A great page turner!! Over much too soon!! This one is heartly recommended and most readers will simply devour it!!

Duwan, the warrior, had been foremost of the Drinker warriors in training, destined in time to become leader of all the valley's warriors. Then an accident had claimed his arm, leaving him unfit to lead. With no other choice, Duwan turned to Drinker legends for hope, legends of a lost homeland to the south, where the sun was so strong, the soil so rich, that a Sundrinker could regenerate a lost limb.

And so Duwan left the valley, seeking this fabled paradise. But what he found was the Enemy, the dominant, less evolved form of his species called Devourers, who lived by preying upon other life forms. The Devourers, who, ages ago, had driven the Drinkers from their homeland, intent on their total destruction. Yet to Duwan's horror, he found Drinkers too, Drinkers enslaved by cruel Devourer overlords! And suddenly Duwan understands why his destiny had brought him here-to lead his people to freedom!

This sequel easily got 4 stars. In the beginning Tag the main character travels through timefrom 1250 to a lot of different times. All through that time he protected the canyon he lived in with his best friend from grave robbers. In the end he finds his dad and the canyon is protected. I thought that the author characterizied Tag and the people he met well. It is very suspenseful and made me read on. This is a very good book to read if you like the Indian culture or action books.

This series is amazing, and never leaves you at a loss for whatwill happen next, but the suspense is overwhelming! Tag and Walkertogether make the strongest pair of friends I have ever seen in a novel. Their lives span centuries and their stories capture you! I strongly recommend this book, and the others in the Walker of Time series, to enjoy over and over again as I have!

Hi, my name is Marcus Hunter and I read the book Team Picture. I think that this was a really good book because it kind of expresses the true meaning of friendship. This book is about about a boy named David. David is unusual from most kids because he is not as social as he should be. The reason that may be is because when David was younger his parents and siblings where killed in a car accident. David was soon taken into foster care. He was being shifted from place to place because all of the foster parents that he was with found out that they didn't really like him. David soon grew tired of all this moving around and ran away to a hotel. He was soon discovered hiding behind a soda machine by a guy named Paul. For a little while Paul and his co-workers all worked together to keep David a secret but the truth came out. David was then placed with Paul temporarily. Before Paul had benn taking care of David he had a drinking problem. But since David had been with Paul Paul stopped drinking. He slipped a few times but he was basically done with drinking. David and Paul had a kind of unusual relationship because they never really talked much. But Paul had always been there for David. He provided for him and went to all of his baseball games. And David was a great pitcher. He praticed everyday and dreamed that someday he would be in the majors. He never really hung out with the team and always pretty much kept to himself. He always liked to imagine that he would strike out every single batter. One day during a baseball game one of David's teammates messes up, and David yells at him. after that the rest of the team started to give David the cold shoulder. This whole situation was not good because they had their most important game of the season coming up. David has to make things right between him and the rest of the team so that they can play as a team again. Along the way David meets a new friend and reunites with an old friend. If you want to know if David can patch up his realationship with the team in time for the big game then you're going to have to read the book Team Picture.

A pitcher is the player on the diamond with the most control over the outcome of the game. As the old axiom goes, Good pitching beats good hitting. But you won't find such cliches in Dean Hughes's excellent novel for readers ages 9-12, Team Picture. The hero is a young orphan who learns that, on the field, one cannot strike out all twenty-seven batters; even the best pitchers need help from the fielders behind them. In life, too, David Lambert learns that for socialization, even mental health, he must relinquish control, let himself be vulnerable.

Carefully avoiding cliches of plot--you won't find in this book any grand slams in the bottom of the ninth--and language--no "the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife"--Hughes has written an authentic and poignant book.

A very exciting book it is!!!! Reader between the age of 10 to 12 might enjoy this book. The story is really in a scientific and imaginary way. Talking about a computer named C-3 who controls the city and became the boss. It is in great vocabulary and sentence structures which makes you feel as if you are the main character. Excellent book, I would really recommand you to read this!!!!

THis in an AMAXING BOOK,,,

I Luv the part about the computer

Monica is Hot,

This book does not pass itself off as a deep text as to finding the Holy Grail in Supply Chain terms. So do not buy it if you are looking for a complex set of answers.

But please buy it if you are starting to think that some of your problems, or more importantly some of your opportunities, are some how linked to the way in which your business operates.

Not business is an island so we depend on others who thus bring variation and their own shortfalls into our business, even though we may not see this when we are so close to every day decision making.

The table 1.2 is the simplest decsription I have ever seen as to the 9 types of supply relationships.

A practical book, soft cover so not overtly pretentious, and good value for those who can use some ideas to create their own.

