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James Snyder

A young boy finds out he is a powerful wizard and goes on a quest to find his long lost father and defeat an army of evil witches and wizards.

“The point of being good is doing it when it’s tough, not when it’s easy.”

― Sally Green, Half Lost

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KAyla Pratt
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Alex and several other new teenagers of the land of Quill are declared Unwanted in there society and are sent to the land of Artime, where anything you put your mind, and a few words to, can come to life.

“I'd rather die fighting to keep us free to do as we wish, fighting to be free to come and go as we please, fighting so we no longer need to hide. Fighting the fear that all of you were programmed since birth to have. Fighting against Quill's bigotry, which says brains and brawn are better, or more important, than creativity."
- Marcus Today
Lisa Mcmann, The Unwanteds

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Delaney D.
Summary: In the book a girl and her mother live by themselves in the middle of the woods helping make wolves wild again. The wolves are tamed by their masters and when they don't need use of the wolves they give them to "wolf wilders." The wolf wilders help the wolves survive on their own. Legally, no one is supposed to become a wilder.
My favorite part was when a soldier helps the girl get her mother back after the government takes her away after they know she is a wilder.

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Summary: There is a homeless kid that is living a comfortable life on the streets with his two friends. On his 16th birthday, he finds out that he is the son of a god and that he is the only person that can retrive the sword of summer and save the 9 worlds. In the end of the book he ends up saving the nine worlds but he has to make a huge sacrifice.

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Sean C.
When Egg's father hustles their family off on a mysterious errand to fabulously wealthy Sunrise Island, then disappears with the siblings in a freak accident, Egg finds himself a long-term guest at the mansion of the glamorous Pembroke family and their beautiful, sharp-tongued daughter Millicent. Finally, life seems perfect. Until someone tries to throw him off a cliff. Suddenly, Egg's running for his life in a bewildering world of cutthroat pirates, villainous businessmen, and strange Native legends. The only people who can help him sort out the mystery of why he's been marked for death are Millicent and a one-handed, possibly deranged cabin boy.

My favorite part was the part where Egg fights Guts and then gets a cannonball dropped onto his head.

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Justin L.

Summary: A god, Apollo is sent to Earth as a mortal by his father Zeus because he caused a war between the demigods. He becomes the servant of a demigod and goes to camp half-blood to stay safe. He ends up in a battle to keep the last oracle that the gods have in control away from the evil Titans trying to get all of them. This  book is the beginning to a series about saving and recovering oracles for the greater good.

My favorite part of the book is when the camp is fighting a colossus on the coast of the camp and Apollo shoots a plague arrow into it's ear.

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Ximena M.
Summary: A girl name Lara attempted to commit suicide over a boy online that never existed. Lara's family is investigating who was the person behind the fake boy, and trying to recover from this odd, scary moment.

“She’s improving every day.”
Considering we’ve just left Lara having to be given something “to calm her down” because she was crying her eyes out, I have to wonder if my mother is living in some kind of alternative reality.”
― Sarah Darer Littman

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Mikayla M.
Summary: Piper is a young girl and scavenger in the meteor field who has a special gift with machines and one day she finds a mysterious girl in the field who is under the kings protection. She will have to journey a long way to bring the girl home and claim the reward that comes with her.

"Whoever had done the dragonfly design was a true master. The inks alone had to have cost a fortune. It was the Mark of the Dragonfly."

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All the Wrong Questions: Who Could That Be at This Hour?

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All the Wrong Questions: Who Could That Be at This Hour?

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Kirti K.
Summary: "All the Wrong Questions " by Lemony Snicket is about a boy name Lemony solving a mystery that leads to a even bigger dangerous mystery. My favorite part of this book is when Snicket steals the Bombinating Beast from his closest friend, Moxie Mallahan. His chaperone Theodora does not believe Lemony that the statue actually belongs to Moxie not Mrs.Sallis.
"They say in every library there is a single book that can answer the question that burns like a fire in the mind”
- Lemony Snicket , All the Wrong Questions: Who Could That Be at This Hour?

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Natalie H.

Summary-
Peril is a dragon that was born with extra fire: Meaning she can burn anything she touches. This has caused her to be desperate for attention, causing her mentally become a slave to her queen who pretends to give her value. Peril's queen has made her feared throughout all kingdoms. As a result when Peril suddenly gets rebellious and leaves her kingdom, all dragons act very agressively or fearfully around her. Peril also has anger issues with worsens her situation, finally she is able to make associations with some dragons, unfortunately this gets her involved with a prophecy that deals with an extremely dangerous dragon.
My favorite part is when Peril accidentally collides with a dragon and almost burns him to death.

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Dimitrios S.
Summary: In the book the Program the main character Sloane battles with the Program, which is constantly takes away teenagers´ memories.
My favorite part is when Roger gets beat up by a friend Sloane meets in the program.

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Emma L.
Summary: "A Court of Mist and Fury" is about a girl Feyre who survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people.
Now Feyre had forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court.
My favorite part in the book was when Rhysand took Feyre to his lands and showed her all that is going on in the fairy world. And how she can save and affect the fairy world. Wile Tamlin just wanted her to say and do nothing.

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McKenzie V.

Summary:
The city of ember was made by the Builders to protect the rest of society from the real world to which the main characters find out they have been hidden from the real world the whole time.

Favorite part: When the main characters discover the way out of the city.

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Mackenzie B.
Summary: Everyone knows how crazy junior year is, but Autumn Falls never imagined it would be so flirty. The wish-granting diary her father left her stopped working, leaving Autumn to decode what’s going on with her and Sean on her own. He seems into her…and he also seems into Reenzie. But when J.J. steps up and tells Autumn he’s the one she should be with if she wants someone who really cares about her, and a pop star makes a major play for her, Autumn is totally confused.

My favorite part was when Autumns friends have Big Drama issues going on, too, and Autumn wants to be there for them. Then something mind-blowing happens. She’s suddenly given an incredible, crazy-fun opportunity: a map that takes her anyplace she wants to go.

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Reyna M.
Summary: Lara Jean has written love letters to each one of the boys that she has had a crush on or dated before, and kept them to herself. One day, she finds that all of those letters had been mailed out, and has to find a way to get them back.

My favorite part from the book was when Lara Jean's little sister and father tell her that her boyfriend, Peter Kavinsky, was very well liked by them. This showed acceptance, and it made her very happy to know that.

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Nia T.
Summary:
The Girl On the Train is about 2 girls named Megan and Rachel and all of a sudden one night Megan goes missing and Rachel is looking for her.
My favorite quote from the book is “Life is not a paragraph, and death is no parenthesis"( Paula Hawkins).

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Julia S.
Will Grayson WIll Grayson by John Green and  David Levithanis based on the perspective of  of two different people both named WIll Grayson; one night they meet at a store, both facing self discovery throughout the story.
My favorite part of the story was in the end when Tiny, Will Grayson 1's best friend, gathers as many people as he can named Will Grayson to say that they aren't alone in the world.

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One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, Will Grayson crosses paths with . . . Will Grayson. Two teens with the same name, running in two very different circles, suddenly find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, and culminating in epic turns-of-heart and the most fabu...

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Lesly L.
Harry potter and the sorcerers stone is about a boy named harry potter that discovered he is a wizard and begins his new magical life full of adventure at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. My favorite part of the book was when harry first flew on his broom and was scouted for the quitddich team

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Gavriela H.
Summary:
The book "Don't Look Back" is about a girl that has lost her memory and her friend, so she tries to get her memory back to know what has happened to the friend that was never found.  My favorite part in the book is when the girl doesn't like the past her that was mean and snobby, so she tries to change back to the type of girl when she was little.

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Robin C.
Summary:
19 Years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry's child, Albus Severus Potter, and Draco's child, Scorpius Malfoy become friends and go on a journey through time to try and save Cedric Diggory from death, when things get out of hand.
My favorite part of the book was when Harry transfigured himself to look like Voldemort and tricked Delphi Diggory.

