Beautiful Boy by David Sheff

Beautiful Boy is a story about drug addiction and Nic, the main character in the story, started smoking and using marijuana since he was in 7th grade. One of the reasons why he started using drug was because of his parents’ divorce when he was only about 3. Nic thought that marijuana would help him blocked out his feelings when he felt too much, and it also made things blurrier. After going to therapies and lectures by his dad, Nic was influenced by his dad’s talk about how drugs were bad for his health and how it will affect your life afterwards. Things started to turn well when he was in 8th grade; he stopped hanging out with the friends who sold him the drug. He started to read massive amount of books, which helped him to become the award- winning journalist. He started to work hard, wanting to get good grades so he could enter an university. Through Nic’s hard working, he entered an university in Los Angeles which forced him to leave his family, and that was when he started the drug, meth.

This book was written from parents’ point of view, so that we could feel how the parents felt when they were facing their child’s addiction to drugs. I think this is a really interesting book, because through the storylines, we could actually see the way Nic changed and the way the parents reacted. This is one of the most depressing stories I have ever read before, and I recommend teenagers to read this book.

Someone Like You

The title of the book is "Someone Like You" the author is "Sarah Dessen" she is also the author of "This Lullaby". Someone Like You is for young teen girls ages 13 and up. The content might be too serious for 12 years olds and down, because it has some adult matter in the book. I had a fantastic time reading this book. The author wrote this book by giving a lot details.

The main character is a 16 year old girl named Halley, she is the kind of girl who is always quite and shy, but she can also be fun once you get to know her. The second main character is Halley's best friend seen they were kids, her name is Scarlett she is fun, outgoing, and makes friends very fast. One other character, that is important is Halley's mother, she is a woman who talks about every that is wrong when she sees it, she will never let it go, until you apologize, or make it right.

Halley and Scarllet have been best friends since they were little kids. Since they were little Scarllet had always kown what to do, when things got rough, But things start to change at the begining of their junior year. Scarllets boyfriend Michael got killed in a motorcycle accident; and then Scarllet finds out that she is carrying Michaels baby. Scarllet really needs Halley now, now Halley has to learn how to be strong, Halley know she can't let Scarllet down. Because a true friend is a promise you can keep forever.

A series of Unfortunate Events : The Bad Beginning

The series of the Unfortunate Events is written by Lemony Snicket which then was filmed as a movie in 2004. The Bad Beginning is the first book of the series "A Series of Unfortunate Events". It is about the sad story of three children-- Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. Their parents perished in a fire, and they have to go and live with their far relative, Count Olaf, someone who claims to be their uncle. Count Olaf is a very evil man and is very mean to the children; he makes the children to do all the horrible chores. The Baudelaire children's parents were very rich, so, Count Olaf is trying to steal their money by killing them but making it look like an accident.

Luckily, the Baudelaires are all very smart and talented in some special way. Sunny, the baby who has sharp teeth and can bite through anything. Violet, who likes to invent things and is also the eldest; and Klaus, who remembers almost everything that he has read from the books. The Baudelaires used their wisdom and saved their own lives for a several of times, but Count Olaf is never that easy to get rid of. This is just the beginning of Count Olaf’s evil plan. How can the children survive this unfortunate event?

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.

Twilight - Stephenie Meyer

Twilight


My friend in Korea recommended this book. She is a fan of this one. I bought it about a year ago and I finally read it now.

It is a story mainly about Bella and Edward. Bella is a girl who lived in Phoenix with her mom. Her mother got remarried, so Bella's real father lived in Forks. She had been living with her mother, and her second husband was living in other place. Bella left for Forks, because her mother missed her second husband so much. Bella attended Forks High School and met Cullen family. They are all pale, and remarkably handsome and pretty. She had a biology class with Edward Cullen, and I think she liked him since. At first, Edward seemed as if he hated Bella, and for the next 4 more days, he didn't showed up in school.
Next week, he came to school and saved Bella from being crashed by a truck. Bella became suspicious about Ed, because it is hard to belive someone far away save you without even get hurt. And they have some more problems each other.
Few days later, Bella went to Lafourche beach, and heard from Jacob about wolfman and vampire. From this, Bella began to search whether Edward is a vampire or not. Finally, Bella found that Ed is a vampire, and they fell in love each other.
When it was raining and thunder was striking, Bella and Cullen family went for a baseball play and they met some bad vampires. Those guys figured out that Bella is not a vampire and just an ordinary person, and they tried to kill her. To kill her, those bad vampires used vedio which was recorded by Bella's mother. They called Bella to come to ballet practice center and bit her, even though Edward arrived there first to rescue her. If person is bitten by vampire, they become vampire. Edward didn't want Bella to be a vampire as he is, so he sucked out all the venoms in her body.
And then, they lived as a good loving couple. That's the end of this story, and the ending part is bit odd because there are 4 books in Twilight series, and I didn't read New Moon yet. I will post it later.

