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		<title>A Novel Journey Through High School</title>
		<link>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2010/03/a-novel-journey-through-high-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eunice</dc:creator>
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A Novel Journey Through High School
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
My first English teacher at Stuy read this book on her own and since she liked it so much, she decided to add it to the curriculum.  She described this novel as the experiences of a girl in her prep school.  New to the high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Flies&#8221; by Jean-Paul Sartre (Emmy Hu)</title>
		<link>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2010/02/the-flies-by-jean-paul-sartre-emmy-hu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emmy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you think is the main theme of the play? Did other themes intertwine with it or do you think that theme dominated the play? Do you think other themes should have been emphasized more?
One of the pervading themes in The Flies by Jean-Paul Sartre was control, in that the king (Aegisthus) used fear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jos’s Reading Experiences</title>
		<link>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2009/06/jos%e2%80%99s-reading-experiences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iconoclast7</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A Streetcar Named Desire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela’s Ashes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
1. How and when did you come across this book and what were your initial reactions to reading it?
I came across The God of Small Things when it was handed to me in class. I had never heard of the book or the author beforehand, but I now see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Altaf&#8217;s Reading Experience</title>
		<link>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2009/06/altafs-reading-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2009/06/altafs-reading-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatlakiffar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freshman Fall 
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
1) How and when did you come across this book and what were your initial reactions to reading it?
I came across this book in my fall semester of Freshman Compostition and as most assigned reading I looked at is as homework because it wasn’t something I could relate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muwahheed&#8217;s Reading Experiences</title>
		<link>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2009/06/muwahheeds-reading-experiences/</link>
		<comments>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2009/06/muwahheeds-reading-experiences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbillah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Candide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
I came across this book in my senior year. It was the first book of the semester. My initial reaction was that it was going to be something dealing with science, because of the title. But as I read the book, I saw the true message that Kafka was trying to give to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Started</title>
		<link>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2009/06/getting-started/</link>
		<comments>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2009/06/getting-started/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Stuy student,
Welcome! If you would like to post a recommendation, take a look at the instructions and examples of formatting. Otherwise, feel free to browse the shelves and shelves of book recommendations there are for you!
New! All recommended books are now sorted on the bookshelf page!
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		<title>Book Interviews by Altaf Raffik</title>
		<link>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2009/06/396/</link>
		<comments>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2009/06/396/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fatlakiffar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NH – Sophomore
What is your favorite book?
Holes by Louis Sachar
What was your favorite part of the book?
My favorite part of the book is when Stanley Yelnats leaves camp in order to friend his friend Zero who escaped a few days earlier. This event was the climax of the book.
Who was your favorite character?
Stanley is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Interviews by Benjamin Li</title>
		<link>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2009/06/book-interviews-by-benjamin-li/</link>
		<comments>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2009/06/book-interviews-by-benjamin-li/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>benji102491</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recommendations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jane Eyre, King Lear, Tuesdays with Morrie, Catcher in the Rye, The Traveller]]></description>
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		<title>Book Interviews by Ke Wei</title>
		<link>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2009/06/book-interviews-by-ke-wei/</link>
		<comments>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2009/06/book-interviews-by-ke-wei/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BboyPerpetual</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recommendations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Tse &#8211; Soccer, Rowing, Girls
K: So, what&#8217;s your favorite book?
P: I got the best book ever, it&#8217;s Alex Rider by Anthony Horrowitz.

 K: What made you read the book?
P: It was a gift given to me when I lived in England.

 K: Ah. What&#8217;s it about?
P: The books about a teenage spy that works [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Interviews by Jos Diaz</title>
		<link>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2009/06/book-interviews-4/</link>
		<comments>http://stuyshelf.stuyspectator.com/2009/06/book-interviews-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iconoclast7</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recommendations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jos Diaz
Ms. Chan
Period 3
Interviews
Rebecca Steinberg; student, musician, redhead
What is your favorite book?
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
How did you come across the book?
I found it in my apartment. I flipped through it and it looked interesting; I found the word “cunt” used repeatedly, and I thought to myself “this is an author I can get [...]]]></description>
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