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Sariah B.
Matched is a book by Allie Condie
Summary: This book is a about a girl named Cassia who was matched (partnered with) one of her best friends named Xander, they have been friends since birth, and as time went on surprisingly Cassia saw on her tablet that another guy was matched with her (you only supposed to be matched with one person), his name was Ky.
My favorite part was when Xander was matched with Cassia, I wanted Cassia to go with him, but Ky interfered a bit.

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Mia M.
Summary: Louisa has recently lost her job in search for another, until she finally finds a job that changes both of their lives for the better, changing Will's outlook that life is worth living.

Quote: "You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible" (Jojo Moyes).

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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Childre

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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Childre

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Cassidy R.
Summary: The main character is Jacob. His grandfather mysteriously was murdered and everyone said that it was an animal because the grandfather's body was found in the woods dead. Jacob doesn't think that it was an animal because of some things his grandfather said while dying. He convinces his dad to take him to the island his grandfather said to go to. He finds these children that have special powers and they need Jacob's help so he stays and goes on an adventure with them to save all of the peculiar children and Miss Peregrine.

My favorite part was when Jacob found out about the children and started believing they were real.

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Katie G.
Summary: Cinder is a cyborg mechanic who has many problems to face including the plague, a handsome prince, and an evil queen; but along the way she discovers for about herself than anyone else.

Favorite Part: My favorite part in the book is when Cinder finds out that she is the missing Princess Selene.

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Nicole D.
Summary: The book "P.S. i still love you" is a sequel to "To all the boys I've loved before" is about a girl named Lara Jean who faces the problems of her past letters that have been sent to her crushes which leads to boyfriends, drama, and mixed feelings with people which turns her un-noticed unpopular life a new meaning. My favorite part of the book is when she finds out that someone posted a video of her kissing her boyfriend peter on instagram and she finds out her enemy is behind it.

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Ashlyn M.
Perfect Chemistry is a story written about the unlikely couple of Britt and Alex. These two people are from very different places and have very different home lives. They will have to find a way to work through all the difficulties their lives will bring...

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Jordan L
Gym Candy by Carl Deuker is about a kid named Mick Johnson who wanted to be just as good as his father said he was. He wanted to be just like him, a running back in the NFL. Mick lived and breathed football, but he wasn't strong enough. He then decided to take steroids to increase his strength and enhance his performance on the field. Everything was fine until he got caught. He ended up almost committing suicide, but survived it.

My favorite part of the book was when Mick trucked a linebacker that made his team lose in the playoff game of the previous year.

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Mikayla G.
Lady Midnight is about shadowhunter Emma Carstairs fighting to find the truth about her parents death. My favorite part was when Emma discovers the unbelievable truth about who was behind her parents murder.

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Lael A.
As an out this world organism arrives to the planet and wipes out an entire city in seconds, a group of scientists worked against the clock to understand and find a way to stop the Andromeda before it does anything else. My favorite part of the book was when the Andromeda escaped the facility and the scientist were afraid that it would kill everyone in its way but really it had morphed and was absolutely harmless.

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Jacob M.
The book "The Reality Bug" is about a kid that travels through time and space and saves the territory that he lands on, but this time he messes up and Saint Dane takes the territory Veelox.

My favorite part was when Bobby went inside Lifelight and played sports with Dr. Zetlin, and won.

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Sophia K.
It's about a young shadowhunter named Emma who tries to solve who killed her parents 5 years before. My favorite part was when after Emma was whipped and she was in the hospital, then Julian showed her his private  studio filled with hundreds of paintings and drawings of her.

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Kamren A.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption is a non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, it is a biography of World War II hero Louis Zamperini, a former Olympic track star who survived a plane crash in the Pacific theater, drifting on a raft, and then survived more than two and a half years as a prisoner of war in brutal Japanese POW camps. My favorite part is when he was competing in the Olympics. He ran as one of the fastest and was seen by Hitler.

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Savan P.
This quarter my favorite book was Magnus Chase The Sword of Summer. In this story, Magnus Chase is trying defeat Surt, main antagonist. But now both Surt and Magnus are trying to get the Sword of Summer. My favorite part so far was when they caused mayhem where the World Serpent made Ran be summoned

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Shaun I.
Animals on a farm in England revolt, the pigs on the farm manage the farm and rename it Animal Farm. Soon the pigs become tyrants and break all the rules that the founders made to ensure that all animals are equal, the pigs slowly become more and more like humans.
“The only good human being is a dead one.” (George Orwell, Animal Farm)

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Jason B.
This book is about many kids from a boarding school hanging out and getting into trouble, but when one of them dies they go on a journey to honor her death and figure out how and why she died.

My favorite part of the book is when the character Pudge makes up a plan to honor Alaska's death by putting on a giant prank for the whole school.

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Lizard A.
Michael Vey is a teenage boy who, along with 16 other children, has powers that allow them to control certain aspects of electricity. Michael is by far the most powerful and can shoot and absorb electricity, magnetize, and do lots more. They are fighting the Elgen, a group led by James Hatch who are trying to take over the world by controlling other countries' electricity. The Electroclan must escape the Elgen and get beck to the Resistance before it's too late.

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Scott O.
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web is a story of the relationship between a young girl named Fern, a pig named Wilbur, and a spider named Charlotte. As Wilbur learns he is to be slaughtered, the three work together to devise a plan for his survival. "By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that" (E.B. White Charlotte's Web)

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Asia W.
Summary: John and Jenny decide to adopt a dog to help prepare them for a child. They soon realize how crazy and out of control he is, but he also helps them realize that no matter how mischievous someone is, you can still love them unconditionally.

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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: Hammer of Thor

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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: Hammer of Thor

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Maleia C.
The book "Hammer of Thor" is about Magnus trying to find Thors hammer with his friends before they can free Loki from his bonds, at Samirah's wedding.
My favorite part was at the end when Alex and Samirah switched places and tried to stop Loki from getting freed(they failed at that...)

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Naomi C.
The Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger is about a guy named Holden and his adventures around New York while dealing with depressing. My favorite part is when he goes to visit his sister.

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Trina L.
There are three different stories that all take place during winter break, they are about teenagers and their end of the world crisis
My favorite part was at the end of the story when all of the characters from the three different stories meet up.

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Kenneth B.
Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy use a time turner to travel back in time to save Cedric Diggory from being killed by Voldemort, but instead accidentally change the course of time, and need to fix history.
My favorite part of the story is when the two sons mess up time so much that Voldemort rules the world, and Harry Potter is dead, and everyone's marriages are different that in real time.

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Mateo Suarez-Hevia

Summary: Mortimer Meggie and Rena are trapped in the inkworld of the book inkheart, they are trying to end the rein of the immortal adderhead by destroying the white book that gave the adderhead his immortality, and throughout the story Elinor and Carious join them in their journey as Meggie and Fenoglio hide the children from the Milksop and as the Bluejay Dustfinger and Rena join Her Ugliness in a journey to the castle in the lake, to try to finally end the evil rein of the adderhead.

My Favorite part is when Mo, as the Bluejay and Dustfinger comfort each other before the big battle by Mo telling the stories of Roxanne and Brianna to Dustfinger, and Dustfinger showing Mo Meggie and Rena in fiery images.

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Sophia Elise P.
Summary: Samantha McAllister is a highschool student that uses writing to cope with her Super Obsessive OCD. She meets life changing friends and makes lots of new memories through a group of close, inspiring writers.

Quote: "Forgive yourself and move on" (Stone).

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Miguel Mendez L.
When wasps come to Steve in a dream offering to fix his sick baby brother, he thinks all he has to do is say yes. But yes may not mean what Steve thinks it means.

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Leticia M.

