Heaven is for real

Heaven is for Real


Reviewed by Joshua Gallup

In this book it shows a lot of things about god. I suggest this book to a Christian because it will give you evidence why God is real. This book goes through a child's near death experience and he talks about God. If your looking for a good christian this book is the one. I promise you you won't regret it.

Inkspell

Inkspell
by: Cornelia Funke
reviewed by Jayde Chavez
Meridith
635 pages

Inkspell is the sequel to Meggie now knows of her father's secret world. She has become part of it and has begun assisting her father in achieving Dustfinger's return into the pages of Inkheart. His need to return home is urgent and Meggie, along with Mo, are determined to help him. I think people who enjoy books about fantasy and adventure would enjoy the telling of their quest in this book.

Twilight

Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown and Company
544 Pages
Reviewed by: Olivia Bradley

Bella's parents are divorced and her mom has a boyfriend who travels quite often for baseball. So she decides to move in with her dad who lives in Forks. Forks is a small town in Washington. Bella keeps to herself and is more of an introvert. She meets some friends but never seems to really connect with them. Then one day she meets Edward Cullen. There's something different about him that makes her interested to get to know him. They soon become friends, but there's something about him that she doesn't know. This secret he has could put her life in danger. Will she stick around or risk her life to be with him?

If you love romance and thrilling books then this is a book for you. There's never a dull moment in this book. It's nonfiction, but there's a series of them and they make you want to keep reading. I recommend that you read this great book!

Since You've Been Gone

Since You've Been Gone
Morgan Matson
449 Pages
Simon & Schuster
Reviewed By: Noelle Wadsworth

Sloane and Emily were best friends. Emily was the quiet one while Sloane was the outgoing daring one. School was over and they were going to have the best summer, until Emily can't get ahold of Sloane for weeks. All that is left behind of her is a list. A list of things for Emily to accomplish. Emily feels that if she does everything on the list it will lead her to Sloane. But she isn't so comfortable with everything on the list. But as she starts small and works er way up to the tasks out of her comfort zone she makes new friends and slowly learns while Sloane left the lost for her.

I would recommend this to teenage girls, since they can relate the best to this book. I wouldn't recommend this to those under 14 because they wouldn't understand it or appreciate it as much s older people.

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Jenny Han
368 Pages
Simon & Schuster
Reviewed By: Noelle Wadsworth

Lara Jean has a box. A box of letters that she wrote a long time ago to all the boys she's ever "loved" or that's what she called it. One day her letters are mailed out and she's scrambled. She doesn't know how they got out and how everyone is going to react to them. Suddenly, she is put into a situation where she is trying to hide the fact she wrote all of those and that it isn't a big deal. but while doing this she has to sort out her real feelings and figure out who she wants to be as a person.
I would recommend this book to those who like teen fiction books. I wouldn't recommend it to those under 15 because of mature content. The author does a good job at expressing the young girls feelings throughout the book.

Harry Potter and the sorcerers Stone

Harry Potter and the sorcerers Stone
J.K. Rowling
Bloomsbury
309 pages

Harry Potter, an eleven year old boy, lives a life of neglect after his parents die . He was sent to live with his cruel Aunt, Uncle, and cousin. On his eleventh birthday, a man named Hagrid comes to tell Harry he is a wizard and has been accepted to Hogwarts, a wizard school. Harry just has gotten to howarts and already the trouble has started. Little did harry know that he would be a very important part in keeping the wizard world safe. I recommend this book to those interested in mystery fantasy, drama and thriller.

Inkheart
Reviewed By: Trent
By: Cornelia Funke
534 Pages

In this book of magic and adventure a young girl and her father set off on a journey to run from the unavoidable. Throughout this tale each chapter has a suspenseful thrill to keep you reading until you have finished from cover to cover. Definitely a must read for teens or adults who haven't yet read this tale. With treasure, fairies, trolls, martins, evil rulers, and witches this was definitely worth while.

The Martian
Reviewed By: Joe
By: Andy
Published By; Crown
369 Pages

The book that I read for the Fourth Quarter is called The Martian. The Martian is about an astronaut named Mark Watney. Mark traveled to Mars with his team and was called Ares 3; his individual mission was to study the environment because he is a botanist. But one of the days of their mission a sand storm hit and he was separated from his crew and they were forced to leave. With limited resources, limited time, and being stuck on Mars, Mark Watney has to figure out a way to survive until the next Ares mission to save him. During the book we see Mark solving each problem, so ingeniously and he's able to grow the very first food on Mars. We also see that Mark Watney has a great sense of humor even though he is in a difficult situation.

This book is tremendously good because it brings words into actions. The suspense of "will Mark Watney survive" is great. Not only did it provide suspense, it also provided great humor. This book was also great because it brought math and physics to life and kind of proved why we needed to learn all the things we do in school. I love the way the author incorporated the math into it because one of my favorite things about school is math, so it's cool how he used it in the book. I wouldn't recommend this book to children because it takes high skills of understanding to understand this book. Teenagers that find math and science boring I wouldn't recommend, but if you love suspense, humor, sci-fi types of books, you will enjoy reading The Martian.

Oddballs

Oddballs
Reviewed By: Kenzie Swan
By: William Sleator
Published By: Puffin Books
144 pages


Oddballs was a really funny book and it was also a book that once you start reading it, you don't want to stop.  Everything i put it down, it made me wonder what the next story would be, like during this book, Tycho got hypnotized and was made to drink out of a toilet, and their sister, Vicky, would rip the arms and legs off of dolls. All of the stories in this book were about something different, and it was cool because some of them I could relate to.  Even though these kids had a lot of responsibility, they still had fun as a family.  This book shows that having three siblings, or even any siblings at all was always fun, hard, and even scary, but they all still love each other, no matter what, Danny, Tycho, and Vicky loved each other unconditionally.

