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Valerie Escamilla Herrera

Shaffer

ELA 9 GATE

11 January 2018

The Mysterious Benedict Society By Trenton Lee Stewart

The novel I had read during winter break was The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart. It is a uncommon story about four children who are chosen from the rounds of different mind games that had been displayed for the public. The kids deciphered puzzles with secret messages that no other children from Stone Town could have solved. Each character is remarkable in their own way. Kate Weatherwall is a girl who takes risks and relies on her gut which contributes to the Benedict Society tremendously. George “Sticky” Washington has an intelligent mind and everything that he reads “sticks” to his head. He remembers everything he reads and it’s unbelievable. Constantine Catire is a small yet feisty character.  She can convince people to do things, read and transfer messages into their minds and she is also pretty stubborn. Reynard Muldoon was an orphan is the most leader type of everyone in the group. He is a clever boy who creates intricate plans that may fail at times but are incredibly planned out. The whole conflict of this story is that of an organization called the Whisperer and they slip in subliminal messages in television commercials. They are basically brainwashing people and the Benedict Society has to stop them since they are wiping people’s memory. The coordinator of the Whisperer is still a mystery and they need to find their headquarters. I really do suggest to read this if you are interested in books such as the Lemony Snicket series like Unfortunate Events and All The Wrong Questions because of the suspense. The Mysterious Benedict Society also brings up the situation where adults believe children are no use but they are actually really resourceful.

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Flipped

Flipped. I choose this book because of the puppy love it has in it. I will admit I am a sucker for romance I just love to feel the butterflies in my stomach when something heartbreaking and loving happens.

Juli Baker the girl who is smart, who is in love with nature,  who won't mind getting her hands dirty in the mud and who won't mind defending in what she believes in. An innocent minded girl falls in love with the newcomer who is also her neighbor just when they are in 2nd grade. She noticed her love for him since the very first moment she wanted to be near Bryce. Bryce Loski.  Juli wanted to be attached to Bryce. But sadly Bryce did not so he kept her limited when she wanted to be friends with him. Juli is a farm girl even tho she is raised in town she still has her little hens; no rosters just hens. Over the years her hens start producing too many eggs and she decided to give a large amount away she gives them to Bryce's family and some of her neighbors, over the years she does not realize that Bryce was throwing away all the eggs scared that they might be actual chicks. That's until eight grade when Juli catches him throwing away the eggs she gave him for free instead of selling them for money she might have actually needed and decides to stop talking to him as well as letting her feelings go just at the moment when Bryce starts to want to return those feelings. Would it be to late?

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The book that I read during winter break is called “The Red Pony” by John Steinbeck. This book is an episodic novella. The characters are young Jody Tiflin, he is the main character or protagonist of the book, Billy Buck is a man who is experienced with horses, and Carl Tiflin, the father of Jody and other characters.. This book was written in 1933, I found it in the library and decided to check it out and the story turns out to be pretty interesting. The conflict is the red pony called Gabilan which Jody loved and cared a lot got sick because one day Jody was rushing to school and forgot to take the pony in the barn, so he left Gabilan outside and went to school. Later on that day, while Jody was in school, it began pouring down raining and Gabilan is trapped outside of the barn and has no shelter to hide from the rain. When Jody came from from school he found out Gabilan got sick, the family sees Gabilan was suffering from fever and cold and he couldn’t breathe, so they decided to cut a opening in the pony’s throat for the pus to ooze out so Gabilan can breathe. Hours later he pony’s condition gotten worse. I suggest to read this book because the book is well written and the story is interesting, I like the way the ending goes but you have to read it and find out.

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Percy Jackson is a troubled student. He had a hard time reading and concentrating in school. He's been kicked out of 5 schools. His father is Poseidon the god of water. He didn't know it until he was taken to this camp called camp half-blood. Grover. Grover is Percy's only friend he is a satyr, that was sent to protect Percy and get him to camp half-blood safe. His friend gets bullied and Percy stands up for him he gets in trouble with his math teacher and during the argument his math teacher turns into a fury of Vengeance and Percy kills her with a pen that turned into a sword. During the summer when Percy gets out of school Grover tried taking Percy to the camp before it would be to late. Percy gets scared by Grover´s behavior after he sees 3 old women smelling yarn. Percy left Grover and went to his house where he sees Sally and Gabe. Sally is Percy's mom she is living with this guy named Gabe. Percy calls him smelly Gabe. Gabe is a lazy person who loves to play poker with his friends. Gabe and Percy hate each other. Percy and his mother went to the beach where percy's parents met. Grover goes to the house they were staying in and tries taking them to a camp. They are then attacked by a Minotaur. When Percy gets there he realizes Mr. Brunner trained a lot of heroes. Another Person he meets in camp half-blood is Annabeth they become friends and Annabeth explains how Percy's dad Poseidon and Annabeth's mom Athena don't really get along. She explains how her friend Thalia died trying to keep her, Grover, and Luke protected. She was the daughter of Zeus. The furries killed her right before she died her father infused a pine tree that now holds powerful magic that helps protect the camp from intruders. Percy then goes on quests, and is safe in camp half-blood.

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The book that i read over Winter Break was i book written by i very good author named Alice Sebold. The main characters in this book are Susie Salmon who was murdered and raped at the age of 14, Mr. Harvey (George Harvey) who was the murder, Buckley Salmon who is the dad of Susie, Lindsey Salmon who is the sister of Susie, Abigaile Salmon who is Susie’s mom. This book is about girl named Susie who was murdered and raped  when she was only 14 by a man they called Mr. Harvey. You would of thought he just a regular guy who lived next door and liked old things but he wasn't. Susie’s parents knew Mr. Harvey because they were neighbors, Susie’s mom loved his flowers, and because Susie’s dad would often talk to him, Susie would've never thought he would do this to her. It all happend in a cornfield where he lead her to underground shed, he raped her, killed her and hid her body.

