A hare's Breadth from death

By: Daniel D III

Watership down, a Book by Richard Adams (Author as other stories such as The Plague dogs: a novel, shardik, MAIA and many others.)  spins us a wonderfully dark tale from what is seemingly the most innocent creature to grace the earth, a rabbit. We follow our main characters Fiver and Hazel and a myriad of other rabbits as they leave their home, fearing its security and looking for someplace safe from impending doom. Along their way death comes very graphically from every angle, not giving the group anything to hold onto but the hope that they can see their journey through to the end. Richards give us an interesting ride and a few lessons in suspense as the group slowly begins to dwindle. Will our heroes make it to Watership Down? Or will they die trying?

Review is lit

By Katerina L,

Rasco and the Rats book, A review on Racso which is a 1986 sequel to the popular book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats that is written by Jane Leslie Conly. In the book In Racso has a community in Thorn Valley, where they are completely isolated from humanity. So the youngest son of Mrs. Frisby is Timothy Frisby, travels from his family's home to Thorn Valley.

Review

By Katerina L

Almost all world's population now an undead horde, R is a young boy but he's a zombie. R meets the other main character in the book Julie, she's not a zombie she was there trying to fight the zombies R was with when they were trying to eat Julie and her team. R then feels an urge to protect her. After that R begins regaining his humanity. As this change spreads through the local undead population like a virus, Julie and R eventually have to face a larger issue when the very nature of their friendship is challenged. R ended up helping Julie leave all the zombies and protected her throughout the whole book to get her back home. He helped her get away from the "Bonies", zombies who are a mutual threat. He ended up being her back home but he couldn't go because they would've got him, Jules dad was the caption of the zombies catchers. R then went back to her to show her he was getting his humanity back and Julie was trying to help him. Toward the end of the book we was falling for him too and he got his humanity back they realize love was the cure to all zombies. They were together and people helped other zombies get their humanity back.

Fire!!

By Sarah P.

   

Fahrenheit 451 is set in the 24th century and it introduces a new world in which control of the masses by the media, overpopulation, and censorship has taken over the general population. The fireman is now seen as a flamethrower, a destroyer of books rather than an insurance against fire. Books are considered evil because they make people question and think.

BEWARE... By Sarah P.

By Sarah P

    Keane was sent to Rwanda as part of a BBC television crew to shoot a documentary film. It is made that much more credible by the fact that Keane traveled around the country while it was deep in crisis, traveled with participants in the war from both sides, spoke with both the killers and the few massacre victims to survive, and saw first hand the devastation that was wrought. Although the book is fairly short and much less in depth than a more scholarly work on the subject, it is a gripping and engaging account of what Keane saw and heard along the way. The Rwandan genocide was triggered when the plane carrying Rwandan President Habyarimana and Cyprian Ntaryamira, president of Burundi, was shot down and crashed into the grounds of the presidential palace, killing them both. Keane spends some time in the beginning of the book reviewing Rwandan history in order to put the genocide in some sort of context.

Mormonism what is it?

By Josh B 

    As a school book review a few friends and I decided that we would read into different religious books. As my religion I chose the book of Mormon to study up on and see what it's all about. What I found out is that the Mormon community believes that the savior is the center or the most important point of mormonism. They often believe that they are talking directly to Jesus Christ. They are also open to anyone joining their religion.  

A Lifestyle Of A Celebrity Before He Was Famous: A California Childhood

By Arrianna M.

James Franco is an amazing actor and writer as I've said in my past book review of him on his book Palo Alto which is quite similar to this one. A California Childhood is similar to what James likes to write and act in even though it is about his childhood life.

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By Arrianna M.

Writer Jeanne Ryan has an interesting way of writing the book Nerve. She writes a lot of young adult fiction. She grew up in Hawaii and has traveled all over the world. She had a crazy childhood growing up and going to parties.

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By Casey E.

This true story is about a girl named Mary Rose. She, her mom, and mother's boyfriend all don't get along. One day her mother's boyfriend was throwing a fit and grabbed her mom and started beating her. Mary called the cops and fought back. She left her house that night to get drunk. She had to change schools and make new friends. She practically lives at the hospital. She has an incurable disease called Cystic Fibrosis (CF for short) Her mother is making her disease worse, she begins smoking a lot of pot so Mary begins as well however smoke in her lungs is bad for her.She also begins to become an alcoholic Soon her disease got bad and she lost a lot of weight.She would lose 9 pounds gain it and lose it, all in a matter of days. She is playing with fire through this book.  She has even fallen in love with every boy she meets throughout the story. Her best friend Dylan whom she met in a rehab center was there for her for everything. He kills himself with no explanation which leaves Mary lost.

