Peeled Audiobook

" Hildy is a journalist, working for the high school newspaper. Her family owns an apple orchard and she splits her time between school and the family business. Her small town is experiencing some scary times that are centered on the town's alleged haunted house, and fear is building in the town. At the same time, the mayor has announced a new economic initiative that threatens the orchards of some of the town's growers. Hildy uses her journalism skills to get to the bottom of things, and she and her friends "break the story." Joan Bauer creates believable teenagers, engaging stories, and I think this story will appeal to many middle school girls. "

" This one just didn't stay with me. Good writing and interesting story. Just didn't connect, though. "

" Really liked it...Hoping to make up a proper book review as soon as I can get the book back. :D "

" I like a good teen reporter book. Joan bauer is always good for a good book, although sometimes too realistic for me. "

" Joan Bauer is one of my favorite authors. In Peeled she has created another strong teen character, Hildy Biddle, a reporter on her high school newspaper, who (with the help of other likable, quirky characters) tries to uncover the truth about a haunted house, the mayor's big plan for their town, and what seem to be the duplicitous manipulations coming from the local newspaper. "

" It was okay! But it took me awhile to get into it.... But other than that it was really romantic towards the end! Not the best of Joan Bauers' books. "

" Initial reaction: Would give it 3.5 stars. Thought the character development was excellent, and the writing, but just don't see very many of my students snatching it out of the library anytime soon. Have a few readers in mind who would appreciate it. "

" This book was alright but fairlly predictable... like an episode of Scooby Doo... the realtor and the newspaper man would have got away with it if not for those darns kids,,,, "

" Joan Bauer is one of my favorite YA authors. She's so underrated. "

" i was a great book, the writing makes you feel that you are really there... Joan Bauer is a great writer "

" This book was really exciting. I would deffinitley reccommend it! "

" A little slow at the beginning, but then I really started enjoying the strong female characters. The main character is learning to be a free-thinker and its nice to see her struggle through this. "

" Great book...treat to read...really touched my heart "

" This was a really cute book! I loved how Hildy wouldn't ever give up. Great when you need a quick book to read! "

" I liked this book quite a bit. I'm a huge Joan Bauer fan. However this book wasn't quite up to her other books. The characters were good, but the situation was, to me, fairly predictable. Nevertheless, it was a fun read. I really like Bauer's realistic yet unique strong female characters. "

" I wanted this to be so much better. I wanted to care about the characters and story, especially since it was about youth interested in journalism but ... it fell so flat for me. I'm saddened, too! "

" Light YA book, small town apple country mystery. "

" Student journalists aim to save their apple orchards and town, which might be haunted, from corrupt developers. "

" 5/14/11 cute, but nothing special. I definately liked Thwonk a lot more 2.5 "

" A town in in fear and consumed with hauntings Hildy focuses her efforts on finding out what is really happening in her home town of Banesville. A story featuring a strong heroine and witty dialogue. Good easy read.<br/><br/> "

" i enjoyed this book, it had it's ups &amp; downs. i felt like it was slow it a lot parts &amp; picked up really fast, then slowed down again. it was enjoyable, though. "

" It was an okay book... "

" Very good book! Love Joan Bauer! "

" I love this book. A really good mystery! "

" Short, easy book I think it could have been longer and more for older audiences. "

" writing and character dev quite good, includes some innocent romance (but its not the focus). Liked the interesting statements about journalism and resistence/rebellion. "

" Confessedly, I'm very attracted to the cover.<br/>But it's not for me.....<br/>The old saying 'Don't judge a book by its cover'! "

" I would 2 1/5 stars if I could. It was an OK book and I liked it fairly well. It is a young adult novel so not suprisingly the writing and plot seemed kind of juvenile and predictable at times. I really liked that there wasnt anything I would find inapropiate for teenagers in it. "