A boy tries to prove that a casino boat owner is dumping waste into the ocean after his dad ends up in jail because he tried to sink the boat.

My favorite part was when the kids break onto the boat to flush dye into the waste holder.

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Madison D.
By. Jennifer Donnelly

A mermaid named Serafina has to journey all over the sea to escape the evil death riders and find 5 other mermaids that were chosen by the Iele to defeat the creature Abbadon.

My favourite part of the book was when all 6 of the mermaids work together to drive away Abbadon.

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Sydney Allen.
When Joey is pushed off the ship by her husband, the world assumes she's dead, but she's secretly alive, and with the help of a new friend, she gets sweet, dirty, revenge of her ex-husband Chaz.

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Emily I.
In the novel "What i saw and how i lied", 15 year old Judy, the daughter of a world war 2 hero goes to Florida for a family vacation. She falls madly in love with a 23 year old man, in which they go on dates and what started out as a crapy trip, turned into forbidden romance. My favorite part was when Judy got dressed up to go downstairs and party. This is when she met peter, the 23 year old man, who in a turn of events fought in the war with her father. Judy portrayed peter as a strong safe human.

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Kamren A.
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

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Abigail W.

In the novel by Sarah Dessen, goal-oriented Auden moves to a new town to live with her father for the summer, there she finds new friends and discovers a new world at night which she falls in love with.

My favorite part of the book is when Eli and Auden are able to hang out at night and see a different view of Colby.

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Matthew S.
This book takes you through an exhilarating journey of the lives of human avian hybrids and them being chased by an evil company.

My favorite part in the book is when Max has to fight a clone of herself in order to have one Max in the world. After fighting for awhile the original Max stops fighting her clone and gives a statement. She will not give them what they want and leaves with the rest of her flock.

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Lauren M.

America Singer is living in a poor caste, with little food and ragged clothes when she is chosen for the Selection and leaves her family to  join royalty to see if she will become the next princess of Illea.

My favorite part of the book was when it was America's first time in the palace and meets the prince, and she gives funny and horrible impressions.

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Alyssa L.

Jo must struggle against gender and class boundaries when her father is found dead of a supposed suicide and she will have to decide how much she is willing to risk to uncover the truth.

Favorite quote: “You, on the other hand, wish to know things. And no one can forgive a girl for that“ (Donnelly).

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Anysia C.
Tess tries to find out who her real father is, but ends up getting into many complicated situations that challenge her as a person.

My favorite part of Silence is Goldfish is when Tess finds out who spread the horrible rumor about her.

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Jordan L.

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Carlos C.
Dante must traverse the nine layers of hell to find his lost love Beatrice.
“Do not be afraid; our fate
Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.”

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Alex P.
This book is about a boy named Jason, and his friends Piper and Leo. They embark on a dangerous adventure where they fight and meek various Greek/Roman monsters and Gods. My favorite part was when they were trying to release Hera/Juno from her cage.

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Aldrin S.
A orphaned sixteen-year-old servant in Victorian England finds love while unraveling the secrets of a mysterious society of inventors and their most dangerous creation.

My favorite part was when Meg uses an item salvaged from the fire to unlock a secret room.

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Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix 

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Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix 

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Tristan C.
In this story, they discover the Order of the Phoenix. They have a battle between the death eaters and the Order of the Phoenix. My favorite part is in the beginning of the story is the final battle between the death eaters and the Order of the Phoenix.

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June G.
"The Hammer Of Thor", the second book of the Magnus Chase series by Rick Riordan, portrays a story in which Magnus and his friends must retrieve the missing hammer of Thor... or Loki will make Samirah marry a giant.

My favorite part about this book was when Alex, Samirah's sibling, dresses up in her in a wedding dress to try to sabotage the wedding; I liked this part because it showed that Alex cared about Sam.

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Kristine D.L
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King was about Bill Hodges looking for the suspect of the Mercedes killing. He began to search for him when he received a letter from Brady, telling him that he should feel bad because the Mercedes killing is left unsolved. Along the investigation, Jerome, Hodges' worker, and Holly, the sister of the Mercedes owner helped him find the suspect.
My favorite part was the middle part where Bill Hodges, Jerome, and Holly found out that Brady Hartsfield, the ice cream guy was the suspect to the job fair murder.

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Salsala N.
The 7 demigods; Jason, Percy, Annebeth, Piper,Hazel,Leo and Frank need to travel around the world to defeat the mother of earth, Gaia.
One of the best Quotes in the book was "7 half blood shall answer the call, To storm or fire, the world must fall"(riordan).

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The Blood of Olympus

The Blood of Olympus is the fifth and final installment in The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan. The book was released on October 7th, 2014.

Development

The first chapter of The Blood of Olympus was released along with the e-single of The Staff of Serapis on May 20th, 2014. Nico di Angelo will have a POV. On May 17th, 2014, The Blood of Olympus sneak preview leaked early three days earlier than scheduled. In the chapter preview, Jason Grace is shown to have a POV. On June 30, 2014, Rick Riordan stated on Twitter that Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano would have a POV. On August 19th, 2014 the official chapter preview was released through Disney Hyperion. Disney Hyperion sent "Swag" boxes full of Heroes of Olympus goodies to famous youtubers and included a clue about the Seven, plus Nico and Reyna, on whether they will survive the final battle.

Though the Greek and Roman crew-members of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Her giants have risen-all of them, and they're stronger than ever. They must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. She needs their blood-the blood of Olympus-in order to wake. The demigods are having more frequent visions of a terrible battle at Camp Half-Blood. The Roman legion from Camp Jupiter, led by Octavian, is almost within striking distance. Though it is tempting to take the Athena Parthenos to Athens to use as a secret weapon, the friends know that the huge statue belongs back on Long Island, where it might be able to stop a war between the two camps. The Athena Parthenos will go west; the Argo II will go east. The gods, still suffering from multiple personality disorder, are useless. How can a handful of young demigods hope to persevere against Gaea's army of powerful giants? As dangerous as it is to head to Athens, they have no other option. They have sacrificed too much already. And if Gaea wakes, it is game over.

Jason Grace, Piper McLean, and Annabeth Chase infiltrate Odysseus' Palace in Ithaca using Hazel Levesque's magic, where a gathering of evil spirits or suitors is occurring. Jason, disguised as an old beggar man named Iros, is called out by Antinous who questions why Iros is there. Jason covers himself by stating that he is still running messages for the suitors and attempts to get more information out of Antinous. Eurymachus, a ghost, accidentally gives away information about how Gaea is stopping the demigods from getting to Acropolis. Eurymachus is stopped short by Antinous and is destroyed. Antinous tells Jason that Apollo no longer has control of Delphi and that Victory is running rampant, so there is no way the demigods will win. Michael Varus, the previous Praetor of Camp Jupiter who lost the Twelfth Legion's eagle in Alaska goes up to Jason and tells him that he cannot leave since someone has come to see Jason. Jason's mother, Beryl Grace, appears to him as a ghost.

Beryl attempts to convince that Jupiter made her leave Jason at the Wolf House and that she had no choice. Beryl unsuccessfully tries to get Jason to fight for Gaea, who let her out from the Underworld, and then disappears as a spirit of insanity or mania. Since the disguise around Jason is broken, all the monsters/ghosts attack. As the fight goes on, Jason is stabbed by Michael with an Imperial Gold gladius below his rib cage. Piper rushes over, defeats the ghost of Michael and tends to Jason's wounds. Annabeth runs to signal Leo Valdez on the and asks Frank Zhang to fly down and collect Jason. Suddenly, a crack appears in the stone and Juno appears to tell the heroes that they need to find goddess of victory in Olympia because she is out of control and then find the twins, Artemis and Apollo who are in hiding from Jupiter. Juno disappears before her husband Jupiter finds her, and then Jason faints.

