1st+Semester,+8th+Reading

November/December 2009:
*__The Subtle Knife__, by Philip Pullman
 * __Island__, by
 * __The Book of Basketball__, by Bill Simmons
 * __Exchange__, by Melissa Marr
 * __The Fire of Ares__, by

October 2009:[[image:http://www.centraliapubliclibrary.com/images/newmoon.jpg width="188" height="282" align="right"]]
**//*//**__New Moon__, Stephanie Meyer = =
 * __The 39 Clues__, by Peter Lerangis
 * __Cages__, by Peg Kehret
 * __The Sea of Monsters__, by Rick Riordan
 * __The American Born Chinese__, by Gene Yang
 * __The Yankee Years__, by Torre and Verducci
 * __The Amber Spyglass__, by Philipp Pullman
 * __Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban__, by J.K. Rowling
 * __The Magician's Nephew__, by C.S. Lewis

==September 2009:== __*P.S. I Loathe You__, by Lisi Harrison
 * __Lord of the Rings__ (series), by J.R. Tolkien
 * __The Lightning Thief__ (series), by Rick Riordan
 * __The Wrinkle in TIme__, by Madeleine L'Engle
 * __Someone Like You__, by Sarah Dessen
 * __Now I Can Die in Peace__, by Bill Simmons
 * __Peter and the Starcatchers__, by Dave Barry
 * __Twilight__ (series), by Stephanie Meyer

=Sitting Around the Dinner Table: 8th Grade Readers Talk About BOOKS=

In her book __[|In the Middle]__ about operating a writing/reading workshop in middle school classrooms, Nancie Atwell compares good, meaningful conversation about books to the kind of easy, natural book talk that occurs at family dinner tables. Here's our virtual dinner table -- here are our collected questions, guesses, loves, dislikes, preferences, conclusions, and reviews about the books we read. In the future, we plan to post book reviews in the space below.

**Table of Contents:

*Monthly lists of books we loved
 * Our book reviews **

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