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Modelland By Tyra Banks
This book is a fun,fictioal,page turner book. Most of the time you will laugh and just keeep reading until it is done. So read this book and you won’t be dissapointed
The Hunger Games
Suzzane Collins
I was litarally obssed with the book it made my heart pound when katniss was entered in the games it’s the #1 book on my favorites list the book/trilogy are so EXSTORDANARY i couldn’t stop reading! i always had to see what happened next because by the end of every chapter i was always so curious ” what’s going to happen next!!?? i need to know!” i was so obssed with the trilogys that i even got in trouble in class for reading it! Suzzane Collins really out done herself! this is the best book/trilogy iv ever read!!!!! even if your not that much of a reader u should at least try because after the first chapter you will have your eyes sticked to the pages! If your into war and romance and SERIOUS adventure this is the right book 4 you! iv even got my friend that hates reading a try at it… well i read the first chapter for her but she told me ” read the next chapter! i want to know what happens!” she was so excited to know what happened next! and i’m even reading the trilogy again. Some people say it’s violent but it’s just a story it’s not like people actually take kids 12-18 to fight to the death i mean the characters have to fight and it fits the whole story. I even saw the movie it was SPECTACULAR! after the movie my friends and i turned to eachother and said ” i want to see that again!” it was pretty awesome in our opinions.
you should read it, it’s better than sitting on the couch all day on summer break with nothing to do… you mine as well read a good book ( it’s like a movie in your head!) Anyway… it’s NOTHING like twilight theres actually more action than romance and it’s not as cheesy… come on people twilight is VERY cheesy ;p
The Clique
By Lisi Harrison
This book is hilarious ! The setting takes place in Larchmont New York or as they call it West Chester. The novel describes the dramatic lives of a popular blond named Massie Block and her so called Clique. She has to remodel her life for her Dads friends family to come live with them. The family is from Orlando and has a daughter named Claire who is Massies age though never actually be friends Massie. I would definetly advise this book to middle school girls! Very funny!
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I read The Giver by Lois Lowry. Man this book was good. Made me tear up a little towards the end.
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
6 out of 5 stars. No, that was not a typo. I mean it.
Due to a war in the past, the president of Panem (a futuristic North America) holds a Hunger Games every year to remind the 12 districts that they cannot challenge the power of the Capitol. One boy and one girl from each district are selected to take part in the game, and each will fight to the death until only one remains. I was completely hooked because it was just so full of suspense, although the next two books (Catching Fire / Mockingjay) have some slow parts. I loved how this books series had some romance, but was not completely centered around it. The Hunger Games actually had a plot and twists/surprises, so that I could not put the book down. When I decided to go to bed at 3AM, I could hardly sleep because my mind was only focused on what might happen next. The Hunger Games is right behind Harry Potter for my favorite books. The movie’s coming out in March and I cannot wait!
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
AMAZING BOOK. INSTA-FAVORITE.
This was actually a book I was required to read for my English class. You would think that all school-assigned books are absolutely boring; but not in this case. The Catcher in the Rye is in first-person tense and definitely keeps you on your toes.
The Catcher in the Rye follows a young teen, Holden Caulfield, as he yet again gets kicked off of his school. Instead of leaving after the semester ends, Holden decides to run away. Equipped with his red hunting hat and his savings, he spends his life the way he wants to until the Wednesday after.
I think everyone can relate to Holden. After this book, I honestly feel him inside of me; I hear his voice and his pessimistic comments about life and people. This is a must read. And this is coming from a person who isn’t an avid reader.
Author:ELIZABETH SCOTT
Book: The Unwriten rule
its an awesome book
The Angel Experiment
by James Patterson
5 out of 5 stars
This is an awesome book. Maximum Ride(Max), Fang, Nudge, Iggy, the Gasman, and Angel should could be mistaken for normal people, but they’re actually 98% human and 2% bird. Together, they have escaped the lab institute, which they call the School, where they were genetically changed to have bird DNA. An amazing book about running away, but at the same time fighting back. Once you start reading, you’ll probably find yourself under your blanket at 1:00 in the morning with a flashlight turning the pages, waiting to find out what happens. I’m sure that you’ll love it! If you have read it, there is a series.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by Lisa See
A book that is now a major motion movie. The book itself was great and the front cover artwork was amazing. The story and the outline of the story was wonderful. It’s basically about two laotang “old sames” who are writing secret messages to each other so that they can share what they want to share without the influence of men. They are writing in the secret language known as “nu shu.” Currently, it is the only language ever known that women can use to write to each other. But however, a simple misunderstanding tears apart their friendship and now Lily must resolve the misunderstanding or she again will have no friends and she will be alone. She must now travel and find this “Snow Flower” and if she does not, the misunderstanding will grow and their friendship will be torn apart……….
A very good read if you’re trying the chinese writers and the immigration stories and the such. It’s widely popular and the author herself has written many many good books. So, the next book you grab should definitely be this.
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Shadowcry
by Burten Shaw
5 out of 5 stars
Enthralling and stupendous! Shadowcry is bound to give anyone, skilled or not, an open passage through the veil — to death. Like the veil, it will engulf you and your spirit until you cannot escape.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting
Girl Parts
by John M. Cusick
4 out of 5 stars
It’s a really funny and a sci-fi type of romance novel. The beginning was a little weird and boring, but then it became more interesting as the conflict deepened.
Descriptors: Emotional Rollercoaster, Romance http://sflib1.sfpl.org/record=b2371416~S1
Screaming Season
by Nancy Holder
4.5 out of 5 stars
Thrillingly suspenseful within the first chapter. Holder’s book concludes the feelings of angst, insanity, and a great fear that just can’t be let free. So real, you might even feel possessed yourself.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Made me angry, Romance, Scary, Suspenseful
The Broadcast
by Eric Hobbs
4 out of 5 Stars
Personally, looking at the cover, I didn’t think the book would be much. But, as I read it, I was hooked. The characters were interesting, each having their own meaningful place in the story instead of just being 2D cartoon characters. They actually feel real. My only complaint is that the artwork is confusing.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Really made me think, Suspenseful, Surprising
Consumed
by Kate Cann
4 Stars
It’s a pretty good book. Since I did not read the first book, it’s kind of confusing at the beginning, but I understand more as I read on. A very good story.
Descriptors: Adventure, Emotional rollercoaster, Exciting, Scary, Suspenseful
Seven Kinds of Ordinary
by Amber Kizer
5 Stars
I really loved it and I could relate to it. It’s a pretty awesome book. It’s realistic and some of the events happened to me. The book is kinda more for girls than boys.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Funny, Really made me think, Romance
Unfriended
by Katie Finn
5 Stars
Unfriended is a book about what usually happens to teens around age 16-17. Katie Finn’s ‘Top 8′ and ‘What Your Status Is’ are also very good, though I didn’t read it, but I know that it’ll be as good as ‘Unfriended’.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Really made me think, Romance, Surprising.
title:Maximum Ride
Author: James Patterson
5 stars!!!!
This is a amazing high speed novel/series that i enjoy reading over and over again. It is about these kids who are 98% human and 2% bird which provides wings to them. They were experiments from the School but they escaped with a amazing adventure that never ends!!!
Descriptors: Adventure, Action, Romance
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part time Indian
Sherman Alexie
This book was on my summer reading list and was an amazing read. It made me think about how lucky I am that nothing that happened to Junior happened to read. I recommend this book to anyone who likes books with pictures and anyone who likes realistic fiction. This was a great book.
Imaginary Girls
by Nova Ren Suma
4 Stars
Chloe was Ruby’s favorite. She was also her sister. Ruby and Chloe were mostly apart because thier parents divorced. Until one day, Chloe decided to leave her dad and live with her sister. She soon discovered the secrets of London Hayes and …
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Really made me think, Surprising
The Magnolia League
by Katie Crouch
4 1/2 Stars
Alexandria brightens the world and her sad past with discoveries, curiosity, and secrets. Her discoveries lead to trouble, yet her tough nature saves her. And she must make a decision in the end…
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Suspenseful, Surprising
7 Billion Needles, v. 1
by Nobuaki Tadano
2 Stars
7 Billion Needles was a really scary book. The pictures were great. This book is more of a high school kid book.
Descriptors: Action, Scary
Q: Would you recommend this book to someone you know?
A: Yes
Q: Should we buy this book for our library?
A: Yes
Ruby Red
by Kerstin Gier
4 Stars
Exciting! And very mysterious, too. Kept me on the edge of my seat until I finished. It’s so good! The story kept me thinking about it long after I finished.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Funny, Romance, Suspenseful
Destiny’s Hand Omnibus
by Nunzio Defilippis
4 Stars
Very Exciting. A good story proving the females are just as good as males.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Exciting, Funny, Suspenseful
Demon Sacred, vol. 1
By Natsumi Itsuki
5 Stars! Loved It!
Demon Sacred is an action packed book. It was silly, suspenseful, and scary. It is not for the weak hearted.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Made Me Cry (a lot), Scary, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising
Gifted: Now You See Me
by Marilyn Kaye
5 Stars! Loved It!
This book is about Tracey and 8 other teenagers with unusual secrets. They have to go to an ordinary school but they have to follow a few extraordinary exceptions.
Descriptors: Exciting, Surprising
Flutter: The Story of Four Sisters and an Incredible Journey
by Erin Moulton
5 Stars!
I really liked this book, Flutter, because the story of a girl helping her dying baby sister is so amazing. Talk about heroine! She really inspires me to do things for my family! This book was awesome!
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Scary, Suspenseful.
Girl Wonder
by Alexa Martin
4 Stars
Charlotte is a new girl at school. She has only 2 friends and her friend introduces Charlotte to a boy that Charlotte loved when she saw him.
Descriptors: Exciting, Romance
Runaway
by Meg Cabot
4.5 Stars
Meg Cabot wrote this fiction to tell us about how to become famous. And how life is like and how it’s all about popularity. It’s goo to show everyone your talents no matter what happens or gets in your way.
Descriptors: Exciting
True (…Sort of)
by Katherine Hannigan
5 Stars!
True (…sort of) is a Delly-tastic story! This story is a swirl of dellyventures which you cannot escape from! It is a hideaway-sis for those who wish peace, and a fantastic animal book because of a Delly-fun friend, Ferris Boyd. Set sail on this book to Delaferbia!
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Funny
Relic Master
by Catherine Fisher
4 Stars
It’s an action packed book of magic and sorcery. I love this book, and I want to read the other ones!
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Really Made Me Think
Mercy
By Rebecca Lim
5 Stars!
It was surprisingly good. I love it! Action and excitment are distributed throughout the story. It also inspired me to learn Latin! I can’t wait for the second book (if there is one).
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Suspenseful
Angel Burn
by L.A. Weatherly
5 Stars!
Beautiful Cover illustration. Also, it’s such a good book! Exciting — showing us the other side of angels. But also, it shows that a race of people, even if they’re mostly bad, still have some good people amidst them.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Exciting, Romance, Suspenseful
Shine
by Lauren Myracle
5 Stars
In this book, a boy named Patrick is a victim of attempted murder. When he is found, he is almost dead… Everyone is devastated and is planning to take them to jail to be sentenced to a lifetime in jail.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Scary, Surprising
Zombies vs. Unicorns
Edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier
4 Stars
I really liked this book because it has many arguments between the two authors. Each one of the sides (Team Unicorn and Team Zombie) tell a story to tell which creatures would win in a battle. Although it’s a little gruesome, it’s sort of funny!
Descriptors: Bored Me to Tears (some short stories), Exciting, Funny, Scary, Surprising
Puppet Master
by Joanne Owen
5 Stars
It’s really interesting and thrilling. It’s a mix of a fictional story and some myths and legends from Prague. It also has a bit of spirits in the novel.
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Scary
Warped
by Maurissa Guibord
3 stars
The book was OK. It was really fictional in a romantic way. But it’s really not much of an adventurous type so I don’t really love it.
Descriptors: Romance, Surprising
Drought
by Pam Bachorz
4 Stars
I liked how the author described things in the book so vividly. After reading the book, I thought about what happened to Ruby’s mother after she left and what the world has in store for her. It made me a little unhappy when her community tried making the main character stay using any methods they thought of.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Made Me Cry (a little), Romance, Surprising
How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous
by Georgia Bragg
5 Stars!
I really like this book. I learned alot about famous people. My favorite was Beethoven. I would recommend it to people.
Descriptors: Silly
Plague
by Michael Grant
This book is all about battles, quietness, finding … etc. It’s full of action and people who want to read it if it’s so interesting and how they find their freedom.
Descriptors: Action
White Crow
by Marcus Sedgwick
3 Stars
It’s kind of weird and confusing. There are like two different types of narrators in the story. One of them is an unknown person, a priest, and another character. The story is also kind of dark in a sense of being about Satan and this lonely, old town in England. It’s really “religious”.
Descriptors: Bored to Tears, Really Made Me Think, Scary
The Midnight Palace
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
It was really interesting and kind of scary. It’s about murder and family.
Descriptors: Adventure, Emotional Rollercoaster, Scary, Suspenseful
Pink
by Lili Wilkinson
Loved It!
I loved this book! I cried a lot because I was laughing so hard, but this book made me think that I sometimes don’t know things about myself. I recommend it to lots of readers!
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Made Me Cry (a lot), Really Made Me Think, Romance, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising
Girl, Stolen by April Henry rocked.
Darkest Mercy
by Melissa Marr
5 out of 5 Stars!
Darkest Mercy reveals the cruelties and damage that War can cause, and the emotions of this book can entrap any faery fey, especially the Summer Queen. Final decisions and fierce battles are fought in this book, giving Death many shells and shades to collect.
Descriptors: Action, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Romance
Unearthly
by Cynthia Hand
Loved It!
The book is full of action and romance. The book is kind of like a puzzle too. Once you read further, the story makes more sense and it gets addicting. I would be able to read 2 chapters (approx. 80 pages) in thirty minutes. It’s that addicting and good!
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Romance
Warp Speed
by Lisa Yee
Loved It!
It is a book that connects to Lisa Yee’s other books about teens. This book is about a boy who deserves to be heard. It is a little sad. He tries to run away from life. It is a good book that shows how some middle school kids feel.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Made Me Cry (a little), Really Made Me Think, Surprising
The Youngest Templar: Keeper of the Grail
by Michael Spradlin
This book is very good. I love the character, Tristan. This book is very fun to read and easy to connect to. Definitely recommend book because I am also religious and liked the history that was presented. This book was very well written and got better and better with more action.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Exciting, Really Made Me Think, Suspenseful
Lila and Ecco’s Do It Yourself Comics Club
by Willow Dawson
I liked how this book was a comic and taught you how to make a comic which is very ironic. I like the details and factors taht the book shows and tells you how to do. Overall, the book was great and I learned a lot.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Really Made Me Think, Silly
From the Glen Park “Great Teen Book Swap” archive –
Elephant Run
by Roland Smith
“Nick Freestone is sent out of London in the wake of World War II to Burma. He arrives at his father’s plantation before the Japanese take it over and him prisoner. He escapes with a girl named Maya and rescues their families. This story tells of a WWII story, but also of what it is like to be out there in nature. Anyone reading this would be lured into the story by the thrilling suspense of it.”
From the Glen Park “Great Teen Book Swap” archive –
Peace, Love and Baby Ducks
by Lauren Myracle
“Carly and Anna are sisters born from a rich family. Carly is the older sister. She is smart and brave. Anna is her younger sister. She is the popular, pretty one. both sisters are very different and help each other with their life.”
From the Glen Park “Great Teen Book Swap” archive –
Miss Match
by Wendy Toliver
“Sasha Finnegan (also known as Miss Match) owns an online business where she plays matchmaker for girls and boys. Sasha’s a super pro at it. But when a cute guy, Derek, asks her to match her up with her beautiful sister Maddie, she starts to think that Derek is just right for her. At the end, Sasha figures out Derek loves her as much as she loves him and she continues her online business.”
The Dark and Hollow Places
by Carrie Ryan
5 Stars!
Annah and Catcher bring this book and the Unconsecrated alive! I’ll and infected readers would moan for this story, and will Return, blood-thirsty for more.
Descriptors: Action, Couldn’t put it down until i got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Romance, Scary, Suspenseful
Tempo Change
by Barbara Hall
Loved It!
This book shows about how Blanche Kelly turns froma total nobody to a somebody.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Made Me Angry, Really Made Me Think, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising
Mistwood
by Leah Cypress
This book starts off in the middle of the tale. It takes a while for the story to start unfolding. The ideas and story is consistent throughout, and even though it had many fairy tale recycled plots, it had some plot twists that were pretty surprising. I though the characters could be developed much further than it was. Fun fantasy/magical world book.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Funny
Waiting for You
by Susane Colasanti
Loved It!
This book has a lot of emotional romance. Though the book is funny, there is a conflict between the main character and her friend.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Romance, Scary, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising
After
by Amy Efaw
I really enjoyed reading this book because the author wrote about a subject that authors don’t usually write about. However, she writes about it in a sympathetic manner that makes you really relate to the main character. It is also written in an interesting manner because the author tells us Devon’s story piece by piece, unraveling key points at critical moments that help readers understand more of the mystery. Overall, I really enjoyed this book.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Really Made Me Think, Suspenseful
Captivate
by Carrie Jones
Wow, this book really blew me away. I loved the first book “Need” and this book. I like imaginary things and pixies was something I never really read about.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the bery last page, Made Me Angry, Scary, Suspenseful
Me, My Elf, & I
by Heather Swain
The book was quite interesting. The main character, an elf, comes from an elf land and knows nothing about normal high school society. She doesn’t fit in, which makes her easy to relate to and her naivety makes her character amusing. It also shows how popular people and different cliques can all be close. The fantasy aspect was not strong, so even if some does not like fantasy, they will probably still enjoy this book.
I really enjoyed this book. I found that it was a really quick read for me, mainly because the story line kept me riveted until I got to the end. In some ways, it sort of reminded me of some other fantasy series I’ve read before, but I still really liked it. The author inserted quite many twists and turns throughout the plot that were quite unexpected. The main character was also really relatable (excluding the witch part). Overall, I found this was a really good book.
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the bery last page, Exciting, Suspenseful
Appetite for Detention
by Sloane Tanen
Loved It!
I have never really read a book like this before. It was hilarious and I found that it captured quite many aspects of high schools. I really loved how the author could write such a cute and amazing story in such a small amount of pages. The characters were simply adorable as chicks and it was great how they each had their own distinct personality. However, I’d probably wouldn’t recommend this for young teens — more for older teens because of the subjects, etc. But overall, I really loved reading this story.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Funny, Silly
Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies
by Andrea Beaty
Liked It!
I found that this book was quite funny and enjoyable. I really like the concept behind the book because it’s really creative. The characters are also quite funny as well and their personalities are very creative and unique. I especially like the bunnies (not when they’re evil tho ). Overall, I found this book to be funny and enjoyable, even though that it’s mainly for younger kids.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Funny, Silly
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
By Tom Angleberger
Loved It!
This book was very funny and I enjoyed it very much. I really thought that the plot of the story was really unique and enjoyable. I also like that the author put in Star Wars references The characters are also really funny but probably not your typical 6th graders. Best part of the story? Instructions on how to make an origami Yoda– I just nee to make one now.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Funny, Silly
The Wide-Awake Princess
by E. D. Baker
Loved It!
The “Wide-Awake Princess” tells that a person without beauty or a thing of popularity can solve an issue. This book made me think harder about the remake of Sleeping Beauty. The princess destined to be Sleeping Beauty gives up magic to be beautiful, but her younger sister does.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Bored Me To Tears, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Romance, Scary, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising
The Ghost and the Goth
by Stacey Kade
There are several things about this book that are enjoyable. First off, I really like the humor. There were times where I found myself laughing. Also, the plot was pretty interesting. There were some twists but it was sort of predictable. This is sort of a lot of other books I read before, but there are some things that make it unique for readers.
Descriptors: Emotional Rollercoaster, Funny
Blimpo: The Third Circle of Heck
by Dale E. Basye
This book is very exciting and very good book to read.
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Silly
Living Hell
by Catherine Jinks
I thought that this book was very good. The action sequences were very intense. The whole story was very unique. I have never read a book quite like this one. I like how the author created such a futuristic environment but made it very enjoyable. The characters are also very unique. Overall, I would say if you are a sci-fi fan or not, this book is really a good read.
This comic book I didn’t really get. It gets all over the place and doesn’t stay on one place. It’s characters are really weird, but a thing that’s really cool is the part in the back. It is when all the missed parts and all the drew characters with the real pencil marks.
Descriptors: Adventure, Emotional Rollercoaster, Really Made me Think
Alien Feast
by Michael Simmons
Loved It!
Aliens invade and humans attempt to fight them off. Very interesting book, not to mention silly and very suspenseful. I thought that the pictures rocked and the story plot was pretty interesting. I think the fact that **** were killed was a wonderful thing cause they treated Will very badly (happen in beginning). And aliens don’t eat feet? I think that’s just hilarious.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Scary, Silly, Surprising
Every Crooked Pot
by Renee Rosen
A 9
This story started a bit slowly. It didn’t intrigue me or pull me in at first. But after a few chapters, I was entranced by the story and eager to learn more about Nina’s journey. While Nina, the main character, is not immediately endearing, she is a character that grows on you, and by the end of the book, you want to keep reading and experiencing her life, wishing it didn’t end. While this bitterweet tale left me hanging a bit at the end, it is beautifully written and a pleasure to read.
Descriptors: Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Really Made Me Think, Romance (a little), Surprising (at times)
The Prince of Mist
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Loved it!
This book is about mystery and has to do with the bit of the paranormal side. As Roland, Alicia, and Max unravel the mystery of the jardo case, they run into deep trouble while solving it. I would recommend this for likers of the paranormal or people who just want a good book to read!
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Romance (a lil bit), Suspenseful
Sleepless
by Cyn Balog
Loved it!
SANDMAN! Pshh, I never believed in these, but the story is amazing! I think true romance comes from people who work for itQ And you can definitely see that.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Emotional Rollercoaster, Funny, Made me Cry (a little & a lot), Really Made Me Think, Romance
Yen Plus, vol. 3, no. 1 (magazine)
Loved it!
I really liked the manga series in this magazine because they are all very good. My favorite series in the magazine is “Bamboo Blade” because I like how it combines comedy with action in Kendo. I also like “Soul Eater” because it is very action packed and funny as well. These are my two favorite series in the magazine, but I also liked all the other ones as well.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Funny
Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can’t Have
by Allen Zadoff
A book about things people could be embarrassed about, but I think this was more of a high school survival book. NOt much that boring, but I loved it! This should win, definitely newbery award winner!
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Romance, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising, Perverted
The Devil’s Breath
by David Gilman
OK
Boring at the beginning, but it got better in the middle. I mean assasins aren’t that scary, but being chased by one is quite scary. I love the guns and stuff, but it’s not as good as “The Prince of Mist” but better than “S.T.O.R.M.: The Infinity Code”, but I still enjoyed it.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Bored me to tears, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Scary, Suspenseful
Octavia Boone’s Big Questions about Life, the Universe, and Everything
by Rebecca Rupp
Loved It!
Now this is the kind of book I like. Curiosity! The daily life of a curious girl with wacky parents. Things from her POV make this book interesting.
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising
Witch & Wizard (Graphic Novel)
by James Patterson
Great comic! Lost of actiona and I can’t wait for the next issue! Godd for people who are interested in tough romance and plenty of action.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Romance, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising, Short
The Gift (Witch & Wizard 2)
by James Patterson
Loved It!
A wonderful sequel to Witch & Wizard. This book is so out of this world. A must read for anyone who likes magic and politics.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Emotional Rollercoaster, Suspenseful
You
by Charles Benoit
Loved it!
This book is definitely different than other ones that I have read. It is written int he 2nd person, meaning that it utilizes the word ‘you’, hence the name of the title. This is very unique. Reading the story makes you think about who you are. It makes you think about how these events could really happen to you no matter what. Overall, I really enjoyed it.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Really Made Me Think
How to Grow Up and Rule the World
by Scott Seegert
Loved It!
Not that I want to grow up to rule the world. The narrator was so ???!
Good Explanations though. Poor Kyle!
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Really Made Me Think, Silly Surprising
The Gift
by James Patterson
If you are an utterly, extreme lover of fantasy, pyromaniacs, suspense, girlfriend-obsessed boys, end-of-the-world mania, and sarcasm, this book is for you. However, if your love for any of the above is a bit less than “utterly extreme”, put this book down now! Sure, this book has its funny parts and fun characters, but after that, it’s just another save-the-world-from-voldemort book. Plus, a whole heck of a lot of sarcasm. Personally, not my thing. So when you’re disappointed, don’t say you weren’t warned.
Loved It!
I Like this author’s writing becasue it contains a lot of details that describes the main points in the story.
Descriptors: Exciting, Really Made Me Think, Romance, Surprising
The Candymakers
by Wendy Mass
Loved It!
Candy Candy Candy!
This phenomenal book was very, very suspenseful, but also could make you hungry! It made me! With each others point of view, a spy, a backwards boy, and a guy with scars! And let’s not forget violin boy. Learn to make candy from this book.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldnt’ put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Suspenseful, Surprising
Thin Executioner
by Darren Shan
This book is one of the best books I have read. I literally couldn’t put it down until I finished.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Suspenseful, Surprising
Dork Diaries
by Rachel Renee Russell
Another thing that’s like another! Well, this book is like Diary of a Wimpy Kid. also funny and it could relate to other lives! Great Book!
Decriptors: Action Adventure, Couldnt’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Romance, Silly, Surprising
Monster High
by Lisi Harrison
This book was a mix of science fiction and romance withsome humor and mystery. I liked it because it was very realisitic (with iPhones, Lady Gaga…). It had a good perspective of life, just like a real teenager.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Funny, Romance, Suspenseful
NERDS: M Is for Mama’s Boy
by Michael Buckley
This story is surprisingly childish, but even with that, it doesn’t stop the author from making an awesome book! There is probably too much fiction, but it still merges with great writing to make this book seem wonderful. The story is so NERDy!
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Funny, Silly
Panic X Panic, vol. 1 (manga)
by Mika Kawamura
Loved it!
It’s silly, funny, cool, and fun. My friends love it, too.
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Funny, Silly
Real Live Boyfriends: Yes, Boyfriends, Plural; If My Life Weren’t Complicated — I Wouldn’t Be Ruby Oliver
by E. Lockhart
Loved It!
My favorite charactere was Ruby because she has a coll name, nice, friendly, and shows a lot of action or emotional events from her.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Made me cry (a little), Really Made Me Think, Romance, Surprising
For the Win
by Cory Doctorow
For the Win by Cory Doctorow has an interesting plot and fun characters, but because there are so many technical terms and business ploys of the future to explain, the story was hard for me, who is not very well informed of the technological/business worl, to understand. However, those with a better understanding of video games and politics may find this read enjoyable where I did not.
Descriptor: Adventure, Bored to Tears, Made Me Angry, Really Made Me Think, Suspenseful
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword (graphic novel)
by Barry Deutsch
OK
This book, Hereville, was okay. Not that exciting, but I like that it was a comic and pictures. It was based on a Jewish girl which is fine, but not the most adventurous. It had fun ideas, but there still needed to be more action and creativity. I didn’t like the ending because it felt very unfinished. It better have another part.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Really Made Me Think, Surprising
The Exiled Queen
by Cinda Williams Chima
The Exiled Queen was a fun book to read. It was very adventurous and action packed with great creativity and imagination. Very well written and great for anyone in high school and up to read and comprehend. At first, it was confusing, but, in the end, it all tied up to just by fascinating.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Really Made Me Think, Romance, Scary, Suspenseful, Surprising
Personal Demons
by Lisa Desrochers
Loved It!
I never thought about Angels and Demons so differently. But an ordinary high school life can be pretty distracting when you have a gorgeous, mysterious Demon named Luc and a beautiful, handsome Angel named Gabe going after you. This book talks about high school love and the interesting choices that come with it.
Descriptors: Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Really made me think, Romance, Suspenseful, Surprising
Demonglass
by Rachel Hawkins
Loved It!
I love this book! It was extremely suspenseful and held surprise at every corner! I read the first book about several months ago and couldn’t wait for the next one to come out. I really hope there is a third and when it, if it comes out, is out, I want to be the first to read it! I would recommend this book to absolutely all my friends!
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Made me cry (a little), Really made me think, Romance, Scary, Suspenseful, Surprising
Networked: Carabella on the Run (graphic novel)
by Gerard Jones
4 stars
This is a very informational book. This makes me realize how technology is so complex. I have learned to be more safe with technology. I found out that as we are in a digital age we need to be more observant and take perspectives of everything more clearly.
Descriptors: “Action”, “Adventure”, “Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page”, “Exciting”, “Really made me think”, “Surprising”
Sebastian Darke: Prince of Explorers
by Philip Caveney
Liked it
This book is very adventurous and shows different sides of Sebastian, max and Cornelius, the main characters. I like that it shows a person that looks small is actually a very big character.
Descriptors: “Action”, “Adventure”, “Emotional Rollercoaster”, “Exciting”, “Really made me think”, “Scary”, “Surprising”
Clarity
by Kim Harrington
OK, “Could be better”
It was kind of weird in the beginning of the novel. Overall it was very interesting and mysterious.
This reminds me a little of a comic book I read called Dork Diaries, but there’s more mystery and older reader things in the novel.
Descriptors: “Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page”, “Romance”, “Suspenseful”
Cat Burglar Black
by Richard Sala
OK
I thought that it was strange. I also thought it was weird how everything ended. I also am confused by the theme of the story in a way. I find the art very well done, but I don’t know about the content of the story is great.
Descriptors: “Action”, “Adventure”, “Exciting”, “Scary”, “Surprising”
Lola: A Ghost Story (graphic novel)
by J. Torres and Elbert Orr
OK
This book was a bit interesting in the way it was written. I found it scary, but interesting to learn about myths and how spirits and God were put inot the same story. I am used to God being always just a loving being, but with this I question many stories and how some are true and some are not, and some are questionable.
Descriptors: “Action”, Adventure”, “Emotional Rollercoaster”
Atomic Robo, v. 4
by Brian Clevinger
Wow! It is very exciting how Robo fights the vampire creatures. it is a great action-packed graphic novel for teens. With a little violence, the adventure is thrilling. A greact comic series.
Descriptors: “Action”, “Adventure”, “Exciting”, “Scary”, “Suspenseful”, “Surprising”
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Graphic Novel
by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Loved it!
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was full of adventure and horror, but it was also a hilarious romance. I would recommend it to all children.
Descriptors: “Action”, “Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page”, “Emotional Rollercoaster”, “Exciting”, “Funny”, “Romance”, “Scary”, “Suspenseful”, “Surprising”
Across the Universe
By Beth Revis
Loved It!
When I started reading, it was so interesting. Every time I had a moment to read, I would read it. It is a very good book. It is kinda like the book, Red Pyramid. Their narrators are the same style. It’s full of mystery and sci-fi.
Descriptors: “Action”, “Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page”, “Emotional Rollercoaster”, “Exciting”, “Really made me think”, “Romance”, “Suspenseful”
TroubleTwisters
by Garth Nix and Sean Williams
Loved It!
I liked how the author included a very good prologue with background information.
Descriptors: “Action”, “Adventure”, “Surprising”
Flirt Club
by Cathleen Daly
This book is perfect for middle to high schooles. It helps people or kids learn about romance. it’s a funny book that contains funny charcters.
Descriptors: “couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page”, “funny”, “Romance”, “Silly”
Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius Or Anything
by Adam McCauley and Steve Cotler
Cheesie Mack was very run and easy to read. I liked the themes of this story and the twists and turns. I like how realistic it is and that it sounds like a little boy actually wrote it. I like the characters and the setting. I find this very easy to comprehend and is good.
book: The Chosen
Author: L.J.Smith
If You ever want a book that breaks the walls of reality!! This book is just for you. i Just read that “The Chosen “yesterday and could never leave it until i was done.Rachel jordin seems like any other ordinary girl in the day , but as the dark strikes she is” Rachel the cat”.Her fame as a ruthless vampire hunter has spread everywhere in the the night world.Ruthless, fearless, mercyless and strong rachel is every vampire’s nightmare.Every thing was going the way it was supposed to be until she met him. Quinn, John Quinn , a made vampire by hunter redfren in the mid 1600′s.A ruthless and a vampire known as the wrost of it.When wrost meets the wrost whats next?…fights…curses..and love? Ok lets just say , anything can happen!!
TITLE: Time Waits For No Fairy
AUTHOR: Molly Harrigan
This book is a great book. It shows the passion of the writer for what she does. It is a great book that will leave you wanting to read more. You will not realize as the chapters go by, and you will end up reading, under your bed sheets, until 2:45 a.m. It is the kind of book that you will not want to put down, that during school, all you will think about is getting home so that you can continue reading. It has the whole package: adventure, action, friendship, and, of course, those beloved fairies of ours. It is the kind of book you will not be able to put down, and you will even eat with it.
