Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Reviewed by Liam W.

Rating: 5/5-Amazing

Catniss Everdeen takes her sister's place in the Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. She must risk survival over her humanity and love over life.

i liked how it starts with her waking up and she imidiatly starts discribing the world she lives in. she lives in Panem, a country divided into distrects sorounding a capital distrect. i didn't like how demostrated indirect monarchy. but the chatecters are writen to make their deaths even more tragic. i think that The Hunger Games is the perfect mix of fact and fiction.

i would recamend it to people that have read the Percy Jackson and Heros of Olympus series. 

The Books of Elsewhere: The Shadows by Jacqueline West

The Books of Elsewhere: The Shadows by Jacqueline West 

Reviewed by Ava C.

Rating: 5/5-Amazing

Olive Dunwoody has just moved into an old, deteriorating mansion, and she is quickly discovering its secrets. She finds a pair of old spectacles in a drawer, and finds that if she wears them, she can travel in and out of the many, many paintings throughout her home. Soon, Olive learns that there is an evil force that wants to get rid of her and her family. Can she stop the evil force before it's too late?

I liked how creative the plot was, and the creative plot is also what makes this book unique. I have never read any other book like this! One thing that stands out of this book is how Olive befriends (some!) of the people in the paintings she visits.

I would recommend this book to anyone, but mostly people who like fantasy books, like Harry Potter or Percy Jackson.

Cat O' Nine Tails by Julia Golding

Cat O' Nine Tails by Julia Golding

Reviewed by Sophia M.

Rating: 5/5-Amazing

In this creative work of historical fiction, adventure, and mystery, Cathrine (Cat) Royal gets caught on a ship with her friends and becomes disguised as a boy to save herself form chaos back at Dury Lane, accusing her of hurting someone in a tangle at the harbor. She then, sick of being bossed around on the ship, devises a clever plan to escape, and does successfully, and then is stuck in a Native American tribe and can't figure out how to get home or who got her into this mess in the first place...

This book is the 4th in the series of Cat royal books, all of which are amazing and must reads. I love this book it is amazingly unique, like nothing I have ever read before. I loved every moment of reading it. It is unlike many historical fiction books in the fact that it is not quiet and all about how they had to spend many hours sewing or working and being "proper" ladies and gentlemen. This book is extremely unique; a magnet that draws in those that must read these books and go on all of Cat's crazy adventures with her. I read the first book, Diamond of Dury Lane when i was about 8 years old and was immediately drawn into them. I have now read 4 of the books and I really hope that there is another one. They keep you going, I got so hooked on 1 of them that I read it all the way through in just one day! and they aren't the everyday "happily ever after" stories. These books leave you longing for the next one!

I think that anyone who loves adventure, suspense, and loves a terrific story that will keep them longing for more should certainly read this book and all of the other books in the series. This book is just a wonderful mix of that classic time period mixed with a female heroine that is unique with her spunky and different definition of girl. A mix of creativity, adventure, mystery, historical fiction, and excitement, this book, and all of the other Cat Royals, are number one must reads on my list, and hopefully on yours as well!

The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord

The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord

Reviewed by Miranda P.

Rating: 5/5-Amazing

After trying to recover from the death of her boyfriend, Paige is trying to start her life over by trying new things. Things like going to parties and getting a boyfriend by the name of Ryan Chase.

The book was very well written. It describes love and friendship of different kinds, it teaches a lot about how you should treat others while describing the hardships of a loss and recovery. Teaching the readers to just go with the flow in life. Just live everyday as an adventure. “Knowing what happens is different from knowing how it happens. And the getting there is the best part.”

I would recommend this book to people who enjoy a romance about two teenagers going through tough times.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Reviewed by Molleigh R.

Rating: 5/5-Amazing

Harry Potter still is dealing with a new danger in Hogwarts: A strange creature that turns "muggle born" students to stone, including Harry and Ron's friend, Hermione. Now Harry, Ron, and a stuck-up teacher will have to prevent Hogwarts from closing down for good.

This book is perfect, probably the best one in the whole series. Dobby would have to be my favorite character, who SPOILOIR COVER at the end. The book, like all the others, shocks you on who is Voldemort in the end. The scenes are well explained, and the tactics are surprising and unheard of. It is just excellent.

If you liked the first book, you'll love this one, as well as anyone who liked the Hobbit series. That is final.