Title: The Fault in our Stars
Author: John Green
So I read the fault in our stars over the summer, and the story is about a girl named Hazel, and how she falls in love with a boy named Augustus Waters. It's a story on how they go to Amsterdam, and how eventually they have to say goodbye. This book connects to the world around me because it focuses on another type of person that isn't really represented in today's media, and it's good for people out there who can say, "Oh, this person looks like me." I think that's really important for people to see themselves in the media, and it really sucks when you don't see people that look like you. I would recommend This book to my mom, because she was diegnosed with cancer, (thankfully she is now 100% cancer free,) but I think that she would really like reading a story about someone like her.

Title: The Unwanteds
Author: Lisa MCMann
I read the Unwanteds over the summer, and it is about a land named quill, and two brothers, Aaron and Alex Stowe. In quill creativity is banned, and there are wanteds, necessarys, and unwanteds. Aaron is a wanted, and Alex is an unwanted. This book connects to me, because I see myself as very creative, so if I lived in a world like quill, I don't know what I would do. I would recommend this book to my brother, because he LOVES everything sci fi and sci fi books.

Title: Paper Towns
Author: John Green
I read the book Paper Towns over the summer, and it's about a boy named Quentin has the most popular girl in school Margo askes him to do a bunch of crazy tasks with him in the middle of the night. The next day at school she disappears, so him and his freinds go looking for her. I would recommend this book to my mom's partner Jeanne, because she loves books like these.

Zoe Loprest- Thirteen Treasures by Michelle Harrison

Zoe Loprest

Book Report

Thirteen Treasures

August 20^th

            The book Thirteen Treasures by Michelle Harrison uses many classic themes of fantasy such as mythical creatures, magic, and the ideas of good and evil. When Tanya Fairchild is sent to her grandmother on account of her unnatural ability to see and interact with fairies, goblins, and other fantastical creatures. Though she hopes to possibly escape the fairy life she’s used to, the only thing she escapes is her bitter mother and her mother’s fear of Tanya’s power. Her grandmothers house is still infested with the pesky creatures, as well as a seemingly annoying boy named Fabian, a faithful dog, named Oberon, a Persian cat, and the peculiar stone faced watch guard named Amos. As Fabian and Tanya live in the mansion longer they encounter peculiar things and eventually begin to uncover the mystery behind Morwenna Bloom-a girl who went missing, fairy life, and an uninvited guest Rowan, and some secrets her grandmother may be hiding.

            I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a mystery, and a suspenseful fantasy story.  Thirteen treasures, although very complex, is an interesting story you can’t put down for to long. The characters are each thoroughly developed and unique and Michelle Harrison uses a compelling voice to make every chapter of this book intense. I look forward to reading the remainder of this series, as I am sure it will use the same voice and have the same action as Thirteen Treasures.

Eleanor And Park By Rainbow Rowell

        Eleanor And Park By Rainbow Rowell is a novel about a teenage girl named Eleanor who starts at a new school and meets a boy named Park. Eleanor is a quirky girl and a lot of people at her school make fun of her.  On the first day of school Eleanor gets on the bus and there are no more seats left except one next to Park. Park thinks that she is the weirdest girl ever and hates that she sits next to him every day. Eventually Eleanor and Park start to talk more and then they fall in love.
        Eleanor lives with her 4 siblings and her mom and her mom's husband, Richie. Richie is a horrible man and he really has it out for Eleanor.  Eleanor also does not fit in at school and the kids bully her a lot.  Park lives with his mom, dad and his younger brother, and to Eleanor they are a "perfect" family.  Eleanor starts to spend a lot of time with Park but has to hide this from Richie, the mean stepfather.
        This book is beautifully written and you will not want to stop reading.  There is a lot of drama at the end - I won't give away the details!   I recommend this book to someone who likes romance or realistic fiction, or even both.

Al Capone Does My Shirts By Gennifer Choldenko

        Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Cholenko is a historical fiction book. It shows what life would be like if you were a kid living on Alcatraz Island in the 1930s, but not because you were in jail there. Many people might not know this, but there were apartments that you could live in on Alcatraz.  People lived there because their husbands worked in the Alcatraz jail and it was much cheaper to live there.
        The main character's name is Moose Flanagan.  His family moves to Alcatraz because his dad has a job working at the jail.  Moose meets a girl named Piper who also lives on the Island and they go to the same school that is off the Island.  Piper is nothing but trouble and she even gets Moose into trouble.  You will have to read to find out the details.
        Moose has a sister named Natalie who is Autistic and their mom really wants her to get into a special school where she will supposedly be "cured."  Moose has to take care of Natalie on Alcatraz and they run into some adventures and problems.
     I recommend this book to people who like historical fiction and stories about families.  You can learn more about Alcatraz and what it was like to live on the Island in the 1930s.  It was a fun book to read.

