Another fantasic book by Gail Giles. The athor of Dead Girls Don’t Write letters and Shattered Glass. Now with her newest book What Happened to Cass McBride. In this book Cass Mcbride, the popular rich girl in her school, is abducted by an enraged teen named Kyle. Kyle abductes Cass to avenge is brothers death. But with in the prosess he figures oiut the real reason for his brother’s, David, susicide. In this spine tingaling book you will find out how money isn’t everything.
Mackenzie M. – Grade 8
Nobody really likes the class outcast, so to speak, Christopher Creed. Once he goes missing a couple of kids that really starts investigating what happened seem to think that his mother may have a part in the whole disappearing of Christopher people go to jail and other mysteries are also solved this is the best book ever I highly recommend it!!!
” I have a theory that every fourth person will give me change.” are the first words of dylan,when dylan is thrown out on his birthday with nothing more than a sleeping bag, backpack, a raggy old toothbrush( which is a complement) and pictures, he takes a bus to downtown(unknown) and only has a patch infront of an office building. This book is a book which may sound dinky, but after the first paragraph, you wan’t to keep reading. This book is basicly all about this boys horrible life, and how he meets up with a girl named jenna, and falls for her. And how he handles being on the street and being away from his life. This book is an astronical book, and is one to not stop reading till the end. This book is good for the -Reading- donation for the people who are suffering world hunger, because this book shows what lengths people will go to, to not be hungry and be satisfied with nothing more then a cup of coffee. I hope you read this book, i did because of its intence fear that something might happen. Hopefully you find out!
Go Ask Alice is a great book. It all starts when Alice goes to a party where someone puts LSD in her drink. She thought the LSD was really cool and she oculdn’t wait to try other drugs. She tried just about every drug there is: speed, cocaine, heroine, anything she could get her hands on. Within months, she was addicted. her parents knew that something was wrong and were always on her case. They would barely let her go to the bathroom alone, so Alice ran away. You’ll have to read the book to find out if she came back or not.Anonymous – 8th grade
This book is about a boy named Arthur who has severe asthma, and he gets caught up in a novel of puzzle’s, madness, and creatures. It all starts, in gym class where he has a severe asthma attack, and blacks out. Then two strange men show up, and give him what look’s like the minute hand of a clock, but here is the catch it holds a power known only to it’s holder and other select people, and it wasn’t supposed to be given to him. So that was a mistake. The man who gives him the minute hand is man named Monday. He is in charge of the lower part of the house, which is supposedly the center of the whole universe. A woman named the architect creates this house and all of the “secondary realms”. Which Arthur happens to live in.
I absolutely loved this book. It was extremely entertaining. It is about a boy named walker, his dad just died. About a year later his mom announces that she has got a new job, as a stripper. He is absolutely shocked and angry. He does not want anyone to know about this, maybe not even his best friend Sully, who is a year older. His girlfriend moved away and he is lonely. Sully and Peggy introduce him to a new girl; Rachel who he does not realize will be the person he can’t stop thinking about. He will later lose his innocence to her, and go to where the kissing never stops.
This book is an interesting new book with a twist for those who have started and continued the Series of Unfortunate Events books. This book continues to tell the tale of the Baudelaire children whose parents died from a raging fire as told in the first book. The children throughout this wild and “unfortunate” series must live with new guardian after new guardian in a chain of deaths and traitors. This book ends as a cliffhanger for the last and final book which will come out on October 13, 2006.
Yet another amazing novel by an amazing author, this one is named Wormwood. Like the previous novel, this one is full of twists and turns, and has tons of suspense. But this one is a bit harder to follow. It takes place in old-time London. It’s about this book named The Nemorensis. It’s a book so evil it can possess your soul by just touching it, and/or reading it. Wormwood follows the life of a servant named Aggeta Lamian who gets caught up in all of this, thanks to a lady named Yezernia. As you find out later in the book, she goes by many different names, and you learn how she takes place in all of this. It also follows a scientist whose name is Blake. He is looking for every answer he can find, and by some chance he gets hold of this book and finds out that there is a comet named Wormwood that is coming towards the Earch. If it hits it will poison all of our water, and bring destruction to the whole world. There are tons of mystical creatures, suspense, action, and even a little bit of humor. There are even angels! If you’re looking for a book that you don’t want to put down, this is the perfect one.Seth P. – 8th grade
Although it’s not on the cutting edge of the print medium, 
I would give this books five stars. It’s a book that you can read over and over again and still enjoy it as much as the first time you read it. This book is not for everyone though. I think that mostly girls would appreciate it. The story is about a girl named Blue. Her father drowns while trying to save another little boy. Then Blue’s mother meets a man named Lyle, nicknamed Jinx by Blue and her sister, Star. Jinx abuses Blue’s mother, so Star runs away. Blue is trying her hardest to find Star and desperately trying to help her mother find a way out. This is a tale that will touch everyone’s heart.Tory – 8th grade
