Gita Varadarajan

Save Me a Seat is a realistic story about two boys, Ravi and Joe and their experience and struggles during their first week of 5th grade. I recommend anyone who like stories about friendship.

H.I.V.E is a story about a kid named Otto that gets kidnapped and taken to a school where villains exist and people are trained to do villainous stuff. The book is very bad, which sucks because it had so much potential. The characters blend in with each other a lot. One girl exists for one purpose, to be a hacker or an expert at computers. Her personality is just "I need to do computer stuff." Nothing beyond that. Another guy is just supposed to be strong and protect people, so that's his entire personality. This one has the most character because he actually has an ambition, but the other ones don't. Also, in every book, there needs to be some kind of argument, and I think the writer just went "oh wait, I need to include an argument," at the end and threw it in. No build up whatsoever; just Otto being like "I'm mad that you actually want to uncover something you've wanted to know." The worst part is; the argument lasts for three seconds. (Or two sentences.) All aspects of the book feel oddly rushed as well. The slice of life scenes lasts for a sentence and then things immediately go wrong. The action scenes also last for three seconds and then jump back to stationary talking. Overall, one star book. Would not recommend.

AR Level: 6.7, 18 Points

In another part, The Prisoner of Azkaban goes from fantasy to sci-fi, because of time travel, where Harry goes back in time to save himself. With the adventurous and scary parts in perfect balance, this book is a good read, and personally, it is my favorite book in the whole series.

Harry Potter is a story about a kid about Harry Potter who gets his parents murdered by the infamous Voldemort and taken by his muggle uncle and aunt. Then an owl is sent to him stating he is eligible to attend hogwarts, one of the best schools for magic. This book is actually very good because we get to see Harry himself in perspective. The argument is has charecter development because when Professor Dumbledore was argueing with harry that professor Quirrell is a hourcrux of Voldemort temporatlilly I would recommend this very book. 5.5 AR reading

The Deep End is about Greg's family finally going on a family vacation on a camper. They arrive to an r.v. park with many things to do but it's not what Greg thought it would be.

This book is about a kid named Melody who has cerebral palsy but also has photographic memory. Nobody knows it but Melody is the smartest kid in her class. I recommend this book for people who like the book, "Wonder," by R.J. Palacio.