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There are many strange happenings in the wizarding world, whether it’s the horrific visions Harry views whenever he sleeps, the strange disappearance of Hagrid, or the arrival of a new Dark Arts teacher, Mrs.Umbridge. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is starring Harry, now in his 5th year at Hogwarts, along with his friends Ron and Hermione, now
Read moreClones, power, money, and fame. These topics are all key in Nancy Farmer’s award winning House of The Scorpion. She has made yet another masterpiece of literature, The Lord of Opium. This book takes the perspective of Matteo Alacrañ. The Alacrañ families most famous member is El Patron, a boy from Aztlan. This poor boy was so poor that when
Read moreThe famous beauty blogger Torrey Grey has everything she wants, other than her sister, Miranda. She passed away a few months ago, and Torrey is extremely unhappy without Miranda’s little quirks filling her once happy home. Torrey has had the worst few months. Her sister was hit by a drunk driver and died a few days later in the hospital.
Read more“Wow you look just like your mother?” This might be taken as an insult or compliment depending on who is saying it. In this case Alex’s mother is being mistaken as her daughter. The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns is all about the mistakes that are made throughout this novel. The main characters, Alex and Conner are once again
Read moreMitali Perkins’s Open Mic is a book that portrays an Asian boy and his struggles with bullies. The main character, Henry Choi Lee, moves to Connecticut from southern California because his father is transferred for his job. Henry was surrounded by other Asian students in California. In Renham Middle School in Connecticut, he was the only Asian student. Henry’s parents
Read more“Sometimes I feel like people aren’t listening to me. I spend ninety minutes up here talking about the dangers of time travel, advising you to stay the hell away from time travel, and the first question I get is ‘Do you think time travel will be available commercially?’ Then again, I spend every waking hour bent over quantum equations, so
Read moreLiving in a free and peaceful world where we can choose our own religion and be ourselves regardless of the color of our skin, is one of the key factors in our daily life, an assumption we take for granted. In the not so distant past in Europe, during World War II, this was not the case. Then by Morris
Read moreMoses “Mo” Lobeau is a very different girl. She has always been looking for her “Upstream Mother,” ever since she learned she was found in a stream during a storm. Everyone calls her unlucky, but she calls herself three times lucky. Once, for her mother tying her to a floating billboard, twice for the Colonel crashing his car and finding
Read moreCullen. Just the name in Granger, Texas, turns people into royalty. But if a name comes with a pair of shadows the size of Texas itself, and there’s no changing the name, how can the shadow be escaped? From the first word to the last, readers are held captive to the book QB1 by MIke Lupica. This book
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