Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Leviathan is a war fantasy by the American author, Scott Westerfeld. He’s quite famous for having written science fiction novels. This book is quite related to Science even though it’s a war fiction. It was first published in 2009, and became one of best sellers in the US. Leviathan continues its adventures in the book, Behemoth, and is a historical fiction about World War 1, adding some science developments to it.

The plot is simple. In 1914, the war seems inevitable. Alek is the prince of Austrian Hungary and he hears that his father has been killed by Germans who want war. So he flees for his life with his faithful servants. In Britain, a girl named Deryn, who wants to be a boy joins the military, hiding her gender. She changes her name to Dylan and rides in a big airship, Leviathan. Then, days later, the war breaks out and the whole of Europe goes into war mode.

The story is told in third person, which allows the settings to keep changing between Alek and Deryn every 2 chapters till chapter 23. This is a quite well paced story written in a thought provoking way. You have to think about why; the characters acted in such weird way. For example, Deryn bets her life to save a high ranking military solider. Why?

To me, Leviathan is a very exciting novel. It’s mixed of the past & the future. The warships and the beasts are all science fiction like, but the story itself is based on events from World War 1. Characters do have emotions. It’s got a message of how war can affect others, even a prince. The author and highly recommend this book for teenagers and I agree, because this book looks to me that it’s suitable for teenagers.

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Leviathan is a war fantasy by the American author, Scott Westerfeld. He’s quite famous for having written science fiction novel. This book is quite related to Science even though it’s a war fiction. It was first published in 2009, and became one of best sellers in the US. Leviathan continues its adventures in the book, Behemoth, and is a historical fiction about World War 1, adding some science developments to it.
The plot is simple. In 1914, the war seems to come up. Alek is the prince of Austrian Hungary and he hears that his father’s killed by Germans who want war. So he leaves for his life with his faithful servants. In Britain, a girl named Deryn, who wants to be a boy goes to military, hiding her gender. She changes her name to Dylan and rides in a big airship, Leviathan. Then, days later, the war explodes and the whole of Europe goes into war mode.

The story is told in third person. Settings keep change between Alek and Deryn for every 2 chapters till chapter 23. This is a quite well paced story written in thought provoking way. You have to think about why; he/she acted in such weird way. For example, Deryn bets her life to save a high ranked military solider. Why?

To me, Leviathan is a very exciting novel. It’s mixed between past and the future. The warships and the beasts are all like science fiction like, but the story itself are based on events from World War 1. Characters do have emotions. It’s got a message of how war can affect others, even prince. Author and I both highly recommend for 10’s because, this book looks to me that it’s suitable for some kids and teenagers.

Percy Jackson & The Olympians- The Sea of Monsters

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
It is the second book of the "Percy Jackson & The Olympians" series. There are the Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Tiatan's curse, The Battle of Labyrinth and The Last Olympian. This fantasy series fascinated me since I first read it. Percy and all half bloods learnt a lot in these dangerous quests, although sometimes they need to bear the grief of death. He grew up a lot in this event, in addition, it contains interesting conflicts and humorous dialogue. I could barely stop reading it.
The main character Percy Jackson is a half blood, who is the son of Poseidon. At the end of school year, Laistrygonian giants attacked him and his cyclops brother Tyson with flaming cannon balls. Their friend Annabeth, the daughter of Athena came in time to help them, also reported the bad news: Protector of the Magic Boarder, Thalia Tree is dying, Camp Half Blood is in grave danger. At the same time, Percy's dream about their satyr friend Grover come true, that he is captured and forced to marry a cyclops in 2 weeks. The only way they can save him is to find the golden fleece on the island: The Sea of Monsters.
Percy, Annabeth and Tyson experienced uncountable danger and difficulties, but they overcome them. They escaped from the monsters swarming cruise"Princess Adromeda", shelled Hydra the nine head reptile, fleed from Charybodis the hurricane and Syclla the men eating monster, beated Circe who turn men into guniea pigs, and find the island, fought with the enormous Cyclops Polyphemus. With the gift from Hermes, they eventually saved Grover and Clarisse, in addition, get the Golden Fleece. He even deceived Luke to tell the truth to the whole camp in Iris-message, clearing Chiron's name for poisonong Thalia's tree; and fought Luke to gain more time for Clarisse. They finally completed the quest and saved the camp.

