Meghan found her way back to the Book Club. She waited until everyone was done before saying," Hello everyone, my name is Meghan Champ and I am a second year." She paused before continuing.

"I recently read a great book called, 'To Kill A Mockingbird'. It is about a girl named Scout and her brother Jem. They are both very young. It is about them growing up in Alabama in the 1950's when racism is still very much alive. It is also about their father named Atticus. He is a white lawyer who deals with alot of harrassment because he is trying to defend a black, he is trying to do what is right.

This is a wonderful book that deals with many issues. The main one being racism. One of the main things I like about this book is it is based on actual historical events (the Scottsboro Trials). Another thing I liked was it made me really think."

Meghan leaned back and looked to the person sitting next to her waiting for them to speak up.

Joanna walked into the library and saw the club.
"Hello all, I'm Joanna Matthews. I recently read a book called October Sky about a young Homer Hickam (author) who lives in Coalwood, West Virgina, USA, a town used for the sole purpose of mining. He and friends have no way out of being miners like their fathers and grandfathers, until the launch of Sputnik, the Russian spacecraft, encouging them to be astronauts and start the Rockey Boys (the book's oringinal title). It's a wonderful true story of growing up and achieving goals. I recommend it to anyone."
Joanna paused nervously looking at the faces of the people around her.
"Meghan, I've read To Kill A Mockingbird. What's your favorite part?"
Joanna finished, contemplating what just happened.

VeeZay sat there, listening to everyone present before she raised her own hand at long long last.

"I'd simply advise everyone to get down with Dickens," she said with a smile. "Canons and morals may seem dry, but they help a lot i nthe long run. Dickens' "David Copperfield" for instance in an amazing work, a true literary masterpiece, which describes the life of youn David, an orphan, deprived slowlyo f his mother's love after his father's death, by his inhuman step-father Mr. M<urdstone ,and his cruel sister. After his mother's death, he is sent to work in unsuitable conditions, and from then on, David learns to face difficulties boldly, with which his life seems punctuated. it's a perfect novel, and I seriously wish you would all read it. Thanks."

She lowered her hand, smiled again, brushed away her dark black hair, and gave her twin Shan an intoxicating smile.

Meghan turned when she was adressed to and said, "Hmm my favorite part had to have been when Atticus was standing watch outside the courthouse and the mob showed up, and somehow Scout knew what to say to make them leave. It just showed me that you don't need to use violence to solve a problem. What was yours?" She asked happy that someone else had read the same book.

Joanna lit up as she spoke with Meghan.
"I love that part! I'd have to say my favorite part is when her teacher tells her she needs to have her daddy stop teaching her how to read." Joanna returned Meghan's smile.

well, I'm in the middle of children of the lamp!
It's very magical and VERY original!

Meghan smiled when Joanna smiled at her. She agreed she liked that part to. She figured she would say another book that she had just finished.

"I just finished a Book called 'Summer of my German Soldier' by Bette Greene. This book takes place during World War II. It is about a girl named Patty Bergen who is 12 years old. She lived in Arkansas near a camp housing German prisoners. She is Jewish but when a Nazi escapes from camp she decides to keep him safe. She is willing to risk losing family, friends, even her freedom for this man."

Meghan nodded to show she was done.

I'm Serilda and I highly recommend Angels and Demons by Dan Brown if you're into thrillers, conspiracy and science. The novel is about a religious symbolism professor from Harvard who is called by a mysterious stranger to help solve the gruesome murder of a prestigious physicist/priest/psycologist, who is on the brink of making a breakthrough in physics and religion. Travelling throughout Europe, the novel spirals into a terroristic plot of the threat of the destruction of the Vatican City and the death of several millions of people. If that sort of thing isn't you, I recommend Da Vinci Code also by Dan Brown; it's filled with art, conspiracy, thrills and adventure. In this novel, the same Harvard professor is called to Paris to help solve the murder of an art professor, who obviously knew something that was too secret about the paintings of Da Vinci to be allowed to be heard; religion is questioned and violence begins to erupt. If you are touchy on religion, however, I would say it would be wiser to avoid these books as they challenge religion and various things that seem...touchy.

Brittany raised her hand and stood up.

