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.
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
Among the Hidden Shadow Children #1 by Margaret Peterson Haddix Dystopian Mystery Thriller Science Fiction Review # 1 * * * * Stars Who wouldn’t love this book!?! This book will get everybody hooked! This book is about a boy named Luke who is a third child. Nowadays, it doesn’t matter how many kids a family has, but in Luke’s time you were only allowed to have 2 children. So, every day Luke has to … Read more
Everlost by Neal Shusterman Adventure Horror Mystery Supernatural Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) This book, Everlost, is a great book for teens who want to be surprised at what happens chapter after chapter. It unfolds many surprises as you turn the page. When you think you know what’s going to happen, you turn out to be wrong every time. A great book for teens with an explosive imagination.
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment Maximum Ride series #1 by James Patterson Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction Supernatural Thriller Review # 1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) This book was awesome! It is about these kids, Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman (you don’t even want to know why he’s called that), and Angel. They’ve been experimented on by the scientists at the school. This isn’t any ordinary school, though. The mad scientists graft … Read more
Last Known Victim by Erica Spindler Mystery Suspense Thriller * * * * Stars (Great!) A cop, Captain Patti O’Shay, is put on a case where the serial killer murdered six women before Hurricane Katrina while dealing with her husband, another cop’s death. After Katrina, they find a corpse that they know the murderer killed along with Patti’s husband’s police badge. Patti works extra hard on the case, or else she could become the last … Read more
Locked in Time by Lois Duncan Mystery Thriller Review # 1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Who pays the price for eternal youth? When Nore discovers her new stepmother’s horrible beauty secrets, time starts running out. Can Nore save herself and her father before it’s too late? I liked every part of this book. Review # 2 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Very scary! Very real! It is about people that live … Read more
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Graphic Novel Illustrated Fiction Mystery Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) The Invention of Hugo Cabret is about a 12 year old boy who finds a mechanical man and thinks it holds a mysterious message from his dead father. The main character is Hugo Cabret. Other characters are Isabella, George Melies, Mama Jeanne, Monsieur Tabard, Station Inspector. I liked this book because it gives … Read more
The Fairy Tale Detectives The Sisters Grimm #1 by Michael Buckley Fantasy Mystery Thriller Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) The book, Fairy Tale Detectives, is about 2 girls, Daphne and Sabrina Grimm, who lose their parents mysteriously and go to live with their grandmother, Relda Grimm. They must try to stop a giant from destroying their hometown. The main characters are Daphne and Sabrina Grimm. Other characters are Mayor Charming, Jack, Puff, … Read more
The Unusual Suspects The Sisters Grimm series #2 by Michael Buckley Adventure Mystery * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) The book, The Unusual Suspects is about 2 young girls, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm. They enroll at the town’s elementary school, which seems normal at first, but when Sabrina’s 6th grade teacher is found dangling in a giant spiderweb dead, Sabrina and Daphne think there’s a monster inside the school. The 2 main characters are … Read more