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Guidelines for 
Writing a Book Review

Paragraph 1:
Give the author and title and briefly indicate what the book is about without going into great detail.  Include book genre:
Nonfiction: Biography, Autobiography
Fiction: Science Fiction, Mystery, Historical Fiction, Romance, Classic, Contemporary Classic, Sports Related

Paragrah 2:
Describe the setting (where and when) as vividly as you can.

Paragraph 3: 
Describe one of the main characters.  Include a physical description, personality traits, and why the character is important in the story.

Paragraph 4:  Tell about a part that is exciting or unsual.  Use a direct quotation to add interest and enhance your review.

Paragraph 5:
Give your opinion of the book.  Include the audience that would most enjoy this book and why.

Use Microsoft Word and save your work on a floppy disc.

Make sure to include your name and cluster.
 
 

 

NEW
A Wrinkle in Time
 by Madeleine L"Engle

Amber Brown is Feeling Blue by Paula Danziger (MCBA)
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix (MCBA)
Dutch Sneakers and Flea-Keepers by Clef Brown
Holes by Louis Sachar
Honus & Me by Dan Gutman (MCBA)
The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier
by Walter Dean Myers
The Lost Years of Merlin by T. A. Barron
Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman
Midnight Magic  by Avi
Ruthie's Gift by Kimberly Burbaker Bradley
Salt in his Shoes by Deloris & Roslyn Jordan
Sasquatch by Roland Smith
The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood (MCBA)
She Said Yes by Misty Bernall
Spike It! by Matt Christopher (MCBA)
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Stop Pretending by Sonya Stones
Torn Thread by Anne Isaacs
Vanishing by Bruce Books
The Wadjet Eye by Jill Rubalcaba
The Wild Hunt by Jane Yolen
Who Said That? by Robert Burleigh

Cullen Memorial Library, March 2002
from “What’s New in Young Adult Literature” 
by Kathleen Odean
Fifty Top Young Adult Books

A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L’Engle
The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton
The Contender, Robert Lipsyte
A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula LeGuin
The Pigman, Paul Zindel
The Planet of Junior Brown, Virginia Hamilton
Go Ask Alice, Beatrice Sparks and Linda Glovach writing as “anonymous”
The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier
Z for Zachariah, Robert O’Brien
Forever, Judy Blume
Dragonwings, Laurence Yep
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor
Dragonsinger, Anne McCaffrey
Gentlehands, M. E. Kerr
Killing Mr. Griffin, Lois Duncan
The Last Mission, Harry Mazer
Homecoming, Cynthia Voight
Annie on My Mind, Nancy Garden
Archer’s Goon, Diana Wynne Jones
The Hero and the Crown, Robin McKinley
The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance, Margaret Mahy
Interstellar Pig, William Sleator
Remembering the Good Times, Richard Peck
The Moves Make the Man, Bruce Brooks
The Goats, Brock Cole
Hatchet, Gary Paulsen
Celine,  Brock Cole
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind, Suzanne Staples
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi
Letters from the Inside, John Marsden
Squashed, Joan Bauer
Make Lemonade, Virginia Euwer Wolff
Toning the Sweep, Angela Johnson
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, Chris Crutcher
Shizuko’s Daughter, Kyoko Mori
The Ear, The Eye, and the Arm, Nancy Farmer
Catherine, Called Birdy, Karen Cushman
Running Out of Time, Margaret Haddix
Slot Machine, Chris Lynch
Sisters on the Homefront, Rita Williams-Garcia
The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
Parrot in My Oven: Mi Vida, Victor Martinez
Blood and Chocolate, Annette Curtis Klause
Soldier’s Heart, Gary Paulsen
Skellig, David Almond
The Subtle Knife, Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman



 
MCBA = Massachusetts Children's Book Award Nominee