The Giver

Title: The Giver
Author: Lois Lowry
Reviewer: Alannah
The Giver is about a boy named Jonas who could not see color and didn't have pain or happiness. His whole community was the same no feelings no color. It was called sameness. When Jonas is older and recieves his job he is named Receiver and he learns that there is more than sameness and that there was a past of feeling color and happiness. Jonas learns this from a man he calls the Giver. When Jonas learns all of this and is beginning to see color he goes off searching for more communities with feeling and color to find out if was the past or if it is still here in present. This book is the first book in the trililogy by Lois Lowry. I think this book is really good and so is the rest of the triliogy and it's a fun adventure fantasy book I would definitely recommend it to others.
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The Borrowers

Title: The Borrowers
Author: Mary Norton
Reviewer: Natalie
Pod, Homily, and little Arrietty make up a happy little family, and I mean little! They're those tiny little people that live hidden under the kitchen. Where Pod (the father) goes out every so often to get food and other little odd 'n ends. A perfect little family...but can they stay hidden forever?

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The Pretty Committee Strikes Back

Title: The Pretty Committee Strikes Back
Author: Lisi Harrison
Reviewer: Casie
A bad hair cut leaves Kristen looking more like a man than ever! While Kristen looks for cute hats, Claire gets her very fist cell phone. It was a gift from Massie and even though she is in the official Pretty Committee, what she really wants is her first kiss from Cam Fisher (boy friend). The school goes on a trip to Lake Placid. While there Massie starts a club called MUCK. It is a secret kissing club! While at the lake they almost get caught for skipping their activities and instead going to Massie's MUCK meeting! Plus at nights Claire and Cam have been going into each other's rooms! At the end of the trip the Pretty Committee gets into a lot of trouble! They go where they are not allowed, in the woods! To the unmarked paths! Then they all get expelled! It was a long ride home and it was going to be a long hard punishment!
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The Fire Within

Title: The Fire Within
Author: Chris D'Lacey
Reviewer: Logan
In summary, David was looking for a place to stay for collage. He found one a few days later David finds out that the child likes squirrels. He decides to write Lucy a book for her birthday. Lucy really likes the book but David hadn’t finished it quite yet. So she had to wait until Christmas .

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Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Title: Sistehood of the Traveling Pants
Author: Ann Brashares
Reviewer: Sam A.
There are four BFFs and they're all going away somewhere, but Tibby. Tibby is the one who stays home. Carmen had a pair of pants and they fit all four friends. All the friends are different sizes. They decided that each girl will have them for one week and pass it to a different friend, and have to write notes along with the pants.

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Lily B. on the Brink of Love

Title: Lily B on the Brink of Love
Author: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Reviewer: Jenessa
This book is about a girl named Lily who wants to become a famous writer and she is in middle school and at outdoor gym class and sees this boy that she thought was just so cute and to make even better she sees him pick up a piece of trash from the ground and through it away. So starts talking to her best friend Charlotte and all she could think about was him until she went to lunch and saw a flyer for an intern and the skills needed were typing, grammar, and loves to read. Lily called the number on the flyer and talked to her and found out that she was going to have an interview and if she got the job she might even get paid. So Charlotte talked Lily through all of the things that she needs to do to make a good impression always pay attention and look nice. When it came time to her interview she left and got there a little early just as Charlotte told her to do she rang the door bell and was shocked to see the boy that she liked lived there and her future boss's son she couldn't believe it. He told her that his mom wasn't here yet so he led her to his mom's office and told Lily that his mom is usually late. So Lily waited and waited and finally after 45 minuets she finally came. So they went through the interview and got a call a few days later and found out she got the job not only was she excited that she the job but also that the guy that she liked would be there too and she loved that. To find out more about the guy she liked, so she asked Charlotte and she told her his name and that he went to her camp. Bonnie one of Lily's friends told her that her brother hangs out with him and that he is into rock climbing. In the end Lily realizes that he is a big jerk and that Bennie's older brother Jake is the one she really likes.
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The Amber Spyglass

