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Category Archives: Murphy Middle School
Warcross by Marie Lu
Warcross by Marie Lu Virtual reality is now the new reality, created by billionaire Hideo Tanaka. Hideo has created a new game called Warcross that is played in virtual reality. Everyone is playing it, even Emika, a talented hacker. She … Continue reading
The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig For Nix’s entire life, she has not only sailed the seas but time and space itself. Along with her father and the crew of his ship, they can travel to any real or … Continue reading
Murphy MS Lone Star Recommendations (Pt III)
The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry Very suspenseful and intriguing story. It starts out with a girl running through the woods being chased by a killer and only gets more exciting from there. Olivia (Ariel) is trying … Continue reading
Murphy MS 2017 Student Lone Star Recommendations (Part II)
Soundless by Richelle Mead I liked this book! It had a good plot and story that was filled with so many twists and turns. I did feel that sometimes I would zone out, but then something interesting would happen and … Continue reading
Murphy MS 2017 Student Lone Star Recommendations
Code of Honor by Alan Gratz Amazing present day story that follows effects terrorism has and has had in the United States. It shows how harsh racism has become and how blind it can make people to the true character … Continue reading
Thankful for the Murphy Middle School Student Lone Star Committee 2015
Hello, All! If you have been following the blog for the past few months you have seen the feedback from real, live, Murphy Middle School students as they weighed in on their favorite Texas Lone Star List nominations for the upcoming 2016 list! Thank … Continue reading
Jackaby by William Ritter
Jackaby by William Ritter About: Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary–including the ability to see … Continue reading
The Truth About Twinkie Pie by Kat Yeh
The Truth About Twinkie Pie by Kat Yeh About: Take two sisters making it on their own: brainy twelve-year-old GiGi (short for Galileo Galilei, a name she never says out loud) and junior-high-dropout-turned-hairstylist DiDi (short for Delta Dawn). Add a … Continue reading
Ink & Ashes by Valynne E. Maetani
Ink & Ashes by Valynne E. Maetani About: Claire Takata has never known much about her father, who passed away when she was a little girl. But on the anniversary of his death, not long before her seventeenth birthday, she finds … Continue reading
Undertow by Michael Buckley
Undertow by Michael Buckley About: Sixteen-year-old Lyric Walker’s life is forever changed when she witnesses the arrival of 30,000 Alpha, a five-nation race of ocean-dwelling warriors, on her beach in Coney Island. The world’s initial wonder and awe over the Alpha … Continue reading
