's still really good.

Jem is probably my favorite character out of all the Ann Rinaldi books!! She's stubborn and high spirited , I reread this book every chance I get and never tire of it. I don't know which Ann Rinaldi books are my favorite the Revoultionary or the Civil War? But I do know that I Love them all!!!

Romance, tragedy, and life lessons are all wonderfully displayed in this novel, set during the period of the Revolutionary War. TIME ENOUGH FOR DRUMS, by Ann Rinaldi, is the story of Jem, a rebellious Patriot teenage girl, whose family is torn apart by the war. Her father is persecuted for not selling tea, her mother has a war "secret" of her own, the war beckons both of her brothers, and on top of all that, she clashes with her Tory tutor. Through the ups and downs of her life, Jem learns some important life lessons the hard way but comes out on top, and learns that people are not always what they seem. The reader learns that there is always, "time enough for drums." This novel keeps you wanting to know more and more about Jem and what is going to happen next in her life. It is also an additional bonus, how Ann Rinaldi uses accurate historical events, to base her book upon. If you love to be entertained while you read, than this book is definitely for you!

Romance, tragedy, and life lessons are all wonderfully displayed in this novel, set during the period of the Revolutionary War. TIME ENOUGH FOR DRUMS, by Ann Rinaldi, is the story of Jem, a rebellious Patriot teenage girl, whose family is torn apart by the war. Her father is persecuted for not selling tea, her mother has a war "secret" of her own, the war beckons both of her brothers, and on top of all that, she clashes with her Tory tutor. Through the ups and downs of her life, Jem learns some important life lessons the hard way but comes out on top, and learns that people are not always what they seem. The reader learns that there is always, "time enough for drums." This novel keeps you wanting to know more and more about Jem and what is going to happen next in her life. It is also an additional bonus, how Ann Rinaldi uses accurate historical events, to base her book upon. If you love to be entertained while you read, than this book is definitely for you!

This is the best of all Ann Rinaldis books (I have read all of them). This book has the most interesting characters and a great plot. Everyone will enjoy Jem and her tutor and what happens between them. I have read this book probably 15 times and never get tired of it. The hints of romance and interest to this book. It teaches you about history without making you ever feel like you were in history class.

Overall this was a good book but the ending ruined it all!!! In the future the world was ravaged by a disease and 70 percent of the world died. With all of the great forces in the world destroyed all that was left was terrorists that launched nuclear bombs at will and people and the planet were never the same. In the end he develops a cure so all the people he met in the future would never have existed!!! So i say that Gary Paulsen should do what he did with hatchet: write a sequel pretending that the end never happened. Brian's winter turned out great. So if you agree with do the same.

I read this book in 7th grade and man this is a very intresting book. Now im 18 and i just bought the book and its still mind blowing to me. Gary paulsen is a great author, his writing is very detailed and in depth. BUY IT READ IT.

The Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen used to be one of my absolute favorite books. It is a very simple and entertaining read. It is about Mark's hike in the desert when he discovers a strange blue light. He falls into it, and is telaported to a strange and interesting world. In this new world, Mark musty learn to survive, and how to live in this new and dangerous world. That being said, this used to be one of my favorite books. It is definitely written for the junior high or middle school crowd. If you are above that age, feel free to read this book, just be warned that it may seem a little "childish". Parents, I highly recomend this book for kids. Me and all my friends really enjoyed this book when we were younger. I highly recomend this book to all kids in junior high or younger. Few people will regret reading this very entertaining story.

I've been an elementary (5th grade) teacher for 9 years and love to read to my students daily. Transall Saga "hands down" has been the "top choice" best book of the year all 9 years running. As matter of fact it has created a love and excitement for students who dislike reading.
I would love to see Mr. Paulsen do us all some justice and get busy writing a sequel. Mark needs to go back to the desert with his scienctific cohorts and show them what he's really made of. Please Mr. Paulsen get busy... we're all waiting for part 2. Also, I can't believe a producer hasn't pick this story up for a movie. I have read the "Hatchet series" and love it. But Transall Saga I feel by far is his best adventure!

