This Book It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han is very intense about feelings for your family and close friends. Some of the protagonists are "Belly", Conrad, Jeremiah, Susannah, and Steven. Susannah is Jeremiah and Conrads mother who sadly gets cancer and dies. Also Steven and "Belly" are brother and sister. This story is set at a place called "Cousins Beach" where Susannah, Jeremiah, and Conrad live.
I really liked this book because it has a huge theme of love and passion. I also really liked it because I connect with the character "Belly" this is because in the book she has sort of a "thing" for Conrad and what happens is they go out and Conrad takes "Belly" to prom but TOTALLY plays her for a fool and he makes it absolutely horrible for her. She then gets into a fight with him and they don't talk, I relate to it because something similar happened to me. But I don't want to give too much away. This book is very good to read and I recommend it if you like love and sad stories. I have read this book twice and I may read it again but it really is a GREAT book to read.
Have you ever really thought about what goes on in other countries? Well neither did I until I read this book, "Ten Things I Hate About Me". The country is Australia and in this book it displays racist acts and the struggle of a Lebanese-Muslim girl named Jamilah. Her struggles include her class mates not knowing her true background and religion and her fear of her friends knowing. As her high school years go by she realizes that keeping her secret is becoming harder and harder and telling her secret now would be very difficult for her. However as the days go on she is more determined to share her background, but she is very aware of how racist her classmates can be and that's what is holding her back.
I really liked this book because Jamilah's struggles and her strength to listen to racist remarks from friends is very over powering. Also she is constantly struggleing to find the streangth to show who she really is. This book helped me realize that if you are hidding background information, it would make you feel better if everyone found out insead of hidding it even longer. Eventhough its hard to tell a secret about your background especially if you've been hidding it for a while, you should just tell your friends and slowly work your way up to other classmates.
When Victor Frankenstein creates a man out of dead body parts everything starts to turn out wrong. When the man gets loose, Frankenstein's younger brother disappears, his maid is framed for murder, and people start mysteriously dieing. When Frankenstein is on his way from England to Germany his mother gets sick. Before she dies she wants to see Frankenstein and his adopted sister get married but Frankenstein and his family won't be the only ones at the wedding. This man is turning out to be a monster.
If your into fiction or books about monsters this is the book for you. I liked this book because it is about a monster that gets loose and starts trouble. There are a lot of action parts like when Victor Frankenstein hunts the monster and has a lot of close calls. Also there are a lot of exciting and surprising parts.
Rating: ***** (5/5)
593 pages (includes glossary, extras and preview of second book)
War. Exploration of unknown lands. These are some words that describe this book. The story takes place in another world-Terra Icognita. 2 nations are fighting a war, to dominate the known and the unknown world. Men are put on boats to go and brave the unknown waters across the edge of the map, a blank space, marked "Here be Monsters".
I liked the book because it reminds me of our world, filled with war and at one point in time, exploration. The book reminds me of how wars a fought for the silliest and strangest reasons. It also reminds me of how exploration was a way of life and the people were brave enough to do it. The book, overall, in my mind is a five star book. I recommend it only to serious readers though, as it is almost 600 pages.
reviewed by: Brian Ellis
pages:440
This book starts when Number four gets his 3rd scar. He is from another planet. He was sent down here with a guardian because his planet is in war. The other planet is planning on destroying their planet. But first they got to kill all the numbers. It is numbers 1-9. Numbers 1-3 are dead meaning hes next. On his journey he meets some allies to hold off the enemies and to protect the earth.
The main character that i would most likely have as a friend would be number 4. I chose number 4 because he could protect me if I ever get bullied at school. He is also nice, smart, and loves a dog or is it a dog? Number 4 is thoughtful and overprotective of his friends and will get angry if someone pranks them. That is why i would want to be friends with Number 4 the most.