The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

Somehow, in the first few weeks of 7th grade, Suzy Swanson managed to disapear, or at least, that's what it seemed like. Ever since she found out Franny Jackson-her only friend- had drowned a few days before school had started, it felt like her usual constant talking wasn't an option, so for the past four weeks she hasn't.
Suzy had always noticed Franny stopping to talk to people that Suzy didnt even know before sitting down, but the unthinkable had happened in 6th grade when Franny doesn't sit down next to Suzy, but with Audrey. Remembering Franny's plea not to become like Audrey back in 2nd grade, Suzy sends Franny her 'big message' for help, but it just ends in tears.
Seeking forgiveness from her dead best friend, Suzy-knowing her friend's swimming skill- comes up with a real reason for Franny drowning. With her knowledge about jellyfish and further research, she sets up a plan to visit jellyfish expert Jamie Seymour in Australia, alone. When her planned trip goes awry, she finds herself home again with her family, but an unexpected call leads to the school dance, and the book ends with unexpected friendships.
I would recommend this book to people that like informational books or books with weird characters.

                                                     Night, By Elie Wiesel                     

     Night is one of the greatest stories of the Holocaust, and how horrible it was. Elie Wiesel describes himself as a boy with his father, who are Jewish, and how they end up being deported to Auschwitz. The true story describes their struggle to survive the Holocaust during the 1940's. Before he was deported to concentration camps, as a young boy he used to believe in god, and wanted to study religion (the Kabbalah), but when he was deported, and people were getting killed all around him, he did not believe in god anymore, because it seemed that his god was "killed" by the Nazis.

This book is the most amazing and saddest book I have ever read. I would recommend this book to all ages for people to learn about how horrible the Holocaust was, and how we should never do this kind of thing again...

I Am Malala

By Malala Yousafzai (with Christina Lamb)


          I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (with Christina Lamb) is a truly wonderful and inspiring book. If you read this autobiography, you will realize what great challenges this individual faced and how she managed to overcome these challenges.
          Malala was born in "a land where rifles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain, their role in life simply to prepare food and give birth to children." This means that there were many gender-based stereotypes that Malala had to fight, even from the moment she was born! And fight she did. When she started to see that girls were being denied the rights to go to school and get an education, she stood up to that discrimination and spoke out to her local community (and eventually even news reporters), telling them how important it is for everybody, regardless of gender, to get a quality education. Unfortunately, a militant group (the Taliban) did not approve of girls attending school, much less people fighting against them for things that they disagreed with, and they turned violent. As one of the people fighting against the Taliban, Malala was affected by this violence in a way that no one should ever be in their entire lives.
          This true story of a young girl fighting for education can show the importance of standing up for a cause that you believe is right, no matter how dire the situation is, and how much one can accomplish if they put their minds to it. I hope that you read the book and find it just as inspiring as I did.         

Tiny Pretty Things

   
By Dhonielle Clayton & Sona Charaipotra

       Tiny Pretty Things by Dhonielle Clayton and Sona Charaipotra is one of my favorite books of all time! And I am sure it will be your favorite too after you read it. I read this book twice! Tiny Pretty Things is set at a prestigous dance school called the American Ballet conservatory. Dance is taken very seriously here. So when there is a main role up for grabs, everyone will do whatever it takes. And when I say whatever it takes, I mean it. The main characters Gigi, Bette, and June all want to be on the top. Even if it means someone getting hurt. New comer Giselle Stewart doesn't know the sacrifices it takes to be on the top. Giselle Stewart stands out because she is the only African American in the ABC. But she wants to prove that she is the best dancer there. June forever lives in the wings because she is always the understudy. And she fights for that one moment where the spotlight can be on her. Bette on the other hand has a reputation to hold, living in the shadow of her big sister, and dating one of the ABC's most talented male dancers, and being one of the most talented dancers. But once Gigi comes along, Bette realizes she can lose it all.
          I recommend this book to anyone who loves mystery and drama, and shocking events. This book is from the same publishers who brought you Pretty Little Liars. But by the time you are done with your book, you will realize that there are a little cliff hangers in this book. Well don't sit at the edge of your seat and scream (like I did😥.) Because there's a sequel! *Squeal!* But I can guarantee, you will love this book!
P.S. The sequel is even better! It's called Shiny Broken Pieces! Look in Barnes & Nobles. That's where I got it yesterday. But I might've taken the last one!

