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Teen Ink Magazine, March 2008 : Books Articles

Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich by Anh D., Aurora, CO “Act casual, think casual, be casual. I tried not to think about the new BMW strapped to my back.” Can this guy pull it off? Ben Mezrich will give you the answer and keep you on the edge of your seat in Bringing Down the House. Continue...	Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas by John R., Wichita, KS A possessor of the undesirable trait of skepticism toward memoirs, and more specifically memoirs of people with whom I thought I could not relate, I was not looking forward to reading this story of a female Iranian-American. Continue...
How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents by Julia Alvarez by Nathan R., Wichita, KS This is a remarkable tale of one family’s struggle to transition from life in the Dominican Republic to living in the United States. Julia Alvarez organizes her novel into three sections, each with five chapters, which take place in the mid- to late twentieth century. Continue...	Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult by Mackenzie W., Phoenix, AZ “In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. Continue...
The Lost World by Michael Crichton by Matthew M., San Francisco, CA “I believe my argument is valid. It is entirely possible, even likely, that dinosaurs still exist. Continue...

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