This is one of the best, yet concise work that I have seen. SCM is like art...many terms and interpretations exist. It's not about moving stuff but a strategy. Therein lies the strength of this book.

It starts with a fundamental look at value and value drivers and how they relate to business strategy down the supply chain. The beginning chapter also introduces a valuable schematic representation of strategic options that drives value through the transformational process. Each transformational option is examined in detail subsequently chapter by chapter.

Each chapter in turn is peppered with cases covering a broad industry segment to illustrate each transformational option.

Overall, it's an excellent practical primer for the practitioner looking for stepping stones to transform the supply chain. Don't expect to find all the answers. However you can be assured that this book will open you up to a host of new ideas and change your thinking in the process. It did mine!

It's very welcomed reading and a great departure from the many books on SCM many of which tends to lean more towards the theoretical.

This book is a must have for parents of childrens with tourette syndrome. It certainly proved we are not alone in the daily struggles we and our familys face. Although this can be a depressing book at times, it does go to show that with an incredible amount of patience and knowledge, you can handle anything.

this book is about a mom of a boy with servere tourettes. I t is excellent written she is real able to convey her pain and also her hope for her children. A must read for all intrested or avected by tourettes. the last chapter is by young ryan himself it is also vey intrsting.

The book Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt is one of my favorite books. The begining starts out in Tree Gap (town name)while ten year old Winnie Foster is laying in her fenced in yard looking at the woods and feeling traped inside. "I will run away" Winnie said to the toad. So she did. While Winnie is venturing through the woods she meets a boy named Jesse and then his family soon with him. Who are these people and what do they want? Read to find out.
I gave this book 5 stars because it is adventuous and each page you turn you will want to turn the next to see what hapens next. I recremend this book to all children over the age 8. The eight year olds might not understand some strange words and vocabulary.

This fantasy book by Natalie Babbit Tuck Everlasting has been one of my favorite books since I first read it whch was in 7th grade.It stars a ten year old girl named Winnie Foster who runs away from home into the woods that her family owns. She sees a young boy named Jesse drinking from a spring and talks to him. When she asks for a drink from the sprin he becomes very uncomfortable and tries to talk her out of it. When Jesse's mom Mae and his brother Miles come with their horse, they kidnapp her and brought her to their little cottage deep into the forest. After Jesse gets to know Winnie better he tells her that when she turns 17 to drink some water from the spring. Will she drink it or decide not to?
I gave this book five stars because it is very good and i really enjoyed this book. The reason why I really like this book
is because it is a little mysterious. I think that anyone who reads this will really enjoy it. Because i'm very picky wen it comes to books. Most of th books we have to read for school i don't like. But this one I loved!!

In my humble opinion, Tuck Everlasting is one of the greatest children novels of all time. Although it is classically categorized as a book for children, and I've acknowledged is as such, I consider it deep enough and beautiful enough for all ages to enjoy. The tough questions it touches on, like immortality, human greed and death, and the non-condescending but beautiful way it goes about them is really touching and though-provoking, especially since the people of its target age audience are probably just beginning to think about those sorts of things. Babbit's imagery is wonderful, but not too ornate and doesn't take away from the story. The story flows simple and real, and the characters have so much depth you can picture them perfectly. The whole story, and the quiet but significant ending really touched me and made me cry and I read it for the first time at the age of 16. I suggest this book for all children able to read it, as well as their parents.

Upon completing this book, I was amazed that this was published when it was (1898?). I was expecting a sugar-coated portrayal of Martians invading England - "Oh, I say, we're under attack!", or some such nonsense. What I got was a very enjoyable book that didn't pull any punches when depicting the chaos, destruction, and death that results from this invasion. His portrayal of the Martians and their technology beats anything that I've read in contemporary science fiction.

The only problem I had with the book was Wells' narrative. The story provides far too much detail at points, giving exact times and locations for minor events which I'd think someone who survived a disaster would have a hard time recollecting. With the overwhelming number of locations for events presented to the reader, you'll need a map of the London area in order to stay on top of things.

Additionally, Asimov's afterword is very insightful, and the cover by Roger Dean is great.

