Marta Morrison |
Hi! I am a fifth-grade teacher in Orange County, California. I am a single mom of two grown girls who are both readers just like me. My oldest daughter, Cameron, is 22 and is training to be in public relations. My youngest daughter, Taylor, who is 18 graduated from high school last year and is spending a year in Ghana, West Africa as an exchange student. She has been gone for almost five months and will not be back until July of 2007. I miss her a lot. I am a dog mom for two brown dogs. Molly is a long haired chihuahua and Parker we believe is part chihuahua and part fox terrier. They love when I read because that means the y can curl up in my lap and be with me. My house has been described as a library. I have 10 filled bookcases and two at school which are double filled there too. I love to read! I am a member of a book club but my favorite thing to read is YA books. I also love my students! This year I have 35 wonderful fifth-graders. I also like to knit, cross stitch, crochet, be on stage, and hanging out with my friends, young and old. I am also involved with my church. I feel that I am a pretty well rounded person. My favorite TV show right now is Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, but I also watch Buffy on DVD, The West Wing on DVD, current and past episodes of The Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars, and I love watching romantic comedies on DVD. I can't wait for the fifth Harry Potter movie and am on pins and needles for the seventh Harry Potter book, hopefully it will come out this summer! Thanks go to Jen for letting me do this wonderful job! You can contact me at mmorrison@teensreadtoo.com. |
| Reviews by Marta Morrison: ABDUCTORS by Bernadette Gabay Dyer AMBER AMBROSIA by Rae Bridgman APRIL AND THE DRAGON LADY by Lensey Namioka BEST BET by Laura Pedersen BEST FRIENDS by Ann M. Martin BEYOND THE BILLBOARD by Susan Gates BLACKBRINGER by Laini Taylor THE BOOK OF NONSENSE by David Michael Slater BREATHING by Cheryl Renee Herbsman CASSIDY JONES AND THE SECRET FORMULA by Elise Stokes CATHY'S KEY by Sean Stewart & Jordan Weisman CATHY'S RING by Sean Stewart & Jordan Weisman CHIGGERS by Hope Larson COMING APART by Ann M. Martin CONFESSIONS OF A FORMER BULLY by Trudy Ludwig CONVERTING KATE by Beckie Weinheimer CRUSADER by Edward Bloor THE CURSE OF ADDY MCMAHON by Katie Davis DANGEROUSLY ALICE by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW by Sandee Sgarlata THE DAY OF THE PELICAN by Katherine Paterson THE DIARY OF STEPHANIE DANE by Casey Bell DIRTY MAGIC by Carol Hughes DONOVAN TWINS: OLYMPIC MIND GAMES by Robert Ronsson DORK DIARIES by Rachel Renee Russell DRAWING THE OCEAN by Carolyn MacCullough DREAMING ANASTASIA by Joy Preble ELISSA'S QUEST by Erica Verrillo THE EROE by Vivian Marie Aubin du Paris EXPOSED by Helen Leung FALLING IN THE GARDEN by Walter G. Klimczak FIFTEEN CANDLES by Veronica Chambers THE FIRE THIEF by Terry Deary THE FIRST SANDCASTLE by M. E. Delgado THE FIRST VIAL by Linnea Heinrichs FISH & SPHINX by Rae Bridgman THE FOLD by An Na FOUR SEASONS by Jane Breskin Zalben FROM ALICE TO ZEN AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN by Elizabeth Atkinson GIRL MARY by Petru Popescu THE GIRL WHO WAS ON FIRE edited by Leah Wilson GODMOTHER by Carolyn Turgeon A GOOD DAY FOR HAUNTING by Louise