I highly recommend this book for 11-15 year olds. It is a book you will love. I guarantee it.
Enjoy!
Title: the tale of Despereaux
Author: Kate diCamillo
This book was one of my all-time favorite books when I was younger. It guided me through my first problems, joys, and sadnesses. It is the perfect book for someone who is going trough a really tough time, or a really happy tme. It is the ideal book for 9-10 year olds, with deep, sad parts and some cheesy, comical parts. This is not the kind of book you just read once for a book report or something, and then never touch it again. This is the kind of book you read once because your mother forces you, and then refuse to read any other book beause you’re too busy reading the tale of Despereaux for the 1835274527365th time. It is such an amazing book (and now a major movie) that you will never put it down. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to cry their eyes out and laugh their hearts out.
-AngelFang
book: Inkheart
Author: Cornelia Funke
I really loved this book, and i read it during the time i was in china, actually, and it’s a really great book. Its about this man and his daughter. When the dad reads aloud, stuff from the book come out, but if a person comes out, a person from the outside goes in too! so it’s about this guy, Capricorn from a book that the dad read and he wants to be rich by asking this guy to read about treasure and stuff like that, but he refuses because the last time he did that, Capricorn and his crew came out, but the girl’s mother got sucked into the book. Read the book yourself to find out what happens!
Book: Monster High
By: Lisa Harrison
I really loved this book, i read it when i was in summer holidays , in California. (The swap gived it to me, in the ortegas library) It tell us about the story of two girls, Melody and Frankie, there very different girls, but her destiny is toghether!!
Its very new, with Iphones and lady gaga music ! i really liked it.
Sorry cause my grammar, im form spain.
that such agraetbook
NOW YOU SEE IT by:Vivian Vande Velde
I liked this book because it never does what you think it’s going to and it takes lots of terns and twists in it. The main idea of this book is that Wendy found a pair of sun glasses on her lawned and she got herself into some wired stuff and it all started when she dicided to pick up thous glasses and us them the next day and some years before that. This book is good if you like sudden changes in a story and if you like magic.
Title: Goose Girl
Author: Shannon Hale
Great great book! This book has 380 pages or so so it’s pretty long. But I wish it were longer…
I read it a while back so this review might be a little fuzzy. The main character, Ani, a princess, learned to speak to birds when she was younger. To ensure the peace with their neighboring country, Ani is to marry their prince. She and a group of guards, protectors, and Ani’s lady in waiting travel through the forest for days to get to Gerhard. Little did Ani know, her princess in waiting was plotting to kill her and to pose as the princess to fulfill her dreams of being royalty. Ani survives and knows that she no one would believe her is she went straight to the king and claimed that she is the real princess so she works near the palace tending to the kings geese. She meets one of the prince’s guards and they form a bond. In the end, she becomes a heroine that swerves the country from going to war with her home country. It was great to see how Ani changed from a quiet reserved girl into a more open and brave woman. Loved the ending!
I don’t know If this is true for every copy of Goose Girl, but in the back of my copy, there were some reading group questions that made you think in depth about the book.
Title: Shadow Spinner
Author: Susan Fletcher
Great book! This book is about a ordinary girl named Marjan who helps a princess find stories to tell the Sultan. When he was younger, the Sultan was in love with a girl who later cheated on him. He started to marry any random pretty girl and killing them that very same night. Shahrazad volunteered to marry the Sultan to save the other girls from death. She planned to use the suspense of stories to convince the Sultan to let her live another night to continue the story. The princess is running out of stories so she brings Marjan to the palace to help her learn more stories. Marjan tells a story to the princess who then tells it to the Sutan. The Sutan claims that he had heard it before when he was younger and would like to hear the rest of it. The princess agrees to this. But Marjan didn’t even know there was more to the story so she must sneak out of the palace and get the rest of a story from the blind man who told it on the streets years earlier. Great book for anyone. Marjan went through interesting trials and showed great bravery in each.
Title: Trudy’s Promise
Author: Marcia Preston
Due to his radical ideas, Trudy’s husband had no choice but to escape to West Berlin. During this time, Germany was separated into east and west. Due to her relationship with her husband, she also escapes to West Berlin, leaving her Child, Stefan, behind. She soon finds out that her husband died escaping and struggles to reunite with Stephan. And the man who betrayed her husband attempts to help them.
Great book! This book is more on the serious side, depicting a country and family divided.
Title: Don’t you Dare read this, Mrs. Duhphrey
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Book was ok. Wasn’t crazy special or anything. Maybe it’s because the book is for younger kids. Maybe 10-16 year olds. I liked the ending though.
Tish has to keep a journal for Mrs. Dunphrey’s English Class. If you don’t want her to read it, you could just put “do not read this” at the top of the entry. Tish writes that for almost all of her entries. She doesn’t want anyone to know about her father abandoning them or how her mother neglects her and her brother. When her mother leaves to find their father, She shoulders much responsibilities and tries to cope by stealing food and making minimal payments. Is there anyone Tish can can turn to?
Title: Death by Latte
Author: Linda Gerber
This book belongs to the “Death by” series. I didn’t read the first book of the series “Death by Bikini” but i still understood most of it. I liked this book a lot! There were many twists in the story line. It starts off with Aphra flying to Seattle to see her mom, who she hasn’t seen in years. Her mother used to work for the CIA and is now protecting the Mulo family from bad guys. Her boyfriend Seth Mulo comes looking for her, desperate to retrieve the ring he had given her. bla bla bla. It turns out the ring had some names engraved in it and Seth has to bring it to the bad guys if he didn’t want his captivated father to die. Great book. Crazy action. Give it a try.
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
It is extremely funny and insightful and I recommend this book for everyone to read. One of the best books I’ve ever read.
Book: Abduction
By: Peg Kehret
In this book, Matt Sholter is abducted on his way to the bath room, by his own father! He gets into a “random” stranger’s car, because he see’s his dog Pookie. He is taken to his biological father’s house. Meanwhile, his sister is going crazy trying to find him. Matt asks to speal to his mom, but his father tells him that they have died. In the end, Matt is taken to a game, where his sister, Bonnie, spots him.
Book: The Last Song
By: Nicholas Sparks
This book is about a girl and her experiences at her fathers house during the summer. She lives in New York with her mother and little brother. They go to see their father for the summer, even though she doesn’t want to. By the end of the book, she learned a lot, about herself and her dad, plus she ends up loving the piano again.
Title: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Author: Lisa See
Amazing! Truely exceptional! I read this last year and just couldn’t resist reading this again. It’s an absolutely amazing novel, left me a very poweful impression. Lisa See really knows how to give the details, her writing is so beautiful. The book was truely fascinating, every detail. Very powerful and moving. It’s plot is complex but the writing is clear. I highly recommend this book to anyone. An amazing experience. I really enjoyed it, one of my favorite reads all time.
Title: The Summer I Turned Pretty
Author: Jenny Han
A great summer novel, Jenny Han really knows how to pull the reader into the moments in the book. A lovely story that shows the transition of a girl, Belly, through her summers and her relationships with two guys that’s always been there. As she merges out from her childhood and into the summer of her sweet sixteen she has to finally face the two Beck’s boys. —ocean, pool, sun, summer love, tan, friendship, family, boys.
I really enjoyed it. Once I started, couldn’t put the book down. I recommend it to those who enjoy a not too romantice, but more like a teen crush kind of novel. Overall, it was a sweet read. I’ll have to give it a 3/5 though. Not the best I’ve read, didn’t really leave a deep impression, but it was decent. I still thought it was a wonderful book, could sorta see the end coming. Predictable. I was rooting for the other Beck brother. (;
Lemony Snicket, Horseradish
Horseradish is a compilation of darkly amusing meditations on the nature of things such as home, school, and various other generally unavoidable things in life. Each section contains seven or so passages ranging from a sentence to a few pages on a looking at the main topic from a variety of angles using the same style that served Snicket well in his thirteen book series ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’. The collection is fairly cohesive and as it’s written by a local author is worth look weather you are familiar with his original series or not.
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Reading ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ began, at least for me, with the expectation of seeing the definitive independent and strong African American woman of the Harlem Renaissance depicted through literature. However, by the hundredth page of the book a somewhat harsh realization settled in; the main character, Janie, is not by any stretch of the contemporary standards of women independent. While the man she’s with changes three times, she shows no capacity for being independent or living for herself as every time she leaves one unhealthy relationship she jumps headlong into another. The book ends up being yet another cautionary tale that leads by the folly of its main character rather than presenting an example of the virtues it sets out to praise. If you feel compelled to read it, read it for the sake of being well read rather than for the strong woman Janie shows only faint glimmers of becoming.
Book: I’ve got a secret by: Lara Bergen
This book was funny because many event collide together. Even though the events that happened in the book is not likely to happen in real life. Actually, it was fascinating book. But in the end, everything becomes solved. I would rate this book 3 stars of out 5.
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
Love is so many things. It can wreck people or make them feel like they’re really alive. This Lullaby is about love with it’s ups and downs and unpredictability. Remy is a temperamental girl who scared of letting someone in to her world-her family, her thoughts and her feelings. Dexter, impulsive and lively, approaches her one day on what he calls a “challenge.” With a close-knit group of friends to advise her, she plunges into a relationship and what it means to love.
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Ever hear of demon hunters? This book gives them a world of their own. After Clary sees three hunters in action one night, her life becomes intertwined with them and follows on an adventure that includes learning much about her own family. The characters have realistically different personalities and the book is full of wit and action. The storyline is original and will keep you reading until the very end. It’s a good book for people who like some mythical creatures and descriptions of pretty eyes. The descriptions give vivid visions of the setting and characters and is only the first in a gripping trilogy of books.
Title: Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Author: Salman Rushdie
Although this book was assigned as summer reading for school, I enjoyed this story. With a lot of word play, this fantasy book sucks you into a whole new world, where there are water genies,floating gardeners, and P2C2Es (Processes Too Complicated to Explain). But then there are also the Chupwalas, who are trying to destroy all stories in the world of Kahani. Haroun, whose dad is a storyteller, works with the Guppees to try and stop this. If you’re the type to enjoy fantasy and happy endings, this book is definitely a must-read.
Title: Wolf Brother
Author: Michelle Paver
I love this book! It is full of adventures and trials. It teaches you a lot about trust and friendship. Torak and Wolf’s relationship really touched my heart. I wish I could have a pet that’s as loyal as Wolf! Renn is also awesome! She shows that girls aren’t weak and they can sometimes be more helpful than some guys. I really hated Hord. He was such a stuck up guy.
Book: So Totally Emily Ebers by: Lisa Yee
This book is so amazing! I cant stop reading this, its so fascinating thats thats why i’ve this book to write a review on.
Well if you’re the kind of person who likes to read about : adventure, romance, friendship, (best) friends, parents, trust, lies, and more, this is the right book for you. This book contains many thoughts a typical teenager could think about. I really enjoyed this book cause the author, Lisa Yee has put her shoes in the shoes of a average 13-year-old-girl who has to move across the country with her whom she blames (mostly) everything on, including divorcing her father and making her move all the way from New Jersey to California. Once she gets to her new home, a long journey starts for her. Making new friends, getting to the atmosphere, and maybe even having a crush on one of the most popular guys in the entire grade. During the whole summer she writes this book-dairy that she will send to her father at the end of the summer because her dad is busy touring the country with his band. As her long journey gradually ends, everything settles for her. She mad a new best friend whom she can now trust, and a new boyfriend she really likes, and she doesnt hate her mom anymore. She is growing up and beginning to learn many new life advice , and she just might like it there, in her new home.
I barely ever read books, but when i started reading this book for the teen summer reading program, I really liked it! I usually hated books, but i could not put down or stop reading this book. it was soo interesting! i hope that they have a series for the next book. It is about two brothers and sisters and they find out that thier parents and themselves and magic powers. the new order ( BAD EVIL!!) “arresteda” them and is trying to stop their power because he is scared that thery are going to cause damage to the new world in the future. but.. yeah! u should read this book it is soo interestingg.. again! haha okay bye
Title: A House Of Night Novel: Marked
Author: P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Looking for an interesting vampire book? You’ve found it. The House of Night series gives you a unique view of vampyres. Instead of being bitten to become one, you’re marked, as if chosen by the vampyre Goddess Nyx. As you dive into this book, you’ll become to realize it’s no other ordinary, typical stereotyped vampyre book. It starts out with a sixteen year old Zoey Montgomery getting marked. But she’s no ordinary vampyre. Even after beginning to turn into a vampyre, she has the markings and power of an older vampyre. Why? Because she was specially chosen by her Goddess Nyx. Chosen to do amazing things and save her species in the end. But she doesn’t do this alone. She meets four great friends that help her as she adjusts to her new life and keep her from being roped into Aphrodite’s minion group. Along the way she meets a knight in shining armor whose too hot to keep away from.
This book is filled with romance, action, and mystery; and it’s definitely a book you won’t just toss to the side.
Title: Wings
Author: Aprilynne Pike
“Wings” is about a 15-year-old girl named Laurel who moves into a big city after being homeschooled by her parents, only to discover that she is a fairy after a mysterious flower-like wing grew from her back. The first book in a series of four novels, Laurel embarks on a journey to protect the faeries’ secret and the gates of Avalon, while figuring out her true identity in both the real world and the faeries’ world.
I really enjoyed this book, because there’s a little bit of romance and action in several parts of the novel, and there were lots of surprises throughout the story, from beginning to end. Most of the characters come from different worlds, in which most people can relate to, In fact, I would recommend the book to anyone who like fantasy novels or sci-fi novels, so if you’re looking something to read, then “Wings” is a really excellent book!
I hated the main character, Viola. This story is very fantasy-like, which i liked.
Other than that, the storyline is dumb. This book is okay. I wish I could have a Jinn grant wishes for me though.
Interested in teen drama, then this is the series for you. Boys R Us is book #12 in this series called The Clique. Five girls by the names of Massie (leader of the clique), Alicia (rich snob), Kristen (poor yet popular), Dylan ( the cute tom boy), and Claire (the newbie) go to a school called Octavian Country Day, an all girls school, where they are the center of attention 24/7. In this book these 5 friends called The Pretty Committee start to separate from one another leaving Massie friendless. She decides to buy some model actresses and form her own group of friends off of them. Alicia begins to form her own clique with a new mix of boys in it, Dylan and Kristen start to date these cute guys who Massie used to like and Claire just doesn’t know what to do. Claire wants everyone to get along, so she starts to form a plan wit the other 3 girls. At the end of this book they all reunite as a happy group of friends again.
Even though the girls may have fought along the way, they learned that their friendship is too valuable to lose, so if any of you readers out there get caught up in a fight between good friends think about how much you care for one another and learn to forgive. Losing a friend hurts so if you ever get into an argument, learn to listen to each other and get through it at least thats what I have done. =)
Title: Little Brother
Author: Cory Doctorow
I love this book! It takes place in the near future and it’s about this boy named Marcus who fights the government in his own teenage way. It goes from running from school security gates to running from the Department of Homeland Security after he’s in the wrong place at the wrong time. This book is not only for teenagers, but also for adults! I give it a 10 out of 10!
Max by James Patterson is a great book. It is pretty much sci-fi adventures but has action, romance and comedy. The girl Max is a mutant bird child and is in love with Fang one of her flockmates. Many people are trying to kill them but since they are mutant they can fight or escape from any danger to their lives. They meet a guy named Mr.Chu who kidnaps Max’s…… read the book to find out.
Title: Enchanted Glass
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
This book is about a boy named Aidan, whose grandmother just died. Before her death, she told him that if he ever runs into trouble, he should go to a powerful sorcerer who lives in Melstone House. Aidan finds himself being stalked by strange beings(who can’t seem to get his name right), so he travels to Melstone House to find the sorcerer. When he gets there, he finds out that the sorcerer had died a week ago, and his grandson Andrew inherited the house. Andrew is the first person who treats Aidan like an adult and invites him to live in Melstone House. However, Andrew doesn’t remember any of the magic that his grandfather taught him. They have to work together to protect the house from the evil Mr. Brown and the Stalkers. This is a great and funny book, for anybody who likes magic.
Title: East of Eden
Author: John Steinbeck
It’s a book about good and evil and everything in between. It’s about how these two concepts strive to beat the other. This book unravels many facts about human nature with characters with extreme personalities.
Title: Of Mice and Men
Author: John Steinbeck
This book is pretty interesting. A book I would recommend to read. Is not a long or short book. Is about these two men who has a same typical american dream that they will get to raise a farm later on. I not going to spoil it. You could read it and found out if their dream come truth or not. One of the man name Lennie has mental problems, but is a very nice fella. He is pretty strong, but he always kill stuff. He keeps getting in trouble so they have to keep finding ranches to work. He likes to pet nice things. The other man has to take care the other mental one. He is very nice and always help Lennie. If it wasn’t for Lennie his dream might have come true. The setting is where they were going to another ranch to work. If you find this interesting you should read it. It has many symbolism, themes, and motif. I thought this book might be boring because I have to read it for school. I found out is pretty good and Steinbeck is a good author.
Title: Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Author: Salman Rushdie
Haroun is a young boy who has loving parents. His father is a famous storyteller and his mother loves him very much. One day his mother runs away with another man. Both Haroun and his father are very sad and the town has begun to rain all of the sudden. His father has also lost the power to tell stories and cannot bear to tell anymore. Haroun later finds out that his father’s stories come from a magical place where stories are made by the ocean itself.
Title: Child of the Owl
Author: Laurence Yep
Cassie is a Chinese-American girl who lives with her father Barney. One day Barney gets hurt and Cassie gets sent first to live with her aunt and uncle and then to live with her grandmother in Chinatown. In Chinatown, she starts to learn about her Chinese heritage and about her mother, who died when she was little. She makes new friends in Chinatown and she with those friends she battles through the toughest times of her life.
Title: Sweethearts
Author: Sara Zarr
Jennifer Harris and Cameron Quick were both social outcasts in elementary school. They never really felt bothered by that fact because they had each other and that was all they ever needed. But one day, Cameron disappeared without any warning. Jennifer was told that Cameron had died, which leaves Jennifer feeling completely devastated. Jennifer felt as though she’d lost the only person who would ever be able to understand her. Now, eight years later, Jennifer has become a completely different person, burying all traces of her old self. She now goes by the name of Jenna Vaughn, who is popular, funny, happy, and has a boyfriend. She’s become everything “Jennifer” couldn’t be. Even though her life has taken a turn for the better, she still can’t forget about Cameron, her long-lost friend. When Cameron suddenly makes a reappearance, both of them are faced with memories from their shared past and how different both of their lives are now. Even eight years of time wasn’t able to weaken their bond of friendship nor was it able to lessen their love for one another. This is a story about the power of memory, the bond of friendship, and the quiet resilience of our childhood hearts.
Title: THe Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
This is a very good book for people who are ok with fighting and teens killing other teens. It is violent enough for boys to like it, yet romantic enough for girls. Katniss faces problems that require brains to figure out. Everyone I know who read this book loved it. A great book for anyone looking for a thrilling novel that they will not be able to put down.
Title: Marked
Author: P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Beware! This book will suck you in, into a world filled with vampyres. One who gets marked becomes a fledging vampire. They have to choose either to move into the House of Night for a better chance to live or stick with their life now where in a matter of days, they will die. A fledging has a mark on their forehead that isn’t filled in yet, only the ones that complete the change will have a filled in mark, so when Zoey enters the school, she instantly becomes unique with a filled in mark as a fledging. This book is a mixture of fantasy, romance, and friendship. Vampyres living among humans, who would have thought! Changing from a human to a vampyre causes relationship troubles for Zoey. It also causes friendship troubles, old friends lost, but new friends gained. If you loved the book Twilight, then you will surely love this book. Its both about vampires and it keeps you sucked in until the end.
Title: Always and Forever
Author: Lurlene McDaniel
Always and Forever written by Lurlene McDaniel is a book filled with friendship and tragedy. Although Lurlene McDaniel was the author of the last two books that I read, and they are all based on a teen getting diagnosed with cancer, this book had a different ending. Jory and Melissa were planning to have the best school year ever, and all of a sudden, Melissa gets struck with lymphocytic leukemia. Even though Jory’s family is rich, she can’t help out Melissa, until the end when she sets up a carnival dedicated to Melissa. It was a success. The first part of the book, Too Young to Die, is when Melissa first hears the news that she is diagnosed with cancer, and she is too young to die. The second part, Goodbye Doesn’t Mean Forever, means that although someone is gone, they aren’t truly gone, they are still inside your thoughts. This book ended perfectly with an actual closer that I agree with; I didn’t need to see if they had another book which will complete the story. It didn’t leave me wanting more information.
Title: Percy Jackson and the lightening thief
Author: Rick Riordan
Its a story about a boy named Percy Jackson, who thinks he’s an average boy but he’s actually a boy that has a big and long journey ahead of him. He’s actually a demi-god! Which is half human half demon. He soon enters into a camp called camp half bloods where he meets other demi-gods/ goddess like himself. But he doesn’t know in the beginning what his true powers are, and he certainly doesn’t know his father is part of the BIG 3. Which would be Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. There is a long and perilous journey full of betrayals and action that are to come within this book and its a awesome journey that Rick Riordan takes you on.
Title: The Bride
Author: Julie Garwood
Jamie is a the daughter of an English lord and is shocked when a Highland Laird, Alec, chooses her to be his wife. She is opposed to this marriage, as well as her father and her would-be-husband, but by the decree of the King of England and King of Scotland, they must marry. Upon arriving Scotland, Alec’s past gets uncovered by Jamie through rumors. If said rumors were true, then Alec killed his first wife. But that’s not the only thing that gets discovered, Jamie realizes that her father sold her to an English lord in order to escape debt!
Title: Flight
Author: Sherman Alexie
Flight is about an orphaned boy, Zit, who gets into trouble a lot. One day he gets locked in jail and befriends someone who tells him to rob a bank. When he tries to, Zit gets shot and he wakes up in the past. He travels through different times and ends up realizing who his father was, who abandoned him and his mother before he was born. From this, he realizes who he is and is inspired to lead a better life.
Although this book contains many swear words, I did enjoy reading it. It shows how a troubled kid decided to turn his life around by being inspired from memories. No matter how difficult his situation, he was able to create a more stable lifestyle. I would recommend this book to people who like happy endings.
Book: The Fake Boyfriend
Author: Kate Brian
I thought this book was going to be interesting so I borrowed it but as I started to read it, it was kind of boring, so I skipped ahead, then it got really interesting. Lane and Vivi have a best friend called Isabelle who has a really bad boyfriend. Isabelle is completely in love with him but he has a really bad reputation of being a bad guy. When the three of them catch him cheating on Isabelle with another classmate , Vivi hatches a plan to create a fake boyfriend for Isabelle so that she won’t be crying about him anymore. Vivi’s brother plays “Brandon,” the guy they created on MySpace–Isabelle fell in love with him. Then Isabelle wants to meet him so Vivi pays a hot guy from another school to pretend to be Brandon, but then Vivi starts to like him.
The ending is surprised me, but I did think it was a little too unrealistic. How can it all happen like that? It probably wouldn’t in real life. Interesting story though.
Title: Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Author: Salman Rushdie
This book is about a boy named Haroun, who had a father named Rashid, and a mother named Soraya. One day, Soraya was tired of Rashid’s ways, and decided to elope with another man. As a result, the father and son was devastated. Rashid stopped telling stories, and Haroun could not pay attention to anything for more than 11 minutes, due to her mother leaving them at exactly 11 o’clock. On their journey to find Rashid’s stories back, he stumbled upon a water genie, which supplies the story water for Rashid. The story goes on as Haroun and Rashid traveled to Kahani, where the sea of stories is located. Haroun struggled to helped his father get back his stories, and at the end, they ended up saving the sea of stories, which was poisoned, defeated khattam-shud, chief of the shadow world. At the end Rashid could finally tell stories again and Soraya, Haroun’s mother, came back.
Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
Stargirl is not a teen level book but more of a middle school read. It was an easy read but it had a very good and very deep message. The characters were very real and I was able to connect to them somehow and I was able to feel what the characters were feeling. This book made me laugh because is funny and made me want to cry because the story was so beautifully written. Stargirl is such a good book I recommend it to everyone, no matter their age.
“The Dying Breath” by Alane Ferguson
This is a forensic mystery that stars Cameryn Mahoney, a 17 year-old interested in the forensic field, and is also the assistant coroner to her father (the coroner). Her ex-boyfriend, Kyle O’Neil, who’s been on the lam since he killed Brad Oakes, his teacher in a bizarre way, has reappeared. But bad news is, he’s stalking Cammie, and threatens to harm Justin, the deputy, and Cammie’s love interest. To make it even more complicated, Cammie has to tie the recent killings of famous celebrities to Kyle, before time runs out.
I thought this book was pretty interesting, but not being a true romantic, some parts of Cammie’s romance with Justin made me gag. This book is for the mystery lovers and the suspense at the end keeps you on the edge of your seats.
Title: Eldest
Author: Christopher Paolini
Eldest is the next book of the Eragon Series. It takes off right where Eragon left off, in the Varden after their first big battle with the Empire’s army. Ajihad dies and the Twin magicians and Murtgah, missing. When Ajihad dies, the Varden, the Empire’s resistance group, need a new leader, and they choose Nasuada, Ajihad’s daughter. Eragon and Saphira fly to Ellsmera, the land of the elves and begins his training as a dragon rider. Unknowingly, his teacher would be one of the dragon riders himself and his dragon, Glaedr. During that time, he goes through a ceremonal process and the dragons grant him the elve’s powers of strenthg, speed and magic. Eragon finds out that the Varden is in trouble and rushes to help Nasuada, finding that the Urgals have joined the Varden’s cause. While fighting, Eragon finds that Galbatorix, leader of the Empire, has gotten another egg to hatch. The red dragon had a dragon rider as well, who was, surprisingly, Murtgah, whom he thought had died. Eragon finds Murtgah was forced to undergo punishment from the king, and when Thorn, Murtgah’s dragon, hatched, Galbatorix forced Murtgah and his dragon to swear fealty to him. Through this battle, Eragon finds out more about his past and finds Roran, his long lost cousin. After the battle, the Varden has won, but also they have lost at the same time. For the time being, Eragon decides to help Roran find his fiance, Katrina, who has been kidnapped by the Raz’zac, birdlike creatures that eat flesh. The story continues in Brisingr, or Inheritance, the third book of the seires.
Though it wasn’t as exciting as Eragon was, it was overall an okay book. Not packed with adventure, but more of his training and the history of the Empire.
Title: Kung Fu Princess: Daughter of Light
Author: Pamela Walker
Overall it was a great book; there were ups and downs where you would wonder what the author would write next. The beginning of the book was very descriptive of what’s happening, but then in the end, I felt that the author rushed it. I didn’t feel that the author put enough effort in the ending as she started with. It did end well, like many other books and didn’t leave you hanging on what is supposed to happen after the evil villains are killed. I liked that there are Chinese myths that are incorporated into the book, so if you like historical books, but like the “fairy-tale” ending, this is the perfect book for you. I’m not going to say it was one of the best books I’ve read, but it has all the aspects of a really thought-out book; with ups, downs, family, love, and friendship.
title: Creation in Death
author: J.D. Robb
All the “in Death” series are set far in the future. In the city of New York in year of 2060, Lt. Eve Dallas is out in the city solving murders. In each book there is a different criminal, but Eve Dallas is determined to stop each and every one of them.
“Creation in Death” deals with a killer who disappeared from New York years ago leaving behind a trail of corpses of all the woman he had killed. Young officer Eve Dallas and her mentor were assigned to solve the case and stop the killer but he had disappeared before anything could be done. Now ten years later, Eve has the rank of a lieutenant and her mentor now works in the department that deals with gadgets. Time has slowly pasted but all the faces of the dead women from the case ten years ago still haunt Eve now. And as a series of murdered women start to appear, Eve decides to rally a team together to help put the man from ten years ago behind bars permanently. But the man from before has changed his weapons and although he had use different weapons to torture those from ten years ago, he has decided to step up his game and use more unique ones to slowly draw out his victims time until their death. Although his tactics haven’t changed too much, they way he chose his victims have. All of the victims are employees of Eve’s husband and various merchandise from his stores have been used for the victims found dead. This may be a coincidence but Eve and her team think differently. But what happens when Eve is the one is chosen to be the next and final victim. The one whose time is to be the longest and most satisfying to the killer. Eve will have to step up her game in order to bring down the killer. But what will happen to her now that “the hunter is becoming the hunted”?
Title: Lock and Key
Author: Sarah Dessen
Ruby is a typical teenage girl…with an unusual childhood. As a teen, her mom suddenly disappears, leaving Ruby to fend for herself. Eventually, Child Protective Services finds Ruby and brings her to her happily married older sister, who takes her in, not knowing what happened to their mother. Ruby resents not being able to take care of herself, although her sister takes good care of her. Ruby’s story is one of self-acceptance and discovery.
I enjoyed this story because some of Ruby’s struggles are identifiable with how many teens go through self-discovery and acceptance during that stage of their life. A good summer read.
Title: Fairest
Author:Gail Carsion Levine
This book is basically about this girl who was born with a beautiful voice that anyone would ever want. But that bad thing that she hates about herself was that she wasn’t pretty or at least seen normal in people’s eyes. She was buff, her hair was an ugly color to other people,and she tall like a giant. Soon she finds out a secret to the beauty of the queen of her kingdom. I recommend this book because it would really get you addicted to it once you’ve started reading it.
title: Pride and Prejudice
author: Jane Austen
Okay, I know you may be thinking, “Pride and Prejudice?! What an old book?” but I assure you that, though old, this book is amazingly marvelous and a classic. This is a romance novel, set in England a couple hundred years ago. The story of the Bennet family, the suitors they meet, and the opinions of each could not be more entertaining. Jane Austen creates a extraordinary setting in your mind, where every bit of culture is explained so you feel as if you are next to the characters, especially Miss Elizabeth Bennet, the main character in the book. I became so emotionally in love with the book and its characters that, during certain parts of the book, I even talked to the book, exclaiming my feelings for what the characters should do! (I am not crazy, I just really enjoyed the book) I recommend this book to all of my friends, and find it better than the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer (just my opinion).
Please note: the book in written in an older English, and makes references to different ways of life. My copy of the book has notes in the back, embellishing on some points in the book and explaining them.
Rocky road trip
This book is the sequel to Bananasplitsville. It is about a girl who goes to college and tries to handle a long distance relationship. It turns out that it is harder then she imagined when she is distracted by her roommates, her new job at a bagel shop, and a bunch of other guys.
I did not really like this book because it was very very predictable, but I think it also had a good storyline and I did like the characters. However, other then that I don’t think i would suggest this book to anyone. Maybe that’s because i did’nt read the first book, but I still don’t believe its worth the time.
In this romantic/sci-fi fic, reality meets paranormal when Bella Swan, a human girl meets vampire Edward Cullen. After Bella arrives at forks, her whole world completely changes forever.
She finds herself strangely connecting with Edward and ultimately falls in love with him. Along the way, she befriends Jacob Black, a local native who lives in the La Push reservation. Not surprisingly, he turns out to be a supernatural creature, but instead of a vampire, he is a werewolf. It just so happens that werewolves and the cold ones are natural enemies, and thus Bella is forced to choose between the two opposing factions. A common threat, however, temporarily creates an alliance in which they work together to protect Bella and the people of forks. Bella finally faces her feelings for Jacob, and lets him go in order to spend the rest of her life with Edward.
Title: Ruined: A Novel
Author: Paula Morris
This book was really exciting and I had a hard time putting it down. Its about a girl named Rebecca who get sent to New Orleans to her aunt Claudia, who is supposedly the descendant of a Voodoo Queen, while her dad is in China on business. This book has its twists and turns and keeps you in the dark until the very end. I highly recommend this book. If you love mysterious and ghosts, then this is the book for you and its not the least bit scary (for those of you who can’t handle horror).
Title: A Mango-Shaped Space
Author: Wendy Mass
Mia Winchell knew something was different about her ever since the Third Grade, when no one could see the colored numbers and letters that she did. Now thirteen-years-old, Mia has learned to hide her sight from others, for that incident had left her and others skeptical of what was happening. When things start to change, Mia decides that she can’t keep her secret any longer and confesses to her parents. They begin to worry that there’s something wrong with Mia, and take her to the doctor. It is soon discovered that she has a condition called synesthesia, which is completely harmless. It turns out that there are others out there who also have the same condition too. Upon hearing this, Mia is thrilled. She isn’t a freak after all! The doctor gives her a website that devotes itself to informing synesthetes and acting as a synesthesia socializing center. Almost immediately Mia is absorbed into this, overjoyed to read about others like her and find out about their experiences. Since Mia is so involved in her newly found world of synesthesia, she begins to slip when it comes to the life she had before. Gradually Mia is distancing herself from her family and friends without realizing it. Will Mia snap out of it and remember what is really worth keeping? Pick up this book and find out!