Title: The Amber Spyglass
Author: Philip Pullman
Reviewer: Kaitlyn S.
Will is determined to rescue his friend Lyra. She was kidnapped by Mrs. Coulter. He travels to Lyra’s world and with help of two Gallivespian spies, two low class angels, and the armored bear Iorek Byrinson he rescues his dearest friend. Lyra and Will are never safe. People from every universe are trying to attack them. They find out they must go to a place no living being has ever gone before. In doing so they must separate from their daemons, their life long companions who should never leave their sides. All the while a great war is fought as Lord Asriel leads his troops of glorious angels, tiny Gallivespians, armored bears, and flying witches into battle. An assassin follows Lyra’s path and Professor Mary Malone constructs the amber spy glass. As Lyra and Will search for their daemon and dust escapes from the sky the fate of every conscious being comes to depend on the simple choices of two mere children.
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Wringer

Title: Wringer
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Reviewer: Brad
This story is about a boy named Palmer. He is the son of a trophy winning pigeon shooter. He starts to hang out with some guys who want to be wringers, people who snap injured pigeons’ necks. They soon find out the he is hiding a pigeon named Nipper in his closet. Nipper brings Palmer and his neighbor, Dorothy, back together with all they play with each other. So now the gang has their suspicions; now see what will happen to Palmer.

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A Walk to Remember

Title: A Walk To Remember
Author: Nicholas Sparks
Reviewer: Delaney
A Walk To Remember is about a girl named Jamie and a boy named Landon. Jamie is really unpopular because she does alot of extra credit and all adults like her. She is also really nerdy. But Landon on the other hand is really popular. He is a tough guy and that's why no one dislikes him.
Landon gets in trouble and has to work for the school as a janitor. But he gets out of that by asking that instead of being a janitor he could be in the school play with Jamie, and so he was. Landon asked Jamie to tutor him on his lines and she agreed as long as he promised not to fall in love with her. And so he made that promise no problem.
But as you probably guessed, Landon ends up falling in love with Jamie so he asked her out and she said yes. After spending so much time with her, Landon tells her that he loves her. Jamie started crying and said you can't love me because I have cancer and I am going to die. Landon wants to spend as much time as he can with Jamie before she dies so he asks her to marry him. Will Jamie say yes? Or will she die before she could love Landon? Read A Walk To Remember to find out!
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Call of the Wild

Title: Call of the Wild
Author: Jack London
Reviewer: Kurtis

Buck was born on a wonderful farm in California. He was born into a litter of six brothers and sisters. The open fields and fresh air were wonderful to a husky like Buck. His life was perfect until three men came and bought the whole litter of dogs. Buck’s dreamful life was over, the rest of his family would be scattered across the continent. Buck was put into a small wood box not knowing where he was or where he was going. Buck traveled by ship, train, and truck until he got to his final destination, Canada. He was let out of his small box not knowing where he was or what he was going to do at this weird place.
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Locked in Time

Title:Locked in Time
Author: Lois Duncan
Reviewer:Annmarie
Nore came to visit her dad and her new step-family.when she arrives she feels very welcomed, but then she starts to "fall in love" with her neww brother, Gabe, and things take a turn down-hill.she starts to notice some weird things going on with her new family and decides to incestigate. but what she finds out is more than she can handle. her new family will never age! lisete, Gabe,and Josie are stuck at one age for their entire lives! and when she tries to worn her father, its to late he is on his way to the air port for a business trip. she is now traped and when she tries to hide to save her life they find her, lock her in a small shack, and sets it to fire! just when she thinks that her life is over, dave(a good friend and nieghbor) breaks the lock and carries Nore to her safety!
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The Lightning Thief

Title: The Lightning Thief

Author: Rick Riordan

Reviewer: John K.

Percy Jackson has been on a lot of field trips but this field trip turns out to be an exiting one when one of his teachers turns into a giant bird thing and tries to kill him. Luckily his Latin teacher throws him a pen that turns into a sword. The bird then runs away at the sight of the sword. Then Percy’s friend Grover takes him to camp Half Blood where Percy finds out he is the son of Poseidon the god of the sea. Next Chiron one of the camp counselors gives Percy and his friends Grover and Annebeth a quest to recover Zeus’ masterbolt. Will Percy and his friends find out who stole the masterbolt or will they fail like the ones before them?