A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

A Mango- Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

This is a book cautiously chosen by my sister, and I enjoyed it a lot. The author had done many research to write this book, which is her first novel for the young readers. This story is based on facts and true experiences; It contains varied of contents include: love, friendhip, difference, humor, and grief.

Mia seems to be an ordinary girl apart from her sister, Beth, who dyes her hair in different color every week; and her brother Zack who records a chart of number of hamburgers he has eaten in his life. She has a sensitive dad who rarely stays at ground level, a neat mom who used to be a science teacher, best friend Jenna who often runs outside and do PIC (Partners in Crime) missions with her, also a cat Mango, which she believes part of granpa's soul is in. But she has a secret noone knows, that she see colors whenever she sees a letter, number, or hear a sound. She keeps it since she experienced be calling a freak, when she trys to tell them numbers do have colors in third grade. She can see brown rings when someone closes the door. She can see people's name in different colors, which hers is in candy apple red with a hint of light green. She named her cat "Mango" not from its orange eyes, but from the mango-orange puff when it wheezes. Mia always lives through these colors. This ability benefits her at history and art, but she has lots of difficulty on Math and Spanish because of the colors.

One day, Mia got in trouble with math and get 2 F grades. She revealed the truth about the colors to her parents to deal with her problems. They went to many doctors, and when she felt so isolated was about to give up, she met Jerry who finally unlock their bewilderments. It is a very uncommon condition-synesthesia, which senses coming together at the same time. Afterwards Jerry give Mia a website where she can meet synesthetes. She met Adam on line who is also a synesthete, and is so excited about someone who feels the same as her. She thinks they are the only group of people who will understand her. Mia is so wrapped up and began to pay less attention on other things. She even lies about earache to get acupuncture in order to enhance her synesthesia. She felt sick of everyone, ignored their care, even argued frequetly with her friend and family. She is lost in her own world.

Unfortunately, her cat Mango died in a freezing night after she just had a meeting with the synesthetes. Mia felt guilty and empty, enable to eat or sleep. She shrieked frustrately when Mango stopped breathing, tears streaming down without control. Her colors were gone, and part of the soul of grandpa had left,too. There is no more mango-color wheeze, only a colorless mango -shape space. Gradually, Mia overcame the grief of Mango's death with the support of her family and friends. Her colors came back when she is helping a boy Billy to understand his condition, who also has synesthesia. At the end, she and Zack found the son of Mango in the Ross' house, with a familiar mustard-colored wheeze. An idea is hatching in her mind, about the small mustard.

This book brought me an entirely different view of seeing things. Mostly people only believe and judge things they see or understand; but there are always people who can see different things from us. We should respect and accept them eventhough we don't understand it. This is what they live through, they view things. Some of them have their own difficulties either. For instance, people can see ghost might often see some horrifying sights, althought they don't want to. We have to feel sympathy about their situation, and understand their feelings.

Maybe there are shapes and colors, even characteristics in sounds, letters, and numbers; because we react on each of them differently. I come up with unique when I think of 1, but I come up with caring when I think of 8. Yellow arrows(triangles) appear in my mind when I hear cars breaking; but brown cubes appeared when I hear door knocks. Maybe it is part of "Living Art "we don't pay attention and see.

Furthermore, this book taught me to cherish what you have, no matter it is family, love, or friendship. If we only have a short time, then hold it tight. At least we enjoy our time and settled each other in our memory, not leaving with regrets. In addition, to avoid regrets, we have to share our problems, or tell to people trustworthy when we aren't feeling well before it's too late. Misundersttod is a gap, it is small but can cause big problem. Try to understand the reason why they do that when you are angry, before blurting out mean words without thinking like a barking dog.

In conclusion, "A Mango-Shaped Space" is a very entertaining and warm-hearted book to read. Some people might burst into tear and sniffles when they read it. It helps us to deal with not only synesthetes, also other people different from us. There are some advanced vocabulary in it, but basically it's clear and easy to understand. I strongly recommand this book to everyone!