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Over winter break I read Finding Zola by Marianne Mitchell. The book starts off with Zola and her mother packing up and sorting all of the stuff at her grandma's house since she had died. Her mother at the time had been offered a job opportunity that could pay her good money. Zola's mother couldn't miss out on this opportunity so, she decided to leave Zola in the hands of one of her grandma's friends that lived across the street from her grandma's retirement home.  Zola didn't like the idea of that since she found Crystal, her grandmother's friend weird. Either way for her there was so other choice her mom had made up her mind about the situation. Later on the story Zola disappears on the day she is to responsible to take care of Crystal. While this was happening Zola was also struggling with emotional problems concerning her father who had died in a car crash and was the reason why she was in a  wheelchair. Read the rest of the book to find out the rest. I recommend the book to those who like mystery.

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Milk and honey consists of the main character/author Rupi Kaur.I would suggest to read it, it is a real eye opener and made you look at things differently it made you see a different view on basic things. It consisted of basic things like “How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.” The book consisted of 4 chapters, “The hurting,the loving,the breaking,and the healing.” All of these have a big impact on everyone because it showed everything from all of those and more. The conflict through out this was she had trouble writing it because it brought so many tears and went through a lot so she put it in this book that everyone should read.

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Twilight -                               by Stephenie Meyer

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Twilight -                               by Stephenie Meyer

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The book I read over the break was “Twilight.” Stephenie Meyer is the author of this book and also the whole twilight series. In this story the main characters are Isabella Swan, Edward Cullen, Jacob Black, Carlisle Cullen, and James. Isabella Swan, which prefers to be called Bella, is a 17 year old girl that moved from Phoenix, Arizona, to Forks, Washington. She moved to live with her father, while in the meantime her mother moves to Florida with her new husband. Edward Cullen is a 104 year old guy, who is a vampire. He was transformed by Carlisle Cullen when he was about to die from the Spanish Influenza. From the time that he had transformed from a human to a vampire, he had never fallen in love with anyone, until Bella. He finds compassion, acceptance, love, and care in her. Jacob Black is a Quileute Indian that is Bella’s favorite non-vampire friend. He lives on La Push reservation that is close to Forks. Bella’s father see’s that Jacob is safe boyfriend material that would be the kind of guy that he would want her dating. Jacob learns that he has a lot of similar things with Bella. Carlisle Cullen is a conscientious doctor. He is the reason the Cullen’s don’t hunt humans. He started this diet that the Cullen’s would only hunt animal blood, but not human blood. They called it the vegetarian (no human) diet. Finally, James is a vampire that hunts human not animals. He hunts Bella and will not stop until she is dead. One conflict that I think is the most obvious one is Bella's love for Edward. When they meet and start talking they instantly fall in love. One day when Bella was in the parking lot, Tyler’s car almost hit her, but Edward saves her life by stopping the car with his bare hand. After that day Bella annoys Edward with questions of how he did it and why save her life. After a few days she finds out that Edward and his family are vampires. She knows that they only drink animal blood, not human. Edward warns her not to get too close because he doesn’t want to see her get hurt, but Bella doesn’t care as long as she is with him. She knows that he won’t hurt her. But then there comes James to destroy that. He wants to kill Bella. Does he kill her or not? I guess you’ll find out as soon as you read this book. I totally recommend you to read this book. It is exciting and interesting as well.

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So many of you know the book “The Hunger Games” well that is my favorite book of all time. So, I decided to read it again over the break, since I enjoy it so much. The reason being, Katniss Everdeen, one of the main characters, volunteers after her little sister, Prim Everdeen was selected to go and represent District 12 in the Hunger Games. I have three sisters and I would have done the same thing for them that is why I can relate to that part. Anyways, Katniss took her place along with the boy who was chose, Peeta Mellark. Before they were to fight to their death, they were given a previous winner to be their mentor to help guide them to win. Ending up with the last 4, Katniss and Peeta had everyone in shock since district 12 was the last district. The only problem was, there could only be one winner. So who was it going to be?

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Out of the dust by Karen Hesse is based on 14 year old Billie Jo whose life takes time during the depression and dust bowl years. Billie Jo was in deep sorrow due to the fact that she had lost her mother and unborn baby brother to a fire that left her hands badly burned. Billie Jo enjoyed playing the piano but now she could not because of her injured hands. Billie Jo’s father was also hugely impacted by the family’s lost. The death of her mother caused Billie Jo’s father to become unmotivated and distant from her. Billie Jo also distance herself from her father because she felt they were both to blame for her mother’s death. This book is honestly one of my favorites and I would definitely recommend it to my friends to read. It was such an emotional roller coaster that was mostly full of sadness but the ending made up for it.

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  Citizen: An American Lyric	By Claudia Rankine

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  Citizen: An American Lyric	By Claudia Rankine

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In the book, Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine, it shows different types of people that have been in situation of being assaulted or harassed because of their colour. This books is in 2nd person point of view that makes you the main character. It adds a different mood to the story especially since it puts you in it so it makes you almost feel the way they felt. This books had many stories about all either famous or non famous people were judged by their colour. For example, in one of the stories in this book, it talks about how Venus and Serena Williams, get harassed for their colour. I would recommend reading this book, because it is so powerful and has so much emotions added to stories with words I shouldn’t write or say but touches the soul.

