Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman

Eona wants to be a dragoneye apprentice, but no one believes that women have the power to be one. She pretends to be a boy and becomes the mirror drangoneye, who had been lost for 500 years. She goes on crazy adventures to stop the evil lord who killed most of the other drangoneyes. I like this book because it has a lot of action and adventures. Also, not a lot of people know about Japanese mythology; I liked reading about it in Eon: Drangoneye Reborn.
-- Tommy.

The Cirque du Freak Series

The Circe du Freak books are about a half-vampire hamed Daren Shan who is trying to save the world from the Vampaneze, vampires who kill people by sucking out all their blood. The vampires are trying to stop the Vampaneze from doing that. I like the books because they are fast, frightening, and just all too real. When you are reading, it feels like you are in the book.
-- Ricardo D.
 The first Cirque du Freak book, A Living Nightmare, is about Darren and his friends going to a freak show.  Darren's friend Steve recognizes a vampire. A few days later Darren steals the vampire's spider and it bites Steve and paralyzes him. Then Darren has to fake his own death and become a half vampire to save Steve.
-- Willy

Monday, April 15, 2013

The Cobble Street Cousins by Cynthia Rylant

The series is about three girls, two sisters and their cousin, who live with their aunt.  They have active imaginations and in each book they do something creative.  Our favorite books in the series are: All in the Kitchen and Summer Party because these are the books where the aunt meets her future husband.

The author draws pictures with her words, by the end of the series you feel the characters are your friends.  We wish she wrote more books for this series.

   Jackie & Jazlynne

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Mockingbird by Katherine Erskine

Caitlin is the kind of person who has trouble making friends. Her life changes when her brother, Devon, dies. She really loved her brother Devon. Now she and her dad have to get closure without Devon there to help them. A teacher helps her try to make friends and get closer to her father. There is something that can help her and her father to get closure. She loves to draw but there is something that she does not do in drawing.  Read this book to find out the answers to many of these mysteries.
I liked the book because it is a really sad story, but it really spoke to me. It is one of those books that you really get in to and you cannot stop reading.
-- Luciana M.

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis

This book is about a kid named George and his sister Phoebe sailing with their Aunt Daisy on the Titanic. On the trip, George keeps getting in trouble. One night, George finds out there is a mummy on board. When George goes secretly to get a peek of the mummy, the ship crashes into an iceberg and the ship starts to sink. How will he survive?
I usually read fantasy or scary books but I really like this series.
-- Neo J.