My personal reaction to the book at the beginning was that this was going to be very interesting book. it was when number 4 started glowing in the water when i realized it was going to be interesting. i was really impressed by how in tensing the book was. i like how much action the book had and and how there was a huge twist at the ending. The book was Drama, and Action. That is why i like the book
This book is about a boy named Hugo Cabret. He lives in a train station with his uncle after his dad died. His uncle disappears and he is left with his uncle’s job, the stuff in their room and automata his dad found in a museum. Now Hugo is trying to put it back together with the parts from toys in the toy stall at the train station. When he, finishes a secret is revealed that reveals more secrets.
I would most like to be friends with Hugo. I would most like to be friends with him because he is smart, good with clock woks and could probably teach me some stuff about it. He also is determined to get things done so he would be a good person to do things with.
I really liked the book. I liked how it wasn’t all words that there were pictures that made it easier to read it and made it more enjoyable. I also liked the characters in it they were actually really interesting. I also liked it because it kept making me want to read it was so good.
I would say it was just right. It wasn’t too hard but I was still able to fly through it. That is The Invention of Hugo Cabret for ya.
The book pinkis about a girl who is goth and she wants to be really girlie. It is hard to be girlie in her house because her parents and girlfriend think that wearing pink and skirts that she is making herself an object. So she decides to change schools so she can be girlie and try out for the musical. When she doesn't get a part in the play she decides to join stage crew. She is trying to balance three worlds goth, girlie, and stage crew freak. She has to wait until she knows who she is.
If i had to pick anyone to be friends with i would pick the stage crew. i would pick them because they seem nice, and welcoming. Their not afraid to be themselves, and don't care what people think of them. Also the popular kids are to only worried about themselves, they want everyone to be the same, and if their different then their considered freaks.
I like this book because it always made you think she was going to chose one group of friends, i also like how she was included into three social group. I also like how it was suspenseful and always made me want to keep reading.
Lauren Conrad Sweet Little Lies
309 pages
****
The book Sweet Little Lies is about a girl named Jane Roberts and how one night a guy offers her and her best friend Scarlett Harp a job as co. hosts on a TV. show L.A. Candy. Then there is a picture of Jane cheating on her boyfriend Jesse with Jesse's best friend Brandan. And now Americas sweet heart is now a rebel and the story is about finding out who took the picture and how to get people to forget about it.
If i had to pick one person from this story to be my friend i would pick Scarlett because Scarlett was doing whatever she can to fix this while Jane is betraying her with her new friend Madison. And during the whole book Scarlett is there for Jane no matter what happened.
Personally i really liked this book and i thought it was one of the best nooks i have probably ever read. i recommend it to everyone.
Review by: Kyle F Danny Walker, son of Richie Walker, gets told he is going to a basketball camp over the summer. It is called Right Way, and only elite players get to go from all over the country, so Danny needs to step up his game. Danny is very short for his age, so he is surprised when he sees players much taller than him. Danny also meets his rival, Rasheed, who was a star player in the travel team championship who got called for a foul that ended the game. This camp changes Danny and the way he plays. College players and coaches help teach Danny even more about the game of basketball, although he gets told that he is more suitable for soccer than basketball, because of his height. This book is full of very surprising events. I would most likely want Danny Walker to be my friend because he is nice most of the time. He also stands up for himself and others, like when Lamar was picking on him and Zach Fox, a 12 year old. He stood up for both of them, however this did get them all suspended for two games. I'm glad he fought for what he thought was right. Danny is also athletic, kind of like me, a little bit. So we both have something partially in common. Danny is nice to everyone, especially Tess, the only time he feels mad and mean is when someone starts picking on him or tells him that he can't do something. That's why I'd like to be friends with Danny Walker. I liked the book a lot because it was a sports book. The whole entire book was about basketball, and I play basketball, so I enjoyed the book. Also, I liked it because in some parts of the book, near the ending of games, I started to get anxious because I wanted to know that the final result was going to be. This book was one of those books where you HAD to keep reading. I didn't want to stop when I was reading it, in facts, I read 120 pages of this book in one day. I enjoyed this book and I think it's one of the best books I've read. This book was just right because I understood all of it, however, there were some parts I didn't quite get at first, but I started to understand them after reading on in the book. This was a great book.