This books was okay. Some of the parts had you on the edge of your seat making your eyes never want to leave the page, but other parts aren’t as exciting. It has a good plotline though. A Greek god named Prometheous steals fire from the gods and gives it to the humans. He is punished but his father, Zeus, makes a deal that if he can find a true human hero on earth then he will be forgiven. The story then moves into the future to Elden City: smoky, sad, falling apart, with two thieves named Jim and Uncle Edward. He has to do all this while The Fury, a massive bird and avenger of the gods, is searching for him. The story is told through Jim’s eyes. I would give this book three stars because sometimes the story got boring.Tory – 8th grade
“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that’s what you’ve give me. That’s what I’d hope to give to you forever.” This is a story that many of you may have seen in the movies but it is nothing compared to the book. It is a story of true love and how no matter what happens in your life, your dreams will come true if you go after them. Noah Calhoun and Ally Hamilton are the two dreamers in this story who suffer many hard times and troubles in their life. They realize that not everything can be perfect like you want it to be. This is an amazing book, very poetic, and very romantic. For those of you who aren’t into gushy love stories, maybe this isnt the one for you. It is a book for more the adult like mind as there is some sexual references. Even still, there are many wonderful parts to this story that lead up to a wonderful ending. Of course, I cried as I always do when I read good books and I believe many of you will to. There are some chapters in the book that make the story come alive that weren’t in the movie. I do recommend reading the book first if you haven’t seen the movie yet. It will give you a whole new insight of the story and how wonderful a writer Sparks is. I do love to read but this story is exeptional! Absolutely the best!
June 6, 1944 the allies storm onto Normandy beach hoping to invade Europe. Canadians and British as well as the Americans try to take the beach of Normandy from the Germans. The beach is broken up into 5 sections: Utah and Omaha for the Americans, Gold and Sword for the British, and Juno for the Canadians. This epic battle was one of the most astonishing and fatal battles of World War Two and in U.S. history. It talks about the beach landings and of the paratroopers behind the front lines, as well as rangers that had been sent over night to creep over the cliffs and take out the enemy gunner emplacements. They faced machine gun fire, mortar fire, snipers, artillery and much, much more, as well as bad weather. This is a book of unforgettable journeys of brave young men. I rate this book a five out of five stars because of its epic journeys and brave men that astonished the world.
This book called Trouble With Liberty was a really good book that i enjoyed. Its about this girl named liberty who moves to a diffeent school and who is really pretty and all the guys want to go out with her. Then she says something happens and not many people beileve her except her boyfriend and father. Until her best friend finds out the truth about liberty she is on her side. Everyone finds out eventually and liberty is no longer going to the school because of what happened.
This is the Sixth, and definitely the most action packed of the series so far. Harry sets off to solve the mystery that is Lord Voldemort, while He who must not be named is sending out his allies beginning to act openly, causing widespread chaos and paranoia in Britain.
This story is a about the town people of the little town of Holt. There is Ike and Bobby, bothers who are dealing with their absence of their mother and taking on more responsibility around the house. Their father, Guthie, has to deal with his job as a teacher. He has trouble balancing his home and work relationships. There is also Victoria, the teenager not only dealing with a controlling boyfriend, living in various locations, but she is also pregnant. Then there are the McPherons bothers, two old, sweet men living their life the only way they know how: Through farming, who end up giving Victoria a place to stay. Together these characters face many hardships and together they get though them, better and wiser people for it. I recommend this book to men and women alike. I believe there is something that would capture the interest of all inside this book.
Fever 1793 is a great book for people who like to read about dramatic, bad times that are based on events that actually occured with “real” people in “real” times. Fever 1793 is a book that describes the life of the protagonist, Maddie, a young girl who’s mother owns a cafe with her grandfather in 1793. When the family starts hearing of the plague that’s been going around, panic fills the air, along with a deadly sickness known as yellow fever. Throughout the book, somebody very close to Maddie gets sick, her grandfather gets the sickness and events that are very unfortunate occur one after another. The whole world is falling apart, and Maddie has to have hope, faith, and try to put back together her life again. After a long period, the plague starts to distiguish and the world starts to come back together again, but before this happens there will be suffering, depression, and deaths roaming about. So for a good book that will reach deep into you, Fever 1793 is the book for you!Jesse C. – 7th grade
The book says “Sometimes your students are the only ones crazy enough to believe in you.” I say “it was great to read about believing in students!” Anyone want to build a car?
This book was written by an author who used to live in Granby so if you want to read a book by an author you might know this is a book for you. This book is about a girl, Kelley Ann Brennan, who lives in Maryland. She gets into a car accident and gets severely burned. Cummings tells about the emotional ups and downs of Kelley while she is in the hospital. When she comes home she finds her sister home from studying abroad. Leah plans on tutoring Kelley because she missed a few months of school. Kelley doesn’t want to go back to school because she has to wear a mask to keep her skin from scaring. With the help of her friends and family Kelley overcomes her fear of the world and realizes that “a face is the first thing one sees but a second impression can make all the difference.” Cummings spent many months in a burn unit observing patients so when she wrote this book it feels like you are actually right there next to Kelley. This is a good book because it tells of a girl who made it through a very tough time in her life and how she made the best of it.