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

Do you believe in love at first sight?
Have you ever wanted to love someone, treasure someone, and wait for someone?

When John jumped off the railing at the beach to catch Savannah's bag, he knew he is in love with this woman. Only two weeks, only a couple conversations, they knew completely about each other.

John enlisted the army after high school, as the break quickly went by, John has to go back to the army station located in Germany. Their time together wasn't long, but the love between them made Savannah vowing to wait for John.

By phones and letters, John and Savannah felt like they still have each other beside them, until 9/11, the day that changed the world and their love. John must choose between love and country. While John was fighting for the country, a heart was broken at the other side of the world.

"Dear John" as the letter read, their relationship ended, with tears.

I really enjoy reading this book, because it involves lots of conversations, which made this book more realistic. The ending was very unexpected and touching, it made me cry because I felt really bad for John, how he's hurt but doesn't show, and still love and cares about the woman who doesn't love him anymore.

p.s. The movie "Dear John" is coming out soon!

On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer

The book ‘On My Honor’ by Marion Dane Bauer is a story about a boy named Joel Bates and his best friend Tony Zabrinsky. They are neighbors and are as close as brothers. Tony always has these crazy ideas that may cause them to die. Joel doesn’t like Tony’s crazy ideas, but he still plays with Tony. One day, Tony tells Joel that he wants to climb the bluffs of Starved Rock Park. Joel doesn’t want Tony to think that he is scared, so he pretends to be brave and asks his dad for permission by not mentioning about climbing the bluffs. Joel’s dad normally doesn’t give them the permission. But today, Joel’s dad somehow thinks they are old enough to go to Starved Rock Park. While they are riding their bikes, Tony looks at the Vermillion river, and challenges Tony to swim. When Joel reaches the sand bar, he cannot find Tony. The book ends in tragedy. Joel was too late to save Tony.

I strongly recommend this book because it is very interesting. It shows me something about human nature. Human are special creatures. They feel scared to tell the truth because they don't want to be punished. I learned a lot and this book has many interesting and surprising parts.

Love that dog

"Love that dog" from Sharon Creech is about a boy named Jack who was the kind of boy that doesn't play along the rules. He doesn't want to write poetry because he thought that only girls do that, but one day, his teacher Miss StretchBerry made her class write a poem about their pets; but Jack refused to. At last, his dog Sky died and so he wrote a poem about sky to show how much he loves his dog, and he handed in the poem as the homework at the same time.

What is so interesting about his book is about how Jack strongly refused to write poems and how Mr. Walter Deans Myers tried to inspire Jack at first; and after Sky died Jack finally realized how poems could express his feelings. The cool part about the ending of the book is that it ends with the poem that Jack dedicated to his dog. Even though the poem was only 35 words, but it really did express the love of Jack to his dog, it honestly touched my heart.

The boy who lost his face by Louis Sachar

Have you ever been cursed? What did you do to break the curse and have your normal life back again? David Ballinger and his friends are sneaking behind Mrs. Bayfield's bush waiting for the right time to steal her snake-head cane. There has been a rumor about Mrs. Bayfield who is a witch that smells like a pig so she becomes a good target to the boys. The boys pretended to visit Mrs. Bayfield and when the right time comes, they took her cane, pulled the rocking chair, poured lemonade over her face, and broke her window. Unluckily, David was the last person when running off so he saw Mrs. Bayfield's underpants. Mrs. Bayfield got so angry, she yelled out, "Your Doppelganger will regurgitate on your soul!"

David did feel bad for what he did, but it was too late. The curse has struck him. All the things David and his friends did to Mrs. Bayfield begin to happen on him. Everything in David's life was going down the wrong path. His friends didn't want to talk to him anymore, his pants fell down when he was about to ask Tori, who David liked, for her phone number, and when he was throwing ball with his brother, Ricky, the ball broke the window. David was terrified that he began to ask people to help him break the curse.

I really enjoy reading this book, and I recommend the book to all teenagers. I think David isn't a bad kid, because he feels guity for what he did to Mrs. Bayfield and he even went to apologize to her. The author is teaching the readers that if you do something wrong, you will have to make some sacrifices. It is important that people learn their mistakes and willing to apologize for what they have done.