There are lots of meaningful moments that made Percy grow up. Once he had felt ashamed for having a cyclops as brother, but after they been through so many hard time together; he realized how important Tyson is to him, no matter what others think. At the end of the chariot competition, he admitted Tyson as his great brother and shared the victory with him. Everyone cheered. Tyson found both his friends and interest, he isn't self- abased anymore. The developing of trust and understanding of them taught me that communicating is important, but always think in their point of view before any hurting could be done.

Furthermore, there is one decision Percy had taken really impressed me, that he let Clarrise send the Gold Fleece back alone, since this is her quest and the deadline is close. Annabeth disagreed his incredibly riskful act, but Percy thought for the relationship between her father Ares and her, the feeling of quest been taken away, then insisted on giving Clarisse a chance. His desicion is proved correct soon when Luke attacked them. Although Clarisse and Percy were worst enemies, but he considered her feelings and trusted her. They were less tense afterward. I admired his guts, considerate, and trust. On "Princess Adromeda", he dared to fight Luke even he knew how well he is, just to gain time for his friends to esape.

In addition, I think the Circe's word:"Everyone has a guniea pig inside, and that is your true form." is quite appropriate. No matter how brave or strong a person is, they all have some thing they fear of, some time they were helpless.

In conclusion, Percy Jackson & The Olympians series is something you want to read it over and over. If you like fantasy or adventure stories, don't miss it. It contains excitement, adventure, joy, bitter, friendship, family, trust, respect, and courage, like a cup of espresso, bitter but mellow, stay on your tongue in such a profound way, make it unforgetable. Reading it improves your vocabulary and knowledge of Greek myth, and you will enjoy the story with the half bloods. Remember to reserve quick from the library, soon there will be a long list.

Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater

Grace was once attacked by wolves when she was young. From then on she became extremely interested in the wolves that lived in the woods behind her house, particularly the wolf with the yellow eyes that saved her from being mauled to death vice versa. After she got attacked she didn't feel scared or in danger when the wolves came near her; she thought they were harmless, but it all changed when Jack Culpeper was killed.

Jack Culpeper was Grace's classmate, and he got mauled to death by the pack of wolves that lived in the forest near the town. Well that was what everybody in the town thought; Jack Culpeper did not die, because the wolves that lived in the forest weren't normal wolves, they were werewolves. The werewolves changed back into humans when the temperature became hot and turned back into wolves in the cold weather and the longer they've been a wolf the hotter the temperature needs to be for them to turn back into wolves and one day they wouldn't be able to turn back to humans. When werewolves bite people they turn them the victim into a werewolf but abnormally Grace did not turn into one. Jack Culpeper was bitten badly so when the people found him they thought he was dead.

The town became paranoid over the fact that there were wild wolves that could threaten the life of a human living in the woods. So the townsmen decided to hunt the wolves. Grace's passion towards the yellow eyed wolf forced her stop the hunt, but she was too late and her wolf got shot. Strangely Sam (the yellow eyed werewolf) turned back into human, and he met Grace for the first time in human form.

Grace and Sam fall in love. Grace believes that her relationship couldn't go wrong, but Sam has some secrets of his own. Sam won't be turning back into a human anymore, that year would be his last. Suddenly Sam finds himself locked in a race to find a cure to his werewolf curse, all the while suspecting Jack Culpeper may conceiving some harmful secrets of his own.

This mesmerizing book tells a tale of two lovers and their obstacles in life, and their race against time to move around them . I recommend this book to people who have problems of their own, because this book can really relate to the people who are in stress. This book will give you hope, because this book has a happy ending.

Firesong - By William Nicholson

Kestrel and Bowman are twins, who possess the power to communicate with their minds. Unlike Bowman, Kestrel is strong- willed and defiant, whereas Bowman is calm and usually the one who is more sensitive.

The story picks up with the escape of the Hath family from the Mastery, along with other willing Manth families and friends. They seek their homeland. Despite the wintry conditions, they know they are heading the right way, but thye grow weaker and weaker with starvation. Ira Hath is the only one who knows the way, but she is dying. She knows that according to the prophesy, she will die when they reach the homeland.

Bowman must sacrafice himself for his family and people and awaits his calling to join the Singer people, who must stop and destroy the Morah. it is prophesied that he will die as the Chosen one.

Will Bowman recieve his calling in time, or will the Morah rise again and cause chaos and destruction? That is for you to find out.