If you like books about adventurous, sci-fi stories about the world then you are sure to enjoy reading the Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen. This story is about a 13 year old boy who falls into a mysterious blue light that transports him very far into the future when he is hiking through the missle mountain range. When he thinks that he is alone on this deserted planet he is proven wrong when he finds and arrow in a tree. He is determined to find the people who this arrow belongs to. When he finds them he is rudely awakened by the style of life they live and decdides to move away but is captured by another tribe and forced into slavery but is granted his freedom because of his noble deeds and his different looks than everyone else. After the virus hit almost everyone died and the remaining people were changed physically and they had to start over because the virus had kept the population so low for so long that people forgot about normal life and went back into the stone ages. I really enjoyed reading this book because it has very good description and a very good storyline and plot that I could see maybe happening in the future if a virus like that hit or if there was a nuclear disaster. If you are looking for an adverturous, science fiction, page turning novel Gary Paulsen's The Transall Saga is right for you.


Nick Stauffer

Purchased this for my daughter and she loved it and has read all of these books

I loved this book. I read the entire series and felt that Meg Cabot did a great job. Meg Cabot gave Suze a great ending and also a wonderful beginning. She also didnot make the story cliche like other books do when tackling the human and ghost relationship. Throughout the series, Meg Cabot kept hinting the Suze and Jeese are meant to be together and she kept to her word. There is no storyline like Jeese moves on and Suze is sad but she finds someone just like him to comfort her. It is a genuine love story. I wish Meg Cabot wrote more on the series.

First let me say that I work in the Children's Department of a bookstore. I first read the Mediator series 5 years ago & loved it. We have carried the series on & off for the past few years. When I read the Stephenie Meyer Twilight Saga, I felt that there were similarities between the two series - the whole paranormal romance aspect (female girl, not-so-human boy). I have had lots of teens ask me for books that are similar to the Twilight Saga, so I've started recommending this series. It doesn't take itself as seriously as the Meyer's series does, but I still think that readers would like it, even if there aren't any vampires in it.

Just today I finished rereading the entire series & I must say that I still think it's wonderful & would highly recommend it. I really loved the relationship between Jesse & Susannah and how it grew and changed over the course of the 6 books. I'm glad Meg Cabot finished up the series, just as Stephenie Meyer's did. And I loved the way she brought Jesse back to life - it's nice to think of Jesse & Susannah having a real future together (but then again, I'm a sucker for a happy ending).

i read this book 24/7 because of love the make out seen and paul i think paul is a hottie but he a jerk somtimes but he ok i would love to be a mediator so i can kiss a ghost so it can help me out with my life it would be very awesome!!

I love the mediator books so much and I want them to go to book seven maybe even ten. I've gotten addicted to them and I don't want them to end at 6.

These are my daughter's words: When my friend gave me a bunch of hand-me-downs, I found this book in the bag. The next night, I cracked open the first page and was immediately hooked. I finished it in three days (due to a bust schedule)and declare it as my favorite book ever. When my mother read it, she said that she wished it never ended. If you like budding romance, reincarnation, ghosts of a village, and history repeating itself, then this book will satisfy your hunger-and leave you begging for more.

Molly has always had a crippling fear of the water. So in order to escape summer swim lessons and Jared, a boy who tossed her into a pool, she visits her father for a couple of months in Maine. She starts experiencing flash backs about a girl named Clementine, who died almost a century ago. This is poor summery but it fits the book- unremarkable and not the least bit mysterious. The plot twists were predictable, the story was cliché, and there was nothing remotely spooky about this book. I felt like I was reading one of the junior mysteries from third grade. I was expecting some big mysterious thrilling story and instead I got a dull book about a girl having flash backs of events that happened almost a hundred years ago.

The characters aren't bad. Molly has some depth and Clementine could have been interesting had we known more about her. I kept getting the feeling that I was supposed to pity her but she came off as a bitch would put every body else in danger so she could go to school that I found it impossible to feel sorry for the girl. There were hundreds of other ways she could have left the town and gone to college, and instead she decides to use and step on as many people as she possibly can; the main one being Hob.

Which brings me to something that really bugged me- how could Hob not be the least bit suspicious when Clementine randomly starts returning his love. She's done nothing but ignore him before so why the sudden change of heart? Did this not strike him as a little odd?

