anh_hockey@hotmail.com
My summer reading has included the following....
- the fave on the milk carton series/caroline B cooney
- pretty much all books by caroline B cooney
- the sisterhood of the traveling pants ( yuo be able to relate)
- most books by kit person(opps my spelling is proboly worng in that name :S)
All these books get *****(5 stars) from me so you should all read em...Savey
-Alyssa<

candycane2006@msn.com
I would recommend CHILD OF GOD by:LOLITA FILES it's very mature but is really good because it just takes you on such a ride that you just don't want to get off of because it is definitely a page turner that you just can't stop reading it until the end it is about three generations of one family which revolves around the only daughter of grace which is ophelia after her baby dies everyone basically including ophelia goes on a journey to find themselves and it takes from from present to past so you don't end up puzzled it helps you to figure out everything and besides their hidden incestry past that gets a little too specific and uncomfortable at times it just keeps reminding you that noone or family is perfect and don't let what did happen bother you no matter what the situation you can always overcome it but only if you want to so if the ratings go that far then it is 10 but if not 5

justplainlaura@hotmail.com
I am reading the Au Pairs and it is proving to be worth what I paid for it. I highly recommend that every teen reads Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty. Both books are extremely funny and describes the life and times of a typical teenager named Jessica Darling. It goes through her trials and tribulations that all teens go through. Both are good reads especially for the summer, keep on reading.

chelynniebell16@yahoo.com
The Notebook-5 stars
Hanging On To Max-5 stars
The Clique-5 stars

zfebruary9@yahoo.com
Best books I've ever read:
The Gossip Girl Series
Speak
Confessions of a Backup Dancer
Sloppy Firsts & Second Helpings
sisterhood of the traveling pants (1&2)
Summer Sisters
The A-List
Ring

bballrocks11@hotmail.com
The Healing Time of Hickeys, by Karen Rivers
This book was great. It is a teen journal, and I am just a huge fan of books like that, she is going into your last year of highschool, which I just finished, so i was really able to relate to it... and this book is hillarious, I dont remember a journal entry where I did not laugh histerically out loud... my whole family thought i was NUTS! definately a recomended read!

momowatch@aol.com
Georgia's Back! I'm reading Away Laughing On A Fast Camel -- the newest Louise Rennison book and it's fabbity-fab-fab! Also The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian -- schools should put this book on their list for English class. It's great and I can't wait to read Vote for Larry. Also just read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon and his narrative in the voice of autistic Christopher is amazing. It's a shockingly different view of the world.The book proves that Mark Haddon has incredible talent. The worst book I read this summer was Paul Zindel's The Pigman. I had to read it and answer 26 pages of boring questions for a summer reading assignment and I thought this book was depressing, pointless and out-of-date.

leelori@soonet.ca
1-800-WHERE-R-YOU (series) by Meg Cabot
Keeper of the Night by Kimberly Wills Holt
The Princess Diaries (series) by Meg Cabot
Mates, Dates, and Designer Diva's by Cathy Hopkins<

kahea2k2@yahoo.com
Hawksong by Amelia atwater Rhodes- 10 stars, a great book for everyone. I'm personally addicted to Amelia Atwater Rhode's books!

Also- Confessions of a not-it girl

cinmin123@yahoo.com
right now I am reading "What happened to Lani Garver?" by something something ucci...I am only 30 pages in and its pretty good so far

auspiciouspropensity@hotmail.com
Definatly Ted Dekker's Black, Red, and White (when it comes out)! Totally gripping, I can't put them down. The main character is Thomas Hunter and he goes back and forth between two realities, trying to save the world in both! So exciting. Also has a small element of love in it, and, like all of Dekker's books, a hint of humour! FIVE STARS! Also, if you like some suspense, check out Ted Dekker's "Three"...some amazing writing there, and plot twists gallore!

rzaneski@nypl.org
I am currently reading The Dating Diaries by Kristen Kemp. Highly recommended. Cute, funny story.

