Ponsonby Intermediate

Angela

2,574 pts
(2,394 pages read)
  • An Arrow to the Moon

    By Emily X.R. Pan
    5 stars

    Great teen book. Higher teens because of some of the language used and mention of sax, although they mention safe sex. A reinterpretation of Romeo and Juliet with a Chinese mythology theme.

  • The Glass House

    By Eve Chase
    5 stars

    A great murder mystery with an awesome twist at the end.

  • Little Women

    By Louisa May Alcott
    2 stars

    Historical America during the Civil War.

  • Before we say goodbye

    By Madeleine Reiss
    2 stars

    Great for fans of Jojo Moyes.

  • A Good Day for Chardonnay

    By Darynda Jones
    2 stars

    Comedy thriller in a small American town

  • Salt Creek

    By Lucy Treloar
    5 stars

    Historical Australia written with a fictional twist of the 1800s and living remotely near Adelaide. Narrated through the eyes of a 15 year old girl whose family befriend an aboriginal boy.

  • The Time It Takes To Fall

    By Margaret Lazarus Dean
    5 stars

    Affecting, original debut about a girl's coming-of-age, set against the backdrop of the NASA space-shuttle program and the Challenger disaster.

  • Pounamu Pounamu

    By With Ihimaera
    5 stars

    A great anthology of short stories perfect for young adults and older.

  • The Clergyman's Wife

    By Molly Greeley
    5 stars

    For everyone who loved Pride and Prejudice—and legions of historical fiction lovers—an inspired debut novel set in Austen’s world. Nice easy read about Charlotte, Lizzy's friend who narries the Clergyman when Lizzy turns him down.

  • Paper Towns

    By John Green
    4 stars

    Nice little read for teenagers. It is filled with poetry references: When Margo disappears, she leaves behind a copy of Walt Whitman’s Leaves Of Grass as an important clue. And although the book is not that central in finding Margo, the poem Song Of Myself offers Q a way to understand Margo and himself and the people around him as different individuals with differing desires, yet nevertheless interconnected to each other. Later Margo talks of reading Emily Dickinson and Q quotes T.S. Eliot perfectly.

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