Book Reviews by ClarissaAdeleMorgenstern
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The Green Teen Cookbook is not just a cookbook; besides recipes created by teens, it includes information on farmers’ market and eating healthfully.  The essays on pros and cons of organic food, vegetarianism, and other environmentally conscious topics all give suggestions on where to purchase cheap, healthy food and how to lower one’s carbon footprint.  A key for when the ingredients were in season accompanied each recipe, as well as basic information like how many servings the recipe made and time needed to prepare it.  A section of basic kitchen staple

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22 year old Taylor Mistry, who is in veterinary training, returns from a year abroad in Italy to her home in South Coast.   She feels like a new person.  She recently lost weight and is struggling with people's new perceptions of her and fitting back in to her hometown and old life.  On her way home from the airport, she sees and tries to help an injured wolf.   She is interrupted by a bloodcurdling screech and an unknown assailant who leaves scratches on her back.  Soon, dangerous events are occurring near Taylor, and she comes close to death several times.

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My Chemical Mountain is about Jason, who lives near landfills and broken-down factories.  His best friendsare a cautious inventor named Cornpup and a daredevil named Charlie.  Jason’s father died on the job while working for the only company left in the town, Mareno Chem.  His father was trying to expose the company for illegally manufacturing Phenzorbiflux, a dangerous chemical.  Cornpup is trying to bring down Mareno Chem for polluting their town and dumping toxins in the creek.  Jason and Charlie want to help Cornpup, but they don’t completel

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Empress of the Sun begins when the airship Everness is about to crash after going through a Heisenburg jump. Everett Singh, a talented mathematician, feels responsible for crashing the Everness in an unknown universe because of his calculations for the Heisenburg jump between realities. The Everness's crew soon discovers that they have crash landed on a "Diskworld," which is inhabited by an extremely advanced race of dinosaurs called the Jiju.