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Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION Hoffman, B. (2010). Saving ceecee honeycutt.  New York, NY/USA. The Penguin Group. PAGES 306 PURCHASING OPTIONS Barnes&Noble Hardcover $24.26 Paperback $14.40 NOOK $12.99 Audiobook $39.95 Large Print $15.29 Amazon.com Kindle $12.99 Hardcover $6.95 Paperback $11.34 ANNOTATION After tragedy strikes, CeeCee Honeycutt is whisked away to Georgia where she comes of age. SUMMARY Cecilia Rose Honeycutt is a twelve-year-old living in Willoughby, Ohio. She is anything but a normal twelve-year-old, and her family is anything but normal. Her mother suffers from psychosis, and because of these her father is all but non-existent in hers and her mother's life what with being gone for work all the time. SO, this leave CeeCee to care for her mother whose mental state deteriorates daily. The only escape for her is reading and spending time with her neighbor, Mrs. Odell. Then one summer afternoon, tragedy strikes, and ...
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Discerning My Rating Scale

THE QUALITY SCALE The quality scale is based on precious metals-a ranking system that is generally universal and easy to understand.  Gold - The standard for all other books to follow. Strong, well developed characters and story line with no foreseeable possibility of the book being tarnished by time.   Silver -Strong quality book with a few areas in need of a bit more polishing. Bronze   - Appreciable parts spread throughout the book, but lacking in many areas leaving the reader wanting more. Plastic - A cheap and sad excuse of a book. THE POPULARITY SCALE Just as the quality scale is based on precious metals the popularity scale is related in that it is based on precious stones and their popularity. Again, a generally universal and easy to understand system. Diamond -Will stand the test of time. Everyone clamors for it. Emerald -Generally liked by the majority. Sapphire -Takes time to grow on you. Received general appreciation. Ruby -For...
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Jacob T. Marley by R. William Bennett

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION Bennett, R. W. (2011). Jacob t. marley. Salt Lake City, UT/USA. Shadow Mountain.  PAGES 202 PURCHASING OPTIONS Barnes&Noble Hardcover $17.04 Paperback $8.99 NOOK $8.49 Audiobook $29.99 Amazon.com Kindle $8.09 Hardcover $23.00 Paperback $8.99 Audio CD $29.99 ANNOTATION We've all heard the story of Scrooge. But before Scrooge, there was Jacob T. Marley. SUMMARY Jacob Thelonius Marley is the grandson of the beloved grandfather, Thelonius. Thelonius gave his life to safe children from a fire. Jacob grows up resenting this tie he has to his grandfather because he doesn't like to explain to everyone he meets that he is, in fact, the grandson of the famous Thelonius. He shortens his name to Jacob T. Marley and eventually gets rid of the T altogether.  As he forgets his roots and excels past his peers at numbers and mathematics, he soon loses who he is to pride. It swallows him up and turns him into a terrib...
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