The Midnighters; touching darkness

By Nathan T.

The Midnighters; Touching Darkness, by Scott Westerfeld, is an action, science fiction novel with a hint of drama. Like the first book the five protagonists are Jessica, Rex, Jonathan, Melissa, and Desdemona. In this book of midnighters; the five uncover darkling mysteries and secrets as well as more midnighter history. As the story progresses so does the relationships between some of the midnights, something we did not see much of in the previous book. Even though there is some "romance", Westerfield does not hesitate to start up the action; with the first full fledged fight with the darklings in chapter 4.

Trapped in the Jar

By Keisha N.

For our book review, I read the book The Bell Jar which was written by Sylvia Plath. She is also the author of Ariel, The Collected Poems, Crossing the Water and and more, that's just a few book she's written. The genera of this novel is Roman à clef meaning it's real people and events that happen but with fake or other names used instead. The Bell Jar was first published under the fake name "Victoria Lucas" in 1963 and it's a  semi-autobiographical, with different names of the places and people in the book. The story starts off in the year is 1953. Esther Greenwood is a college student in Massachusetts who has just finished her year there and she has won a paid internship at Ladies Day magazine in New York City for a whole month along with eleven other college students. Jay Cee is her manager there and has high expectations for Esther. For the month in NY, Esther makes a good friend who's name is Doreen and is kind of a slacker. Her boyfriend's name is Buddy Willard. He's a Yale medical student and doesn't care for poetry and writing like Esther does. Working for Ladies Day should be the best and most exciting experience for Esther but she actually feels numb to it all. She's not sure what to do with her life after college.

Bull

By Aijah H.

Uniquely written and skillfully worded, Bull by David Elliott is a great find. This book tells the story of the Minotaur, a greek mythical creature. From his birth to his death, Bull shows the Minotaur's thoughts as well as those around him. The first section titled "Book 1", focuses on Poseidon, God of the Sea, and Pasiphae, Queen of  Crete and wife of Minos. They have an affair as Poseidon does with many women in similar myths. Minos finds out and in a fit of rage curses Poseidon and the sea. Poseidon retaliates by cursing Pasiphae's unborn child to be half bull. She names her child Asterion, but Minos and the kingdom call him the Minotaur leading Minos to hide the child's true parentage from the public. Treated as an animal, he is locked in a labyrinth made by Daedalus, the Royal Engineer. Not until after Asterion is locked away, does his half sister Ariadne find out they're related. Minos, fearing the public will find out about his connection with Asterion, sends in Theseus, a warrior and heir to the Athens throne, to slay Asterion.

Forever and Always

By E. Edes

         Jenny Han's book Forever and Always,  Lara Jean. This book is about a girl in her senior year of high school. The stress of college kicks in.  

In Honor Of Halloween

By John K.

I think the book called Just After Sunset by Stephen king is really good and the stories are interesting and here are my favorite ones. 

Boy 2 Girl is 2 Funny 4 Me

By Christopher O.

You Know that feeling of living in the moment making decisions and feeling of living in the moment. But then you realize there was a huge problem with the plan but you've already gone through with it. And now your trying your best to find a way to slip away, but more factors come in with more problems, and it's now mixed up with your big problem. And now you have this big massive poly-problem, and you know there's know way around it so you just say: Fuck it, and try to go out out with a big bang before the dust settles.

I'm Starving for the Hunger Games

By Aiden D

The Hunger Games was an action and drama book that was extremely electrifying and exciting. The book was written by Suzanne Collins, and she was inspired to write this story because of watching T.V. She was watching a live coverage of a war and switching to a show with people battling in a show and she got the idea for the amazing book called The Hunger Games.

The User Boyfriend

By Aaliyah O.

The Fill-in Boyfriend Boyfriend is an amazing book for teens. Not because many teens can relate to it but because it's about a teen girl going through a confusing break up. Gia is a senior in highschool. When she is in the parking lot about to enter prom her college boyfriend Bradley dumps her. She right away feels embarrassed to first walk into prom alone but to face her mean group of friends with no one by her side. It was hard enough to make her friends believe that she actually had a boyfriend even more a boyfriend in college.

Im running For the Maze Runner

By Ryan M.

The book I picked out is called The Maze Runner. It is the first in its series and i'm looking forward to reading the other books. They're called The Scorch trials, The death cure, The Kill Order, and The Fever Code. They were written by James Dashner. The genre of this book is science fiction.

Adventure for freedom with Huck and Jim

By: Tyler M.