When shortstop Hutch is moved to second base on his team to make room for the more talented,but arrogant Darryl, he takes one for the team. But, when he sees his own father, who never seems to have any time for or intrest in him, coaching Darryl, he can't handle it, and endangers both of what's left of his relationship with his dad, and his team's chances in the championship.
I think that the main topic of this book is all about jealousy that not only is expresses by Hutch, but also by Darryl. It seems like whenever Hutch hit a home run or even when he was made the captain of the team, Darryl was jealous. I think that this taught me that in life, you arn't always going to get all of the glory.
In the end, I really enjoyed this book. I thought this book was exciting, suspenseful, and also action packed. I also found this book kind of shocking because when Hutch went to practice, and Darryl was already their practicing with his dad, I was kind of shocked.
I found this book to be at a perfect reading level for me
This book is about a boy who is realy good at football. and loves to play it. i chose this book becasue it is short and looked easy to read. i also chose this because i like to read books about sprots. I recamen this book to any one who likes to read books about sports.
The book starts with how Greg is doing after his fight with Rowley. Greg finds out that Rowley's parents have replaced Greg with a guy called "cool Brian." Greg tries to be more popular at school by parading around his schoolbook that was previously owned by the most popular kid at school, Jordan Jury, and posted edited pictures of himself online. Greg then tries put for a commercial contest, in which he loses partially because of his age. Greg realizes that he is discriminated against, often, and wishes he was the center of the attention again as he was when he was younger. I would be a friend with Greg, because he likes being lazy, and I'm a lazy person. One example of him being lazy is when its nice out all he wants to do is sit inside watching tv, or playing video games. I like this book because its funny and its easy to read. Also I like this book is because its not to short and it has enough pictures to get me to finish it.
Ever wonder what it’s like to die at a young age? Well, In Gabrielle Zevin’s novel Elsewhere, Liz is fifteen, looking forward to turning sixteen and getting her driver’s license, when everything changes. She’s riding her bike, only three months from driving a car instead of using her bike as her main mode of transportation, when she is hit by a car. She wakes up on a ship called the S.S Nile, sharing a room with a girl named Thandi. In this “dream,” as Liz thinks it is, things are a little weird. There are no modern electronic devices on the ship, and everyone with the exceptions of herself, Thandi, and Liz’s favorite singer, Curtis Jest, is over 80. Liz has to find a way to except the fact that she’s dead, and realize that a life on an island called Elsewhere is not much different from home.
I enjoyed reading this book a lot because it seemed to always have an emotion to bring out in you while you read it. Happiness, sadness, and even anger were the main emotions in the book that I felt could happen with its powerful words and importance to a teenage child. This book was nothing like other books because it wasn’t optimistic or pessimistic, but instead the emotions changed throughout the story. It got you attached and able to understand what it’s like to die at a young age. One example of how I was able to feel what Liz was feeling was when she first woke up on the boat and was bewildered about where she was. The emotion she went through is the feeling of being shocked, angry and sad. I would have experienced the same thing if I was in her position and that’s why I really enjoyed reading this book.
This book reminds of when I was only in elementary school and always thought about what would happen once I died. What age would I be? Would I get to see my family ever again? Where would I live? These where some of the questions I thought about and probably what others would think about too. Once I read this book it gave me an interesting idea of what the afterlife would look like allowing me to have a pretty good understanding. This book also reminds me of when my grandmother died because I was wondering if I would ever see her again, just like how Liz was wondering if she would ever see her family again. The theme this book made me realize is to live my life to the fullest because you will never know when you are going to die. For example, Liz was waiting to become 16, when all the sudden she got hit by a car and went to heaven. A different big idea that I realized, is that family might seem annoying at times, but you should always love them because you will only be with them once.
Andy Zadinski, 15, one of the many main characters receives a phone call from a mysterious "Zeke". (Zeke claims to have killed a young woman named Nina Klemmer and describers her to Andy.) Andy thought it was a joke him-self until he found someone that goes to the college Andys dad teaches at. Her name is Nina Klemmer and was described perfectly by Zeke. Andy assumes since Nina is not dead that Nina is Zekes intended victim.
