The Glorious Cause

Shaara, Jeff. The Glorious Cause. NY: Random House, 2002. 680 pages. (Non-Fiction / War History)

This is the second of a two volume series that tells the story of the American Revolution from the view points of several key participants. This story follows a time line that begins in August 1776, shortly after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and goes to the conclusion of the war. It is not a history text book but rather a book of historical fiction. This book does not use made up information, but rather a compiling mix of letters diaries and biographies written at that time. I feel that whenever you read about the Revolution it’s always one sided, always about the Americans.This book however tells both about the Americans and their British foes as well. This is the ultimate book for the person who really wants to learn their facts about the revolution.

Reviewed by: “Super Reader 22”

Z Platt

 Z Platt (Student Literary Journal of Plattsburgh State)

The Plattsburg students
Back and writing for this year
Zplatt is here again

Drunken lullabies
My sisters writing read
The weather in hell

Miles of brimstone
Satan and Balthazar fight
Do not mention Christ

Shots or soldiers
Us singing those great
Drunken lullabies

Poetry, Fiction
Art, Play writes photography
In one collection
Tammy Daniels-bridge
Ice feathers
Fill the gap between earth
And concrete

Reviewed by: SplatMatt

Ark Angel

Horowitz, Anthony. Ark Angel. NY: Scholastic Inc, 2006. 323 pages. (Action Adventure / Thriller Series)

The book Ark Angel and the story inside takes place in New York City, London, England, outer space, in the first outerspase hotel, and the Caribbean. The main characters in this book are Alex Rider, an MI6 spy, Jack Starbright, Alex’s guardian, Nikolei Drevin, the richest man in England, and Paul Drevin, Nikolei’s son. In Ark Angel, Alex Rider has to save the world once again by stopping a mad man who’s trying to blow up his outer space hotel and the moon with it. By blowing up the moon and the hotel the craters from the moon will hit and destroy Planet Earth. To stop the moon from blowing up Alex has to go to the hotel, fight a maniac in zero gravity, and relocate a bomb. Some other interesting events in Ark Angel are that Alex has to deal with an eco-terrorist group that’s not even real, and that he gets locked into a submarine a couple hundred feet down in the ocean with only a couple minutes of air to spare.

I would recommend Ark Angel to anyone who likes to read a good book. I think anyone would read Ark Angel because it is exciting, action packed, and in some parts mysterious. Ark Angel is a fun book to read, and it goes fast because you just can’t put it down.

Reviewed by: Pablo