Grace, sixteen-years-old, lives within the tyranny of her emotions, mind, and environment. She develops a severe depression after the death of her father, which later blooms into Schizoaffective Disorder from outer sources. She also carries a deep fear of the 'Surely People', a group of hoodlums who cluster in her neighborhood that are cruel, degrading and evil. Finally, it also defines the bond between her and Luke, an antisocial patient labled as psychopathic. Together, they struggle through trying to release themselves from their internal hell, while also realizing that although they are hospitalized, they are as normal as the outside world.

High-strung, remarkable, engrossing and tender, "I Can Hear the Mourning Dove" reflects the true self barricaded within every person. It is a bipolar item, for many of its subjects are abstract and powerful. It clearly pulls you into the suffering of the main character from the first sentence, and never lets go, even after it has been read through. It is my favorite novel, and will always be remembered.

I Can Hear The Mourning Doves is one of the books that you start reading and you just can't put down until you have finished reading it. It is the story of a young girl who struggles to survive after her recent suicide attempt. Grace is put in the mental hospital, where she meets a boy named Luke. Luke is the type of person Grace fears. Luke is dangerous, rough, and he has no respect for anyone or anything. However, he is the only one who is able to connect with Grace, and he is the only one who can help her. I highly recommend this book.

I read this book in 8th grade and I've been trying to find it again ever since...and i'm in my twenties. This is one of those books that you'll never forget. Even though its description sounds depressing, its actually a really great and funny book.

Vano Lucas, the back cover of the book says, "is the best pitcher basebal has ever seen." He stands on the mound, terrorizing pimple-faced high school batters with his 115 MPH fast balls, and 98 MPH sliders, while dreaming of how much beer he can drink and how many women he will have when he gets famous. Vano's father, Vernon Lucas, acts as his agent, and gets Vano a tryout with the Oakland Athletics. The tryout, however is not to see if he will make the team, oh no, that's already been guaranteed. The tryout is to see whether Vano's signing bonus will be 15 million dollars or 25 million dollars. However, Vano fools Jose Canseco so badly with a change-up, that Canseco loses his grip on his bat, and lets it fly, hitting Vano in the forehead, and knocking him out. When he wakes up, he is a profoundly changed person. He has no interest in baseball, but instead, he wants to go to college. Thus begins the uproarious comedy of The Flex of the Thumb. Reminiscent, at times, of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Monty Python among other classic comedy sources that were obviously influences on Bennett, the most impressive part of The Flex of the Thumb is the descriptions of the characters as they roll off the pages. This procession of quirky, peculiar people is guaranteed to bang your funny-bone, and remind you of someone you have known. Bennett has created a piece of work that is not only seriously funny, but written with integrity, and carefully constructed so that all the pieces fit perfectly into place. More importantly, however, Bennett's informal, easy-going writing style makes The Flex of the Thumb enjoyable and accessable for readers of all ability levels. Although probaly not acceptable for an extremely young readership because of content, The Flex of the Thumb is perfect for anyone interested in baseball, college life, or comedy of any kind.

I read this book many years ago. I had been collecting information on lefthandedness for a long time with the thought of writing a book of my own. Well Leigh beat me to it! Although it is marketed as a lighthearted look at lefties, all the information is there. I cannot find my copy so I'm going to order 5 of them for myself and my lefty friends.jk

This book is based on a high school basketball star going into a college league playing with peers that have skills that match his and some even greater. This book shows determination and ambition can get you far as it did to Sonny, a basketball player that doesn't want fame but wants to play the game of basketball. Although the cursing level is a bit high, this book may be a great book to all readers.

...Sonny Youngblood, a high-school all american shoots 100 free throws after every practice. Thats why he is the best. Sonny Youngblood is a Freshman at Southern Illinois Universtiy. His potential on the basketball floor is amazing. The book is about how his life is in SIU. This book is the best book I have ever read. Its got great excitiment and I can never put it down. If you have not read this book I suggest you do because you'll be on the edge of your chair when the buzzer goes off.

Snell: "Did you shoot free throws after pracice?"

Sonny:"What d'you think?"

Snell: "How many?"

Sonny: "What d'you think?"

Snell: "hundred right?"