Meanwhile, Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Nico di Angelo, and Gleeson Hedge are falling from the sky with the Athena Parthenos above the volcano, Mount Vesuvius after shadow traveling. Nico is too exhausted to shadow travel again, so Reyna helps by lending him her strength, which is a power of children of Bellona. They shadow travel one more time to Pompeii, where they lay camp for the night since Nico is unable to travel anymore. Coach Hedge takes first watch as Nico and Reyna go to sleep.

Reyna dreams of a giant following them. Then her dreams take her to where Octavian is with the legion outside of Camp Half-Blood. Octavian personally takes on the highest title, Pontifex Maximus, which no demigod has ever done. His fellow centurion, Mike Kahale, and the legion's eagle bearer Jacob are beside him, listening to Octavian reinstate Bryce Lawrence, a legacy of Orcus, who was banished from the camp for killing a centurion and other horrific crimes. Octavian has added two dozen different murderers, thieves, and traitors into the legion since Reyna has been gone, which makes Mike upset. Mike disagrees with Octavian attacking Camp Half-Blood against Reyna's orders, but Octavian is convinced that once the Greeks are eliminated the war will be over and that he will be remembered as the savior of the Romans. Mike questions if Octavian's gift of prophecy has returned, to which Octavian defensively retaliates against.

Coach Hedge wakes up Reyna since tourists have come to visit the frozen citizens of Pompeii, but luckily the mist surrounding the Athena Parthenos is strong and wards off the tourists. By sunset, Nico wakes up and Reyna tells him about her dreams. Nico believes the dream is about a giant and to avoid it at all costs, but Coach and Reyna believe that fighting will be the best option. Nico considers asking the Hunters of Artemis', Thalia Grace, for advice, but is weary to do so. Reyna decides that she will contact the Amazons for help as well, but decides to work out the details until the next jump. Then Gaea's voice is spoken from Coach Hedge's body and multiple earthen ghosts attack. As they attack, Reyna tells Nico to get Diocletian's Scepter, so that she can command the dead legionnaires since she is a praetor. Reyna controls the dead legionnaires, but they are still out numbered. Nico, finally strapped in to carry the Athena Parthenos, shadow travels.

Back on the Argo II, Leo is working on a secret project, but is interrupted when Piper tells him that there is a meeting in the mess hall. Leo joins the others, along with Buford, the table. The seven discuss going towards Olympia, meeting Nike, and which demigods should go and meet the goddess. They decide that Frank, Hazel, Percy Jackson, and Piper should go since they are the least competitive group that will not try to outdo each other.

The four leave to go scout the area. Percy and Leo search a museum, while Frank and Hazel are looking at ruins. While waiting for Frank and Hazel to return, Leo feels uncomfortable around Percy since he got back from Tartarus and due to Calypso's old feelings for Percy. Before they could discuss it, Frank and Hazel get back accompanied by Arion who had appeared out of nowhere. The group head towards the ruins which are roughly five kilometers wide. They decide to walk through the ruins looking for something to pop up. Eventually, they head toward the Temple of Zeus where an old Nike statue used to stand. Leo and Percy provoke the goddess to come forth by challenging that Adidas shoes are better than Nike shoes.

The goddess' Roman and Greek side, Nike and Victoria, are at war with each other trying to decide which side will be victorious. The goddess challenges the four to a fight to the death, with the Romans and Greeks against each other. Nike demands for them to fight in an arena and gives them four minutes to be present. To make sure that they get there she sends four metal statues after them. Once there, the group comes up with a plan to get out of killing each other. They decide that Hazel needs to use her power to control the underground tunnels and the power of the Archimedes' sphere if they should have any chance of defeating the goddess. After successfully tricking the goddess, they tie Nike up and she starts shouting about how they will never get the Physician's Cure after they question her about which one of the seven will die. Frank then puts a sock in her mouth and duct tape over her and they take her with them on the .

After shadow traveling, Nico is knocked unconscious and starts to dream of painful memories. As he's searching for Thalia's dreams, he ends up meeting Clovis, the head counselor of the Hypnos cabin, due to the Hypnos cabin's powerful dream activity. Nico tells Clovis to tell Chiron that they are bringing the Athena Parthenos and that he need helps tracking down Thalia. Clovis shows Nico the war meeting they had at the Big House. Clarisse La Rue is telling the campers about the defenses that they have and blames Rachel Elizabeth Dare of not being able to warn them of the giant army outside of Camp Half-Blood. Rachel defends herself by stating that Apollo's gift of prophecy is currently out of commission and Will Solace, counselor of the Apollo cabin, agrees. Ella has been too scared to mention anything about prophecies since the Romans surrounded. Clarisse demands that they attack the Roman base, which Jake Mason states is better defended than their own home. Connor Stoll convinces Clarisse to wait until Reyna delivers the Athena Parthenos like Annabeth stated. Then Nico is suddenly woken up by Coach Hedge.

After the shadow travel, the Athena Parthenos is laying sideways on the column of the Temple of Diana. Nico learns that he overshot and shadow traveled to Évora, Portugal instead of Spain and that he's been unconscious for almost 36 hours. A spirit has been wandering around the trio and wants to talk to Nico. The spirit takes Nico to chapel, where Hades awaits. Hades tells Nico the hunter Gaea is employing is Orion. Orion already has the scent of the trio and will not stop hunting them until they are captured. Hades tells Nico that Hazel knows one of the Seven will die and that wolves are currently chasing after them as well. Nico quickly goes back to where the trio have set up camp and tells them about being chased by wolves. Then suddenly Reyna's dogs are startled because wolves surround them along with Lycaon. They engage in battle and eventually manage to shadow travel away, without a clear direction of where they are going.

Meanwhile, Frank and Piper are on port of Pylos looking for the poison and failing. They make their way down to Nestor's cave after Piper charmspeaks a ghost into giving them direction. Frank goes in and talks to a man who hands him a bottle. Frank explains that his cousins, other descendants of Periclymenus, have been living there for generations. As a parting gift, the cousins gave Frank the small vile of poison. Frank has an idea of how to find a chained god in Sparta, but will not discuss it until the others are back on the Argo II. Once on the ship, Frank states that the chained god is Ares because the Spartans believed that if they chained him up the spirt of war would never leave them. Piper unsheathes her dagger after telling them of seeing visions of Annabeth and her exploring ruins. Percy tells Leo that they should be airborne since a sea serpent is checking out the ship.

Leo, who is trying to relocate the island of Ogygia so that he can be with his love Calypso, as he swore on the Styx to do in The House of Hades is secretly rebuilding Festus inside the bulkheads of the Argo II and attempting to program Odysseus' navigation device that he picked up from the Cecropes in Bologna in The House of Hades to relocate Ogygia by fitting a crystal from Calypso's cave into it; eventually, he succeeds. In the mean time, the seven demigods are headed to Olympia to capture Nike. Only Frank, Hazel, Percy, and Leo leave the ship to get to Nike. At first she does not appear, but after Leo supports the Adidas brand of footwear, she shows up and tries to kill the young demigods. Hazel uses magic to control the Mist and confuses Nike. They are able to capture her but Nike tries cursing the demigods. However, Frank manages to gag Nike with duct tape before she manages to finish the curse. They then take her back to the ship.

Nico, Reyna, and Hedge find out that they are being hunted by Orion, the giant son of Gaea (who was born to oppose the twins Artemis and Apollo) and has turned bad after a giant scorpion kills him after being driven mad by a jealous Apollo. In San Juan, Reyna gets abducted by the Amazons and hunters of Artemis and talks to her sister Hylla, queen of the Amazons, who has gotten together with Thalia Grace to lay a trap for Orion. The sisters receive news that Orion has killed all the girls outside the base and is coming in. A battle ensues, in which some of the Hunters and Amazons are killed. To be safe, Hylla takes Reyna to their father's old house that brings back bad memories for Reyna. Orion catches them outside the building and Hylla tells him that he will fall once again at the hands of a woman. She uses her strength given to her by her mother, the goddess Bellona on him to give Reyna time to get away with Nico and Coach Hedge. As they leave, Reyna sees the ghosts of her ancestors, including the famous Puerto Rican pirate Roberto Cofresi and Captain Marion Frederic Ramirez de Arellano, a distinguished naval officer who was the first Hispanic to command a US Navy submarine, crowding the balcony of her father's old house, glaring at her and calling her a traitor and murderer.