I read part of The Healing Time of Hickeys by Karen Rivers, but I just could not get into it!

shkruger@hotmail.com
Just finished the new Ned Vizzini book BE MORE CHILL. 5 stars!!!!! Cool book!

rogranowits@hotmail.com
the v-club. a group of friends all compete for an awesome scholarship that is to awarded to the most pure in body and spirit. Some are more qualified than others, and it tests a lot of friendships. It is a good book and it might help some make choices.

calymne@gmail.com
-Shattered Mirror by Amelia Atwater Rhodes
6 out of 5 stars
An excellent book about how the world -must- be seen in more than just stark black and white; I highly recommend it. Anyone who has read other books by Amelia will love it, and like wise anyone who loves this book will love others by her.
-Old Magic by Marianne Curley
5 out of 5 stars
Romance, adventure, a little bit of magick, and plotting warlock cousins... what more could you ask for? This book is excellent, there's a little bit of everything, and Marianne Curley's style is amazing.

hummingbird_07@hotmail.com
i am reading the sweet vally high books by francine pascal.i would give them 10 stars(on a scale of 1-10)they are older books but they are still good.
the usual rules by joyce maynard is really good also.i give it a 9.it is about a girl that loses her mom when a plane hits the world trade tower.
life in the fat lane by cherie bennett.is great.i give it a 9
everyone really needs to read miss smithers by susan juby.its a wonderfully funny book.i give it a 9.

dazdnconfusd@comcast.net
I've recently read...
-A Fate Totally Worse Than Death by Paul Fleischman (sp?) - short but sweet - very surprising end - ***/*****
-Chocolate for a Teen's Dreams - nice collection of stories - real inspirating - ***1/2 /*****
-Fearless series by Francine Pascal - tons of action and adventure - really interesting yet mysterious - ****/*****

WildRose682@yahoo.com
Right now Im reading THE BREAKABLE VOW by Kathryn Ann Clarke. This book is about domestic voilence, teen pregnancies, and teen relationships. Its very very good and easy to relate too, the author is a domestic violence specialist so she knows her stuff. It really makes you more aware of how others treat you and how you treat others.
**** Stars

I just finished WAITING FOR JUNE by Joyce Sweeny. This is about a young girl who accidentally ends up pregnant her senior year of highschool. She strugles through the whole year fighting with her mother who she refuses to tell the name of the father of the baby. She is also having exremely vivid dreams which she knows the baby is bringing on.

Julz_97@hotmail.com
I've read the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I think it is a great book! I highly recommend this book to anyone!!! Young or old! It is a great book which was recommended to me from a friend. Once you get into the story of Jem and Scout you can't put it down! On a scale from one to ten (ten being the highest) I give this book a well deserved ten!

nyfdrqt@optonline.net
I just finished reading mitch albom's "the five people you meet in heaven," and it's amazing. perfect from beginning to end.

jshaak@yahoo.com
I would recommend any v.c. andrews books.the flowers in the attic series is a series of mystery, deceit, and romaance 5 stars.celeste series is also very good i give it 4 stars and the dawn series i give 10/10 it is a very romantic mystery that deals with a kidnapping and a true love

i also like the pendragon series 10/10 for all fans of harry potter

hunnybunny929897@yahoo.com
I have been reading the "Dark Secrets" series by Elizabeth Chandler. There are 4 books so far and a fifth is coming out soon (Legacy of Lies; Don't Tell; No Time To Die; The Deep End Of Fear; and The Back Door of Midnight). They all have a bit of the supernatural in them but a little romance as well. They are great books for anyone to read. Each book has a lot of twists and turns in them so I have some advise to anyone who is reading them: Expect the unexpected. Several of my friends have read them too and say they are great books.

lulu__wang@yahoo.com
Wit'ch War by James Clemens (4 stars)
Although this isn't the most well-written fantasy around, it's a compelling read. I'm also reading In Country by Nora Zeale Hurston for school next year. So far, I would rate it 3 stars.

connie1515@hotmail.com
the best book that i have ever read is the lovely bones!! it is a great book full of emotions and how death has a healing power and people on "both sides" need to except life and the the things about it that are unfair and unjust.this book is great for anyone who likes a story that makes you give some thought.

soovie452@hotmail.com
"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants": 5 stars (out of 5, with 5 being the best.) And "The 2nd Summer of the Sisterhood": 5 star. "What Happened to Lani Garver": 5 star

Fuebe@AOL.com
I've been reading several books. Kelly's Last Chance was an interesting
novel about a teen who struggled and
almost died from her obsession with
bulimia.

samorens@comcast.net
I just finished reading This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen. I enjoyed the book very much, i would rate it a 9.

simplxbutxdeadly@netscape.net
Sharing Sam (Katherine Applegate)- *******
This Lullaby (Sarah Dessen)- *********
Sloppy Firsts (Megan McCafferty)- **********
Second Helpings (also Megan McCafferty)- **********
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)- **********
The Perks of being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbolsky)- *********

