Body Double

Book Name: Body Double

Author: Tess Gerritsen

Publisher: Ballantine Books

City: New York

Vocabulary- List the word, syllabicate it, write the page number you found it on, what it means to you and rewrite the sentence that used the word in book.

Unusual Word 1: Queenly

Page number: 5

Definition: Fit for or appropriate to a queen.

Sentence as used in story:" Said with queenly dignity"

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Unusual Word 2: Humiliation

Page number: 4

Definition: Feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and self-respect, esp. publicly : you'll humiliate me in front of the whole school! |

Sentence as used in story: " The humiliation of last weeks dance still stung..."

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Summary - Somebody, Wanted, But, So Then

Maura wanted to discover why she had found a twin but she finds herself tangled in dark secrets and lies so then she finds her self in the hands of a horrible mother who may just have a plan to end her life.

Review - Good things, things you liked, or didn’t, who would like it, why should I read it:

This is a good book you should read it. It was meant for adults and is a thrilling murder mystery full of lies and sharp turns.

Lovely Bones

Book Name: Lovely Bones

Author: Alice Sebold

Publisher: Bay Back Books/ Little Brown and Company

City: New York

Vocabulary- List the word, syllabicate it, write the page number you found it on, what it means to you and rewrite the sentence that used the word in book.

Unusual Word 1: Contempt

Page number: 1

Definition:The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

Sentence as used in story: " I chose it because it expressed my contempt..."

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Unusual Word 2: Fluorescent

Page number: 10

Definition: adjective

(of a substance) having or showing fluorescence : a fluorescent dye.

• containing a fluorescent tube : fluorescent lighting.

• vividly colorful : a fluorescent T-shirt.

noun

a fluorescent tube or lamp.

Sentence as used in story: "...battery-powered fluorescent lamp..."

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Summary - Somebody, Wanted, But, So Then

Susie wanted to go home but Mr. Harvey saw her in the cornfield and took her to an underground hiding place where he then killed her.

Review - Good things, things you liked, or didn’t, who would like it, why should I read it:

I love this book. It is good for young adults and adults. It is the story of a young girl trapped in a perfect world when all she wants is to go back home and stop her killer.

Narcissus and Echo

Book Name: Narcissus and Echo

Author: http://thanasis.com/echo.htm

Publisher: http://thanasis.com/echo.htm

City: http://thanasis.com/echo.htm

Vocabulary- List the word, syllabicate it, write the page number you found it on, what it means to you and rewrite the sentence that used the word in book.

Unusual Word 1: Narcissist

Page number: None

Definition: Loves themselves

Sentence as used in story:Narcissus came upon a clear spring at Donacon in Thespia and, as he bent low to take a drink, for the first time caught sight of himself reflected in the pool. Try as he might to touch this exquisite person in the waters, however, he never could.

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Unusual Word 2: Echo

Page number: There is none

Definition:

• (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained

Sentence as used in story: Echo fell in love with a vain youth named Narcissus, who was the son of the blue Nymph Leiriope of Thespia.

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Summary - Somebody, Wanted, But, So Then

Narcissus wanted to have himself but he never could so he stabbed himself and then he died.

Review - Good things, things you liked, or didn’t, who would like it, why should I read it: This story was cool. It is from Greek Mythology.

Woman Eats Spider

Hi my name is Freddy, I am a fly living in Holloway Forest. I am not a normal fly, I am a blue fly. Blue and shiny, with purple eyes. One day during my usual fly-by through the woods I encountered a woman. I was horrified to see the woman eating a spider. She was smiling as she chewed, and I could hear the crunch as she bit in to the spider. It was charred and chewy so I assumed that she had fried it. After a second look I realized that I recognized this woman, her name was Rina and we were friends(until that day). When she say me she looked up and said "Hello Freddy, how are you?." That was when I turned around and flew away.

The Scariest Thing...

The scariest thing that has ever happened to me is that, well once my dad got this really, really bad hernia and it was so bad that his life was threatened, then one day after my dad got his surgery I was at school and got picked up by my uncle. Of course I would wonder why my uncle was picking me up when I was supposed to be getting on the bus. So I asked and he said that my dad was in the hospital so I FREAKED out. His hernia had ripped and he had to have another surgery. He was alright but in the moment it was very scary.

The Greatest Thing I Have Ever...

Done is get the first official freshman volleyball kill. We were at a game at Libherty High school and we were losing. I kept hitting the ball into the net and I was getting really upset with myself. Even worse we were all tired and upset so I was getting in trouble by everybody. Libherty was up by maybe 10 I can't remember what exactly the score was but we were down by a lot.

Then when we finally got the ball back I got a real good set from our setter Tiffany. Then BAM I got a hit that turned into a kill.