The Roar

Ellie Smith is a girl that was taken away from her family a year and a half ago. She was taken away by the evil master mind, Mal Gorman. Her brother, Mika, on the other hand is trying to find Ellie while playing a game. The game starts to get dangerous and risky. The good part though is that Mika is getting closer to Ellie as he passes the very hard tasks.

This book is full of action,  going from task to task and filled with adventure. Emma Clayton, the author of this book, does a good job of mixing emotions and creating action scenes. I just love these twists and turns. You never know what's going to hit you. It is also very hard to put this book down, if you like fictional books. When I think of Mika's personality I think of mine, courage, risk, and care. So, if you like fictional books, pick up this book and start reading!

                                                     

Pieces of Georgia

Imagine living with only your father. How would a 12 year old girl get by without a mother who died when Georgia was seven? Pieces of Georgia by Jen Bryant is an O.K. book. If you like mystery or action packed books, I would not recommend this book. Georgia, the main character, becomes best friends with an athletic-crazed girl who lives in her neighborhood, and a sweet gentle horse named Ella.

One day a mysterious note appears in her mailbox. The note says, "She now has a free membership to the Brandywine River Museum." Her mom was an artist before she died, and now Georgia's father has no patience for art. Whenever he sees her with a sketch book he shows a negative attitude. Georgia's best subject at school is art and her teacher is always giving her scrap pieces of charcoal. When the letter is signed "Anonymous," that's when her life begins to change.

I would recommend Pieces of Georgia for readers who like books written in poetry form and who love art. Georgia spends all her free time drawing and painting Ella. She realizes some people in the world, like her art teacher, really do appreciate art and just her.     Leaf

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.
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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.

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

I was at Barnes and Noble one chilly December night when The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner was given to me as a gift. The title is quite a mouthful yet it gives away only enough to draw you in. Once again Stephanie  Meyer has produced a book that is enticing gripping and somewhat magical. All her books are can't-put-down books, however, they are all the same. I believe that the reason many people enjoy Meyer's work is because it is written very well, no doubt about that, and there are many books for you to feed your senses on. If you get bored with books too easily the Twilight series is a pretty safe bet for you. I think this is the case because I have always thought of them as very reliable books. If you are considering reading the Short Second Life of Bree Tanner first you need to read Eclipse or else the book will seem confusing and pointless. And before you read Eclipse you need to read New Moon and Twilight. The road to reading the Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is a long one, however, I hope you will find it to be an enjoyable one.

~Doctor Seuss