They end up in Buford, South Carolina, a small town south of Charlotte which is the site of the Battle of Waxhaws, an American Revolution battle in which the British commander, Banastre Tarleton, also a child of Bellona, gained infamy by massacring American prisoners of war to whom he had promised quarter. Nico has managed to open up somewhat, and shares the story of a rather clumsy attempt at Hades at bonding with him, by assigning him a zombie, Jules-Albert, to drive him around; it is made clear, though not stated explicitly, elsewhere in the story that Jules-Albert is the distinguished French auto-racing pioneer Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion, who died in 1946, and that this is a chance for him to continue pursuing his passion of driving. Having loosened up, Reyna explains about the ghosts, and why she and Hylla left San Juan and why she now wants to avoid it. Her father, Julian Ramirez-Arellano, a distinguished veteran left with PTSD as a result of his Iraq War experiences, suffered a fate similar to Jason and Thalia's mother Beryl Grace: becoming infatuated with Bellona and wishing to claim her for himself, as Beryl Grace had become infatuated with Zeus, he deteriorated mentally, eventually turning into a mania, and becoming violent and abusive to where Hylla and Reyna were frequently forced to flee the house. Eventually, when Reyna was ten, she was forced to defend Hylla from their father by stabbing him with Roberto Cofresi's saber, which she realized was Imperial gold when it killed Julian.

Bryce Lawrence, who was sent on a secret mission to find Reyna by Octavian, who intends to overthrow her altogether, and has overheard Reyna tell her story, then reveals himself, summoning a horde of undead British soldiers who had participated in the massacre of American POWs to pin down Reyna and Coach Hedge and telling her that he will force her to confess and get her executed for the crime of patricide. Bryce believes that Nico is too weak to defend them, but Reyna uses the power of Bellona to strengthen Nico enough to where he destroys the undead soldiers and kills Bryce, turning him into a ghost and sending him directly to the underworld. Nico then collapses, spending three days in a coma and almost insubstantial. When he emerges from the coma, he finds that Coach Hedge has managed to summon pegasi, including Pegasus, the king of the flying horses, to take them and the statue the rest of the way to Camp Half-Blood.

Meanwhile, the seven demigods aboard the Argo II make a stop at Pylos, and Frank makes contact with his fellow descendants of Periclymenus, who was a prince of Pylos. Many of them still live in the town, and although they give him a somewhat cool reception, which he ascribes to anti-Chinese racism and his status as a Roman demigod, they nonetheless give him a gift of Pylosian mint upon his departure.

En route to their next stop, Mykonos in the Aegean, they encounter a violent storm, which, it turns out, is being generated by Kymopoleia, the Greek goddess of violent storms at sea, who has been tempted by an offer of power from Gaea. Percy and Jason descend to the sea floor to meet her at the ruins of Poseidon's original palace, where Percy is caught in a net by Polybotes, who attempts to kill him with poison. Jason points out to Kymopoleia that with no human beings left, no one will be around to fear her power, and tells her that he and Percy intend to make sure she is fully honored; she then turns on Polybotes, killing him and freeing Percy from the net. Back at the ship, Jason and Percy resolve to make good on this promise; Jason decides to seek the Roman office of Pontifex Maximus, or high priest of all the gods, in order to continue and expand upon Percy's work of making sure all the gods are honored so that more wars between the gods may be averted.

They then proceed to Mykonos, where Leo, Hazel and Frank travel to the sacred island of Delos nearby to meet with Apollo and Artemis, who have taken refuge from the internal conflict that incapacitates nearly all the gods at their birthplace. However, they are now trapped, unable to fight against the Giants or assist the Hunters of Artemis against Orion. Leo, Hazel and Frank learn that Zeus is angry with both gods, but especially with Apollo, whom he blames for appointing Rachel the Oracle of Delphi, revealing the Prophecy of Seven, and encouraging the war among the demigods by succumbing to the flattery of Octavian. Octavian's insubordination and lust for blood, power and glory has gone even further than Reyna has realized: he has spent most of the legion's money on powerful catapults called onagers built by Cyclopes. He has summoned hordes of centaurs, cynocephali (dog-headed men) and two-headed monsters to aid the Romans against the Greeks, and does not realize that they will turn on the Romans as soon as Camp Half-Blood is destroyed. Also, the ancient serpent Python is now coiled in the caverns of Delphi, blocking the spirit of prophecy; this is why Rachel Dare and Octavian can no longer see the future. Leo makes a music-making gadget as a gift for Apollo in exchange for a daisy picked by the god from the soil of Delos, another essential ingredient in a potion called "the physician's cure" which Leo intends to obtain from Asclepius. Leo realizes that he must fight Gaea with fire and that this may mean his death, but The Physician's Cure will bring him back to life so that he may fulfill the oath he swore on the Styx to return to Calypso and the line in the Prophecy of Seven that goes "an oath to keep with a final breath."

Then the Seven go to Sparta, where Annabeth and Piper visit the ancient Spartan temple of Phobos and Deimos, the gods of fear and terror, respectively, and do battle with Mimas, the Giant created to oppose Hephaestus; Piper counsels Annabeth to go with her fear instead of trying to fight it, to embrace irrational passions such as fear and love instead of trying to keep everything under control, and by so doing they defeat Mimas and obtain the makhai, spirits of fear and anger.

The Seven's next stop is the Temple of Asclepius at Epidaurus, where Leo, Jason and Piper manage to get past a menacing automaton guarding Asclepius' office in order to see him. There, they bring to the physician god the Pylosian mint, the daisy picked from Delos by Apollo, and the imprisoned makhai, and convince him to concoct The Physician's Cure for Leo; they leave with it and with a pair of glasses prescribed by Asclepius to treat nearsightedness which Jason has not realized he had.

Back at the ship, Leo programs Festus with Odysseus' navigational device to take him back to Ogygia and with a syringe which will administer The Physician's Cure to him if he dies in the fire he plans to unleash against Gaea. Hazel and Frank know of his plan, but not any of the Greek demigods, who Leo is sure will attempt to keep him from sacrificing himself.

Eventually, the Seven reach Athens, and are led to the Acropolis by Kekrops, the ancient half-snake king of Athens, who promptly turns on them, betraying them to the Giants, and they find themselves battling for their lives. While in combat, Annabeth gets a cut on her leg and her blood spills. Percy's nose is bloodied by being batted by the hand of a giant and eventually a drop of his blood rolls down his chin in the midst of battle and spills onto the ground as well, thereby waking Gaea, who appears at Camp Half-Blood, intending to destroy it.

Reyna, Nico and Coach Hedge continue to Camp Half-Blood with Pegasus and the other flying horses and land upon the deck of a yacht called the Mi Amor anchored in Long Island Sound and occupied by two mortals who, thanks to Nico, remain deeply asleep throughout the tumultuous events which follow. Immediately they are confronted by Octavian's right-hand man Michael Kahale and two other centurions, Dakota and Leila, who have been sent to arrest them, yet seem ambivalent about the task. Tyson shows up in a boat, and, mimicking Octavian's voice, orders the centurions to lay down their weapons, then boards the boat and knocks Michael unconscious. Dakota and Leila prove to be glad to help Reyna and Nico complete the mission; Nico summons his undead chauffeur Jules-Albert and he, Dakota and Leila return Michael to the Roman camp, where Dakota and Leila incite a riot among Octavian's monstrous allies in order to create a diversion. Alone, Reyna confronts Orion; aided by the power of Athena as well as Bellona, she kills him and lets him and his bow sink beneath the water.

