The Lost Hero

Title: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

Publisher: Hyperion Book

Age: 9-12 years old

Ratings: 4/5

      This book is awesome! Especially if you loved the Percy Jackson series. It is really a continuation of the series because it has some of the same characters but also some new ones including Jason, Piper, and Leo. This time Percy is missing and three new people to camp half blood ( who's parents are in Roman and not Greek) go on a quest to save Hera and try to find Percy. In the end Percy is not found but they have an idea of where he is making the end of this book lead up to the second of the Hero's of Olympus series which is called "The Son Of Neptune". This comes out October 11, 2011. I would highly recommend this book to you.

                                                                    

- Erica :)

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Title: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Author: Jamie Ford

Rating: 10 Stars!

Age Recommendation: Everyone

This story is about a young boy name Henry Lee who is Chinese with a strictly Chinese father around the time Peal Harbor got bombed. Henry goes to an all White school. Then one day at school he meets a Japanese girl named Keiko.

Also this story tells about the old Henry Lee and after he loses his wife Ethel he was very glum. Till one day when walking around he see's and old Japanese parasol and that soon changes his life in many different ways.

 I rated this 10 stars because this book was so sweet and at some parts so sad,but its a truly heart warming story of true love, friendship,and hope.Also I love the cover its just beautiful  art work which is amazing.

-Kayla    

You Are Not Here

Title: You Are Not Here by Samantha Schutz                                      

Publisher: Push

Age: 9th grade and up

Star Rating: 4/5

"You Are Not Here", is an amazing book about dealing with the loss of a loved one. In the beginning of the book Brian a loved one of many including Annaleah, his "secret" girlfriend. This book is amazing and is really sad, but I could not book the book down. I have reccomended this book to many people and everyone who has read it has loved it! That's why I give "You Are Not Here" by Samantha Schuts  4/5 stars.

-Erica

Jimmy Coats: Assassin?

  Title: Jimmy Coats: Assassin?

  Author: Joe Craig

  Genre: non fiction

  Rate: 5 out of 5

            The book, Jimmy Coats: Assassin? is all about a boy who was scientifically created. He was thirty- eight percent human and sixty- two percent programing. His program was to be an assassin but Jimmy doesn't want to kill. He had grown up as a normal person until he turned thirteen. Then his programing kicked in. It started to take control of his body. It made him virtually invisible. He could stick a butcher knife in 

his wrist and he wouldn't bleed at all. He could jump out a third story window onto a concrete driveway and not get a single scratch. This book is very cool especially if you like adventures.  

--Brendon

                                                     

The Cupcake Queen

The Cupcake Queen
By: Heather Helper
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Rate:4 stars
Kayla                  A nice summer read. This story was about a girl who moves from the big city were she had friends to the countryside of Hog's Hollow were she only has a few friends. It doesn't help that she has the name Penny Lane( from the Beatles song) and the popular girl hats her for ruining her birthday. When she starts making friends and she gets an offer from her dad.Will she take the offer and leave her new friends or Stay in Hog's Hollow??

Radiance

Radiance
By:Alyson Noel
Genre: Fiction
Easy Read!!!
Rate: 3.5 stars


Radiance is a part of the Riley series. This story's main character is Riley, is Ever Bloom's dead sister. This story takes place after book one when Riley leaves Earth and she meets up with her family in a place called Here and its always now. When Riley is set before a council to see were her place is in Here.


I rated it a 3 out of 5 because it was a good book. This book is one of the smallest I read in the past few years. It had a strong beginning and a pretty good ending but the middle was boring. I can honestly say I would of never read this book if I hadn't read Evermore. I just wish Ever was in this book, or the author hooked this story into Ever's story a little bit more.
-Kayla

Percy Jackson and The Olympians

Title: Percy Jackson and The Olympians

Author: Rick Riordan

Age Recommendation: 6th Grade and Up

Star Rating: 4/5 Stars

Publisher: Hyperion Books

Plot: 12 year old Percy Jackson is switching boarding schools... again. But, it's different at Yancy Academy where he befriends a crippled boy named Grover, gets attacked by a transformed-teacher, and seems to be experiencing events from the ancient stories of Greek Mythology. With an accusation to his name, Grover who may not be what he seems, and a quest ahead of him, Percy must fight not only to stay alive, but to fit in as son of the sea god, Ancient Greece's very own Poseidon.