Sixth Grade Secrets by Louis Sachar

Have you ever thought about creating a secret club at school? Writing "CLUB WORDS" on the classroom board in early mornings before the teacher walks in, doesn't that sound interesting and fun?

Laura Sibbie, sixth grade, president of Pig City. The story started at a garage sale when Laura saw a hat with "Pig City" written on it. Due to this idea, Laura started a secret club called Pig City with her best friends, Allison and Tiffany. The entrance of joining this club is to tell a embarrassing secret. No one is allowed to tell anyone about Pig City besides the members.

Writing words such as "Pig Rules" on the board everyday seems to be a fun job for Laura, until one day a boy name Gabriel found out the secret of Pig City. Gabriel has a secret crush on Laura, he knew about Pig City, and hoping Laura would invite him to join the club.

Gabriel tried to hint Laura to invite him by passing notes to her, but the notes were changed by a girl who hates Laura. The misunderstanding started. Gabriel decided to create a new club too, called Monkey Town...

This novel is very attractive, because it's very realistic and funny which made me wanted to keep reading this book. Also, it is about school life, boys and girls, which we understands and knew what they are talking about. This book involved not only humor, but also relationships, misunderstanding, and sadness. The ending chapter was very touching, and I really like it. I suggest this novel to everyone, you will be laughing and rolling on the floor when you read it.

The visions, the numbers, the deaths. How could these all link together? Well, it happens to happen on a young teenage white girl whose name is Jem. What’s so special about Jem you might wonder, Jem was only an ordinary orphan teenager who couldn’t really cooperate with her teachers and classmates except her only friend Spider. Spider was a skinny black gangster, he was the only person who actually cared about Jem, or one can say, he loves her; but Jem never opens her heart to anyone.

There’s a gift in Jem’s eye, she could see everyone’s end, even the ending of a life that had just began; because she knows the date when you’ll find yourself dead. After reading this book, you can’t stop thinking that, what’s your number ?

Numbers by Rachel Ward, this story could really make you want to finish reading a page as fast as you can so that you could then look at the story on the next page. Rachel’s words are like magic hands hidden in the book, while you’re reading; it pulls you in, deeper and deeper. This book makes you feel sad, angry, guilty, and excited as how the characters’ mood changes; it takes you into this performance.

There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom book review

There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom
by Louis Sachar

I strongly recommand this book to everyone in all ages. This is a book which teach you about friendship, trust, and how big difference you can make if you have the courage to try. Although I was very annoyed by the first few chapters, but the story turned out so interesting, and become one of the greatest story I have read!


Bradley Chalkers, a boy who tells lies, pick up girls, and never do right things. He has no friends, nobody to talk to, except the animals in his bedroom. He and the new student Jeff Fishkin were friends, but since he got a black eye from Melinda and Jeff found his own friends, they were no more friends. He thought his life would continue on scribbling, lying, and trusting no one, but it completely changed after he met the Carla, a counselor who believed him and never judge or restrict him.


He could draw monsters, break things in Carla's room, because the rule is "No rule". He could speak freely in Carla's room, because she would never repeat anything anyone tells her. After he got a black eye, he went to see Carla. She told him: "When you tell a lie, the only person you're lying to is yourself. You're afraid of yourself, afraid that even if you try, you'll still fail. " before Bradley stopped her. At the end, she suggested that he could make a list of topics before the next meeting. This is a very important turning point to Bradley. First time, he begin to concentrate on something. He listened closely in Mrs. Ebbel class, at recess, even when he is at home, in order to collect some new topics.


From potatoes to gold stars, "what's it like inside a girl's bathroom? " to outerspace, are all included in Bradley's list. They talked about monsters in outerspace, and Carla said something which changed Bradley's life."I don't think there is even one monster. Everyone has good inside them. People be called monster turned to real monster because they think they are, so they act like one. The first step for them to stop being a monster is to realize themself aren't monsters. "


To stop being a monster, Bradley had determined to be good. He ate the oatmeal that he usually hate, and he appreciated his sister's picking about wearing wrong socks. He paid attention in Mrs. Ebble's class. But everyone still thought he is a monster, a trouble maker. He went to find Carla during he is escaping from Jeff's gang who wanted to beat him up. Carla conviced him do do his first homework. At first Bradley had difficulties on doing arithmetic, but after he stepped out and ask his mother, his sister and his father both came and taught him patiently until he understand. He read a book "My Parents Didn't steal an Elephant" and wrote a goodbook report. He greeted his classmates. He said hello and held his hand out to Jeff when he was going to be beatened up. He played basketball with Jeff and his friends. He recieved his first gold star. He began to be the person to enlighten Carla, so she can share what happened instead of listening to him. He was even invited to Colleen's Birthday party!!

