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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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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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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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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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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