Andy thinks that his father, Dr.Zadinski, works with the criminal behind the phone. Andy ponders about this for a couple of days about what he should do with the intended criminal. He comes up with a plan to see if he can make the him-self the victim of Zekes potential plan.
I liked this book a lot, because of the foreshadowing it gives at the beginning of the book. It says "'I just killed someone' says Zeke ' I don;t know what to do I'm standing over her body in the kitchem' 'What should I do?'" An unbelieved Andy who uses a fake name gets all the information he can out of Zeke before he tells his best friend Paul to call the police and to trace the call immediately. Ever since Andys mom died roughly a year before this incident he doesn't take death as a joke. If it was a prank call, Andy wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the two,
This book made me think of the importance between life and death and the life you live in-between, and to always cherish life
life and how lucky you are in the way you live.
What if you could get into one of the best schools in the world? Would you risk being caught? What If you got $7,000? Clay porter took that risk. three friends named Eric, Max And Schwarz, Make a bet for $28,000 that they can get a deadbeat high school into Harvard an Ivy League college. Clay doesn't want more school but he'll do it for the money. This group of friends does not just want to hack into the Harvard computer system, they want to make it seem like Clay is the perfect student. Step one is to choose an image for Clay and make him interesting. They choose an artist who makes modern art. They chose that because no one really understands modern art, they just read the description and trust what it says. step two is to remove the file from his high school and replace them with all A's. Finally they have the Interview, they find out what the interviewer likes from his favorite recreational activity's to what kind of shirts he likes. Then comes the Letter.
I enjoyed this book because it talked about Harvard from a different point of views. It shows the flaws that the Harvard admission system have, for example there are thousands of worthy applicants but the few that get in are just as good as the others, also people use that final letter as measure of their success.
Reviewed by Danny McCurley Exciting, Thrilling, and mega cool. This book is is old school revived. This book is about a boy named Leo with a special talent, a girl named Piper who has secrets and is going out (kinda) with a guy named Jason with amnesia. I really like this book because it was an extension of the series Percy Jackson and the Olympians which is a very good series which I recommend reading before this book. I also liked this book because it was full of action and really cool magical stuff that you could never think of. I give credit to Rick Riordan.
One of my favorite books that I read this year was, Soul Surfer by, Bethany Hamilton. This book is about a 13 year old girl who was attacked by a 14 foot long shark on her day off from school for Halloween. (Bethany is home-schooled because she is in the making of becoming a professional surfer.) Bethany lives on the coast of Kauai beach in Hawaii, and has a passion for surfing. She wants to surf all day everyday of the year. Bethany has to learn to deal with only one arm, and doing daily task such as, putting on cloths, showering, and putting her hair up in a ponytail. I really enjoyed this book for numerous reasons. This book was written by Bethany Hamilton herself, so this book was written in a way that is easy to read, and very understandable. I also liked this book because I tried surfing myself, and it was very hard. I can't imagine how hard it is to surf with only one arm. This book is a quick easy read, and I really recommend it to others.
My favorite book is The Cupid Chronicles by Coleen Paratore. This book is about thirteen-year-old Willa Havisham, and her mission to save the library in her hometown of Bramble,Cape Cod. Bramble is losing its funds and can't afford to keep the library running.Willa can't stand to see the library shut down and sets up many fund raisers to keep the library running. And she ends up raising over 40,000 dollars and saves the library.Willa also wonders about her crush Joey Kenelly, and if Cupid really does exist.
I like this book because the setting is in Cape Cod. And Cape Cod is one of my favorite places in the world. Also the protagonist is my age so I can relate to her. The Cupid Chronicles makes me think about what I could do for less fortunate people, and how I can help them.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live forever? This book describes exactly what it would be like. The setting is set back in the year 1880 in the town of Treegap. The protagonist Winnie Foster comes from a very wealthy family and her parents are very protective over her. All she dreams about is going into the woods and see what is in there. One day she finally descides to go into the woods and explore there she finds a youge 17 year old boy named jesse. Jesse has a secret but to find out what it is you have to read to find out.