War of the Worlds has been around since 1898. I first read the book more than 50 years ago. I have read it again many times since and still marvel at the superb descriptive narrative by Mr. Wells of a county in England (Surrey) that was "ground zero" for the Martian Invasion. A most important factor in the story is the Martian's ability to manufacture the raw materials to build their invasion machines here on Earth. They were, in effect, made from Aluminum - a metal that, before the 20th century, was considered more precious than gold because of the enormous cost of extracting it from the ore. This made the novel very prophetic, and even more so the description of the Martian's "Heat Ray" further advanced Mr. Well's technologial prophecy. Nowadays, we use both aluminum and lasers daily. The book's charm, with regard to the "invasion", was described in detail by Herbert Wells of the evacuation of London and surround areas with nothing more technologically advanced than the railway to escape the advance of the invadsion force. I still find it hard to travel to Leatherhead by train without wondering how it would have been a century ago if it had really happened. A full 5 stars to the man who was a true visionary of technology. A MUST to read. Forget the 1950's movie of the same name. No comparison. Will anyone out there make a TRUE period movie of this event?! I hope so.

Okay folks, this is it. The very first alien invasion novel and it's 101 years old this year. That's right, over a century.

Yet this is still a wonderful book to read. Sure, we know there aren't any real Martians. Put that aside. The straight forward Victorian narrative style is odd and strangely formal by today's standards. But that's part of what sets the scene.

Here is a book that has all the basic elements of the genre - and Wells got them right the very first time. Better, in fact than most modern writers. There aren't any heroic moves we can make to save ourselves. There's no hero that defeats the Martians through cleverness and clean living. The Martians are centuries ahead of us technologically and we're going to lose. Period. Is that realistic enough for you?

How about a writer that predicts tactical battlefield lasers, chemical weapons, armored mechanical fighting vehicles, interplanetary spaceflight and computer controlled robots up to ninety years ahead of reality. Pretty impressive stuff that STILL hasn't come to pass in some cases, even though we can understand such things now. Imagine someone who takes a horse-drawn carriage to town conceptualizing battlefield lasers. That's what Wells did when he wrote this novel.

But most of all this book is there for its commentary on humanity - Victorian imperialism and lack of humility, the arrogance of invulnerability just waiting to be burst. Watch a cultured society crumble in the face of harsh reality. Watch us devolve into elemental things once more, as we learn what it means to be dominated as we have dominated other, less advanced cultures. Wells' book was meant as a commentary on English Imperialism and arrogance, but that lesson still has relevance today, whether you apply it to superpower politics or global environmentalism.

Take the time for this book. It's worth it.

This was the second book by Anita Shreve that I have read, besides The Pilot's Wife a relative dissapointment to me. So I started Fortune's Rocks not expecting much. Now let me warn you. The first 100 pages practically clunk along until I almost gave up. But by the time I hit page 101 I was hooked and could not put the book down.

Olympia Biddeford is 15 years old. She is deleloping sexual pleasures and is looking for a thrill. The book starts when she is walking down the beach in Fortune's Rocks alone when she is on vacation with her family. She enjoys how the men stare at her.

She returns to her house where her father Phillip, tells her that she will be meeting his friend, the author John Haskell, later that night. She spends the rest of the day reading his books and when she finally meets him, she falls in love.

But, unfortunately, he is marreid with 4 children. But does she care? I don't want to ruin the book for you, but once you get started, you will not be able to put the book down and it will hold you until the last word. A magnificent book. Shreve is one of Americ's truly great writers! You must read this book!

It was pretty clear when I started this book (which was verified by the author in the reading group Q & A) that she had enjoyed working with the language style of nineteenth century New England when working on "Weight of Water" and wanted to experiment further.

I had a tough time with the first quarter of the book. I could see what was coming and found myself frustrated that it was taking so long to reach the inevitable. Midway through this book I was surprised. Suddenly the story became much less predictable and I was intrigued. This was not your standard hothouse flower character (regardless of the century) who found herself in a bad way and depended on her father or lover to help her out. She took total responsibility for her actions. Not the martyr, this girl. I am impressed, Ms. Shreve.

All considered it's an interesting story with some pretty three dimensional characters, no one's totally good or evil. There are also some great courtroom scenes. If you find yourself frustrated with the beginning, keep going, it's definitely worth it.

My husband & I listened to the audio version of this book read so eloquently by Blair Brown...audio books being our way to spend our daily commute. Now it must be read and savored. We both enjoyed this book immensely. Not since the Poisonwood Bible has an author so completely drawn her characters to be as completely faceted as your most intimate friend. The reader is swept back 100 years ago, when men wore moustaches (plural) and women had fringes (not bangs!) and both wore bathing costumes. Shreve could be a contemporary of George Eliot, in both consummate knowledge of the human heart and the ability to portray a time and place. I disagree with the reviewer who states that Olympia's use of family money to solve her dilemma spoils any feminist bent, since a portrayal of Olympia as a feminist was not the point. I think it only further demontrates the author's mastery - Olympia is not an ideal woman, but a total and true one, since in "real" life we would use any means available to regain an estranged child. Someone also mentioned the "pat" plot twists, but I find them intriguing, in a John Irving king of way. Also enjoyable: Haskells' disovery of passion in middle-age, the courtroom drama and subsequent resolution, and the social condition of factory workers and immigrants. Now reading The Pilot's Wife, finding it not as satisfying (yet), the best part is revisiting Fortune's Rocks and remembering previous inhabitants.