Sonny: "Yeah"

Snell: "How many did you make?"

Sonny: "I just told you."

Snell: "So you shot a hundred and made a hundred?

Sonny Youngblood, a high-school all american shoots 100 free throws after every practice. Thats why he is the best. Sonny Youngblood is a Freshman at Southern Illinois Universtiy. He's potential on the basketball floor is amazing. The book is about how his life is in SIU. This book is the best book I have ever read. Its got great excitiment and I can never put it down. If you have not read this book I suggest you do beacause you'll be on the edge of your chair when the buzzer goes off.

My junior high age son and his friends had to read this book for school, and they were thoroughly annoyed with the self-obsessed protagonist, Floyd. They wanted him to grow up, already! I read the book to see what all the complaining was about and found myself agreeing.

The "adults" in the book humored Floyd too much; The only person who cared enough to make him grow up was the Sioux Indian Chief. One hopes that Floyd would learn something lasting from the one mature character in the book. Pick up Harry Potter or a Redwall book instead.

This is a really good book. It's about a boy called Floyd. When he was young he decided he wanted to be an indian. He lives in foster homes and is always moving. This book even has some useful information in it about indians. I would recommend this book to someone who likes adventures and mischief; it's a good book.
In the book Floyd decides early on he wants to become an indian. He learns lots about them and even follows their religion. He lives in foster homes and is always moving. He is never in the same school long so he doesn't have any friends. He is starting to get sick of everything so he decides it's time to run away. He plans it all out and the leaves. The rest of the book is pretty much about what he does there.
I liked this book because it was kind of an adventure. It went lots of different ways. It went from being in one place, then going to a completely different place. It even had some useful information about indians. It's a really good book.
I think you should read this book. It's a good book for all different people. I rated this book 4 stars. This is a great book and is filled with lots of mischief and excitement.

In "Dakota Dream" a young boy runs away from a group home to fullfill his dream about being a Dakota Indian and living on an real reservation. Personally I like this book a lot because I think it would be cool to be a Dakota Indian. The boy one night in in a vision in his dream, he sees himself as a Dakota Indian riding on horseback to go fight the settlers. Thats when it first comes to him, that his destiny is to become a Dakota Indian. He fights his way through life going from group home to group home, not even considering the fact that his parents died when he was a baby, and never saw them before. I think "Dakota Dream" is an exciting, and one of the best books I have ever read!

While this book may have some merits, I pulled it from the middle school library because the language, while it may be realistic, is too gratuitously rough for middle school students.

A Review by Dane

This book is about a friendship between two high school basketball players that came too face with one: The stress of grades and scholarships for colleges and two: The death of ones friend and not knowing why they did what they did. The two friends, T.J. and Tyron both play basketball and both get the privilege to play at Full Court Camp. Each of them experience life changing memories at this camp; what those memories are, is something you'll have to find out for yourself.

I was unsure when the climax of the story was to take place but after figuring it out I realized how unexpected it hit me, without any warnings. (I'm sure that's how the author intended it; the only hints were when T.J. saw the caution tape surrounding the bridge.) He only had an idea. I didn't like the ending of the story; it didn't end with a spark like most stories do. It turned out to be an unhappy ending when T.J. looks down over the bridge were him and LuAnn spoke saw where she may have fallen. What I did enjoy about this story was that T.J. was determined to know why the death of his friend was so and better understand who pushed her into making the final decision to leap to her death.

I would recommend this book to people that enjoy the game of basketball and enjoy the lifestyle of a high school student. All and all it had smooth fluency and was and easy read.

Blue Star Rapture is a pretty good book. It tells the lives of a couple of high school boys, T.J. and Tyron, who are good at basketball. The main character T.J. is kind of like Tyron's shepherd because Tyron is a supreme basketball player but is very slow academically. They go to this huge basketball camp where T.J. meets this girl from across the bridge at a church camp. It is a very good story, very exciting, although it does get confusing in a few spots. I recommend this book to all athletes because it describes the drive and determination it takes to compete with the best of the best in sports, as well as in life.

I did edit "Mastering Tools, Taming Daemons: UNIX for the Wizard Apprentice", but I don't know anything about this book.