Books by Katherine Applegate
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review 1: I've been avoiding this book because I figured it would be sad, and it was. It was worth it though. It's a good story, loosely based on actual events. It would make a great read aloud because the chapters are so quick and the story is very engaging. But I can't quite decide what ...
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review 1: This is a picture book story of Ivan, a baby gorilla who was poached and sold to a mall owner in Tacoma, Washington and spent the next 27 years of his life in a 14 x 14 glass enclosure. After some pressure from people all over the world, Ivan was sent to live in at the Atlanta z...
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review 1: I give this book a 3 because when I picked up the book I was expecting a quick and easy read but I found this book a little boring. I found myself having to force myself to sit down and read the book and it took me 4 days to finally have the patience to read it but overall I like...
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review 1: SUMMARY:Silly Roscoe always tries to help, but things never turn out quite the way he planned! The story begins with Roscoe Riley in time-out as he begins telling his version of why he has been punished. A well-intentioned Roscoe Riley tried to help his new teacher during an open...
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review 1: I haven't read this book in years but the story of Alison, Izzy and Sam has stuck with me. I read this when I was in high school, when I was as young as the characters in this story are (wow, that was a long time ago) and I remember it being so very different from the standard Sw...
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review 1: I wanted to read this one because I am drawn to anything with cancer, and it was an interesting concept with the best friends and one boy. The cancer and death looming over Isabella. My biggest issue was that Alison should have spoken up in the first place. The cheating gets ...
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review 1: It was funny and succinct. It had a moral story...dealing with bullies, standing up for yourself, stealing, and making wrong decisions...but it came across very kid friendly without being heavy handed. There was no thumping on the head about who is right and who is wrong. How kid...
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review 1: despite how long this series ran and how many books fit into its canon, there's not many people i know who picked these up as kids like i did, and most scoff at the premise now. it's easy to, what with the silly covers and the plot revolving around teenagers who can turn into ani...
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review 1: Hey it's me Roscoe and I'm in time out again but this time it's for a good cost. At school my teacher Mrs. Diz made an announcement and said that on Friday we are going to an apple orchard. Everyone was so excited. What Roscoe got home is little sister Hazel had a fortune and Ro...
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review 1: Roscoe Riley got himself into timeout again. For some reason he switched a sweater that was made by his grandma for a trained dog to win a trophie in a dog trick contest. Let me tell you the whole story first. Roscoe got home from school and his white dog Goofy comes out and lick...
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review 1: Hey it's me Roscoe Riley and I'm timeout again. But don't judge me yet because you don't know the whole story. Let me tell it to yah. At Shalinto am about her taxes from tap dance class and made a lot of noise Roscoe thought that that was awesome and he wanted to try it. He asked...