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Invasion of the Boy Snatchers

Title:INVASION OF THE BOY SNATCHERS
A CLIQUE NOVEL BY LISI HARRISON
Reviewer: Mariah

Massie Block-- Is not happy when Claire Lyons has to share Massies bedroom. But Claire isnt the only one getting on Massies nerves. Alicias hot cousin Nina come to the trimester for Spain. She starts to steal the hearts of everyone, even her crush! What will Massie do..?
Claire Lyons-- Wants her first kiss with Cam, her boyfriend. But will Nina steal him away?
Kristen Gregory-- Got a really bad haircut! Will she be forced to wear hats? Or may this haircut be good?
Dylan Marvil-- Gained weight over Christmas break. Will she burn it off in time for the Lovestruck Dance?
Alicia Rivera-- Her cousin,Nina, comes in from Spain. Massie declares Nina is "out". Which side will Alicia choose?
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Bucking the Sarge

Title: Bucking the Sarge

Author: Christopher Paul Curtis

Reviewer: Michael L.

This book is fun and interesting. It is about a boy named Luther T. Farrell. His mom is named the Sarge because she is rich and powerful. His best friends name is Sparky they have been friends since kindergarten. Luther has to work hard and long for his mom. She runs a realty business and Luther has to take care of the Sarges business people. One day he gets fed up with the Sarge so he figures out a plan to take the Sarge down!

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I Know What You Did Last Summer

Title: I Know What You Did Last Summer

Author: Lois Duncan

Reviewer: Maddie

“I Know What You Did Last Summer” is a book about four high school friends who went to a party one summer and started drinking. The four friend’s names were Barry, Julie, Helen and Ray. They weren’t paying attention when Barry was driving and they hit and killed a young boy on his bike. Instead of stopping, they just kept going so they wouldn’t get in trouble. One year later, still horrified about what happened, they all got strange letters or calls saying “I know what you did last summer.” They were all shocked. Then it ended up that someone was trying to hurt or even kill them. One of the friends, Barry, was shot at a football game after getting strange calls from someone saying they had pictures of what happened last summer. Then Helen’s neighbor, Julie’s boyfriend, and the brother of the boy from last summer’s nightmare ended up being the same person and he tried to kill Barry, Helen and Julie. Ray saved Julie from being strangled to death. Helen was forced to jump out the window for her life, and lived. Collie/Bud, who was Helen’s neighbor and Julie’s boyfriend, was arrested.
It was a great story if you like suspenseful and spooky stories.

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Faded Denim

Title: Faded Denim
Author: Melody Carlson
Reviewer: McKenna
Faded Denim is about a girl, Emily, who is overweight and thinks she is bigger than she actually is. Her best friend Leah, is a very beautiful girl and Emily is always comparing herself to Leah. Leah begs Emily to go to a modeling school in Chicago with her. Emily ends up going and to the modeling school and with all of the pressures, she becomes anorexic and bulimic.
The word gets out that she is anorexic and bulimic. Her friends and family helps her to realize that she is beautiful and these diseases could hurt her body. This helps Emily to be on the right path and she becomes healthy again. Now she is happy just to be here on this earth and is happy to be in God’s hands.
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The Babysitting Wars

Title: The Babysitting Wars
Author: Mimi McCoy
Reviewer: Katie H.
Kaitlyn had almost all of her small towns' babysitting jobs. Then one day a new girl, Nola, started taking all the babysitting jobs from Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn and her friends start to think of ideas of getting her jobs back, until she gets grounded and loses her friends. since she forgot about one of her friend's art shows. Then she gets an amazing job offer, to baby sit for the richest people in town. The only problem is, if something can go wrong it will. When babysitting she figures out that the kids are brats, and they lock her in a HUGE pantry. Want to figure out how she gets out and controls the kids? If so, read the book!
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Santa Paws on Christmas Island