I really enjoy reading books that i can relate to. Not completely similar, but i prefer reading about teens and their stories. these books are some of my favorites. they are really good, and i couldnt put them down once i started them.

amazulo123@MSN.com
I just finished The Garden by Elsie V. Aidoff.What can I say?I'm totally speechless!I couldn't put it down!(my mom took it away 4 times during the day and a half it took me to read this 403 pages of this book).This book is the story of Adam and Eve,but the serpent known as a symbol of evil,is instead the hero. Sheltering Eve when Adam (encouraged by God)raped her. I give it a 15 out of 10!A must read(a lot of people say that but seriously this is a must read no qeustions asked!)

HippoTusk896@yahoo.com
Angus, Thongs, and Fully-Frontal Snogging: By Louise Rennison

On a scale of hilarosity(only one of Georgia's many revamped words)from 1-10, I would pick 11!

Laugh your way into the mischievious tales of Georgia Nicholson, a young teenager trying to win the heart of her one and only Sex God in England. If her wacky British vocabulary doesn't get you, her(cough, cough) winning personality and vivacious way of life will. With a mix of: half Scottish wildcat half tabby, a bald coot for a father, a unpotty trained little sister, a school led by Slim and Hawkeye, cool friends, and a Sex God...a fabby(yet another fun word) novel awaits you.

Road to Nowhere: By Christopher Pike

On a scale of 1-10 this suspenseful novel rates 9.

One dark and stormy night... a young women hurries her luggage to her red volvo. She pulls over to the side of the road and picks up two peculiar hitchhikers, Freedom Jack and Poppy Corn. The three together pass the time by telling sad tales: the young woman of her lover's betrayl, Freedom Jack of a promising young man, and Poppy Corn of another young women who made one fatal mistake. Together they travel to their final destination, the road to nowhere.

*Note: Christopher has a way of combining elements of suspense, romance, horror, and the mystery of the afterlife in all his novels creating a most unique and savory plot.

hyperchick_29@hotmail.com
My recommendation is This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen. All of her books are amazing, but this one is the absolute best. Another awesome book by her is The Truth About Forever. The books tell what can really happen to people and they're really down to earth.

aquagirl_2008@yahoo.com
Gingerbread by:racheal Cohn this book really interested me because it's really how I act and it just was great and i recomend it to readers cause you relly get in to the narrators head.

candych@bellsouth.net
Right now I'm reading Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan. It is very exciting and suspenseful. It's a great book for adventure and fantasy lovers. It's like a magnet, I can't stop reading it.
P.S It's a definite 10++

aly_gurlie@hotmail.com
i recomend reading the A-list series. The A-list, and Girls On Film, i just finished them and i can't wait untill the 3rd one comes out!!! Also i recomend ALL of Sarah Dessen's books excpecialy This Lullaby...my all time favorite!!

readingmutt@yahoo.com
The I would like to recamend is " The Blue Nowhere" by Jeffery Deaver
on a scale between 1-5 i would give it a 5 !!

Allisooooon12@aol.com
I just read Grecian Holiday by Kate Cann. Its a really good book about three friends who have a good relationship but not a strong one.They experience hardships and breakups but it also shows young girls hw to take control about things and how to be independent. I'd give this book a 10 out of 10!

rayzl210@comcast.net
I thought 'One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies' by Sonya Sones was excellent. It moved really fast and still had a great story line. It was her best book yet!

debba16@rogers.com
Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging and the whole Confessions of Georgia Nicholson series is great. I read all the books in a week.!!! 10/10!<

traciewid@hotmail.com
The Haunting by louis lowery
this is a really good book...kind of feaky but good. its about a girl who's family is going to move into a haunted house...but only the girl realizes its haunted.
5 stars

DStegmanCrawford@aol.com
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli - I give this one 4 stars. It will make every girl think twice about conforming to the set of social and behavioral rules at her high school. BE YOURSELF. BE AN INDIVIDUAL.

branwen15@mail.com
The Night I Disappeared by: Julie Reece Deaver
4 stars
The Night I disappeared is a thrilling tale that's not exactly what it seems. This book was well written and the main character is someone you can relate to. You'll read this book straight to the end to discover the shocking conclusion. (If you enjoy reading about the trials and tribulations of a teen girl's inner being with a secret twist you'll love reading The Night I Disappeared).

