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C - Title: A Child Named "It" Author: Dave Pelzer Genre: Auto Biography Summary: A child named "it" is about a boy who has a good life until he is about 4 or 5 this is when his mom gets very addicted to beer. Dave's family starts to fall apart. The addiction cause's the mother to take out her anger on dave, she would starve hime. She would also beat him until he could not stand, also playing her "speacial games" that nearly killed him. This is a book that shows a boy's will to survive through his horrid life. I think everybody should read this book. This boy shows us what we have for granted. You can see it [|here]. Rating (up to 5 stars):5 (Great BooK!) Reviewer's Name: Riley O LA(1-2)

D - Title: __A Dog's Purpose__ Author: W. Bruce Cameron Genre: Fiction Summary: This book is about a dog that keeps being reborn until he find his purpose. First he is a stray mut, then a pet, then a search and rescue dog, and finally he is reborn as a pet again. He is on a jorney to find his purpose in every life he lives. This dog always takes skills from his past lives into the next, and soon they come in handy. Rating (up to 5 stars): 5 stars Reviewer's Name: Allie B LA 3-4

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Title: How to Steal a Dog Author: Barbara O'Conner Genre: Realistic Fiction Summary: Georgina, her brother, and her mom were kicked out of their apartment and now must live in their car. Their mom must juggle two jobs just to keep the car and get food. Georgina can't tell any of her friends about her having to live in her car because she thinks that it is not very cool. When she sees a lost dog poster that has a reward of five hundred dollars if the dog is found Georgina decides that she just might steel a dog and then claim that it is the lost dog. Rating (up to 5 stars): 5 stars Reviewer's Name: Natalie V. ====== Title: Heart of a Student Athlete. Author: Karl Mecklenburg Genre: Nonfiction Summary: Karl and his family, fight threw the struggles of life losses and on the way to over come those losses he teaches his oldest son to set his dreams high. After that John Elway and him deal with losing three Super Bowls and are deciding between retirement and triing to win one. Throughout this book you will learn valuable life lessons that can teach you how to live life to the fullest. Rating:(Up to 5 stars) : 4 Stars. Reviewer's name, Colby W. I -

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