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.

This book review lacks a clever title

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.