After reading this book, I learned a lot about synesthesia, something that I never knew about before! I tend to lean towards books that are in first person, and A Mango-Shaped Space is no exception. Considering that this was Wendy Mass’s first book, I thought that the plot was well laid out and the story transitions smoothly from one situation to another. She captured what it was like being in Mia’s mindset perfectly! I would absolutely recommend this book to any reader who likes something out of the ordinary.
Title: Sonic The Hedgehog Archives
Author: ??? I’m just gonna guess “Archie”
Well if you know the Sonic Games this books shows the adventure of this speedy fast blue hedgehog we all know and love. In these stories Sonic and the Freedom Fighters has to stop the Evil Dr. Robotnik aka Eggman from turning all there friends into robots. They work together and have many adventures along the way. If you grew up watching the Sonic SatAM. This is where it all started. The story line may not seem like the Sega games we are fimilar with but this is the very begin reprinted for your enjoyment. So please be patient if you want to see the video game comic tie in. This comic has old and new faces. Overall it’s an interesting comic….
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This book called from blue moons to black holes answers all of your questions about the Earth and the galaxy. It is pretty long though so if you have time on your hand I suggest you read it
title: maddison finn- heart to heart
author: laura dower
well, this book is about a girl name maddison and everyone in far hills..where she lives are in love. she feels all lonely and alone. then she gets a email from a secret admirer saying “i really like you” ..maddison tries to find out who her secret admirrer is before the school dance. she tells her best friends, amiee and fiona and they are so excited. they help maddison find the secret admirer. maddison is wishing secreatly it would be her crush name heart…she been crushing on him like forever. so maddison has to find out the real person before school dance.. her eyes are open but till the end she edoesnt find out who it is until …her friend dan …becomes all romantic…dan tells maddison he was her secret admirer. maddison is shocked …dan is her close friend..where she volunteers at the animal clinic with dan…so she is kind of shocked. she likes dan only as a friend. so maddison was shocked and surprised she is afraid her friendship with dan will be ruined… well maddison faces teh reality and learns somthing new. Then she finds out that it doesnt matter if ur in a realationship or not all it matters is if your fine and happy. so this book is really good ….it teaches you lessons and problems that youll be facing later on in life… so i think its a great book to read…you’ll just love it its an amzing book…i seriously fell in love with this book…. iam sure anyone will like it!!!!(:(:(:
title:Catherine, Called Birdy
author:Karen Cushman
Catherine, Called Birdy is a book about a girl named Catherine. Catherine was a really miserable person just because she has to learn how to do all the things that all young ladies do in the time and she wants to do what the guys do instead. Like she rather wear loose clothing than to wear a dress or wanting to throw dirt around or roll around in it and not stay really clean. It takes place in the Medieval time and it is in a diary form going on about her life day by day. Her father forces her to go to a school so she can learn lady like manners. She has to learn how to hem and cook and all the other things housewives do. The two people who really come into her life is Shaggy Beard and Perkin. She wanted to marry Perkin instead of Shaggy Beard whom her father forces her to take hand in marriage. She didn’t want to marry Shaggy. Throughout this story she lived part of her life(not much) as a boy. At the end she ends up marrying Stephen who is Shaggy’s brother and to her eyes a lot handsomer. I did not like this book at all. It was very boring and I would not recommend this book to anyone unless they like reading about the Medieval Times. There also is a lot of information about Catherine that you have to remember, otherwise the story will make no sense and you will get really lost.
Title : Perfect Chemistry
Author : Simone Elkeles
This book was amazingly written. it was very realistic. i finished this book in almost one day. i just kept wanting to read more. i wished they had some kind of sequel to it. it was so sad and sweet at the same time. i was moved to tears at one point.): the guy is really sweet. it made me wonder if there were actually guys like that out there. he was really nice to the girl’s mentally disabled sister. i thought it was so interesting because of the badboy rebel and little good girl cheerleader got together. yes, it seems like a typical high school romance story, but it’s much more than that. you can totally imagine yourself there watching all these events from the book happening in front of your eyes. amazingg~ if theres ever a sequel in the future, i’ll be sure to get my hands on it. if you enjoy high school romance, you’ll absolutely love this book
Title: Vampire Kisses ( the chapter books & manga )
Author: Ellen Schreiber.
I absolutely LOVE these books. vampires and romance, what more can you ask for? if you love vampire romance, then i’d recommend this book/series to you. i love the main character Raven. i love her style and i love how alexander is portrayed. mysterious and romantic. its sad how they live in to different worlds=ish. while she’s at school, he’ll be sleeping and while he’s awake she’ll be sleeping. but at least they get to hang out after sunset i love how they hang out in the cemetery and have a bunch of romantic dates that you’d never think of. they make the perfect couple. the manga is pretty good too. i only found the artwork a little weird but its a whole lot better than mine, that’s for sure. vampire romance lovers, i definitely recommend this to read. (:
Title: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Author: Mark Haddon
This book is very interesting. It is about this boy named Christopher and he is trying to find out who killed him neighbor’s dog. He is being a detective and asking people that lives on his street. Christohper is not your average boy, he doesn’t like the colors brown and yellow. He also does not have a mom. Christopher’s mom and dad separated when he was young. While he is dectecting, he find out very interesting thing about his mom that happened in the past and finds out that someone he cares about killed the dog. I would recommend this book to many people, especially people that like to read!! Have fun reading!
title: maddison finn -picture perfect
author: laura dower
so this book is about a girl name maddison finn…who goes to high school and she faces many challenges in her life. she cant seem to get out of any troubles and she is putting her self in to more trouble. so there is this pop star niki who comes to town and everyone is crazy for her. maddison and her two best friend ..amiee and fiona decide to go to nikkis concert. they are so excited . to maddison nikki is a perfect model ….she is her idol. but when tehy actually really get to meet nikki backstage maddison is not really happy with the way nikkis attitude is … maddison and her firends realized that no one is perfect. they thought that nikki was a model so she was perfect in everything ..well not exactly …they came to know that no one is perfect.. they can be good but not perfect..nikki may be a pop star but she is missing out on big things. so this book is really interesting …i would prefer this to girls who like all drama adn high school stuff… is a really nice you will never egt bored …its an amazing book..you like it !!! so thats about it !!! maddison solves all of her problems and comes to understand things as she is growing up…!!!
This book is basically a parody of Twilight. There is Belle Goose and Edwart Mullen. She is obsessed with this guy ad the idea of him being a vampire. It is the like the first book of the Saga and it is really funny because it has the same people but everything sort of is switched. I recomend this book because it funny
Title: Nightlight
Author: The Harvard Lampoon
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Just a little background of New Mexico’s history and you will be ready to understand why the connection of the people to the land is different from those of other Native Indians. ‘So far from God’ shows how having moved away from the land of their ancestors, people fail to connect to it in the same way as their predecessors.
Although it deals with serious issues, it does not fail to make you laugh out loud when weird things happen to Sofi’s children and she’s still one piece. And all this when you thought you were beginning to feel pity for Sofi beset with troubles for children.
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This story opens as 13-year-old Eva wakes up in a hospital bed to find that she has been seriously injured in a car crash and has been in a coma for months. As she slowly regains consciousness, she experiences strange sensations and dreams until she learns that her life has been saved with an unprecedented medical procedure in which her memories have been implanted into the brain and body of a chimpanzee. Eva is set in the future, in a dystopian urban world in which humans have destroyed most of the world and are isolated in super high rises and fed a steady stream of television. Eva’s father is a researcher of captive, habituated chimps with whom Eva was essentially raised. Eva’s operation and recovery were sponsored by a manufacturer of juice products, who contractually own her and exploit her to advertise their products. As she recovers and adjusts to her new life, she begins to identify with the chimp part of herself and relates to the other chimps, leading her to resist her handlers and her parents and campaign for greater autonomy for herself and her fellow chimps. Eva eventually becomes the poster child for animal rights activists and a figure to whom many people look as an inspiration as the human race is degenerating. Eventually, like her Biblical namesake, Eva is sent to an Edenic paradise with a troop of chimps to teach them to live in the wild and be televised worldwide for the entertainment of humans. As events transpire, Eva and her troop are left possibly to repopulate the planet and begin the evolution of the human race again. The story raises all kinds of existential questions about what makes us who we are, what is our relationship with animals, and what are our responsibilities to nature and the environment. These thought-provoking themes are balanced by suspenseful action and well-developed characters (including the chimps). With the highly introspective nature of this story and the slow and mysterious revelation of the plot, this is a challenging read. Eva is a terrific book for adolescents asking their own big questions and learning how to find their own opinions and voices.
Here I recommend this book to everyone. Because this book was written in 1897. The auther was very good to imagine the future of technoledge. It’s very good, but it’s not easy to read.
Title: Eragon
Author: Christopher Paolini
This book is about a 15 year old boy, Eragon, who finds an egg in the Spine, a forbidden forest, while hunting and brings it home to Carvahall. First he thinks it’s a stone, but when a dragon hatches out of it, he finds out it’s an egg. The Empire, ruled by a dictative king Galbatorix, hears word of this and sends the Ra’ zac to Carvahall to find the missing egg. They kill his Uncle and Eragon and Brom, his ‘mentor’ is sent on the race of their lives. Throughout their journey, they face various obstacles and travel to the Varden. On his way, Eragon learns how to sword fight, fight with magic, as well as ride Saphira, his dragon. Over halfway through his journey, Brom dies protecting Eragon, the promise of the people of the Empire and the Varden, a resistance to the King. After Brom dies, he meets Murtgah, saves an elf and go to the Varden. There, they fight a mighty battle that decides where Eragon stands in the battle field. The Varden is victorious and the Eragon and Saphira become heroes.
The story continues in the next book, Eldest.
Book:the king of sweets in the universe.
我看了这部漫画，了解道赤川新对甜点的热情，对困难的不拒怕，对做甜品的认真。当出现敌人时始终坚持自己的信念和自己想跟父亲一样成为最棒的甜点王。做每件事的认真，负责。当作为一个敌人时，跟朋友同心协力更是令人感动。在社会上无论做什么都要有像他已样任真，负责。勇敢生活，学习，工作。加油。
Title: As You Wish
Author: Jackson Pearce
After reading this amazing book, I had to hurry and tell my friend about it. This book starts with a girl wanting a wish to really come true. Because of that, a genie was summoned to follow her until she made 3 wishes. But the two end up going through a series of events and gain true love. But the genie will disappear from her life after 3 wishes, see what happens in the end! Its not what you’ll expect it to be!
My book is The lightnig theif
By Rick Riordan
In this story, young Percy Jackson is found in many different situations involving the Greek Gods. This is a great book for all ages. The Story begins when Percy jacksons goes to A feild trip to the greek meusum.Then he goes to camp where he learns to fight greek monsters and gods. After Percy fineshes his trainig he goes to Los Angeles on a ques to retrive Zeuses Lightning bolt. When he returns he is awarded with many gifts such as the head of madusa. This is a wonderful book that would be great for the summer
Title: Eclipse
Author: Stephenie Meyers
This book was basically about Bella, Edward and Jacob coming together for the the fight with the Volturi. The Volturi is the strongest vampirers in this world and can kill you in a heart beat. There coming to see Bella change into a immortal someone like Edward. They made a promise the Volturi that they would change because she know too much about there kind. If they dont change her she will be killed by the Volturi. Edwad her boyfriend didn’t want to change her but Bella being stingy like her regular self didn’t want kill her baby that her Edward had created. When she finally have the baby Edward has to change her really quick before sh dies.
They have a baby girl which bella names her Resemme something like that but her nick name is Nessi. Jacob had mage that nick name for the little girl. When finally becomes her self afer all the venom is out her she and Jacob takes Nessi out on her first hunting trip. When some vampire sees the Nessi she goes back to the Volturi and tell them that Bella and Edward done had an immortal and mortal child together.
Finally Alice had a vision abnoyt the Volturi coming so her and Jasper run away and leave the family useless to defend on themselfs. She leaves and tell them they will need witnesses to prove to the Volturi that Nessi will not sell out their kind. So Edward, Bella, Nessi and Jacob are left home while Carlilse and the rest look witnesses.
At last the wolve, Carlilse family, and the witnesses are facing the volturi and they say she can live.
Title: Eclipse
Author: Stephnie Meyers
Not Me, by Michael Lavigne, is a must read for all teens and young adults. It’s words can truly express emotions that can be felt by the reader.
Michael’s life is already bad enough as it is- his mother and sister died, a divorce with his wife, his relationships with his son is getting worse and worse- and now he has to take care of his elderly father who has Alzheimer’s disease.
Michael receives a mystery box of journals from his father one day, his father doesn’t remember where they came from and no one else seems to know. But Michael’s father, Heshel, insists that Michael reads them. The last thing Michael would want to do is learn more about his father, but since this is his wish Michael will have to read no matter how much he hates it. “All right, I said to myself, but in his voice—Heshel Rosenheim, you want I should read your diary, I’ll read your goddamned diary.”(11)
The first entries were of no interest to Michael; they were just mostly about his father’s religious beliefs and Michael’s little sister, Karen. But soon, the entries that Michael came across seemed like a novel. A novel about the terrible memories of a German S.S. who took the identity of a victim. As we can see, Heinrich took the identity of Heshel so the British wouldn’t punish him. “When the day approached and many of the Germans fled, only, he assumed, to be caught and hanged, he instead shaved his head, exchanged his uniform for the rags—which he carefully deloused—of a dead prisoner, rolled himself in the mud, and waited.”(34) And from that day on Heinrich Mueller had disappeared off the face of the earth.
Since this was all written in a novel form, Michael was skeptical of whether or not it was true. Michael remembered that his father would do everything that a true Jew did—eat what Jews ate, prayed like Jews, and celebrated Jewish holidays. Michael even remembers how his father hated the German language. How could Michael find out the truth? Asking his father was pretty much hopeless because half of the time he doesn’t even know what his father is talking about anymore. The nurses at the nursing home wouldn’t tell Michael anything about his father’s visitors, so Michael decided to hide in the nursing home and stalk his father’s visitors. Things start to get even more confusing when Michael’s father starts mentioning a person named Frau Hellman, and when the Holocaust Archives sends Michael a letter. And who exactly is that lady following Michael around at Starbuck’s?
Even though Lavigne isn’t a holocaust survivor, nor are his parents, it is amazing how he can grasp that feeling. The readers can see the Holocaust through another perspective; through the eyes of a S.S. who later changed. As I was reading this, it seemed more like a memoir than a novel. All of the events seem realistic enough. Through out the book, Lavigne switches back and forth between Heshel’s story and Michael’s story. But because it is so well written, it doesn’t cause any confusion, and it doesn’t mess up the flow. I think everyone should read this book, but because it mentions some “mature material”, I think it’s more appropriate for older teens.
Title:Holes
Author:Louis Schtachar
This is the story about a young boy ho is sent to camp. Not like any other camp but a camp for bad boys. He is sent to dig holes in the burning hot desert sun. He was blamed for stealing shoes from a major sports star. This is a great ook to read during the summer
oh…by the way, the book review i wrote above is ” The Water Mirror”
Title: The Boy Who Reversed Himself
Author: William Sleator
This book is a brilliant sci-fi short novel that is educational, exciting, suspenseful, and emotional all at the same time. Omar can travel to the fourth dimension, and he eventually gets himself into a fix when he takes a normal girl from school into the fourth dimension with him and they get lost. Sleator’s fast-paced adventure gives much insight into the idea of a fourth dimension of space (not time).
Title: Banner in the Sky
Author: James Ramsey Ullman
This book is amazing and inspirational. Based on a true story, it tells the story of a 16-year-old boy who longs to climb the Citadel but is not allowed to because his father met his death trying to conquer the mountain. The entire story is suspenseful and exciting, but at the same time very realistic. Ullman includes many details about mountain climbing and culture. Banner in the Sky is my favorite book and I would recommend it to anyone fourth grade through adult. It’s one of those books that gains meaning when you reread it years later, from a new perspective.
The introduction of this story is unique as it doesn’t start in a typical fairytale format. The story starts off with Merle and a blind girl Junipa riding on a gondola in Venice on their way to become a Mirror Maker’s apprentices. They pass by mermaids whose mouths are split from ear to ear and have razor sharp teeth like sharks. They find scary and mighty stone lions with guards on their backs patrolling the streets. They both awe and shiver as they make their way to their destination. When they reach their destination, they are welcomed by a woman with a bottom half mask. They are fed and go straight to sleep. Suddenly, Merle hears a noise. She gets out of bed and finds that Junipa is missing. She quietly walks out of her room and follows the soft sounds coming out from a door. She opens the door slightly and sees Arcimboldo, the Mirror Maker, slip two small mirrors into the eyes of Junipa. She watches with horror and shouts out a question demanding what Arcimboldo did to Junipa. He explains that he put mirrors in Junipa’s eyes so that she could see. “Look in a mirror, and it will look back at you. That is the first lesson in my workshop, Merle. Mark it well. Mirrors can see.” Merle thinks to herself: now that Junipa could see, her life would be so different. During their first night with the Mirror Maker, a wonder miracle had happened! Junipa’s eyes turned from pearly blank eyes to cold silvery mirrors. After that miracle, more and more extraordinary things happen in this book. If you want to find out, you have to read it.
he genre of this book is fantasy, mystery and fiction. This book isn’t very hard to read although sometimes, you have to stop and think. The author adds a lot of detail when writing about his characters and sceneries, which makes a very easy vivid picture in my mind. I would recommend this book to people who love mystery, fantasy and also a confusing ending in which would make you ponder…
Title:The tales of beedle the bard
Author: J.K Rowling
I like this book because it helps me understand some of the storys that are linked to jk rowling”s
harry potter books.i especially like two storys from it. one, is “the warlocks hairy heart” and two,”the tale of two brothers”. the second story is actually the story of the deathly hallows which is what the last book in the harry potter series is practically based on. I absolutley love the book!
From the author who created twilight, this is a must read for either fans of the author or sci-fi fans. Host is based in the distant future when parasitic aliens have taken over the world and humans tried to fight back while living in hiding. The novel is written in first person narrative, not unlike Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series, so that as you read along the novel, you would be seeing the world of Host through the eyes of the protagonist. As you read along the novel, it makes you keep on reading until the ending, and leaves you wanting more with a completely satisfactory ending. This novel makes non-sci-fi fans want to read it and love it, just think of the terminator movies and you will get the plot of this novel. Meyer say that Host is to convey “what a gift it is to just have a body, and really love it.” as the main aspect of this novel.
Title: Leviathan
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Genre: Historical Fiction
This was an amazing book. It was a mix of the past and the future (steampunk) since it is a retelling of WWI in a futuristic way. Scott Westerfeld (author of the “Uglies” series, and “So Yesterday”) does a wonderful job of giving one side futuristic machines and their rivals living “beasties” that they fabricated through DNA. The story follows Prince Aleksandar, Alek for short on the one hand, and Deryn Sharp, a girl pretending to be a boy (named Dylan) so she can be in the navy on the other. These two cross paths despite the fact that they are on opposite sides of the war, and create an alliance that saves their lives. This is an amazing book (as I have said) and I suggest it as a good read!
Title: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Author: Junot Diaz
I really enjoyed this novel because it reminds me of my family and culture originally from the Dominican Republic but residing in the East Coast. There were so many sections in this novel where I would say, “Yes I can totally relate!” This book is about a friendly but miserably overweight boy who is referred to as a ghetto nerd. This Dominican genius, Oscar Cabral, also had a yearning for love and romance. But according to Oscar, he and his family are cursed by what is called a fukú. No matter where they go, the U.S or their home town, this familia Dominicana can’t shake off this horrific curse. Although this novel is tragic it brings, originality and validity to this new day.
Sold, by Patricia McCormick, is a poignant book. Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi, though poor, is happy with her life in Nepal. After a terrible monsoon, all is lost, and her stepfather insists on her taking a job in the city, as a maid. “Auntie” takes her to the city where everything is different, even the language, and soon Lakshmi finds that she has been sold into a life of sexual slavery. She makes friends that help her through the hardships of brothel life, one that seems inescapable, and then one day, she is given a chance
Title: Of Mice and Men
Author: John Steinbeck
This book depicts two friends, George and Lennie. Lennie is a big softy and tends to get into trouble when he isn’t told what to do. George looks after him and they cherish their friendship. Lennie always asks George to tell him these dreams they have for themselves after they earn a stake working in a ranch. As the story progresses, George’s commitment to keep Lennie safe begins to weaken as Lennie gets into more trouble. I thought this book was really sweet because Lennie is such a child and he likes petting soft things, but at the end I was pretty shocked at what George did. Overall, I thought it was a pretty good book and it was fast to read, I would recommend it to others .
title:new moon
author: Stephanie Meyer
Im not really a fan of the twilight series, but of all the books in the series i really like New Moon.Because it really shows more of the relationship between Bella and her best friend Jacob Black. I really like this book because it shows friendship and bella’s ability to cope without edward.
Title: The Diary of Anne Frank
Author: Anne Frank
This book, written in a diary format, is about a Jewish girl named Anne Frank who turned from an optimistic to a lonely, sad girl who had to hide due to the tragic event known as the Holocaust. Throughout her diary, Anne Frank demonstrated how she changed from a innocent girl to a young woman. Apart from the rest of the world, Anne Frank had to live in a cramped building with another family. Each day, they had to live with fear, fear of running out of food, fear of getting caught and send to concentration camp, where they will tortured to dead. It is amazing to see how Anne Frank managed to stay calm and still had the ability to write on her diary. At the end, it was a grievous ending. Anne Frank and her family along with the other family were caught and sent to the camp, where Anne Frank died of Typhus, a fatal illness. All the other family members, except her father, who survived and later, was able to publish her diary. This is an inspiring book and I would recommend it to my friends, hopefully you find it interesting too.
Title: Girlology
Author: Melisa Holmes, M.D. & Trish Hutchison, M.D.
This book fulfilled with facts and accurate information about things that girls go through as teenagers. It gives the reader a clear understanding of how it feels like to become a young adult, and in fact, the book itself is like talking directly to the reader. It did a wonderful job in terms of explaining different worries teenagers have, and providing enough good advices for the reader. For those who afraid to discuss their private concerns with their parents or trusted adults, this is a great book where you will, hopefully, find the answers to your questions without having to go through awkward moments. Go Girl Power!
Title: Princess Forever
Author: Meg Cabot
Mia, no longer the princess of Genovia, must question her relationship with her current boyfriend, JP. She soon discovers that he dated her for fame, just so that he will be able to become a producer. During this time, her ex-boyfriend, Michael, comes back. She can’t resist her love for him, and she discovers true love.
Title: Twenties GIrl
Author: Sophie Kinsella
This book is about a girl being visited by her great aunt, but as a ghost form. Her aunt died at the age of 105, and her ghost comes back at the age of 21. The ghost asks her to help her find this special necklace that made her feel beautiful. After going through a lot of trouble, she discovers the secret behind the success of her uncle. She finds love and passion with the help of her aunt.
Title: Monster Blood Tattoos: Lamplighter
Author: D. M. Cornish
In the world of the Half-Continent, savage and hideous monsters roam freely, only being stopped by monster hunters. Most of these monster hunters are lahzars, or people who are surgically changed to either be a wit or a fruglar. A wit is one who can create “fissions” and have a monster be destroyed on the inside, while a fruglar has the power to call upon lightening and electricity to electrocute their enemies. Continuing where book one left off, Rossamund Bookchild, a former orphan, begins his long awaited job as a lamplighter. His life as a lighter isn’t what he expected it to be, when an unexpected girl comes to be the first female lighter. Both of them face the untold perils of the Half-Continent and meet old and new friends, not to mention foes. I would go on, but to tell you more would spoil the book, and you have to read it to find out what happens next. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading fantasy and fiction. D. M. Cornish has created a world similar to our own, but he has devised it so that it is as if the Half-Continent is an alternate world altogether! Things aren’t as they seem to be in this book, and the story itself differs greatly from your everyday fairytale. If you’re ready for action, suspense, and some heart jolting chapters, read this book and you’ll know what I mean.
Title: Cures for Heartbreak
Author: Margo Rabb
The life of a 15-year-old teenage girl shatters when her mother dies of skin cancer. Shortly after wards , her father experiences a near death heart attack. Confused and hurt over her mother’s death and her father’s near death experience, Mia lets herself sink into a slump. Her poor performance in her English and World history classes ultimately leads to summer school. Throughout this new chapter of her life, she frequently reminisces over the times spent with her mother, the special shopping trips to blommingdales, the trips to Maplewood. The impact of her mother’s death hits her harder than her sister because she shared a stronger bond with her. Surprisingly, Mia is still able to cure her heart by finding love, finding solace in her friends, and finding a little faith.
There are these 4 girls the first girls name is Violet and she is a new kid in school and she is always asking for directions because she dosent yet know the school that much.The second girls name is Katie-Rose and sname is he is very bouncey and she is also a little enthusiastic.The third girls name is yasman and she is a quiet one who passes by at the wrong moment.And last but not least there is this girl named Milla and she is very popular in school who takes a spectacular tumble along with the preciouse contact of her back pack.All of these girls go to the same schoool together,and in summer Katie-Rose went to piener camp with Milla and they both became the bests friends together at that camp they were always in Katie-roses cabine and they alwas use to talk but when it became the end of summer and schooll started Milla didnt talk to her because she was hanging out with these two cool girls named Modessa and Quin and they thought that Katie-Rose was uncool and didnt have style like they did.So in the middle of the school year Katie-Rose started to talk to Yasman and they had alot in commen.Yasman tolled Katie-Rose that she had a online website that she made her self it was named blah blah blah something somthing.com and Katie-Rose always wanted a friend that was cool but not to cool so Katie-rose imed yasman and Katie-Rose told yasman that they should tell milla to join blah blah blah something something.com and yasman imed back idk because she might be to cool for it so Katie-Rose said no she isnt and the next day they asked her but she was with the cool people and modessa told Katie-Rose what are u doing here? And your going to have to find out te rest you could find this book in the teen section its called luv ya bunches the ather is lauren myracle
Title: Numbers
Author: Rachel Ward
This book is about a girl name Jem, who could see the date of death of anyone she sees stamped inside her head. Ever since her mother died, she avoided being friends with anyone afraid of seeing when her friends would die. Until she met Spider, a guy who she thought maybe they could find happiness together, a chance she would take and try to “prevent” is death. But when she visits London with him, they went to a carnival, every person she looked at, the same date of death was there. The carnival was gonna blow up and it was up to her to get away before time runs out. This book was worth reading and i would recommend it to everyone whos like thrill and adventure. i didnt really like the ending but i could really visual how Jem was feeling.
Title:The Search For Delicious
Author: Natalie Babbitt
Ice Cream is the most delicious food in the world.No, Cake is better. Just theses two sentences let two people in a war. But thats wht happend when a guy named Gaylen is sent to discover the true meaning of ” delicious” for the king’s dictionary. This war can be stopped by a ____? Well i guess you will have to read to know the answer. This is a fantasy tale about a boy who believes in himself continously. I love this book because it was very interesting to me, i couldnt take my eyes off of this book.
Title: The Great Gatsby
Author: Francis Scott Fitzgerald
I think this is a great book for teens and adults. The setting of this book is in the 1919′s right after the World War I, also known as the Roaring 20s. Main character is a young man who just got back from the army, he move to New York, and in there he was lure in appearing of the city life. It was party and party night after night in the house next to him, where he later encounter the great Gatsby, and discover Gatsby wasn’t so great after all. Anyways this book is about lust, desire, and relations.
I loved the book “peace, love and baby ducks” it tlKs about two sisters one named Carly and the other one name anna.This book is about how one summer can change a lot of things. In one summer Anna becOme popular and started hanging out With the older kids. She didn’t swim in yhe kiddie pool anymore instead she swam in the deep end of the pool. This was a very humorous book. I enjoyed reading it so I hope u do too.
The “peace,love and baby ducks” was a very interesting book becUse it’s talks about a girl names Carly life. Carly has a sister named Anna, they used to be best friends until one summer Anna became a big girl and stared hanging out with older kids and doing stuff like swimming in the deep end of the pool instead of the other end. Carly gets sad because she still has to swim in yhe kiddie pool and her sister doesn’t really talk to her as much anymore like before. Both of the sisters are dealing with different problems in their lives. This book has a bunch of humors. It also shows then even different sisters can learn to help each othe with their problems. I really would recommend this book. I enjoyed reading it so I hope you so too.
Title: Lord of the Flies
This book portrayed the social hierarchy of humans with no order and boundaries. During the war, an airplane crashes down leaving a huge scare on an island. Survival is very difficult on an island of the unknown. The worst part of it is, no adults are present. Ralph, is the chief in command. The group of kids attempted to create rules though, almsot immediately, no one followed through. Piggy, one fellow who understood how the civilized must act helped Ralph assemble the rule. Piggy, above all people understood the importance of rules and how without them, there will be chaos. Though, no one followed it except for Ralph and Simon. Food was scarce and many people’s good judgment have taken a toll. Soon, the group began to shrink. People were dying because of rebels. These rebels were hunting and letting nothing get in their way. They have lost all human thoughts and killed people. This book was full of intense scenes filled with profound morals.
“The Nature of Jade” by Deb Caletti is an awesome book. It tells the story of a eighteen-year old girl named Jade DeLuna who found out a few years ago she has a type of panic disorder. Since then, she has learned to control her panic attacks with simple things such as cough drops, watching the elephants at the zoo near her house, and candles. Through the webcam in her room on her computer, she watches the elephants.
But then one day, she sees a boy about her age with a red jacket and a baby, about two years old. He comes almost everyday, the same time, just to watch the elephants. She watches him, and wonders if the baby is his. She volunteers at the zoo to work in the elephant exhibit and to get closer to the boy and to learn more about him. Along the way, she unlocks the mystery and the terrible secret of the boy in the red jacket, falls in love, makes a lot of new friends, learns new things, and really grows as a person. If you are a worrier, or even if you’re not, this book is for you.
Title: The Ashleys
Author: Melissa de la Cruz
This is the first book in the Ashleys series and it’s about an innocent girl named Lauren Page who completely changes her appearance and attitude to try to fit in with the Ashleys despite the fact that she was bullied by them throughout her school years. The Ashleys are a group of girls who are all named, you guessed it, Ashley and basically rule Miss Gamble’s Preparatory School for Girls. They decide what’s hot and what’s not, who’s in and who’s out and everyone wants to be them. Her main intention is to fit in with them in order to crush them, but in the end, she starts questioning her actions, the good and bad. I definitely recommend this book to girls who love fashion/drama because its clever, suspenseful plot will leave you wanting more.
Book Title: Dragon Sword and Wind Child
Author: Noriko Ogiwara (Translated by Cathy Hirano)
The book ‘Dragon Sword and Wind Child’ by Noriko is about a young girl who is fated to be caught up in a war between God of Light and the Goddess of Darkness. Saya, the girl, met a band of fake musicians before the Kagai (a ceremony of love), and was accused of being the reincarnated Water Maiden; they gave her a magatama, a stone of the Water Maiden. During the Kagai, she agreed to follow Prince Tsukishiro, an immortal and a son of the God of Light, to his palace, where she would become his handmaiden. She met Tsukishiro’s sister, Princess Teruhi, another immortal and daughter of the God of Light. Teruhi wanted to kill Saya for being of the Darkness people, while Tsukishiro wished to marry her. Later on, as the story progresses, the immortals’ plans unfold, Saya’s friends aid her in seeking how to end the war, and free the third child of the God of Light, Chihaya. The book hints at a subtle romance in the crossfires of war, and how both survive, bringing peace to both the God and Goddess, who loved each other all along.
The story was very captivating. It is probably set in a mythical world of Japan, though some places may be real. This book contains subtle relationships/love triangles and is a page-turner. If you put down this book unfinished, you will itch to pick it back up. The details of love, war, hate, and difference are vividly written, and adventures our main character take might make your heart pound with hers. I would recommend this book to those who love stories that do not entirely revolve around love only, but the sense of adventure, loss, and another entirely different world.
This book The Child Called It is a book about a young boy who got beaten in many different ways by his mother. His mother was an alcoholic who treated him horribly. Throughout everything the mother did to him, he still survived with many scars and bruises left. He was afraid to tell the police or teachers/staff about his relationship with his mother because he never knew what nasty thing his mother would come up with if she got a call home from someone he told. He finally got the freedom that he always dreamed of having and never got to or wanted to see his mother again.
