Book Reviews, Book Reviews
Imagine running through the middle of the desert and covering yourself with bedsheets so you don’t get a second degree burn. Thomas, the main character and protagonist, is trying to find a safe haven while having no idea what will happen next on this mysterious journey. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner is a fictional novel about the main character,
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Just like every other kid in his history class, Joe “Stosh” Stoshack has to write a report about a famous African American person that helped change society. Stosh loves baseball and has played it since he was little. He picks Jackie Robinson to write about, because he broke the color barrier for baseball in 1947. Instead of researching Jackie Robinson,
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Taken, by Erin Bowman is fresh new take on the Dystopian genre of books on today’s market. Hunger Games and Divergent can’t even come close to this masterpiece of a novel. Erin Bowman pieces together a world in which the characters of Taken find themselves caught in a struggle between love and duty, and good and evil. Taken revolves around
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Emma had friends to play with when she was in elementary school, but now she is a tall, redheaded girl who wants “to get the heck outta dodge”. I, Emma Freke by Elizabeth Atkinson is an exceptional book. Have you ever been called weird or different? Emma’s life is exceptionally hard being a tall redhead who is named Emma Freke.
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Ally has been crafty enough to fool many smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. She is horrified to ask for help; after all, how can you cure dumb? However, her newest teacher Mr. Daniels sees the bright, creative kid underneath the
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“Not belonging is a terrible feeling. It feels awkward and it hurts, as if you were wearing someone else’s shoes. ” Felicity, or Flissy Bathburn expresses this when Britain engaged with Germany in World War II, in the year of 1940. Felicity and her parents couldn’t stay in England anymore in fear of being bombed. Her parents, out of desperation,
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Rosie and Paul have lived a carefree and joyous life in Paris, France, until their ideal world comes to an end with the turmoil of World War II when they are forced to take refuge. Their only hope being two words spoken by their dad: “Find Henderson.” At the same time in another part of France, Marc is an orphan,
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The snow is piling up on the sidewalks, and the frigid cold is just unbearable! We all want to escape this weather and go to a place that’s warm and sunny. Since we can’t just snap winter away, I decided to read a book that might make up for it. Sick of being the third wheel in the relationship between
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Gone, by Michael Grant, is the enrapturing story of the FAYZ (Fallout Alley Youth Zone) and one normal teenager’s epic struggle to keep balance in a crumbling society. Sam Temple was just an ordinary kid in a small seacoast town called Perdido Beach, California. Sam never really stuck out to anyone. He didn’t care about school or grades, all he
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The Glass Castle, an extravagant memoir by Jeannette Walls, is about her life as she went through an adventure when living in poverty. When she was younger, her family moved several times while trying to run away from the bill collectors. Walls’s mother refused to work due to mental health issues and her father was never home, so Jeannette and
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