If you like books about the past war and true stories, this is the book for you. The book tells about many true and interesting true stories about World War Two from many different sides. There are stories told by the Americans, Germans, The Soviet Union, the French and British armies. There are stories about secret war weapons, astonishing women war pilots, battles fought on top and bottom of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, also the German U-boats that were terrorizing the Gulf of Mexico, and duels between lone snipers. I would rate this book four out of five stars because of its amazing true stories that just want to keep you reading. I hope that you read this book because it is amazing.
This is a book about an unlikely friendship between the high school’s biggest drug abuser (Colleen Minou) and a kid with cerebral palsy (Ben Bancroft) who is a straight A student and never does any thing wrong, nor has had a girl even talk to him. Ben wants to be a movie director and Colleen wants to sit around and do drugs with her so-called friends all day. Ron Keortge writes an amazing story of how they met at a movie theater when Colleen was all drugged out and Ben was sitting there alone (like always). Colleen finds out that she does not need the drugs; all she needs is someone there for her. That is where Ben comes into play.
Shadowmancer is a mystical story with a lot of twists and turns. It revolves around two boys, and a young girl. The two boys’ names are Thomas who is around 12 years old, and Raphah who is about 15. The young girl’s name is Katie Colgan. Raphah is an African priest who is on a quest to get the Keruvim. The Keruvim is a magical religious idol with very strong powers that even an evil priest named Demurral can’t handle. Demurral isn’t happy with just controlling the village near him; he wants to control the world! So Raphah, Tom, and Kate, along with the help of a smuggler named Jacob Crane, try to stop the evil priest from controlling the world. There are also a lot of very odd characters they meet along the way. This book has a lot of action, and suspense. So if you’re looking for a great read, this is it.
This book is about a 13-year old girl named Mia, who has a huge secret. She sees colors, but not just ordinary colors. Every name, number and sound has a color. For instance, her best friend Jenna’s name is a bright shimmering shade of green with some yellow highlights. Mia doesn’t really know if she should tell anybody. When she finally does, she has to go see a special doctor. Mia finds out she isn’t crazy; she really does have a rare illness. You will just have to read to find out what the illness is.Stephanie I. – 8th grade
I love this book. This is probably the best book I have ever read. This book was an easy read, fun and exciting. Also, all of the issues that come up in this book are things that someone you know might be going through. After reading this book I feel that you will know certain signs if your friend has a deep dark secret that they’re dying to tell you, but never do. This book is compelling throughout the whole book. There was never a dull moment. I could barely put it down. This was such a good book, I would always get in trouble for reading in class. You would always catch me reading this book. I’m also the type of person that never reads. I always get bored reading. But after reading Dreamland it opened my eyes and now I want to read more. So, I hope you read this book and it might even open your eyes too.Monique L. – 11th grade
Why would a family of extremely good-looking, amazingly brilliant, and shockingly pale people live in a small and rainy town in Oregon? Maybe because they are vampires; sun hurts and they don’t want people to pay much attention to them.Bella Swan moves in with her father for her senior year because her mother has gotten remarried to a man who travels too much. She meets Edward and they are instantly drawn to each other…until Edward becomes hostile. Bella can’t figure him out. Sometimes sweet and kind, sometimes powerfully rude, Edward is trying to prevent himself from falling for Bella. He can’t promise she will be safe with him. He is part of a group of humanitarian vampires who survive on animals instead of humans, but it takes real restraint and Bella tempts him. Once they decide to give it a go anyway, Bella is threatened by a brutal group of vampires passing through town and Edward and his family must defend her.
World Cup superstar goalkeeper El Gato (the cat) gives an exclusive interview to his friend Paul Faustino, a prestigious South American journalist. But instead of talking about the match El Gato tells the story of his childhood, wandering into an enchanted clearing in the rainforest near his logging camp home and learning soccer from a ghost.This story describes exciting matches, the head games required to be a World Cup class player, and the identity struggles common to all teens. Definitely a different kind of book, but worth it.
Midnighters the secret hour is a thrilling, and suspenseful read. When I started reading it was a little boring but then I couldn’t put it down, it took me two days to complete.
This is a very deep book about the relationship between a young father and his baby. He and his girlfriend make a mistake that will end up lasting them a lifetime. Then tragedy strikes his girlfriend, which forces him to care for the baby all by himself. This poor boy has no idea what he’s doing and now must throw his whole life away just because of one little mistake. He can never go out and have fun, and has almost no time for school. He ends up realizing what a big responsibility a baby really is and how he has to take care of this baby for at least the next 18 years and the thought of it scares him to death.