Posted on September 21, 2008 by Leigh R.
Rhinoceros
by Eugene Ionesco
Summary:
A SMALL provincial French town is bombarded by chaos when I rhinoceros is seen rampaging their streets. Berenger and his friend Jean are outside the café at the time, and they are some of the eye witnesses that are amazed to see this pachyderm roaming their quite streets on a Sunday. The play [...]
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Posted on September 21, 2008 by Leigh R.
The Year of Secret Assignments
by Jaclyn Moriarty
Summary:
THE JOY of the Envelope is what their teacher calls it. But what Ashbury student in their right mind would want to write to those Brooker kids (as Mr. Botherit calls them)? Everyone knows that all the kids at Brookfield High dangerous crimminals-or so Cassie, Emily and Lydia think [...]
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Posted on September 12, 2008 by Leigh R.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling
Summary:
QUIDDITCH IS a purely wizarding sport, and it so happens that the Quidditch World Cup is happening this summer. Harry’s friend Ron’s father who works at the Ministry of Magic got Top Box tickets, and invited him to come along. The only problem is the Dursleys, [...]
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Posted on September 5, 2008 by Leigh R.
All We Know of Heaven
by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Summary:
BRIDGET AND Maureen have been best friends for what seems like forever. Their friendship seems evident even in their appearance: both girls are the same height, weight, and have the same eye color and do the same activities, not to mention having many of the same clothes. Then one [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2008 by Leigh R.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J. K. Rowling
Summary:
IT’S TIME for the third years to go back to Hogwarts, and Harry is looking forward to seeing his friends. There’s not much time of summer vacation left, but what is left looks bleak-his Aunt Marge is coming to visit. This is particularly awful because Marge [...]
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Posted on September 1, 2008 by Leigh R.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J. K. Rowling
Summary:
HARRY AND his friends Ron and Hermione are entering their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and Ron’s younger sister Ginny is excitedly joining them for her first year. After a strange visit by a house elf named Dobby warning him not to [...]
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