branwen15@mail.com
Dreadful Sorry by: Kathryn Reiss
Author of Time Windows
Page count: 340
4 Stars

This Time Travel Mystery takes place in the life of Molly Teague, or should I say Clementine Horn? Ever since she's been forced to take swimming lessons and the arrival of Jared Bernstein, seventeen-year-old Molly's deathly fear of water has been causing her reoccuring nightmares to become more frequent. After a not-so-accident in a pool at a friend's graduation party, Molly moves up to Maine with her dad and her new step mom for the summer to escape her friends and those terrible dreams. What little Molly knows is that she's walked right into the center of her worst nightmare.
(If you enjoy time travel mysteries along with a good love story this book is definately for you).

magoogurl_09@hotmail.com
i just finshed reading the series making out by K.A Apellgate. it was the best V i have ever read it kept me intertadent trough out every book. i couldn't put it donw

sadnessfaerie@yahoo.com
Book:Year of the Secret Assignments
Rating: *****
Author: Jaclyn Moriarty
This book is great. It's about three friends who are assigned a penpal from another school. The story is told through letters and e-mails. It's filled with humor, romance, and growing up. It's an awesome book for everyone!
E-mail me with any good books, please!

devilangels_goddess@hotmail.com
I'm reading "The Angel's Command: A Tale from the Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" by Brian Jacques. It's full of adventure and keeps you wondering what will happen next. I give it a 5 stars on a scale 1-5, 5 being the best. I will definitely recommend this book.

FtLicky@aol.com
I'm currently reading PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, which is an exciting re-telling of the story of Peter Pan and Captain Hook. 5 stars.

ldbutler7@mindspring.com
I just finished "Fahrenheit 451" for the 2nd time. I give it a 4. It's a very compelling book that also has an important message. Now I'm reading "Make Your Creative Dreams Real" by SARK. I give it a 5. SARK is one of the most inspiring and loving people in the world and her books make me want to heal the world. If everyone read a SARK book, the world would be a beautiful and peaceful place.

Dawnsassasin@aol.com
I just finished reading book one of the Bartimaeus Trilogy: The Amulet of Samarkand. It was enjoyable. I would suggest it to fantasy lovers. Bartimaeus is a funny character and made me laugh alot. I give it a 8.5 on a scale of 1-10.

Kcdzdd@aol.com
The Babysitter Club Book Series, by: Ann M. Martin
That is my favorite series of all times, I would recomend it for for teen girls, girls who enjoy babysitting and books that are hard to but down! This series is A+!!!!!!!!!! <

karrott24@hotmail.com
I just finished reading 5 books, but my favorite one was Witch Child. It is really a good book and an eye opener. It shows you what life was like back during the "witch-hunting" ages. When friends and enemies turned on each other during desperate times. I recommend this book to all readers. It's a good one for people interested in history too.

bluesoccerfish@aol.com
I just finished the book "Hanging on to Max" by Margaret Bechard. It is the best book. I would sugest it to anyone and I would rate it a ten!! Everyone who would love a good read should read it.

sourlemon482@hotmail.com
I'm reading "The Crossing" by Cormac McCarthy. This is a book that is written in prose speaks about many true issues of human life. I would definitely recommend it to anyone with an open mind and doesn't who mind stumbling over paragraphs in spanish!

shiningstar4826@aol.com
THE MATES AND DATES SERIES ARE THE BEST BY CATHY HOPKINs i love those books and cannot wait for the sixth one and her other series truth or dare which are all worth five stars because they are sooooo goood i love the way she writes each book from a different persons perspective!!

babieangel8383@hotmail.com
since its summer ive been trying to read all the books i could not read during the school year, so ive read...

All Fall Down - its really good but also really weird.. its a msytery and i dont know youll just have to read it.

