The Infinite Sea

“The mechanized world had died. earthquakes and tsunamis had obliterated coasts, and plague had consumed billions.” Rick Yancey’s book The Infinite Sea was a nail biting story of the apocalypse. Cassie and Sam have been running from the others since Evan Walker infiltrated and blew up an alien military installation called Camp Haven. When they left the military installation they

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The Running Dream

     Wendelin Van Draanen’s The Running Dream was an engrossing and emotional story. After losing her bottom part of her leg in a bus accident, a high schooler, Jessica Carlisle, was told by the doctors that she would never run again. Saddened by this news, Jessica refused to do anything and moped for several weeks. On top of all

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Stolen

Locked away. Trapped inside without any memory of what happened but only wanting to escape. I quickly grabbed anything I could find to defend myself, but then I saw the monster. A tall and muscular man stood over me as he said, “Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you.” One day ago I was at the airport ready to fly off

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The Martian

How would you stretch a short food supply and limited materials to last you four martian years? Mark Watney was stranded on Mars after 6 soles of the Ares 3 mission arrival (a sole is one day on Mars- a little longer than a day on Earth). The rest of the crew left him during a terrible sandstorm, presuming Mark

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Deadly Little Games

“Are you enjoying my deadly little game?” Deadly Little Games by Laurie Faria Stolarz is about a 16 year old girl named Camilia, who is finally out of the drama and suspense her earlier years had previously thrown at her. Camelia now wants to spend time on her relationship with Ben Carter. These two share a very rare gift.  They

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