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Evermore 2

Alyson Noel

Evermore 2 is about Ever a teenage girl that can read minds and see people’s past. Damen the immortal ,which Ever does not know he is, has a striking perfection. Ever and Damen love eachother, but Ever still is skeptical about him. She notices he only drinks one thing and it is this red juice type of thing. He lives somewhere that she does not know about. Until she ask her sister to go see where he lives at. Her sister tells her where he lives at and Ever goes to his place. She walks in to see and empty gigantic house. With one room filled with…. Paintings signed to Damen from people dating back centuries. She realizes that he might be a vampire and she freaks out. The next two days she can not look at him or speak to him until she figures everything out. He finally talks to her but she doesn’t believe he is immortal. Then one day Drina soon to find out Damiens ex wife tries to kill Ever. She says that she always kills her and then she comes back as a new person and forgets everything from before. Drina starts beating her up in the woods and Ever is almost dead when she magically recovers from everything. Drina is stunned from what she sees and says, “ It is not possible.”  Ever runs to this safe place where Damen waits for her. In this place she can make anything appear with her mind. Damen explains everything about being a immortal and says it's her decision to become one or not. The only way she will become one is if she says, “ I love you,” back to him. Weeks past and Ever does not know what to do. She ask her sister Riley(dead) and she says it's her choice. Then Ever tells her to go with her family and cross over the bridge. Right after she does this she screams to Damen since he is listening from some place, “I love you!” Then Drina shows up again in her house. This she is so mad she just attacks. Ever gets hit and then hits back it is not as strong however. Then Ever gains strength like she is an immortal and hits her right at her heart and poof Drina disappears. Damen was right behind her and her said, “ She is gone you stuck her at her most weakest part which is love.” Ever hugged him and whispered, “ I love you.” Damen said it back. Now they are both immortal with an adventure to await since Ever has much to learn. I love this part of Evermore as well because it reveals what Damen. I 100% recommend this book because it is so interesting.

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The book “The Fault in Our Stars” was written by John Green. The book was based on two teenagers that are ill and they fall in love. Hazel Grace was a 16 year old girl that was  diagnosed with Stage 4 Thyroid cancer with metastasis forming in her lungs. She was diagnosed when she was 13 years old. Augustus Waters was a 16 year old teen was has osteosarcoma. He has lost his leg. Hazel did not really have a lot of friends because was not social. Her parents would always worry about her but Hazel would always tell them that one day she will die but she will not stop loving them. One day hazel went to a Support Group because her mom made her go. Her mom wanted her to meet new people and get out of the house. After that Hazel Grace meet a guy names Augustus. They started talking and then she got invited to his house to watch a movie. After they watched the movie there traded books so each can read each others favorite book. After they finished reading the book and Augustus did not like how the book ended he wanted answers about what happens to the characters. Hazel told him that he has been trying to email the author so she can get some answers and he got his email and he emailed him and he answered saying that he invites them to go to Amsterdam so they can talk. Hazel was so happy because that was her favorite author but then they did not know how they where going to go because they did not have money. Until Augustus said that he still had a wish because he has still not waist his. They give you a wish when you have cancer so one wish of yours can become true. Hazel was so excited. They got to Amsterdam and Hazels mom was just smiling because Hazel was happy. They got there and then after a couple days they went to meet the author and he was not giving Hazel answers and he was just being so rude with them so they decided to leave. Hazel was so upset but then Augustus made it better because he confessed his love to her. Before they went back home Augustus gave Hazel really bad news that broke her heart. I recommend this book if you like to read love story's .

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Th1rteen R3asons why by Jay Asher
13 Reasons Why is a novel that talks about suicide. It shows the story of a girl who tried to fix her life. Hannah is a junior in Liberty High School. She is about 17 years old. The story doesn’t really give a detailed description of what she looks like.She is a nice girl. She  may seem quiet and reserved but she likes to go out. She also likes to hang out with her “friends”. Her life begins to fall apart when rumors spread around and start creating a snowball effect. The story begins with Clay Jensen receiving a box with 13 tapes that Hannah left to tell her story. Clay Jensen is also a junior and a fellow classmate of Hannah. He doesn't understand why he is on the tapes. He was nice to Hannah when they talked.He doesn't know what he did wrong,  that cost a girl's life and he wants to find out. To find out he got a cassette player to listen to the stories. When he began to listen to them he thought it was a sick joke. He kept on listening to the 13 stories to find out the truth. Each cassette has it’s main character or the person who made Hannah’s life bad. These characters are Justin Foley, Alex Standall, Jessica Davis, Tyler Down, Courtney Crimsen, Marcus, Zach, Ryan Shaver, Clay Jensen, Jenny Kurtz, Bryce and Mr. Porter. These people gave her enough reasons to commit suicide. As Clay Jensen finds out the reality he can't believe it. He never thought there could be all of those secrets in his school. He also didn’t think those small things would end her life.He passed on the cassettes so the rest could see that their actions hurt others. I recommend this book to everyone who likes books with mystery, meaning, and drama. This book captures your attention and makes you want to read more. It makes you think about your actions and it shows ways you can help someone who is going through tough times.

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The book I read over winter break was Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School Jeff Kinney wrote the series of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and I read the 10th book in his series and it is a decent one The main characters are Greg and his friend Ralph but mostly Greg is a young adult novel by Jeff Kinney which follows the misadventures of middle-schooler Greg Heffley as he attempts both to deal with his Grandpa’s moving in, and dealing without modern comforts while attending Hardscrabble Farm. When the novel begins, Greg’s mom, Susan, is worried her family is too obsessed with technology. She wants her family to unplug and spend time with one another. At the same time, Greg learns that Grandpa will be moving in for an unknown amount of time.A chief part of unplugging will be volunteerism, in which people can come and help clean up the park. Greg gets roped into volunteering at the park as well. While there, he decides to take a break, but is joined by his older brother’s friend Billy Rotnick, a troublemaker doing community service. Billy has stolen girl scout cookies, which Greg doesn’t like at all. Susan and all of the other adults then show up, having tracked Greg through a GPS chip in his shoelace.Hoping to avoid his father’s wrath, Greg chooses to spend the week at Hardscrabble Farms with his classmates and best friend, Rowley, a trip which Greg has been trying to avoid at all costs.This book is to give a look back and makes a lot of references to his other nine books as a recall to the major events and build off of it like when they got a pig and now that pig can somehow walk on it’s back legs wear pants and open and close doors.  I didn’t have a lot of time to read so this is a super easy quick book to read if you are bored and read all the other books. If you like fast books get this one and the series is a fun one to read through.

