The Sight by David Davies-Clements
Rating: 5 out of 5
Reviewed by Grace (Teen Reviewer)
The Sight, by David Davies-Clements is a book about a wolf pack battling the powers of the Sight. When Larka and her brother Fell were born their parents didn’t expect that there was anything wrong with them. Hunster and Palla were too proud of the squirmy balls of fur, planning their first hunt and finding their meeting place. But when Palla’s evil sister Morgan appears- asking to see their pups- the pack sets out on a quest to discover the darkest power of the Sight and how to save their family. This book is ideal for readers who love mysterious characters and an epic love story.
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Rating: 5 out of 5
Reviewed by Jeffrey (Teen Reviewer)
Ted and Kat’s cousin is coming to London. Salim wants to go see the London Eye first. Ted, Kat, and Salim meet a stranger who gives them a ticket for free. Salim goes into the London Eye but he never came out of the Eye. Ted and Kat thinks Salim stayed on the London Eye and wend around again. But after 2 times they start worrying. Aunt Gloria Read on …
Mascot to the Rescue by Peter David
Rating: 5 out of 5
Reviewed by Jeffrey (Teen Reviewer)
Josh Miller is a 6th grader who loves Mascot. But whatever happens to Mascot happens to Josh. After he meets Kelsey he finds out that Mascot will die in the next issue of Captain Major. Now Josh is determined to find the creator of Captain Major. Josh and Kelsey find a mail man named Paul. They go on a journey because Josh thinks there are bad guys. They manage Read on …
Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan
Rating: 5 out of 5
Reviewer: Jeffrey (Teen Reviewer)
Maya is a girl who lives with her grandmother. Here grandmother expects her to be perfect in every single way. One day Maya was playing with some horses that she wasn’t suppose to have. Then the house-keeper Morgana came in and told Maya that she should be doing here homework. Maya told Magana that as long as her grades are perfect grandmother wouldn’t mind. Then after Maya told Read on …
I loved Kristin Cashore’s “Graceling” so I couldn’t wait to read her next book, “Fire”. I am not disappointed!
The book takes place in the same world as “Graceling” but you do not need to have read the first book before this one (‘though you will want to read that book once you’ve finished this one!). Meet Fire, more than human she is called a monster, the last of her kind. She is devastatingly beautiful and can read (sometimes control) the minds of those around her. Most people fear her, some outright loathe her, and a the rest just to want to use her. Caught up in a world of intrigue, spies, and ambushes, Fire has few people she can trust and no one she can truly love.
The audio edition read by Xanthe Elbrick is fabulous and well worth the download. Fans of fantasy, swashbuckling adventures, or great writing – you must read or listen to “Fire”!
Recommended Gr 8+
David Eliot doesn’t know what’s worse: being expelled from another school or having to return home to his maniacal parents. Before he knows it, his tyrannical father has received a brochure from the mysterious Groosham Grange boarding school, located on it’s own island off Norfolk. Before he can say “Suspicious”, David is sent packing off on a train his new school. On the train he meets two other students on their way to Groosham Grange. When the compare notes, the three children realize that there is something very fishy about their new school – and it isn’t just the smelly boat that takes them across to the island. What kind of school asks the students to sign their names in blood? What’s up with the odd teachers (one is wrapped up like a mummy, another has serious issues with the full moon)? Things go from slightly weird to downright terrifying when students begin disappearing in the middle of the night. Can David escape from this scary school?
This is not Hogwarts! Readers be warned the Groosham will get gruesome!
Recommended 11+
Modo is a monster. A terrifyingly ugly hunchbacked monster with the strange ability to temporarily alter his appearance. Rescued as a baby by the mysterious Mr. Socrates, Modo has been trained an educated in seclusion for 13 years. Now he is ready for his first big assignment in London, to discover why a prominent young man killed his even more famous father. But who does Mr. Socrates work for? How will Modo survive in the big city all alone? When the orphaned children of London begin to go missing, Modo decides to investigates and uncovers an incredible plot to topple the British Empire.
The Hunchback Assignments is a fun, exciting read with mystery, adventure, science fiction and history all rolled into one package. Fans of “Leviathan” or “Larklight” should give it a try.
Recommend: 11+
Rating: 5 out of 5
In this book, Meggie and her father Mo can bring characters in books to life. They can read the words out loud and blow life into a written character. Now Meggie, Mo, and her mother are the ones being called into a book, “Ink heart”. The world there is very different from ours with fairies, mystical creatures, kings and queens, and fire-eaters. Meggie and Read on …
Very different setting and characters from her “Great and Terrible Beauty” series, but Libba Bray has another great, thought-provoking book. Sixteen year old Cameron is diagnosed with Mad Cow disease – the one that eats away your brain and has only terminal results. What is real? What isn’t? Does it really matter? “Going Bovine” is a thought provoking, yet funny read – give it a try!
Recommended Ages 14 and up.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Percy Jackson wasn’t like any other kid in New York City. He suffers from ADHD and dyslexia which is the main reason that in within six years he was transferred to six different schools. Percy’s real father was “lost at sea” when he was little and his disgusting stepfather (Smelly Gabe) took his place. Read on …
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