My Antonia was a colorful book full of exploration, times of life and laughter, and times of heartbreak and sorrow. My Antonia written by Willa Cather portrays how life was for imigrants trying to make it in the world. Also, how life was for those already living in North America.

The book opens up with Jim Burden, a 10 year old boy who has just lost his mother and father and is traveling with a ranch hand, Jake. They are both going to Nebraska to live with Jim's grandparents. After Jim has gotten settled in and has made himself known to most of his new surroundings, he and his family go to visit their new Bohemian neighbors. There they meet the Shimerdas consisting of: Mr. Shimerada, Mrs. Shimerada, Ambrosch,Yilka, Marek, and Antonia. Once Jim and Antonia meet they become close friends rather fast, by hanging out and teaching Antonia English. This is only the beginning of many years of love, friendship, heartache, and emotion.

The weather represents many events and emotions in My Antonia such as, "As the sun sank there came a sudden coolness and the strong smell of earth...." Another place that Cather uses emotion is Antonia, "looked off at the red streak of dying light," although Antonia knows her father would have liked her to go to school and get a good education she must stay at home and do chores like a man. Her hope that she might do what her father would have liked her to do is that, "of dying light."

Whether you are into the adventure novel or the romantic sappy one; My Antonia is both. I began reading this book and didn't want to put it down. Although certain parts of the book were slow, that happens in the best of novels. I would recommend this book to the avid reader and even to the every once in a while reader.

Ten-year-old Jim Burden arrives in the dark Nebraska vastness, on the same train as a hopeful but impoverished Bohemian family. The newly orphaned boy is welcomed by loving grandparents and kind farm hands, who gently teach him prairie survival skills. Alas, there is no one but a sly cousin from the old country to greet/dupe the hardworking folk who sacrificed their homeland to make a better life in the New World for their children. Still, hroughout the entire book it is Nature--particularly in the form of the undulating, ever metamorphosing prairie--which dispenses both cruelty and blessing on Americans and immigrants alike. How each group copes reveals their moral fibre and hints at future success.

Young Jim is most enchanted by his 14-year-old neighbor, a bronzed, hardworking daughter of the soil, who toils selflessly for her family--Antonia Shimerda. Their strange customs and diverse personalities awe and confuse Jimmy, who immediately feels appreciation and affection for this brave girl from a flawed family. The novel recounts their lives from childhood until young adulthood; how they took divergent paths in their quests for true happiness and contentment in life.

Cather's style is lyric: music is found in both Papa's violin and the waving of golden grain. She vividly portrays the chiaroscuro of shimmering sunsets and dappled leaves by the creek; gracefulness in the lilt of a barefoot walk and the natural aspiration of the heart toward peace and beauty. Does Jim regret the lost days of his boyhood, when life's pleasures were innocent, when hope was young and shy, when dreams were easily shared with a trusting companion and sincere smile? Was it worth all his serious studies and prestigious N.Y. job, when he recalls the tremulous private confessions of their youth? Can a prairie lad completely divest himself of his nurturing environment, or do the dancing grasses still hold secret sway in his adult heart? An American classic of the midwest, MY ANTONIA is meant for readers all over the world because of the unashamed truths it reveals about the heart of man.

In MY ANTONIA Willa Cather does an extraordinary job of showing a true struggle with the weight of the personal nostalgic impulse. Jim Burden is unfulfilled in his life as a New York husband and lawyer, a predicament that his many travels near the Nebraska he grew up in do not alleviate. His most powerful memories center around the Bohemian immigrant girl Antonia. The story is really about their relationship rather than either individual: Cather's depiction of Jim's friendship with Antonia as a child, a young adult, and then a man shows how both Jim and the novel reconcile and transcend the combination of place, time and fortune. Written primarily from Jim's perspective, the story helps him regain a vital measure of the fulfillment he has lost in the over twenty years he spends away from his roots. It's hard to go home again, and often we don't when we should, but Cather reminds us that home is not strictly a matter of geography: the people we carry in our hearts mean more to us than any street address ever can.

Cather's pen paints vivid and detailed pictures of the landscape and complex, well-rounded characters to people it. I could not finish this book when it was assigned for summer reading in high school; it didn't grip me. Reading it twelve years later, with my childhood gone and a dozen years more life experience and memories, I found it not only gripping, but stirring and beautiful.