Journey

Journey, Patricia MacLachlan

Journey's mom just left him and his sister, Cat, with their grandmother and grandfather.  At first Journey thinks he needs his mother to carry on, until his photo-loving grandpa steps into the picture.  He teaches Journey to love pictures because you get to keep your memories and, that a person in front of you is different behind the camera lens. 

I love this short, interesting read because it shows how much Journey changed over the course of the book.

Pancakes

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

This first person, fantasy/science fiction book is about sixteen-year-old, Katniss Everdeen, who struggles to survive in a dystopian country situated in the ruins of North America. Every year, this country, known as Panem, forces the twelve districts that make up the country to "volunteer" two children, one boy and one girl, between the ages of twelve and eighteen, to participate in the Hunger Games.  The Games are an annual, televised fight to the death.  When they choose Katniss' sister, Prim, to be the girl tribute for District Twelve, Katniss goes in her place.  What follows is a very violent but thoughrougly engrossing plot story and edge-of-your-seat action.  If you think you can handle it, pick up this book from your local library or bookstore.  You'll be really glad you did!

By Autumn's pet cat

Call Me Hope

Call Me Hope by Gretchen Olson.

Call Me Hope by Gretchen Olson, is a realistic fiction book about a girl who is abused by her mom through words. Her mom won’t stop, and it seems as though everything Hope does is wrong. I think this book is great, with its first-person style of writing. Although it’s a sad topic, Hope learns things about her mom, and Hope’s mom learns things about Hope. Join this present-day girl, trying not to cry when she is “Hopeless.”

By Vay

Extreme Cuisine

Extreme Cuisine
By Eddie Lin

     With this grossly interesting non-fiction piece you will dive head first into one of the most cultural elements of life:  Food.  Whether old or odd,  food is everywhere.  This book will focus on the odd.
     You will find your ideas of what is socially acceptable to eat will expand.  This book will make you curious to explore; that's what happened to me. 
     You will be transported around the world; from eating bugs in a tiny village in the Amazon to munching on rural European cuisine and even the seafood markets of Asia.
     Make sure to read this book and start to explore your local, and not-so-local eateries.

                                                                              Little Italy

Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall

Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall is an intriguing story written by Wendy Mass.

Tessa has been through a lot in her life, yet she doesn't even realize it.  Tessa has made many mistakes that force her to find the one question she needs to answer, but what is the question?  Small items along the way help her unfold the secret question and find out who she really is and who she wants to be, which are two very different things.

Mango Muffin

Life As We Knew it and This World We Live In
 by Susan Pfeffer
These science fiction books tell the story of Miranda and her family's struggle to stay alive, when a meteor collides with the moon, altering everything in Miranda's carefully constructed world, as things she once to for granted fade away. Told through Miranda's diary entries, as the characters grow they hold on to the most important resource hope.  Each page is filled with with both desperate and heart-pounding emotions.  I recommend this book to anyone who needs a good science fiction book, or who is in need of a book that will keep you racing to the next page.  I hope you enjoy this book as much as I have.

 Plum Petunia

Powerless, by Matthew Cody

Powerless is about a kid named Daniel who is moving from his house in Kentucky to Virginia.  When he arrives at his new house he meets a girl named Mollie.  While they're loading their furniture into their new home Jim's mom wants him to watch his little brother but he is distracted by Mollie.  His little brother almost gets hit by a car but he suddenly disappears and reappears behind Jim.  The next day Jim meets a group of kids who have all been blessed with super powers.  Sadly, on their thirteenth birthdays, a mysterious creature comes and takes their powers and their memory of ever having them. Jim is the only one who can save these children.  I recommend this book to kids who like fantasy and mystery.

                                                                 By: Number One