The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

The Haunting of Sunshine Girl
Written By: Paige Mckenzie
Published By: Weinstein books
294 Pages

People who like drama and suspense incorporated into one book would like The Haunting of Sunshine Girl. It is about and adopted girl named Sunshine who never quite fit in nor had many friends. When her mother moves from Austin, Texas to Ridgemont, Washington she loses her best friend but makes a new one by the name of Nolan. Nolan  helps her figure out what is going on in her house and helps define her as a person. Except what they find out is that is isn't just a person. He predicts that she may be what is called a leuiseach and she has to go on a journey to save her mother's spirit. Is he right? Is Sunshine a leuiseach? All that and more within the contents of this book.

Airborn

Reviewed by: Isaiah Scott
Written by: Kenneth Oppel
501 pages
Harper Collins Publishers


  Join on a soaring adventure, as we travel with Matt Cruse and explore! As we get into this book Matt will be experiencing many ups and downs throughout the book and may even encounter air pirates. In the book we also meet a girl Kate who will help Matt along the way.

  I believe this book is trying to tell people that in life, we will have our daily life struggles but that's alright. We have to be strong and not lose hope. Readers who would love this book, are people who are seeking out to find adventure something that they can read and just have a fantastic time doing it.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
By: Suzanne Collins
Published By: Scholastic Books
390 pages


The last book of the trilogy series known as The Hunger Games series holds a surprising differential to the last two previous novels, Book 1: The Hunger Games, Book 2: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.  The girl known as Katniss Everdeen, the girl we all came to seemingly love and adore and know, has unexpectedly disappeared, while her past self is thrown away.  Throughout the book, Katniss appears as though she is and was a defeated woman, as though one who took all she had held in the previous two novels, and just tossed those things aside, while forgetting all of her past ambition.  It seems that she has become depressed with the inability to control any of her stressful memories of what had happened inside of the walls of the Capital.  If you are finishing the second Hunger Games book, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, or anticipating to starting the series; read all three of the books: Book 1: The Hunger Games, Book 2: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Book 3: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.  You will not be disappointed!!!  This series is a great series for all ages, also highly recommended by many loving readers, even with the untold and unforeseen ending to the great adventurous and totally epic trilogy.

Perfect

Reviewed By: Raven
By: Ellen Hopkins
622 pages



I recall watching a friend read this and being intrigued by the cover.  The book intrigued me, and Ellen Hopkins did a great job of keeping my intrigue peaked.  This story revolves around four different people, all connected in the same, but quite unique way.  These four teenagers are seniors in high school and face different adversities in life, and yet all strive to be one thing: Perfect.

Cara is a girl who has a messed up twin brother and faces twice the pressure to get the perfect grades and tries to have the perfect social life.

Sean's whole life revolves around planning and being in control.  Steroid usage seems like the only obvious helper to get him into Stanford, but when Cara dumps him, his perfectly planned life starts spiraling towards anything but perfect.

All that Kendra has ever wanted to be was perfectly pretty, and being perfectly pretty did not mean wearing a size four.  Kendra starts trying to cut more and more out of her life to fit that "perfect model" mold.

All that Andre has ever wanted to do was to please his parents, but when the perfect opportunity arises for him to live his dream and dance, her can't.

Perfect is a great book addressing the problems more and more people seem to face.  This book is a perfect read for people sixteen and up, and of any gender that is in any type of situation, no matter how big or small.  Perfect can be summed up in just about one word: PERFECT!!!!!

Scorch Trials

Scorch Trials
Reviewed By: Chris
By: James Dashner
Published By: Delacorte Press
361 pages



The Scorch Trials is the second book in The Maze Runner series and it begins with Thomas, the main character, and his friends being picked up by people after escaping the maze.  They are brought to a dormitory where they think they are safe.  Thomas soon realizes that they need to leave they place in which they are staying, but the only problem with that is that there is nowhere to go, except maybe out in The Scorch.  The Scorch is a city that has been ruined do to the change in the climate and the sun causing everything to be extremely hot.  It is a very harsh environment along with zombie-like creatures that are very deadly and roam the city.

I would recommend this thrilling book to any reader that enjoys adventures, and to anyone who has read the first book in the series.

Michael Vey

Michael Vey
Reviewed By: Ben
By: Richard Paul Evans
Published By: Glenn Beck
326 pages


This book is about a young boy called Michael Vey.  He has been diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome and he has a secret hidden ability.  Only his mom and his best friend knew, until one day, he found out that he was not the only one.  He found out that a girl that went to his school had hidden abilities too.  Michael's mother ended up getting kidnapped by some group of people that wanted to use and control Michael's powers.  So Michael used his powers to try and rescue his mother so that he could have her back.

If you like a book that is full of adventure and is thrilling, then you should read the Michael Vey book(s) because it is a very exciting book.

Maze Runner

Reviewed by: Brooklynn Campbell
Delacorte Press
By James Dashner
374 pages

The Maze Runner is about a teenage boy who wakes up in an elevator with no memory of his past, or who he even is. All he could remember was his name, Thomas. When he gets out of the elevator, he walks into a glade of strangers and other teenage boys with no memory either. Thomas later discovers that the Glade is run by two boys, named Alby and Newt, who maintain order by enforcing strict rules and keeping all of the boys busy harvesting food. This is important because outside the Glade is the Maze, is horrifying and is covered with huge walls. The creatures are known as Grievers.

The boys are stuck trying to stay alive as well as "solving" the Maze by running through it as fast as they can while tracking movements of the walls and trying to find an exit. No one has survived yet, and they hope they can be the first ones to solve it. I recommend this book to anyone, it was my first time reading it and I enjoyed it a lot. I watched the movie but the book was still better, in my opinion.