I recommend this book to anyone who loves a funny, family book.

Apollo, The Hidden Oracle

Apollo, The Hidden Oracle
Rick Riordan
Hyperion Books
376 Pages
Reviewed by: Zach Joyner

this book from the title is a little self explanatory yes it is about Apollo the god of music and yes there is a hidden oracle. But the begging of the book is about the god Apollo cast out of Olympus and falls to Earth to find out he is stuck in the form of a mortal for some reason that seems to avoid his memory throughout the book. He befriends a young girl and goes on a journey to try and regain his divine power as the god Apollo. He eventually gets visions that bring his journey even farther from his original intent and the book leaves the story unfinished since the book just came out the beginning of the month.

Readers I would recommend this book to would be people who enjoyed the Percy Jackson series this book even has connections from the book in this one. The quality of the book is great because they even added Old English to fit the language of the gods to make them sound more "real". Now people who are very religious that they believe reading a book about Greek and Roman gods is a sin I wouldn't recommend reading it since the main character is an x god. This book is a little long so if you are impatient and want the story to fix itself really quickly than this book isn't for you.

Halo: The Flood

Halo: The Flood
William C. Dietz
Del Rey, Tor Books
352 Pages
Reviewed by: Zach Joyner

The ship Pillar of Autumn unexpectedly runs into a species known as the "flood" but little did they know that they were the greatest threat ahead of them. The UNSC sets on a journey to find a legendary artifact supposedly able to destroy this new foe they found, considering that they are a species who is able to reproduce and infect too quickly to  just kill off, this artifact was their only chance. They end up finding it and uncovering some secrets to it but the book leaves it at that and finishes it in the next one.

People who would most likely read this would be people who like space battles and futuristic things or ones that have even played the game like me. The quality of the book is more of a higher quality considering that there is semi large to large words that younger readers so definitely recommended to older readers besides the fact there is violence. If you are looking into reading these books I would consider reading into them before you start because there aren't really numbers to tell you which order the books are in.

Recovery Road

Recovery Road
Reviwed By: Caitlyn Ware
By: Blake Nelson
Published By: Scholastic Books
311 pages


When you first start high school, you dont expect to become an alcoholic and drug addict like all the movies tell you.  But when you do, its really hard to think of yourself like that.  Maddie Graham for example, high schooler who thought that having one or two drinks at a party wouldn't hurt her until her millionth party and her billionth drink and a rude awakening that leads to a sober house.  Once there, Maddie makes new friends and new relationships.  Tragedies happen and friendships are ruined.  But youll have to read it to find out just what.

This is a good book but should be for older readers.  There are mentions of alcohol and drugs and even parts that go into great detail about it.  I would recommend this book to anyone over 13.  There is a TV show but its nothing like the book but maybe two or three characters.  The book is beyond better and is a good read.  It keeps you hooked, I personally read it in a day because it was so good.

The DaVinci Code

The DaVinci Code
Reviewed By: Gabriel Cole
By: Dan Brown
Published By: Anchor Books
489 pages


The DaVinci Code is a fantastic story of mystery and intrigue in which a renowned sybololgist named Robert Langdon, and a very skilled Cryptographer named Sophie Nevau crack the code of an ancient mystery traveling between Paris, France and London.  They both go through many challenges, solve the unsolvable clues, as they strive to solve a secret kept for over two thousand years.  Will they succeed in cracking the code, or will the secret be lost forever?

This bookis a worldwide bestseller that all young adults and on that love to solve mysteries, love action packed stories, and love the magnificence and beauty of France and the great works of Leonardo Da Vinci, should read.

The Hobbit

The Hobbit
Reviewed By: Caden Jantz
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
Published By: Stanley Unwin
305 pages


The Hobbit is a thrill riding story about a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. He is just like all the others who like to stay at home and read a book and do everyday things.  This all changes when a wizard known as Gandalf the Grey tells him Its time for an adventure.  Thus adventure will consist of Trolls, Orcs, Dwarfs, Giants, Elves and lets not forget a dragon.  Bilbo has a lot on his plate from going to a small town guy to a big world hero.

This book was very enjoyable.  It had a lot of suspense moments all throughout.  I would recommend this book to all, but not everyone will like it.  I f you are one who likes adventure and fighting and action with a small piece of humor in it too.

Holes

Holes
Reviewed By: Demonte H
By: Louis Sachar
Published By: Farrar
256 pages



This is a book about a teenage boy named Stanley Yelnats.  Stanley gets sent to a juvenile detention camp for a crime that he didn't commit.  He goes through harsh weather and hard work digging holes all day, but as time goes on, Stanley finds out that they aren't digging for no good reason.  He and his friend Zero go through a lot to solve this mystery.

This book tells a great story, that many would be interested in to read.  It's more targeted to young teenagers or even highschoolers.  Kids would like this book because they could put themselves in the shoes of the characters or may have been in the same situation before.  Adults may like this book as well but they may not because it's more of a "children's book" or they just don't like this sort of genre.

The Big Field

The Big Field
Reviewed By: Bailey Romero
By: Mike Lupica
Published By: Goodreads
272 pages



The Big Field is about a kid named Keith Hutchison, also known as Hutch.  Baseball is everything for Hutch.  His favorite baseball player is A-rod.  Baseball is also in Hutch's blood too.  His father went from being in a little town, to going to the Pros.  Hutch loves playing shortstop.  He likes to think that he is the captain of his team, which he is.  That was until the best shortstop prospect came to his team, Daryl "D-Wills" Williams.  Hutch got moved to second base and he was furious.  Hutch thought that being on second base was a demotion for the team.

I would recommend this book for people who love sports, baseball, or to people who love to see the main character overcome adversity.