Title: Life and Death in Shanghai
Author: Nien Cheng
This true book is set in the Cultural Revolution. Nien Cheng, the wife of an aristocrat, is unfairly charged as having and hoarding wealth. She refuses to confess, and is taken to Detention House No. 1. After seven years of confinement, malnutrition, disease, abuse, and much more, Nien is finally released from the No. 1 Detention House. Just a few of the tortures she suffered include having her wrists manacled with square handcuffs and not getting treatment for them when they swelled, being deprived of nutrition even when sick, having hemorrhages, getting tuberculosis and having to deal with inexperienced doctors who said it was hepatitis and being abused by the guards and the relentless interrogators who try to get her to confess. She could have gone out a little earlier, but refused to because the interrogator wrote that it was because her behavior improved. She refused to accept the conclusion wanted a new one written stating her innocence.
Much of the harrowing book is structured around her fight for her justice.
Title:Dune
Author: Frank Herbert
Paul’s father, Duke Leto, is forced by Emperor Shaddam IV to move from his planet of Caladan to replace House Harkonnen on the planet of Arrakis. On Arrakis, the Atredies house physician Dr. Yueh betrays them, letting his enemy, the familyy Harkonnens raid the castle. The Duke is capture and killed. HIs son and concubine Paul and Jessica manage to escape to a group of Fremen (a native group to Arrakis) led by a man named Stilgar. They are both accepted as religious leaders, Paul as a prophet named Maud’ Dib and Usul; Jessica as a Reverend mother. Paul discovers he has prescience, or the ability to see into the future. Paul leads the Fremen in this complicated book with many twisting plots.
The book Marie Curie – Giants of Science, by Kathleen Krull is a fascinating book, giving a full and interesting description of Marie Curie’s life, not merely as a scientist, but also as a woman with feelings of love and compassion beneath her exterior of cold and straightforward. It depicts her life as a mother too, expressing her attitude towards her children, but above all, her devotion to science and learning. A pretty unbalanced life, Marie figured that work was the most important thing in life, as it gave her a goal to look forward to, but also gave her a safe haven when depressions hit her. An interesting book and highly controversial, Marie’s life was a great success for all that she set out to do, however it was a failure at the other important aspects of a genuinely balanced life.
The book Appointment with Death, by Agatha Christie is a murder mystery concerning an odd family and two doctors who find them intriguing, yet mysterious. The matriarchal family is controlled by a sadistic mother who loves to ensue mental trauma towards her children. Plotting to murder her, they come across two friendly doctors who try to understand them, and initially help them out. Then, on their tour around Jerusalem, the hideous dictator of the family falls ill, as her heart is already failing her, and dies. The family is freed; however, guilt is looming in the air. World-famous investigator, Hercule Poirot is there to uncover the mystery. Who did it? And How?
Title:Lucky Star
Author:Kagami Yoshimizu
A four-panel comic strip with many twists to it!Theres Izumi Konata who causes most of the mischief and funny things in the manga.Kagami and Tsukasa Hiiragi are just characters that provoke Konata to cause most of her mischief and funniness.Then there’s Miyuki with the “Moe” prints and is just another character that is clumsy and klutzy.I recommend this book to people who are bored and stressed or maybe jsut want a good laugh or two!
Title:One Fine Day
Author:Sirial
A cute, fun story about the daily adventures of Nanai the dog, Guru the cat, and Rang the mouse in the company of their owner No-Ah, a magician-in-training.Just add them all up and all you get is cuteness,mischief,and corruption!From baking cookies to meeting old friends,there is ALWAYS mischief cooking up and when people least expect it,POP it just appears in front of you!I recommend this book for people who are bored and would like to just relax and enjoy a good laugh or two!
Title: The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Author: Carrie Ryan
Mary’s world is a little village surrounded by a fence. What’s outside the fence? Well people called them Unconsecrated, but Mary would say mother or father. When all the family that Mary has, her brother, doesn’t want her she has to join the Sisterhood. Life for Mary is boring, she wants to know how that ocean feels. Then Travis comes injure to the Sister and Mary falls in love with this men. But Travis never claims Mary instead his brother Harry comes for her. Mary doesn’t love Harry like she loves Travis but she is force to mary Harry. There is always that look of competition in the brothers eyes. And Mary knows that she will always choose Travis. Then her village is attacked and she has to flee. In the way to the Ocean she sees people that she loves taken away from her. Will she ever get to the ocean? Does it even exists or is it just another story?….. Mary would have to risk everything and make reckless decisions to find the answer to these questions.
Title: Eyes like Stars
Author: Lisa Mantchev
Beatrice Shakespeare Smith has lived all her live (or a least what she remembers) in the Theater were everything is made out of magic. But when the Theater Manager thinks that Beatrice becomes a tread to the Theater and wants to kick her out; Beatrice’s world flips up side down. She will have to make the perfect show that will sold out. And then Nate Beatrice’s “boy-friend” gets taken by Sedna, the Sea Goddess. She will have to get him out but mean while Ariel, a player, is trying to escape. Will all of this destroy the Theater?….. Beatrice will learn what love is and were does she come from.
Title:The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn
Author: Stephanie Meyer
This book is about Bella’s new life and the obtacle she has to face. Bella gets married to Edward and have a honeymoon. Little did bella know that she was pregnant and about to give birth to a half human-half vampire child. They have to go through an obstacle that their daughter looks like a new born vampire and the Volturi find out that it’s Edward and Bella’s daughter and decide to pay a visit to the Cullens. The Cullens prepare a fight against them with a group of vampires from different places including Jacob’s wolf pack. Anyways I recomend you this book a lot because it is the best book in the Twilight Saga. Hope you like it!
Title: The Secret Life of Bees
Author: Sue Monk Kidd
This is a very great book! It encourages young girls to be true to themselves and follow their heart. A young girl named Lily and her nanny Rosaleen travel to Tiburon, South Carolina in search of Lily’s mother. Instead, they find three surrogate mothers whom Lily grows to love. A very touching story that I reccommend to all those who love a wonderful story.
Title: Dreamland
Author: Sarah Dessen
This is the book I got from Goodwill because I was browsing along the book section with my friends and came across a Sarah Dessen book. To be honest, in the beginning it was quite boring. Not going to lie about that. But when conflict starts to show, it is really quite good. But you might not realize what the true conflict really is until you’ve read it. Her book, another loose end for us to imagine for whatever we want at the end. The book brought tears to my eyes at one point. Very dramatic book and a very teen book. I would recommend it to my friends. Warning: May bore you to death if you don’t have the patient to finish it; or at least get to the conflict.
Title: Firestorm
Author: David Klass
This book is part of THE CARETAKER TRILOGY. The book talks about a boy named jack that made the news.Since he did a group of people from the future try to kill him. Then he meets two people Eko,a preist from the future and Gisco a future dog who save his life and teach him many things. He finds firestorm a unknown thing and uses it to save the future oceans.
Title: The Bonesetter’s Daughter
Author: Amy Tan
This book talks about the story of a woman named Ruth, who tries to understand her mother’s life and why her words are mixed up.The story starts out with Ruth currently and dips back into time to when she was younger and lived in an apartment. the story continues to travel to where her mother, LuLing, goes to a doctor’s apointment for a check-up that she has missed over five years ago. Ruth is sacred that her mother has a disease, since her memory has been off and she is confused easily. when the doctor says that LuLing does have a disease, Ruth moves into her mother’s home to look after her. Ruth remembers that her mother gave her a handwritten book in Chinese explaining how her childhood had been, so she decides to read it with help from a translator. The book talks about LuLing growing up and the suicide of her LuLing’s mother. Ruth feels bad about how she behaved as a child and understands why LuLing talks about the ghost of hermother. Read more to discover how the Book ends and if ruth and LuLing will be on better terms.
GREEN LANTERN: This book was really great. Green Lantern Rebrith told the story of Hal the ,second green lantern, and how he came back from the dead and kill the leader of the yellow corps. Hal, Jhon, Kyle, and Guy Grander sved earth and put senstro’s corps back in the green zone, which is inside the green lantern core!!!
Title: The Alchemist
Author: Paulo Coelho
This book is a very good book on life lessons, it talks about how you should continue with the dream with you want, don’t stop when you’re so close to the end, go to the finish line. The story talks about a shepherd boy named Santiago who had 2 recurring dreams both ending the same place. He travels to Egypt because of the gypsy’s fortune. His adventure will tell everyone a good life lesson from the people he meet along the way. This book would be for teens and not for younger children because of the understanding of the book since it is at a difficult level to read such an amazing book. I hope this helps and enjoy, “The Alchemist”.
title:Torn
Author:Keisha Ervin
torn is about a young woman named mo that is not her real name she in love with am named quan he is a drug dealer and he cheats on her a lot. mo wantes him to be tie down and wants him to stop cheating . quan does not want to marry mo right now. mo can’t notn have children she always has miscarries the baby. mo knew quan since she was 15 and he was 20 years old.
Title: Hold Your Water! 68 Things You Need to Know to Keep Our Planet Blue
Author: Wyland (with Steve Creech)
Hold Your Water! at first felt like it would give me no reaction because it is an informational book (I know that’s a bad thing to say), but after reading it I see how critical our water conservation situation is. The book is written in an easy form, each page filled with 3-4 small quotes, comments, tips and facts. I feel kind of ashamed that I waste so much water what with showers, toilet flushing and dumping waste in storm drains. I have been encouraged to make people more aware of little water we do have and because of the increase in the human population how there is many water shortages. Hold Your Water! is written in a friendly and informative tone, giving you the facts but keeping the mood and tone of the information playful and direct making it a light and easy read. It seems like it was made for people of a younger age but it’s facts and tips make it readable for all ages. The book is divided into 5 parts which allows you the freedom of jumping around, but still getting every fact. I urge more people to read this book and become more aware, our earth is suffering and Wyland gives you more than enough information to encourage you to help.
Title:The Princess and the Pauper
Author: Kate Brian
This is a really good book about two girls that look alike but have very different backgrounds and personalities and want to switch places for a night.
One girl, Carina, is the princess of Vineland. She is fed up with palace life and wants to go to a rock concert and meet her internet boyfriend in L.A. She can’t go to the concert though because she has to attend a ball.
The other girl, Julia, goes to a private, exclusive all-girls school on scholarship and feels left out because she is not as rich as all the other girls at her school. Her mother doesn’t make that much money and they live together in a crummy apartment. She doesn’t have that many friends either.
When Princess Carina comes to Julia’s school to talk, they meet in a bathroom, and Carina’s best friend, Ingrid, comes up with a plan. Carina and Ingrid are willing to pay Julia $20,000 to be Carina for a day so Carina gets the opportunity to meet Ribbit, the guy at the rock concert. At first, Julia says absolutely not. But after everything goes wrong at her job interview, she changes her mind, because she really needs the money the pay the rent for her and her mom’s apartment or they will get kicked out.
So Ingrid and Carina train Julia for a couple days, and give her a makeover. Finally, Carina leaves to go to her concert and Julia and Ingrid go to the ball. Everything goes wrong when Carina accidentally goes all the way to Texas instead of staying in California, and Julia gets flown off to Vineland! Read this book to find out how they solve their problems, and get back to where they call “home”.
Milkman is a young African-American man living in the 1960′s facing not only the troubles that come with being black in a racist society, but also the troubles that come with not knowing hist past and ancestry. In the first of Toni Morrison’s novel, Song of Solomon, Milkman, the protagonist, is a narcissistic rent collector, working for his father, who is constantly blaming others for his misery and unhappiness. But as Milkman discovers more and more of the origin of his family’s problems, he feels obliged to seek a resolution to his family’s misunderstandings. As Milkman’s quest to find a closure to his familial difficulties progresses, he finds himself digressing onto a path of self-discovery and improvement. Toni Morrison’s vivid and engaging writing makes us realize how easily such a rich and unique culture of folklore and tradition can be forgotten and erased by a dominating society, to point where recovering your heritage becomes a matter of life and death.
Title: The Sorceress {The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel}
Author: Michael Scott
Being the third book in the series, the sorceress explodes into the hands of millions of readers engaging them in its pages well past bedtime. To fully understand the explanation you should read books one and two (the alchemyst, the magician) the both of which i highly recommend. OK, to the point.. the book is about Sophie and Josh, the twins of legend, who must decide between “good” and “bad” in their fight to keep the human race in existence. In the Alchemyst, you learn how the twins end up with the Flamels, you meet the Dee, you meet monsters and worse. in the second book, the magician, you learn secrets about the Flamels that should have stayed secrets, and around every page is another action packed scene. in book three, the Sorceress, more secrets are unveiled, the world is about to fall apart, and Sophie and Josh have to pick their sides. by the end of the book you’ll be clamoring for the next one.
Title: Confessions of Madame Phyche
Author: Dorothy Bryant
Confessions of Madame Phyche is a powerful story of a child who “predicted” the great earthquake of 1906. This story is a re-written autobiography and will encourage you to open your mind and be more empathetic. Mei-Li Murrow (Madame Phyche), welcomes you on her journey as a fake phychic fooling the broken hearted, an adventurist trying for a new way of life, a mother, a worker in the Southern California canneries and so forth. This book gave me better insight on the hard times of the early 1900s and the serious issue of poverty and racial discrimination. This story also lets you see the ignorance of some of the American people in the beginning of World War 2, and their attitudes after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Dorothy Bryant helps you embark on the long road of exploration with Mei-Li Murrow, finding her inner peace and following the seducing beckons of her own higher power. In reading this book, I stepped out of my own box leaving behind the easier reads of many teen books. I loved this book, she was a beautiful person who became more radiant in every difficult situation.
Title: Good Omens
Author: Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Good Omens is a book about an angel who isn’t that good and a demon who isn’t that bad who have been on Earth since the beginning of time. Being on Earth for such a long time, they have become quite fond of it. As such, when Armageddon comes around, they aren’t in favor of it. Together with some concerned humans, they must try to stop Armageddon before the world crumbles! This book is full of comedy and life and is simply amazing.
title: Perfect Shot
author: Debbie Rigaud
London Abram loves volleyball. She wants to sign up for volleyball camp, but she doesn’t have enough money. London does the unexpected of the expected. She signs up for a modeling competition to meet a hot guy she spots at her job. This “hot guy”(Brent), is the photographer for the contest. She gets to know him, and he takes a few killer shots of her hits at volleybal games. London’s nemesis Kelly senses that there is an attraction between the photgrapher and the model. She manages to get London in the hot seat. Neither of them get first place, but each earn $1,000. This book was very edgy and had cliffhangers. At first, I thought that London would not make it to the first round, but if she didn’t, there would not be much to write about.
title: lipstick apology
author:jennifer jabaley
Emily Carson’s parents die in a plane crash witnessed on TV, leaving her in agony. Whats worse was that her mother wrote on her tray table : EMILY PLEASE FORGIVE ME. Everything changes after that incident. She has to move to the Big Apple, live with her aunt, and change schools. She befriends the popular crowd at Darlington High and has a rocky relationship with one of the guys from the swim team. Emily is still petrified from her parent’s death. In her aunt’s office she finds letters from “D” to her mother. I thought this was a really exciting/thrilling book. I wish there was a sequel because this book made me flip from page to page, word for word.
Title: Revenge of the Wannabes(a clique series)
Author: Lisi Harrison
This book is a really good book. It talks about a clique together. There’s this clique called P.C. (Pretty Comittee). A member of the clique is getting away from the club and wants to start another clique. Massie had caught Alicia. Massie is the head in the P.C. She and other 3 members wants to figure out who are the people that are inside the new clique that Alicia is forming. It turns out that the 3 other people were the lamest people in the school. Finally in the end Alicia gave up that she wasn’t head material and gave up. She apologize to Massie and all the other 3 members in the P.C. She was again a P.C. member and she was happy that she was again one.
This book is mainly about cliques and modern day problems and questions. The author is a MTV person and she is now writing another series called “Alphas”. This is also a more of a girl book so ya. ummm…. there are 13 books in the series. so yah, thats all.
This story tells of a boy named Syaoran and a girl named Sakura. They aren’t the same Sakura and Syaoran from Cardcaptor. But they do have the same soul as the one’s from Cardcaptor In this story they are in Clow Country; Sakura is the princess and Syaoran is an archaeologist. Syaoran spends most of his time digging up the Clow country’s Ruins and doesn’t have enough time to spend with his childhood friend Sakura. While exploring the ruins somehow Sakura stumbled on a trap that caused her to release fragments of her memories in a form of many feathers to separate from body that are scattered throughout many dimensions. Sakura’s body is lifeless but there is still hope. In order to save his friend Syaoran must meet the Dimensional witch, Yuuko. In another world called Nihon, There is a ninja named Kurogane! Tomoyo is the princess of this world and since Kurogane wishes to become stronger; she sends him to travel to other worlds. And to make sure he doesn’t kill people she placed a curse that activate when ever he kills others. The curse will diminish his strength. Kurogane doesn’t want to be sent away! Maybe he shouldn’t have killed so many people. And lastly in another dimension is Fai D. Flourite (wizard) is trying to avoid Ashura who’s is the king of Celes. Fai is trying to avoid him because he doesn’t want to kill him. So instead he put him to sleep and tells Chi to guard him while Fai is gone. Syaoran, Sakura, Kurogane and Fai has been transported to the Dimensional Witch. The dimensional witch can grant wishes. Right now they are in Tokyo. Syaoran wants to help Sakura. Kurogane wants to go back to his home dimension, and Fai wants to avoid he’s Dimension. Yuuko see they all have the same wish the surrounds the ability to travel dimension.But Yuuko always has to have compensation for granting a wish. Syaoran had to give up his bond with Sakura. Fai had to give up his tattoo of a phoenix that suppresses his magic. And Kurogane gave up his sword. All these possessions were important to them. Yuuko gave them Mokona that is a creature that can travel dimension. And so there journey begins to fulfill their wish!
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I hope that my review wasn’t too bad, boring or confusing….
Title:Teen Sunshine Reflections
Author:June Cotner
This book is a poem book about relatioships,comfort,encouragement,spirituality,love, and much more. To me it open me eyes to a whole new world and it is very spiritual. I really enjoyed it and it gives great advise if you need it. It is also written by real teenagers. The book to me has a bit of christian in it too. Like it says in the front cover and some are my words. Words for the Heart and Soul will make you feel good and will make you think twice.
Title: Crank
Author: Ellen Hopkins
I picked up this novel at my public library because it was on my summer reading list for school. When I read the back cover, I was extremely surprised that this had been included on the list, but excited. This story is a very dark one. It’s written in verse, so it’s a quick read that I read in about 5 hours. It’s about a girl, Katherine, struggling with an addiction to Crank, as indicated by the title. Along the way, she accumulates an opposite side of her that she names Bree, a few boyfriends, and several problems that could seriously damage her life. You need to be strong to read this book. It’s very heavy and deals with a lot of very serious issues that, sadly, many teen girls go through. It is based upon a true story. The only thing about this book that I would advise you about is the way it is written. It’s very confusing, and took me about 100 pages (out of about 500) to get used to it, and fully understand what was happening. However, it’s worth the push. I would strongly recommend checking out “Crank” by Ellen Hopkins…. If you think you’re up for it.
Title: Lock and Key
Author: Sarah Dessen
My fourth book by this author. I have to say this wasn’t my favorite, but it was close. I really liked the book. I always disliked her endings… I like the book overall but the ending… is never the best as it could be – in my perspective. It’s always a loose tie. So many things can go on! But that might be the reason why she does it. It was worth my 9 dollars. It kept me entertained endless hours at night when I’m suppose to be “sleeping”. The story gets intense at some moments. But the whole book is pretty intense itself. Very emotional book that deals with emotional problems. Recommend it to a friend? YES.
Title: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Author: Stephenie Meyer
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is written in the pespective of newborn vampire Bree Tanner. Bree was created by Victoria, the vampire trying to kill Bella Swan. This book shows you what the Cullens would look like to you if you were a normal vampire(and sadly misinformed about many things). Even though this book is only 180 pages long Stephenie Meyer still finds room for all of the detail that makes the reader really understand how an event would look if it were real life.
I highly recomend this book if you have already read the rest of the Twilight Saga. If you haven’t then I think that you should read them before The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner.
Title: The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd
Author: Joe Camp
This book did what the book jacket said it would try to do: take the reader into the heart and soul of a horse. The author also proposes a style of horse keeping that many people today would consider alternative or strange, but he shows that it yields favorable results: happy, healthy horses that trust their caretakers. The book teaches many lessons that we can all learn from, my favorite being that “love is the gift of oneself.” I highly recommend this book to anyone, not just horse lovers, because it really is an amazing book you can’t put down.
Title: A Child Called “It”
By: Dave Pelzer
The book really sums up how child abuse can be. Like how a calming parent suddenly becomes a child abuser. Dave Pelzer tells about how his childhood was like, with abuse from his mom and how he overcomes the obstacles with just hope and perseverance.
TItle: Of Mice and Men
Author: John Steinbeck
This book tells about two guys looking for a job as a laborer. One was named Lennie. He’s a big guy who usually doesn’t have a clue about what’s going on and likes to pet things. He has the mind of a young child. His best friend, George, is small, quick, and clever. He likes to do things fast and is strict towards Lennie. But his trust fades away from Lennie as he begins to do things that aren’t right, and foolish. He begins to act like his friends in the Salinas Valley after they got the job and got used to the place. This is a suspense story, but pretty short. Young readers should read this book, and it is a required book in some high schools for summer reading. Enjoy!
Title: Next Semester
Author: Cecil R. Cross II
I actually had the sequel of the book “First Semester” by the same author. This book was as interesting as the last book. The best part of the book was that it didnt have a typical romantic novel ending. I dont want to spoil the ending of the book for y’all!! James Dawson “JD” continues his second semester of his freshmen year of college. He is on academic probation so he has to prove that he’s above that by getting at least a 2.5 GPA. the book has a lot of twists and turns which makes you want to not leave the book. it was actually better than “First Semester”. I wish that it would continue. It makes me curious to think what he did after.
i would recommend that people would read the Kimani TRU series. They are about African American/ Black teenagers and they give you an insight of the live of their culture. I hope the author listens to my request!!
6 million paper clips is a really interesting book about the Holocaust. It is about a school in Whitwell Tennessee that wants to learn more about the Holocaust. They realize that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust and collect 6 million paper clips. I would recomend this book to readers that enjoy nonfiction and history. This book tells a really neat story and also gives you more info on the holocaust.
I think that the Percy Jackson series is a good pick for a lot of teens. I think the suspense satisfies many and makes you want to keep reading. You never know what kind of choice Percy is going to make or where the author will take you. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is a book for those who like a book filled with action. The reader also has to enjoy mythology though. This book was neat for me, because I just studied greek mythology and I like that this book provides that information with a twist of fiction. I would strongly recomend the Percy Jackson series to many teens out there.
Title: Hold Your Water! 68 Things You Need to Know to Keep Our Planet Blue
Author: Wyland
This book provides a lot of helpful information about how we can all work together to clean and conserve water. The book also offers easy ways for people to help preserve water and other related precious resources.It Divided into more than 30 sections, and shows how everyday activities such as car washing, showering, fertilizing-even ‘pet poop’ cleanup-can negatively impact the environment. We all have developed the bad habit of letting the faucet run while wait for the shower to warm up, while we brush our teeth, or while wait for a cold glass of water. Keeping a pitcher of water in the refrigerator or turning the faucet off while we brush our teeth can save several gallons of water each day. This book is serious, but surprisingly upbeat. The book simplify complicated environmental issues. It also make it easy to see how each of us can make a difference. This book also emphasizes the fact that this book is not only speaks about water in terms of its usefulness to people, but also recognizes that water is the main habitat for many of the earth’s plants and animals.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who concern about water because water is very important to all living things on earth. Can you imagine without water on Earth? How would you survive? So, Everyone should read this book and take it seriously about water.I believe If we all work together to conserve water, we can make the earth a beautiful and peaceful place to live.
Title: Twilight
Author: Stephenie Mayer
This book is perfect for any vampire lover if you haven’t read it yet. It talks about a young human girl named Bella, and she falls in love with a vampire. Pretty cliche huh? Everything else pretty much is pretty much downhill from there. This novel consists of romance, action, and personally I’d say comedy. It’s not the best vampire book written, but now I think it’s safe to say it’s one of the most popular.
Title: Will Greyson, Will Greyson
Author: John Green and David Levithan
-Warning: Book contains explicit language; this review does not -
This book follows the lives of two teenagers both by the name of Will Greyson who, although their names are the same, live in entirely different lives shaped mainly by their peers and parents throughout the story. The book is written in althernating chapters where John Green has written all of the Odd chapters in the perspective of one Will Greyson and David Levithan has written all of the Even Chapters in the perspective of the other Will Greyson. In the story both Will Greysons have to wrestle with the challenge that everyone must inevtiably face – figuring out life and sorting out who they are while having to deal with school and all the problems that it encompasses. However, whether or not this is a helpful or detrimental factor in their lives (which you will find out by reading the book), they also have a very large boy by the name of Tiny Cooper in their lives.
I would recommend this book to anyone, preferably in high school or up, because not only is it an interesting book to read because of how close John Green and David Levithan are to a teenager’s perspective (in my opinion), but also because it’s just well written and well crafted.
I would also recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of “Catcher in the Rye” Written by J.D. Salinger (who died this year; RIP), because it is in the same kind of perspective and also has the same effect- it makes you look either at others more deeply or makes you look at a side of yourself that often times is hard, but that’s what books are for.
Title: First Semester
Author: Cecil R. Cross II
This book is about a boy who lives in Oakland and wants to leave all of that because he cant face it anymore. He gets that oppurtunity when he is accepted in the University of Atlanta. When he starts his college life there everything seems too good to be true, but in his first semester he is on an academic probation. The story has a lot of twists and turns, which makes the book interesting. You always want to know what’s going to happen next. This book is part of the Kimani TRU series, which is about the experiences of young African American/ Black teenagers. It was a great book to read and hopefully the next book “Next Semester” will have the same interesting twists and turns as the first.
Title: My Wicked Wicked Ways
Author: Sandra Cisneros
“This is my father. See? He is young… Here is my mother. She is not crying… This is me she is carrying. I am a baby. She does not know / I will turn out bad.” Sandra Cisneros, the author of “The House on Mango Street”, has made a very cool poem book everyone will love. Varying from love to regret, to worldwide adventure to local ones, “My Wicked Wicked Ways” is one of the best poem book (and poem) I’ve read so far. This is my first time reading a book from Sandra Cisneros and is looking forward to reading her books this Summer. I personally would recommend this book to all my friends.
Title: Cosmic
Author: Cotrell Boyce
Cosmic is the book everyone would love to read, especially the youngsters who can’t wait to be a grown-up already. This is a story about Liam Digsby, an eleven-year-old whose already growing beard and body hair despite his age, is (just like everybody else) a Warcraft Game addict. “That’s Cosmic!” he would often gnarl whenever a cool or a surprising thing would occur. Liam, who pretended to be in his 30′s along with his friend Florida Kirby, his so-called daughter, and many other kids who’ve won the DraxWorld Communication has been set off to Outerspace. And that’s just the beginning.
At first, when I was browsing through Proof books at the Main Public Library, I’ve have had the doubt not to buy “Cosmic” because of it’s cover, but as I was reading it at home, I thought to myself, “Seriously. Don’t judge the book by its’ cover!”
Title: Witch and Wizard
Author: James Patterson
Witch and Wizard is a story about two teen sibling, Wisty and Whit Allgood, who’ve been held captive by The One due to being a threat to the New Order, a new form of government. Wisty, a fifteen-year-old Witch who has different variety of powers she later on discovered as her adventure continues, teams up with her brother Whit, a football Quarter Back who has invincible power, to find their fugitive parents. The story and the plot is so engaging that you’re not gonna wanna put the book down. I’m a big fan of James Patterson, I’ve read the whole series of Maximum Ride; so, if you’re one big fan of the Sci-Fi boss himself, Witch and Wizard is one good book for you to read this Summer!
Title: Tuesdays with Morrie
Author: Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie is about a man who has drifted off from life. He found himself basing his life on deadlines he sets for himself, ignoring the people he loved, and a little lost until he visits his old professor who is dying. Slowly, his professor, Morrie Schwartz, helps Mitch find himself again. Through Morrie, he learns about the meaning of life.
-This book is compelling and new. Every page brings you to a new level of enlightenment. If you read this book, I guarantee you will be amazed by the insight Morrie has that a lot of other people don’t seem to have. You will be grateful that there is such a man in the human race, because that’ll mean that there are people with such generosity and wisdom. I loved this book from the beginning to the end.
From the Ortega “Great Teen Book Swap” archive –
Ghost Huntress: The Reason, volume 3
by Marley Gibson
“An impressively great book with many twists!!!! … Marley Gibson deserves an award! Full of suspense and twists and many, many suprises, makes this the ULTIMATE book! Praise for Ghost Huntress adn Marley Gibson!
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Title: Daughters of the moon #9: the choice
Author: Lynne Ewing
This book is about the daughters of the moon, five goddesses who protected humans from the evil Atrox and its followers. The Choice is the 9th book in the series and is the book in which, Jimena must decide if she remains on earth without her goddess powers or becomes a spirit retaining her original powers. This novel also ties in many myths including Pandora, Medusa, Athena, and Selene. I really enjoyed the characters in this book because they all came from different backgrounds but work together to save the world from evil time and time again. I would recommend this book to my friend because it ties in myths and our current life and the girls’ trials, outside of the Atrox, are similar to things that every other teenage girl goes through. This novel is really good in that everybody can relate to at least one of the 5 main characters.
Modelland By Tyra Banks
This book is a fun,fictioal,page turner book. Most of the time you will laugh and just keeep reading until it is done. So read this book and you won’t be dissapointed
The Hunger Games
Suzzane Collins
I was litarally obssed with the book it made my heart pound when katniss was entered in the games it’s the #1 book on my favorites list the book/trilogy are so EXSTORDANARY i couldn’t stop reading! i always had to see what happened next because by the end of every chapter i was always so curious ” what’s going to happen next!!?? i need to know!” i was so obssed with the trilogys that i even got in trouble in class for reading it! Suzzane Collins really out done herself! this is the best book/trilogy iv ever read!!!!! even if your not that much of a reader u should at least try because after the first chapter you will have your eyes sticked to the pages! If your into war and romance and SERIOUS adventure this is the right book 4 you! iv even got my friend that hates reading a try at it… well i read the first chapter for her but she told me ” read the next chapter! i want to know what happens!” she was so excited to know what happened next! and i’m even reading the trilogy again. Some people say it’s violent but it’s just a story it’s not like people actually take kids 12-18 to fight to the death i mean the characters have to fight and it fits the whole story. I even saw the movie it was SPECTACULAR! after the movie my friends and i turned to eachother and said ” i want to see that again!” it was pretty awesome in our opinions.
you should read it, it’s better than sitting on the couch all day on summer break with nothing to do… you mine as well read a good book ( it’s like a movie in your head!) Anyway… it’s NOTHING like twilight theres actually more action than romance and it’s not as cheesy… come on people twilight is VERY cheesy ;p
The Clique
By Lisi Harrison
This book is hilarious ! The setting takes place in Larchmont New York or as they call it West Chester. The novel describes the dramatic lives of a popular blond named Massie Block and her so called Clique. She has to remodel her life for her Dads friends family to come live with them. The family is from Orlando and has a daughter named Claire who is Massies age though never actually be friends Massie. I would definetly advise this book to middle school girls! Very funny!
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I read The Giver by Lois Lowry. Man this book was good. Made me tear up a little towards the end.
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
6 out of 5 stars. No, that was not a typo. I mean it.
Due to a war in the past, the president of Panem (a futuristic North America) holds a Hunger Games every year to remind the 12 districts that they cannot challenge the power of the Capitol. One boy and one girl from each district are selected to take part in the game, and each will fight to the death until only one remains. I was completely hooked because it was just so full of suspense, although the next two books (Catching Fire / Mockingjay) have some slow parts. I loved how this books series had some romance, but was not completely centered around it. The Hunger Games actually had a plot and twists/surprises, so that I could not put the book down. When I decided to go to bed at 3AM, I could hardly sleep because my mind was only focused on what might happen next. The Hunger Games is right behind Harry Potter for my favorite books. The movie’s coming out in March and I cannot wait!
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
AMAZING BOOK. INSTA-FAVORITE.
This was actually a book I was required to read for my English class. You would think that all school-assigned books are absolutely boring; but not in this case. The Catcher in the Rye is in first-person tense and definitely keeps you on your toes.
The Catcher in the Rye follows a young teen, Holden Caulfield, as he yet again gets kicked off of his school. Instead of leaving after the semester ends, Holden decides to run away. Equipped with his red hunting hat and his savings, he spends his life the way he wants to until the Wednesday after.