Title: Santa Paws on Christmas Island
By: Kris Edwards
Reviewer: Krista

The book Santa Paws is a very good book. It is about a dog named Santa Paws and his owner Gregory Callahan. I liked this book because it is more about real life than some other books. It starts out with Gregory wanting a snow day (don’t we all). During the snow day they go snow boarding and Santa Paws saves the day. Santa Paws saves the day a lot. Santa Paws got his name by helping people. He mostly helped people during Christmas time and that is why he got the name Santa Paws. Some of the main characters are Santa Paws-the Callahan’s dog, Gregory- the owner of Santa Paws, and Patricia- Gregory’s sister. I liked this book because it shows how helpful dogs can be. This book is a great Christmas time book and I enjoyed reading it.
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Love, Stargirl

Title: Love, Stargirl
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Reviewer: Kaitlyn C.
Stargirl has moved away from Arizona and has now moved to Pennsylvania. She's moved away from her old school where her schoolmates thought she was weird and now is back in home school again. She has moved away from Leo and Archie the two people she loves most in the whole world. She meets many new people like a boy Perry, a girl Alvinia, and her her best friend who is 6, Dootsie. She starts a winter solstice calendar, and continues it out throughout the book. She misses her friends but she realizes even though she is sad she still can find happiness in other people who she loves.
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The Clique

Title: The Clique
Author: Lisi Harrison
Reviewer: Ashley
This story is about Massie Block and her friends. Massie is a very rich girl. When her dad's old friend and his family move into the Block's guest house Massie meets a girl named Claire Lyons. Throughout the story, Massie and Claire dont get along. Claire meets a new friend. Massie has a crush on Lane's (Claire's new friend) brother Chris. So Massie hangs out with Lane and trys to get closer to her brother. But Massie really doesn't succeed. In the end, Massie and Claire become best friends.

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The Clique

Title: The Clique
By: Lisi Harrison
Reviewer: Sasha
Massie, Alicia, Dylan, and Kristen are all very wealthy and are in seventh grade together at Octavian Country Day school. Massie finds out that Claire Lyons, a girl from Florida, has to move into Massie’s guesthouse for a few months until Mr. Lyons finds a house of their own. Massie has already told herself that she isn’t going to like Claire. Massie tries to keep it a secret that Claire‘s family is living with Massie, but her friends find out in the limo ride on the way to school. Claire already knows she’s not “good enough” for Massie’s Clique because Claire’s family isn’t rich. One night, while Massie’s out walking her dog, Claire sneaks into Massie’s room and starts IMing her friends and tells them that to include Claire in their group. But when Massie finds out, Claire is excluded from the “Pretty Committee.”
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Heat

Title: Heat
Author: Mike Lupica
Reviewer: Luke B.
In the book Heat there is a boy named Michael and he moves from Cuba to New York to live with his brother Carlos. Michael plays baseball and his team ends up making it to the Little league World Series championship game. But somebody finds out that he moved illegally from Cuba to America because his passport was invalid. Michael was the star pitcher for his baseball team. So will they let Michael play in the championship or will they not. You'll have to read to find out.
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Uglies

Title: Uglies
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Reviewer: Alud
Tally Youngblood is about to turn sixteen, and is excited. In Tally's world when a boy or girl turns sixteen, they are given an operation that turns them from "ugly" to a "pretty".
Tally befriends with a girl named Shay, who is also an "ugly". They both discover they have so much in common. They were the best of friends. Tally would always talk about someday becoming "pretty". But Shay isn't sure if she wants to become "pretty". She'd rather stay "ugly" and live in the forest. Shay told Tally that she was running away to the Smoke (a place in the forest where "uglies" runaway to live) and asks her to come with. Tally decided that she wanted to stay and have the operation. Shay was sad, hurt, and understood that Tally wouldn't go. Shay asked Tally no to tell anybody that she was going to live at the Smoke, Tally promised Shay. They both said their good-byes.

