Review materials for Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business by Barbara Park (Middle School Book Club: last week)

Summaries and things to help you remember

•  Random House Classroom Clubs’s  review of the book
  • check this site out for more information on Barbara Park, Junie, and for games
• Amazon’s reviews of Junie b. Jones and a Little Monkey Business
• LibraryThing’s description of a little monkey business and lists of other books you might like to read if you liked it.
• Wikipedia Article about Junie B. Jones
  • Biography of Barbara Park
    

Other books by Barbara Park 

• SkinnyBones
• Don’t Make Me Smile
  
• Mick Harte Was Here
• Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus
• Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth
• Many other Junie B. books that can be seen at the end of the article in Wikipedia
  

The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier

Set in Southern France in both the sixteenth and twenty-first centuries, this novel simultaneously tells the tale of a descendant and her ancestor who are surprisingly alike.  The woman of the sixteenth century, Isabelle,  is young and recently married — a French protestant.  The woman of modern times, Ella, has moved to France from the United States and begins tracing her family history, discovering Isabelle and herself along the way.

This is another good book by Chevalier.  If you enjoyed Girl With a Pearl Earring, you will also like this one, though the story is not as original.

Review Materials for The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (Middle School Book Club: week 6)

Reviews for The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

• Review of the Chronicles of Narnia and summary of the first book
• Biography of the author, C.S. Lewis
• Podcast reviews of the Chronicles of Narnia from the Lansing Public Library

Other books in the Chronicles of Narnia

• The Magician’s Nephew
• The Horse and His Boy
• Prince Caspian: the Return to Narnia
• Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treador
• Silver Chair
• The Last Battle

Review Materials for The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer (Jr/Sr High Book Club: Week 5)

Review Materials for The Lost Boy

• Review from allreaders.com
  
• Editorial reviews for The Lost Boy made available by amazon.com
• Wikipedia article about The Lost Boy
  • biography of the author, Dave Pelzer
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Other Titles by Dave Pelzer and the Pelzer family 

• The Lost Boy details Pelzer’s time in the fostercare system.
• A Man Named Dave tells about Pelzer’s life as an adult.
• My Story this single volume contains all three original stories by Pelzer — A child called it, The lost boy, and A man named Dave.
• The Privilege of Youth: a Teenager’s Story fills in Dave’s story during his teenage years.
• A Brother’s Journey: Surviving a Childhood of Abuse This book is written by Dave’s brother, Richard. It describes his own abuse at the hands of his mother after David leaves the home for fostercare.
• Help Yourself: Finding Courage Hope and Happiness a self-help book that draws on Dave Pelzer’s experiences to help you find the strength to make it through your own difficulties.

 

Review Materials For Ramona & Her Mother by Beverly Cleary(Middle School Book Club Week 5)

Review Resources for Ramona & Her Mother

• Amazon’s reviews of Ramona & Her Mother
  
• Teacher’s Guide to the Ramona series
• Wikipedia article and summary of Ramona & Her Mother
• Library Thing review of Ramona & Her Mother
  

Other books about Ramona and Henry Huggins

• Beezus & Ramona
• Ramona the Pest
• Ramona the Brave
• Ramona & Her Father
  
• Ramona & Her Mother
  
• Ramona Quimby, Age 8
• Ramona Forever
• Ramona’s World
• Henry Huggins
• Henry & Beezus
• Henry & Ribsy
• Henry & the Paper Route
• Henry & the Club House
• Ribsy
  

Review Materials for Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Middle School Book Club Week 3)

Reviews and Summaries of Shiloh

• IMDB page for the Shiloh movie
• Amazon reviews for Shiloh
•  Discussion questions and stuff to help you remember the book

Some more books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 

•  Dangerously Alice
• Alice in the Know
• Including Alice
  
• King of the Playground
• Roxie and the Hooligans
• The Boys Start the War
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Review Materials for Firestarter by Stephen King (Jr/Sr High School Book Club Week 4)

Reviews and Summaries of Firestarter

 

• Wikipedia article on Firestarter
  
• Review in TeenInk
• Review from SFReader
• IMDB record for the film of Firestarter

Other books by Stephen King

 

• The Stand
• Pet Cemetary
• Carrie
• Cujo
• The Shining
• The Green Mile
• The Shawshank Redemption

Review Materials for The Call of the Wild by Jack London (Jr/Sr High School Book Club Week 3)

To help you prepare for the beginning of the school year…

Reviews for The Call of the Wild

 

• Reviews on Amazon.com for The Call of the Wild
• Summary of The Call of the Wild on SparkNotes
• Discussion on The Call of the Wild
• IMDB page of the film The Call of the Wild(1972)
• Preview of a review written in the New York Review of Books of The Call of the Wild
  

If you really liked this book, you can read these…

 

Other books by Jack London

• White Fang
• Before Adam
• The Sea Wolf
• To Build a Fire
• Klondike and Other Stories
• Before Adam
• The Road

Review Materials for: Resources for Holes, by Louis Sachar (Middle School Book Club Week 4)

Review materials for Holes

• Reviews listed on Amazon.com:
• Wikipedia article for Holes
  • Article on the main character:
• Book review for Holes
• Some quotes to think about:
• Biographies of Louis Sachar

Other titles by Louis Sachar

• Small Steps (sequel to Holes)
• Stanley Yelnat’s Survival Guide to Green Lake
• Sixth Grade Secrets
• Kidnapped at Birth?
• There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom!
• The Boy Who Lost his Face
• Johnny’s in the Basement
• Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes
• Monkey Soup
  
• Someday Angeline
• Sideways Stories from Wayside School
• Wayside School is Falling Down
• Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
• More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School
• Sideways School Gets a Little Stranger
• Marvin Redpost
• Why Pick on Me?

Review Materials for Hoops by Walter Dean Myers(Jr/Sr High School Book Club Week 2)

In case you missed the book club this week,
here are some materials to help you review:

Reviews of Hoops

• Amazon Reviews for Hoops
• Descriptions of Hoops from LibraryThing
  
• Miller Book Reviews of Hoops
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• TeenInk Review of Hoops

More Books by Walter Dean Myers

• Monster
• Shooter
• Somewhere in the Darkness
• Malcolm X: a fire burning brightly
• Crystal
• Three Swords for Granada
• Times to Love: Stories from the Old Testament
• Scorpions
• Slam!
• The Best
• Game
• Jazz
• Bad Boy: a memoir
• Here in Harlem
• Patrol: an American soldier in Viet Nam
• The Greatest: Mohammed Ali
• 145^th Street: Short Stories
• Handbook for Boys: a novel
• What They Found: Love on 145^th St.
• Shadow of the Red Moon