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Without it being fantasy, sci-fi, or any type of intense genre to pull the reader in, its unique characters are enough to keep the audience reading. You're introduced by orphaned kids, Dallas and his twin sister Florida, dubbed the “trouble twins” after being moved from foster home to foster home after being mistreated. Plotting to finally run away from the foster home, they're introduced to an elderly couple, Tiller and Sairy who live out in a spacious forest like area in a wood house, the Ruby Holler. It's later stated that the elderly’s children have grown up and gone away, missing the company of children running around. The twins are separated by the couple on two separate trips: Dallas goes with Sairy onto an island and Florida goes on a rafting trip with Tiller. Throughout all of that, the twins build up trust and realize the couple will care for them. This change changes the way the twins are, finally finding a loving family where they’re not mistreated, setting a great example for character development. Throughout the rest of the story, they're faced with conflict that makes them care for the Elderly couple. Both the twins and the couple learn to trust each other, and eventually to love each other.

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Ad 16 year old Harry Potter enters his 6th year in Hogwarts, the world is at the same time in chaos. Death Eaters are causing problems for both magical and muggle worlds and the ultimate battle between good and evil draws closer and closer. Dumbledore's intent of preparing Harry for Voldemort also becomes stronger. When Harry finds a mysterious book and learns about Voldemort's last thing start to change. When a way, to defeat, Voldemort is found out, Harry and Dumbledore must collect 7 horcruxes but some problems occur and some are interesting. If you like adventurous stories then you'll like this book.

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The 893 page long book that I read is The Wizard and Glass written by Stephen King, and entails the journey of Roland, Jake, Eddie, Susannah, and a billy bumbler named Oy. Roland is a gunslinger from Gilead, Jake, Eddie, and Susannah are from the mysterious land of New York, and Jake befriended Oy during their travels. The story begins at the end of the last one, with our protagonists speeding towards their deaths at the hands of a train controlled by A.I. The only way they can survive is if they are able to stump the A.I., or Blaine, with a riddle. Eddie, who has stayed silent for most of the ride, finally realized the way to defeat Blaine. Eddie just starts bombarding Blaine with jokes that make little to no sense. At last, Blaine loses the battle as Eddie stumps him. Then, Eddie grabs Roland’s revolver and shoots Blaine’s motherboard into oblivion. As they reach their destination, they see that they have somehow crossed back over to Kansas. Most of this story talks about Roland at the age of 14 when he meets the love of his life, Susan. He unfortunately loses her when he gets sidetracked and she is burned at the stake. After Roland finished telling his story. The Man in Black forces roland to relive a moment he has been trying to avoid. That memory is when … (No, I’m not going to tell you) And after the memory is revealed, they are back in Roland’s world, back on their way.

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Daniel and Erica lived together in their new, creepy home in Virginia. Daniel and Erica lived a fortunate life. They had everything they needed and lived in an amazing home. That all changed when their dad got laid off of work and had to move somewhere else where they could afford it. They didn’t want to move away from their precious home, but it wasn’t up to them. Anyways they were unpacking their things and settling into the new, but old house. It didn’t look inviting. One the first day of school, Daniel and Erica rode on the bus and they were immediately questioned by all the other kids. They told them that they were new and where they lived by. The kids were shocked and told Daniel and Erica about an old witch named Old Auntie. Apparently Old Auntie was an old witch that “took” away young kids. The ghost witch was said to have lived in Brewster’s Hill with her pet named Bloody bones, a man-eating hog. Daniel didn’t believe the kids and assumed that they were trying to scare them with these rumors because they were the new kids. A few days passed by and nothing happened. They knew it was fake, at least Daniel did. One day after school, Erica found a doll that looked exactly like her. The resemblance was uncanny it was incredible. Erica became obsessed with the doll that all she ever did was look at it and play with it. She fell in love with her doll. Daniel thought it was strange, but her parents thought it was adorable. Daniel didn’t have a good feeling about the doll, so he hid the doll somewhere in the woods behind their house. Finally the doll was gone and he could have his little sister back to normal. Erica panicked and asked where her doll went and Daniel told her what he did. Erica began to cry and yell at Daniel and said that she was going to go look for it. Daniel didn’t care because he knew that she wouldn’t find it. Erica headed towards the woods to begin her search. Hours past by and Daniel became worried. Before their parents got home, he began to look for her in the woods. Daniel looked and looked but he couldn’t see her anywhere. He called out her name, but she never responded. Daniel’s parents came home and asked where Erica was and Daniel told them everything. The police came and searched until morning. She was nowhere to be found. Erica was took.

I recommend this book to anyone who loves to read horror books and enjoys mysteries because this book does all that and more.

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The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan revolves around Jason Grace, a 15 year old demigod who wakes up not knowing who nor where he is. He's next to Piper and Leo who apparently are his best friends on a bus towards the Grand Canyon but once they arrive, they encounter a demon when Jason's coin turns into a sword with witch Jason fights the demon with.They flee towards Camp Half Wood where he and his new friends are given a quest to rescue Hera the queen of gods. They then discover that the evil god behind all this Gaea who is trying to overthrow the gods. On their adventure they encounter many enemies from cyclops to giants but meanwhile  Gaea plots her evil schemes! I recommend this book to anyone who likes mythological roman or Greek gods since that is what this book is all about!

