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Crusher by Niall Leonard is a ralistic fiction novel that's about a 17 yearold boy named Finn. Finn's dad died but he doesn't know who killed his dad. The police officers thinks that he killed his dad. He tried his own investigation. The main suspect in his mind was the Guvnor. A lot of people always say that the Guvnor was very dangerous so they should stay away from him. Finn snuck into the Guvnors house. Everything changed after that.I like to recommend this book to everyone because it is a very good book. I like this book because it basically has everything like drama, action, romance, etc. I feel really bad for the people who is like Finn because who would survive without there parents at a young age. If this would have happened to me I would be really scared. Why did the author choose the setting to be in London? Does the author live there?
The book Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen gets rescued from them in the arena, she later finds out that her home is gone after seeing that she decide that the right thing to do is to join the rebels and save the country from the capital.there she also finds out that peeta in under the capitals torture so the decide to save him and the others. When the war begins Katniss goes the capital in order to kill Snow so there can be peace. Before she can kill snow she finds out that her sister has died and that Snow is now captured.I recommend this book to anyone who loves dystopian books. I think this is a book that gets better by the every page you read. It's full of adventure and I finish the Katniss was real. She's strong and brave and I would give this book a five out of five this book is amazing you can't stop reading it, you just want to know what happens next.
In the book Drama by Raina Telgemeier is a realistic fiction novel that is about an 8th grade girl named Callie. Callie loves theater she always wanted to get the lead role in the plays. But how can she when she sing. So Callie join stage crew as the set designer. When Callie was posting the flyers she meet 2 cute twin brothers that she became friends with. Things got crazy after that.I recommened this books to everyone because it is a very good book. It is a comic book. I think that in every scene of this book there is a shocking surprise. I like this book because this book makes you worry whats gonna happen next. This book is full of surprises.
The book Four-The Transfer is about a boy named Tobias Eaton who is strong but gets abused by his father so he decides to change his path and choose a new faction where he thinks he belongs. Like this book because it is a great thing and I think Tobias is really brave. I would give this book a 3/5 just because it is really short and I feel like the other could have made it better,
The book Four-The Transfer is about a boy named Tobias Eaton who is strong but gets abused by his father so he decides to change his path and choose a new faction where he thinks he belongs. Like this book because it is a great thing and I think Tobias is really brave. I would give this book a 3/5 just because it is really short and I feel like the other could have made it better,
The book Four- The Initiate by Veronica Roth is a dystopian book. This book is about a boy named Tobias who wants to escape from is past where he is abused by his own father, so he decides to switch faction and join dauntless the faction of the brave. There he has to pass initiation in order to become a member. So he trains hard everyday and has to protect the secret he has on his way. I liked the book it was much like divergent and I think that four is really interesting.
The book Four- The Initiate by Veronica Roth is a dystopian book. This book is about a boy named Tobias who wants to escape from is past where he is abused by his own father, so he decides to switch faction and join dauntless the faction of the brave. There he has to pass initiation in order to become a member. So he trains hard everyday and has to protect the secret he has on his way. I liked the book it was much like divergent and I think that four is really interesting.
The book Four The Son by Voronica Roth is about a guy named Tobias who finds out that his mom is still alive and that her being dead was a lie. This all start when his mom and him are abused by his father, Tobias's mother wants to escape so she comes up with a plan to fake her death. I like this book I think it is a really good book where we can see Tobias growing and becoming stronger as a person.
In the book The Ruins Of Gorlan by John Flanagan is about two boys who go on an journey to save their Village by an evil monster but they don't like each other through out the story to characters learn to become and heroes and learn not to hate one another and end up becoming friends and saving the Village.I like this book because it has action and it teaches you a lesson and show's you how the two characters grow and become stronger together.