I think everyone can relate to Holden. After this book, I honestly feel him inside of me; I hear his voice and his pessimistic comments about life and people. This is a must read. And this is coming from a person who isn’t an avid reader.
Author:ELIZABETH SCOTT
Book: The Unwriten rule
its an awesome book
The Angel Experiment
by James Patterson
5 out of 5 stars
This is an awesome book. Maximum Ride(Max), Fang, Nudge, Iggy, the Gasman, and Angel should could be mistaken for normal people, but they’re actually 98% human and 2% bird. Together, they have escaped the lab institute, which they call the School, where they were genetically changed to have bird DNA. An amazing book about running away, but at the same time fighting back. Once you start reading, you’ll probably find yourself under your blanket at 1:00 in the morning with a flashlight turning the pages, waiting to find out what happens. I’m sure that you’ll love it! If you have read it, there is a series.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by Lisa See
A book that is now a major motion movie. The book itself was great and the front cover artwork was amazing. The story and the outline of the story was wonderful. It’s basically about two laotang “old sames” who are writing secret messages to each other so that they can share what they want to share without the influence of men. They are writing in the secret language known as “nu shu.” Currently, it is the only language ever known that women can use to write to each other. But however, a simple misunderstanding tears apart their friendship and now Lily must resolve the misunderstanding or she again will have no friends and she will be alone. She must now travel and find this “Snow Flower” and if she does not, the misunderstanding will grow and their friendship will be torn apart……….
A very good read if you’re trying the chinese writers and the immigration stories and the such. It’s widely popular and the author herself has written many many good books. So, the next book you grab should definitely be this.
I Love books! I love to read! LOL!
Shadowcry
by Burten Shaw
5 out of 5 stars
Enthralling and stupendous! Shadowcry is bound to give anyone, skilled or not, an open passage through the veil — to death. Like the veil, it will engulf you and your spirit until you cannot escape.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting
Girl Parts
by John M. Cusick
4 out of 5 stars
It’s a really funny and a sci-fi type of romance novel. The beginning was a little weird and boring, but then it became more interesting as the conflict deepened.
Descriptors: Emotional Rollercoaster, Romance
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Screaming Season
by Nancy Holder
4.5 out of 5 stars
Thrillingly suspenseful within the first chapter. Holder’s book concludes the feelings of angst, insanity, and a great fear that just can’t be let free. So real, you might even feel possessed yourself.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Made me angry, Romance, Scary, Suspenseful
The Broadcast
by Eric Hobbs
4 out of 5 Stars
Personally, looking at the cover, I didn’t think the book would be much. But, as I read it, I was hooked. The characters were interesting, each having their own meaningful place in the story instead of just being 2D cartoon characters. They actually feel real. My only complaint is that the artwork is confusing.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Really made me think, Suspenseful, Surprising
Consumed
by Kate Cann
4 Stars
It’s a pretty good book. Since I did not read the first book, it’s kind of confusing at the beginning, but I understand more as I read on. A very good story.
Descriptors: Adventure, Emotional rollercoaster, Exciting, Scary, Suspenseful
Seven Kinds of Ordinary
by Amber Kizer
5 Stars
I really loved it and I could relate to it. It’s a pretty awesome book. It’s realistic and some of the events happened to me. The book is kinda more for girls than boys.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Funny, Really made me think, Romance
Unfriended
by Katie Finn
5 Stars
Unfriended is a book about what usually happens to teens around age 16-17. Katie Finn’s ‘Top 8′ and ‘What Your Status Is’ are also very good, though I didn’t read it, but I know that it’ll be as good as ‘Unfriended’.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Really made me think, Romance, Surprising.
title:Maximum Ride
Author: James Patterson
5 stars!!!!
This is a amazing high speed novel/series that i enjoy reading over and over again. It is about these kids who are 98% human and 2% bird which provides wings to them. They were experiments from the School but they escaped with a amazing adventure that never ends!!!
Descriptors: Adventure, Action, Romance
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part time Indian
Sherman Alexie
This book was on my summer reading list and was an amazing read. It made me think about how lucky I am that nothing that happened to Junior happened to read. I recommend this book to anyone who likes books with pictures and anyone who likes realistic fiction. This was a great book.
Imaginary Girls
by Nova Ren Suma
4 Stars
Chloe was Ruby’s favorite. She was also her sister. Ruby and Chloe were mostly apart because thier parents divorced. Until one day, Chloe decided to leave her dad and live with her sister. She soon discovered the secrets of London Hayes and …
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Really made me think, Surprising
The Magnolia League
by Katie Crouch
4 1/2 Stars
Alexandria brightens the world and her sad past with discoveries, curiosity, and secrets. Her discoveries lead to trouble, yet her tough nature saves her. And she must make a decision in the end…
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Suspenseful, Surprising
7 Billion Needles, v. 1
by Nobuaki Tadano
2 Stars
7 Billion Needles was a really scary book. The pictures were great. This book is more of a high school kid book.
Descriptors: Action, Scary
Q: Would you recommend this book to someone you know?
A: Yes
Q: Should we buy this book for our library?
A: Yes
Ruby Red
by Kerstin Gier
4 Stars
Exciting! And very mysterious, too. Kept me on the edge of my seat until I finished. It’s so good! The story kept me thinking about it long after I finished.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Funny, Romance, Suspenseful
Destiny’s Hand Omnibus
by Nunzio Defilippis
4 Stars
Very Exciting. A good story proving the females are just as good as males.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Exciting, Funny, Suspenseful
Demon Sacred, vol. 1
By Natsumi Itsuki
5 Stars! Loved It!
Demon Sacred is an action packed book. It was silly, suspenseful, and scary. It is not for the weak hearted.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Made Me Cry (a lot), Scary, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising
Gifted: Now You See Me
by Marilyn Kaye
5 Stars! Loved It!
This book is about Tracey and 8 other teenagers with unusual secrets. They have to go to an ordinary school but they have to follow a few extraordinary exceptions.
Descriptors: Exciting, Surprising
Flutter: The Story of Four Sisters and an Incredible Journey
by Erin Moulton
5 Stars!
I really liked this book, Flutter, because the story of a girl helping her dying baby sister is so amazing. Talk about heroine! She really inspires me to do things for my family! This book was awesome!
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Scary, Suspenseful.
Girl Wonder
by Alexa Martin
4 Stars
Charlotte is a new girl at school. She has only 2 friends and her friend introduces Charlotte to a boy that Charlotte loved when she saw him.
Descriptors: Exciting, Romance
Runaway
by Meg Cabot
4.5 Stars
Meg Cabot wrote this fiction to tell us about how to become famous. And how life is like and how it’s all about popularity. It’s goo to show everyone your talents no matter what happens or gets in your way.
Descriptors: Exciting
True (…Sort of)
by Katherine Hannigan
5 Stars!
True (…sort of) is a Delly-tastic story! This story is a swirl of dellyventures which you cannot escape from! It is a hideaway-sis for those who wish peace, and a fantastic animal book because of a Delly-fun friend, Ferris Boyd. Set sail on this book to Delaferbia!
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Funny
Relic Master
by Catherine Fisher
4 Stars
It’s an action packed book of magic and sorcery. I love this book, and I want to read the other ones!
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Really Made Me Think
Mercy
By Rebecca Lim
5 Stars!
It was surprisingly good. I love it! Action and excitment are distributed throughout the story. It also inspired me to learn Latin! I can’t wait for the second book (if there is one).
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Suspenseful
Angel Burn
by L.A. Weatherly
5 Stars!
Beautiful Cover illustration. Also, it’s such a good book! Exciting — showing us the other side of angels. But also, it shows that a race of people, even if they’re mostly bad, still have some good people amidst them.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Exciting, Romance, Suspenseful
Shine
by Lauren Myracle
5 Stars
In this book, a boy named Patrick is a victim of attempted murder. When he is found, he is almost dead… Everyone is devastated and is planning to take them to jail to be sentenced to a lifetime in jail.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Scary, Surprising
Zombies vs. Unicorns
Edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier
4 Stars
I really liked this book because it has many arguments between the two authors. Each one of the sides (Team Unicorn and Team Zombie) tell a story to tell which creatures would win in a battle. Although it’s a little gruesome, it’s sort of funny!
Descriptors: Bored Me to Tears (some short stories), Exciting, Funny, Scary, Surprising
Puppet Master
by Joanne Owen
5 Stars
It’s really interesting and thrilling. It’s a mix of a fictional story and some myths and legends from Prague. It also has a bit of spirits in the novel.
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Scary
Warped
by Maurissa Guibord
3 stars
The book was OK. It was really fictional in a romantic way. But it’s really not much of an adventurous type so I don’t really love it.
Descriptors: Romance, Surprising
Drought
by Pam Bachorz
4 Stars
I liked how the author described things in the book so vividly. After reading the book, I thought about what happened to Ruby’s mother after she left and what the world has in store for her. It made me a little unhappy when her community tried making the main character stay using any methods they thought of.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Made Me Cry (a little), Romance, Surprising
How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous
by Georgia Bragg
5 Stars!
I really like this book. I learned alot about famous people. My favorite was Beethoven. I would recommend it to people.
Descriptors: Silly
Plague
by Michael Grant
This book is all about battles, quietness, finding … etc. It’s full of action and people who want to read it if it’s so interesting and how they find their freedom.
Descriptors: Action
White Crow
by Marcus Sedgwick
3 Stars
It’s kind of weird and confusing. There are like two different types of narrators in the story. One of them is an unknown person, a priest, and another character. The story is also kind of dark in a sense of being about Satan and this lonely, old town in England. It’s really “religious”.
Descriptors: Bored to Tears, Really Made Me Think, Scary
The Midnight Palace
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
It was really interesting and kind of scary. It’s about murder and family.
Descriptors: Adventure, Emotional Rollercoaster, Scary, Suspenseful
Pink
by Lili Wilkinson
Loved It!
I loved this book! I cried a lot because I was laughing so hard, but this book made me think that I sometimes don’t know things about myself. I recommend it to lots of readers!
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Made Me Cry (a lot), Really Made Me Think, Romance, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising
Girl, Stolen by April Henry rocked.
Darkest Mercy
by Melissa Marr
5 out of 5 Stars!
Darkest Mercy reveals the cruelties and damage that War can cause, and the emotions of this book can entrap any faery fey, especially the Summer Queen. Final decisions and fierce battles are fought in this book, giving Death many shells and shades to collect.
Descriptors: Action, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Romance
Unearthly
by Cynthia Hand
Loved It!
The book is full of action and romance. The book is kind of like a puzzle too. Once you read further, the story makes more sense and it gets addicting. I would be able to read 2 chapters (approx. 80 pages) in thirty minutes. It’s that addicting and good!
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Romance
Warp Speed
by Lisa Yee
Loved It!
It is a book that connects to Lisa Yee’s other books about teens. This book is about a boy who deserves to be heard. It is a little sad. He tries to run away from life. It is a good book that shows how some middle school kids feel.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Made Me Cry (a little), Really Made Me Think, Surprising
The Youngest Templar: Keeper of the Grail
by Michael Spradlin
This book is very good. I love the character, Tristan. This book is very fun to read and easy to connect to. Definitely recommend book because I am also religious and liked the history that was presented. This book was very well written and got better and better with more action.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Exciting, Really Made Me Think, Suspenseful
Lila and Ecco’s Do It Yourself Comics Club
by Willow Dawson
I liked how this book was a comic and taught you how to make a comic which is very ironic. I like the details and factors taht the book shows and tells you how to do. Overall, the book was great and I learned a lot.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Really Made Me Think, Silly
From the Glen Park “Great Teen Book Swap” archive –
Elephant Run
by Roland Smith
“Nick Freestone is sent out of London in the wake of World War II to Burma. He arrives at his father’s plantation before the Japanese take it over and him prisoner. He escapes with a girl named Maya and rescues their families. This story tells of a WWII story, but also of what it is like to be out there in nature. Anyone reading this would be lured into the story by the thrilling suspense of it.”
From the Glen Park “Great Teen Book Swap” archive –
Peace, Love and Baby Ducks
by Lauren Myracle
“Carly and Anna are sisters born from a rich family. Carly is the older sister. She is smart and brave. Anna is her younger sister. She is the popular, pretty one. both sisters are very different and help each other with their life.”
From the Glen Park “Great Teen Book Swap” archive –
Miss Match
by Wendy Toliver
“Sasha Finnegan (also known as Miss Match) owns an online business where she plays matchmaker for girls and boys. Sasha’s a super pro at it. But when a cute guy, Derek, asks her to match her up with her beautiful sister Maddie, she starts to think that Derek is just right for her. At the end, Sasha figures out Derek loves her as much as she loves him and she continues her online business.”
The Dark and Hollow Places
by Carrie Ryan
5 Stars!
Annah and Catcher bring this book and the Unconsecrated alive! I’ll and infected readers would moan for this story, and will Return, blood-thirsty for more.
Descriptors: Action, Couldn’t put it down until i got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Romance, Scary, Suspenseful
Tempo Change
by Barbara Hall
Loved It!
This book shows about how Blanche Kelly turns froma total nobody to a somebody.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Made Me Angry, Really Made Me Think, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising
Mistwood
by Leah Cypress
This book starts off in the middle of the tale. It takes a while for the story to start unfolding. The ideas and story is consistent throughout, and even though it had many fairy tale recycled plots, it had some plot twists that were pretty surprising. I though the characters could be developed much further than it was. Fun fantasy/magical world book.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Funny
Waiting for You
by Susane Colasanti
Loved It!
This book has a lot of emotional romance. Though the book is funny, there is a conflict between the main character and her friend.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Romance, Scary, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising
After
by Amy Efaw
I really enjoyed reading this book because the author wrote about a subject that authors don’t usually write about. However, she writes about it in a sympathetic manner that makes you really relate to the main character. It is also written in an interesting manner because the author tells us Devon’s story piece by piece, unraveling key points at critical moments that help readers understand more of the mystery. Overall, I really enjoyed this book.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Really Made Me Think, Suspenseful
Captivate
by Carrie Jones
Wow, this book really blew me away. I loved the first book “Need” and this book. I like imaginary things and pixies was something I never really read about.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the bery last page, Made Me Angry, Scary, Suspenseful
Me, My Elf, & I
by Heather Swain
The book was quite interesting. The main character, an elf, comes from an elf land and knows nothing about normal high school society. She doesn’t fit in, which makes her easy to relate to and her naivety makes her character amusing. It also shows how popular people and different cliques can all be close. The fantasy aspect was not strong, so even if some does not like fantasy, they will probably still enjoy this book.
Descriptors: Action, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Romance
Hex Hall
by Rachel Hawkins
I really enjoyed this book. I found that it was a really quick read for me, mainly because the story line kept me riveted until I got to the end. In some ways, it sort of reminded me of some other fantasy series I’ve read before, but I still really liked it. The author inserted quite many twists and turns throughout the plot that were quite unexpected. The main character was also really relatable (excluding the witch part). Overall, I found this was a really good book.
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the bery last page, Exciting, Suspenseful
Appetite for Detention
by Sloane Tanen
Loved It!
I have never really read a book like this before. It was hilarious and I found that it captured quite many aspects of high schools. I really loved how the author could write such a cute and amazing story in such a small amount of pages. The characters were simply adorable as chicks and it was great how they each had their own distinct personality. However, I’d probably wouldn’t recommend this for young teens — more for older teens because of the subjects, etc. But overall, I really loved reading this story.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Funny, Silly
Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies
by Andrea Beaty
Liked It!
I found that this book was quite funny and enjoyable. I really like the concept behind the book because it’s really creative. The characters are also quite funny as well and their personalities are very creative and unique. I especially like the bunnies (not when they’re evil tho
). Overall, I found this book to be funny and enjoyable, even though that it’s mainly for younger kids.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Funny, Silly
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
By Tom Angleberger
Loved It!
This book was very funny and I enjoyed it very much. I really thought that the plot of the story was really unique and enjoyable. I also like that the author put in Star Wars references
The characters are also really funny but probably not your typical 6th graders. Best part of the story? Instructions on how to make an origami Yoda– I just nee to make one now. 
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Funny, Silly
The Wide-Awake Princess
by E. D. Baker
Loved It!
The “Wide-Awake Princess” tells that a person without beauty or a thing of popularity can solve an issue. This book made me think harder about the remake of Sleeping Beauty. The princess destined to be Sleeping Beauty gives up magic to be beautiful, but her younger sister does.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Bored Me To Tears, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Romance, Scary, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising
The Ghost and the Goth
by Stacey Kade
There are several things about this book that are enjoyable. First off, I really like the humor. There were times where I found myself laughing. Also, the plot was pretty interesting. There were some twists but it was sort of predictable. This is sort of a lot of other books I read before, but there are some things that make it unique for readers.
Descriptors: Emotional Rollercoaster, Funny
Blimpo: The Third Circle of Heck
by Dale E. Basye
This book is very exciting and very good book to read.
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Silly
Living Hell
by Catherine Jinks
I thought that this book was very good. The action sequences were very intense. The whole story was very unique. I have never read a book quite like this one. I like how the author created such a futuristic environment but made it very enjoyable. The characters are also very unique. Overall, I would say if you are a sci-fi fan or not, this book is really a good read.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Exciting, Suspenseful
Weird Fishes
by Jamaica Dyer
Didn’t really like it
This comic book I didn’t really get. It gets all over the place and doesn’t stay on one place. It’s characters are really weird, but a thing that’s really cool is the part in the back. It is when all the missed parts and all the drew characters with the real pencil marks.
Descriptors: Adventure, Emotional Rollercoaster, Really Made me Think
Alien Feast
by Michael Simmons
Loved It!
Aliens invade and humans attempt to fight them off. Very interesting book, not to mention silly and very suspenseful. I thought that the pictures rocked and the story plot was pretty interesting. I think the fact that **** were killed was a wonderful thing cause they treated Will very badly (happen in beginning). And aliens don’t eat feet? I think that’s just hilarious.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Scary, Silly, Surprising
Every Crooked Pot
by Renee Rosen
A 9
This story started a bit slowly. It didn’t intrigue me or pull me in at first. But after a few chapters, I was entranced by the story and eager to learn more about Nina’s journey. While Nina, the main character, is not immediately endearing, she is a character that grows on you, and by the end of the book, you want to keep reading and experiencing her life, wishing it didn’t end. While this bitterweet tale left me hanging a bit at the end, it is beautifully written and a pleasure to read.
Descriptors: Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Really Made Me Think, Romance (a little), Surprising (at times)
The Prince of Mist
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Loved it!
This book is about mystery and has to do with the bit of the paranormal side. As Roland, Alicia, and Max unravel the mystery of the jardo case, they run into deep trouble while solving it. I would recommend this for likers of the paranormal or people who just want a good book to read!
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Romance (a lil bit), Suspenseful
Sleepless
by Cyn Balog
Loved it!
SANDMAN! Pshh, I never believed in these, but the story is amazing! I think true romance comes from people who work for itQ And you can definitely see that.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Emotional Rollercoaster, Funny, Made me Cry (a little & a lot), Really Made Me Think, Romance
Yen Plus, vol. 3, no. 1 (magazine)
Loved it!
I really liked the manga series in this magazine because they are all very good. My favorite series in the magazine is “Bamboo Blade” because I like how it combines comedy with action in Kendo. I also like “Soul Eater” because it is very action packed and funny as well. These are my two favorite series in the magazine, but I also liked all the other ones as well.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Funny
Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can’t Have
by Allen Zadoff
A book about things people could be embarrassed about, but I think this was more of a high school survival book. NOt much that boring, but I loved it! This should win, definitely newbery award winner!
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Romance, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising, Perverted
The Devil’s Breath
by David Gilman
OK
Boring at the beginning, but it got better in the middle. I mean assasins aren’t that scary, but being chased by one is quite scary. I love the guns and stuff, but it’s not as good as “The Prince of Mist” but better than “S.T.O.R.M.: The Infinity Code”, but I still enjoyed it.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Bored me to tears, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Scary, Suspenseful
Octavia Boone’s Big Questions about Life, the Universe, and Everything
by Rebecca Rupp
Loved It!
Now this is the kind of book I like. Curiosity! The daily life of a curious girl with wacky parents. Things from her POV make this book interesting.
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising
Witch & Wizard (Graphic Novel)
by James Patterson
Great comic! Lost of actiona and I can’t wait for the next issue! Godd for people who are interested in tough romance and plenty of action.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Romance, Silly, Suspenseful, Surprising, Short
The Gift (Witch & Wizard 2)
by James Patterson
Loved It!
A wonderful sequel to Witch & Wizard. This book is so out of this world. A must read for anyone who likes magic and politics.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Emotional Rollercoaster, Suspenseful
You
by Charles Benoit
Loved it!
This book is definitely different than other ones that I have read. It is written int he 2nd person, meaning that it utilizes the word ‘you’, hence the name of the title. This is very unique. Reading the story makes you think about who you are. It makes you think about how these events could really happen to you no matter what. Overall, I really enjoyed it.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Really Made Me Think
How to Grow Up and Rule the World
by Scott Seegert
Loved It!
Not that I want to grow up to rule the world. The narrator was so ???!
Good Explanations though. Poor Kyle!
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Really Made Me Think, Silly Surprising
The Gift
by James Patterson
If you are an utterly, extreme lover of fantasy, pyromaniacs, suspense, girlfriend-obsessed boys, end-of-the-world mania, and sarcasm, this book is for you. However, if your love for any of the above is a bit less than “utterly extreme”, put this book down now! Sure, this book has its funny parts and fun characters, but after that, it’s just another save-the-world-from-voldemort book. Plus, a whole heck of a lot of sarcasm. Personally, not my thing. So when you’re disappointed, don’t say you weren’t warned.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Emotional Rollercoaster, Funny, Suspenseful
Riding the Universe
by Gaby Triana
Loved It!
I Like this author’s writing becasue it contains a lot of details that describes the main points in the story.
Descriptors: Exciting, Really Made Me Think, Romance, Surprising
The Candymakers
by Wendy Mass
Loved It!
Candy Candy Candy!
This phenomenal book was very, very suspenseful, but also could make you hungry! It made me! With each others point of view, a spy, a backwards boy, and a guy with scars! And let’s not forget violin boy. Learn to make candy from this book.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldnt’ put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Suspenseful, Surprising
Thin Executioner
by Darren Shan
This book is one of the best books I have read. I literally couldn’t put it down until I finished.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Suspenseful, Surprising
Dork Diaries
by Rachel Renee Russell
Another thing that’s like another! Well, this book is like Diary of a Wimpy Kid. also funny and it could relate to other lives! Great Book!
Decriptors: Action Adventure, Couldnt’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Really Made Me Think, Romance, Silly, Surprising
Monster High
by Lisi Harrison
This book was a mix of science fiction and romance withsome humor and mystery. I liked it because it was very realisitic (with iPhones, Lady Gaga…). It had a good perspective of life, just like a real teenager.
Descriptors: Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Funny, Romance, Suspenseful
NERDS: M Is for Mama’s Boy
by Michael Buckley
This story is surprisingly childish, but even with that, it doesn’t stop the author from making an awesome book! There is probably too much fiction, but it still merges with great writing to make this book seem wonderful. The story is so NERDy!
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Exciting, Funny, Silly
Panic X Panic, vol. 1 (manga)
by Mika Kawamura
Loved it!
It’s silly, funny, cool, and fun. My friends love it, too.
Descriptors: Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Funny, Silly
Real Live Boyfriends: Yes, Boyfriends, Plural; If My Life Weren’t Complicated — I Wouldn’t Be Ruby Oliver
by E. Lockhart
Loved It!
My favorite charactere was Ruby because she has a coll name, nice, friendly, and shows a lot of action or emotional events from her.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Made me cry (a little), Really Made Me Think, Romance, Surprising
For the Win
by Cory Doctorow
For the Win by Cory Doctorow has an interesting plot and fun characters, but because there are so many technical terms and business ploys of the future to explain, the story was hard for me, who is not very well informed of the technological/business worl, to understand. However, those with a better understanding of video games and politics may find this read enjoyable where I did not.
Descriptor: Adventure, Bored to Tears, Made Me Angry, Really Made Me Think, Suspenseful
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword (graphic novel)
by Barry Deutsch
OK
This book, Hereville, was okay. Not that exciting, but I like that it was a comic and pictures. It was based on a Jewish girl which is fine, but not the most adventurous. It had fun ideas, but there still needed to be more action and creativity. I didn’t like the ending because it felt very unfinished. It better have another part.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Really Made Me Think, Surprising
The Exiled Queen
by Cinda Williams Chima
The Exiled Queen was a fun book to read. It was very adventurous and action packed with great creativity and imagination. Very well written and great for anyone in high school and up to read and comprehend. At first, it was confusing, but, in the end, it all tied up to just by fascinating.
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Really Made Me Think, Romance, Scary, Suspenseful, Surprising
Personal Demons
by Lisa Desrochers
Loved It!
I never thought about Angels and Demons so differently. But an ordinary high school life can be pretty distracting when you have a gorgeous, mysterious Demon named Luc and a beautiful, handsome Angel named Gabe going after you. This book talks about high school love and the interesting choices that come with it.
Descriptors: Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Really made me think, Romance, Suspenseful, Surprising
Demonglass
by Rachel Hawkins
Loved It!
I love this book! It was extremely suspenseful and held surprise at every corner! I read the first book about several months ago and couldn’t wait for the next one to come out. I really hope there is a third and when it, if it comes out, is out, I want to be the first to read it! I would recommend this book to absolutely all my friends!
Descriptors: Action, Adventure, Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page, Emotional Rollercoaster, Exciting, Funny, Made me cry (a little), Really made me think, Romance, Scary, Suspenseful, Surprising
Networked: Carabella on the Run (graphic novel)
by Gerard Jones
4 stars
This is a very informational book. This makes me realize how technology is so complex. I have learned to be more safe with technology. I found out that as we are in a digital age we need to be more observant and take perspectives of everything more clearly.
Descriptors: “Action”, “Adventure”, “Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page”, “Exciting”, “Really made me think”, “Surprising”
Sebastian Darke: Prince of Explorers
by Philip Caveney
Liked it
This book is very adventurous and shows different sides of Sebastian, max and Cornelius, the main characters. I like that it shows a person that looks small is actually a very big character.
Descriptors: “Action”, “Adventure”, “Emotional Rollercoaster”, “Exciting”, “Really made me think”, “Scary”, “Surprising”
Clarity
by Kim Harrington
OK, “Could be better”
It was kind of weird in the beginning of the novel. Overall it was very interesting and mysterious.
This reminds me a little of a comic book I read called Dork Diaries, but there’s more mystery and older reader things in the novel.
Descriptors: “Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page”, “Romance”, “Suspenseful”
Cat Burglar Black
by Richard Sala
OK
I thought that it was strange. I also thought it was weird how everything ended. I also am confused by the theme of the story in a way. I find the art very well done, but I don’t know about the content of the story is great.
Descriptors: “Action”, “Adventure”, “Exciting”, “Scary”, “Surprising”
Lola: A Ghost Story (graphic novel)
by J. Torres and Elbert Orr
OK
This book was a bit interesting in the way it was written. I found it scary, but interesting to learn about myths and how spirits and God were put inot the same story. I am used to God being always just a loving being, but with this I question many stories and how some are true and some are not, and some are questionable.
Descriptors: “Action”, Adventure”, “Emotional Rollercoaster”
Atomic Robo, v. 4
by Brian Clevinger
Wow! It is very exciting how Robo fights the vampire creatures. it is a great action-packed graphic novel for teens. With a little violence, the adventure is thrilling. A greact comic series.
Descriptors: “Action”, “Adventure”, “Exciting”, “Scary”, “Suspenseful”, “Surprising”
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Graphic Novel
by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Loved it!
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was full of adventure and horror, but it was also a hilarious romance. I would recommend it to all children.
Descriptors: “Action”, “Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page”, “Emotional Rollercoaster”, “Exciting”, “Funny”, “Romance”, “Scary”, “Suspenseful”, “Surprising”
Across the Universe
By Beth Revis
Loved It!
When I started reading, it was so interesting. Every time I had a moment to read, I would read it. It is a very good book. It is kinda like the book, Red Pyramid. Their narrators are the same style. It’s full of mystery and sci-fi.
Descriptors: “Action”, “Couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page”, “Emotional Rollercoaster”, “Exciting”, “Really made me think”, “Romance”, “Suspenseful”
TroubleTwisters
by Garth Nix and Sean Williams
Loved It!
I liked how the author included a very good prologue with background information.
Descriptors: “Action”, “Adventure”, “Surprising”
Flirt Club
by Cathleen Daly
This book is perfect for middle to high schooles. It helps people or kids learn about romance. it’s a funny book that contains funny charcters.
Descriptors: “couldn’t put it down until I got to the very last page”, “funny”, “Romance”, “Silly”
Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius Or Anything
by Adam McCauley and Steve Cotler
Cheesie Mack was very run and easy to read. I liked the themes of this story and the twists and turns. I like how realistic it is and that it sounds like a little boy actually wrote it. I like the characters and the setting. I find this very easy to comprehend and is good.
book: The Chosen
Author: L.J.Smith
If You ever want a book that breaks the walls of reality!! This book is just for you. i Just read that “The Chosen “yesterday and could never leave it until i was done.Rachel jordin seems like any other ordinary girl in the day , but as the dark strikes she is” Rachel the cat”.Her fame as a ruthless vampire hunter has spread everywhere in the the night world.Ruthless, fearless, mercyless and strong rachel is every vampire’s nightmare.Every thing was going the way it was supposed to be until she met him. Quinn, John Quinn , a made vampire by hunter redfren in the mid 1600′s.A ruthless and a vampire known as the wrost of it.When wrost meets the wrost whats next?…fights…curses..and love? Ok lets just say , anything can happen!!
TITLE: Time Waits For No Fairy
AUTHOR: Molly Harrigan
This book is a great book. It shows the passion of the writer for what she does. It is a great book that will leave you wanting to read more. You will not realize as the chapters go by, and you will end up reading, under your bed sheets, until 2:45 a.m. It is the kind of book that you will not want to put down, that during school, all you will think about is getting home so that you can continue reading. It has the whole package: adventure, action, friendship, and, of course, those beloved fairies of ours. It is the kind of book you will not be able to put down, and you will even eat with it.
I highly recommend this book for 11-15 year olds. It is a book you will love. I guarantee it.
Enjoy!
Title: the tale of Despereaux
Author: Kate diCamillo
This book was one of my all-time favorite books when I was younger. It guided me through my first problems, joys, and sadnesses. It is the perfect book for someone who is going trough a really tough time, or a really happy tme. It is the ideal book for 9-10 year olds, with deep, sad parts and some cheesy, comical parts. This is not the kind of book you just read once for a book report or something, and then never touch it again. This is the kind of book you read once because your mother forces you, and then refuse to read any other book beause you’re too busy reading the tale of Despereaux for the 1835274527365th time. It is such an amazing book (and now a major movie) that you will never put it down. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to cry their eyes out and laugh their hearts out.
-AngelFang
book: Inkheart
Author: Cornelia Funke
I really loved this book, and i read it during the time i was in china, actually, and it’s a really great book. Its about this man and his daughter. When the dad reads aloud, stuff from the book come out, but if a person comes out, a person from the outside goes in too! so it’s about this guy, Capricorn from a book that the dad read and he wants to be rich by asking this guy to read about treasure and stuff like that, but he refuses because the last time he did that, Capricorn and his crew came out, but the girl’s mother got sucked into the book. Read the book yourself to find out what happens!
Book: Monster High
By: Lisa Harrison
I really loved this book, i read it when i was in summer holidays , in California. (The swap gived it to me, in the ortegas library) It tell us about the story of two girls, Melody and Frankie, there very different girls, but her destiny is toghether!!
Its very new, with Iphones and lady gaga music ! i really liked it.
Sorry cause my grammar, im form spain.
that such agraetbook
NOW YOU SEE IT by:Vivian Vande Velde
I liked this book because it never does what you think it’s going to and it takes lots of terns and twists in it. The main idea of this book is that Wendy found a pair of sun glasses on her lawned and she got herself into some wired stuff and it all started when she dicided to pick up thous glasses and us them the next day and some years before that. This book is good if you like sudden changes in a story and if you like magic.
Title: Goose Girl
Author: Shannon Hale
Great great book! This book has 380 pages or so so it’s pretty long. But I wish it were longer…
I read it a while back so this review might be a little fuzzy. The main character, Ani, a princess, learned to speak to birds when she was younger. To ensure the peace with their neighboring country, Ani is to marry their prince. She and a group of guards, protectors, and Ani’s lady in waiting travel through the forest for days to get to Gerhard. Little did Ani know, her princess in waiting was plotting to kill her and to pose as the princess to fulfill her dreams of being royalty. Ani survives and knows that she no one would believe her is she went straight to the king and claimed that she is the real princess so she works near the palace tending to the kings geese. She meets one of the prince’s guards and they form a bond. In the end, she becomes a heroine that swerves the country from going to war with her home country. It was great to see how Ani changed from a quiet reserved girl into a more open and brave woman. Loved the ending!
