Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Adventure Fantasy Review # 1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Tuck and his family captured a girl named Winnie. They wish she was theirs because they haven’t seen change in almost 80 years. When the man takes Tuck’s horse and tells Winnie’s parents where she is, the man and the constable go looking for her. Will they ever find Winnie? Review # 2 * * * * Stars (Great!) … Read more
For Mike by Shelley Sykes Mystery Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) This was a great book! Jeff’s best friend Mike has been missing for 3 weeks. Mike is 17, along with Jeff. Jeff keeps having very realistic dreams about Mike. Jeff’s friend Kirby is also in the dreams, although Mike is mad at him. Did Kirby kill Mike? Whatever is happening with Mike seems pretty suspicious.
Watership Down by Richard Adams Adventure Fantasy Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) It’s about a group of rabbits escaping from their warren for fear that something bad was going to happen. This is their adventures of how they survive. It’s a whole lot more than it sounds like, because trust me, there are a whole lot of things that they go through.
Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier Realistic Fiction Romance Review # 1 * * * * Stars (Great!) An Indian girl trying to mix her everyday life with her Indian culture, she felt like she was losing her best friend and boy she was “suggested” to marry. Her only way of handling all this pressure was photography.
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane Biography Nonfiction * * * Stars (Pretty good) A coming of age novel about a black boy in the middle of Apartheid in Africa, and how he overcomes his challenges.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding Adventure Classic Mystery Thriller Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) A bunch of boys get stranded on an island. They start turning on one another, losing their sense of civilization and becoming savage. Review #2 * Star (A waste of time!) A group of boys get stuck on an island and have to try to survive and maintain what keeps them away from savagery. I didn’t … Read more
The Princess Diaries Princess Diaries series #1 by Meg Cabot Realistic Fiction Review # 1 * * * * Stars (Great!) This book is a lot different than the movie. Honestly, I like the movie better. The book was ok. Mia still gets told that she’s a princess and she gets lessons and all that. And she fights with her best friend, Lilly and falls in love with Michael, Lilly’s brother. Review # 2 * … Read more
Shopaholic & Sister Shopaholic series #4 by Sophie Kinsella Funny Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) A girl just came back from her 10 month honeymoon from all over the world. One problem – she loves shopping! Her flat was completely filled with things she totally didn’t need. Her husband and family started to get a little mad. That’s when she found out she had a half-sister, only this girl was … Read more
The Dark Is Rising Dark Is Rising sequence #2 by Susan Cooper Fantasy Review # 1 * Star (A waste of time!) This is a horrible book. If you don’t like to die of boredom, don’t read it! This is the worst book I’ve ever read. It is about stupid cross-like things with a circle around them. Don’t read it! It makes no sense!
The Wide Window A Series of Unfortunate Events #3 by Lemony Snicket Funny Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) When Count Olaf killed Uncle Monty in the last book, Mr. Poe found another relative/guardian, Aunt Josephine, for the Baudelaire orphans. In this book Count Olaf disguises himself as “Captain Sham.” Now he’s selling boats. Aunt Josephine runs off, because Count Olaf threatens to kill her. She leaves him to the Baudelaires. Then, … Read more