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Harry Potter is an 11 year old boy that lives with his aunt and uncle that mistreat him. Harry finds out that he is a wizard and is going to attend a wizarding school named Hogwarts. At Hogwarts, he becomes great friends with Hermione and Ron. The three of them find out that the potions master, Severus Snape, is plotting to steal something that is guarded by a three headed dog. Ron and Hermione help Harry overcome many obstacles to help save the object guarded by the three headed dog.

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Katinss  Everdeen is a person who comes from a very poor background. She lives in District 12 which is based on coal mining, and in those districts there is a game that they play. It is called the Hunger Games. In this game, they fight to the death. Who ever wins the The Hunger Games they will receive wealth and food for life. So, Katniss and Primrose; her sister, go to the square and there the announcer picks the two contestants, a boy and a girl. Effie; the announcer yells Peeta and Primrose. Katniss sister was picked. Then Katniss volunteers instead of her. So they go to the city and train. After their training, they go to the arena. Where then a bell is rung to start the game. They then run to the cornucopia; this is where all of the weapons are. Soon after, they all spread out and go to their own area and hide. Shortly after, Peeta and Katniss find each other and, they work together. After everyone dies they have a chose too kill each other or, one kill the other. So if you like action this is the book for you.

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Sydney is a Junior in high school and is overshadowed by her older brother, Peyton. Her brother gets more attention from her parents and this makes her feel unseen. Her brother slowly starts to get in trouble for delinquency and drugs. He is then put to jail after he runs over a boy named David Ibarra when he was under the influence of alcohol. Sydney's parents go under stress for Peytons sentence. In the story, however, her mother is the most worried and persistent out of everyone else in the family. Her mother then allows one of Peyton's friends to come over the house whenever he wanted since he helped with teaching Peyton guitar. Peyton's friend is named Ames and Sydney doesn't feel comfortable around him. She then moves to Jackson school due to the bills from Peyton's lawyers and other things that he did. After her first day, she goes to a pizza parlor and meets the Chathams: Layla, Mac, and their father. Layla befriends her and they soon start hanging out in the cafeteria of the school that both attend to. She meets other friends of Layla and makes friends with them too. As she gets to know them and the rest of the Chathams, she feels noticed and relaxed. Unlike at home where she dislikes to be there and stays with Layla at the pizza parlor till dinner time. From there on a lot of things happen that will leave you a little emotional and you might find yourself relating to the main character on certain situations. This book is similar to a coming of age story and it's very interesting to see Sydney's character change along the way. This novel is a well written book and has a well developed story line.

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Cinder is a dystopian cyberpunk novel set in a future where the moon is populated by aliens. This book is a re-imagined version of Cinderella. The protagonist is a young teen by the name of Cinder and the antagonist is the Lunar queen Levana. Cinder is a cyborg, damned by other humans due to their artificial parts, and works as a mechanic. She lives in the Eastern Commonwealth, basically Asia condensed. The conflict is that the Lunars, aliens from the moon, are trying to invade Earth. Cinder hates Lunars and due to various circumstances, is chased by both humans and Lunars. I would recommend reading Cinder for people that like the sci-fi genre.

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Charles Darnay is a French man who was born into a wealthy family, but didn't like how their lifestyle was, so he moved to England. Lucie Manette was a French woman by blood, but lived in England. When she was seventeen, she traveled to France to free her shoe-making father, who was being held prisoner in a tower. Doctor Manette, Lucie's father, was held prisoner for about twenty years, but was freed by his daughter. Because of this, she is the only one who is able to snap him out of his acts of PTSD. Sydney Carton is an Englishman who is constantly being called a failure, and looks a lot like Darnay. Mr. Pross is the Manette's family friend who runs a bank and helped free Doctor Manette. Miss Pross is Lucie's maid, and raised her since she was young because her mother died. The Defarge's are a French couple who are leading revolution in France. Marquiz was Darnay's corrupt uncle, who died, but left massive debts in his wake. In the story, Darnay and Lucie marry, but Sydney is still in love with Lucie. Darnay travels to France where there is a revolt going against all the rich people (read: all the rich people are being beheaded). He is put on trial for his family's actions, and is soon going to be beheaded. The Defarges meanwhile, are leading the revolt and Madame Defarge is hoping he dies. Darnay's family and friends all travel and live in France until his trial, and hope to help him escape.
Honestly, I wouldn't really recommend this book. For a big chunk of the first part of the book, it was pretty boring. The only exciting parts in my opinion were the first and third "books."

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The book “IT” was written by the great Stephen King himself. It was his 22nd book and 18th novel. The novel was also made into a two part mini series in 1990, and was recently made into what is said to be one of the greatest horror movies of all time in the September of 2017.  IT is a horror novel about a horrifying clown from another dimension that resurfaces every 27 years and feeds off the fears of children in the town of Derry. The clown’s name is Pennywise, and when seven children find out that every 27 years horrible tragedies happen in Derry, they fight to find out what it is and to stop it. These seven children are Bill Denbrough, Eddie Kaspbrak, Richie Tozier, Stanley Uris, Mike Hanlon, Beverly Marsh, and Ben Hanscom. They all suffer with their own experiences of being bullied or having illnesses. From stutters, to being overweight, and even to being bullied for being a certain skin color, these six boys and girl all must face their own problems every day. And when an awful event occurs to Bill and his family, he fights for justice. Bill and his six friends find out that Pennywise is the one causing all of this. They go down into the sewer to face him and end this once and for all. But… do they win? Is Pennywise truly defeated? Is Derry safe? Find out in IT, the novel.

I greatly recommend this book to other people who love horror. It is scary, has many amazing and characters that get you attached, and has jaw dropping moments. This is definitely a thrilling book.