Thirteen Reasons Why

By Jay Asher
     Thirteen reasons why is about Hannah Baker a girl who committed suicide but before she did that she made thirteen tapes, reasons why she did. The book takes place in a small town that everyone knows who everyone is.  Each tape was about a person that person would get to hear the tapes and passes it down to the next. Clay Jensen was on the tapes the book is about him listening to them while you too get to hear what Hannah has to say. The book is about his reactions.
      I would recommend this book to someone who likes realistic fiction or young adult novels.
      This book is connected to the world because stuff like this happens. This book makes you realize how careful you should be around other people because one little mistake or mean thing could affect their life and make such a big difference.   

The Fault In Our Stars

The Fault in our stars is about a girl named Hazel Grace who has Thyroid with Mets in her lungs. Her mother signs her up for a Support group with other people who have cancer. While she's there she meets a guy name Augustus Waters who has a touch of osteosarcoma. After the Support group they start to hang out and fall in love with each other. I recommend this for people who like romance books.

Counting by 7's by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Counting by 7's is about a quirky girl, Willow Chance and her life as a new middle school student. Being a genius, she got a perfect score on one of the first tests of the year- the only one in the state to do so- but everybody seems to think she cheated. So after having a long talk with the principal, it is decided she will see a behavioral counselor named Dell Duke. Their sessions are awkward and not productive, but one day, when Willow shows up early to her session, she meets Mai and her brother, Quang-ha, and they soon become the first friends Willow has had in a while. But one day, when Dell Duke drives them home, they find Willow's house surrounded by cop cars. After eavesdropping on Dell's conversation with the cops, she finds out her parents-the only people that have ever loved her- have died. Thankfully, Mai and her family, and Dell Duke, are by her side.

If you like books with a lot of up's and downs, but have a happy ending, you should read Counting by 7's.

Book Report of: The Blood of Olympus By Rick Riordan

In The Blood of Olympus there are two stories that go parallel to each other and meet in the end for the final battle at camp Half- Blood.  Let us begin with the question I guess you were wondering about in my other report : Who is Bringing the Parthenos? Well on the beginning of the voyage of the Argo II A satyr named Gleeson Hedge was brought along as a chaperone. They also have to save a son of Hades Nico de Angelo also there frenemy from getting slain by giants. There is also the Praetor of the Roman Camp Jupiter Reyna Avila Ramirez-Arellano. All three of these people are not part of the seven to go to olympus so they have to deliver the Parthenos to Camp Half- Blood but when they make it there to stop the war the Reyna has to deliver the Parthenos to the greeks because the romans stole it and to give it back is like making up for it. In the end the war is stopped. Now lets go to the others who are now in Athens They mack it up to the Parthenon were they have a bloody battle Giants VS Demigods now in order to wake Gaea you need to have the blood of a male and female Demigod. In this Battle two of these Demigods of the seven shed Percy, Annabeth, Hazel, Frank, Piper or Jason shed blood awakening Gaea. Gaea is awakened but the giants are killed by the seven demigods and the gods. Now the gang has to help the demigods in Long Island kill Gaea this all happens by one demigod Leo who gets killed by killing Gaea in the air or the Ouranous method. Now everyone is Happy and the world does not end. 

Recommendation

Again I recommend this book to people who like adventure and action I also think if you like suspense this is the book for you. I think that this book is very much a book that you wonder "what is going to happen next ?".

                

      

The Boy who Harnessed the Wind - Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba

      The Boy who Harnessed the Wind is a true story of a boy growing up in Malawi on a maize farm, like most of the county when an enormous flood hits followed by a dry and long drought. farms are dying and as the family loses money they have to take their kids out of school leaving young William Kamkwamba to create his own education. he manages to convince his friends to help him with his plan to save his family.
      This book is inspiring and breath taking, I didn't even think it was possible until in the middle of the book there are pictures that prove it. It really is an amazing book, and thats coming from someone that hates non-fiction.