Another thing that bugged me while I was reading this is all the unanswered questions like why Molly? Why was she the one receiving the visions and not somebody else? Why was Jared receiving the visions from Hob?

I don't recommend the book. It's dull and there's very little element of mystery in it. The decent characters and writing can't make up for the predictible plot, lack of suspense, and boring story.

This was a purchased Library Book The condition was not the best, it was still readable. I enjoyed the book and wanted a copy for my personal library.

This was a gift for my granddaughter. She had read it before and wanted a copy to keep. She says it's a very good story.

Read this one a few years earlier, still as amazing as ever. It's not my favorite of Kathryn Reiss's books, but they're all so ridiculously good! Mystery with every bit of suspenseful goodness, history, and a touch of romance and psychological thriller, all in one great book. Not sure how she does it, but she does. Reiss' stories are always full of the randomest [and BEST] plot twists, never predictable and never repeated. You really can't listen to the "Clementine" song the same way ever again after reading this book. [Not to mention, I finally learned that the phrase 'lost and gone forever' was from that song, fancy that!]
As for characters, Molly's mom is an idiot. Molly was kind of annoying, but not nearly as annoying as Clementine. Molly definitely had it right about that girl being the epitome of spoiled. Then you've got Hob and Jared. I felt like there was little [or pretty much NO] difference between the two characters, which bothered me, but not too much, cause they both worked in their respective stories. I wish we'd seen more of Ms. Wilkins and Abner, they seemed like they had more to tell. Paulette and the baby were a good twist and that storyline had me horribly worried until the very end [didn't want history repeating itself there!]. Molly's dad was also highly underdeveloped, with a lot of potential.
Overall, I give it 4.5/5 stars. There were some descriptive bits that bugged me, because they were the kind that seemed to be inserted just for the sake of having description instead of adding to the story, and they were overly rambly fluffy blahness.

Jackie & Me (Baseball Card Adventures) This is a wonderful story that you can share with your child. My daughter's 5th grade class read this book and I purchased a copy for each of the reading groups to share. Share an adventure, share a story, share a book. Read with your family No Matter What The Age!

I have two sports-minded daughters and it's often a challenge to find books with a sports theme that they can relate two. This book is excellent. Both my girls loved it. The traveling back in time tool was a great idea by Gutman. It captured my kids' imaginations -- and they learned some cultural history through a sports theme. Bravo! For others with sports-minded daughters, I'd recommend Sara's Big Challenge by Ken Reed. It has a great theme about the importance of being true to yourself. Actually, I think boys would enjoy the basketball-based story as well. Sara's Big Challenge: Who's the Real Me? A Sara Thompson Sports Book

I was happy witht he condition that this book was sent in. THough I was displeased to find makings on the inside cover of the book.

Jackie and Me is a book about a kid named Joe Stashack. He has the power to touch baseball cards and go back in time to when that card was printed. Joe is supposed to write an essay on African-American Heroes. He loves baseball so much he does his report on Jackie Robinson. There is also a contest where the best essay wins a trip to Kentucky Kingdom. Joe really wants to win. Joe goes to his favorite baseball card shop but they don't have a Jackie Robinson 1947 card. Jackie will break the color barrier which is not an actual barrier but it is the law, yet in 1947 he hasn't broken it yet. So they don't have the card, but they do have a Jackie Robinson 1947 signature. Joe is able to travel back through time and he learns something from Jackie. You must stay cool and do not use violence. This is a great book. -Andromeda Grade 5

The book I am reading is Jackie and Me. It is written by Dan Gutman. I think this book deserves five stars because it has real events but at the same time its fiction. It's about a kid who travels back in time to meet Jackie Robinson. But the next thing he knows he gets stuck back in time. So the next thing he tricked ant a bat boy to give his Ken Griffin Jr. Card back the key to get back to his time. He also wrote Babe and Me Honus and Me.