Arnold THE GREAT AND AWFUL SUMMER by Mitzi Dale THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA by Cynthea Liu HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS by J.K. Rowling I SO DON'T DO MAKEUP by Barrie Summy IN THE SERPENT'S COILS by Tiffany Trent INSIDE OUT GIRL by Tish Cohen ISIS by Douglas Clegg JUNGLE CROSSING by Sydney Salter JUST GRACE GOES GREEN by Charise Mericle Harper JUSTIN THYME by Panama Oxridge KEEPING SECRETS by Ann M. Martin THE KINDLING OF GREENFYR by Mark Freeman LEAVING JETTY ROAD by Rebecca Burton LETTERS IN THE ATTIC by Bonnie Shimko A LIFE REVEALED by Suzi Katz LISTEN TO THE GHOST by Beverly Stowe McClure LITTLE BLACK LIES by Tish Cohen A LOOP IN TIME by Rowena Wright LOST TIME by Susan Maupin Schmid LOVE MEANS ZERO by Daisy Jordan LOVE WAITS by Donald James Parker M IS FOR MAGIC by Neil Gaiman MAGIC AND MISERY by Peter Marino THE MARVELOUS EFFECT by Troy Cle MERLIN'S PROPHECY by Dee Marie MISS AMERICAN PIE by Margaret Sartor THE MOCKINGBIRDS by Daisy Whitney MURDER @ WORK by Yvonne Eve Walus MY BOYFRIENDS' DOGS by Dandi Daley Mackall MY INVENTED LIFE by Lauren Bjorkman MY UNFAIR GODMOTHER by Janette Rallison NEEDLE AND THREAD by Ann M. Martin THE NORTHERN QUEEN by Kim Vandervort ON BORROWED WINGS by Chandra Prasad ONLY GIRLS ALLOWED by Debra Moffitt OOYAY by Stanley Rumm OPHELIA by Lisa Klein ...OR NOT? by Brian Mandabach PARENT SWAP by Terence Blacker PHANTOM ISLAND: WIND by Krissi Dallas POISON IVY by Amy Goldman Koss THE PRISM BLADE by Patricia Bow QUEEN B by Laura Peyton Roberts THE QUESTORY OF ROOT KARBUNKULUS ITEM 1 - MIIST by Kamilla Reid THE RED PYRAMID by Rick Riordan RELATIVE DANGER by June Shaw THE RIGHTS OF THE READER by Daniel Pennac ROWAN OF THE WOOD by Christine & Ethan Rose THE RUBY KINGDOM by Patricia Bow SAVING JULIET by Suzanne Selfors SAVVY by Ingrid Law THE SECRET BOOK CLUB by Ann M. Martin THE SECRET OF KA by Christopher Pike THE SECRET TWIN by Denise Gosliner Orenstein SECRETS OF TRUTH AND BEAUTY by Megan Frazer SEPTEMBER SURPRISES by Ann M. Martin SILKSINGER by Laini Taylor SKELETON CREEK by Patrick Carman SKIN DEEP by E. M. Crane THE SKY IS FALLING by Leslie Lee Sanders SLANT by Laura E. Williams SOLVING ZOE by Barbara Dee THE SONG AND THE SORCERESS by Kim Vandervort THE SPACE BETWEEN TREES by Katie Williams SPECIAL DELIVERY by Ann M. Martin STAYING TOGETHER by Ann M. Martin STUCK IN THE 70'S by D. L. Garfinkle SUMMER IN PARIS by Michele Ashman Bell SWEETHEARTS by Sara Zarr TALES FROM A NOT-SO-POPULAR PARTY GIRL by Rachel Renee Russell THIS IS ME FROM NOW ON by Barbara Dee TIN ANGEL by Shannon Cowan 'TIS THE SEASON by Ann M. Martin TRADING FACES by Julia DeVillers & Jennifer Roy TRAPPED by Ronda Gibb Hinrichsen THE TRUTH (I'M A GIRL, I'M SMART, AND I KNOW EVERYTHING) by Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein TWENTY FRAGMENTS OF A RAVENOUS YOUTH by Xiaolu Guo THE VERY ORDERED EXISTENCE OF MERILEE MARVELOUS by Suzanne Crowley THE WAVE WRANGLERS AND THE NEW ORDER OF THE PYRAMID by Eric Nail WELCOME TO CAMDEN FALLS by Ann M. Martin WHAT I DID ON MY HYPERGALACTIC INTERSTELLAR SUMMER VACATION by Adam Beechen WHAT WOULD EMMA DO? by Eileen Cook WHERE PEOPLE LIKE US LIVE by Patricia Cumbie WINGS by Aprilynne Pike WITCH ON THE WATER by Christine & Ethan Rose THE ZAMBINOS OF BLUE HILL: THE PROVING by Will Azeperak |