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Post by Lexi Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:05 am

Bearville Guide to suggest books they want featured in Reader's Spotlight in the upcoming discussions. Each suggestion will have to follow the proper format, as suggested by this thread and must adhere to the Reader's Spotligh Rules and Regulations.

As such, books that are to be suggested have to be something intended for general readership, will not contain foul language, unhealthy ideas that pertain to gender, race, religion etc. and will not have unwanted language or overtones to it.

Books suggested that violate these terms will not be considered and members will be given a warning, depending on the severity of the actions - determined by Officers of this forum.

Reader's Spotlight Suggestions reply threads should be as follows:


Title:
Brief Summary: This book is about .... It talks about...
Why you think it should be Spotlighted: I think it should be spotlighted because...



Members with suggestions that are picked will be sent a PM regarding the selection of his/her book and when it will be featured. They will also receive 2000 Paw Prints for the Bearville Guide Store and Action House use. So keep suggesting! YOu'll never know when your favorite book might be featured in the Reader's Spotlight!
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Post by Joypawsome1 Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:38 pm


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Title:Diary Of a whimpy kid series
Brief Summary: The first book begins with an introduction to Gregory "Greg" Heffley and his middle school life. It takes place during his sixth grade year. The book also explains the "Cheese Touch" early on. It is similar to the game of tag in which the person who touched "The Cheese" (a piece of moldy cheese that had remained on the school basketball court after it had presumably fallen out of someone's sandwich the previous spring) had to get rid of it by touching someone else.

In the first half of the book, Rowley and Greg endures events such as Halloween, learning how to wrestle, and acting in the play of The Wizard of Oz as a tree. During trick-or-treating on Halloween night, Greg and Rowley are ambushed by a group of teenagers. Then they take refuge at Greg's grandmother's house and taunt the teenagers from there by making sounds and faces at them.This upsets Greg's mom, who orders them to come home. They do come home, but get a surprise when they come to the driveway. "Man! I totally forgot about dad!"

On Christmas day, Greg writes that he gets very few presents that he likes. He does not get the one thing he really wants, a video game called Twisted Wizard, but instead gets a red sweater, an 8 x 10 picture of his uncle, and a Big Wheel. Greg then throws a football at Rowley while the latter is riding the Big Wheel, breaking his hand. At school, Rowley is surrounded by girls, which made Greg mad because he wants more attention from girls.

Later, he and Rowley join the Safety Patrol, whose responsibility is to walk home morning kindergartners. However, Greg gets kicked off the Patrol for chasing the kindergartners with a worm on a stick and Rowley becomes promoted. When Greg gets kicked off, Rowley starts to ignore Greg. Slowly, they begin drifting apart and Rowley starts hanging out with Collin Lee; when he goes over to Rowley's house, Greg retaliates by spending his night at Fregley's. This turns into a disaster as Fregley becomes hyper by eating too much candy and begins to chase Greg. Greg then leaves and runs home in the middle of the night.

Nearing the end of the school year, Rowley's comic strip, called "Zoo-Wee Mama", is entered into the school's newspaper. Greg tells Rowley to list him as the co-creator because it was his idea and joke punchline. Rowley then denies that Greg had anything to do with it. They get ready to fight but are then interrupted by the teenagers they taunted on Halloween. They showed up to pay them back and they force Rowley to eat the cheese at the blacktop, but Greg gets away by lying to the teenagers saying he is allergic to dairy products. The next day, Greg explains that he removed the Cheese, but unfortunately for him, the other students thought that this meant Greg actually touched it, giving him the Cheese Touch. For the rest of the year, Greg is in seclusion from everyone else and he and Rowley become best friends again. Despite Greg's best efforts to become "Class Clown" in the favorites page in the yearbook, the title is given to Rowley for his "Zoo-Wee Mama" comics. Greg states at the end of the book that he threw away his yearbook and doesn't care about Rowley having the title of Class Clown, but if it goes to Rowley's head, Greg will remind him that he was the one who ate the Cheese.
Why you think it should be Spotlighted:Its a good book,i read the series.This kid novel is very popular and was made into a movie Suggest a Book! 143839
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Post by BigBird♥ Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:35 am

Title:Twlight Saga
Brief Summary: The first book is about Bella and Edward knowing each other and falling in love and then they go on adventures. The second book is Edward leaving and coming back. Victoria is looking for Bella, Mate-for-Mate. They go to Italy and stops Edward for exposing himself. Bella wants to become a vampire too so sh can live forever with Edward. The third book is about Edward and Bella having to fight. Edward wants to leave because he doesn't want to see Bella get hurt. Then Jacob asks Bella to stay. The fourth book is about..Bella being engaged to Edward. Then they go on adventures together. Basically its about adventures and love together =]
Why should I think it should be spotlighted?: It's a good book series. And I just love the story and I think it should be spotlighted because it's a good series and large books but easy to understand =]
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Post by BasketballLuver Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:02 am