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By Tia R.

The Outsiders is seen  as a coming of age novel written by S.E. Hinton. Hinton started the novel when she was just fifteen. The main character "pony boy" was a smart kid but he was defined a "greaser" because of where he grew up.

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by Tia R.

A tragic but exciting novel written by Brent Runyon. The Burn journals is a suicide attempt story. A boy named Brent normal kid or so everyone thought.

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By Tia R.

13 reasons why by Jay Asher is a 2007 young adult novel.  The main character Hannah was a suicide victim that got bullied in school all because a picture this boy took of her going down a slide.

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By Destiny A.

R decides to save Julie and take her back to the airport where he lives. Even though he's a flesh-eating zombie, he's the hottest zombie Julie's ever seen, so she starts warming up to him. It helps that they have similar taste in music.

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By: Destiny L.

In the hunger games, the capitol selects one boy and one girl, each

between the ages of 12 and 18 from each of the twelve districts, putting

them against each other in a game of survival where they are forced to

fight one another to the death. This is all viewed publicly with others to

watch as entertainment. The girl in the book, Panem volunteers as a

tribute to fight because her little sister got called and she freaked out. I

like the book because it shows adventure but teaches you a lesson. In my

eyes it reminds me of the government because in the "games" every

movement from the characters that are fighting  is being continuously

watched by the people in the capital that controls the TV, for the viewers

in the public. They also have control over weather, animals, danger, also

life and death threatening altercations. It makes it more entertaining for

the public but for the districts they're all losing children.

CUJO by Stephen King

By: Destiny L.

I read the book the Pet Cemetery and it was one of my favorite books by Stephen King.

So when I picked out this book I knew it was going to be good. I love a good scare, I am fascinated with….but this book made my skin crawl.

Shoot and Score

By Estefania G.

    Go For The Goal is a biography book written by Mia Hamm. She is a retired professional soccer player. Mia has written three other books about soccer. Go For The Goal is a novel about soccer and how she became a great player. This book also gives you a soccer guide and techniques.

No Name and No Title Equals No Grade!

Warm bodies


Almost all world's population now an undead horde, R is a young boy but he's a zombie. R meets the other main character in the book Julie, she's not a zombie she was there trying to fight the zombies R was with when they were trying to eat Julie and her team. R then feels an urge to protect her. After that R begins regaining his humanity. As this change spreads through the local undead population like a virus, Julie and R eventually have to face a larger issue when the very nature of their friendship is challenged. R ended up helping Julie leave all the zombies and protected her throughout the whole book to get her back home. He helped her get away from the "Bonies", zombies who are a mutual threat. He ended up being her back home but he couldn't go because they would've got him, Jules dad was the caption of the zombies catchers. R then went back to her to show her he was getting his humanity back and Julie was trying to help him. Toward the end of the book we was falling for him too and he got his humanity back they realize love was the cure to all zombies. They were together and people helped other zombies get their humanity back.


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Looking for Alaska or Answers?

By Josh B.

     This book is a serious book that deals with some tough issues. It is about a high school student named Miles Halter he moves to a new private school. He meets new friends but the most interesting one is Alaska Young. She's funny, logical, and pretty. Miles and his new friends do a various of illegal and rule breaking on campus.

Stiff Rots

By Kayla L.

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach is a slow-paced narrative non-fiction novel in the point of view of a young woman. Roach has written other books such as Spook: Science Tackles of the Afterlife, and Packing for Mars, both were published many years ago but Stiff is her oldest publication to this date. The specific genre of this novel is Science, covering the certain topic of cadavers, also known as dead people, throughout the story. The book talks about different methods of cadaver usage for biological study purposes in her well-detailed but boring chapters. Mary Roach uses scientific language to talk about her knowledge and experience with the deceased, which most likely confuses many readers who choose to read Stiff.

Fall River Nightmare

By Colby M.