Critique: As a step down in reading difficulty, I entered a world that could appeal to all ages, from older sibling reading the story to their younger  siblings, to adults who enjoy the stories of Ancient Greece. I'd, before reading it, heard very good reception about this novel from close companions, in which also are determined readers. I wasn't let down, which says a lot considering how much hype the series was getting. I thoroughly enjoyed finishing the entire series, taking in each book at hyper-speed, not caring to wait before I read the next one. As of 2011, the series is to be made into movies, the first one already released now, and the rest of the novels going through production currently.
-Rachel

Hush, Hush

Title: Hush, Hush

Author: Becca Fitzpatrick

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Age Recomendation: 7th Grade and Up (13-Young Adult)

Plot: Nobody in the town of Coldwater, Maine expected that they lived amongst angels. Never the less, fallen angels. But, as Nora Grey's junior year unfolds, so do secrets that lie behind the dark eyes of Patch Cipriano, her mysterious and horribly attractive lab partner. When Nora starts to figure things out with Patch, she discovers the true quantity of angels that walk among the humans in her small town community, and the numbers may end up being larger than she thought...

Review: Wow... After finishing a novel like this, I'm surprised I didn't fall nearly out of heaven myself! As if the charming bad-boy Patch wasn't good enough to leave me simply speechless, the actually literature lived up to this sensational character. With practical Nora falling slowly for Patch in the midst of chaos and plotting and threats against her life, the novel was simply stunning and I couldn't get enough. The sequel, Crescendo, brought back a taste of Becca Fitzpatrick's marvelous writing technique, though, as most sequels do, it left me hanging and dissapointed and most of all, holding on for the third book, Silence which is due to come out late 2011 or early 2012.

Title: Beastly
Author: Alex Flinn
Age Recommendation: Young Adult       
Star Rating: 5/5 Stars








Kyle Kingston has everything going for him he is rich, popular, and strikingly attractive.  When Kyle gets ahead of himself and invites Kendra (who isn't the real girl he wants to go with) to the dance, what he doesn't know is that she is a witch.  After Kendra finds out what he's up to she doesn't react to the incident she just says "You'll see"...and believe me he does.  That night Kendra visits him and turns him into a beast.  The only way to break the spell is if he falls in love and confirms it with a kiss.  The movie Beasty will be released on March 4th!!! Below I have posted a preview of the movie.

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Neo6W1f7hyY&feature=player_detailpage


-Ariana

Evermore

Evermore

Author: Alyson Noel

Genre:Fiction

Rate:4.5

Age recommendation: Young adult

This story is about a girl named Ever, who had everything going for before her family got in a car crash. When Ever wakes up from the car crash she finds she's the only survivor.Also to make matters weirder, she can read minds, and by touching people, she can see their past,also see the auras.When Ever gets home her and her aunt move to California When she meets an  hot guy named Damen,her life is turn upside down again.

I rated it a 4.5 because it was original story line with a bunch of twist. I also liked how her sister (Riley) would always wear different costumes.My favorite part of the story was when Ever was describing the day of the crash it made you fell as if you were actually there. This was one of the best Alyson Noel books I ever read.
-Kayla

I am Number Four

Title: I am Number Four by  Pittacus Lore
Ages: 7th grade up
Publisher: Harper Collins
Stars: 5/5

       I am Number Four is the first in the Lorain Legacies series, by Pittacus Lore. I loved this book!! It was full of adventure and romance, which makes this book perfect for both boys and girls. It was recently made into a movie and released on February 18, 2011. The movie was good but nothing like the book. :(


    John Smith is an alien from another planet, Lorain, which was destroyed by Mogadorians and now they are searching Earth for the remaining aliens from Lorain. But while John and Henri are on the run, John meets a girl at Paradise, Ohio, named Sarah. They fall in love and this makes it more difficult to leave than ever before. This book keeps you wanting to keep reading because of its action packed pages. That's why I give I Am Number Four 5/5 stars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aJ_UsBFj5M&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlcM014ivj4&NR=1

-Erica