It was finally Tally's sixteenth birthday and was ready for the operation of becoming "pretty". Tally's operation did not proceed. Instead she was at Special Circumstances. Dr. Cable (a cruel beautiful "special") met with Tally and told her that they know about Shay running away to the Smoke. Tally was suprised. Dr. Cable told her that she becomes a spy for Special Circumstances to betray Shay, arrest the people living in the smoke, and have the operation, or, refuse to be their spy for Special Circumstances and stay as an "ugly" forever. Will Tally betray Shay and the people living in the Smoke, or, refuse and stay an "ugly" for the rest of her life? Read the book if you want to find out what happens next.
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The Clique: Best Friends for Never

Title:The Clique: Best Friends For Never
Author: Lisi Harrison
Reviewer: Samantha S.
Well the story begins as Massie Block , the most popular girl in school, was now hanging out with Claire, a girl who moved from Orlando, FL. Claire is a sweet, caring girl who meets new people at OCD School (Octavian Country Day). Massies friends, Kristen, Dylan,and Alicia, weren't making Claire feel very welcome there. They made fun of her all the time. Halloween was coming up and Massie and the girls were going to dress up as "Dirty Devils." Massie was getting the costumes ready to bring to school and was running late, she rushed out the door and forgot Claires Dirty Devil costume in her room. After the girls got dressed and they were walking through the halls, everyone complemented them and their costumes. Their shirts were torn and showed a lot of skin, but thats just what they wanted. All of a sudden, almost every girl ripped their shirt and thought they were cool. the Principal yelled at the girls a lot and they got in huge trouble, but in the end Massie and Claire became closer and were actually nice to each other.
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Secret Summer Dreams

Title: Secret Summer Dreams : Series of books Holly Heart
Author: Beverly Lewis
Reviewer: Lexi
Holly (the main character) is on a tour with her singing group for church. Well she's sleeping and her best friend Andie (Holly's best friend) screams. Holly has a green disgusting bug in her hair. This guy named Jared (Holly ex-crush) thought it would be funny if he took a picture of this disaster. But Danny (Holly's crush) comes to save the day. Since no one else would help Holly, Danny took the bug out of her hair. After all of this stopped Jared, Andie, Danny, and Holly thought it would be fun to go hiking. But it was really steep. Jared and Danny where fighting and Holly slipped , but Danny caught her. School was getting started and it was good and so was the church group. Holly and Danny's relationship was still budding. Danny and Holly both really started liking each other. As summer got closer Holly's dad invited her to come visit him in California. But her mom hadn't given her an answer. Well Holly was gone Holly's mom Meradith started dating again. After sometime well Holly's mom was still dating Mr. Tate, Holly's mom is starting to pick Zach (Mr. Tate kid) over her own children. Holly finds out why her mom is so into taking care of this kid and why she's still dating Mr. Tate. Zach has cancer and is very sick. Meradith tells Holly she's going to Denver with Mr. Tate and with Zach so he can get better treatment, and she finally gives Holly the answer to go to her dads. She can go, but she has bring her sister. But when she tells her sister her sister doesn't even think about it she doesn't want to go. Now Holly's mom won't let her go. But that same day Holly's going with Danny on hike, and she tells him about what happened but he said maybe it's for the best Holly didn't want to hear it. That was her and Danny's first fight and she didn't like it and there was nothing she could do. When she got her home her mom changed her mind she said Holly could go to California by herself. When Holly gets to the airport there is Danny waiting for her. He said that he was sorry. He gave her a letter and said don't open it until your on the plane. Holly got on the plane and opened the letter it said the reason I didn't want you to go is because I would miss you to much and it also said be safe can't wait tell you get back Love , Danny. Holly held onto that letter for the rest of the flight and she fell asleep with the letter in her arms and with everything right in her life!
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Indigo's Star