Izzy, Willy Nilly- i had to read it for school. (should i have to say more)

The Wind Blows backwards- its a good romance

Secret Window- better hten the movie, but only if you WATCH the movie.. if that makes any sense

Blue is for Nightmares- its got some whichcraft type stuff, but not to much, but enought

Hardlove- i loved this book.. really good. i read it in like a day. again its a romance, but also really funny

Sloppy First- really good book. its also funny, sad and all that good stuff

Dreamland- wow what a good one. starts out sad then goes to happy then really sad again.. it just cant make its mind up. but dont worry it ends up good in the end.. i guess you can say

and now im reading One Shot- and im probaly going to stop reading it, because its really slow, but i might just wait it out.

my fav. book is from last summer and its Smack.. really sweet, but can hit you hard all at the same time

midnightdecision@yahoo.com
I've finished reading Kushiel's Dart and Kushiel's Chosen by Jaqueline Carey.They're a must read. They're a mix of romance, adventure, and politics. i haven't read the last on yet I give them 5 out of 5 stars.I also read Daughters of the Moon series and I reccomend them my friend and i read through them about a book in a day then disscussed them at school the next day. Atwater roads is also a good author. Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause is good too 5/5. Terry Brooks series a magic kingdom of Landover are good too.

shorteeblingsz@aol.com
I just finished reading 'The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'. After seeing this book in countless magazines, I decided to give it a try. I was bored by the first few chapters but then I had an unbelievable love for the book. I couldn't put it down! I was so sad when it ended but I can't wait to receive note from the library that they have a crisp copy of the sequel for me! :)

I also have to recommend the book 'Annie's Baby.' I'm not into romance novels at all and it just so happened that this book's first few chapters were all "lovey-dovey" [boring!!] But it soon brought in the complications in Annie's life and her stupid boyfriend.

One more book I truly loved was 'Cut.' It's about a girl who cuts herself and was put into a place with other girls her age with problems such as not eating, self-mutilation, substance abuse, etc. This book is like a view in the cutter's life. I picked it up because I found out a friend of mine had cut. I was curious what was going through her mind. This book gave me an idea of how she thought. Definitely a great book!

Happy reading! ;)

JeMsTaR1059@aol.com
I just finished reading Leap Day by Wendy Mass. I loved it! Five stars! Everyone should read this book.<

lelebelle@aol.com
Shade's Children by Garth Nix-10
I Have Words to Spend by Robert Cormier-10
The Gospel According to Larry-10
The Gossip Girl series-1

i_luv_ca1728@hotmail.com
Artemis Fowl!
The whole series is completely awesome.
It's got a 13-year-old genius working with/against fairies who have the most advanced technology in the world.
It's an amazing read and the characters are so easy to get attached to.

Cheeseyduck91@aol.com
I have just finished reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secerets and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I recomed these books beacuse they are very good and heart thrilling.

sanikaim@yahoo.com
"Lucas"- by Kevin Brooks
5*****
A truly amazing book,this book is truly wonderful.It is full of adventure, love, hate, desire, sadness, death. I won't give too much away but just to say that this book is one of the best and is bound to become a classic someday soon.

yell0owteety@aol.com
I just finished reading a book by Sarah Dessen-'Keeping the Moon'. This was the best book from her normally they're boring but-WOW- this surprised me. You should really read it.Igive this book a rating of5***** stars

coolgalbrit@hotmail.com
Nicholas Cage,my favorite author, has very well written books I suggest reading them all! Several of his books have been made into movies: A Walk To Remember, The Notebook, and Message In A Bottle! They are all very good!

nora-mail@gmx.at
SHATTERING GLASS by Gail Giles-12 stars out of 10, it really took my breath away.

jnl215@yahoo.com
I WILL SURVIVE and DATING DIARIES both written by Kristen Kemp are great summer reads. Both about a highschool girls who have a lot of typical highschool problems-Dating, friendship, and Guys!I loved both of these books!!

bluesoccerfish@aol.com
I just got finished reading Gossip Girls and Hanging on to Max and I would rate both of those books a ***** 5 star. Now I am reading both of them again. I would recommend them to everyone!!

crazygirl_7786@hotmail.com
I just got finished reading the Mates, Dates series by Cathy Hopkins. I would rate this whole sreis a ***** 5 star. I would reccomend this series to anyone who would love a great read!!!

Girlz5000@aol.com
I highly recommend The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, the second book in the Traveling Pants collection.

sadnessfaerie@yahoo.com
Book: Mists of Aavalon
Rating: 5 *'s
This book is awesome. If you like learning about myths or history, then this book is great. It is about war, romance, and magic. It is much better than the movie. It is long-about 800 pages- but is totally worth reading every page.

easlaymaker@yahoo.com
I just finished A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. It was excellent! It is the story of Francie Nolan, a poor girl growing up in Brooklyn in the early 20th century. I would strongly recomend it!