Title: The Missing Book 1: Found

Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix

Summary: “A plane that appears out of nowhere. Thirty-six babies mysteriously on the plane. No pilot, not crew, no adult passengers. Then, just as suddenly, the plane disappears.
Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he’s never thought it was any big deal. In fact, his parents spend more time thinking about it than he does (hence their bookshelves full of “adoption books). That all changes when he and his friend, Chip, also adopted, start receiving strange, anonymous letters. The first one says, “You are one of the missing.” The second one says, “Beware! They’re coming back to get you.”
Jonah, Chip, and Jonah’s sister, Katherine, are plunged into a mystery that involves the FBI, a possible baby- smuggling operation, that same airplane that appeared out of nowhere — and maybe even ghosts. The kids discover they are caught in a battle between two opposing sides that want very different things for Jonah and Chip’s lives.”
(All credits reserved to the back of the book)

My version of the summary is that the books starts out with a Prologue that takes you back to the time the actual event of the whole plane appearing and disappearing happens. As you quickly turn the page, you find yourself brought into Jonah's life. It shows you what his lifestyle is like right before it leads you into the whole mystery case between Jonah and Chip. Now, the story can't just end with Chip finding out he is adopted so it zooms you into a colossal mess of unfolding events. You began to put together your only little puzzle and see the unsolved code finally unlocking. Now the question is my fellow readers, do Jonah and Chip have any choices in this matter and if they do what do they choose when both alternatives are horrifying?

Why you think it should be Spotlighted:
Are you a fan of books filled with suspense? Can you take a book that is filled with a time traveling adventure? The Missing Book 1: Found by Maragret Peterson Haddix is an unbelievable story. It presses you to continue reading it with its temptation to know what is going to happen next. Sometimes you find books that take place in the present as nothing so imaginitive as one that takes place in the future or past. That is one thing about Maragret Peterson Haddix. She rolls you into books that have nothing to do with the present, but rather the future and the past that aren't always clearly looked at. It isn't everyday that you get caught in events like Jonah and Chip. Things like this are sometimes so impossible to happen that you really want to be able to picture someone else's perspective of things that are just not likely to happen. I recommend this book to anyone who has read the Shadow Children series and also to those who like embracing a nice suspense book. =]
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Post by haileybighugs2 Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:49 am

Title: Rules
Brief Summary: Rules is about 12 year-old Catherine who writes rules for her younger brother, David, who is autistic, to help him behave. The rules are written because Catherine knows that usually people have to explain everything to David. The rules are helpful, and help David learn to behave, such as “no toys in the fish tank!”
Catherine is excited and cannot wait when she hears a girl her age will be moving in next door. She’s sure that they’ll become best friends, but she is a little scared that David will interfere. In the mean time, she begins to make a new friend, named Jason, as she waits for David during his occupational therapy sessions weekly. Jason is paraplegic, and can’t speak, so he uses a book of words that he points to in order to communicate. Every week, Catherine brings new words on index cards for Jason to put in his book.
Why you think it should be spotlighted: I think it should be spotlighted because it helps people understand more about children with autism and how to accept them. It also shows how to deal with kids who are autistic, and that they are normal people too.
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Post by emmie Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:59 pm

Title:The Secret Garden
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Mary Lennox lives with her rich parents in India. No one has ever really cared for her; hardly anyone knows she is even there. One day a cholera epidemic breaks out and nearly everyone dies. Mary hides in the nursery and when she wakes up the next morning, there is no one left. She is sent to England where her uncle, Archibald Craven, lives. A woman called Medlock is sent to take her to the manor. Normally the 500 year old Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire moors isn’t a place for a child to grow up. There are about a thousand rooms, hundreds locked, so no one can go in. There is a big mystery about a secret garden that had been locked up ten years ago. A young housemaid called Martha has to look after Mary. First Mary doesn’t like her much, but because Martha is so nice and funny she soon starts liking her. Martha gives her a skipping rope, so Mary can play in the many gardens of Misslethwaite Manor. In the gardens she meets Ben Weatherstaff, an old gardener, and his robin. The robin becomes Mary’s first friend. He shows her the key to the secret garden and also the door hidden under thick ivy. As soon as she enters the garden, it becomes her own little mystic world. One day she hears cries and looks for the person (It isn’t the first time she has heard it, but every time she wanted to look somebody stopped her and gave her some explanation). In a room behind a tapestry she finds a boy, Colin Craven, her cousin. He can’t walk nor stand up, and everybody thinks that he’s going to die. His father has never wanted to see him because he’s so different from his dead mother. With Dickon, Martha’s brother, and Mary he goes into the secret garden in a kind of a wheel chair, and learns to walk. They all say it’s “Magic” that made all these wonders possible: Colin’s walking, Mary’s change into a nice girl and her joy in the secret garden.

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Post by Bear Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:46 am

Just wanted to say to all your book-lovers out there to feel free to suggest more books! A new book will be under the Reader's Spotlight and we are open to suggestions.

Also, if you are interested in writing a book review for the Reader's Spotlight feel free to PM me.
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Post by barbie6 Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:18 am

title:the wish
theres nothing wrong with wilma sturtz. shes perfectyly nice. but nobody cares about nice at claverford, her middle school. Wilma is left out,forgotten,ignored-until she meets an extraordinary old lady who grants a wsh:for wilma to be the most popular kid in school. Presto! everything changes. Now wilma has more best friends than she can keep track of and forty dates to the graduation night dance(grad night) and someone is writing her love poetry.what more could she want nothing but will it last how can wilma make sure she is never unpopular again
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