In the Book Anne Frank by Carol Ann lee this book is about Anne Frank's life and throughout her childhood how it was like to be a jew what she witnessed and what she and her family had to deal with because of a man named Hitler he hated jews so he made them suffer the jews that were go for work were taken to a certain area to go to work after they were useless they died and the rest were killed.I enjoy this book because i learned lots about how jews were treated over 17 million jews died. Most were killed or died working I find it amazing how this girl went through all this she is one off the most amazing girls out there because of what she faced when she was young and how one men could make such a horrible even happen to people that didn't do anything wrong.
In the book Mockingjay by Suzzane Collins is about Katniss Everdeen. Katniss is the girl on fire who survived even though her home distric 12 was destroyed. Her new home distric 13 was controlled by the Capitol. Peeta was captured by the rebels. In order to save all the people in distric 13 and Peeta Katniss has to join the rebels she has to become a Mockingjay.I like this book because I feel like I cant stop reading this book.This book has a very shocking twist to it at the end. I would reccomend this book to everyone because it is very exciting. This book is making me want to watch the movie because it is a very good book. This book gets better and better in every page. My favorite character in this book is Katniss because she is very brave and adventurous.
In the book Four-the traitor, four tries to inform the abnegation that the dauntless and erudite are trying to kill them and get all the power to control the factions, So he goes to abnegation to tell them to be safe however, it doesn't work because his father who is the leader of the factions doesn't believe in him. So by the end of the book he realize that no matter what he will do his best to save the abnegation. I think this book is great because it teaches you that no matter how hard life is you should always be on the side that's right, no matter what people say you should always help the ones that need the most.
In the book Heroes of the Holocaust by Allan Zullo this book is about the heroes who stood up and tried to save the jews from being killed and taken away to work until they died. This group started out as the jew's went to their houses and talked about there day. But one day it changed which later on will be know in history. No they didn't have superpowers they couldn't fly they were not super strong they were normal people trying to make a change. Many of them were able to save jews and stay alive but many failed trying and died like heroes for the jews because thy knew they tried and it meant alot to them.I enjoyed this book because they didn't care about what Hitler did to them they just wanted to save as many life's as they could even though they knew sooner or later Hitler would find out. I like how the story is written about diary entires of the heroes and how they all have different stories overall good book.
In the novel Real Mermaids Don't Hold Their Breath by Helena Boundraw, The book is about a girl, Jade, who is a mermaid trying to save her mother from being kidnapped. Jade has never realized her powers until she was thrown into a pool one day and then wanted to use them to save her mother who supposedly got lost at sea. I personally didn't love the book, it was a little childish but it did have a good storyline to it. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes teen supernatural genres, there are a few action parts which I personally like too. The only downside is the character development in the story seemed really cheesy and rushed.
In the novel The Geography of you and me by Jennifer E. Smith, we follow Lucy and Owen who accidentally meet in their apartment building elevator jam. They become fast friends but have to be separated because they are moving to different parts of the world. Throughout the book we see both characters struggles in different places they moved and also family issues. However despite that Lucy and Owen constantly sent postcards to one another from each place they visited.I liked the book as a really nice girly love story, but I did feel it lacked any real plot other than the difficulty of being thousands of miles away from each other. I did enjoy all the different places in the world they talked about because not the many books do that. I recommend this book to anyone who likes teen romance novels.
In the novel Fearless by Tawdra Kandle, Tasmyn Vaughn is a young seventeen year old girl who has moved from place to place her entire life because of her gift to read peoples minds. Tasmyn moves to Florida to finish her last two years of high school before she goes off to college and hopes she can fly by without anyone noticing like she usually does. However she meets Nell who suspects of her power and tries to harm Tasmyn because of it.I loved this book! It had action, thrills, romance, and adventure throughout the entire storyline. I do think it lacked dialogue and dragged along for some parts of the book. Overall I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good thriller/science fiction adventure.