I don’t know If this is true for every copy of Goose Girl, but in the back of my copy, there were some reading group questions that made you think in depth about the book.
Title: Shadow Spinner
Author: Susan Fletcher
Great book! This book is about a ordinary girl named Marjan who helps a princess find stories to tell the Sultan. When he was younger, the Sultan was in love with a girl who later cheated on him. He started to marry any random pretty girl and killing them that very same night. Shahrazad volunteered to marry the Sultan to save the other girls from death. She planned to use the suspense of stories to convince the Sultan to let her live another night to continue the story. The princess is running out of stories so she brings Marjan to the palace to help her learn more stories. Marjan tells a story to the princess who then tells it to the Sutan. The Sutan claims that he had heard it before when he was younger and would like to hear the rest of it. The princess agrees to this. But Marjan didn’t even know there was more to the story so she must sneak out of the palace and get the rest of a story from the blind man who told it on the streets years earlier. Great book for anyone. Marjan went through interesting trials and showed great bravery in each.
Title: Trudy’s Promise
Author: Marcia Preston
Due to his radical ideas, Trudy’s husband had no choice but to escape to West Berlin. During this time, Germany was separated into east and west. Due to her relationship with her husband, she also escapes to West Berlin, leaving her Child, Stefan, behind. She soon finds out that her husband died escaping and struggles to reunite with Stephan. And the man who betrayed her husband attempts to help them.
Great book! This book is more on the serious side, depicting a country and family divided.
Title: Don’t you Dare read this, Mrs. Duhphrey
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Book was ok. Wasn’t crazy special or anything. Maybe it’s because the book is for younger kids. Maybe 10-16 year olds. I liked the ending though.
Tish has to keep a journal for Mrs. Dunphrey’s English Class. If you don’t want her to read it, you could just put “do not read this” at the top of the entry. Tish writes that for almost all of her entries. She doesn’t want anyone to know about her father abandoning them or how her mother neglects her and her brother. When her mother leaves to find their father, She shoulders much responsibilities and tries to cope by stealing food and making minimal payments. Is there anyone Tish can can turn to?
Title: Death by Latte
Author: Linda Gerber
This book belongs to the “Death by” series. I didn’t read the first book of the series “Death by Bikini” but i still understood most of it. I liked this book a lot! There were many twists in the story line. It starts off with Aphra flying to Seattle to see her mom, who she hasn’t seen in years. Her mother used to work for the CIA and is now protecting the Mulo family from bad guys. Her boyfriend Seth Mulo comes looking for her, desperate to retrieve the ring he had given her. bla bla bla. It turns out the ring had some names engraved in it and Seth has to bring it to the bad guys if he didn’t want his captivated father to die. Great book. Crazy action. Give it a try.
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
It is extremely funny and insightful and I recommend this book for everyone to read. One of the best books I’ve ever read.
爱对任何人来说都是珍贵的，然而倍加重要。在泡沫之夏中你可以轻而易见的以这种感情去体会，去深思：爱是什么，爱为何刻骨泯心，比任何东西都痛。。。。。。‘我是你的，而你是自由的’一句道出了爱有时也是自shi的，不如人意的。 在人生之中有与你心意相通的人只有真爱而已，如果你拥有了，那你是幸福和幸运的，因为在普天之下有太多人无法拥有一份属于自己的完整的爱。爱像星星一样闪着，但因它太高了，而无法触摸。有时又因它危险，怕被它伤害，会痛。。。。。 但如果你敢于追求，你也会成功的、、、、、、、、、、、、、、、、、、
Book: Abduction
By: Peg Kehret
In this book, Matt Sholter is abducted on his way to the bath room, by his own father! He gets into a “random” stranger’s car, because he see’s his dog Pookie. He is taken to his biological father’s house. Meanwhile, his sister is going crazy trying to find him. Matt asks to speal to his mom, but his father tells him that they have died. In the end, Matt is taken to a game, where his sister, Bonnie, spots him.
Book: The Last Song
By: Nicholas Sparks
This book is about a girl and her experiences at her fathers house during the summer. She lives in New York with her mother and little brother. They go to see their father for the summer, even though she doesn’t want to. By the end of the book, she learned a lot, about herself and her dad, plus she ends up loving the piano again.
Title: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Author: Lisa See
Amazing! Truely exceptional! I read this last year and just couldn’t resist reading this again. It’s an absolutely amazing novel, left me a very poweful impression. Lisa See really knows how to give the details, her writing is so beautiful. The book was truely fascinating, every detail. Very powerful and moving. It’s plot is complex but the writing is clear. I highly recommend this book to anyone. An amazing experience. I really enjoyed it, one of my favorite reads all time.
Title: The Summer I Turned Pretty
Author: Jenny Han
A great summer novel, Jenny Han really knows how to pull the reader into the moments in the book. A lovely story that shows the transition of a girl, Belly, through her summers and her relationships with two guys that’s always been there. As she merges out from her childhood and into the summer of her sweet sixteen she has to finally face the two Beck’s boys. —ocean, pool, sun, summer love, tan, friendship, family, boys.
I really enjoyed it. Once I started, couldn’t put the book down. I recommend it to those who enjoy a not too romantice, but more like a teen crush kind of novel. Overall, it was a sweet read. I’ll have to give it a 3/5 though. Not the best I’ve read, didn’t really leave a deep impression, but it was decent. I still thought it was a wonderful book, could sorta see the end coming. Predictable. I was rooting for the other Beck brother. (;
Lemony Snicket, Horseradish
Horseradish is a compilation of darkly amusing meditations on the nature of things such as home, school, and various other generally unavoidable things in life. Each section contains seven or so passages ranging from a sentence to a few pages on a looking at the main topic from a variety of angles using the same style that served Snicket well in his thirteen book series ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’. The collection is fairly cohesive and as it’s written by a local author is worth look weather you are familiar with his original series or not.
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Reading ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ began, at least for me, with the expectation of seeing the definitive independent and strong African American woman of the Harlem Renaissance depicted through literature. However, by the hundredth page of the book a somewhat harsh realization settled in; the main character, Janie, is not by any stretch of the contemporary standards of women independent. While the man she’s with changes three times, she shows no capacity for being independent or living for herself as every time she leaves one unhealthy relationship she jumps headlong into another. The book ends up being yet another cautionary tale that leads by the folly of its main character rather than presenting an example of the virtues it sets out to praise. If you feel compelled to read it, read it for the sake of being well read rather than for the strong woman Janie shows only faint glimmers of becoming.
Book: I’ve got a secret by: Lara Bergen
This book was funny because many event collide together. Even though the events that happened in the book is not likely to happen in real life. Actually, it was fascinating book. But in the end, everything becomes solved. I would rate this book 3 stars of out 5.
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
Love is so many things. It can wreck people or make them feel like they’re really alive. This Lullaby is about love with it’s ups and downs and unpredictability. Remy is a temperamental girl who scared of letting someone in to her world-her family, her thoughts and her feelings. Dexter, impulsive and lively, approaches her one day on what he calls a “challenge.” With a close-knit group of friends to advise her, she plunges into a relationship and what it means to love.
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Ever hear of demon hunters? This book gives them a world of their own. After Clary sees three hunters in action one night, her life becomes intertwined with them and follows on an adventure that includes learning much about her own family. The characters have realistically different personalities and the book is full of wit and action. The storyline is original and will keep you reading until the very end. It’s a good book for people who like some mythical creatures and descriptions of pretty eyes.
The descriptions give vivid visions of the setting and characters and is only the first in a gripping trilogy of books.
Title: Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Author: Salman Rushdie
Although this book was assigned as summer reading for school, I enjoyed this story. With a lot of word play, this fantasy book sucks you into a whole new world, where there are water genies,floating gardeners, and P2C2Es (Processes Too Complicated to Explain). But then there are also the Chupwalas, who are trying to destroy all stories in the world of Kahani. Haroun, whose dad is a storyteller, works with the Guppees to try and stop this. If you’re the type to enjoy fantasy and happy endings, this book is definitely a must-read.
Title: Wolf Brother
Author: Michelle Paver
I love this book! It is full of adventures and trials. It teaches you a lot about trust and friendship. Torak and Wolf’s relationship really touched my heart. I wish I could have a pet that’s as loyal as Wolf! Renn is also awesome! She shows that girls aren’t weak and they can sometimes be more helpful than some guys. I really hated Hord. He was such a stuck up guy.
Book: So Totally Emily Ebers by: Lisa Yee
This book is so amazing! I cant stop reading this, its so fascinating thats thats why i’ve this book to write a review on.
Well if you’re the kind of person who likes to read about : adventure, romance, friendship, (best) friends, parents, trust, lies, and more, this is the right book for you. This book contains many thoughts a typical teenager could think about. I really enjoyed this book cause the author, Lisa Yee has put her shoes in the shoes of a average 13-year-old-girl who has to move across the country with her whom she blames (mostly) everything on, including divorcing her father and making her move all the way from New Jersey to California. Once she gets to her new home, a long journey starts for her. Making new friends, getting to the atmosphere, and maybe even having a crush on one of the most popular guys in the entire grade. During the whole summer she writes this book-dairy that she will send to her father at the end of the summer because her dad is busy touring the country with his band. As her long journey gradually ends, everything settles for her. She mad a new best friend whom she can now trust, and a new boyfriend she really likes, and she doesnt hate her mom anymore. She is growing up and beginning to learn many new life advice , and she just might like it there, in her new home.
I barely ever read books, but when i started reading this book for the teen summer reading program, I really liked it! I usually hated books, but i could not put down or stop reading this book. it was soo interesting! i hope that they have a series for the next book. It is about two brothers and sisters and they find out that thier parents and themselves and magic powers. the new order ( BAD EVIL!!) “arresteda” them and is trying to stop their power because he is scared that thery are going to cause damage to the new world in the future. but.. yeah! u should read this book it is soo interestingg.. again! haha okay bye
Title: A House Of Night Novel: Marked
Author: P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Looking for an interesting vampire book? You’ve found it. The House of Night series gives you a unique view of vampyres. Instead of being bitten to become one, you’re marked, as if chosen by the vampyre Goddess Nyx. As you dive into this book, you’ll become to realize it’s no other ordinary, typical stereotyped vampyre book. It starts out with a sixteen year old Zoey Montgomery getting marked. But she’s no ordinary vampyre. Even after beginning to turn into a vampyre, she has the markings and power of an older vampyre. Why? Because she was specially chosen by her Goddess Nyx. Chosen to do amazing things and save her species in the end. But she doesn’t do this alone. She meets four great friends that help her as she adjusts to her new life and keep her from being roped into Aphrodite’s minion group. Along the way she meets a knight in shining armor whose too hot to keep away from.
This book is filled with romance, action, and mystery; and it’s definitely a book you won’t just toss to the side.
Title: Wings
Author: Aprilynne Pike
“Wings” is about a 15-year-old girl named Laurel who moves into a big city after being homeschooled by her parents, only to discover that she is a fairy after a mysterious flower-like wing grew from her back. The first book in a series of four novels, Laurel embarks on a journey to protect the faeries’ secret and the gates of Avalon, while figuring out her true identity in both the real world and the faeries’ world.
I really enjoyed this book, because there’s a little bit of romance and action in several parts of the novel, and there were lots of surprises throughout the story, from beginning to end. Most of the characters come from different worlds, in which most people can relate to, In fact, I would recommend the book to anyone who like fantasy novels or sci-fi novels, so if you’re looking something to read, then “Wings” is a really excellent book!
题目：交响情人梦
今天，我看了一本漫画，它讲述了千秋与野田惠，俩人都是梦想的追求者，还有其他的几位志同道合的朋友，千秋是音乐学院的最手欢迎的人，他不但会多种乐器更长的一副帅气的脸庞，他在音乐学院指导了阿峰和真澄，还有野田等人的方法。还组成了一个乐团，受到了名人还有老师的肯定，在野田的帮助下也克服了怕飞机的毛病，远赴巴黎去寻找更高的目标。跟一位他自己最尊敬的老师的弟子比赛，赢得了胜利，也受到了每个世界级名人的肯定。野田也在千秋的影响下，完成了的人的独奏会，受到了肯定。每个人的梦想都是最可贵的，无论是渺小还是广阔的，都要勇敢的去追求，遇到苦难时也要持之以恒，永不放弃，才能完成梦想。千秋，野田告诉我们，对梦相要热爱也要坚持。放飞梦想，追求梦想，实现梦想。加油。
As You Wish By Jackson Pearce
I hated the main character, Viola. This story is very fantasy-like, which i liked.
Other than that, the storyline is dumb. This book is okay. I wish I could have a Jinn grant wishes for me though.
爱的教育
作者阿米契斯，爱的教育原文有爱心的意思，但书中多描述了学校生活，又议为爱的教育。本书的主角恩列克，是一名是12岁的小学生，通过他写的日记，将身边的实描述出来。里面的每个人都是正义跟富有同情心的。比如：加隆。当好朋友被欺负时，帮他们出气，是个受欺负人的靠山。
裴伯尼老师是恩列克的导师，十分爱好学生，就像爱护自己的孩子一样，刚开学时，恩列克他们对这位新老师不熟悉还作弄他，但新老师还慈祥的原谅了他们，还告诉他们，我不会随便处罚同学的，希望大家好好相处，度过这一年。
不过，有一个坏蛋叫傅南奇，他经常欺负那列和德罗西，嘲笑人人同情的凡科斯，连为了救人而受伤的罗贝迪都不放过，他最后备学校开除了。
这部名著告诉我们爱流露在生活中，无处不在。每个拥有爱的人，都会收获别人对他的爱。
Title: Boys R Us
Author: Lisi Harrison
Interested in teen drama, then this is the series for you. Boys R Us is book #12 in this series called The Clique. Five girls by the names of Massie (leader of the clique), Alicia (rich snob), Kristen (poor yet popular), Dylan ( the cute tom boy), and Claire (the newbie) go to a school called Octavian Country Day, an all girls school, where they are the center of attention 24/7. In this book these 5 friends called The Pretty Committee start to separate from one another leaving Massie friendless. She decides to buy some model actresses and form her own group of friends off of them. Alicia begins to form her own clique with a new mix of boys in it, Dylan and Kristen start to date these cute guys who Massie used to like and Claire just doesn’t know what to do. Claire wants everyone to get along, so she starts to form a plan wit the other 3 girls. At the end of this book they all reunite as a happy group of friends again.
Even though the girls may have fought along the way, they learned that their friendship is too valuable to lose, so if any of you readers out there get caught up in a fight between good friends think about how much you care for one another and learn to forgive. Losing a friend hurts so if you ever get into an argument, learn to listen to each other and get through it at least thats what I have done. =)
Title: Little Brother
Author: Cory Doctorow
I love this book! It takes place in the near future and it’s about this boy named Marcus who fights the government in his own teenage way. It goes from running from school security gates to running from the Department of Homeland Security after he’s in the wrong place at the wrong time. This book is not only for teenagers, but also for adults! I give it a 10 out of 10!
Max by James Patterson is a great book. It is pretty much sci-fi adventures but has action, romance and comedy. The girl Max is a mutant bird child and is in love with Fang one of her flockmates. Many people are trying to kill them but since they are mutant they can fight or escape from any danger to their lives. They meet a guy named Mr.Chu who kidnaps Max’s…… read the book to find out.
Title: Enchanted Glass
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
This book is about a boy named Aidan, whose grandmother just died. Before her death, she told him that if he ever runs into trouble, he should go to a powerful sorcerer who lives in Melstone House. Aidan finds himself being stalked by strange beings(who can’t seem to get his name right), so he travels to Melstone House to find the sorcerer. When he gets there, he finds out that the sorcerer had died a week ago, and his grandson Andrew inherited the house. Andrew is the first person who treats Aidan like an adult and invites him to live in Melstone House. However, Andrew doesn’t remember any of the magic that his grandfather taught him. They have to work together to protect the house from the evil Mr. Brown and the Stalkers. This is a great and funny book, for anybody who likes magic.
Title: East of Eden
Author: John Steinbeck
It’s a book about good and evil and everything in between. It’s about how these two concepts strive to beat the other. This book unravels many facts about human nature with characters with extreme personalities.
题目：小妇人
作者是外国人，她记载了四个女孩之间的情感变化以及和母亲之间相处的点点滴滴。马克拉夫人就是他们的母亲，她教会了他们如何在贫穷中仍能坚守正直以及团结友爱。最让我深刻的是，美格，她是最大的姐姐，她去宴会前，她的仨个妹妹帮她准备了衣服，鞋子以及帽子。美格去到宴会，开始不安起来，因为宴会中的每个人都比她要高贵，都穿着很漂亮的衣服，让她抬不起头。美格的朋友也是个有钱的人，她说要借漂亮的衣服给美格穿，但美格仍觉得不好意思，但又不想丢脸，只好接守了。
当美格穿着漂亮的衣服出现时，每个人都赞美她的漂亮及高贵。罗蓝是美格的好朋友，也出席了这个宴会，他看见美格这般穿着也好奇起来。美格见到罗蓝，连忙向他解释，因为罗兰要向乔解释，乔是美格的妹妹，而罗蓝又是乔的好朋友。美格不想让乔知道，自己的这样子。因为，母亲常说不要爱慕虚荣。她回到家后，向母亲解释了那晚在宴会发生的一切。美格虽然爱慕虚荣但为了家庭干愿做家庭老师帮补家计。我佩服她的率真及为家庭的无怨无悔。我一直希望能尽自己的能力，帮妈妈干活，分担她的辛苦。但自己没有能力。平凡是美，幸福也是美。只要一家人在一起，哪怕是再困难也不怕。小妇人告诉了我平凡的美好，简单的幸福。
Title: Of Mice and Men
Author: John Steinbeck
This book is pretty interesting. A book I would recommend to read. Is not a long or short book. Is about these two men who has a same typical american dream that they will get to raise a farm later on. I not going to spoil it. You could read it and found out if their dream come truth or not. One of the man name Lennie has mental problems, but is a very nice fella. He is pretty strong, but he always kill stuff. He keeps getting in trouble so they have to keep finding ranches to work. He likes to pet nice things. The other man has to take care the other mental one. He is very nice and always help Lennie. If it wasn’t for Lennie his dream might have come true. The setting is where they were going to another ranch to work. If you find this interesting you should read it. It has many symbolism, themes, and motif. I thought this book might be boring because I have to read it for school. I found out is pretty good and Steinbeck is a good author.
Title: Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Author: Salman Rushdie
Haroun is a young boy who has loving parents. His father is a famous storyteller and his mother loves him very much. One day his mother runs away with another man. Both Haroun and his father are very sad and the town has begun to rain all of the sudden. His father has also lost the power to tell stories and cannot bear to tell anymore. Haroun later finds out that his father’s stories come from a magical place where stories are made by the ocean itself.
Title: Child of the Owl
Author: Laurence Yep
Cassie is a Chinese-American girl who lives with her father Barney. One day Barney gets hurt and Cassie gets sent first to live with her aunt and uncle and then to live with her grandmother in Chinatown. In Chinatown, she starts to learn about her Chinese heritage and about her mother, who died when she was little. She makes new friends in Chinatown and she with those friends she battles through the toughest times of her life.
Title: Sweethearts
Author: Sara Zarr
Jennifer Harris and Cameron Quick were both social outcasts in elementary school. They never really felt bothered by that fact because they had each other and that was all they ever needed. But one day, Cameron disappeared without any warning. Jennifer was told that Cameron had died, which leaves Jennifer feeling completely devastated. Jennifer felt as though she’d lost the only person who would ever be able to understand her. Now, eight years later, Jennifer has become a completely different person, burying all traces of her old self. She now goes by the name of Jenna Vaughn, who is popular, funny, happy, and has a boyfriend. She’s become everything “Jennifer” couldn’t be. Even though her life has taken a turn for the better, she still can’t forget about Cameron, her long-lost friend. When Cameron suddenly makes a reappearance, both of them are faced with memories from their shared past and how different both of their lives are now. Even eight years of time wasn’t able to weaken their bond of friendship nor was it able to lessen their love for one another. This is a story about the power of memory, the bond of friendship, and the quiet resilience of our childhood hearts.
Title: THe Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
This is a very good book for people who are ok with fighting and teens killing other teens. It is violent enough for boys to like it, yet romantic enough for girls. Katniss faces problems that require brains to figure out. Everyone I know who read this book loved it. A great book for anyone looking for a thrilling novel that they will not be able to put down.
Title: Marked
Author: P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Beware! This book will suck you in, into a world filled with vampyres. One who gets marked becomes a fledging vampire. They have to choose either to move into the House of Night for a better chance to live or stick with their life now where in a matter of days, they will die. A fledging has a mark on their forehead that isn’t filled in yet, only the ones that complete the change will have a filled in mark, so when Zoey enters the school, she instantly becomes unique with a filled in mark as a fledging. This book is a mixture of fantasy, romance, and friendship. Vampyres living among humans, who would have thought! Changing from a human to a vampyre causes relationship troubles for Zoey. It also causes friendship troubles, old friends lost, but new friends gained. If you loved the book Twilight, then you will surely love this book. Its both about vampires and it keeps you sucked in until the end.
Title: Always and Forever
Author: Lurlene McDaniel
Always and Forever written by Lurlene McDaniel is a book filled with friendship and tragedy. Although Lurlene McDaniel was the author of the last two books that I read, and they are all based on a teen getting diagnosed with cancer, this book had a different ending. Jory and Melissa were planning to have the best school year ever, and all of a sudden, Melissa gets struck with lymphocytic leukemia. Even though Jory’s family is rich, she can’t help out Melissa, until the end when she sets up a carnival dedicated to Melissa. It was a success. The first part of the book, Too Young to Die, is when Melissa first hears the news that she is diagnosed with cancer, and she is too young to die. The second part, Goodbye Doesn’t Mean Forever, means that although someone is gone, they aren’t truly gone, they are still inside your thoughts. This book ended perfectly with an actual closer that I agree with; I didn’t need to see if they had another book which will complete the story. It didn’t leave me wanting more information.
Title: Percy Jackson and the lightening thief
Author: Rick Riordan
Its a story about a boy named Percy Jackson, who thinks he’s an average boy but he’s actually a boy that has a big and long journey ahead of him. He’s actually a demi-god! Which is half human half demon. He soon enters into a camp called camp half bloods where he meets other demi-gods/ goddess like himself. But he doesn’t know in the beginning what his true powers are, and he certainly doesn’t know his father is part of the BIG 3. Which would be Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. There is a long and perilous journey full of betrayals and action that are to come within this book and its a awesome journey that Rick Riordan takes you on.
Title: The Bride
Author: Julie Garwood
Jamie is a the daughter of an English lord and is shocked when a Highland Laird, Alec, chooses her to be his wife. She is opposed to this marriage, as well as her father and her would-be-husband, but by the decree of the King of England and King of Scotland, they must marry. Upon arriving Scotland, Alec’s past gets uncovered by Jamie through rumors. If said rumors were true, then Alec killed his first wife. But that’s not the only thing that gets discovered, Jamie realizes that her father sold her to an English lord in order to escape debt!
Title: Flight
Author: Sherman Alexie
Flight is about an orphaned boy, Zit, who gets into trouble a lot. One day he gets locked in jail and befriends someone who tells him to rob a bank. When he tries to, Zit gets shot and he wakes up in the past. He travels through different times and ends up realizing who his father was, who abandoned him and his mother before he was born. From this, he realizes who he is and is inspired to lead a better life.
Although this book contains many swear words, I did enjoy reading it. It shows how a troubled kid decided to turn his life around by being inspired from memories. No matter how difficult his situation, he was able to create a more stable lifestyle. I would recommend this book to people who like happy endings.
Book: The Fake Boyfriend
Author: Kate Brian
I thought this book was going to be interesting so I borrowed it but as I started to read it, it was kind of boring, so I skipped ahead, then it got really interesting. Lane and Vivi have a best friend called Isabelle who has a really bad boyfriend. Isabelle is completely in love with him but he has a really bad reputation of being a bad guy. When the three of them catch him cheating on Isabelle with another classmate , Vivi hatches a plan to create a fake boyfriend for Isabelle so that she won’t be crying about him anymore. Vivi’s brother plays “Brandon,” the guy they created on MySpace–Isabelle fell in love with him. Then Isabelle wants to meet him so Vivi pays a hot guy from another school to pretend to be Brandon, but then Vivi starts to like him.
The ending is surprised me, but I did think it was a little too unrealistic. How can it all happen like that? It probably wouldn’t in real life. Interesting story though.
Title: Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Author: Salman Rushdie
This book is about a boy named Haroun, who had a father named Rashid, and a mother named Soraya. One day, Soraya was tired of Rashid’s ways, and decided to elope with another man. As a result, the father and son was devastated. Rashid stopped telling stories, and Haroun could not pay attention to anything for more than 11 minutes, due to her mother leaving them at exactly 11 o’clock. On their journey to find Rashid’s stories back, he stumbled upon a water genie, which supplies the story water for Rashid. The story goes on as Haroun and Rashid traveled to Kahani, where the sea of stories is located. Haroun struggled to helped his father get back his stories, and at the end, they ended up saving the sea of stories, which was poisoned, defeated khattam-shud, chief of the shadow world. At the end Rashid could finally tell stories again and Soraya, Haroun’s mother, came back.
Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
Stargirl is not a teen level book but more of a middle school read. It was an easy read but it had a very good and very deep message. The characters were very real and I was able to connect to them somehow and I was able to feel what the characters were feeling. This book made me laugh because is funny and made me want to cry because the story was so beautifully written. Stargirl is such a good book I recommend it to everyone, no matter their age.
“The Dying Breath” by Alane Ferguson
This is a forensic mystery that stars Cameryn Mahoney, a 17 year-old interested in the forensic field, and is also the assistant coroner to her father (the coroner). Her ex-boyfriend, Kyle O’Neil, who’s been on the lam since he killed Brad Oakes, his teacher in a bizarre way, has reappeared. But bad news is, he’s stalking Cammie, and threatens to harm Justin, the deputy, and Cammie’s love interest. To make it even more complicated, Cammie has to tie the recent killings of famous celebrities to Kyle, before time runs out.
I thought this book was pretty interesting, but not being a true romantic, some parts of Cammie’s romance with Justin made me gag. This book is for the mystery lovers and the suspense at the end keeps you on the edge of your seats.
Title: Eldest
Author: Christopher Paolini
Eldest is the next book of the Eragon Series. It takes off right where Eragon left off, in the Varden after their first big battle with the Empire’s army. Ajihad dies and the Twin magicians and Murtgah, missing. When Ajihad dies, the Varden, the Empire’s resistance group, need a new leader, and they choose Nasuada, Ajihad’s daughter. Eragon and Saphira fly to Ellsmera, the land of the elves and begins his training as a dragon rider. Unknowingly, his teacher would be one of the dragon riders himself and his dragon, Glaedr. During that time, he goes through a ceremonal process and the dragons grant him the elve’s powers of strenthg, speed and magic. Eragon finds out that the Varden is in trouble and rushes to help Nasuada, finding that the Urgals have joined the Varden’s cause. While fighting, Eragon finds that Galbatorix, leader of the Empire, has gotten another egg to hatch. The red dragon had a dragon rider as well, who was, surprisingly, Murtgah, whom he thought had died. Eragon finds Murtgah was forced to undergo punishment from the king, and when Thorn, Murtgah’s dragon, hatched, Galbatorix forced Murtgah and his dragon to swear fealty to him. Through this battle, Eragon finds out more about his past and finds Roran, his long lost cousin. After the battle, the Varden has won, but also they have lost at the same time. For the time being, Eragon decides to help Roran find his fiance, Katrina, who has been kidnapped by the Raz’zac, birdlike creatures that eat flesh. The story continues in Brisingr, or Inheritance, the third book of the seires.
Though it wasn’t as exciting as Eragon was, it was overall an okay book. Not packed with adventure, but more of his training and the history of the Empire.
Title: Kung Fu Princess: Daughter of Light
Author: Pamela Walker
Overall it was a great book; there were ups and downs where you would wonder what the author would write next. The beginning of the book was very descriptive of what’s happening, but then in the end, I felt that the author rushed it. I didn’t feel that the author put enough effort in the ending as she started with. It did end well, like many other books and didn’t leave you hanging on what is supposed to happen after the evil villains are killed. I liked that there are Chinese myths that are incorporated into the book, so if you like historical books, but like the “fairy-tale” ending, this is the perfect book for you. I’m not going to say it was one of the best books I’ve read, but it has all the aspects of a really thought-out book; with ups, downs, family, love, and friendship.
title: Creation in Death
author: J.D. Robb
All the “in Death” series are set far in the future. In the city of New York in year of 2060, Lt. Eve Dallas is out in the city solving murders. In each book there is a different criminal, but Eve Dallas is determined to stop each and every one of them.
“Creation in Death” deals with a killer who disappeared from New York years ago leaving behind a trail of corpses of all the woman he had killed. Young officer Eve Dallas and her mentor were assigned to solve the case and stop the killer but he had disappeared before anything could be done. Now ten years later, Eve has the rank of a lieutenant and her mentor now works in the department that deals with gadgets. Time has slowly pasted but all the faces of the dead women from the case ten years ago still haunt Eve now. And as a series of murdered women start to appear, Eve decides to rally a team together to help put the man from ten years ago behind bars permanently. But the man from before has changed his weapons and although he had use different weapons to torture those from ten years ago, he has decided to step up his game and use more unique ones to slowly draw out his victims time until their death. Although his tactics haven’t changed too much, they way he chose his victims have. All of the victims are employees of Eve’s husband and various merchandise from his stores have been used for the victims found dead. This may be a coincidence but Eve and her team think differently. But what happens when Eve is the one is chosen to be the next and final victim. The one whose time is to be the longest and most satisfying to the killer. Eve will have to step up her game in order to bring down the killer. But what will happen to her now that “the hunter is becoming the hunted”?
Title: Lock and Key
Author: Sarah Dessen
Ruby is a typical teenage girl…with an unusual childhood. As a teen, her mom suddenly disappears, leaving Ruby to fend for herself. Eventually, Child Protective Services finds Ruby and brings her to her happily married older sister, who takes her in, not knowing what happened to their mother. Ruby resents not being able to take care of herself, although her sister takes good care of her. Ruby’s story is one of self-acceptance and discovery.
I enjoyed this story because some of Ruby’s struggles are identifiable with how many teens go through self-discovery and acceptance during that stage of their life. A good summer read.
Title: Fairest
Author:Gail Carsion Levine
This book is basically about this girl who was born with a beautiful voice that anyone would ever want. But that bad thing that she hates about herself was that she wasn’t pretty or at least seen normal in people’s eyes. She was buff, her hair was an ugly color to other people,and she tall like a giant. Soon she finds out a secret to the beauty of the queen of her kingdom. I recommend this book because it would really get you addicted to it once you’ve started reading it.
title: Pride and Prejudice
author: Jane Austen
Okay, I know you may be thinking, “Pride and Prejudice?! What an old book?” but I assure you that, though old, this book is amazingly marvelous and a classic. This is a romance novel, set in England a couple hundred years ago. The story of the Bennet family, the suitors they meet, and the opinions of each could not be more entertaining. Jane Austen creates a extraordinary setting in your mind, where every bit of culture is explained so you feel as if you are next to the characters, especially Miss Elizabeth Bennet, the main character in the book. I became so emotionally in love with the book and its characters that, during certain parts of the book, I even talked to the book, exclaiming my feelings for what the characters should do! (I am not crazy, I just really enjoyed the book) I recommend this book to all of my friends, and find it better than the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer (just my opinion).
Please note: the book in written in an older English, and makes references to different ways of life. My copy of the book has notes in the back, embellishing on some points in the book and explaining them.
Rocky road trip
This book is the sequel to Bananasplitsville. It is about a girl who goes to college and tries to handle a long distance relationship. It turns out that it is harder then she imagined when she is distracted by her roommates, her new job at a bagel shop, and a bunch of other guys.
I did not really like this book because it was very very predictable, but I think it also had a good storyline and I did like the characters. However, other then that I don’t think i would suggest this book to anyone. Maybe that’s because i did’nt read the first book, but I still don’t believe its worth the time.
