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i loved the way mallory stood up to her rights and had the nerve to speak about this to mr cobbs,and her BSC friends stood on her side in support if only other girls had this more courage as mallory had she certainly shows of what she's made of.Go,Mallory!!

Well that was disapointing! From the blurb and front cover I expected a great story about Mal fighting all odds and outwitting her sexist English teacher, but instead she hardly did ANYTHING! Plus Mallory acted in this gross girlie way all through the book! I am SO glad she leaves the BSC soon after. Pity Dawn couldn't return and take her place! Take my advice, DON'T buy it unless you are a hardened Mallory fan. Best buy a different Mallory book instead!

This book was really good. It shows how Mallory stood up for her rights. She was very brave to talk to Mr. Cobb. READ THIS BOOK !!!!!!

Bravo, Mallory! I love how when she realized Mr. Cobb was focusing his attention on the boys and virtually ignoring the girls, she did something about it and her BSC friends stood by her all the way! Yes, women and girls have come a long way, but society needs to go further and eradicate subtle sexism that still permeates our society. The girls from the Fabulous Five series need to take some hints from the BSC. Thanks to the BSC, girls today and tomorrow will have greater opportunities than ever!

Mallory loves English class. So when a new teacher comes, she doesn't like him. So what Mal does is to teach him a lesson.

when I first read the book I thuoght it was boring but it does teach a good lesson, and the title is clever with the robin hood reference!

Basically this book is about when Mary Anne starts helping a woman named Mrs. Towne, who becomes her friend and then needs help becasue she breaks her ankle. At first Mary Anne is happy to help, but then it gets stressful and unlikeable. And then she questions herself, is she supposed to help Mrs. Towne, or be her Maid?

It was very good the way how Mary-Anne tries to help out but ends up doing EVERTHING! I like the way she gets tired of it and tries to relate it to Mrs Towne. (Mrs Towne is the lady that Mary-Anne helps out)

This book was awesome! It was about how Mary Anne helped out an ederly neighbor, Mrs. Towne, who later on became her friend. But she only became her friend after they communicated. They had to beceause, unknowingly, Mrs. Towne was taking advantage of poor Mary Anne.

At first, I was skeptical about this book. It looked like Mary Anne was so dull she couldn't solve her own problems! But you can't judge a book by its cover, so I read it. Very good and well written. I liked it because Mary Anne really stood up for herself in the end, and that's what communicating is about: making yourself and your point clear to all who hear you. I was glad when Mary Anne realized that whether or not she hurt Mrs. Towne's feelings, she owed it to herself to explain HER feelings.

You will like this book if you have trouble sticking up for yourself, or if you just want to read it on a rainy Sunday, like I did. Rainy Sundays are THE best time to catch up on good reading as this.

Mary Anne loves sewing. So when Mrs. Towne breaks her ankle, Mary Anne is happy to help her. But it seems like Mary Anne is doing everything for Mrs. Towne. Mary Anne doesn't want to hurt Mrs. Towne's feelings, But Mary Anne doesn't want to be treated like a maid too!

I enjoyed reading about the book reports more than the mary anne and logan thing, I think the project should have been for mallory's class an been a mallory book. Mary Anne vs. Logan was just more well written.

Mary Anne is having second thoughts about cooling their relationship. So one day when Mary Anne finds out that Logan is already going out with Cokie Mason, she gets angry. But Logan has to choose between them It's Mary Anne Vs. Cokie.

I think Mary Anne Misses Logan was okay. Mary Anne and Logan broke up and were assigned in the same group for a project. Cokie Mason was in the group too but all she wanted was Logan. Cokie and Logan went out a few times but at the end Mary Anne gets Logan

So...Mary Anne's upset because her ex-boyfriend is assigned to her group for a school project. Poor Mary Anne. Naturally Cokie Mason's in that group and flirts her head off with Logan. What I liked is that Mary Anne didn't stoop down to Cokie and Logan's level, but just did her part in the project. I liked that the book didn't pit Mary Anne and Cokie against each other is rivals for Logan. Mary Anne had the dignity not to be drawn into trying to "win" Logan back.

