Transcript Book Review - Hinsdale Township High School District 86

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Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Meyers
Set in the trenches of the Vietnam War in
the late 1960s, Fallen Angels is the story
of Perry. Sent to the front lines, Perry and
his platoon come face-to-face with the
Vietcong and the real horror of warfare.
But violence and death aren't the only
hardships. As Perry struggles to find virtue
in himself and his comrades, he questions
why black troops are given the most
dangerous assignments, and why the U.S.
is there at all.
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Ellen Foster
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
'When I was little I would think of ways to
kill my daddy. I would figure out this or that
way and run it down and run it down
through my head until it got easy.' So it
begins the tale of Ellen Foster, the brave
and engaging heroine of Kaye Gibbon's
novel. The story of an eleven-year-old
orphan, driven to desperation by some of
the wickedest relatives in literary history,
this is the story of her battle for survival.
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SPEAK
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
When Melinda Sordino's friends
discover she called the police to
quiet a party, they ostracize her,
turning her into an outcast -- even
among kids she barely knows. But
even worse than the harsh
conformity of high-school cliques
is a secret that you have to hide.
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The Chocolate
War
The Chocolate War by Robert
Cormier
A high school freshman
discovers the devastating
consequences of refusing to join
in the school's annual fund
raising drive and arousing the
wrath of the school bullies.
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Nothing But The
Truth
Nothing But The Truth by Avi
 Students,
teachers, parents, and the
national media become involved when
ninth-grader Philip Malloy is
suspended from school for singing
"The Star Spangled Banner." A
remarkable novel, told in documentary
style, by the award-winning author of
many contemporary young adult
novels.