Teen Summer Reading Program: June 27th - Aug. 22nd

Submit 2 book reviews and be entered into a raffle to win an MP3 Player and other prizes- read more about it at: http://www.tcpl.org/teen/tsrp.html

Loved To Kill a Mockingbird (6-15-06), by Peggy

This book is fabulous! After you read it, you must see the movie. They are both great. Anyways. The book is about how this black man is inaccurately accused of raping a white woman. By all the clues throughout the trial you can tell is is not true. The black man's lawyer is a white man and a girl named Scout and a boy name Jem's father. The father is called all sorts of names for defending a black man because it takes place in the south where discrimination is still in effect. This book is great and it shows historical events such as the Civil Rights Movement while being an interesting and intriguing book at the same time. This is hard to do however Harper Lee does it well. I recommend this book to all wanting a good read. However it is a good book to read on your own time when you have the time to read it carefully because then you will notice all the metaphors and what the title actually means. All around I loved this book and I think peope should read it. It is a good book for Social Studies and English. 5 Stars.

The Giver is Great! by Peggy (6-15-06)

Personally, I really loved the book The Giver. I thought it was well written and it was suspensful. I liked the idea of the made-up place with this made-up life. I also loved the parts where the boy would get the gift of something new he learned from the Giver at the time. It was very detailed so I could feel exactly what he was feeling. I felt as if I was in the book at times. Overall I loved this book and I recommend it to anyone who is wanting a good read for the summertime or for book reports or just for fun!