This document provides summaries of 24 book reviews written by students. The reviews cover a range of genres including fiction, non-fiction, romance novels, and young adult literature. Some of the books summarized are Harry Potter, The Great Gatsby, Twilight, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced.

1. Book Reviews 8A Term 1 2011 Toorak College A

2. Harry Potter is no ordinary boy. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone By J.K Rowling By Tess

3. Just Listen Sarah Dessen Created by Zoe Sometimes keeping the truth contained can eat you away. For Annabel Greene, there is almost nothing left.

4. The Great Gatsby By F. Scott. Fitzgerald Jay Gatsby: fabulously rich and fabulously unfulfilled... An imperfect love story in the dazzling world of the 1920's By Erin

5. 'I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You' By Ally Carter Created by Skye What would you do if you could never tell the one you love, who you really are?

6. ONCE ONCE, Morris Gleitzman. What would you do if your friend's parents were killed?

7. What would you do if someone you loved was one of the most dangerous people ever to walk the earth? Twilight Stephanie Meyer Created by Georgia

8. Marked A House of Night Novel So the bad news was that I'd have to move into the House of Night, a private boarding school known by all my friends as the vampire finishing school, where I would spend the next four years going through bizarre and unmentionable physical changes, as well as a total and permanent life shake-up! And that's only if the whole process didn't kill me. Click to add content

9. Guitar Highway Rose By: Bridgid Lowry Sometimes you have to get away from the world, to find what is really important in life. By: Lydia

10. ONCE By Morris Gleitzman How would you feel if your parents left you in an orphanage and promised they would come back for you, but never did? They left you to Escape. They left you to deal with the Nazis. How do you cope? Jordan

11. By Isy Surf School – Laurine Croasdale - A book like a seven foot wave

12. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas By John Boyd "We're not supposed to be friends, you and me. We're meant to be enemies. Did you know that?" Marlya

13. What would you do if you had three wishes? Three ways to get it right a million ways to get it wrong. Careful What You Wish For. By Maureen McCarthy By Sammi

14. When your high priestess turns against you and your school, a fallen angel has broken free after hundreds of years of entrapment and you're the only one who can save everyone,what would you do? By Tori. Hunted by P.C Cast and Kristin Cast.

15. Plagues and Federation: The Diary of Kitty Barnes Vashti Farrer A young girl with a big dream... Amy

16. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume A family, a loss, and new adventures... Sara

17. Fifteen Love By R.M. Corbet By Yasmin Will and Mia are secretly in love with each other, but can they sort their problems out to form a relationship?

18. The Au Pairs By Melissa De La Cruz Created by Aynsley Taking care of children is supposed to be easy! But as these three girls find out, taking on the full-time job as a babysitter to these four children in a place as luxurious as the Hamptons is more then just a Summer job.

19. Created by Rhiannon A S eries of Unfortunate Events Lemon Snicket Three orphan children are ready for an ADVENTURE!

20. MOLLY A boy, a wizard, a wand and a destiny he has to fulfill! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K R O W L I N G

21. What happens when you have to leave something you love? Blueback, Tim Winton Created by Lily

22. A Series Of Unfortunate Events/The Reptile Room By Lemony Snicket By Emma Follow the Baudelaire children on their adventure with reptiles!

23. 100 Most Important Science Ideas Mark Henerson "Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass. The greater the mass the greater the amount of force needed" By Jess

24. I am Nujood age 10 and Divorced. Nujood Ali always wanted to be a normal 10-year-old. Yemen customs beg to differ... By Nujood Ali & Delphine Minoui By Sammi

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