When everything turned out to be great, unfortunately Carla is leaving. Bradley is very fustrated, he wanted to be bad again so Carla wouldn't leave. But eventually, Bradley opened his mind after he read Carla's letter. He had a lot of fun in Colleen's party. At the end, he wrote a letter to Carla with a gift from heart like what Carla gave him, his favorite animal Ronnie.

It teaches us many thing in an interesting way from the interact between Carla and Bradley, also the change of relation between he and his family, teachers, and classmates. And Carla played a very important role in Bradley's change. She never tried to teach you something, only teaches you how to think. She doesn't believe in accidents, because there is always a reason behind, so it isn't a excuse either. She believes everything you say, and always thanks for your sharing. She doesn't use rule to restrict students, respect them to act freely. She wouldn't criticize or judge you from outside, because she believes that everyone has good inside. She gives you her favorite book as a gift, because a gift must from heart, so she wanted to share her best thing with you. You don't have to like her, eventhough she likes you.

Carla had inspired me a lot, and taught me to see things in different point of view. I used to think people doing bad things or breaking the rules are very immature and nasty, but now, I will think if there is a reason behind them that turned them into that sort of people; and how could I help and behave when I face them. Maybe not a long criticizing speech, just talk with them patiently like friends, try to understand their feelings.

It is a very educational, warm, and fascinating book, and it presented the story very well without using difficiult language or hard phrases. I couldn't stop reading since I get to the back! Wish that everyone in all age can read this book, and enjoy the great experience with Bradley and Carla.

"I enjoyed your visit very much. Thank you for sharing so much." -Carla & Bradley

P.s: you can find out why is the book called "There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom" when you read it.

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

The book ‘Number the Stars’ by Lois Lowry is about a Danish girl named Annemarie Johansen helping her Jewish friend Ellen Rosen escape from the Nazis to freedom during the World War II. I feel sad and happy after reading this book. I feel sad because of a man named Peter sacrificed his life in the book. I also feel happy because the war ended at last and Annemarie’s transformation from a naïve girl to a mature young lady. What I learned from the story is the people’s compassion and kindness to help others overcome the challenge is stronger than the evil power of Nazi.

After reading this book, I feel sad and happy at the same time. One of the reasons I feel sad is because of Peter’s death. Peter was part of the Resistant force also with Lise. Everyone thanked Peter for helping them. Unfortunately the Germans found him and executed him. The letter he wrote before he died has touched me. He said he wasn’t afraid to die because he is proud about what he had done for the country. Peter is very strong and brave. He wished to be buried with Lise. But the Germans wouldn’t return the body they killed. Another reason that I feel sad is because the world is too cruel. I think the war is unnecessary. Many innocent people were executed by the Nazis. Many Jews was forced to be separated with their family and friends. They also faced food shortage. The foods were stolen to feed the German soldiers. I think Denmark is very innocent and faced this kind of attack to the country. They lost everything but not love from families and friends. I feel very sad for Denmark.

I also feel happy after reading this book because the war ended at last. Everyone felt happy and relieved. The war ended so they can return to their normal lives. They are not living in constant fear anymore. I also feel happy after reading this book because Annemarie has grown a lot out of all these experiences. She changed from a naïve and inexperienced girl to a mature, responsible and clever girl. For example she knows exactly what to do when she sees the soldier in chapter 15. She pretended to be an empty headed silly girl so the soldiers wouldn’t be too suspicious. I also learned a lot too. For example when Uncle Henrik tells Annemarie that it is easier to be brave when you don’t know everything and Annemarie agreed with him because it happens in the story such as Kirsti being brave because she didn’t know how dangerous things were. I agree with Uncle Henrik also because I have a similar experience. My experience is that I wasn’t afraid of anything when I was younger. I wasn’t afraid of ghosts or anything because I thought it was nonsense. But as soon as I grow older and watched more horror movies and reality news of death, I was no longer brave.

What I learned from the book is the people’s compassion and kindness to help others to overcome challenges was stronger than the evil power of Nazi. Everyone including Annemarie’s family and Peter helped the Jews to escape from the Germans. They even helped people they didn’t know. Their determination to help the Jews at all cost was very admirable. And that was something the Germans couldn’t destroy.