"I'm sure other students have already suggested these but here are some of my favorites:

Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo- It's full of magic and is great for avid HP-readers looking for a good book.
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis- This is an old classic. It's great (again) for avid HP readers...
The Clique series by Lisi Harrison- Def. a girly book. It's about the hardships of being a girl going through the middle school years.
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson- A creative story about an enchanted island of magical folk, hoping to get their kidnapped prince back.
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild- A more girly story about three adopted girls trying to pursue a dancing career in the 1950's of England.

I have tons more so I'll probably be back..."

Brittany sat down and folded her hands in her lap, listening to other students tell about their own favorite books.

Meghan said," Um, I read a really good book called Come A Stranger byCybthia Voigt. Its about this girl named Mina Smiths who is a black girl from Maryland who wins a dance scholarship to Connecticut. She ends up loving the camp and can't wait till she goes back, but when she comes back the next year everything has changed. When she gets home again she begins to face her feelings about being black, which is something she had never really thought about. It's actually really, really good."

Joanna looked at Brittany as she finished. " I beleive," she began, "Ballet Shoes took place in the late 20's to early 30's" Joanna paused and waited for her response.

"im Melany Morlow and one of my favorite books is Inkheart by Tamora Peirce


it's a great fantasy about a girl named Meggie and her father. Meggie and her father love to read. When Meggie was young Meggie's father would always read to her mother. his reading was so beautiful that things came out of the books. the problem is when something comes out of a book something else has to go back in. one day while Meggie's father was reading a book called Inkheart to her mother something happened. some soldiers came out of the book, but Meggie's mother went in the book. from then on Meggie's father never read out loud again. this is only the beginning of the story so don't think i spoiled it for you" Melany said.

Joanna looked up
"That looks like a good book"

Melany nodded. "its one of my favorites"

Brittany nodded, "Thanks, i knew it was somewhere around there- i wasnt sure when though."

She stood up, "I also just thought of another one:

Here Today by Ann M. Martin- It's about a young girl growing up. President Kennedy just got shot, her mother is leaving her, she has to take care of her younger siblings, their are kids vandlizing her neighborhood and everyone at school thinks she and her friend are weird so they hurt them. It's very interesting and filled with a lot of emotion. It also shows just how hard some kids have it.

Brittany sat back down in her seat.

Yeah it's a great book, but not by Tamora Peirce, by Cornelia Funke

Well, My name is Aurora. All of you who liked the Da Vinci Code (excellent book by the way) Probably will also enjoy The Romanov Prophecy. It's about a lawyer, who works in Moscow and get's involved with prophecy's about the Romanov family and the search after a heirof the tsar. Based on the whole did Anastacia survive question. Very intresting.

Another very good book is Eragon by Christopher Paolini. It's about a boy who finds a dragon egg and raises this dragon, which brings him in danger and they have to run away.
A second book exists called Eldest, but I haven't read it yet.

Also very good are the Fandorin series by boris Akunin. it's about a Russian detective and he has to solve different cases. They are written very good and the Character Fandorin is very good worked out.

ooc: i love eragon, eldest, inkheart and inkspell!!! I met Cornellia Funke yesterday and got inkspell signed actually, I like a lot of these books!

"I'm Kalaya and I'd like to suggest a couple of books. The first book is Crunch Time by Mariah Fredericks. It's from the point of view of 4 people. Someone cheated on the SATs and it tells you everyones thoughts on who did it and their feelings on the SATs in the first place! It's really good, I could barely put it down when I read it.

The other book is Avalon HIgh by Meg Cabot, the author of the Princess Diaries books, the Mediator series, the 1-800-Where-R-You series, and many others. Avalon High is a very interesting book about some highschoolers that are part of something and didn't even realize it. I don't want to say too much about it because I don't want to give it away, but it was very good and also hard to put down."

"Excellent suggestions so far everybody," states Madame Rowena clearly pleased. Somebody else raises their hand from the other side of the circle.

"Please go ahead," says Madame Rowena.

(i ice tries to read all the books suggested) adds on nervously, "uhm i do like ERAGON an THE ARTMEIS FOUL series the latter book is about a technical genius who is a sort of a hacker(sort of , it will only be explainablewhen one reads the book) that is set on fantasy (soory hasn't read the book as a whole but has liked till where she has read).
anyways (now gains confidence) i've enjoyed reading ROSIE a story about how a man tries to build up ties with his grandma and instead she gives him advice on how to make your life the way you want it to be (correction- this is not a kind of "divine intervention sort of book it doesn't gives you advice) read it to marvel how one life can touch other's.
(she hastily adds on) "and i like all the books by ERIC SEGAL and has finished reading his book DOCTORS which is a very very nice book and proves that the author is very good in the field of writing (heck? with all the experience)