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Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief

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Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief

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My book review is based on the book Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.  In the story the main character is a teenage boy named Percy Jackson and he discovers that he’s a half-blood, half-human and half-god. He goes to a camp called Camp Half-Blood for kids who are similar to him so they can be safe from monsters that attack them. At this camp he finds out his father is Poseidon, the god of the sea and other waters. During his time at the camp he meets Annabeth and Grover and they become best friends. Annabeth is a half-blood, teenage girl with blond hair and her mother is Athena, the goddess of wisdom. Grover, however he is not a half-blood instead he is a satyr, half-goat and half-human. Zeus blames Poseidon for his missing master bolt or else he will start a war with him. Poseidon wouldn’t do it so he’s astonished his own brother would blame him. Percy goes on a quest to find the missing bolt, but it’s heard to be in Hades’s hands in the Underworld. On this adventure he goes with Annabeth and Grover and they have to follow this map that leads them to clues. This is a wild and dangerous trip because of the many places they have to go through. I recommend reading this if you are into greek mythology and adventure.

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The book Paper Towns by John Green is a truly amazing book and it takes you through many twists and turns which made reading it a lot more funner. In the book You follow the story with Quentin Jacobsen and his friends Radar and Ben through the search for Margo Roth Spiegelman. Quentin Jacobsen is put in as a kind of an outcast but is described to be a band kid which means he doesn’t really fit in with popular people. He is said to be really smart, funny and lacks confidence. His best friend Radar is another intellectual person and is pretty much the go-to tech guy of the whole group. Ben another best friend of Quentin is very confident but unlike Quentin and Radar he doesn’t make it on the smart side of the list but he is very goofy and brings a lot of humor to the book. And finally Margo Roth Spiegelman is described to be one of those popular girls and is very curious and most of the time very rebellious. The story begins with the very weird finding of a dead body lying in a children's park. Young Quentin and Margo were both the founders of the body and quickly got home to tell their parents and ever since that moment they had never talked until one day in their senior year of highschool Margo was standing outside of Quentin’s window offering to go on an adventure. The main conflict of the book was Margo’s disappearance and how it affected quentin who had decided to go on a search for her along with his friends. The book overall was very thrilling to read because as you read you also went along with Quentin as he tried to solve the hidden clues that were hidden by Margo and it left me ecstatic just reading through those moment. I think the book was very well written and really hooks you in and i would really recommend this book to anyone who likes mystery and romance with a small amount of humor added.

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The Running Dream By Wendelin Van Draanen

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The Running Dream By Wendelin Van Draanen

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The main character is Jessica Carlisle and her best friend is Fiona. She was in a terrible accident and she lost her leg. She was a BK (Below the Knee) amputee. She was also a runner and now she couldn’t run anymore. After she lost her leg she became very depressed. After about three weeks she went back to school. At first it seemed really weird for her to be back at school. But when she got to her math class with Ms. Rucker she had to sit in the back with Rosa, who had cerebral palsy. Jessica and Rosa started passing notes back and forth with each other and got to know each other. They became really good friends. You should this book because it talks about trust, acceptance, perseverance, and friendship.

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“Animal Farm” was a very interesting book written by George Orwell. This book reflected the events that led to Russian revolution and Stalinist era of the Soviet Union. Some of the main characters were: Snowball, Napoleon, Jones, Major, and the group of animals in the farm. Snowball being one of the brains and leaders of the group. Napoleon being the other brain and leader of the group. Jones being the owner of the farm. Major being a pig who gave the animals the word that there was going to be a rebellion. The group of animals being made up from horses, sheeps, cows, chickens, and etc. This book was about a farm that was over seized by the animals who lived there and who they tried to govern themselves. The animals in the farm disliked how they were treated in the farm by the owner Jones. Major (pig) than gave his word about the rebellion and later died. After some time the animals who live there over took the farm from Jones. The brains and animals who lead the group of animals were Napoleon and Snowball (the were both pigs). The pigs are the smartest animals in the farm ,after them are the dogs, and then come the rest. This animals with their leaders Snowball and Napoleon try to continue to have control over the farm and to have their freedom. They later have some complication between their leaders and other human beings. I would suggest to read this book, it’s a very interesting and unique.

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The book I read over winter break is called, “The Maze Runner” by James Dashner. In this book, you’ll find lots of adventure and plot twists. The main character is named Thomas. He is confused at first, but gets more and more used to his environment. He tends to break the rules and doesn’t listen to anyone. He is often brave and wants to do things other people can’t. He then meets a little boy named Chuck. Chuck has no parents, at least doesn’t know where they are. He is the only little boy in the story that makes a bond with Thomas. Thomas promises him that they’ll escape the maze one day. Another character Thomas makes friends with is a runner named Minho. Minho is one of the few people who run around the maze and tries to find a way out. He is often trusted by many people. Alongside with Thomas’ arrival, the very first female arrives. Her name is Teresa and somehow knows Thomas. Thomas somehow remembers her later in the story. Together all of them try to escape the maze and encounter a lot of things on the way. I suggest this book to students who like adventure and a good story.

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During Winter Break, I read the book, “The Fault in Our Stars,” by John Green. It was quite an interesting story with a dramatic turn of events and a heartbreaking love story. In the story, the two main characters are Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace Lancaster. This story is a romantic drama and the romance is between the two main characters. Hazel is a thyroid cancer patient, but she’s been able to survive with the medicine she’s using. Growing up with this bump in her life, she has removed herself from socializing and as a result, her mom encouraged her to attend a group where people talk about their situations and how its affected them. Willingly, she attends although she hates the thought to be around other people. She meets a boy, Augustus Waters who is a surviving cancer patient as well. Together they travel to a place to meet the author of their favorite book and through that adventure they encounter sad moments. There are two conflicts in the story, one being about the author and the other between the two characters that greatly contribute to the book as a whole. Both conflicts are full of suspense and leaves the characters unhappy, they’re have a part in the complicated ending. As a young adult, this book caught my attention for I am a lover of romance and drama. I suggest this book for students who who similar interest in these genres put together.