Mary Anne is having second thoughts about cooling their relationship. So when Mary Anne finds out that Logan is already with Cokie Mason, Cokie and Mary Anne fight. Who will Logan choose? It's Mary Anne vs. Cokie.

This is really good book. Going into an attic and dressing up then going into another world through a mirror, who wouldn't want to? This is a book for kids about seven or older. This book is one of my favorite of the series.

Leigh H.M.

My daughter (6) found this to be a fairly easy to understand book (I did most of the reading). Although published for slightly older readers, my daughter understood the concepts (and she has all the Magic Attic dolls, so she acted out some of the scenes). Anyway, the book stimulated her imagination, it was a well-done introduction to the four girls and Ellie.

this book is awsome it is fun and has a good adventure in the story if you haven't read this yet, i asume you should get to read it.it is so good

This book was a very good way to reaveal the girls feelings. For example I read the book to find I knew exactly how they felt being transferd through the mirror,falling through the lake during an ice-skating party or just being different. I would reccomend this book to all eight year olds and older.

What can be more fun than to escape through the attic to another time and place? Easy to read, fun, and similar to the American Girls, but without the history lesson.

I thought that *Belonging* was an ok book. This book dwelt too much on Gustie's dealings with her newfound deafness.

At 15, Gustie encounters spinal meningitis, which resulted with her being deaf. Of course, intially, she deals with this consequence with anger. Next, she deals with her fluctuating hearing loss by trying to lip-read and experimenting with a hearing aid.

At the same time, her friendship with Sara, Dana and others have have changed. They are simply not comfortable with Gustie's deafness and do not want to bother with repeating themselves. However, she is not completely lost. She finds solace with her Latin teacher, her notetaker and her new boyfriend, who has a Deaf brother and sister-in-law.

There is no mention of sign language or the Deaf culture until the last quarter of the book. Even then, Gustie doesn't really take advantage of it except learning fingerspelling. She is hesitant about Deaf people because she has some stereotyped perception of the Deaf.

*Belonging* is about a teenaged girl's struggle with a hearing loss, which turns her world upside down. She loses some friends but gains new friends. Meanwhile, she has to adjust in order to stay on top of school. She's rewarded with a new boyfriend who understands her plight and gives her valuable insights. In the end, she finally musters up the courage to tell people, especially her parents, how she wants to be treated.

This is a fictional but realistic story of a teenage girl who goes deaf after a sudden, very serious illness.Although it never says for sure, I assume from little clues here and there that its supposed to be set in the Mid 1980's.The story is not dated though and is timeless.
The protagonist of the story-Gustie Blaine- may not be as perfect as her cheerleader friends, but she certainly had a lot going for her.
Her deafness is as shocking and jarring to her as it would be to anyone and to the characters credit, she handles it with a lot of bravery and grace.
The most central part of the story is that although she is the same person as she was before her deafness, eveyone around her treats her different. And most of the time, not very well.
Her friends all abandon her and her former best friends of many years is especially cruel.
An unsympathethic French teacher writers her an insulting, condecending note asking her to drop his class, even though she loves the language.
People either tend to treat her as an annoyance or totally ignore her.
Her Parents have no idea what she needs or when she needs it.
Gustie is very likable which only makes her struggle more poignant.

Luckily , though , she learns to find ways to communicate and start living with her deafness.
And she finds a supportive friend, Boyfriend, and Teachers who help her find her way.

This is a novel with important lessons to teach about bravery in the face of unfair,seemingly overwhelming odds, tolerance and kindness.

I found this book wonderful. It was a good look at the changes that occur in a girl's life when she becomes deaf after contracting meningitis. What I thought was especially well done was the internal conflict she experienced over "straddling" the deaf and hearing worlds, as well as the denial experienced by her parents about her hearing loss. If you can get a copy of this book, try to do it.

In "Belonging" this girl came up with a disease called Metingitis, she is now deaf and learns about deaf people. This book made me think that some people aren't as fortunate as us.

Lotty is being bullied. She is offered to beat him up, ignore him, or even let the principal know. She decides to start a club. The children stick together. When the bully is bullying someone, they all stand up to that bully together.