In the novel Breathless, by Tawdra Kandle, Tasmyn Vaughn put the crazed witch, Nell, in a mental institution after almost getting killed by her. After Nell found out Tasmyn powers she wanted to kill her so she could gain them herself. Although Tasmyn has a new enemy, her chemistry teacher Ms. Lacusta who was also Nell's mentor. I personally feel that sequel books are never really as good as the first read and that really happened in this one. I felt the book was a little too rushed but it did do a good job of plot. Overall I recommend this book to fans of the first read and anyone who likes a thriller/science fiction genre.
In the novel Star Girl, by Jerry Spinelli, we follow the role of a teenage by named Leo. He hates being different so like everyone else he chooses to blend in. However one day a girl who calls herself Star Girl transfers to his school and tries to befriend Leo. Star Girl is extremely quirky so people have a hard time accepting Star Girl because she is so different. I liked the story because it was talking about real life situations and problems for people who aren't like everyone else. It was funny, real, and really heartwarming. I recommend this book to people who are interested in dramatic and melancholy plots.
In the paranormal novel Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs is about a boy named Jacob Portman who thought That he was a normal kid. But when his grandfather died everything changed. His grandfather ask him to go to a mysterious island to find how he died. He asked Jacob to look for an orphanage owned by Miss Peregrines. He asked the people on that island if there was an lady named miss peregrines who owned a orphanage. They directed him to an old wrecked house that no one lived in. Jacob went in and look around. Suddenly he heard a voice thats when he met Emma. Emma brought Jacob in to a portal. When they got out they were in a different place they were in a orphanage and then they saw Miss Peregrines. Jacob has been going in and out to this portal he has been hanging out with Peculiars. Thats when he discovered that he was also a peculiar. Since then his life was in danger.I loved this book because it is a novel that mixes fiction and photography in a a thrilling reading experience. I would recommend this to everyone because it is a very good and thrilling book.
In the book saga Twilight Bella comes to a new town and she meets Edward and they start to like each other,they meet three vampire and one is trying to kill Bella but Bella moves some places where she is save however she get a call from her mother but finds out that her mother is kidnapped so she goes to meet the vampire and help tries to kill her but before that Edward and his family save her.I liked this book because it has adventure and dangers that the characters is trying to face, I think this book is really cool because it has things like vampires that don't exist but it still makes it look real.
In the book Persepolis by Marjane Strapi is about the authors story of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. She tells her life from age six to fourteen. Strapi experienced wars with Iraq. Persepolis is about the daily life in Iran. It is about her fimily history. She experienced the dangers and the terrible incidents of a war. I like this book because it was based on a true story. It came from the person who experienced it. It made me realize how scary it was to be in a war. How you just get shocked that a bomb just drop somewhere near your neighborhood.
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Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee is a dystopian novel that tells the story of how a "by-the-book" Magistrate is changed after witnessing the inhumane treatment of innocent barbarians in his town by the powerful Empire. Even though the Magistrate was warned that a group of nomadic barbarians were considering rebelling, he does not believe that his town is under much threat because the Barbarians are usually harmless. However, corrupt government officials decide that they are still going to be held prisoner within the walls of his town. After seeing the mistreatment of the barbarians and developing a relationship with a barbarian woman who has been blinded and disfigured by her own people, he begins to reflect upon his own routines and behaviors and decides to make a change, even if it means incurring the wrath of the Empire.
I recommend this book to, well, everyone. There are many ways that people abuse power, and it is important for people that people do not take passive roles when they see injustice. This can extend from political injustice to every day events such as bullying, domestic violence, troubled friends, littering, etc. If we want to be part of a safe community, then we must be active participants in creating a positive environment. As I write this I am reminded of a famous quote by Gandhi--"“We must become the change we want to see.” It reminds me of Sherman Alexie's novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian because Arnold Spirit stands up against the hopelessness within his own community, even if it means he will be an outcast. Just like the Magistrate, Arnold begins to realize that by not challenging himself, he is simply part of the vicious cycle of poverty and may end up like the sad people around him.