2002

*The Importance of being Earnest – Oscar Wilde 81 pgs. * * * * two guys use the same pseudonym and confuse their fiances. Really funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaZtYZSaIJo
*The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath 244 pgs. * * * autobiographical novel. Girl attempts suicide and goes to a mental hospital.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma7H2ZGkdl4
*Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J. K. Rowling 734 pgs. * * * * * 4th in series. Harry is an unwilling contestant in the triwizard tournament and finds himself battling lord voldemort once again.
*Weetzie Bat – Francesca Lia Block (FLB) 88 pgs. * * * * * weetzie finds a genie lamp and makes 3 wishes which very literally come true.
*Witch Baby – FLB 115 pgs. * * * * Weetzie's kind of daughter, witch baby, feels left out and goes in search of her real mother.
*Cherokee Bat – FLB 121 pgs. * * * * Weetzie's real daughter and three friends start a band and things get way out of control.
*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – J. K. Rowling 341 pgs * * * * * 2nd in series. something starts to put horrible spells on the Hogwarts students. can harry stop it before it kills?!
*The Homing- John Saul 389 pgs. * * * a young dark haired girl and her family move to a rural area then something "buggy" begins to happen to her and some of the other teens in the town. (like my cute little pun?)
*The Crucible – Arthur Miller # 152 pgs. * * * * * an incredible play about the Salem witch trials.
*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J. K. Rowling 435 pgs. * * * * * 3d in series. convicted killer Sirius black has escaped from prison, can harry stop him?! (my personal favorite in the HP series)
*The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman 399 pgs * * * * * 1st in His Dark Materials Trilogy. accompanied by her daemon, lyra sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnaped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the far north. (this series is absolutely INCREDIBLE)
*Gallows Hill – Lois Duncan 227 pgs. * * * A girl moves to a small conservative town and relives the Salem witch trials.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7k7cA021-M
*The Pact – Jodi Picoult 389 pgs * * * * a boy is tried for the murder of his girlfriend. very, very good. (plus: it mentions aerosmith!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOd3-74rJ9c
*Mars 1-11 – Fuyumi Soryo * * * anime. about an unlikely couple and their struggles.
*Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - J. K. Rowling 309 pgs * * * * * 1st in series. Harry has to rescue the precious sorcerer's stone before it falls into the wrong hands.