题目：泡沫之夏
这本书写了三个人：夏沫，欧辰和洛希。他们三个是从前一起长大的好朋友。洛希和夏沫是一对被别人收养的兄妹，他们从小互相喜欢。但是欧辰也喜欢夏沫，欧辰家很有钱，就把洛希送出国，让洛希跟夏沫不再来往。过了五年后，欧辰失忆了，但是还是被夏沫吸引，因为一首歌。但是夏沫没告诉他五年前发生的事情，反而跟洛希在一起。但是，欧辰还是喜欢夏沫，甚至逼迫夏沫跟他结婚。这本小说最感动我的是让我明白爱可以这么伟大，这么无私。有时爱一个人，也要成全她想要的事。
Title: The Twilight Saga
Author: Stephanie Meyer
In this romantic/sci-fi fic, reality meets paranormal when Bella Swan, a human girl meets vampire Edward Cullen. After Bella arrives at forks, her whole world completely changes forever.
She finds herself strangely connecting with Edward and ultimately falls in love with him. Along the way, she befriends Jacob Black, a local native who lives in the La Push reservation. Not surprisingly, he turns out to be a supernatural creature, but instead of a vampire, he is a werewolf. It just so happens that werewolves and the cold ones are natural enemies, and thus Bella is forced to choose between the two opposing factions. A common threat, however, temporarily creates an alliance in which they work together to protect Bella and the people of forks. Bella finally faces her feelings for Jacob, and lets him go in order to spend the rest of her life with Edward.
Title: Ruined: A Novel
Author: Paula Morris
This book was really exciting and I had a hard time putting it down. Its about a girl named Rebecca who get sent to New Orleans to her aunt Claudia, who is supposedly the descendant of a Voodoo Queen, while her dad is in China on business. This book has its twists and turns and keeps you in the dark until the very end. I highly recommend this book. If you love mysterious and ghosts, then this is the book for you and its not the least bit scary (for those of you who can’t handle horror).
Title: A Mango-Shaped Space
Author: Wendy Mass
Mia Winchell knew something was different about her ever since the Third Grade, when no one could see the colored numbers and letters that she did. Now thirteen-years-old, Mia has learned to hide her sight from others, for that incident had left her and others skeptical of what was happening. When things start to change, Mia decides that she can’t keep her secret any longer and confesses to her parents. They begin to worry that there’s something wrong with Mia, and take her to the doctor. It is soon discovered that she has a condition called synesthesia, which is completely harmless. It turns out that there are others out there who also have the same condition too. Upon hearing this, Mia is thrilled. She isn’t a freak after all! The doctor gives her a website that devotes itself to informing synesthetes and acting as a synesthesia socializing center. Almost immediately Mia is absorbed into this, overjoyed to read about others like her and find out about their experiences. Since Mia is so involved in her newly found world of synesthesia, she begins to slip when it comes to the life she had before. Gradually Mia is distancing herself from her family and friends without realizing it. Will Mia snap out of it and remember what is really worth keeping? Pick up this book and find out!
After reading this book, I learned a lot about synesthesia, something that I never knew about before! I tend to lean towards books that are in first person, and A Mango-Shaped Space is no exception. Considering that this was Wendy Mass’s first book, I thought that the plot was well laid out and the story transitions smoothly from one situation to another. She captured what it was like being in Mia’s mindset perfectly! I would absolutely recommend this book to any reader who likes something out of the ordinary.
Title: Sonic The Hedgehog Archives
Author: ??? I’m just gonna guess “Archie”
Well if you know the Sonic Games this books shows the adventure of this speedy fast blue hedgehog we all know and love. In these stories Sonic and the Freedom Fighters has to stop the Evil Dr. Robotnik aka Eggman from turning all there friends into robots. They work together and have many adventures along the way. If you grew up watching the Sonic SatAM. This is where it all started. The story line may not seem like the Sega games we are fimilar with but this is the very begin reprinted for your enjoyment. So please be patient if you want to see the video game comic tie in. This comic has old and new faces. Overall it’s an interesting comic….
Sorry not enough details TT . TT
This book called from blue moons to black holes answers all of your questions about the Earth and the galaxy. It is pretty long though so if you have time on your hand I suggest you read it
title: maddison finn- heart to heart
author: laura dower
well, this book is about a girl name maddison and everyone in far hills..where she lives are in love. she feels all lonely and alone. then she gets a email from a secret admirer saying “i really like you” ..maddison tries to find out who her secret admirrer is before the school dance. she tells her best friends, amiee and fiona and they are so excited. they help maddison find the secret admirer. maddison is wishing secreatly it would be her crush name heart…she been crushing on him like forever. so maddison has to find out the real person before school dance.. her eyes are open but till the end she edoesnt find out who it is until …her friend dan …becomes all romantic…dan tells maddison he was her secret admirer. maddison is shocked …dan is her close friend..where she volunteers at the animal clinic with dan…so she is kind of shocked. she likes dan only as a friend. so maddison was shocked and surprised she is afraid her friendship with dan will be ruined… well maddison faces teh reality and learns somthing new. Then she finds out that it doesnt matter if ur in a realationship or not all it matters is if your fine and happy. so this book is really good ….it teaches you lessons and problems that youll be facing later on in life… so i think its a great book to read…you’ll just love it its an amzing book…i seriously fell in love with this book…. iam sure anyone will like it!!!!(:(:(:
title:Catherine, Called Birdy
author:Karen Cushman
Catherine, Called Birdy is a book about a girl named Catherine. Catherine was a really miserable person just because she has to learn how to do all the things that all young ladies do in the time and she wants to do what the guys do instead. Like she rather wear loose clothing than to wear a dress or wanting to throw dirt around or roll around in it and not stay really clean. It takes place in the Medieval time and it is in a diary form going on about her life day by day. Her father forces her to go to a school so she can learn lady like manners. She has to learn how to hem and cook and all the other things housewives do. The two people who really come into her life is Shaggy Beard and Perkin. She wanted to marry Perkin instead of Shaggy Beard whom her father forces her to take hand in marriage. She didn’t want to marry Shaggy. Throughout this story she lived part of her life(not much) as a boy. At the end she ends up marrying Stephen who is Shaggy’s brother and to her eyes a lot handsomer. I did not like this book at all. It was very boring and I would not recommend this book to anyone unless they like reading about the Medieval Times. There also is a lot of information about Catherine that you have to remember, otherwise the story will make no sense and you will get really lost.
Title : Perfect Chemistry
Author : Simone Elkeles
This book was amazingly written. it was very realistic. i finished this book in almost one day. i just kept wanting to read more. i wished they had some kind of sequel to it. it was so sad and sweet at the same time. i was moved to tears at one point.): the guy is really sweet. it made me wonder if there were actually guys like that out there. he was really nice to the girl’s mentally disabled sister. i thought it was so interesting because of the badboy rebel and little good girl cheerleader got together. yes, it seems like a typical high school romance story, but it’s much more than that. you can totally imagine yourself there watching all these events from the book happening in front of your eyes. amazingg~ if theres ever a sequel in the future, i’ll be sure to get my hands on it. if you enjoy high school romance, you’ll absolutely love this book
Title: Vampire Kisses ( the chapter books & manga )
Author: Ellen Schreiber.
I absolutely LOVE these books. vampires and romance, what more can you ask for? if you love vampire romance, then i’d recommend this book/series to you. i love the main character Raven. i love her style and i love how alexander is portrayed. mysterious and romantic. its sad how they live in to different worlds=ish. while she’s at school, he’ll be sleeping and while he’s awake she’ll be sleeping. but at least they get to hang out after sunset
i love how they hang out in the cemetery and have a bunch of romantic dates that you’d never think of. they make the perfect couple. the manga is pretty good too. i only found the artwork a little weird but its a whole lot better than mine, that’s for sure. vampire romance lovers, i definitely recommend this to read. (:
Title: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Author: Mark Haddon
This book is very interesting. It is about this boy named Christopher and he is trying to find out who killed him neighbor’s dog. He is being a detective and asking people that lives on his street. Christohper is not your average boy, he doesn’t like the colors brown and yellow. He also does not have a mom. Christopher’s mom and dad separated when he was young. While he is dectecting, he find out very interesting thing about his mom that happened in the past and finds out that someone he cares about killed the dog. I would recommend this book to many people, especially people that like to read!! Have fun reading!
title: maddison finn -picture perfect
author: laura dower
so this book is about a girl name maddison finn…who goes to high school and she faces many challenges in her life. she cant seem to get out of any troubles and she is putting her self in to more trouble. so there is this pop star niki who comes to town and everyone is crazy for her. maddison and her two best friend ..amiee and fiona decide to go to nikkis concert. they are so excited . to maddison nikki is a perfect model ….she is her idol. but when tehy actually really get to meet nikki backstage maddison is not really happy with the way nikkis attitude is … maddison and her firends realized that no one is perfect. they thought that nikki was a model so she was perfect in everything ..well not exactly …they came to know that no one is perfect.. they can be good but not perfect..nikki may be a pop star but she is missing out on big things. so this book is really interesting …i would prefer this to girls who like all drama adn high school stuff… is a really nice you will never egt bored …its an amazing book..you like it !!! so thats about it !!! maddison solves all of her problems and comes to understand things as she is growing up…!!!
题目：仲夏夜之梦
这部文学名著写了一个男孩和一班精灵还有他们国王和王后之间的事情。一开始，男孩长大后问妈妈，爸爸呢？妈妈告诉他，父亲是远方的国王，并给男孩信物，一把剑和一对鞋，要他去找他爸爸。男孩去的路上听说有很多妖精，他妈妈担心他，但男孩说他有智慧跟勇气不怕，男孩一路上遇到很多苦难但都靠勇气和智慧克服了。男孩找到爸爸后成为了国王。但发生了一件事情，一对情侣很喜欢对方但其他人都不认同他们，被小精灵知道后用法术帮了她们，精灵国王和王后也和好如初。通过这部名著告诉了我们只要有智慧和勇气就能了服一切。
Title: Nightlight
Author: The Harvard Lampoon
This book is basically a parody of Twilight. There is Belle Goose and Edwart Mullen. She is obsessed with this guy ad the idea of him being a vampire. It is the like the first book of the Saga and it is really funny because it has the same people but everything sort of is switched. I recomend this book because it funny
Title: Nightlight
Author: The Harvard Lampoon
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Just a little background of New Mexico’s history and you will be ready to understand why the connection of the people to the land is different from those of other Native Indians. ‘So far from God’ shows how having moved away from the land of their ancestors, people fail to connect to it in the same way as their predecessors.
Although it deals with serious issues, it does not fail to make you laugh out loud when weird things happen to Sofi’s children and she’s still one piece. And all this when you thought you were beginning to feel pity for Sofi beset with troubles for children.
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This story opens as 13-year-old Eva wakes up in a hospital bed to find that she has been seriously injured in a car crash and has been in a coma for months. As she slowly regains consciousness, she experiences strange sensations and dreams until she learns that her life has been saved with an unprecedented medical procedure in which her memories have been implanted into the brain and body of a chimpanzee. Eva is set in the future, in a dystopian urban world in which humans have destroyed most of the world and are isolated in super high rises and fed a steady stream of television. Eva’s father is a researcher of captive, habituated chimps with whom Eva was essentially raised. Eva’s operation and recovery were sponsored by a manufacturer of juice products, who contractually own her and exploit her to advertise their products. As she recovers and adjusts to her new life, she begins to identify with the chimp part of herself and relates to the other chimps, leading her to resist her handlers and her parents and campaign for greater autonomy for herself and her fellow chimps. Eva eventually becomes the poster child for animal rights activists and a figure to whom many people look as an inspiration as the human race is degenerating. Eventually, like her Biblical namesake, Eva is sent to an Edenic paradise with a troop of chimps to teach them to live in the wild and be televised worldwide for the entertainment of humans. As events transpire, Eva and her troop are left possibly to repopulate the planet and begin the evolution of the human race again. The story raises all kinds of existential questions about what makes us who we are, what is our relationship with animals, and what are our responsibilities to nature and the environment. These thought-provoking themes are balanced by suspenseful action and well-developed characters (including the chimps). With the highly introspective nature of this story and the slow and mysterious revelation of the plot, this is a challenging read. Eva is a terrific book for adolescents asking their own big questions and learning how to find their own opinions and voices.
Here I recommend this book to everyone. Because this book was written in 1897. The auther was very good to imagine the future of technoledge. It’s very good, but it’s not easy to read.
Title: Eragon
Author: Christopher Paolini
This book is about a 15 year old boy, Eragon, who finds an egg in the Spine, a forbidden forest, while hunting and brings it home to Carvahall. First he thinks it’s a stone, but when a dragon hatches out of it, he finds out it’s an egg. The Empire, ruled by a dictative king Galbatorix, hears word of this and sends the Ra’ zac to Carvahall to find the missing egg. They kill his Uncle and Eragon and Brom, his ‘mentor’ is sent on the race of their lives. Throughout their journey, they face various obstacles and travel to the Varden. On his way, Eragon learns how to sword fight, fight with magic, as well as ride Saphira, his dragon. Over halfway through his journey, Brom dies protecting Eragon, the promise of the people of the Empire and the Varden, a resistance to the King. After Brom dies, he meets Murtgah, saves an elf and go to the Varden. There, they fight a mighty battle that decides where Eragon stands in the battle field. The Varden is victorious and the Eragon and Saphira become heroes.
The story continues in the next book, Eldest.
Book:the king of sweets in the universe.
我看了这部漫画，了解道赤川新对甜点的热情，对困难的不拒怕，对做甜品的认真。当出现敌人时始终坚持自己的信念和自己想跟父亲一样成为最棒的甜点王。做每件事的认真，负责。当作为一个敌人时，跟朋友同心协力更是令人感动。在社会上无论做什么都要有像他已样任真，负责。勇敢生活，学习，工作。加油。
Title: As You Wish
Author: Jackson Pearce
After reading this amazing book, I had to hurry and tell my friend about it. This book starts with a girl wanting a wish to really come true. Because of that, a genie was summoned to follow her until she made 3 wishes. But the two end up going through a series of events and gain true love. But the genie will disappear from her life after 3 wishes, see what happens in the end! Its not what you’ll expect it to be!
My book is The lightnig theif
By Rick Riordan
In this story, young Percy Jackson is found in many different situations involving the Greek Gods. This is a great book for all ages. The Story begins when Percy jacksons goes to A feild trip to the greek meusum.Then he goes to camp where he learns to fight greek monsters and gods. After Percy fineshes his trainig he goes to Los Angeles on a ques to retrive Zeuses Lightning bolt. When he returns he is awarded with many gifts such as the head of madusa. This is a wonderful book that would be great for the summer
Title: Eclipse
Author: Stephenie Meyers
This book was basically about Bella, Edward and Jacob coming together for the the fight with the Volturi. The Volturi is the strongest vampirers in this world and can kill you in a heart beat. There coming to see Bella change into a immortal someone like Edward. They made a promise the Volturi that they would change because she know too much about there kind. If they dont change her she will be killed by the Volturi. Edwad her boyfriend didn’t want to change her but Bella being stingy like her regular self didn’t want kill her baby that her Edward had created. When she finally have the baby Edward has to change her really quick before sh dies.
They have a baby girl which bella names her Resemme something like that but her nick name is Nessi. Jacob had mage that nick name for the little girl. When finally becomes her self afer all the venom is out her she and Jacob takes Nessi out on her first hunting trip. When some vampire sees the Nessi she goes back to the Volturi and tell them that Bella and Edward done had an immortal and mortal child together.
Finally Alice had a vision abnoyt the Volturi coming so her and Jasper run away and leave the family useless to defend on themselfs. She leaves and tell them they will need witnesses to prove to the Volturi that Nessi will not sell out their kind. So Edward, Bella, Nessi and Jacob are left home while Carlilse and the rest look witnesses.
At last the wolve, Carlilse family, and the witnesses are facing the volturi and they say she can live.
Title: Eclipse
Author: Stephnie Meyers
Not Me, by Michael Lavigne, is a must read for all teens and young adults. It’s words can truly express emotions that can be felt by the reader.
Michael’s life is already bad enough as it is- his mother and sister died, a divorce with his wife, his relationships with his son is getting worse and worse- and now he has to take care of his elderly father who has Alzheimer’s disease.
Michael receives a mystery box of journals from his father one day, his father doesn’t remember where they came from and no one else seems to know. But Michael’s father, Heshel, insists that Michael reads them. The last thing Michael would want to do is learn more about his father, but since this is his wish Michael will have to read no matter how much he hates it. “All right, I said to myself, but in his voice—Heshel Rosenheim, you want I should read your diary, I’ll read your goddamned diary.”(11)
The first entries were of no interest to Michael; they were just mostly about his father’s religious beliefs and Michael’s little sister, Karen. But soon, the entries that Michael came across seemed like a novel. A novel about the terrible memories of a German S.S. who took the identity of a victim. As we can see, Heinrich took the identity of Heshel so the British wouldn’t punish him. “When the day approached and many of the Germans fled, only, he assumed, to be caught and hanged, he instead shaved his head, exchanged his uniform for the rags—which he carefully deloused—of a dead prisoner, rolled himself in the mud, and waited.”(34) And from that day on Heinrich Mueller had disappeared off the face of the earth.
Since this was all written in a novel form, Michael was skeptical of whether or not it was true. Michael remembered that his father would do everything that a true Jew did—eat what Jews ate, prayed like Jews, and celebrated Jewish holidays. Michael even remembers how his father hated the German language. How could Michael find out the truth? Asking his father was pretty much hopeless because half of the time he doesn’t even know what his father is talking about anymore. The nurses at the nursing home wouldn’t tell Michael anything about his father’s visitors, so Michael decided to hide in the nursing home and stalk his father’s visitors. Things start to get even more confusing when Michael’s father starts mentioning a person named Frau Hellman, and when the Holocaust Archives sends Michael a letter. And who exactly is that lady following Michael around at Starbuck’s?
Even though Lavigne isn’t a holocaust survivor, nor are his parents, it is amazing how he can grasp that feeling. The readers can see the Holocaust through another perspective; through the eyes of a S.S. who later changed. As I was reading this, it seemed more like a memoir than a novel. All of the events seem realistic enough. Through out the book, Lavigne switches back and forth between Heshel’s story and Michael’s story. But because it is so well written, it doesn’t cause any confusion, and it doesn’t mess up the flow. I think everyone should read this book, but because it mentions some “mature material”, I think it’s more appropriate for older teens.
Title:Holes
Author:Louis Schtachar
This is the story about a young boy ho is sent to camp. Not like any other camp but a camp for bad boys. He is sent to dig holes in the burning hot desert sun. He was blamed for stealing shoes from a major sports star. This is a great ook to read during the summer
oh…by the way, the book review i wrote above is ” The Water Mirror”
Title: The Boy Who Reversed Himself
Author: William Sleator
This book is a brilliant sci-fi short novel that is educational, exciting, suspenseful, and emotional all at the same time. Omar can travel to the fourth dimension, and he eventually gets himself into a fix when he takes a normal girl from school into the fourth dimension with him and they get lost. Sleator’s fast-paced adventure gives much insight into the idea of a fourth dimension of space (not time).
Title: Banner in the Sky
Author: James Ramsey Ullman
This book is amazing and inspirational. Based on a true story, it tells the story of a 16-year-old boy who longs to climb the Citadel but is not allowed to because his father met his death trying to conquer the mountain. The entire story is suspenseful and exciting, but at the same time very realistic. Ullman includes many details about mountain climbing and culture. Banner in the Sky is my favorite book and I would recommend it to anyone fourth grade through adult. It’s one of those books that gains meaning when you reread it years later, from a new perspective.
The introduction of this story is unique as it doesn’t start in a typical fairytale format. The story starts off with Merle and a blind girl Junipa riding on a gondola in Venice on their way to become a Mirror Maker’s apprentices. They pass by mermaids whose mouths are split from ear to ear and have razor sharp teeth like sharks. They find scary and mighty stone lions with guards on their backs patrolling the streets. They both awe and shiver as they make their way to their destination. When they reach their destination, they are welcomed by a woman with a bottom half mask. They are fed and go straight to sleep. Suddenly, Merle hears a noise. She gets out of bed and finds that Junipa is missing. She quietly walks out of her room and follows the soft sounds coming out from a door. She opens the door slightly and sees Arcimboldo, the Mirror Maker, slip two small mirrors into the eyes of Junipa. She watches with horror and shouts out a question demanding what Arcimboldo did to Junipa. He explains that he put mirrors in Junipa’s eyes so that she could see. “Look in a mirror, and it will look back at you. That is the first lesson in my workshop, Merle. Mark it well. Mirrors can see.” Merle thinks to herself: now that Junipa could see, her life would be so different. During their first night with the Mirror Maker, a wonder miracle had happened! Junipa’s eyes turned from pearly blank eyes to cold silvery mirrors. After that miracle, more and more extraordinary things happen in this book. If you want to find out, you have to read it.
he genre of this book is fantasy, mystery and fiction. This book isn’t very hard to read although sometimes, you have to stop and think. The author adds a lot of detail when writing about his characters and sceneries, which makes a very easy vivid picture in my mind. I would recommend this book to people who love mystery, fantasy and also a confusing ending in which would make you ponder…
Title:The tales of beedle the bard
Author: J.K Rowling
I like this book because it helps me understand some of the storys that are linked to jk rowling”s
harry potter books.i especially like two storys from it. one, is “the warlocks hairy heart” and two,”the tale of two brothers”. the second story is actually the story of the deathly hallows which is what the last book in the harry potter series is practically based on. I absolutley love the book!
Title: Host
Author: Stephanie Meyer
Genre: Scienice Fiction/Romance
From the author who created twilight, this is a must read for either fans of the author or sci-fi fans. Host is based in the distant future when parasitic aliens have taken over the world and humans tried to fight back while living in hiding. The novel is written in first person narrative, not unlike Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series, so that as you read along the novel, you would be seeing the world of Host through the eyes of the protagonist. As you read along the novel, it makes you keep on reading until the ending, and leaves you wanting more with a completely satisfactory ending. This novel makes non-sci-fi fans want to read it and love it, just think of the terminator movies and you will get the plot of this novel. Meyer say that Host is to convey “what a gift it is to just have a body, and really love it.” as the main aspect of this novel.
Title: Leviathan
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Genre: Historical Fiction
This was an amazing book. It was a mix of the past and the future (steampunk) since it is a retelling of WWI in a futuristic way. Scott Westerfeld (author of the “Uglies” series, and “So Yesterday”) does a wonderful job of giving one side futuristic machines and their rivals living “beasties” that they fabricated through DNA. The story follows Prince Aleksandar, Alek for short on the one hand, and Deryn Sharp, a girl pretending to be a boy (named Dylan) so she can be in the navy on the other. These two cross paths despite the fact that they are on opposite sides of the war, and create an alliance that saves their lives. This is an amazing book (as I have said) and I suggest it as a good read!
Title: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Author: Junot Diaz
I really enjoyed this novel because it reminds me of my family and culture originally from the Dominican Republic but residing in the East Coast. There were so many sections in this novel where I would say, “Yes I can totally relate!” This book is about a friendly but miserably overweight boy who is referred to as a ghetto nerd. This Dominican genius, Oscar Cabral, also had a yearning for love and romance. But according to Oscar, he and his family are cursed by what is called a fukú. No matter where they go, the U.S or their home town, this familia Dominicana can’t shake off this horrific curse. Although this novel is tragic it brings, originality and validity to this new day.
Sold, by Patricia McCormick, is a poignant book. Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi, though poor, is happy with her life in Nepal. After a terrible monsoon, all is lost, and her stepfather insists on her taking a job in the city, as a maid. “Auntie” takes her to the city where everything is different, even the language, and soon Lakshmi finds that she has been sold into a life of sexual slavery. She makes friends that help her through the hardships of brothel life, one that seems inescapable, and then one day, she is given a chance
Title: Of Mice and Men
Author: John Steinbeck
This book depicts two friends, George and Lennie. Lennie is a big softy and tends to get into trouble when he isn’t told what to do. George looks after him and they cherish their friendship. Lennie always asks George to tell him these dreams they have for themselves after they earn a stake working in a ranch. As the story progresses, George’s commitment to keep Lennie safe begins to weaken as Lennie gets into more trouble. I thought this book was really sweet because Lennie is such a child and he likes petting soft things, but at the end I was pretty shocked at what George did. Overall, I thought it was a pretty good book and it was fast to read, I would recommend it to others
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title:new moon
author: Stephanie Meyer
Im not really a fan of the twilight series, but of all the books in the series i really like New Moon.Because it really shows more of the relationship between Bella and her best friend Jacob Black. I really like this book because it shows friendship and bella’s ability to cope without edward.
Title: The Diary of Anne Frank
Author: Anne Frank
This book, written in a diary format, is about a Jewish girl named Anne Frank who turned from an optimistic to a lonely, sad girl who had to hide due to the tragic event known as the Holocaust. Throughout her diary, Anne Frank demonstrated how she changed from a innocent girl to a young woman. Apart from the rest of the world, Anne Frank had to live in a cramped building with another family. Each day, they had to live with fear, fear of running out of food, fear of getting caught and send to concentration camp, where they will tortured to dead. It is amazing to see how Anne Frank managed to stay calm and still had the ability to write on her diary. At the end, it was a grievous ending. Anne Frank and her family along with the other family were caught and sent to the camp, where Anne Frank died of Typhus, a fatal illness. All the other family members, except her father, who survived and later, was able to publish her diary. This is an inspiring book and I would recommend it to my friends, hopefully you find it interesting too.
Title: Girlology
Author: Melisa Holmes, M.D. & Trish Hutchison, M.D.
This book fulfilled with facts and accurate information about things that girls go through as teenagers. It gives the reader a clear understanding of how it feels like to become a young adult, and in fact, the book itself is like talking directly to the reader. It did a wonderful job in terms of explaining different worries teenagers have, and providing enough good advices for the reader. For those who afraid to discuss their private concerns with their parents or trusted adults, this is a great book where you will, hopefully, find the answers to your questions without having to go through awkward moments. Go Girl Power!
Title: Princess Forever
Author: Meg Cabot
Mia, no longer the princess of Genovia, must question her relationship with her current boyfriend, JP. She soon discovers that he dated her for fame, just so that he will be able to become a producer. During this time, her ex-boyfriend, Michael, comes back. She can’t resist her love for him, and she discovers true love.
Title: Twenties GIrl
Author: Sophie Kinsella
This book is about a girl being visited by her great aunt, but as a ghost form. Her aunt died at the age of 105, and her ghost comes back at the age of 21. The ghost asks her to help her find this special necklace that made her feel beautiful. After going through a lot of trouble, she discovers the secret behind the success of her uncle. She finds love and passion with the help of her aunt.
Title: Monster Blood Tattoos: Lamplighter
Author: D. M. Cornish
In the world of the Half-Continent, savage and hideous monsters roam freely, only being stopped by monster hunters. Most of these monster hunters are lahzars, or people who are surgically changed to either be a wit or a fruglar. A wit is one who can create “fissions” and have a monster be destroyed on the inside, while a fruglar has the power to call upon lightening and electricity to electrocute their enemies. Continuing where book one left off, Rossamund Bookchild, a former orphan, begins his long awaited job as a lamplighter. His life as a lighter isn’t what he expected it to be, when an unexpected girl comes to be the first female lighter. Both of them face the untold perils of the Half-Continent and meet old and new friends, not to mention foes. I would go on, but to tell you more would spoil the book, and you have to read it to find out what happens next. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading fantasy and fiction. D. M. Cornish has created a world similar to our own, but he has devised it so that it is as if the Half-Continent is an alternate world altogether! Things aren’t as they seem to be in this book, and the story itself differs greatly from your everyday fairytale. If you’re ready for action, suspense, and some heart jolting chapters, read this book and you’ll know what I mean.
Title: Cures for Heartbreak
Author: Margo Rabb
The life of a 15-year-old teenage girl shatters when her mother dies of skin cancer. Shortly after wards , her father experiences a near death heart attack. Confused and hurt over her mother’s death and her father’s near death experience, Mia lets herself sink into a slump. Her poor performance in her English and World history classes ultimately leads to summer school. Throughout this new chapter of her life, she frequently reminisces over the times spent with her mother, the special shopping trips to blommingdales, the trips to Maplewood. The impact of her mother’s death hits her harder than her sister because she shared a stronger bond with her. Surprisingly, Mia is still able to cure her heart by finding love, finding solace in her friends, and finding a little faith.
There are these 4 girls the first girls name is Violet and she is a new kid in school and she is always asking for directions because she dosent yet know the school that much.The second girls name is Katie-Rose and sname is he is very bouncey and she is also a little enthusiastic.The third girls name is yasman and she is a quiet one who passes by at the wrong moment.And last but not least there is this girl named Milla and she is very popular in school who takes a spectacular tumble along with the preciouse contact of her back pack.All of these girls go to the same schoool together,and in summer Katie-Rose went to piener camp with Milla and they both became the bests friends together at that camp they were always in Katie-roses cabine and they alwas use to talk but when it became the end of summer and schooll started Milla didnt talk to her because she was hanging out with these two cool girls named Modessa and Quin and they thought that Katie-Rose was uncool and didnt have style like they did.So in the middle of the school year Katie-Rose started to talk to Yasman and they had alot in commen.Yasman tolled Katie-Rose that she had a online website that she made her self it was named blah blah blah something somthing.com and Katie-Rose always wanted a friend that was cool but not to cool so Katie-rose imed yasman and Katie-Rose told yasman that they should tell milla to join blah blah blah something something.com and yasman imed back idk because she might be to cool for it so Katie-Rose said no she isnt and the next day they asked her but she was with the cool people and modessa told Katie-Rose what are u doing here? And your going to have to find out te rest you could find this book in the teen section its called luv ya bunches the ather is lauren myracle
Title: Numbers
Author: Rachel Ward
This book is about a girl name Jem, who could see the date of death of anyone she sees stamped inside her head. Ever since her mother died, she avoided being friends with anyone afraid of seeing when her friends would die. Until she met Spider, a guy who she thought maybe they could find happiness together, a chance she would take and try to “prevent” is death. But when she visits London with him, they went to a carnival, every person she looked at, the same date of death was there. The carnival was gonna blow up and it was up to her to get away before time runs out. This book was worth reading and i would recommend it to everyone whos like thrill and adventure. i didnt really like the ending but i could really visual how Jem was feeling.
Title:The Search For Delicious
Author: Natalie Babbitt
Ice Cream is the most delicious food in the world.No, Cake is better. Just theses two sentences let two people in a war. But thats wht happend when a guy named Gaylen is sent to discover the true meaning of ” delicious” for the king’s dictionary. This war can be stopped by a ____? Well i guess you will have to read to know the answer. This is a fantasy tale about a boy who believes in himself continously. I love this book because it was very interesting to me, i couldnt take my eyes off of this book.
Title: The Great Gatsby
Author: Francis Scott Fitzgerald
I think this is a great book for teens and adults. The setting of this book is in the 1919′s right after the World War I, also known as the Roaring 20s. Main character is a young man who just got back from the army, he move to New York, and in there he was lure in appearing of the city life. It was party and party night after night in the house next to him, where he later encounter the great Gatsby, and discover Gatsby wasn’t so great after all. Anyways this book is about lust, desire, and relations.
I loved the book “peace, love and baby ducks” it tlKs about two sisters one named Carly and the other one name anna.This book is about how one summer can change a lot of things. In one summer Anna becOme popular and started hanging out With the older kids. She didn’t swim in yhe kiddie pool anymore instead she swam in the deep end of the pool. This was a very humorous book. I enjoyed reading it so I hope u do too.
The “peace,love and baby ducks” was a very interesting book becUse it’s talks about a girl names Carly life. Carly has a sister named Anna, they used to be best friends until one summer Anna became a big girl and stared hanging out with older kids and doing stuff like swimming in the deep end of the pool instead of the other end. Carly gets sad because she still has to swim in yhe kiddie pool and her sister doesn’t really talk to her as much anymore like before. Both of the sisters are dealing with different problems in their lives. This book has a bunch of humors. It also shows then even different sisters can learn to help each othe with their problems. I really would recommend this book. I enjoyed reading it so I hope you so too.
Title: Lord of the Flies
This book portrayed the social hierarchy of humans with no order and boundaries. During the war, an airplane crashes down leaving a huge scare on an island. Survival is very difficult on an island of the unknown. The worst part of it is, no adults are present. Ralph, is the chief in command. The group of kids attempted to create rules though, almsot immediately, no one followed through. Piggy, one fellow who understood how the civilized must act helped Ralph assemble the rule. Piggy, above all people understood the importance of rules and how without them, there will be chaos. Though, no one followed it except for Ralph and Simon. Food was scarce and many people’s good judgment have taken a toll. Soon, the group began to shrink. People were dying because of rebels. These rebels were hunting and letting nothing get in their way. They have lost all human thoughts and killed people. This book was full of intense scenes filled with profound morals.