Teresa Smiled well I read alot and fast I liek eargon and eldest aswell but heres somebooks that I think you guyz would like

The first series is called Dragons in are Midst its a contemporary/fantasy series for young adults its by Bryan Davis a Christian Author theirs 4 books in the series



I'm ont he forth one so far and its great but the Author is doign another series called Oracles of Fire which is what I understand to be like a precual

yah I can't wait to read it Dragons in our Midst << check out the web site you can read the first chapeter to the books to see if you like it

another book series that I love is called The Midnighters
heres the books


lol I would give you a review of the books but i usually give stuff away and I don't want to so yah thats why I gave yout hte websites to check out

OOC: sorry this is so long *blushes*

hi everyone im saeda and i love reading
books there was this book i read called the house
on falling star hill its fantastic its about this boy called tim swift
who went to visit his uncle and aunt,what happened was that
he ended up in a different worled called tallis and so
he began his long diffucult journey but he was'nt going to get home unless
he could save hunter who was his friend and get rid of the duke
once and for all with help from a chanter called sarre and bethen
and a a gurneyand the lords who were also captured
by the duke and his men.

this is the cover of the book:



i love these books as well they are great you should read them.
here they are:





there is a site to go with it http://www.kidsatrandomhouse.co.uk/edgechronicles

"I have a few more books I'd like to add. All of these are by Sarah Dessen, she is a wonderful author.
The first is This Lullaby. It's about a girl who doesn't believe in love. She doesn't believe in love because her mother's marriages never lasts. She meets this guy who is determined to get her, but she finds him annoying. They have completely different outlooks on life and are opposites...but everything starts to change after she meets him, even if she doesn't want to admit it. It's a wonderful story, very hard to put down.

The next book is Keeping the Moon. This one is about a girl who never fit in, no matter what. When she visits her aunt for the summer everything changes. She gets a job without trying, she learns about friendship and about who she really is. For once, she fits in. It sounds like a book that I would never read, because I don't really like those 'finding yourself' books but I couldn't put this down!

The last book is called Someone Like You. It's about two best friends that have certain roles in their friendship. One is the leader, the more outgoing and braver one, where the other is quiet. Suddenly things get rough and Halley, the quiet one, is being depended upon by Scarlett. Usually, Halley is depending on Scarlett, so this is new for her.
Scarlett's boyfriend was killed in an accident, and then she finds out she is pregnant with his baby. Halley has to be strong for Scarlett while going through problems of her own. It's a wonderful book, the author is just amazing at her writing and makes it impossible to put down. There are so many sudden, unexpected things in it, you just want to keep reading!"

Jen turned to the person who said she liked the novel about the life of a geisha. She voiced her agreement.

"I also loved that book, and it's amazing that it was written by someone who's an 'outsider' of world he wrote about. All the small details about geisha life, their habits, the relationships, the rivalries--you get sucked into a world so foreign yet you feel like you've been there because of all the details put in by the author. But beyond the glamour it presents, it is still is about the story of person who's not really different from anybody else; she's just like the rest of, struggling to get by, and she made the most of what life has brought her.

I also recommend the series Hard Cash by British writer Kate Cann. It's actually a trilogy (with Shacked Up and Speeding as follow-ups) and it basically follows the life of a teenage British lad who always finds himself in a rut. A good read for the young adult set, it's very realistic plot about teenage life will make you relate to everything the main character goes through.

Megan heard someone metion the book 'Memoirs of a Geisha' it got her attention so she joined the two girls that were chatting about it..."Yes yes, it was a fabuluos book and I do agree that it's strange a man from Tenesse can write in ther persona of a female Geisha that lives in Japan! It's very interenting how idffernet our cultures are!" she said please that someone eles had read the book on a second note she said, "two other wnderful romance stories are called 'The Truth about Forever' and 'This lullaby' both are by Sarah Dessen they are awsome books if you are into romances!!!!!But if you are into more mysteries I would read 'Vanishing Acts' by Jodi Picoult!! It was great it's about how her father all these years has tld her her momther died but it turns out he kidnaped her at a young age even though he is her real father!!! it's a great book!!!!!Also 'The DaVinici Code' was uh-mazing!"

"Hi my name is Amanda and I just read a book called A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck.It's about a girl who goes to live with her trigger happy grandma.She has a lot of suprises!