Octavian attempts to attack Camp Half-Blood at dawn, but Dakota and Leila refuse to allow the cohorts under their command to engage, citing Reyna's orders, and Nico, Will Solace, and two others, Lou Ellen, the head counselor for the Hecate cabin, and Cecil, son of Hermes, tamper with the onagers so that the missiles they fire all detonate harmlessly in midair. This, however, provokes Clarisse to issue a challenge to the Romans to withdraw or fight; however, Reyna arrives just in the nick of time with the Athena Parthenos and sets it down by Thalia's pine tree, thereby healing the ancient breach between Greek and Roman demigods at last, and allowing the gods to come to the aid of the Seven in Athens. However, Gaea rises, and the Greeks and Romans, now united, find themselves confronting her as well as the monsters as they all sink into the earth.

With the Giants defeated, Zeus decrees that Apollo must pay for the war, and sends him to Olympus to await a punishment which is not revealed in the book; then the remaining Olympians, together with Nike, and the Seven, confer on what to do next. Gaea has risen, she must be dealt with immediately, and the only way for the Seven to get back to Camp Half-Blood in time is for Zeus to literally slap the ship back to Long Island. The Argo II disintegrates upon arrival at Camp Half-Blood, but Leo mounts Festus and engages Gaea, along with Jason and Piper. Jason summons the winds and lifts himself and Piper into the air as Leo lifts Gaea off the ground in Festus' claws; Jason uses storm winds to keep Gaea away from the earth, her source of power, and Piper uses her charmspeak to lull Gaea to sleep, as Leo sends a blast of fire against her.

Meanwhile, on the ground, Octavian reloads one of the onagers, not realizing that his robes have snagged in the mechanism so that triggering the onager will launch him to his death as well; Will, seeing this, attempts to dissuade Octavian from triggering the device, but Nico, and Michael Kahale, who has appeared on the scene, realize that they cannot stop Octavian and that in fact, it is desirable, even necessary, that he should die. Michael interposes himself between the onager and the two Greek demigods, draws his sword, and deliberately allows Octavian to launch himself to his own death along with the onager's explosive payload, which hits Gaea just as Leo blasts her with fire, doubling the fireball's destructive force and rendering Gaea, like her husband Ouranos, permanently dispersed and powerless.

With Gaea finished, the combined Greek and Roman forces dispatch and scatter the monsters, incurring heavy casualties. Nico tells Percy his secret and earns himself Percy's confusion and a high-five from Annabeth. Jason decides to stay at Camp Half-Blood with Piper but with frequent trips to Camp Jupiter. Percy and Annabeth decide to finish their senior year of high school in New York City and go to college in New Rome. At the end it is also revealed that Leo died in the explosion, but was brought back to life using the Physician's Cure. He lands in Ogygia with Festus, picks up Calypso, and flies off into the unknown.

Chapter List

There are no chapter titles. Each chapter has a name of one of the main characters and is written in Roman Numerals. There are 58 chapters. This book features third person narration of five characters that alternate every four chapters in no proper order, except for chapter 57, narrated by Piper, and chapter 58, narrated by Leo.

Jason

I, II, III, IV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XLIX, L, LI, LII

Reyna

V, VI, VII, VIII, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXXVII, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XL

Leo

IX, X, XI, XII, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI, LVIII

Nico

XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XLV, XLVI, XLVII, XLVIII, LIII, LIV, LV, LVI

Piper

XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XLI, XLII, XLIII, XLIV, LVII

Characters

Main Characters

Supporting Characters

This is the only book in the Heroes of Olympus series with names of the chapters that aren't members of the seven heroes in the Prophecy of Seven.

Along with The House of Hades, this book does not feature an accompanying prophecy; rather it fulfills two lines of the Prophecy of Seven.

In Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes, it is revealed that after the events of this book, the Seven Heroes of Olympus have started the tradition of monthly reunion parties.

Besides The Lost Hero, this is the only book where Percy does not get a point of view.

This book refers to the titles of all its predecessors in the series, except for 'The Lost Hero'.

References

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The Blood of Olympus is the fifth and final installment in The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan. The book was released on October 7th, 2014. The first chapter of The Blood of Olympus was released along with the e-single of The Staff of Serapis on May 20th, 2014.

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Riona R.

As her Selection approaches its finish, America must decide where her heart truly lies, and Prince Maxon must pick one winner to wear the crown.

“Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway.”

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Brady F.

Summary:
16 year old Cole Randolph accidentally traveled to The Outskirts in pursuit of his friends who are kidnapped on Halloween. He is now trapped in this imaginative world between life and death.
Quote:
"None of us start out strong... and none of us have the exact same strengths."-

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Alana M.
My favorite part of the book was when Lane finally ended up hanging out with Sadie and with all the fun people and that they all immediately became really good friends despite the fact that they all had TB and they could share all of their thoughts without being judged.
Summary: Up until his diagnosis, Lane lived a fairly predictable life. Now he is at a tuberculosis sanatorium called Latham House, where he discovers an insular world with paradoxical rules, med sensors, and an eccentric yet utterly compelling confidante named Sadie-- and life as Lane knows it will never be the same. As Lane and Sadie fall in love-- and as their groups begins to fall sicker-- their world threatens to come crashing down.

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Aubrey B.
The Greek and Roman demigods will have to cooperate in order to defeat the giants released by the Earth Mother, Gaea, and then sail together to Greece to find the Doors of Death. "Being a hero doesn't mean you're invincible. It just means you're brave enough to stand up and do what's needed."

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Dominique D.
Summary: Once you turn 16 you have a surgery that makes you look pretty but Tally has to hold that surgery off because she runs away with her best friend and might not ever get  to be pretty.

My favorite part of the book was when Tally threw the pendant in the fire because she didn't want to expose David and the other runaways.

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Mckinna M
summary:  There was a party. There was a fight. the nest morning, Sam's best friend, Hayden, was dead. And all he left Sam was a playlist of songs and suicide note: For Sam- listen and you'll understand. To figure out what happened, Sam has to rely on the playlist and his own memory. But the more he listens, the more realizes that his memory isn't as reliable as he thought. And it might only be taking out his earbuds and opening his eyes to the people around him that he'll finally be able to piece together his best friend's story. And maybe a chance to change his own

quote: there should be a word for the thing that reactivates guilt, the trigger that made my skin prickle and my ears turn red, that made my head almost involuntarily droop, that made my pulse race with anxiety, then slow back down when I realized nothing had actually happened," (Falkoff).

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Morgan P.

Summary: "When I'm with him I feel like i'm still. I'm not a caste or project. He's just him, and i'm just me"

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Anacia J.
After angering his father, Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus, and he must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favor.
-"Will Solace sighed. He was, of course, tied to Nico. He propped his elbow on Nico's shoulder as if the son of Hades were a convenient shelf" (Riordan 157).

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David W.
Summary:  Two foster children are running around the canals of Venice, Italy running from their aunt, who wants to separate, the, and in order to have kept well for so long, they have been taken in by a boy who calls himself "The Thief Lord" (Funke), because he claims responsibilty for some of the greatest robberies in Venice at the time,  and when a job is requested of him for a five thousand lire pay out, what's a thief to do? My favorite part is when the antique dealer that they sell the stolen stuff to get turned into a kid, and has a really tiny voice.

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Joaquin R.
Summary:The series is centered on the fictional Southern Californian town of Perdido Beach, in which every human aged 15 and older vanishes. The town and surrounding areas become encased within an impenetrable energy barrier, with many of its inhabitants developing supernatural powers. The books follow the exploits of the protagonist, Sam Temple, as he battles antagonists Caine Soren and Drake Merwin, as well as a mysterious, malevolent creature, known as the Darkness or the gaiaphage

Favorite quote: “Welcome to Perdido beach, where our motto is: Radiation, what radiation?”