Book Report of: The House of Hades By Rick Riordan

Book Report of:

The House of Hades By Rick Riordan

Summary of The House of Hades

The House of Hades  is a chronicle of the adventures of Demigods Percy, Annabeth, Piper, Jason, Frank, and Leo to stop the Greek earth god Gaea and her giants who want to take over the world and destroy the Greek gods. So far Percy and Jason have united the seven which are Greek and Roman by Hera or Juno Erasing these two's memory's and switching there lives so Roman Jason becomes Greek while Percy becomes Roman. Both of them have to go on some sort of quest. In the end they make friends with "enemy" Demigods because of Roman Greek rivalry. Now on the Argo II Annabeth has found the Athena Parthenos and have too choose to let Gaea awaken and go home to stop the Romans and Greeks from having war, return the Parthenos and leave Percy and Annabeth in Tartarus who fell while saving Annabeth from Arachne. They chose to go to the doors of death to save them. In Tartarus they send a note to camp Half- Blood which is were Greek Demigods stay. There They set up a plan. Now our friends on both sides are heading to the doors of Death. Here at the doors there is a fight on both sides one is Tartarus vs one of the giants who don't like Gaea and on the other side It is Hazel Hectate  vs Clytus. In the end everyone is "safe on the Argo II and the Paethenos is on the way to camp half-blood.

Recommendation

I recommend this book to people who like adventure and action I also think if you like suspense this is the book for you. I think that this book is very much a book that you wonder "what is going to happen next ?".

        

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

One book I read over the summer was An Abundance of Katherines which is a book by John Green about a child prodigy named Colin Singleton, who has dated 19 girls all named Katherine. But when the nineteenth Katherine ends up dumping him,  Colin and his friend Hassan go on a road trip. They find themselves in the small town of Gunshot, and meet some pretty awesome, and also really mean people. While there, Colin spends much of his time working on a formula to predict relationships. One thing that's really cool about the book is that there are footnotes and graphs that Colin draws while creating his formula. In the end, Colin realizes that the future is unknown and that you can't always know what will happen next in your life.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a super funny book with crazy characters and events.

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

Over the summer I read Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin. This book is about a 15 year-old girl, Elizabeth, that dies in a car crash. Instead of just passing away, she wakes up on a boat going to a place called 'Elsewhere'. It's just like Earth, except it's for the dead. As you age forward on Earth, you age backwards in Elsewhere.  At first, Liz thought her new life on Elsewhere was terrible, but slowly, she adjusts to love this new world.She meets her long gone grandmother, Betty, and a detective, Owen Welles, who she soon befriends. While still keeping sight of her family's lives through observation docks, she spends her 15.5 years in Elsewhere with them, until she is a baby again, and is wrapped up in a blanket, and sent back to Earth with no memories of her former life. At first, Liz thought her new life on Elsewhere was terrible, but slowly, she adjusts to love this new world.

If you like science fiction/fantasy books, or books with an alternate reality, you should read Elsewhere.

                                       

                                Goblin Secrets By William Alexander

In Goblin Secrets by William Alexander, The main character, Rownie, Is a small boy with a bigger brother named Rowan. They both live in a small town called Zombay. When there Mother drowns in Zombay's Vast river, They have no choice but to live with this old lady named Graba, who has mechanical legs. She has other orphans that she calls grubs. When Rownie's brother Vanishes out of nowhere, It is up to Rownie to find out Where he vanished. Rownie suspects it's his brothers love to act, which is severely outlawed in Zombay.   

When you first look at Goblin Secrets by William Alexander, You might think Wow! This is a great book! But when you start reading it, it is like the most boring book ever. It has very little action, and is very confusing. Some of it doesn't make sense. I would not recommend this book to people who like action in books, and do not like confusing parts in books. This is definitely not the best book I have ever read.

                           

The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket- By  John Boyne

     In The terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket By John Boyne the Brockets live in Sydney, Australia, and had a third child named Barnaby Brocket. He couldn't walk or crawl or run, but he could float. The Brockets hated this, so they sent him away. When they send him away Barnaby Floats all around the world and first ends up Brazil, then kidnapped on a giant circus boat, goes to NYC, then to Africa, into outer space, then finally Back to Sydney Australia!

      If you like, or love books that have a lot of adventures in it, You should read this. I would recommend it. 

The Fault In Our Stairs by John Green

     The Fault In Our Stars by John Green is an extremely touching book about two teens with cancer who meet and fall in love. This book may make you cry; it has given me a new perspective on life and made me realize how lucky I am to be healthy.  It has also made me realize that I take things for granted. This book will show what real friendship is and what real love is. It is a page turner and you will want to keep reading till the end off the book.

     I recommend this book to someone who likes romance books.