Book Blog #26

 Wolf by Wolf, by Ryan Graudin, is about a Jewish girl named Yael. She escaped as a young girl from a death camp where she was subject to experiments. The goal of the experiments was to change her brown hair to blond and her eyes to blue, but along the way Yael gained a kind of shape-shifting power. She can now change her features, height, skin tone, hair, and pretty much every other aspect to fit a chosen person. She uses her powers to turn into the previous champion of a world-wide motorcycle race and enters the race as Adele Wolfe with the goal to kill Hitler.

This is a very good book. It's slightly confusing at times because it uses German I don't know how to pronounce. It's very dramatic and has a big plot twist at the very end. I would recommend this to everyone.

Book Blog #25

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is a book about a girl named Melinda who is just starting high school. She doesn't fit in. She only made one friend named Heather. All her other friends from last year hate her, tugging her hair at lunch and throwing things at her. In fact, everyone at the school hates her because she called the cops on an end-of-the-year party. Several people got arrested and everyone blames Melinda.  She expects things to go back to normal after the party thing cools down, but they aren't. Melinda is still hated. As the year progresses, Melinda becomes more and more depressed and chooses not to speak to anyone. But what happened at the party that forced her to call the police?
This book is very good. I've found myself reading a lot of depressing books recently and I have to say that this one is the best. This is Laurie Halse Anderson's first novel, so if you've read anything else by her I would recommend this one.

Book Blog #24

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher is a really good book. It's told from the perspective of a highschool student named Clay. One day, Clay receives a set of tapes from an anonymous person. The tapes tell the story of a popular girl named Hannah and the 13 reasons why she committed suicide. The tapes are being passed around to 13 people who Hannah says caused her death in some way. Clay has no idea why he's in these tapes. He was Hannah's friend. When the tapes arrived at his house in a shoebox, they came with a map. The map has little red stars on it where important events happened. Clay follows the map and what he finds changes his perspective of everything.
This book is really, really good. It's kind of haunting how detailed every story is. It's very sad, too, because it's a girl telling people why she's going to kill herself. It also makes you think about depression and how that affects people. There are some mature topics.

Book Blog #23

Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon is about a girl named Madeline. She has a rare disease where she is basically allergic to the world. She almost died when she was a baby and now she lives in a house with air locks, filters, and only white clothing. If people want to visit her they must complete an hour-long decontamination process. She hasn't left her house in 17 years. One day, a new family moves in next door with a boy Maddy's age. They communicate via IM and pantomime through the windows. I want to add a dramatic last sentence but if I do it will ruin the book.
This is a really good book. No cursing but some slight mature scenes.

SOL 1 - Enigma

This is the first in a series of clues that were decrypted by the Logan School Code Breaking Super Team Who Has a Habit of Writing Very Long Sentences as Names. Follow the clues that lead to a wonderful treasure!

In the all-seeing eye, there lies a pie. 

Book Blog #22

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini is about a kid named Craig who spends time in a mental hospital. Craig is depressed, and after a severe incident he decides to check himself in to the hospital. There, he meets other people who change the way he sees the world. This book is told via Craig's current moments, flashbacks, and a weird side persona of an army general.
This book was very good. The first chapters are kind of slow but later on it's so good you can't stop reading. I would recommend this to everyone except Gabe, and from this I'm sure you can guess the topics involved.

Book Blog #21

     Max said to read a book that won awards, so I chose Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. It won three awards so I would have expected it to be better than it was. I was not impressed. I barely noticed any plot so it felt like the book was just a very long story with no end or beginning. 

It's about this kid named Aristotle who goes by Ari. One day he meets this other kid named Dante and they become friends. The whole story is basically about them being friends with other stuff happening in the background. Like I said, there is almost no plot. That's the best I can describe the book because there's no climax point, antagonist, even protagonist, or anything semi-important to make a good story. I would not recommend this to anyone. It was really boring and hard to read. Some mature topics.