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Anum K.

Summary: Simon Snow is the Chosen One, and is returning to Watford, a school of magic, for one more year; there he faces his roommate (and mortal enemy) Baz and the Humdrum for the last time.

Quote:  “You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.” (page 143)

My favorite part of the book was when Simon summoned up the courage to meet Baz at his house and the Humdrum suddenly appeared.  This was my favorite part because it was very unexpected and it added suspense to the story.

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Evan F.
Summary: This book is about a high-schooler named Greg, and his best-friend Earl, who finds out that Greg's old friend is diagnosed with cancer, so his mom forces them to hang out with her.
My favorite part is when the protagonist begins going to the hospital with the girl, and shows her the movies he makes.

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Gabe T.
Summary: Sabrina and Daphne Grimm have gone through a series of foster homes after their parents disappear. They have been treated as maids, servants, and other things that children shouldn't be. They've even been abused and ignored. After all of their trouble, they end up in the care of their long-lost and supposedly dead grandmother whom Sabrina believes is crazy. They soon find that they are living in a town of Everafters, live characters from fantasy and fairy tales. Their family business is working as detectives, who solve mysteries that might be connected to the disappearance of their parents. Unluckily for them, an evil group of Everafters, called The Scarlet Hand, are determined to find a way out of the barrier created by a witch and take over the world;. This barrier stops the Everafters in Ferryport Landing from leaving. The only way to destroy the barrier is if all the Grimms leave the town or if they all die.

Favorite Quote:"We are fairy tales, and this is you bedtime story"(Buckley).

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Emily H.
Summary: Eadlyn is a princess ready to take over as queen of Illea, but first she has to find her prince in the selection. She never expected to be the first princess with a selection or to fall in love with any of the suitors. In the end, will her heart take over and will she make the right decision that could change her life forever or  will she go back to her normal life as just a princess?

Favorite Part:
My favorite part of The Crown was when Eadlyn realizes who her true love is and goes to her father, the king, to make sure it's ok that she loves him.

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Dylan D.

Summary: This book is about a boy and his friends have to go on the hunt for a crazy guy. In the beginning of the story they find out about the crazy guy and have to hunt for him. In the middle they are still on the look for him and it's getting herder and harder. At the end they end up finding him and all the problem get fixed.

My favorite part is when the main character has to keep going on the journey without his friends and all by himself.

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Jenna V.
Summary: Torrey Grey is famous. At least, on the internet. Thousands of people watch her popular videos on fashion and beauty. But when Torrey's sister is killed in an accident, maybe because of Torrey and her videos, Torrey's perfect world implodes. Now, strangers online are bashing Torrey. And at her new school, she doesn't know who to trust. Is queen bee Blair only being sweet because of Torrey's internet infamy? What about Raylene, who is decidedly unpopular, but seems accepts Torrey for who she is? And then there's Luis, with his brooding dark eyes, whose family runs the local funeral home. Torrey finds herself drawn to Luis, and his fascinating stories about El dio de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. As the Day of the Dead draws near, Torrey will have to really look at her own feelings about death, and life, and everything in between. Can she learn to mourn her sister out of the public eye?
My favorite part of this book was when Torrey came to her senses and went for Luis.

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Jaeleigh B.
Summary: When Eadlyn became the first princess of Illéa to hold her own Selection, she didn't expect to fall in love the way her parents did twenty years ago. But sometimes the heart has a way of surprising you... and soon Eadlyn must make a choice that feels more impossible -- and more important -- than she ever imagined.

My favorite part was Eadlyn's first kiss with Kyle.

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Miguel S.

Summary: This book is about the misfortunes of three siblings named Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. At the beginning of the story the three children find themselves with a dreadful man named Count Olaf in the middle of the ocean. Towards the middle of the book the Baudelaires are at an island with other castaways that have created a community. At the end of the story, the siblings find out that the leader of the island (Ishmael) is their father who abandoned them when he faked his death. My favorite part of the story was when the children found their pet snake that they had lost in the second book of the story.

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Jacob F.
Summary:When Princess Jenna is kidnapped by Simon Heap, her adoptive brother, it is the apprentice, Septimus Heap, who must save her while enduring such terrors as a night in the Forest with hungry wolverines and carnivorous trees. Book #2
My Favorite Part: My favorite part in Flyte by Angie Sage is when Princess Jenna turns, Simon's door into chocolate.

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Melissa B.
Summary: A retired detective named Hodges gets a letter from a killer known as Mr. Mercedes, the story shows different perspectives, including the killers perspective. Hodges investigates the killers motive and how he got away with the killings and Hodges gets help from Jerome and Holly. The three race to find the killer before he strikes again.

My favorite part of the story was when it was Brady's perspective and he was stalking Hodges.

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Carter C.
Summary:
Twelve years ago, an object dubbed Calamity appeared near Earth and burst in the sky, emitting a strange radiation which gave a small group of humans super powers and near invincibility in apparent defiance of the known laws of physics. They all have different types of powers and weaknesses, with no apparent rhyme or reason. Dubbed Epics, these super-humans took to crime. Existing government proved absolutely incapable of controlling the Epics, the most powerful of which replaced government authority and enslaved the rest of humanity.

Ten years ago, an eight-year-old Chicago native boy named David Charleston was orphaned when the Epic Steelheart murdered his father while fighting a rival Epic Deathpoint in a bank. The sole survivor of the bank carnage, David has now come of age in what is known as Newcago, ruled by Steelheart. David witnessed Steelheart's one weakness as his father inflicted a minor wound at Steelheart's eye while trying to shoot the other Epic, and David has grown up devoting his life to learning all he can about the Epics to find their weaknesses, with the goal of avenging his father. He finds "the Reckoners", an elite group led by "Professor" Jonathan Phaedrus with the common goal of killing as many Epics as possible. They decide to admit him into their group when they discover he has witnessed Steelheart's weakness, and his collected research.

Steelheart has turned most all of Newcago into steel with his power, and his lieutenant Nightwielder keeps it in eternal darkness by hiding the Sun. The mortal citizenry live mostly underground and work at menial factory jobs. Yet Steelheart has proved one of the more effective Epic rulers, by providing Newcago with infrastructure (food, water, and electricity) in contrast with most other cities in what is now known as the "Fractured States".

Favorite Quote:
- "I've seen Steelheart bleed" (Sanderson, 1).

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Why is this night different from all of the other nights?

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Why is this night different from all of the other nights?

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Ashmeet S.
Summary: A young boy who is all alone in the town of Stained- by- the- Sea, who solves mysteries for the better of the orginaztion and town. One day, he boards a train because of a other orginazation that haunts people day and night, for a price, which is lead by a evil person names Hayfire and........
My favorite part of the story is when Lemony jumps onto the train, while it's still running, and jumps through the window only to find his friend Moxie inside to trick Hayfire with a fake beast.

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Celina G.
Summary: Olive obediently takes her meds and stays under the radar at school. After “the incident,” Olive just wants to avoid any more trouble, so she knows the smartest thing is to stay clear of the new girl who is rumored to have quite the creepy past.

Quote: “I am weird, and you know what? That's OK. So are most interesting people.” - Em Bailey, Shift

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Marcus R
Summary: 12-year-old, terminally ill Mark conceives a plan to climb Mt. Rainier and runs away from home with his dog while his best friend Jessie wonders if she should betray Mark's trust. My favorite part of the book is before Mark began to climb Mt. Rainier he sent his parents the haiku he wrote.

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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

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Kayla A.