Field Trip to Niagara Falls

This book is about a mouse called Geronimo Stilton took his nephew Benjamin Stilton to school. The teacher said that they are going to a field trip, so she wrote the place. But suddenly, someone push Geronimo and his glasses fell on to the floor. So he can't see very care that what did the teacher wrote on the board. He thought it is the place he work at, THE RODENT GAZZETTE, a place that makes newspaper. So he said OK very guickly. Then, he finally found his glasses on the floor and put it on. But he saw the board says Niagara Falls.The teacher told the children that today Geronimo Stilton is taking us to Niagara Falls from Canada.

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

Eclipse the third book of the Twilight Saga, continues the story of Bella Swan and her vampire love with Edward Cullen. In this book Bella is presented with a choice, one that would decide the fate of all characters involved in this novel; to choose to marry Edward and become a vampire or to love Jacob and stay human. The broken ribbon on the cover of the book represents these two options, they also represent Bella struggling to find the correct answer.

Continuing from the previous book New Moon Bella gets back with loving Edward but sees a new problem as Jacob Black also loves her. To complicate things even more, Jacob Black is a "Shape-Shifter Wolf" aka werewolf who's worst enemy is Edward Cullen because he is a vampire. As the story progresses, Bella found out that one of her die-hard old enemies has summoned an army to kill her, because of this she required the cooperation of both the vampires and the werewolfs to join and defeat the army. The question is will the two enemies cooperate to battle the army? More importantly, who will Bella pick? Edward Cullen or Jacob Black.

This book is recommended to any one who likes a bit of a chill mixed with sweet romance, although it is better if not already to start reading from the first book of the series, "Twilight".

Dragon's Nest by Emily Rodda

If you enjoy reading about impossible quests in fantasy worlds, you should really try this book: "Dragon's nest" is the first book of the series "Dragons of Deltora". The book is written by Emily Rodda and uses simple words for easy understanding. This is the type of book that can be read in on week if you really like it.

The story is about three companions who must defend their kingdom, called Deltora, from four evil sisters sent by their enemy, the shadowlord, to poison the earth whith their singing and make people die of hunger.To destroy the four sisters, they must require the help of the ancient dragons of Deltora, hidden away long ago to prevent from extinction. Surprisingly, the three companions get away with it in each episode!

I really liked the story, it made me want to read the other episodes. The story is good from the beginning but it starts to get really interesting by the middle until the end where most of the action occurs. This book is recommended to anybody not too serious.

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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Though you can say that Fantasy books are only for "Kids", "The Lightning Thief" will blow your mind! This dynamic book is filled with tons of action, humour and surprises.
Percy Jackson( main character) seems like an ordinary kid. Well, he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer having been diagnosed with Dyslexia and ADHD( Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) . He had been kicked out from many schools due to his " health issues". Surprisingly, he later finds out that he's a son of an Olympic God! But the God's identity remains a mystery.
And to make matters complicated, Zeus' lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect!!!

Now it's up to Percy to return Zeus' property before the Summer Solstice or the world will end as we know it.

I would recommend this book to everyone interested in Greek Mythology. As a matter of fact, this book is so incredible that I would want to recommend anyone from 8 to 108!! This action packed novel will have your hands glued to the pages!! I give this book two thumbs up!! Copyright 2010

Inheritance book one - Eragon - by Christopher Paolini

Eragon is a a normal boy that lives in Palancer Valley of Alagasia. Just like every one he hunts to make money and food. but one day while he was hunting a blue stone appeared right in front of him. at first he didn't know what it was, but later on in the story the stone cracks and from inside the stone emerges a baby dragon whom Eragon named Saphira.

Later on the evil king who is a dragon rider hears about the Saphira and Eragon and sent assassins called the Ra'zac to hunt him down, but instead of killing Eragon the Ra'zac killed Eragons uncle Garrow. Eragon was furious. he decided to kill the Ra'zac in order to take revenge for his uncle. he travels with a story teller named Brom who claims that Eragons Adventure to become dragon rider would make a good story. during their adventure Eragon also learns that he knows magic while he accidentally said Brisingr (fire in the magical ancient language) and saved an elf named Arya who stayed unconscious during there travel.

one night they were ambushed by the Ra'zac but were saved by a young man called Murtagh who also agrees to travel with him. after a conversation they decides to travel to the Varden (people who are against the king)and train in order to become powerful enough to kill the Ra'zac. when they arrived they found out that Murtagh was the son of Morzan one of the Fore sworn (riders who decide to join the evil king.) and fights along with the Varden when Urgals (Monsters) invaded them and kills a Shade ( Evil spirit so powerful only two have survived facing one.) and gains the name Eragon Shadeslayer.