Huckleberry Finn and his friend Thomas Sawyer have a good sum of money from their earlier adventure. Huckleberry then decides to go on more adventures with Jim his friend.

Ball Is Life, but not for this kid...

By Nolan L

The book Travel Team is a novel about a young boy named Danny Walker who loves the sports basketball. But there is a downside to this. Danny is too small. Danny's father Richie was a first-round draft pick for the Golden State Warriors, but Danny was unlucky and has always been the smaller kid in the group.

Rash makes you Itch for More

By Ishan K.

Pete Hautman is an award-winning author who has added another great book to his name. "Rash", a novel about a child living in a futuristic version of America that has been overcome by needs for personal safety. Bo Marsten lives in the United States of America in the year the 2070s. The United States has become obsessed with personal safety and has gone to great lengths to ensure that every individual is safe at all times. Even contact sports like football are now illegal and all but forgotten. Alcohol consumption and unhealthy foods like french fries are illegal now as well.

Yes! We Are Latinos

Yes! We Are Latinos

By Rubiel O.

Yes We Are Latinos is the english version of a book named Si Somos Latinos. This book is compact with short stories and poems of young latinos and latinas who live in different parts of the United States. Most of these stories and poems are based on current events in their lives. The authors Isabel Campoy and Alma Flor Ada are best known for their great children's books, novels, and poetry. They have both won many awards for their literacy work. Isabel Campoy has also written My Day from A to Z, Tales Our Abuelitas Told, and Get Up, Rick! Alma Flor Ada has also written Jordi's Star, Yours Truly Goldilocks, and The Gold Coin.

On the fence

By Amber L

     This person was being raised by her single dad and three older brothers. She can outrun every boy including her neighbors. But since she is a girl she has no idea of what it is being a girl. When she starts working to pay off tickets she finds a strange new world of makeup, dresses,skirts. She started to feel weird around girl stuff because she didn't know what girl stuff looked like.she stays outside in her backyard at night talking to her neighbor about her problems.Braden probably knows her more than anyone does.

Getting Outta There

By Mackenzie B.

    Just Visiting by Dahlia Adler is a realistic fiction book. Adler has written a total of six books including, Just Visiting, Behind the Scenes, Under the Lights, Last Will and Testament, Out on Good Behavior, and Right out of Refusal. Just Visiting is about two girls, Reagan Forrester and Victoria Reyes, who can not wait to get out of their small, middle of nowhere town of Charytan, Kansas.

Mysterious that lay inside a hole

By Akash P

Max the main character a geek and a good person, he would never steal or dude illegal or bad things or so you thought. One day he digging for fossils and make a pit into hell and out of that pit comes out a demon. This demon is not your typical demon he is a demon who eats a lot of junk food, watches too much tv and plays video games. This demon's name is Burgundy Cluttermuck and he refuses to leave the basement of Max's mom's house. Even though this demon seems lazy he will kill everyone and everything Max cares about if he doesn't listen. So he makes a promise with the demon to cure his mom if Max finds a mansion with a hot tub in it. So he teams up with a girl named Lore who knows a couple of things that are evil to find a mansion. In the end, he will not quit on his mother and find a way to save her.

How not to save a life

By Jaime K.

The book "How To Save a Life" by Sara Zarr follows two teenage girls on different paths that come together. Jill is a 17 year old in her last year of high school. Her and her mom, Robin, are grieving over the loss of Jill's father 11 months prior. Mandy is a 19 year old raised in a neglectful household and finds herself pregnant. Robin makes the decision that she does not want to give up on love. She decides to adopt a baby and finds out about Mandy through an adoption website. When Mandy moves in with them it changes everyone. Robin is excited, Jill feels as though her world is falling apart and Mandy feels at home for the first time in her life.

Ask Me

By Isabelle S.

This is the  best book I have ever read. "Ask me" written by Kimberly Pauley  makes you invested in this book more and more every single page.Kimberly Pauley grabbed my attention during the first sentence, it didn't start off like every other book with some stupid conversation or the characters telling the reader how awful their life is,ask me started off as a diary or journal entry of the psychopath who made everyone's life a living hell.

A Masterpiece by John Green

By Hayleigh F.

The Fault In Our Stars is written by John Green, along with many other intriguing novels. Other books written by John Green include Paper Towns, Looking for Alaska, and An Abundance of Katherines. This novel is a drama about a girl, named Hazel Grace Lancaster, who is diagnosed with Stage 4 Thyroid cancer. Whilst struggling to find the good in life, she meets and falls in love with Augustus Waters. Readers are then brought along their love story, with all the ups and downs.