My Booklist

  • Hello and welcome to My Booklist!  The following are books that have been read and reviewed by Camp Hill students.  All are new literature as opposed to Teen Fiction or Pop Fiction.  Many of these books can be found in the CHHS library or the Global Scholars' Library (room 223).  They are also readily available through the Cumberland Co. Library System or for purchase at local and online bookshops.

     

Best-Sellers Book Club

  • Atonement

    Atonement

    by Ian McEwen Year Published: Average
    NY Times Best-seller recently made into a movie. Set prior to, during and after WWII. This book does contain some intimate scenes in poetic(not vulgar) language and therefore probably is not a good choice for middle school readers. THIS IS THE BEST ONE YET! M. K. SLOW, HAD TROUBLE "GETTING INTO IT" S. K.

    Note: This book is available in our Library.
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  • Bel Canto

    Bel Canto

    by Ann Patchett Year Published: Average
    A group of terrorists hold a group of wealthy industrialists captive. Explore the cause and effect of poverty in third world countries, the vulnerabilities of us all and the differences that really don't exist. The epilogue is a poor finish for a good read.

    Note: This book is available in our Library.
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  • Marley and me

    Marley and me

    by No Author Text Year Published: Average
    For anyone that has ever owned a dog... especially a lab! this is a MUST READ.
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  • People of the Book

    People of the Book

    by Geraldine Brooks Year Published: Average
    Interesting tour of the history of European Jews from the Sephardic Jews of the Convivencia to present day. Fiction based strongly on truth!
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  • Shadow of the wind / Sombra del viento

    Shadow of the wind / Sombra del viento

    by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Year Published: Challenging
    An intricate weaving of lives and stories set in Civil War and Post Civil War Barcelona.

    Note: This book is available in our Library.
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  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

    by Mark Haddon Year Published: Average
    An intriguing story told from the point of view of an autistic youth.

    Note: This book is available in our Library.
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  • The Hunger Games

    by Suzanne Collins Year Published: Easy Reading
    Trilogy of fast-paced future world.

    Note: This book is available in our Library.
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  • The Memory Keeper's Daughter

    The Memory Keeper's Daughter

    by Kim Edwards Year Published: Average
    Lies that effect a lifetime for the family of a baby born with Downe Syndrome. Also shows the avancements in human rights for the mentally challenged.

    Note: This book is available in our Library.
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  • The Other Boleyn Girl

    The Other Boleyn Girl

    by Phillipa Gregory Year Published: Average
    An interesting look at politics and position in 1500's England. Two sisters rival and love eachother while acting in the family's best interest.
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  • The Pillars of the Earth

    The Pillars of the Earth

    by Ken Follette Year Published: Challenging
    We are reading this book for our April club meeting! *Upon review, this book is intended for mature readers. There are scenes of the extreme violence that was common in medieval times. Sections regarding the Church and Cathedral construction are accurate and well written. The storyline, however, seems a bit "romance novel-esc". Follette obviously has little sense of what a woman feels and/or psychologically experiences in the scenes that he depicts!
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  • The Resistance

    by Anita Shreve Year Published: Average
    A story of the Nazi Resistance in Belgium. Good, honest ending!
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  • The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

    The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

    by David Wroblewski Year Published: Challenging
    A wonderful American example of magical realism. Also one of "Oprah's Picks".
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  • Year of Wonders

    Year of Wonders

    by Geraldine Brooks Year Published: Average
    Based on the true history of an English village that survives the Plague. Vivid characterization of the lifestyle and landscapes of medieval times.
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study guides

historical, class related

  • Constant Princess

    Constant Princess

    by Philipa Gregory Year Published: Average
    The life of Henry the VIII's wife Katherine of Aragon... A.K.A. Catalina de Aragón, daughter of Fernando e Isabel!
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  • Inés of my Soul

    Inés of my Soul

    by Isabel Allende Year Published: Easy Reading
    Beginning in Spain and ending with the establishment of the new city, Santiago which later becomes Chile's Capitol, this story follows the brave and brutal men and woman that face natives and nature to create a Utopian society. Also recommended: Daughter of Fortune and its sequel Portrait in Sepia, both by Isabel Allende.

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  • Shadow of the Wind

    by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Year Published: Challenging
    Post-War Barcelona 1945. Part Mystery, part romance, part political commentary of the post-war era in Spain.

    Note: This book is available in our Library.
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  • The News From Paraguay

    The News From Paraguay

    by Lily Tuck Year Published: Average
    National Book Award Winner. See the "Conquista española" from the vantage of the Spaniards in control. The elegance, hardships and isolation provide a "snap shot of the murkiest of moral and political realms".
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