I think that this book is quite a good book to read. it keeps you from reading and reading and reading. but to prevent you from getting bored the main character changes every 2 or 3 chapters. it's like magic, preventing you from stopping in the middle of the book. making you read every last page.

I would strongly recommend this book to people of all age as long as you can read and understand.

Battle of the Labyrinth By Rick Riordan

Percy is back! Yep, so are his trustworthy allies/best friends Annabeth Chase, Grover Underwood and his cyclops half-brother, Tyson. They set out yet again to embark on a perilous mythical journey to amazing locations. There will be Titans, Gods, Demigods, Monsters and a lot of confused mortals.

This time they aren't going to the Underworld, the Sea of Monsters, or the great mountain of the Titans, but a thrill ride into Daedalus' Labyrinth. Yes kids, the legendary Labyrinth where the Minotaur was kept by the great King Minos before Theseus killed it. You'll be dragged by your ankles on a mind blowing roller coaster ride of danger, monsters and romance. Witness the awakening of the Titan Lord, Kronos as if you were there and reunite and ally past enemies to save the world from turning into a PetriDish of Chaos. The makings of a soon-to-be classic!

This book is recommended to the fans that have enjoyed the past three books and also the people that like a good rollicking adventure novel. Being book four in the Percy Jackson series, you WILL NOT be disappointed. The author Rick Riordan is an genius writer that has written various books like one of the "39 clues" books that are each written by a different author. If Rick disappoints you, it might as well be Armageddon.

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

The Last Olympian is the last book of the series of Percy Jackson & The Olympians (the 5th book). The plot is based on the Greek Mythology and about the demigods' life. The main character, Perseus (Percy) Jackson, found out that he was the son of Posidon and his great advanture. Furthermore, there was a great prophecy saying that when he had reached the age of 16 he would either destroy the Olympians or to save them.

In the last book, the Titan Lord Kronos had risen up again to defeat the Olympians. Therefore, to stop the world from falling into war and chaos, he had to stand up the the Titans and protect Mount Olympus. Would he be able to stop the Titan Lord? Or would he be the one to destroy the Olympians?

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Narnia.. the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy the place where the adventure begins. Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At first, no one believes her when she tells of her adventures in the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund and then Peter and Susan discover the magic and meet Aslan, the great lion for themelves. The the blink of an eye, their lives are changed forever. Enter this enchanted world wountless times in the chronicles of narnia.

This book is mainly the adventure of four children in a different world called Narnia. This is the second book of the Narnia series followed by The magician's nephew.

The Hand of the Devil

Thinking that you are not scared of mosquitose ... Try this: The hand of the devil is the most effective horror book I have ever read, which is why I chose it. This book, By Dean Vincent Carter is not something to be taken lightly. About 300 pages but with a good beginning, you are immediatly draged into the story without focusing on how long you read.
The book is a fiction book (obviously), set in Ingland about a journalist who goes on a island in the middle of a lake where he meets a nice old man for an interview. He soon finds out that the man is the servant of a bloodthirsty, giant mosquito from a distant legend. The purpose of the book is to tell you that you can't trust people just because they look nice from the outside, and also to fright you a little.
I liked the story, it was very exciting. The part I liked the most is the end because it is the part where most of the action is. I would recommend this to anybody, except sensible people and highly mature adults.
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Christmas Catastrophe

The author of this book is Geronimo Stilton.This book is about Geronimo went hiking and skiing 0n the ice mountain with his family and friends. But Geronimo bump into a stone with a stranger with no manners and been send to the hospital. Not only this, he even scald his fur by taking the shower with freezing cold water. I recommend this book, because it is funny and you can learn many things from it. Like learning manners and having friends.

Warriors

Warriors, written by Erin Hunter was a bestseller in 2006. Warriors is about a cat called FireHeart that wanted to be in a wild clan, and when he joins, he maybe can save the clan from the evil from the forest. I will recomend this book to 8+ people who like cats.