Martin K. rated Tales of the Madman Underground: 4 stars
Tales of the Madman Underground by John Barnes
In September 1973, as the school year begins in his depressed Ohio town, high-school senior Kurt Shoemaker determines to be …
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Martin K. rated Whale talk: 4 stars
Whale talk by Chris Crutcher (Laurel-leaf books)
Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school …
Everlost by Neal Shusterman
When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash, they end up in Everlost, or limbo for lost souls, …
Martin K. rated Jellicoe Road: 4 stars
Martin K. rated The Catcher in the Rye: 4 stars
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New …
Martin K. rated Ender's Game: 4 stars
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date …
Martin K. rated The Perks of Being a Wallflower: 5 stars
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
"I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're …
Martin K. rated Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: 2 stars
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by David Levithan, Rachel Cohn
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist is the first collaboration novel written by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. The novel was …
Martin K. rated In einem heissen Sommer: 2 stars
Martin K. rated Innocent Graves: 2 stars
Innocent Graves by Peter Robinson
The worst that can possibly happen . . . has. A beautiful child is dead -- defiled and murdered in …
Edith Hamilton: Mythology (1998, Little, Brown and Co.)
Mythology by Edith Hamilton (Back Bay books)
There has long been a need for the stories of ancient mythology written to appeal to the twentieth-century mind. Edith …
Martin K. rated Die große Beleidigung. Vier Erzählungen.: 3 stars
Martin K. rated Marcelo in the real world: 3 stars
Marcelo in the real world by Francisco X. Stork
Marcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, …