The Clique

This book, "The Clique", by Lisi Harrison is part of a series of novels. This is the first book in the series. Personally, this is probably my favorite book series. If you like this book, "The Clique", then I can tell you right now that you will love the rest of the series. But buy "The Clique" first because this is the first book, and you can read it and see if you like it. (This book is for young girls ages 12 and up)

First meet the main characters in the clique. There is Massie Block, Dylan Marvil, Alicia Rivera, Kristen Gregory, and Claire Lyons. Massie Block is the "Alpha" ( number one ) in the clique. Everyone looks up to her and she knows that any girl would give anything to be just like her; but what does she do when she feels her power is threatened by Claire Lyons? (The new girl in the clique) And what does she do when she sees a hot guy, who happens to have the same hobbies?

Dylan Marvil is a redhead, and her mom is a famous TV host. She is Massie's second-in-command. But what does she do when she thinks she's too fat? Should she stop eating or keep up her love of food?

Alicia Rivera has a drop-dead gorgeous face. She is sweet on the outside, but sneaky on the inside. She would love to be the new "Alpha" in the clique, and she just might.

Next is Kristen Gregory, she has got both beauty and brains! But what happens when she has a big secret that no one can know of?

The last one is Claire Lyons. She is new to the clique. She just moved to Westchester from Florida. She is now currently living in Massie Block's guest house. She is trying her best to fit in with Massie, but what happens when Massie and Claire fall for the same guy?

In this book you will find a lot of drama going on. The series is basically telling you how the Clique gets through the bad and good times together. It is a really good book and series!

Friend Me

This book is called "Friend Me". I recommend this book to you if you are a young teen age girl! In this book, it shows a lot of friendship problems, dating issues, and how to slove them. The main characters are Lucy, Izzie, and Nesta. Lucy is the head of the clique. She is short, but really good at designing clothes. Izzie is Lucy's best mate. Izzie likes being healthy, but her mum and dad are not. Next is Nesta. She is tall, pretty, and wants to be a model when she grows up.

This book is split up into three big chapters. The first one is about Lucy called "Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras". In this chapter, it shows how Lucy matures, deals with friendship, and BOYS! Lucy doesn't feel like she fits in with her friends Izzie and Nesta. So what will she do? Then. Lucy sees "The One", after that things start to change in her life. ("The One" means a boy)

The second big chapter is about Izzie called "Mates, Dates, and Cosmic Kisses". In this chapter Izzie is trying to deal with some family problems and a relationship with a boy. Lucy and Nesta know that they need to intervene. But how can they help when Izzie is convinced that the boy and her are destined to be together?

The last chapter is about Nesta. It's called "Mates, Dates, and Designer Divas". This chapter is telling us how Nesta meets the boy she likes and solves problems with Lucy and Izzie, and how they make up after their big fight.

I think this book is really good, and you should read it too to find out what happens to Lucy, Izzie, and Nesta.

The Ersatz Elevator - Written by : Lemony Snicket

Ersatz Elevator

"A Series of Unfortunate Events" books are the story about Baudelaire orphans. Their parents died from a fire in their house, so Baudelaires lived with their new guardians. Their first guardian was Count Olaf. He was not really a good guardian, though. He just wanted Baudelaire fortune, and he follows any place where Baudelaires live in his disguises.
In this story, Baudelaires live in a penthouse. Their new guardians are Esme and Jerome Squalor. Esme is the city's 6Th most important financial adviser and Jerome is her husband. Count Olaf who disguised as Gunther is a boy friend of Esme. He used an ersatz elevator which he made himself on the top floor (where the Baudelaires lived) to hide Quagmires he had captured before. The elevator which Count Olaf made had one mistake, and it was that the ersatz elevator had an "up" button although it was at the top floor. Buadelaires had found this and figured out that there is Quagmires under the elevator and tried to rescue them, but they failed and they were also trapped in the elevator. Because of Sunny (the youngest Baudelaire) 's effort (climbing on elevator walls with her big frond teeth) Baudelairs came out from that elevator, and tried to save Quagmires again, but they failed.
This story is really unfortunate and it is bit sad, but you can feel love between siblings, friendships between Baudelaires and Quagmires, and grown-ups' greed especially related to money. I would recommend this book to read, and it is one of my favorites. I hope you also enjoy this book, too.

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.