I am a teacher implementing the internationally recognized Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. I hold an M.Ed. in reading education and am a reading specialist. The Bully Blockers Club was my most recent addition to my anti-bullying collection and follows the Olweus program perfectly. I use this book in my classroom and when training teachers. Parents would also find this book highly useful.

This clever story struck a chord with my 5 year old son who unfortunately learned in preschool that not all kids, i.e bullies, play by the same rules. The author correctly observes that the usual ways for dealing with bullies (e.g. ignore them, walk away, tell them to stop, tell an adult) don't always work in real life. The suggestions in this book places the solution in children's hands and empowers them in resolving the problem. I especially liked the emphasis on friendship, working through conflicts with humor and supportive peer groups. The author's empathy, understanding and practical solution is wonderful & workable. The story also gives children the vocabulary to express their emotions when faced with a bully situation.

Since leaving preschool, my son has grown in confidence and is better prepared to deal with a bully situation. He still enjoys this wonderful book and reads it frequently because of the satisfying and joyful ending.

This excellent book deals with the problem of school bullying in a realistic way that kids will relate to. When Lotty the raccoon goes to the first day of school--all happy and hopeful--she soon encounters Grant Grizzly (that name was my best clue about what kind of animal Grant is), a bully of the first degree. He insults her, calls her names, steals her things, and more! Lotty asks her older brother and sister for help. WHile the brother suggests retaliation, this idea is quickly rejected. Sister Lilly suggests telling the teacher, but Lotty has gotten it into her head that this is "tattling." Stll, her siblings suggest remedies that often work in kids' books:

1. Ignore Grant.
2. Try being friendly to him.
3. Make a joke out of it.

Thankfully, author Teresa Bateman shows that there's no magic solution to the problem of bullies--none of these methods works. When the parents get into the picture, Dad alerts Lotty's teacher to the problem, and this is a good first step. However, Lotty recognizes that Grants does the bulk of his teasing when adults are NOT around. So she devises a clever plan: She devises a self help "Bully Blockers Club," whose members look out for each other when bully Grant attacks. THey discover that there's strength in numbers, and that adults are quicker to be on the alert when kids work together to point out common problems: "Kids spoke up when they saw something wrong and reached out to anyone who looked lonely" "....The adults were watching too, at lunchtime and at recess and in the halls. After a while Grant didn't seem as big and scary. One morning he even helped Lotty when her backpack spilled." The teacher also changes attitudes towards "tattling," and takes the morning off from math (!) to problem solve ways to help kids feel safe at school.

The back of the book has a very helpful one-page afterward, "About Bullying" which explains some techniques (including thinking before you react, stating your feelings, leaving, using humor, ignoring, and telling a trusted adult, working against the notion of "tattling") that will help kids abd adults build a safe school environment. I'm dinging the book a bit because the pictures, while adequate, lacked enough style and imagination.

We are using this book in the elementary school that I work in. It is a great book for pbs, or any other program your school may have practicing kindness, helpfulness, and good behavior. It's about a group of children trying to make a change by performing good deeds for no reason at all. Also demonstrates teamwork, and how to convert an enemy into a friend. I think every child should own this book.

This book is good for little kids. It is about a group of kids that are called the Goodness Gorillas. They work hard to do nice things like clean up garbage, sharpen pencils for their class, and bring in snacks for the class, ect. Even though they work really hard, a boy named Todd ruins it all!!!!!! What are they going to do? Will Todd stop messing every thing up? Can they still be the Goodness Gorillas? To find out read the book!

I have to say I was a bit skeptical of the whole 'Chicken Soup' theme, but this book is wonderful. The story is very sweet and reminds all of us about how we can change the world with the little things we do. I found it especially helpful after the attacks of 9/11, when I wondered how to teach our children about spreading kindness and goodness in the world. Highly recommended!

When the "Goodness Gorillas" start doing kind things for other people everyone pitches in except Todd. In the end the children learn the value of kindness, even to those who are not kind to us.

One of the books in the Chicken Soup for Little Souls' series, this book offers a nice story to read to your children - a story with a moral. It's my least favorite in the series, but it's still a good book to have on your child's shelf.

Terrific book great for helping to get a finance job! Accurately describes recruiting process. A must buy for any MBA.

