Books

J.D Salinger, author of “Catcher in the Rye,” Dies

January 30, 2010
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J.D Salinger, author of “Catcher in the Rye,” Dies

- Heidi Walsh Jerome David, or J.D. Salinger, the popular author of The Catcher in the Rye, died at his New Hampshire home due to natural causes at the age of 91. Many Medford High School students consider Salinger’s  Catcher in the Rye to be one of the best books they have ever read....

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“Frankly My Dear” Gone with the Wind is an Epic Read

January 28, 2010
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“Frankly My Dear” Gone with the Wind is an Epic Read

- Heidi Walsh Scarlett O’Hara from Margret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind is the spoiled seventeen-year-old of a Georgia plantation owner at the beginning of the Civil War who people associate with Rhett Butler and the famous movie that brought the book to its classic standpoint, but “frankly my dear”, Gone with the Wind...

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Students Can Relate to Crunch Time

December 14, 2009
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Students Can Relate to Crunch Time

Book Review: Crunch Time by Mariah Fredericks - Heidi Walsh Junior year, competitive schools, SATs, and a guidance counselor’s power plays all add up to the stress that every high school student knows in Mariah Fredericks’s Crunch Time. The four main characters: Jane, Leo, Daisy and Max may not have much in common, but...

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