Title: Indigo's Star
Author is Hilary Mckay
Reviewer: Nicole
Indigo's Star is about a boy named Indigo. In the beginning of his school year, he gets mono and has to miss for awhile. After he recovers, he goes back to school and the mean kids start picking on him. He befriends a boy named Tom who came from America to get away from his family for awhile and to stay with his grandma. One day Indigo's sister, Saffy, and her best friend, Sarah, come into the school to get him so that he can go home with them. They see him being picked on by the rabble so Saffy and Sarah give them a piece of their minds. From then on the rabble never picks on Indigo anymore and goes right to his friend, Tom.
Tom teaches Indigo not to be afraid, and how to stand up to the rabble. When Tom finally has to go back to America because his sister got very sick, everyone is sad. For a present, Rose, Indigo's sister, gives Tom the guitar he had always dreamed of having.
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The Truth about Forever

Title: The Truth about Forever
Author: Sarah Dessen
Reviewer: Isabella
Macy Queen is looking forward to a quiet, controlled, and boring summer. She’s got a job at the library, which her perfect and brilliant boyfriend, Jason, had dumped on her while he was away at Brain Camp, and she also has to prepare for her SATs. But when Macy helps out with one of her mother’s open house events, and meets the Wish Catering crew, everything begins to change. Her protected life and her stubbornness at trying to be perfect ever since her dad died a year and a half ago, slowly diminishes when she agrees to a job offer from Wish. Macy only then gets introduced to the fun, exciting, and crazy side of life: parties, staying out late, and doing things spontaneously. Soon enough, Macy becomes friends with the Wish Catering crew: kind, clever Delia; quiet and unique Monica; apocalyptic Bert; wild and fashion-crazed Kristy; and artistic, understanding, and handsome Wes.
Wes and Macy decide to play an ongoing game of Truth, where they reveal secrets to each other that no one else has ever heard. Through this, they become closer and closer. Macy begins to see her life in a different way and figures out how she can change it for the better. However, Macy is completely blind to things about Wes that are so obvious to her other friends.
But when her mother, who constantly needs to be in control and everything needing to be perfect, gets involved with Macy’s new and improved life, things go badly. Her cruel punishment leads Macy back to her old, boring ways and distances her from her new friends, especially Wes. So can Macy convince her mother to just live? Can she realize what Wes is really feeling? And can Macy figure out what the truth about forever really is?
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I Know What You Did Last Summer

Title: I Know What You Did Last Summer
Author: Lois Duncan
Reviewer: Hannah
I Know What You Did Last Summer is about four friends, Julie, Ray, Helen, and Barry, which get a letter in the mail saying, “I know what you did last summer”. Julie had been trying to for get everything about that summer, like her friends Helen and Barry, her boyfriend ray…. and the accident. One night, Julie, ray, Helen, and Barry were driving in conditions that they shouldn’t have been driving in and they hit a little boy on a bicycle. They went into a diner to call the ambulance, but then they all voted to just go home and act like it never happened. When the little boy’s death appeared in the paper, they made a pack to never tell anyone about that night. The four people hadn’t talked to each other since that summer and had managed to forget almost all of it. After they all got the letter, many more things were done to scare them. Someone must have seen the accident! Is the person going to turn them into the police, or do they just want revenge?
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Stormbreaker

Title: Stormbreaker
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Reviewer: Joseph
This book is about A kid named Alex Rider . When his Uncle dies in A mysterious car crash he fiend out that he was working for a special intelligence agency called M16. When M16 recruits him to find his uncles killers. So he ends up going to A man Named Herod Sayle to invesyigate. But after figuring out a bunch of clues he figures out what he is up to so he has to stop him before time runs out.

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The Slippery Slope

Title: The Slippery Slope

Author: Lemony Snicket

Reviewer: John S.

Only two of the Baudelaire orphans were riding away in a caravan up the Mortmain Mountains to find Count Olaf. Violet and Klaus were trying to find their little sister Sunny. When they got to the top they got out and they were looking around when the caravan started to roll of the cliff. Violet forgot to put the parking brake on. And now left with nothing to work with they had to build something to follow Count Olaf so they could try and get their younger sister Sunny back before Count Olaf would do something to her.

