Lake House by James Patterson Adventure Science Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) The main plot of “The Lake House” stems off from the Maximum Ride series. A few of the characters names and roles have changed, but the overall image has not. Max and her flock are now residing with Kit and Frannie in a secluded lake house, far from any intruders. Until 1 day, all that changes. I enjoyed … Read more
Fablehaven Fablehaven #1 by Brandon Mull Fantasy Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) “Fablehaven” is about two kids named Kendra and Seth who are visiting their grandparents while their parents go on vacation. Halfway into the visit they find out they are visiting a magical preserve. It is an epic tale that you should read! I loved it because I couldn’t put it down, it was so good!
Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater Fantasy Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Puck Connelly lives in a world that might seem unreal to another’s eye, but is part of Puck’s normal life. She lives on an island far off the shore of America that hosts an infamous horse race every November called the Scorpio Races. These races seem like any other normal race except…for the fact that the horses they race on seem … Read more
Afterschool Charisma Manga series #1 by Kumiko Suekane Manga Science Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) “Afterschool Charisma” volume 1 is an introduction to the story of Shiro Kamiya, a supposed non-clone in a school full of famous people’s clones. Being the only human is hard for Shiro when on top of being different his father is one of the professors at the school. In this volume, Shiro helps his crush Marie Curie get … Read more
Two Flowers for the Dragon Manga series #1 Fantasy Manga Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) A girl named Shakuya is being fought over by two flowers. Also Shakuya can turn into a dragon. Lots of people try to kill her, but she always gets out of a bad situation. I like these books because they have a good storyline and it’s very fairy-tale like.
Spell Robbers Quantum League #1 by Matthew J. Kirby Adventure Science Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) When Ben is asked to join a science camp at his mom’s college, he doesn’t think much of it until he joins. In it they do more than any science camp ever. They can make fireballs, lightning, snow, and water with their imaginations. Everything was going smoothly until a group of people break into the lab … Read more
Girl Online Girl Online #1 by Zoe Sugg Realistic Fiction Romance Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Penny is an awkward 15-year-old girl who is just trying to fit in. She works for her mom’s wedding shop and they are doing a wedding in New York that allows Penny to meet a boy named Noah. They instantly “click,” and they bring out the best in each other. Penny has to go back … Read more
Paper Things by Jennifer Jacobson Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) “Paper Things” is about a girl and her older brother. Their mother has passed and they are now under the charge of their mother’s friend, Janna. Gage hates Janna and leaves. Ari promised her mother they would stay together, so she goes, too. The only thing to comfort Ari are her paper things.
The Prisoner of Cell 25 Michael Vey #1 by Richard Paul Evans Science Fiction Supernatural Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) This book is about a boy Michael Vey with electric shock powers. He also has Tourette’s Syndrome, so that doesn’t help in 9th grade either. He has been here, there, and everywhere in the country because people keep finding out about his power. He meets a girl, Taylor Ridley, and she … Read more
Space Case Moon Base Alpha #1 by Stuart Gibbs Funny Mystery Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) When 12-year-old Dashiell Gibson and his family get an opportunity of a lifetime, to live on the moon in a station, who could disagree? But, they discover very soon that life there is boring and lonely up until a scientist is found dead. Now it is up to Dashiell and his friends to uncover … Read more