I help manage the career center an elite business school in the Northeast - and this is one of our most popular books. Along with the VaultReports.com Guides, this book is essential preparation for a career in investment banking.

Terrific book great help for getting a job in finance. Great information direct for a huge number of the top finance firms.

Just a Q&A with the companies, so you get only their side. I thought the VaultReports.com guide was more objective and also had actual finance interview questions. Overall, though, the Harvard guide is still useful. There are also good Web sites out there on Finance jobs.

This is a great book by a great writer. M. L. Stainer tells a fast-paced, action-packed story about what may have happened to the Lost Colonists of Roanoke Island in 1587. Kids everywhere will love this story!

I think this book was pretty good. My favorite part was when they got the horses. I can't wait to find out what will happen next!

THE LYON'S CUB is the second book in The Lyon Saga, which began with THE LYON'S ROAR. This series explores what might have happened to the lost colonists of Roanoke Island from the point of view of Jessabel Archarde, who was 14 when she arrived on Roanoke Island in 1587. Now, it's spring of 1588. Last year, their leader went back to England to get more supplies. He still hasn't returned. The colonists are living with the Indians on Roanoke Island. Some of the colonists had left the orriginal group and moved to Chesepeake Bay. When disaster strikes, Jess and two Indian friends set out to find those colonists. But along the way, Jess is captured by Spanish soldiers. Can she escape and find her way back to her family?

The title refers to the ship mentioned in the first book of this series: the RED LYON. A ship which left hopeful English colonists stranded on Roanoak Island off Virginia in 1587. Stainer explores various theories to account for the historically "lost", almost legendary band of brave settlers who disappeared. It is now 1588 and 16-year old Jess Archarde proves a worthy descendant (i.e. Cub) of the LYON, whose captain pursued a dream to found a cittee of Raleigh in the hostile New World. He was supposed to return with supplies, but he did not--at least not in time.

The original settlers have argued over different means of survival, with hardship and sorrow as frequent companions. While the Armada is gathering strength for an audacious assault on Elizabeth's England, the loyal colonists suffer political anxiety, attacks from warlike Indians (not their kindly hosts on Cracatoan Island) and diminishing numbers. Plus there is always the very read danger of falling into the hands of marauding Spanish privateers, who prowl the coast seeking their enemy, the English.

Despite this tenuous existence, young Jess undertakes a solemn vow and dangerous pilgrimmage: to find the grave of her best friend's husband, there to conduct a proper Christian burial. Neither her father nor her Indian suitor can dissuade her from this folly, for Jess is determined to keep her promise to her bereaved friend, hampered at home with a baby. Jess and her companions endure terrible privation and even slavery, until they escape with two special mementoes of the Spanish garrison. History, Adventure, Danger and of course, Romance Lite! Middle School girls will want to follow Jess' story through the entire LYON series. Stainer weaves an interesting and infomrative tale, thanks to many short chapters, frequent illustrations (by James Melvin) and extensive dialogue. Even though Jess herself is completely fictional, the family name is on record. This conjectured History is highly palatable--ENJOY!

A fairly average novel as far as BSCs go.Mary ANne and Dawn are mothers-helpers again and there's lots of boys and flirting.You know.

When I was 13 and I saw a preview for this book in the Scholastic book order, I was so excited since I had enjoyed part 1 of Sea City in #8 Boy Crazy Stacey. I went out and bought it just in time for summer vacation and took it with me to read when I went with my family to the Oregon Coast. It was very appropriate reading material for that environment. It was so good, and I enjoyed it except that I feel like there was too much 'romance' in it. And that seemed to make it dull. But it was still good, although I preffered Sea City part 1 in Book #8.

This was a very enjoyable. It involves a lot of romance and is also very heartbreaking. If this was a movie siskel and Egbert would give it two thumbs. It deserves five stars.

It's Sea City part 2 when Mary Anne and stacey go back to sea City. Vannesa Pike has a crush on the ice cream parlor man only to mention that the ice cream man has a crush on Mallory pike. Mary anne has also a crush on alex. Will a summer romance come between Mary Anne and Logan? Will Vannesa's heart be broken by the ice cream man? there's a reason for all of this.
NOTE: THERE ARE TOO MANY BOYS IN SEA CITY!