The Giver

I very much enjoyed the book The Giver.  It was a great book that had me hanging onto each word.  It made me think of how we take for granted our lives of music, color, and emotions. I liked this book and it opened up my eyes to everything around me.
-Ali

The Cardturner

In Louis Sachar’s novel The Cardturner a 17 year old boy is thrust into playing Bridge with his rich granduncle Lester, a card game he finds completely boring on his mother’s insistnce.  Within just a few hands Alton finds he is in love with the game. The wonderfully pieced together story not only inspired me to want to take up bridge but also taught me that you can do anything you set your mind to. I was reading into the early morning and in every spare minute I had in class (not to mention the ones that I took). You’ll find yourself in a whole new realm of reading once you put The Cardturner in your hands.

-Zack