Summary: This fantasy novel is the story of Jacob, a moody teenager who discovers, over the course of a series of increasingly dangerous adventures, that his grandfather's stories of monsters and children with strange powers are actually true. As it flips back and forth between past and present, and as Jacob learns old truths about his grandfather and new truths about himself, the narrative pays thematic attention to the question of what constitutes individual identity, and also explores the differences between appearance and reality.

Quote: “I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was.”
-Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

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Ella S.
summary: A girl named Rachel went on a train every day and saw a couple on the terrorists,  one day she saw the girl with another man.
Quote: “The holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mould yourself through the gaps.”
― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train

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Kate A.
Summary: Captain Thorne and Cinder are fugitives on the run, with Scarlet and Wolf in tow; together, they are plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth.
Quote: “'Now, let's never talk about you being related to her again. Because I'm technically still engaged to her, and that's really weird.' Cinder couldn't help laughing, even exhaustedly, even just to cover up the screaming inside, as he bound her up in his arms again. Her headache began to fade, replaced with the strength of his heartbeat and the way she felt almost delicate when she was pressed up against him like this."
Favorite Part: My favorite part of Cress is when Cinder finally tells Kai that she is Princess Selene and they admit their love to each other.

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Emily G.
Summary: This is a humorous account of a New York City teenager’s battle with depression and his time spent in a psychiatric hospital.
My favorite part of the book was at the end when Craig got out of the hospital and says that all he wants to do is "live".

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Drea P.
Summary: Rivalry between rich and poor gangs in 1960s Oklahoma leads to the deaths of three teenagers and intense soul-searching for one of the kids involved, a sensitive 14-year-old writer named Ponyboy.
"Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold."
“I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”
“Things are rough all over.”

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Namit A
Summery: Harry Potter is ready for another year at Hogwarts. Harry had a dream of Voldemort making his scar hurt. He messaged his god father for help. The Weasels pick up Harry from his uncle's house to take him to a quitich cup. There he met Winky who seemed suspicious and stole Harry's wand. Harry takes the Hogwarts express and reaches Hogwarts only to find out that quitich has been canceled. It got replaced with the triwizard tournament and in order to play you must be 17.  Harry gets chosen even though he is too young because some put in his name form him without Harry knowing. Harry has an interesting year learning new things and doing his tasks in the triwizard tournament. He comes to the last task with the help from Cedric, the other chosen Hogwarts representative. They met up with Voldemort who kills Cedric. Hogwarts does win bu with with a devastating lost.
My favorite part of the book is the journey to Hogwarts because it is adventurous and Harry met up with all the students.

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Nathan B.
Summary: Chris Richards is a good quite kid in the 8th grade.  When eighth-grader Chris's older brother, Jax, is caught betting on the pickup basketball games that Chris and his friends play, Chris becomes involved in the police investigation.
My favorite part of the book is when Chris busts his tutor Hannah to be apart of the recent garage thefts.

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This February, NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld will celebrate the release of the second installment of their "Streetball Crew" series of novels for young adults. "STEALING THE GAME" (Disney / Hyperion Books) is the fast-paced and entertaining story about teamwork, friendship, dark secrets and having blind faith for those in our lives who have earned it.

If only life could be as easy as basketball. Get the ball through the hoop. How simple. Quiet teenager Chris Richards could understand basketball easily enough. Dribble. Run. Pass. Shoot. Score. Repeat. He could do it in his sleep. Or if life could be as self-determined as the worlds and characters he created in the comic books he was writing. Every illustration born from his imagination. Every sentence his own creation. Easy.

But life is not easy for Chris and actually becomes considerably more difficult when his older brother Jax drops out of law school at Stanford and returns home. Jax seems different. He isn't the "golden boy" who Chris had always admired. His behavior is mysterious and secretive. His attitude about life and his future have changed completely. And Jax's suspicious new friend in the hoodie sweatshirt-who Chris has nicknamed as "Fauxhawk"-is up to no good. Something is wrong with the brother he idolizes and Chris is worried. Very worried. He needs to get to the bottom of it before something really bad happens.

STEALING THE GAME is not a saccharine-infused young adult novel. It is a wry and rollicking thrill ride that also tackles substantive issues like building self-esteem in teenagers, celebrating one's individuality and what it means to feel special. And it never loses sight of the fact that teenagers also talk trash on the court, debate zombies and fall in love while watching classic French movies.

Abdul-Jabbar and Obstfeld's narrative is sure-footed both on and off the court. Funny and thoughtful, their prose provides plenty of laughs and action amid many twists and turns, as Chris and his friend and teammate Theo-"a middle school Sherlock Holmes"-test their powers of deduction and figure out the mystery just in time. In less than a week, Chris has got to find the strength to step out of his brother's shadow, find his own voice, and rely on the instincts and insights that he never knew he had. He will confront his brother, elude the police, play the basketball game of his life, and maybe, just maybe, he will save Jax's life in the process. Easy.

STEALING THE GAME.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played basketball for the Milwaukee Bucks and for the Los Angeles Lakers, helping his teams win six NBA Championships. He is the NBA's all-time leading scorer, and he also holds the records for the most field goals and the most minutes played. Kareem gave the game the skyhook, considered basketball's most classic offensive move. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995. Since retiring he has been an actor, basketball coach, and a New York Times best-selling author, focusing on history. In 2012 he was selected as a U.S. Cultural Ambassador, and a bronze statue of him making his signature skyhook was unveiled in front of Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Raymond Obstfeld is a novelist, screenwriter, and nonfiction writer. His second, Dead Heat, was nominated for an Edgar Award. He also wrote an award-winning young adult novel entitled Joker and the Thief. Raymond has previously collaborated with Kareem on the first book in the Streetball Crew series, Sasquatch in the Paint; the sports memoir On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance; and the nonfiction picture book What Color Is My World? Mr. Obstfeld currently teaches creative writing at Orange Coast College as an associate professor.
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Stealing the Game by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld

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This February, NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld will celebrate the release of the second installment of their "Streetball Crew" series of novels for young adults. "STEALING THE GAME" (Disney / Hyperion Books) is the fast-paced and entertaining story about teamwork, friendship, dark secrets and having blind faith for those in our lives who have earned it.

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Jade L.
Summary: Winter, the princess that was thrown in jail by Queen Levena, is finally able to escape and meets Cinder, Scarlet, Wolf, Cress, and Carswell Thorn, and together they plan to overthrow the queen to allow Cinder (long lost Princess Selene) to claim her rightful place on the throne.

Favorite Part: My favorite part in the book Winter was the ending, when Cinder, Scarlet, Wolf, Cress, Carswell Thorn, Winter, and Jason banded together to attack Queen Levena's castle.

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Carolyn Goddard

In an ancient kingdom, twelve dragons rule the energy world, and twelve Dragoneyes rule the dragons. Every year, twelve boys compete to become a Dragoneye. This year, however, a girl, Eon, formerly Eona, secretly competes among them.

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Niti S.
Summary : A circus known as Le Cirque des Reves features two illusionists, Celia and Marco, who are unknowingly competing in a game to which they have been irrevocably bound by their mercurial masters, and the two fall deeply and passionately in love.
Quote : “You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.” (Morgenstern).

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Niti S.
Summary : A circus known as Le Cirque des Reves features two illusionists, Celia and Marco, who are unknowingly competing in a game to which they have been irrevocably bound by their mercurial masters, and the two fall deeply and passionately in love.
Quote : “You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.” (Morgenstern).

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Claire Cirillo
Summary: "Layla Harrison wants to leave her beach-bum days for digs behind a reporter’s desk. Aster Amirpour wants to scream at the next casting director who tells her “we need ethnic but not your kind of ethnic.” Tommy Phillips dreams of buying a twelve-string guitar and using it to shred his way back into his famous absentee dad’s life." (goodreads)
Quote: "Your hungry. Otherwise you wouldn't be here. Question is, what are you hungry for?" (unrivaled)