Private Captain

Private Captain by Marty Crisp 
 
     Ben, a young boy in 1863 is  looking for his brother Ruben in the 106th Pennsylavania Company of the Union Army. Of course Ruben's dog, Captain, tags along with Ben as Ben trys to find his brother and take him home.
     Surprisingly, in the beginning of his journey he finds his talkative cousin, Danny and a Jerrsy cow named Mavis. They encounter good people and evil people. Will Ben find Ruben before he he starts to fight in the war?
     This intelligently written book by Marty Crisp is a very realistic story with joyous, touching, and exciting moments that will last with me forever.

Agent C

Firestar's Quest by Erin Hunter

     I would suggest Firestar's Quest to anyone who likes the Warriors series or who likes adventure and talking cats. If you decide to read Firestar's Quest you should probably read some of the other books in the series or you may find yourself lost in a land of rituals and not-as-well developed characters. Firestar's Quest is descriptive with very realistic characters making them surprisingly easy to connect to, as all the characters are cats. The one thing that I don't like is a suspicious lot of good luck follows the characters.
     Firestar's Quest is about Firestar's quest (surprise, surprise) to find the last, lost clan of cats driven out of the forest because there wasn't enough territory to go around. Firestar, the leader of Thunderclan, and Sandstorm, his mate, go out to where the clan's second home was and gather the kittypets (pet cats) and rogues with Sky clan blood who were scattered by a mysterious force lurking in the darkness. In his "clan hunt" Firestar meets many interesting figures and old Skyclan members. Through good and bad times the cats must stick together but when the force in the darkness begins to stir they begin to fall apart. Can Firestar save them? Too find out read Firestar's Quest.
Math Knight 8

True Ghost Stories

True Ghost Stories by Paul Downswell and Tony Allen is full of different ghost stories that are "true." This book is not well-written. For instance, one story was about a lady in Jamaica who owned a mansion. One day, when she was about to beat one of her slaves, all of her slaves attacked and strangled her to death. People say that her ghost still haunts the house she lived in today. I don't recommend this cheesy book because you can tell these stories aren't true. They seem so made up, so it's an uninteresting and pointless read.                       
                                    -Looneytunes

Red Pyramid

In the history of awful books you can't get much worse than this. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan was a disappointment to many who enjoyed Rick Riordan's other books: The Percy Jackson series. There are several reasons for this. But what was really aggravating was the change of perspective. Every few chapters the perspective changes from one character to another. It became a nuisance to have to go back and check at the beginning of each chapter just to see which character was telling the story. This drew away from the one good part of the book: The plot. It was intriguing and carried the book for what it was worth. However, it wasn't enough. The Red Pyramid is not a book I'd recommend.