High School Musical

Barsocchini, Peter. High School Musical. New York: Disney Enterprises Inc, 2005. 140 pages. (Fiction / Humor)

The book I read was High School Musical and the main characters are Troy, Gabriella, Taylor, Zeke, Martha, Chad, Jason, Sharpe, Ryan, Troy’s parents, Sharpe’s parents, and Kelsey. The story takes place in a resort in the mountains. The problem that they face was that Sharpe and Ryan want to steal the show that Gabriella and Troy were working so hard on. The characters Taylor, Chad, the Decathlon team, and the basketball team made Troy and Gabriella not do the show by saying bad stuff. Troy and Gabriella do the show and they win the parts in the production, and they rocked the house. Also, the characters were all friends and Troy doesn’t want the basketball team, the Wildcats, to know about his singing with Gabriella. Another interesting thing that happened in this story was that Troy loses his playing skills when Gabriella says she’s not going the show and some of the students at the school confess some of the things that they didn’t want their friends to know about, but they say them at lunch anyway.

I selected this book because I love High School Musical, so I started to read it, and it wasn’t anything like the movie that I. I also selected this book because it looked funny and I saw the movie and I wanted to see if there was something new in the book. There wasn’t anything different at all between the book and the movie. The character that I despised is Sharpe because she’s so mean to Gabriella and all her friends. Also, another reason that I despise Sharpe is that she thinks that she’s all perfect and a goody, goody; awesome, cool, sweet, romantic, depressing, lovely, interesting, incredible, radical, and totally funny.

Reviewed by: Camille

Monster

Myers, Walter Dean. Monster. NY: HarperCollins, 1999. 281 pages. (Mystery)

This book is about a 16 year old named Steve Harmon who is on trial for murder because on December 22 there was a hold-up at a drug store. The owner was shot and killed that day. Mr. King was at the hold-up and he is the one who shot the owner. Mr. King testified that Steve Harmon was supposed to be the look-out. Steve said he had agreed to be the look-out for the money they were going to give him, but when the day came he said he didn’t show. Mr. King admitted to being part of the hold-up, but then takes Steve down with him. Steve goes to jail for so long that he forgets about the real world. He makes short movies about his life and the experiences he has had.

If I was to explain this book in one word it would be amazing because it is a real life story about a kid who was on trial for murder but didn’t do anything. Also, it was the best book I have ever read so far. This book is truly amazing. I love this book and would read it again any day.

Reviewed by: LaLaLogan17

Leaving Protection

Hobbs,Will. Leaving Protection. New York: Harper Trophy, 2004. 173 pages. (Mystery)

The main characters of the book, Leaving Protection, are a sixteen-year-old boy Robbie Daniels, and a legendary fishing captain, Tor Torsen. The two of them met on the shores of Alaska in hopes a catching king salmon. Tor has hired Robbie as a deckhand on his boat, Storm Petrel. As they adventure out into the stormy seas Robbie sets the poles and gets ready to start fishing. Tor had put them on an awesome spot, and Robbie had to begin cleaning fish quickly. After four days and nights, they were full and had to head to port to sell the salmon, but the captain said he was going to sell off shore and head for Russia. Robbie wanted to stop because he missed his family, but Tor started to tell him about different plaques he had found that were worth a lot of money. Robbie decided to stay for the money. Robbie soon realized that these Russian plaques that Tor had were illegal. A bad storm came up and Captain Tor fell overboard. Robbie tried to save him but couldn’t and Tor died. Robbie was able to get the boat and plaques back to safety and notify Tor’s daughter about the incident. They decided to return the plaques back to Russia and Tor’s name became famous. Robbie was able to return home to Protection with more money then he could imagine for college.

Robbie reminds me of someone I would like to follow because he is adventures and bold. He loves boating and fishing like I do. He is honest and trustworthy to other people. His abilities and work ethic are strong and those are shown in this book. I think he is famous because of the love he has for his friends and family. I would recommend the book because it is full of adventure and will keep you at the end of your seat when you are reading it.

Reviewed by: BookWorm8

The Borrowers

Norton, Mary. The Borrowers. NY: Harcourt Inc., 1953. 180 pages. (Fantasy)

Under the kitchen floor live the two-inch-high Borrowers, The Borrowers are a happy family consisting of Pod and Homily Clock and their daughter Arrietty. The Clocks have never been seen before. That is until Arrietty snuck away from her father while borrowing. The Clocks “borrow” everything from the human beings who live above them. While borrowing with her father, Arrietty wanders off and runs into a human boy. Arrietty is so scared that when the boy asks her a question, she just blurts everything out- where she lives, who her family is, and on, and on, and on. After a few minutes of Arrietty going on and on they became friends. Every night the boy would sneak down to the kitchen and make sure the Clocks have everything they wanted and needed. Will Arrietty’s friendship with the boy cause the Clocks to be revealed?

I chose this book because the picture on the front was very interesting. It was a picture of three very little people in a bedroom, but the bedroom was under the floor. Parts of the floor had been taken off and there was a boy standing there looking at them. When I read the back cover of the book, it sounded like something I normally would not read, but I chose to read it anyways. This sounded like something I wouldn’t normally read because I like nonfiction books better than fiction books. This was a very good book because there were a lot of adventures in it between Arrietty and the boy. It was a very good book, and I would recommend it to my friends.

Reviewed by: Kae5495

Bratfest at Tiffany’s

Harrison, Lisi. Bratfest at Tiffany’s. NY: Little Brown and Company, 2008.227 pages. (Fiction Series / Clique Series)

In the book, Bratfest at Tiffany’s, the main characters are Massie, Alicia, Claire, Dylan, and Kristen. The book takes place at their school, at Massie’s house, and under their favorite tree. In the beginning of the new school year, Massie bought all of the girls charm bracelets to say that they were in the club and their friendship is more important than any boy. This meant that they couldn’t flirt or have a crush on any guy. When they saw one of their best friends having a crush on a boy, they made her give back her bracelet and were no longer friends with her. They were also struggling to get their popularity back and be the top people. As a character, I think I would be most like Massie because once she has something; she wouldn’t want to give it back to anyone. This book right now is the last book she has come out with, with the Clique series. I would defiantly recommend this book to anyone because I love what the books are about, and I am hooked on the Clique series. I would read another book by this author anytime.

Reviewed by: AprilGrl