Chris Herren lived a double life. He was a McDonald's All-American who scored over 2,000 points in his high school career at Durfee in Fall River, Massachusetts. After college, he was drafted early in the second round of the NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets and went on to play for his hometown Boston Celtics the following year. That's what the world saw when he knew the truth. Behind the cameras, Chris was out on the streets spending his salary on drugs. He tells his story in the memoir, Basketball Junkie.

After Every War

By. Kaitlyn A.

The fictional novel, After Every War by Twenty-Century Women Poets and translated by Eavan Boland "is a book of translations of women poets living in Europe in the decades before and after the war" (Boland).

Tick Tock

By Matthew R.

The author of the book The Best-Kept Secret, The Story Of The Atomic Bomb is John Francis Purcell. John Purcell has also written From Hand To Ax To Laser: Man's Growing Mastery Of Energy. John Purcell was very into the development of the first american World War atomic weapons. He would look at news about atomic bombs and then do research on them. John Purcell was also a worker for the federal government and was an editor of the LIFE Nature Library.

The Wonders of Insects

By Owen L.

Eighty percent of the world's population eats insects. However, insects are viewed as annoying pests in the US. Daniella Martin tries to change the common perspective of insects by travelling around the world and recording her adventures. From a food cart in San Francisco to frozen insects in Thailand, Daniella Martin shares her private experiences of edible insects with the rest of the world.

a Photo and Two Rings

By: Mitzy D

Eve Keller, a professor at Fordham University, and Millie Werber, a Holocaust survivor, wrote a book called "Two Rings: a story of love and war". This story is based on true events. It explains Millie's experience during the Holocaust.

Steve Jobs Was Not a Rotten Apple

By: Priya R.

Steve Jobs, a very well known man but his real identity is not understood by many but Karen Blumenthal grasps it. Blumenthal's book, Steve Jobs; the Man Who Thought Different captures the little things in Jobs' life starting from the very beginning, when he was born to the end of his life. Blumenthal was a journalist for The Wall Street Journal and then pursued writing biographies.

The Book that Helps

By: Rose M.

911: The Book of Help was written by various authors that embrace the true tragedy that occurred on September 11, 2001.

A Breakthrough Scientifically and Socially

By Sahil M.

Breakthrough is a nonfictional narrative that follows the story of Jack Andraka, a teenager who made important discoveries in the identification of pancreatic cancer. This book is much more than just his scientific accomplishments. It chronicles all aspects of his life, including his friends, school, hiding his sexuality, the death of his uncle, and depression. This book shows a breakthrough for Jack not just in detecting early stages of pancreatic cancer, but also a breakthrough in discovering and accepting himself.

"The Taking"

"The Taking"

By James M.

One of the most iconic books of his career and the basis for major movies over recent years. Dean Koontz delivers with a page turning thriller that is relatable for many small town people of the world, particularly those who are religious. The story begins with one women named Mary Sloan who wakes up from peaceful sleep and can immediately tell something is very wrong. She then with her husband Neil, begins to explore all the strange happenings that are going on outside.

Runaways, Vol. 1: Pride and Joy

By Keys

There's this group of teenagers who grew up seeing each other occasionally while their rich parents discussed fundraisers and whatever else privately. The kids never think anything of it as the years pass by until one day they decide to spy on their parents having one of their "meetings." As the teens are listening to their parents, the\parents bring out a girl and murder her at the meeting. The kids are shocked and feel like they need to do something about this and report it to the authorities. What the teens don't know is that their parents have the city under their power.

While the kids are curious of their parents, they decide to go into each other's houses to find anymore clues and secrets their parents have and during this investigation, the teens find out they have powers of their own. The parents find out that the teens know about them and try to put them to a stop, but the teens don't escape from them without a fight.

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By Theodore R.

My third book for reading was Farnham's Freehold By Robert A. Heinlein. Most may know Heinlein for his work on Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land and plenty of short stories. Some of his books have been adapted into movies, most well known is the movie Starship Troopers.

Hole diggers

By Jake M.

Holes, was written by  Louis Sachar. It is a book telling the journey that stanley yelnats the main character goes on. The story takes place mainly at the hot and humid Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention facility where there is no lake, and no happy campers. In place that a long time ago was "the largest lake in Texas" dried up lake It hasn't rained there for over a hundred years. Camp Green Lake was pocked identical holes dug by boys to improve their character, or at least that's the idea at Camp Green Lake. The story takes place in the present time but contains flashbacks of over one hundred years ago to explain how the whole plot started.