SIZZLIN_CHICK4_56@HOTMAIL.com
i totally love any i mean any of the chicken soup for teens books

JennytheReader@hotmail.com
I really love "Confessions of a Virgin Sacrifice" It was one of the funniest things I've ever read. If you like Discworld kind of humor, read this.
5 out of 5 stars

amandaks23@yahoo.com
In With The Out Crowd--by Norma Howe
5 out of 5
High-school junior Robin no longer shares the same ideals as her friends and has to make new, less popular friends and gets a really supportive boyfriend. At the same time she is going through this, she also must deal with her grandfather's Alzheimers. It made me cry, but in the end left me with a smile. Everyone should read this book, also Norma Howe's Blue Avenger books (3 so far). Also, anything by Janet Tashjian!

Spice70867@aol.com
I recommend the Mates and Dates series fo all girls to read. I find it very enlighting. Its a book about 4 english girls that go through normal teen years. Its light hearted and funny Im sure you enjoy it as much as I do .

tiffani_ba@hotmail.com
I just read Spanish Holiday by Kate Cann. It was a wonderful travel novel and romance set in Spain. The main character is on her GAP year with friends and meets a wonderful Spanish guy whom her best friend also likes. A great summer read. 4/5 from me.

brightnorthernsky@man.com
Across the Nightingale Floor, by Lean Hearn, is one of the most engrossing new books that I have come across in the past few years. Set in an alternate feudal Japan, it is the story of a boy named Takeo who is adopted by Lord Otori after his entire village is murdered by the vicious Lord Idia. I haven't finished it yet, but there is alerady a second book out and a third on the way. Hearn's writing is captivating, and the pages fly by. Definitely look for this book.

cincukbethy@mindspring.com
Right now I'm working on all my summer reading for 9th grade. I just finished Of Mice and Men, by Steinbeck, and I've started The Red Pony, also by Steinbeck. I love how symbolic his books are. You can find representation in almost every line of his books. I almost want to right a criticism on them. Haha

onding@hotmail.com
I just finished "The Pleasure Of My Company" and "The Likes Of Me".

The first (by Steve Martin) is an adult book about a man with obsessive compulsive disorder and it is so humorous and upbeat and positive.

The second (by Randall Beth Platt) was about a half-Chinese, half-American albino in 1918. Yet another fantastic book. I reccomend both.

I'm currently reading "Murder and Obsession" which is a collection of short stories from various famous authors about obsession (not always murder). It is unlike anything I have ever read and fancinating. Some very new-to-me/adult styles of writing. (I must warn you that there's alot of "adult" content in this one: sex, violence, language, death)

yretenmycake@hotmail.com
the princess and the pauper by kate brian
its a great book about a princess and a regular girl. it tells about friendship, love, and if u want something then go for it. i give it a 9 out of 10.

Lilmisssporty817@aol.com
I am reading Ghost Boy by Iain Lawrence. This book is about an albino boy who sets out on a quest to find himslef. He decides to run away with the local circus to see if he can find a braver portion of himslef. Harold, the albino boy, meets a group of people who are "freaks" like him. One is Samuel..a VERY hairy ape-looking man, Tina AKA Princess Minikin...a 3 foot adult, and the Gypsy Magda...an all-knowing gypsy. With this group of friends he finds that he can stand up to anyone, anywhere, and anytime. Harold is no longer the scared, white-as-chalk freak he was back at home. I think this book is a good exapmle of gaining self-esteem. It shows how Harold had his method of ignoring all the stares and laughter towards him by saying to himself that he is a ghost and that noone can see him, therefore, there is no possible way that anyone is laughing and staring at him. I believe that if people just think that are better than they think they are and they think higher of thems!

elves, instead of putting themselves down, they can achieve anything and maybe end up being better at the things they were teased for in the future.

jessifrog@msn.com
The southern vampire series, AKA the Sookie Stackhouse Series, by Charlaine Harris.

These books are a mixture of romance, and paranormal action. Vampires are finally coming out into the realm of human civilization, due to the japanese invention of synthetic blood the vampires can live amongst the humans with out fear. Sookie is a cocktail waitress in her hometown's bar/grill, who can read peoples thoughts. She saves a vampires life in the first book, and ends up dating him. She therefore gets enlisted to help the vampires solve mysteries by reading the thoughts of other humans.

These books are very funny, and keep you on the edge of your seat. I reccomend them to anyone who wants a good book that will make them, laugh, cry, and laugh some more.

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