“The Nature of Jade” by Deb Caletti is an awesome book. It tells the story of a eighteen-year old girl named Jade DeLuna who found out a few years ago she has a type of panic disorder. Since then, she has learned to control her panic attacks with simple things such as cough drops, watching the elephants at the zoo near her house, and candles. Through the webcam in her room on her computer, she watches the elephants.
But then one day, she sees a boy about her age with a red jacket and a baby, about two years old. He comes almost everyday, the same time, just to watch the elephants. She watches him, and wonders if the baby is his. She volunteers at the zoo to work in the elephant exhibit and to get closer to the boy and to learn more about him. Along the way, she unlocks the mystery and the terrible secret of the boy in the red jacket, falls in love, makes a lot of new friends, learns new things, and really grows as a person. If you are a worrier, or even if you’re not, this book is for you.
Title: The Ashleys
Author: Melissa de la Cruz
This is the first book in the Ashleys series and it’s about an innocent girl named Lauren Page who completely changes her appearance and attitude to try to fit in with the Ashleys despite the fact that she was bullied by them throughout her school years. The Ashleys are a group of girls who are all named, you guessed it, Ashley and basically rule Miss Gamble’s Preparatory School for Girls. They decide what’s hot and what’s not, who’s in and who’s out and everyone wants to be them. Her main intention is to fit in with them in order to crush them, but in the end, she starts questioning her actions, the good and bad. I definitely recommend this book to girls who love fashion/drama because its clever, suspenseful plot will leave you wanting more.
Book Title: Dragon Sword and Wind Child
Author: Noriko Ogiwara (Translated by Cathy Hirano)
The book ‘Dragon Sword and Wind Child’ by Noriko is about a young girl who is fated to be caught up in a war between God of Light and the Goddess of Darkness. Saya, the girl, met a band of fake musicians before the Kagai (a ceremony of love), and was accused of being the reincarnated Water Maiden; they gave her a magatama, a stone of the Water Maiden. During the Kagai, she agreed to follow Prince Tsukishiro, an immortal and a son of the God of Light, to his palace, where she would become his handmaiden. She met Tsukishiro’s sister, Princess Teruhi, another immortal and daughter of the God of Light. Teruhi wanted to kill Saya for being of the Darkness people, while Tsukishiro wished to marry her. Later on, as the story progresses, the immortals’ plans unfold, Saya’s friends aid her in seeking how to end the war, and free the third child of the God of Light, Chihaya. The book hints at a subtle romance in the crossfires of war, and how both survive, bringing peace to both the God and Goddess, who loved each other all along.
The story was very captivating. It is probably set in a mythical world of Japan, though some places may be real. This book contains subtle relationships/love triangles and is a page-turner. If you put down this book unfinished, you will itch to pick it back up. The details of love, war, hate, and difference are vividly written, and adventures our main character take might make your heart pound with hers. I would recommend this book to those who love stories that do not entirely revolve around love only, but the sense of adventure, loss, and another entirely different world.
This book The Child Called It is a book about a young boy who got beaten in many different ways by his mother. His mother was an alcoholic who treated him horribly. Throughout everything the mother did to him, he still survived with many scars and bruises left. He was afraid to tell the police or teachers/staff about his relationship with his mother because he never knew what nasty thing his mother would come up with if she got a call home from someone he told. He finally got the freedom that he always dreamed of having and never got to or wanted to see his mother again.
Title: Life and Death in Shanghai
Author: Nien Cheng
This true book is set in the Cultural Revolution. Nien Cheng, the wife of an aristocrat, is unfairly charged as having and hoarding wealth. She refuses to confess, and is taken to Detention House No. 1. After seven years of confinement, malnutrition, disease, abuse, and much more, Nien is finally released from the No. 1 Detention House. Just a few of the tortures she suffered include having her wrists manacled with square handcuffs and not getting treatment for them when they swelled, being deprived of nutrition even when sick, having hemorrhages, getting tuberculosis and having to deal with inexperienced doctors who said it was hepatitis and being abused by the guards and the relentless interrogators who try to get her to confess. She could have gone out a little earlier, but refused to because the interrogator wrote that it was because her behavior improved. She refused to accept the conclusion wanted a new one written stating her innocence.
Much of the harrowing book is structured around her fight for her justice.
Title:Dune
Author: Frank Herbert
Paul’s father, Duke Leto, is forced by Emperor Shaddam IV to move from his planet of Caladan to replace House Harkonnen on the planet of Arrakis. On Arrakis, the Atredies house physician Dr. Yueh betrays them, letting his enemy, the familyy Harkonnens raid the castle. The Duke is capture and killed. HIs son and concubine Paul and Jessica manage to escape to a group of Fremen (a native group to Arrakis) led by a man named Stilgar. They are both accepted as religious leaders, Paul as a prophet named Maud’ Dib and Usul; Jessica as a Reverend mother. Paul discovers he has prescience, or the ability to see into the future. Paul leads the Fremen in this complicated book with many twisting plots.
The book Marie Curie – Giants of Science, by Kathleen Krull is a fascinating book, giving a full and interesting description of Marie Curie’s life, not merely as a scientist, but also as a woman with feelings of love and compassion beneath her exterior of cold and straightforward. It depicts her life as a mother too, expressing her attitude towards her children, but above all, her devotion to science and learning. A pretty unbalanced life, Marie figured that work was the most important thing in life, as it gave her a goal to look forward to, but also gave her a safe haven when depressions hit her. An interesting book and highly controversial, Marie’s life was a great success for all that she set out to do, however it was a failure at the other important aspects of a genuinely balanced life.
The book Appointment with Death, by Agatha Christie is a murder mystery concerning an odd family and two doctors who find them intriguing, yet mysterious. The matriarchal family is controlled by a sadistic mother who loves to ensue mental trauma towards her children. Plotting to murder her, they come across two friendly doctors who try to understand them, and initially help them out. Then, on their tour around Jerusalem, the hideous dictator of the family falls ill, as her heart is already failing her, and dies. The family is freed; however, guilt is looming in the air. World-famous investigator, Hercule Poirot is there to uncover the mystery. Who did it? And How?
Title:Lucky Star
Author:Kagami Yoshimizu
A four-panel comic strip with many twists to it!Theres Izumi Konata who causes most of the mischief and funny things in the manga.Kagami and Tsukasa Hiiragi are just characters that provoke Konata to cause most of her mischief and funniness.Then there’s Miyuki with the “Moe” prints and is just another character that is clumsy and klutzy.I recommend this book to people who are bored and stressed or maybe jsut want a good laugh or two!
Title:One Fine Day
Author:Sirial
A cute, fun story about the daily adventures of Nanai the dog, Guru the cat, and Rang the mouse in the company of their owner No-Ah, a magician-in-training.Just add them all up and all you get is cuteness,mischief,and corruption!From baking cookies to meeting old friends,there is ALWAYS mischief cooking up and when people least expect it,POP it just appears in front of you!I recommend this book for people who are bored and would like to just relax and enjoy a good laugh or two!
Title: The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Author: Carrie Ryan
Mary’s world is a little village surrounded by a fence. What’s outside the fence? Well people called them Unconsecrated, but Mary would say mother or father. When all the family that Mary has, her brother, doesn’t want her she has to join the Sisterhood. Life for Mary is boring, she wants to know how that ocean feels. Then Travis comes injure to the Sister and Mary falls in love with this men. But Travis never claims Mary instead his brother Harry comes for her. Mary doesn’t love Harry like she loves Travis but she is force to mary Harry. There is always that look of competition in the brothers eyes. And Mary knows that she will always choose Travis. Then her village is attacked and she has to flee. In the way to the Ocean she sees people that she loves taken away from her. Will she ever get to the ocean? Does it even exists or is it just another story?….. Mary would have to risk everything and make reckless decisions to find the answer to these questions.
Title: Eyes like Stars
Author: Lisa Mantchev
Beatrice Shakespeare Smith has lived all her live (or a least what she remembers) in the Theater were everything is made out of magic. But when the Theater Manager thinks that Beatrice becomes a tread to the Theater and wants to kick her out; Beatrice’s world flips up side down. She will have to make the perfect show that will sold out. And then Nate Beatrice’s “boy-friend” gets taken by Sedna, the Sea Goddess. She will have to get him out but mean while Ariel, a player, is trying to escape. Will all of this destroy the Theater?….. Beatrice will learn what love is and were does she come from.
Title:The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn
Author: Stephanie Meyer
This book is about Bella’s new life and the obtacle she has to face. Bella gets married to Edward and have a honeymoon. Little did bella know that she was pregnant and about to give birth to a half human-half vampire child. They have to go through an obstacle that their daughter looks like a new born vampire and the Volturi find out that it’s Edward and Bella’s daughter and decide to pay a visit to the Cullens. The Cullens prepare a fight against them with a group of vampires from different places including Jacob’s wolf pack. Anyways I recomend you this book a lot because it is the best book in the Twilight Saga. Hope you like it!
Title: The Secret Life of Bees
Author: Sue Monk Kidd
This is a very great book! It encourages young girls to be true to themselves and follow their heart. A young girl named Lily and her nanny Rosaleen travel to Tiburon, South Carolina in search of Lily’s mother. Instead, they find three surrogate mothers whom Lily grows to love. A very touching story that I reccommend to all those who love a wonderful story.
Title: Dreamland
Author: Sarah Dessen
This is the book I got from Goodwill because I was browsing along the book section with my friends and came across a Sarah Dessen book. To be honest, in the beginning it was quite boring. Not going to lie about that. But when conflict starts to show, it is really quite good. But you might not realize what the true conflict really is until you’ve read it. Her book, another loose end for us to imagine for whatever we want at the end. The book brought tears to my eyes at one point. Very dramatic book and a very teen book. I would recommend it to my friends. Warning: May bore you to death if you don’t have the patient to finish it; or at least get to the conflict.
Title: Firestorm
Author: David Klass
This book is part of THE CARETAKER TRILOGY. The book talks about a boy named jack that made the news.Since he did a group of people from the future try to kill him. Then he meets two people Eko,a preist from the future and Gisco a future dog who save his life and teach him many things. He finds firestorm a unknown thing and uses it to save the future oceans.
Title: The Bonesetter’s Daughter
Author: Amy Tan
This book talks about the story of a woman named Ruth, who tries to understand her mother’s life and why her words are mixed up.The story starts out with Ruth currently and dips back into time to when she was younger and lived in an apartment. the story continues to travel to where her mother, LuLing, goes to a doctor’s apointment for a check-up that she has missed over five years ago. Ruth is sacred that her mother has a disease, since her memory has been off and she is confused easily. when the doctor says that LuLing does have a disease, Ruth moves into her mother’s home to look after her. Ruth remembers that her mother gave her a handwritten book in Chinese explaining how her childhood had been, so she decides to read it with help from a translator. The book talks about LuLing growing up and the suicide of her LuLing’s mother. Ruth feels bad about how she behaved as a child and understands why LuLing talks about the ghost of hermother. Read more to discover how the Book ends and if ruth and LuLing will be on better terms.
GREEN LANTERN: This book was really great. Green Lantern Rebrith told the story of Hal the ,second green lantern, and how he came back from the dead and kill the leader of the yellow corps. Hal, Jhon, Kyle, and Guy Grander sved earth and put senstro’s corps back in the green zone, which is inside the green lantern core!!!
Title: The Alchemist
Author: Paulo Coelho
This book is a very good book on life lessons, it talks about how you should continue with the dream with you want, don’t stop when you’re so close to the end, go to the finish line. The story talks about a shepherd boy named Santiago who had 2 recurring dreams both ending the same place. He travels to Egypt because of the gypsy’s fortune. His adventure will tell everyone a good life lesson from the people he meet along the way. This book would be for teens and not for younger children because of the understanding of the book since it is at a difficult level to read such an amazing book. I hope this helps and enjoy, “The Alchemist”.
title:Torn
Author:Keisha Ervin
torn is about a young woman named mo that is not her real name she in love with am named quan he is a drug dealer and he cheats on her a lot. mo wantes him to be tie down and wants him to stop cheating . quan does not want to marry mo right now. mo can’t notn have children she always has miscarries the baby. mo knew quan since she was 15 and he was 20 years old.
Title: Hold Your Water! 68 Things You Need to Know to Keep Our Planet Blue
Author: Wyland (with Steve Creech)
Hold Your Water! at first felt like it would give me no reaction because it is an informational book (I know that’s a bad thing to say), but after reading it I see how critical our water conservation situation is. The book is written in an easy form, each page filled with 3-4 small quotes, comments, tips and facts. I feel kind of ashamed that I waste so much water what with showers, toilet flushing and dumping waste in storm drains. I have been encouraged to make people more aware of little water we do have and because of the increase in the human population how there is many water shortages. Hold Your Water! is written in a friendly and informative tone, giving you the facts but keeping the mood and tone of the information playful and direct making it a light and easy read. It seems like it was made for people of a younger age but it’s facts and tips make it readable for all ages. The book is divided into 5 parts which allows you the freedom of jumping around, but still getting every fact. I urge more people to read this book and become more aware, our earth is suffering and Wyland gives you more than enough information to encourage you to help.
Title:The Princess and the Pauper
Author: Kate Brian
This is a really good book about two girls that look alike but have very different backgrounds and personalities and want to switch places for a night.
One girl, Carina, is the princess of Vineland. She is fed up with palace life and wants to go to a rock concert and meet her internet boyfriend in L.A. She can’t go to the concert though because she has to attend a ball.
The other girl, Julia, goes to a private, exclusive all-girls school on scholarship and feels left out because she is not as rich as all the other girls at her school. Her mother doesn’t make that much money and they live together in a crummy apartment. She doesn’t have that many friends either.
When Princess Carina comes to Julia’s school to talk, they meet in a bathroom, and Carina’s best friend, Ingrid, comes up with a plan. Carina and Ingrid are willing to pay Julia $20,000 to be Carina for a day so Carina gets the opportunity to meet Ribbit, the guy at the rock concert. At first, Julia says absolutely not. But after everything goes wrong at her job interview, she changes her mind, because she really needs the money the pay the rent for her and her mom’s apartment or they will get kicked out.
So Ingrid and Carina train Julia for a couple days, and give her a makeover. Finally, Carina leaves to go to her concert and Julia and Ingrid go to the ball. Everything goes wrong when Carina accidentally goes all the way to Texas instead of staying in California, and Julia gets flown off to Vineland! Read this book to find out how they solve their problems, and get back to where they call “home”.
Milkman is a young African-American man living in the 1960′s facing not only the troubles that come with being black in a racist society, but also the troubles that come with not knowing hist past and ancestry. In the first of Toni Morrison’s novel, Song of Solomon, Milkman, the protagonist, is a narcissistic rent collector, working for his father, who is constantly blaming others for his misery and unhappiness. But as Milkman discovers more and more of the origin of his family’s problems, he feels obliged to seek a resolution to his family’s misunderstandings. As Milkman’s quest to find a closure to his familial difficulties progresses, he finds himself digressing onto a path of self-discovery and improvement. Toni Morrison’s vivid and engaging writing makes us realize how easily such a rich and unique culture of folklore and tradition can be forgotten and erased by a dominating society, to point where recovering your heritage becomes a matter of life and death.
Title: The Sorceress {The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel}
Author: Michael Scott
Being the third book in the series, the sorceress explodes into the hands of millions of readers engaging them in its pages well past bedtime. To fully understand the explanation you should read books one and two (the alchemyst, the magician) the both of which i highly recommend. OK, to the point.. the book is about Sophie and Josh, the twins of legend, who must decide between “good” and “bad” in their fight to keep the human race in existence. In the Alchemyst, you learn how the twins end up with the Flamels, you meet the Dee, you meet monsters and worse. in the second book, the magician, you learn secrets about the Flamels that should have stayed secrets, and around every page is another action packed scene. in book three, the Sorceress, more secrets are unveiled, the world is about to fall apart, and Sophie and Josh have to pick their sides. by the end of the book you’ll be clamoring for the next one.
Title: Confessions of Madame Phyche
Author: Dorothy Bryant
Confessions of Madame Phyche is a powerful story of a child who “predicted” the great earthquake of 1906. This story is a re-written autobiography and will encourage you to open your mind and be more empathetic. Mei-Li Murrow (Madame Phyche), welcomes you on her journey as a fake phychic fooling the broken hearted, an adventurist trying for a new way of life, a mother, a worker in the Southern California canneries and so forth. This book gave me better insight on the hard times of the early 1900s and the serious issue of poverty and racial discrimination. This story also lets you see the ignorance of some of the American people in the beginning of World War 2, and their attitudes after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Dorothy Bryant helps you embark on the long road of exploration with Mei-Li Murrow, finding her inner peace and following the seducing beckons of her own higher power. In reading this book, I stepped out of my own box leaving behind the easier reads of many teen books. I loved this book, she was a beautiful person who became more radiant in every difficult situation.
Title: Good Omens
Author: Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Good Omens is a book about an angel who isn’t that good and a demon who isn’t that bad who have been on Earth since the beginning of time. Being on Earth for such a long time, they have become quite fond of it. As such, when Armageddon comes around, they aren’t in favor of it. Together with some concerned humans, they must try to stop Armageddon before the world crumbles! This book is full of comedy and life and is simply amazing.
title: Perfect Shot
author: Debbie Rigaud
London Abram loves volleyball. She wants to sign up for volleyball camp, but she doesn’t have enough money. London does the unexpected of the expected. She signs up for a modeling competition to meet a hot guy she spots at her job. This “hot guy”(Brent), is the photographer for the contest. She gets to know him, and he takes a few killer shots of her hits at volleybal games. London’s nemesis Kelly senses that there is an attraction between the photgrapher and the model. She manages to get London in the hot seat. Neither of them get first place, but each earn $1,000. This book was very edgy and had cliffhangers. At first, I thought that London would not make it to the first round, but if she didn’t, there would not be much to write about.
title: lipstick apology
author:jennifer jabaley
Emily Carson’s parents die in a plane crash witnessed on TV, leaving her in agony. Whats worse was that her mother wrote on her tray table : EMILY PLEASE FORGIVE ME. Everything changes after that incident. She has to move to the Big Apple, live with her aunt, and change schools. She befriends the popular crowd at Darlington High and has a rocky relationship with one of the guys from the swim team. Emily is still petrified from her parent’s death. In her aunt’s office she finds letters from “D” to her mother. I thought this was a really exciting/thrilling book. I wish there was a sequel because this book made me flip from page to page, word for word.
Title: Revenge of the Wannabes(a clique series)
Author: Lisi Harrison
This book is a really good book. It talks about a clique together. There’s this clique called P.C. (Pretty Comittee). A member of the clique is getting away from the club and wants to start another clique. Massie had caught Alicia. Massie is the head in the P.C. She and other 3 members wants to figure out who are the people that are inside the new clique that Alicia is forming. It turns out that the 3 other people were the lamest people in the school. Finally in the end Alicia gave up that she wasn’t head material and gave up. She apologize to Massie and all the other 3 members in the P.C. She was again a P.C. member and she was happy that she was again one.
This book is mainly about cliques and modern day problems and questions. The author is a MTV person and she is now writing another series called “Alphas”. This is also a more of a girl book so ya. ummm…. there are 13 books in the series. so yah, thats all.
Title: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles (Manga)
Author: Clamp
This story tells of a boy named Syaoran and a girl named Sakura. They aren’t the same Sakura and Syaoran from Cardcaptor. But they do have the same soul as the one’s from Cardcaptor In this story they are in Clow Country; Sakura is the princess and Syaoran is an archaeologist. Syaoran spends most of his time digging up the Clow country’s Ruins and doesn’t have enough time to spend with his childhood friend Sakura. While exploring the ruins somehow Sakura stumbled on a trap that caused her to release fragments of her memories in a form of many feathers to separate from body that are scattered throughout many dimensions. Sakura’s body is lifeless but there is still hope. In order to save his friend Syaoran must meet the Dimensional witch, Yuuko. In another world called Nihon, There is a ninja named Kurogane! Tomoyo is the princess of this world and since Kurogane wishes to become stronger; she sends him to travel to other worlds. And to make sure he doesn’t kill people she placed a curse that activate when ever he kills others. The curse will diminish his strength. Kurogane doesn’t want to be sent away! Maybe he shouldn’t have killed so many people. And lastly in another dimension is Fai D. Flourite (wizard) is trying to avoid Ashura who’s is the king of Celes. Fai is trying to avoid him because he doesn’t want to kill him. So instead he put him to sleep and tells Chi to guard him while Fai is gone. Syaoran, Sakura, Kurogane and Fai has been transported to the Dimensional Witch. The dimensional witch can grant wishes. Right now they are in Tokyo. Syaoran wants to help Sakura. Kurogane wants to go back to his home dimension, and Fai wants to avoid he’s Dimension. Yuuko see they all have the same wish the surrounds the ability to travel dimension.But Yuuko always has to have compensation for granting a wish. Syaoran had to give up his bond with Sakura. Fai had to give up his tattoo of a phoenix that suppresses his magic. And Kurogane gave up his sword. All these possessions were important to them. Yuuko gave them Mokona that is a creature that can travel dimension. And so there journey begins to fulfill their wish!
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I hope that my review wasn’t too bad, boring or confusing….
Title:Teen Sunshine Reflections
Author:June Cotner
This book is a poem book about relatioships,comfort,encouragement,spirituality,love, and much more. To me it open me eyes to a whole new world and it is very spiritual. I really enjoyed it and it gives great advise if you need it. It is also written by real teenagers. The book to me has a bit of christian in it too. Like it says in the front cover and some are my words. Words for the Heart and Soul will make you feel good and will make you think twice.
Title: Crank
Author: Ellen Hopkins
I picked up this novel at my public library because it was on my summer reading list for school. When I read the back cover, I was extremely surprised that this had been included on the list, but excited. This story is a very dark one. It’s written in verse, so it’s a quick read that I read in about 5 hours. It’s about a girl, Katherine, struggling with an addiction to Crank, as indicated by the title. Along the way, she accumulates an opposite side of her that she names Bree, a few boyfriends, and several problems that could seriously damage her life. You need to be strong to read this book. It’s very heavy and deals with a lot of very serious issues that, sadly, many teen girls go through. It is based upon a true story. The only thing about this book that I would advise you about is the way it is written. It’s very confusing, and took me about 100 pages (out of about 500) to get used to it, and fully understand what was happening. However, it’s worth the push. I would strongly recommend checking out “Crank” by Ellen Hopkins…. If you think you’re up for it.
Title: Lock and Key
Author: Sarah Dessen
My fourth book by this author. I have to say this wasn’t my favorite, but it was close. I really liked the book. I always disliked her endings… I like the book overall but the ending… is never the best as it could be – in my perspective. It’s always a loose tie. So many things can go on! But that might be the reason why she does it. It was worth my 9 dollars. It kept me entertained endless hours at night when I’m suppose to be “sleeping”. The story gets intense at some moments. But the whole book is pretty intense itself. Very emotional book that deals with emotional problems. Recommend it to a friend? YES.
Title: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Author: Stephenie Meyer
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is written in the pespective of newborn vampire Bree Tanner. Bree was created by Victoria, the vampire trying to kill Bella Swan. This book shows you what the Cullens would look like to you if you were a normal vampire(and sadly misinformed about many things). Even though this book is only 180 pages long Stephenie Meyer still finds room for all of the detail that makes the reader really understand how an event would look if it were real life.
I highly recomend this book if you have already read the rest of the Twilight Saga. If you haven’t then I think that you should read them before The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner.
Title: The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd
Author: Joe Camp
This book did what the book jacket said it would try to do: take the reader into the heart and soul of a horse. The author also proposes a style of horse keeping that many people today would consider alternative or strange, but he shows that it yields favorable results: happy, healthy horses that trust their caretakers. The book teaches many lessons that we can all learn from, my favorite being that “love is the gift of oneself.” I highly recommend this book to anyone, not just horse lovers, because it really is an amazing book you can’t put down.
Title: A Child Called “It”
By: Dave Pelzer
The book really sums up how child abuse can be. Like how a calming parent suddenly becomes a child abuser. Dave Pelzer tells about how his childhood was like, with abuse from his mom and how he overcomes the obstacles with just hope and perseverance.
TItle: Of Mice and Men
Author: John Steinbeck
This book tells about two guys looking for a job as a laborer. One was named Lennie. He’s a big guy who usually doesn’t have a clue about what’s going on and likes to pet things. He has the mind of a young child. His best friend, George, is small, quick, and clever. He likes to do things fast and is strict towards Lennie. But his trust fades away from Lennie as he begins to do things that aren’t right, and foolish. He begins to act like his friends in the Salinas Valley after they got the job and got used to the place. This is a suspense story, but pretty short. Young readers should read this book, and it is a required book in some high schools for summer reading. Enjoy!
Title: Next Semester
Author: Cecil R. Cross II
I actually had the sequel of the book “First Semester” by the same author. This book was as interesting as the last book. The best part of the book was that it didnt have a typical romantic novel ending. I dont want to spoil the ending of the book for y’all!! James Dawson “JD” continues his second semester of his freshmen year of college. He is on academic probation so he has to prove that he’s above that by getting at least a 2.5 GPA. the book has a lot of twists and turns which makes you want to not leave the book. it was actually better than “First Semester”. I wish that it would continue. It makes me curious to think what he did after.
i would recommend that people would read the Kimani TRU series. They are about African American/ Black teenagers and they give you an insight of the live of their culture. I hope the author listens to my request!!
6 million paper clips is a really interesting book about the Holocaust. It is about a school in Whitwell Tennessee that wants to learn more about the Holocaust. They realize that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust and collect 6 million paper clips. I would recomend this book to readers that enjoy nonfiction and history. This book tells a really neat story and also gives you more info on the holocaust.
I think that the Percy Jackson series is a good pick for a lot of teens. I think the suspense satisfies many and makes you want to keep reading. You never know what kind of choice Percy is going to make or where the author will take you. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is a book for those who like a book filled with action. The reader also has to enjoy mythology though. This book was neat for me, because I just studied greek mythology and I like that this book provides that information with a twist of fiction. I would strongly recomend the Percy Jackson series to many teens out there.
Title: Hold Your Water! 68 Things You Need to Know to Keep Our Planet Blue
Author: Wyland
This book provides a lot of helpful information about how we can all work together to clean and conserve water. The book also offers easy ways for people to help preserve water and other related precious resources.It Divided into more than 30 sections, and shows how everyday activities such as car washing, showering, fertilizing-even ‘pet poop’ cleanup-can negatively impact the environment. We all have developed the bad habit of letting the faucet run while wait for the shower to warm up, while we brush our teeth, or while wait for a cold glass of water. Keeping a pitcher of water in the refrigerator or turning the faucet off while we brush our teeth can save several gallons of water each day. This book is serious, but surprisingly upbeat. The book simplify complicated environmental issues. It also make it easy to see how each of us can make a difference. This book also emphasizes the fact that this book is not only speaks about water in terms of its usefulness to people, but also recognizes that water is the main habitat for many of the earth’s plants and animals.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who concern about water because water is very important to all living things on earth. Can you imagine without water on Earth? How would you survive? So, Everyone should read this book and take it seriously about water.I believe If we all work together to conserve water, we can make the earth a beautiful and peaceful place to live.
Title: Twilight
Author: Stephenie Mayer
This book is perfect for any vampire lover if you haven’t read it yet. It talks about a young human girl named Bella, and she falls in love with a vampire. Pretty cliche huh? Everything else pretty much is pretty much downhill from there. This novel consists of romance, action, and personally I’d say comedy. It’s not the best vampire book written, but now I think it’s safe to say it’s one of the most popular.
Title: Will Greyson, Will Greyson
Author: John Green and David Levithan
-Warning: Book contains explicit language; this review does not -
This book follows the lives of two teenagers both by the name of Will Greyson who, although their names are the same, live in entirely different lives shaped mainly by their peers and parents throughout the story. The book is written in althernating chapters where John Green has written all of the Odd chapters in the perspective of one Will Greyson and David Levithan has written all of the Even Chapters in the perspective of the other Will Greyson. In the story both Will Greysons have to wrestle with the challenge that everyone must inevtiably face – figuring out life and sorting out who they are while having to deal with school and all the problems that it encompasses. However, whether or not this is a helpful or detrimental factor in their lives (which you will find out by reading the book), they also have a very large boy by the name of Tiny Cooper in their lives.
I would recommend this book to anyone, preferably in high school or up, because not only is it an interesting book to read because of how close John Green and David Levithan are to a teenager’s perspective (in my opinion), but also because it’s just well written and well crafted.
I would also recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of “Catcher in the Rye” Written by J.D. Salinger (who died this year; RIP), because it is in the same kind of perspective and also has the same effect- it makes you look either at others more deeply or makes you look at a side of yourself that often times is hard, but that’s what books are for.
Title: First Semester
Author: Cecil R. Cross II
This book is about a boy who lives in Oakland and wants to leave all of that because he cant face it anymore. He gets that oppurtunity when he is accepted in the University of Atlanta. When he starts his college life there everything seems too good to be true, but in his first semester he is on an academic probation. The story has a lot of twists and turns, which makes the book interesting. You always want to know what’s going to happen next. This book is part of the Kimani TRU series, which is about the experiences of young African American/ Black teenagers. It was a great book to read and hopefully the next book “Next Semester” will have the same interesting twists and turns as the first.
Title: My Wicked Wicked Ways
Author: Sandra Cisneros
“This is my father. See? He is young… Here is my mother. She is not crying… This is me she is carrying. I am a baby. She does not know / I will turn out bad.” Sandra Cisneros, the author of “The House on Mango Street”, has made a very cool poem book everyone will love. Varying from love to regret, to worldwide adventure to local ones, “My Wicked Wicked Ways” is one of the best poem book (and poem) I’ve read so far. This is my first time reading a book from Sandra Cisneros and is looking forward to reading her books this Summer. I personally would recommend this book to all my friends.
Title: Cosmic
Author: Cotrell Boyce
Cosmic is the book everyone would love to read, especially the youngsters who can’t wait to be a grown-up already. This is a story about Liam Digsby, an eleven-year-old whose already growing beard and body hair despite his age, is (just like everybody else) a Warcraft Game addict. “That’s Cosmic!” he would often gnarl whenever a cool or a surprising thing would occur. Liam, who pretended to be in his 30′s along with his friend Florida Kirby, his so-called daughter, and many other kids who’ve won the DraxWorld Communication has been set off to Outerspace. And that’s just the beginning.
At first, when I was browsing through Proof books at the Main Public Library, I’ve have had the doubt not to buy “Cosmic” because of it’s cover, but as I was reading it at home, I thought to myself, “Seriously. Don’t judge the book by its’ cover!”
Title: Witch and Wizard
Author: James Patterson
Witch and Wizard is a story about two teen sibling, Wisty and Whit Allgood, who’ve been held captive by The One due to being a threat to the New Order, a new form of government. Wisty, a fifteen-year-old Witch who has different variety of powers she later on discovered as her adventure continues, teams up with her brother Whit, a football Quarter Back who has invincible power, to find their fugitive parents. The story and the plot is so engaging that you’re not gonna wanna put the book down. I’m a big fan of James Patterson, I’ve read the whole series of Maximum Ride; so, if you’re one big fan of the Sci-Fi boss himself, Witch and Wizard is one good book for you to read this Summer!
Title: Tuesdays with Morrie
Author: Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie is about a man who has drifted off from life. He found himself basing his life on deadlines he sets for himself, ignoring the people he loved, and a little lost until he visits his old professor who is dying. Slowly, his professor, Morrie Schwartz, helps Mitch find himself again. Through Morrie, he learns about the meaning of life.
-This book is compelling and new. Every page brings you to a new level of enlightenment. If you read this book, I guarantee you will be amazed by the insight Morrie has that a lot of other people don’t seem to have. You will be grateful that there is such a man in the human race, because that’ll mean that there are people with such generosity and wisdom. I loved this book from the beginning to the end.
From the Ortega “Great Teen Book Swap” archive –
Ghost Huntress: The Reason, volume 3
by Marley Gibson
“An impressively great book with many twists!!!! … Marley Gibson deserves an award! Full of suspense and twists and many, many suprises, makes this the ULTIMATE book! Praise for Ghost Huntress adn Marley Gibson!
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Title: Daughters of the moon #9: the choice
Author: Lynne Ewing
This book is about the daughters of the moon, five goddesses who protected humans from the evil Atrox and its followers. The Choice is the 9th book in the series and is the book in which, Jimena must decide if she remains on earth without her goddess powers or becomes a spirit retaining her original powers. This novel also ties in many myths including Pandora, Medusa, Athena, and Selene. I really enjoyed the characters in this book because they all came from different backgrounds but work together to save the world from evil time and time again. I would recommend this book to my friend because it ties in myths and our current life and the girls’ trials, outside of the Atrox, are similar to things that every other teenage girl goes through. This novel is really good in that everybody can relate to at least one of the 5 main characters.