This book was very well written with a lot of figurative language which made it interesting to read. The setting also interested me because it was very different from how we live now. The Tuck family reminds me of my family how we are really close and always have stories to tell and advice to give. This book really made me realize the important things in my life and how you should always appreciate what we have today.
The Protagonist as many might know is Stargirl. In the book, Stargirl arrives at Mica highschool going into tenth grade after being home schooled for most of her life. The kids at Mica high school had seen nothing like her before, she wore a long white dress, she plays her ukulele in the halls, and carries her rat "Cinnamon" with her everywhere she goes. Most importantly she can make anyone happy, When someone has scored top marks in there tests, Star girl knows about it and happily stands their cheering them on in the cafeteria. When its someones birthday, Star girl knows about it and strums her ukulele along to the birthday song beat. Star girl soon became very popular and got asked to join the cheer-leading squad. But some people were threatened by Star girl's carefree ways and it didn't take long before people tried to make her normal just like the rest of the kids at Mica high school. They tried to turn crazy, colorful Star girl into being boring, usual, and plain like the rest of them.
Based upon a true story of one students endless days of being bullied by her peers. Starting from fifth grade Jodue was insulted numerous times by her classmates and physically abused being kicked, hit, spit on and her clothes taken off and grounded into the dirt and mud.
Jodue just wanted to be popular. A straight A student always trying to please her teachers and friends. She also didnt like to disobey rules. It was fifith grade and Jodue was invited to a slumber party at her friends house she was excited until they started playing spin the bottle and strip poker and her friends started taking off their clothes. Jodue felt uncomfortable and thinking she was doing the right thing she called her mom, who told her friends mom what they were doing. The abusing got worse and Jodues parents thought psychological help for her but she thought it was a waste of time, so she changed schools and even still people knew who she was and they continued to harass and beat her up.
Why I like this book so much is because Jodue goes through her whole life being bullied so as I read about that I can learn what it feels like to be physically and mentally abused, so then I wont do that to others because then they would feel like Jodue. That is why I like this book so much.
Kissed by an Angel trilogy by Elizabeth Chandler Five out of five stars Reviewed by: Tommy B Most high school relationships always seem to end the same way, a brake up. By for 16 year old Ivy her relationship with her boy friend Tristan ends a little early. That’s because Tristan was killed in a car accident, and to make things worse for Ivy she was sitting right next to him when it happened. But after Tristan’s death Ivy’s life (which if full of new people) seems to be spiraling down. She’s even lost her faith in angels which she has believed for years. But it turns out the Tristan becomes an angel (how controversial. The only one who can see Tristan (or his angel glow) is Ivy’s little brother Phillip, who has been told never to speak of angels again. But when Tristan senses danger around Ivy he must do anything he can to save her. But will Ivy’s new found idea that angels don’t exist cause her life? I like this book because I wanted to read a romance novel, and I think I would shoot myself if I read Twilight. I also liked how much drama there was in the story. To me this book is a little like the Twilight books” (which I will never read), because the main characters are the same. This is a good book that I think what be good for some of you to read. Other good books: Marley and Me True Grit Other good books: Marley and Me True Grit
The Secret Life of Bees By Sue Monk Kidd “Reviewed by” Erica P. The story starts out with a little girl her mother and father. Her father was not the nicest person to be around, he yelled and shouted. One day her mother was in a closet organizing clothes. Her father started yelling at the mother and he became aggressive towards her. The father dropped a gun on the floor. The little girl ran over and picked it up. Then there was a noise that shocked everyone. The protagonist is Lilly she is 14 years old and is a nice brave and strong girl. The setting is in South Carolina 1964. Lilly is trying to figure out the death of her mother when she was only a little girl. She wonders how she died and most of all the gun that went off. I liked this book because it told a story of a young girl growing up in a hard life. Lilly the young girl and protagonist had an abusive father and she lost her mother at a young age and she still wonders how she died. It was interesting and the author uses a lot of descriptive words and metaphors. The girl Lilly does not have a great life, she works almost every day and has a mean father and no mother. This made me think of my family and how lucky I am to have a nice loving and caring family.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