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Moon White

Title: Moon White
Author: Melody Carlson
Reviewer: Alex
Moon White is about a teenage girl named Heather Sinclair. After a new girl, Liz, comes and steals Heather’s spot on the ballet team, she starts to study Wicca. Wicca is like a religion, but uses witchcraft. She gets really involved. When Heather has a near death experience, her passed away mother and her mother’s old best friend help her to realize who really is the best person to reveal your feelings to, God.

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Holes

Title: Holes
Author: Louis Sacher
Reviewer: Bridget
What would you do if you were punished for a crime you didn't do? Stanley Yelnets was put into this situation, he was innocent of the crime, but the court didn't know that. As punishment, he was sent to Camp Greenlake, but it wasn't a fun camp. At Camp Greenlake you were to dig a hole everyday, as wide and as long as your shovel. So, Stanley did as he was told, he dug a hole everyday with very little water or food, but he wasn't the only one. Some other people at Camp Greenlake were; Armpit, Zero, Zig-Zag, Twitch, and X-Ray. One day, Zero (the youngest and smallest of all the children) got tired of being pushed around, so he ran away. He didn't know where he was going, all he could see was desert, but he didn't care. Stanley became worried about Zero, and after only a few days, he ran after him. So, will Stanley find Zero? If so, where will they go? Why was Zero at Camp Greenlake? Who caused the crime that forced Stanley into Camp Greenlake? You'll have to read the book to find out!
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Skeleton Key

Title: Skeleton Key
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Reviewer: Michael J.

Skeleton Key is about Alex Rider, a 14 year-old British spy, who is sent to Cuba on an island to team up with CIA agents Glen Carver and Belinda Troy to stop a former general for the Soviet Union named Alexi Sarov from using a nuclear bomb to blow up Russia. He believes if he blows up Russia, it will regain power. They go to stop a salesman who sold Sarov the nuclear materials and he dies. When Alex, Glen, and Belinda try to break into Sarov's mansion located on an island called Skeleton Key, Belinda and Glen are killed and Alex is kept inside Sarov's property. Since Sarov lost his son, he treats Alex like his son, but will not let Alex leave the island to spoil his plans.Can Alex escape and stop the bomb? Read to find out!

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Cryptid Hunters

Title:Cryptid Hunters

Author:Roland Smith

Reviewer:Mike

The book "Cryptid Hunters" is about twins, Grace and Marty O'Hara. Their parents are world class photographers that go missing in the Amazon when their helicopter crashed. With their parents missing they are sent to live with their uncle they never knew they had. Their uncle Wolfe studies Cryptozoology. He searches for animals that have not been proven real. He plans to leave for the the Congolese jungle to look for a dinosaur that killed his wife. Wolfe isn't the only one who is looking for the dinosaur. Dr. Blackwood is looking to make money off of it. On the plane trip to take the kids back to their school for a month until summer vacation,the twins fall out of the plane with the provisions that Wolfe was going to use in the Congo. They have to dodge Dr. Blackwood's men and wait for Wolfe. Not everything goes as planned. You will have to read the book to see what happens.

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Luna Bay Weather or Not

Title: Luna Bay Weather or Not
Author: Francess Lantz
Reviewer: Katie S.

Luna Bay is about three girls who are on a vacation in Florida for a surfing contest. Kanani is the main character. She and her friends, Luna and Rae, hit the surf on their first day on the Sebastian Inlet. Where they meet a sweet surfer named James. He flirts with Kanani and asks to go on a walk with him that night. Kanani thinks she likes James so she agrees to go. Kanani has a great time. But then the next day Rae comes back to the campsite in the morning saying she’s been on a walk with James too! Kanani gets furious with Rae. The next time Kanani goes out with James he takes her into the mangroves with jet skies where the endangered manatees live when he’s been told many times that it is very dangerous to the manatees survival, and he could get fined serious money for breaking the law!

Just when things are getting very heated up between Kanani and Rae, a hurricane comes toward the inlet. James told Rae he was going out in the storm to catch some serious waves. Both girls get very worried about James. Can they get over what happened between them in time to save James? Will one of the girls win the surf contest? Can the girls ever become friends again? Will the manatees survive the jet skies? You’ll just have to read the book and find out yourself!