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The book I read over the break was A series of unfortunate events:The miserable mill.The story is about the three Baudelaire children Violet,Klaus,and Sunny and them being forced to work in  Lucky smell lumber mill trying find out the secrets about their parents.Violet was very interested in building  new inventions,Klaus loved to read,and Sunny just like to bite things.The conflict in this story has to do with Count Olaf going to the mill and disguising himself as Sherly an eye doctor. In conclusion I would recommend you to read this book because it is very interesting and keep you entertained.

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The book that I read during Winter Break was “Catching Fire,” the second installment in the series “The Hunger Games,” by Suzanne Collins. The character is told in first-person by the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen. Katniss is a girl from District 12, which is the poorest and least populated district. Due to her rebellious attitude, she isn’t very fond of the Capitol and disobeys their ordinances. Katniss was reaped to the 74th annual Hunger Games, alongside Peeta Mellark. After their victory, the Capitol from there on targeted the two for causing a vast rebellion throughout the Districts.

The conflict of the story is Katniss becoming a symbol of rebellion. As mentioned before, the Capitol wanted to eliminate Katniss. This then becomes the Capitol to haste a decision of having previous victors from each district participate in the 75th Annual Hunger Games.

I do suggest reading the novel, seeing as the story is a great example of rebellion. The imagery is phenomenal and the characterization is vast. However, the book does have violence, which peaks during the Hunger Games. If you’re looking for a book to read in the future, perhaps consider “Catching Fire.”

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The book Frankenstein by Gris Grimly is about Dr Frankenstein a scrawny unkempt doctor  falling in love with an escaped convict eventually she is found and sentenced to death. She is sent to the electric chair and Frankenstein is left to mourn alone. One night he gets the idea to try to make a companion to keep him company he goes from grave to grave stealing body parts and making his creation. During a storm he begins hoists the being into the lighting and gives it life. The creature comes to life and haunts him. Frankenstein has to run the rest of his life tracking down this monster. I would recommend this book to anyone who is the mood for a twist on a classic.

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The book I read over winter break was, ¨Salsa Stories¨ by Lulu Delacre. This book was about Carmen Teresa's Family and some friends, during New Years. One of the guest gave her a present, but was a blank book. Her name was Dona Josefa.

First, She told Carmen teresa that, that book was for her to write on it, But Carmen didn't know what to ever write on the book. So  Dona josefa told her to write all her feelings in general how she felt or stories from her family.

Eventually, Carmen went to ask her Flor (which was the housekeeper) to tell her a story. Flor started telling her a story about her town back in mexico. As she started everyone in the house stopped what they were doing and listened quietly. Also, everyone ended up telling a story.

Not to mention, it went from Flor to Abuelito, Talking about a time he went to the beach. From Abuelito to Abuelita, which was about a Traditional parade they did in Puerto Rico. From Abuelita to Abita, talking about Buenos Aires. From Abita to Uncle Roberto, his eight birthday and how it was important to him to have a pinata. From Uncle Roberto to Dona Josefa, talking about believing in miracles because of experience. From Dona Josefa to Tia Mirella. From Tia Mirella to Her gift and family Recipes.

By the end, Carmen Teresa had various stories and places and food recipes for her to keep. Now she could go back to her book and read it or show it to her friends, even in the future to her children.

Lastly, as I read this book over the break I also learned traditional things from different places, jet it was fun reading it. I would recommend this book to everyone because it was a really good book.

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a story written by Lewis Carroll through a young girl’s eyes named Alice. Alice, our protagonist, is a very curious and adventure seeking girl. While having a picnic with her older sister, Alice so happens to see a white rabbit wearing a waistcoat, obviously catching her eye. At this point Alice’s older sister is boring her so the young woman follows the mysterious rabbit until she arrived to hole and follows down with the rabbit.Throughout the story The White Rabbit doesn’t speak to Alice much because he is always so late, although the two characters do have some actual encounter when the naive girl offers to collect something back at his house. At first it all seems to be fun and silly for Alice being is this goofy dimension but once she starts shifting her size from teeny tiny to really big it makes her miss home. As Alice comes across new people and unusual events to attend to she realizes that she must go back home to her sister and cat, Dinah. While you need to have a good understanding of some difficult vocab, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a good book for readers who want to know precisely everything about this underrated Disney film.

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The book, “The Secret of the Snow,” by the Scholastic is a story with a team called the Seven Roses Unit which includes Thea Stilton, Will Mystery, and the Thea Sisters going to a land called the Land of Minwa where finding the mystery of the missing Lotus Flower. Somehow the land was losing their Lotus, but they don’t know who. Different creatures of the land are nice, maybe dangerous, but with the of the Seven Roses Unit, they will solve the problem and bring back the Lotus Flower.
I would recommend this book because the adventure is incredible with the different mythical creatures living in this land. Will the Lotus Flower be forever gone or return back to this land? You just got to read this book.

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Over the winter break I read “Forever Princess” by Meg Cabot. I really liked this book because it had a lot of drama in the novel, there were many conflicts, and the author had a hilarious writing style. The main character was Mia Thermopolis, she is a princess of a small European country which was under monarchy but she was able to bring democracy to. Other main characters included Tina, Mia’s best friend, J.P., Mia’s boyfriend, and Michael, Mia’s ex-boyfriend who was in Japan for 2 years but now recently returned to Manhattan, where Mia lives, to introduce his new medical invention, the Cardio-Arm.

This book had many conflicts within it but it just made it all more interesting. One conflict Mia was going through was figuring out if she should tell her friends all the schools she got into. Mia was accepted into all the most elite ivy league universities including Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. However, all her other friends were only accepted into their second choice schools so when they asked Mia what university she was accepted into, she lied and said that she had been rejected into all the schools she applied to. Now all her friends think, she will attend the official university of the country Mia is the princess of since they would have to accept her. Mia’s external conflict is figuring out if she should tell her friends the truth or not. However, her internal conflict is deciding which school she was going to attend.

