December 17, 2011

If the Witness Lied by Caroline B. Cooney

Torn apart by tragedies and the publicity they brought, siblings Smithy, Jack, and Madison, aged fourteen to sixteen, tap into their parent's courage to pull together and protect their brother Tris, nearly three, from further media exploitation and a much more sinister threat.

26 comments:

  1. couldn't reaaly get into it

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    1. I didn't really get into it either.it was dragged out. also I wasn't that exciting even at the climax of the story.

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    2. I disagree with h6robertson because this book kept me on the edge of my seat most of the time. I have to admit though, the beginning was a little confusing. I didn't really understand it until I was a few chapters in. Once I understood more, I found it very entertaining and would recommend it to anyone who is thinking about reading it.

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    3. I agree and disagree with h6robertson. At first i couldn't get into it either, but as i kept reading it started to get pretty interesting. I started to understand what I didnt understand at the beginning.

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    4. Like H1Miyamoto said i agree and disagree the begining was slow and I couldn't understand it and in the middle sometimes i started to get bored with but overall it was a good book.

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  2. this book was "okay". I didn't really get into. it seemed to be kind o dragged out. I might try other books by this author though.

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    1. I agree with h6garrard. This book was really dragged out and slow. I couldn't get into it as much either. But i would consider trying other books by this author.

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    2. I agree, it was slow and dragged out. I couldn't ever get in to it. It looked like a good book, but by about page 30 I had to stop reading it and check it back in. I usually try to finish a book when I take it out, but I had had the book for a week and I was only on page 30. I wouldn't recommend this book.

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    3. I mostly disagree with you. I can see how it could have dragged on, but I think this book was very interesting. I enjoyed it very much.

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  3. This was the first book I had checked out to read. I honestly couldn't really get into it. It confused me a little, and it didn't grab my attention. I gave up, and returned the book.

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  4. To be honest, when I read the summary for this it didn't really appeal to me. My friend recommended it to me in the library one day, so I decided to try it (mostly because it was pretty short). I was pleasantly surprised! This book ALWAYS left me on the edge of my seat and wondering what would happen next. I also found it interesting because the entire book took place in one day...I don't know but I think that's kind of unique and keeps the story at a fast pace.

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  5. This book was really slow, and kind of boring at first. Once i got into it it was really interesting. I enjoyed it after maybe the sixth chapter. I would give this book a 3. Iwould recommend it to some one if they like myterious or suspensful book.

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  6. I really liked this book, although it did go a little to slowly. I wish the author had made the book a little more exciting in the early going. At the end was a really great thing, that was definitely the best part of the book.

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  7. I really didn't like the begining of the book, but once you got more into it turned out to be a good book.

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  8. As I started to read it I started to like it more and more. Mysterys are some of my favorites so I figured I wouldnt be disapointed. Just one look at the title and i was excited to read this book. I will admit it was slow at the begining and i was a little disapointed,but i"m glad I read this till the end because I really enjoyed it and to any one who is looking for a good mystery I strongly recomend this one.

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    1. I disagree with you the book was slow and wasn't that interesting.

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  9. I disagree with the comments saying this book is slow. From the beginning, I thought book was exciting. The ending was most definitely the best part. I loved this book and I recommend it to anyone who loves mysteries.

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  10. I really liked this book, even if its beginning was slow but most stories are for they need to build a plot and a base of the strong story to lead. In times its very exiting and in parts it is fall asleep boring but all in all I really enjoyed it. And now I plan to read more by Caroline Cloonie and her great books.

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  11. this book was hard to get into. I thought the author could have made it more interesting. the beginning of the book was slow and boring.

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  12. This book was great once it started to get in depth.

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  13. This book kind of got of topic but it was still interesting. I would definitely recommend this book to those who are searching for an interesting, fun, and drama filled book.

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  14. This book was very interesting once you got into it. The start of it was a bit slow and I didn't really understand what was going on. But it was a mystery book so that's to be expected. Other than that it was very interesting and it kept me going because I really wanted to know what was going to happen next.

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  15. this book was very confusing at first, but it gets better once you read on.

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  16. this book was very tragic story of a family's exploited tragedy it was a very well written book

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  17. In the beginning it was sort of confusing, but through out the whole book it keep getting better and better. This a awesome mystery book and the end is so shocking. I loved it!

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  18. Not the best book i've read,but it was an ok book.A very confusing book the first couple of chapters.

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