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Raven's Gate

Title: Ravens Gate

Author: Anthony Horowitz

Reviewer: Austin

Matt lives in London and his only friend is a troublemaker so Matt got caught stealing and had to go live in the country-side as a punishment. He had to live with someone named Mrs. Dervill. Ever since he got there it seemed suspicious. So then he finds out that everyone there is going to try to kill him in order to perform a ritual. People try to save him but they end up dying. Then Matt finds out he has special powers and escapes. A man named Richard finds him almost dead far away from the country and he takes care of him while Matt tries to find a new life.
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The Supernaturalist

Title: The Supernaturalist
Author: Eoin Colfer
Reviewer: Luke G.

Cosmo Hill, a boy who was found on Cosmonaut Hill with no parents, lives at Clarissa Frayne Institution, a place where they test a variety of products. Sometimes the products are food, injections, and gases. As time goes on, Cosmo gets tired of his life, runs away and escapes. Three kids, Mona, Ditto, and Stefan take him in to their headquarters where
he finds out that they can see blue creatures, parasites, too. They tell him about the creatures and how they suck the life out of people. Cosmo joins them and starts to fight the parasites with them. But, at a gang fight in downtown, they are captured by the Myishi Corp. and are held there. The leader of Myishi tells them that the parasites are actually good for people who are going to die. The parasites help ease the pain and theynever die. When the leader tells them about her plan to use the parasites to power the satellite and the city, the supernaturalists are outraged.

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Last Shot

Title: Last Shot
Author: John Feinstein
Reviewer: Kevin
Last Shot is a compelling and just a book that makes you want to keep reading. Honorary author John Feinstein draws you into yet another great book.
Young aspiring sports journalist Stevie Thomas receives a letter from the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) that he, along with another contestant, has won the contest in which they have entered. The prize that they receive is media passes to the Final Four in New Orleans, Louisiana. He knew that Duke, Minnesota State University (MSU), Connecticut, and St. Joe's were in the Final Four and was excited to go. When they finally met in the hotel lobby in Louisiana, they seemed to be almost completely opposite. She liked Duke, he liked St. Joe's, she was tall, and he wasn't. But when they are roaming the hotel grounds they over hear people talking, they listen in. When they hear the star player of MSU, Chip Graber, being blackmailed, they know they have to get over their differences and work as a team.
When they discreetly surpass the security in the players' hotel acting as Chip's cousins, they get to have a two on one talk with Chip Graber the winner of the Naismith, the award that goes to the best college basketball player in one season. After they talk to him and he accepts their plea for help, they couldn't help being proud of themselves for outsmarting security guards and having the reward of talking to the best college basketball player in the country. When they get closer and closer to finding out who is behind all of it, the mystery takes an unexpected turn. Want to find out what it is? You have to read the book!

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Dragon Song

Title: Dragon Song

Author: Anne McCaffrey

Reviewer: Grant

Menolly is a 12 year old girl that is really smart and kind but Yanus (Her father) doesn’t like her. Yanus won’t let Menolly play an instrument or sing. Menolly runs away and finds a cave that has 12 fire lizards in it. Right away she makes friends with them and they have great adventures! She also plays handmade instruments. When Menolly is caught in threadfall a young dragon rider finds Menolly. He saves her and tells her about Brendon Hall. Brendon Hall is a place where people have fire lizards. There, she finally finds a home.
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The Boy Next Door

Title: The Boy Next Door

Author: Laura Dower

Reviewer : Caitlyn

Jeff and Taryn have been best friends forever, and it never mattered that they were a boy and a girl. In their first week of middle school a lot can happen. Jeff and Taryn get involved in different after school activities, for instance Taryn gets involved in a carnival and because of Jeff she becomes a team leader. Jeff gets involved in soccer and makes history, the first sixth grader to make a varsity team, but while doing that he ignores his friends and stays around the soccer team. How long will their friendship last? Will Jeff miss his old friends? Read this book and these questions will be answered!

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