I would really recommend this book because all the suspense and conflicts where intriguing all throughout the novel so it just kept me interested from beginning to end.

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The novel The thing about Jellyfish  is about a girl named Suzy Swanson a very intelligent girl who loves jellyfish. The story takes place in her middle school where she makes a new friend and her name is Franny Jackson. Suzy and Franny get into a devastating fight which causes their break up as friends. Before she knows it the next day they return to school Franny Jackson is reported dead. Suzy decides to makes plans to travel the world alone to find out the real reason her best friend died. I would suggest reading this book because it shows a coming of age experience and how difficult it is to let go.

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By: Janet Taylor Lisle

"The Art of Keeping Cool" follows a twelve year old boy named Robert on his journey to find out more about his dad. While the WWll is waging on, Roberts dad is flying with the Royal Air Force. His mom, little sister and himself are forced to move to Sachem’s Head to live with his fathers parents. While he is there, Robert meets his cousin Elliot. His first impression of Elliot is that he does not have his head screwed on right. Elliot is a strange boy who doesn’t talk much.

As the story line continues Robert notices that one talks about his father. He finds it strange but is determined to know why his father never talked his parents and why they never came to visit. Robert thinks he found the reason why no one talks about his father. It’s his grandfather. The old man is the town doctor who is very headstrong with a short temper. He easily blows his fuse if someone steps in his way.

One day at dinner, Robert decides it's time to find out about his father's past. From across the table, Elliot gives him a warning glance as if to say. “Don’t ask.” However, Roberts headstrongness won over. He asks and immediately things tense up.

"The Art of Keeping Cool" is a fascinating story about the war, catastrophe and trust. If you are interested in a well developed plot, mystery, suspense and truth then "The Art of Keeping Cool" is definitely for you.

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A young highschool boy, Colin Singleton who has an odd type for girls. Throughout his life, he has dated 19 girls, but all 19 Katherines dumped him. One thing they all have in common is that, all of their names are Katherine. But as he’s on his journey to find the right girl for him, by his side is his best friend Hassan. Hassan makes things more fun by acting his favorite show sometimes, Judge Judy.

He’s a prodigy on a road trip with $10,000 in his pocket and with his best friend, trying to prove the fact that he could “win” a girl without her dumping him. Proving that there will be no dumpees. But there are no Katherines with him or his best friend during that roadtrip. I recommend to read this book because of the way how he dates other girls. Also because in the end he realizes something that was important to dating.

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The title of the book I read over the break, was Smile by Raina Telgemeier. It was about a young 12 year old girl named Raina Telgemeier (the author) and how she grew up throughout adolescence in San Francisco, California. She was a just like any ordinary 6th grade girl. She had long hair that was just like the color of dark brown dirt, eyes dark as night; just a normal teenager. One night Raina bet one of her friends, Lily to a race back to her house. Raina didn’t notice her shoes were untied; she fell and broke her two front teeth. The same night she rushed to the dentist. The injury was really bad that after that night had, she to go to the dentist everyday to get her teeth fixed or daily check ups. When she got back to school everyone would make fun of her, even her own friends. Time goes on and she is in high school already. Her teeth still not being the same, she then realizes who her real friends are, and also some boy drama involved. I really enjoyed this book because it shows her personality change throughout the story, she also grows from this experience and learns new things about her family, friends and even herself.  I give this book a 10/10 rating because it was really cute and funny but also interesting  at the same time. My suggestion is that if you like comedy or romance books; this is the book for you.

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The book that I read during winter break was Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. The first main character that appears is Harry Potter an orphaned boy who is raised by his cruel aunt and uncle. Ron is a red haired boy who meets Harry on a train and soon become friends. Hermione is the next friend of Harry who met through an awkward encounter ,but grow fond of each other. She is also very brilliant. The conflict they all face is one teacher who is trying to resurrect the one that would not be named with the sorcerer’s stone. I would recommend this to read because it is one of the shorter books in the  series and it is a wild experience when reading feeling you with suspense to edge you on to keep reading.

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Book by: William Pène du Bois
The story begins when a steam boat rescues Professor William Waterman Sherman from a recauge of twenty one giant balloons in the middle of the sea. He was last seen three weeks ago flying away on a giant hot air balloon with a house on it. The Professor was determined to spend as long as he could alone floating in the sky. All was going successful for him when a storm destroyed his ballon, stranding him in the middle of the sea. Luckily for him he was close to a island where he discovered people were living, but they were not natives they were civilized people. One man showed the Professor around the island and finally showed him a cave with a door on it. They had to put on special goggles because inside the cave was filled with diamonds. The man explained that they could not sell all the diamonds because there were so many that diamonds would become worthless, so the locals each sold a couple a month so they could buy food and supplies for there families. Everything was going well when the ground started to shake. The Professor got worried but the man said that it was just the volcano. That got the professor even more worried but the man said that it was inactive. The professor was a expert in this kind of stuff and he wanted to take a look at the volcano. They had to put on special suits to protect them from the heat. When they returned the Professor told everyone that the volcano was going to erupt soon and that they had to leave. Of course no one believed him but then the ground started to shake more and more, then the locals finally believed him. The locals bought supplies to make balloons so they could travel to their hometowns which were across the world. They were all able to leave just in time before the volcano erupted and everything was destroyed. Each family had there parachutes so when they pass by their home they could jump off. Eventually the Professor was the only one left and he was heading home but another storm came. A huge lightning bolt hit the twenty balloons and destroyed his transportation. That was how the Professor came to be stranded in the sea. Later in the week the Professor was returned to land where he shared his story in a museum.

I would suggest you to read this book because it has lots of suspense and it keeps you on your toes.