I think this book was very good and kept me wondering what was going to happen next. It had a very good ending but the beginning was not all that great, the title of the book and other things are misleading because it makes you think that the book takes place on the Titanic or the majority of the...
I'm not sure why I picked this book up the other day. The cover, quite honestly, was a bit off-putting. But I'm glad I did. This was by no means a perfect book, not even for Juvenile Fiction, which is where I found it. The story did remind more very strongly of the movie Anastasia, only with t...
The Bar Code Prophecy follows a seventeen year old girl named Grace. In her world, everyone has a bar code tattoo that they receive when they turn 17. It holds all of their information and allows them full access into their technologically advanced world. After Grace gets her own tattoo she learn...
Suzanne Weyn weaves together magic in history in this tale that travels back in time to the Salem Witch trials in 1692. Magic and supernatural powers can be good or evil, and soon everyone in Salem must decide which side they will stand on. I love that magic is real in Invisible World (Scholast...
The novel Beaten by Suzanne Weyn is a short story about a teenage girl being abused by her boyfriend.Paige is the head cheerleader at south side high.Ty is the star running back for the football team.After going over to Ty's house,Paige discovers that both of Ty's parents are alcoholics.Because T...
The Bar Code Tattoo was a selection from my Book Club. It is a futuristic book about all people having a bar code tattoo placed on their arm when they reach the age of 17. Some are resistant to the idea. A young woman named Kayla is very resistant to the idea because she feels the tattoo was c...
I was recommended this book by my friend Kaitlyn and I finally decided to read it. This book is basiclly about this girl named Taylor and she really likes horses but her parents split up a while back and her mom can't afford a horse right now and her dad cant either but Taylor rescues 2 horses n...
My old students came running to me with this one, saying it was a "must read" and asking if could I read it RIGHT away so we could talk about it. (Note: do not take advice from fourth graders as to what might be considered a "must read" book.)It. Was. Awful.I'm all for using fantastical ideas to ...
Individuality vs. Conformity Identity vs. Access Freedom vs. Control The bar code tattoo. Everybody's getting it. It will make your life easier, they say. It will hook you in. It will become your identity. But what if you say no? What if you don't want to become a code? For Kayla, this one ch...
They want your identity. They want your freedom. They can't have them. The bar code rebellion. Kayla has resisted getting the bar code tattoo, even though it's meant forfeiting a "normal" life. Without the tattoo, she's an exile. But she can't stay an exile for long.... For reasons she doesn't...
The only tie-in book to the summer family movie about a 16-year-old girl who fought for and won the right for girls everywhere to play competitive soccer, inspired by one family's real story.Set in 1978 in South Orange, New Jersey, Gracie tells the moving story of 16-year-old Gracie Bowen (Carly ...
For Albert, the brave and gentle horse who was rescued by Diana Gonzalez and Christine Newman. And for Kelli Wynne of Cimmaron Ranch, who gave him a home and made his great new life possible. -S.W. For Kaleigh and Francis -J.R. Table of Contents Chapter 1 At Fox Creek Farm 1 Chapter 2 First Snow ...
I could understand why. He reminded me of an actor one might see on stage playing a prince or a knight, broad shouldered and tall. He departed with the bellhop, but not before noticing Mimi. Their eyes met, and then Mimi looked away shyly. "You like...
My beloved is so distraught that she does not realize that I have my arms around her. Do not wail so, dearest love, I am beside you. I stroke her lovely black hair but the aggrieved howl streaming from her lips will not abate. What can be the cause of such sorrow? My eyes ...
News has traveled fast that in these tough times, the town has been able to parlay the clout of its most influential citizens into tangible advantages—most significantly, a daily visit from a tanker containing gasoline. The Route Six thoroughfare leading into Marietta is clogged for miles as moto...
By Suzanne Weyn CHAPTER FIFTEEN A Strange Presence Outside the Window When they arrived at the townhouse, George and James tried to persuade her to go with them to a party, but Bertie declined. Instead she went directly to the sewing room and ripped off one of the crates of fabric stacked in t...
During the time he’d slept on the old dead beggar’s mat, he’d twice had to leap up to thwart thieves trying to lift it from his scabbard. He could hardly blame the would-be robbers. Even he had considered keeping Arthur’s grand, enchanted sword for himself. Its workmanship was like none other, an...
He hoped he wasn't too late. After she'd finally fallen asleep he knew he had to get busy, had to hide and be ready. He couldn't let Emma down, not after finding her there so distraught and promising her he'd take action. And he had to help Kid. He'd always harbored a gnaw...
The voracious geese cried out to her, but she ran past them and settled on a broken stone wall that wound down a slope leading to the Islet River. She shivered and wrapped her arms tightly around her slim frame as tears poured down her cheeks. What did she care what those ...
None of them had. It wasn’t like Arnie not to text or call. Norval was about to leave the mostly empty locker room when Coach Green tapped him on the shoulder. “I noticed Arnie wasn’t here today,” he said. “Anything you want to tell me?” “Nothing I could really say for sure,” Norval replied. “He ...