Parvana’s Journey by Deborah Ellis Adventure Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) In this sequel to “The Breadwinner,” the story starts off with Parvana burying her father, who had died of his sickness. Once her father was buried, she starts to move and to try and find her family along with her few belongings. As she is on her journey, she finds a bombed town. She goes to look for … Read more
The Activist Theodore Boone #4 by John Grisham Mystery Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Theo’s town is planning to build a bypass for trucks and destroying homes, buildings, and public spaces to do it. Theo is against it and has to help people realize that the bypass is a bad idea. I liked this book because it was exciting and a really good book.
The Storm Keeper’s Island Storm Keeper’s Island #1 by Catherine Doyle Fantasy Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Fionn Boyle is sent to live with his grandfather on a strange island. Every generation, the island chooses a Storm Keeper to keep the island safe and protected. Will Fionn win the battle against others who seek the prize? I really enjoyed this book because every time Fionn would return to a memory, the … Read more
Outer Space Junior Genius Guide series by Ken Jennings Non-fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) The book was about things in space that most people wouldn’t know, like that Mars has a volcano bigger than Arizona. I like that there was a quiz/test at the end of the book to test your knowledge about what you just learned. I like the theming of a day in class because it had chapters … Read more
Blizzard Besties by Yamile Saied Mendes Adventure Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Vanesa and her family can’t wait to go on vacation at Pinecloud. Pinecloud has snow everywhere and is a ski resort. Vanesa can’t wait to go. She loves skiing and is amazing at it. She doesn’t get snow back home, so this will be amazing. She hopes for once she can lift the curse and not mess this vacation … Read more
The Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker Dear America/My Name Is America series by William Durbin Historical Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) The book is about Sean and his father working on the transcontinental railroad. Sean’s father was already working on the railroad when he started. Sean had to work his way up the ranks, till the railroad was complete. Why did I like this book? I liked this … Read more
The Hidden Oracle Trials of Apollo #1 by Rick Riordan Adventure Fantasy Mystery Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) In this book the Greek god Apollo gets dumped by his dad Zeus in the form of a mortal teenager, whose fate is somehow bound with that of a 12-year-old punk demigod named Meg McCaffrey. In their quest to save the Oracle of Delphi, they run into a 4000-year-old emperor Nero, sing … Read more
The Son of Neptune Heroes of Olympus #2 by Rick Riordan Adventure Fantasy Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) In their quest to save the world and Olympus (again), Percy Jackson, a girl named Hazel, and a boy named Frank are constantly fighting for their lives against Wheat, Barley, and Spelt, getting captured by Amazons and cruising at 650 mph in a chariot pulled by the fastest horse in the universe. Oh yeah! … Read more
The Last Olympian Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5 by Rick Riordan Adventure Fantasy Mythology Supernatural Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) During the epic conclusion of Percy Jackson, Titan Kronos advances to New York with his army. Percy Jackson gathers his and the two fight to determine the fate of New York and the world. I liked this book because I enjoy adventure and it ends the series nicely. Review #2 … Read more
I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) I liked the book because it had a lot of suspenseful parts. It’s about a shark that wonders into a lake that is connected to an ocean. After a boy and a man die in the lake, the main character jumps in the lake to save his friend from the shark. In … Read more