Book Reviews, Book Reviews
What would you do if there was a murder on the moon? Would you investigate and know what happened, or would you just wait around for another murder to occur? In Space Case, murder was the case for Dashiell Gibson to figure out. “Let’s get something straight off the bat: Everything the movies have ever taught you about space travel
Read moreHayden Leveroni If you have not read the first book in the series, you should not consider reading this as there may be spoilers from the first book. Chris Rylander’s second novel in the Fourth Stall series was even more exciting and suspenseful than the first. This time, it begins with the cliffhanger from the first book, a girl
Read moreAnthony Horowitz’s book Point Blanc kept me reading with its action packed plot and James Bond-esque theme. Point Blanc is about a boy named Alex Rider, a spy for MI6 (Military Intelligence) who is sent into a special finishing school just for teenage boys. MI6 believes that there is something else happening inside the school since two recent murders involving
Read moreChris Rylander’s The Fourth Stall grabs the reader right from the beginning urging them to keep reading with its suspense and mystery. It begins with an introduction about a sixth grader named Christian Barrett, but everybody calls him Mac, he runs a business and solves problems for a price from his office in a bathroom in the East Wing of
Read more“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
Read moreThe land of Quill is now under the rule of yet another evil dictator, and it’s up to Artimé to end her reign. As much as Alex Stowe, the head mage of the magical world despises the idea, he is forced to enlist the help of an unlikely ally- his evil twin brother, who is inconveniently… lost. The sixth and
Read moreWendelin 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
Read moreLocked 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
Read moreHow 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
Read more“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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