So it seems that most readers really enjoyed Time Windows, and I have to wonder if they've read any of Reiss's other books. For a more juvenile crowd, I suppose Time Windows would be more appealing, but for the most part, I felt that it was a lot worse than her other books. It's just not as interesting, with a lot of down-time. The big mystery doesn't really kick in majorly until halfway through the book. The characters are pretty cookie-cutter, uninteresting, standard characters, nothing special. Parts are very predictable (although some of the bigger twists at the very end, they are pretty impossible to predict). It's really just not Reiss's best work, and the ending left me cringing--worse even than the "it was all a dream" ending.

Rating: I'd say 2/5 compared to her other books, 3/5 in general.

I've heard of "gentle readers" but this author is a "gentle writer". She has taken a subject that could be horrifying for kids and made it a "spooky adventure". When I was a little girl I had a metal dollhouse with little rubber people and hard plastic furniture. To me it was a mansion with soft contours and real life. As an adult I love the giant dollhouse at the Smithsonian and reading about Tasha Tudor's dollhouse. I used to pretend that when I was watching them they were watching me and how strange that would be. I never imagined a mystery in my play - but this author did and she accomplished it in an entertaining and imaginative way. This is a wonderful book - now on my children's shelf - and recommended to all.

I read this book for the first time when I was in middle school (about 13 years ago) and I was hooked. I read it a million times throughout the next couple of years and enjoyed it each time. I was drawn in to the point that I thought I was living the book. Recently, I wanted to read this book that I loved long ago and searched for it on Amazon. I am so happy to see that many people love this book and feel the same way that I do. I just became a mom to a little baby girl, and I can't wait for her to enjoy this book as much as I did.

This is the most amazing book!!!! I don't even know how many times I've read it! It's my favorite book ever and I've read alot of books!!! Strongly recommend!!!

My book, Time Windows, by Kathryn Reiss was mysterious and full of suspense. It was so great it kept me up for hours after my bed time. The main character, Miranda, moved to an old house in the middle of nowhere from New York City. At first she doesn't like the house. Then she entered the attic and found a dollhouse that can reveal a secret about her house's past. This book made you feel like you were sitting in the attic with Miranda peering into the windows of the doll house. By Nicole

I bought this as a gift for young nephew. My daughter, now almost 3, has and enjoys Boynton. This is a great collection; we especially love "Barnyard Dance."

My 2 year old has at least ten Boynton books but this collection, which we received as a gift, is especially good. All of the books have engaging, fun text that rhymes, as well as humorous animal illustrations. These three books have a more sing-song quality to them and are especially fun to read. My daughter times repeating "Pajama Time" before going to bed.

I got this as a gift for my cousin's baby. I think books make great gifts and you can never go wrong with Boynton. Boxed sets end up being cheaper per book than buying them seperately plus you have the box to store them in.

Pages were printed or incerted upsidedown, and pages were bent/torn. My second order proved to be better.

My son loves ANY Sandra Boynton book. They have great pictures and they are fun to read. They are board books so they stand up to alot of use! I highly recommend anyone with small children to buy these books!

if you like gangster wars and hitler and secret plots ad all that jazz than this book is fo you. i on the other hand preffer it when people dont die and when the main charactor is perfectly alrigh with this and when it turns out one of your favorite characors is a nutcase adn the other one is a cold-blooded looser. if yo dont like that stuff, than dont even think abo getting this

I thought I might not like this book as much as the first two in the series, but I did. I usually don't like the whole mobster and gangland era of history, but this made it enjoyable to read about, especially the specific things in history that happened in this book that I won't mention so the plot isn't spoiled, but I will say that any student of history who also likes Fantasy novels will at least be intrigued by this book if they don't let harshness rule them. This isn't supposed to be Shakespeare or Chaucer, people. It's fun fiction, so the writing doesn't have to be flawless. Stick with it if you feel it starts to get slow. You'll be glad you did.

I am loving this series. The book was in great shape and came within the specified time.

This book series "Pendragon" has been well received at our library. I can't keep the books on the shelf.

Of the nine books that Mr. MacHale has written, this is by far the best! Full of suspense, foreshadowing, and many cliffhangers this book is sure to please people ranging from ages eight to sixteen! However, this book does lack some key literary devices and isn't as descriptive as it should have been. All in all, this book is a great buy!