Korman, Gordon. Kidnapped Book Two: The Search. NY: Scholastic Inc, 2006. 138 pages. (Mystery)
Everybody wants to know, where is Meg Falconer? Aiden, Agent Harris, and Aiden’s parents, who live in Baltimore, are trying to find a lead to Meg’s kidnapping. When Meg’s kidnappers decide to move to a new hideout, she decides to leave a trail for Aiden and the FBI to follow. Every time Meg’s kidnappers stop at a rest stop, she asks to go to the bathroom. Whenever she goes into the bathroom, she clogs the toilet. When Aiden hears that there have been clogged toilets all down Route 119, he thinks it must be Meg. He tries to tell Agent Harris, but he won’t listen. He finally gives up and runs away from home to go and try to find Meg by himself. With winter coming, will Aiden and Agent Harris find Meg in time? There is one interesting thing in the story. While Meg is trying to escape, the 20-year-old kidnapper, one of the three kidnappers, lets her go because he feels bad about holding Meg hostage for so long.
I selected this book because it was the sequel to the book I read before this one. I also selected this book because I love this author and the series.
Reviewed by: Sally56
Friday, May 30, 2008
Lost in the Secret Cave
Doyle, Peter. Lost in the Secret Cave. Colorado Springs, Colorado: Focus on the Family Publishing, 1996. 127 pages. (Mystery)
The main characters in this book are Penny, David, and Mark. This story takes place in Portugal. The problem they face is that they have found a secret cave on a high up cliff. They decide to explore it, and while they are in there, they run into some trouble with the people who made the cave. But these people are not just normal people, they are bad people who are stealing gold from a near by body of water. How they go about solving this problem is by running and scattering around in the cave away from the bad guys. But the question is, do they get out of the cave or do the bad guys get them first?
I thought that this book was very interesting and it had a lot of good action. Also I thought that in some parts Peter Doyle did a very good job of explaining and detailing each scene. The character who was most like me in the book would be Mark because he made a choice of either splitting away from David and Penny or getting caught. I thought that when he did this, it felt like something I would do.
Reviewed by: Anawanasakian
The main characters in this book are Penny, David, and Mark. This story takes place in Portugal. The problem they face is that they have found a secret cave on a high up cliff. They decide to explore it, and while they are in there, they run into some trouble with the people who made the cave. But these people are not just normal people, they are bad people who are stealing gold from a near by body of water. How they go about solving this problem is by running and scattering around in the cave away from the bad guys. But the question is, do they get out of the cave or do the bad guys get them first?
I thought that this book was very interesting and it had a lot of good action. Also I thought that in some parts Peter Doyle did a very good job of explaining and detailing each scene. The character who was most like me in the book would be Mark because he made a choice of either splitting away from David and Penny or getting caught. I thought that when he did this, it felt like something I would do.
Reviewed by: Anawanasakian
Rebel
Cornwell, Bernard. Rebel. NY: Harper Collins, 1993. 416 pages. (Historical Fiction)
Rebel is the first of the four book Starbuck Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell. The books are set in the American Civil War and follow a rebellious young Nathaniel Starbuck. Nate, runs away from his well-to-do family in the North following a scandalous relationship with a French actress, and finds himself in the center of Richmond after the fall of Fort Sumter. He seeks the help of a friend’s father who owns an entire county in Virginia. The man is Washington Faulconer, and he is raising his own legion of southern men to go and fight the Yankees. Nate Starbuck is enlisted and appointed as one of Faulconer’s aids. It seems like Nate is just joining with southern forces to spite his abolitionist, preacher father. After a long time of preparing and training on both sides, battle finally breaks out in the battle of Bull Run, also referred to as the battle of Manassas Junction. The battles have vivid, realistic description. You can almost see it all happening right in front of you. The book also seems pretty accurate based on what I have researched about this time period. There are some historical characters that make appearances throughout the book.
Rebel is the first of the four book Starbuck Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell. The books are set in the American Civil War and follow a rebellious young Nathaniel Starbuck. Nate, runs away from his well-to-do family in the North following a scandalous relationship with a French actress, and finds himself in the center of Richmond after the fall of Fort Sumter. He seeks the help of a friend’s father who owns an entire county in Virginia. The man is Washington Faulconer, and he is raising his own legion of southern men to go and fight the Yankees. Nate Starbuck is enlisted and appointed as one of Faulconer’s aids. It seems like Nate is just joining with southern forces to spite his abolitionist, preacher father. After a long time of preparing and training on both sides, battle finally breaks out in the battle of Bull Run, also referred to as the battle of Manassas Junction. The battles have vivid, realistic description. You can almost see it all happening right in front of you. The book also seems pretty accurate based on what I have researched about this time period. There are some historical characters that make appearances throughout the book.
Read through as Nate leads the Faulconer Legion through the carnage of battle. I thought that this was a terrific example of Civil War historical fiction. Cornwell tells a captivating story full of adventure and attitude. I particularly enjoyed the portrayal of the turmoil that occurred during the period of time before the first battle. It is also interesting how Nate grows as a character throughout the novel. He is not someone that I could really relate to in the beginning because he seemed like a spoiled brat who never really thought things through. I will definitely be looking for the three other books in the series to see how Nate develops.
Reviewed by: SuperReader22
Reviewed by: SuperReader22
Uglies
Westerfeld, Scott. Uglies. NY: Simon Pulse, 2005. 425 pages. (Sci-Fi Series)The book that I read was Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. This was a phenomenal book. Tally, a fifteen year-old ugly from Uglyville, which is just outside of New Pretty town, wants nothing more than to be a new pretty. She has just lost her best friend Peris, who was three months and twenty-six days older than her, and is really lonely. But, she is not lonely for too long. Soon she meets Shay, a fifteen year old ugly who has the same birthday as her. They hit it off immediately; Shay teaches Tally how to hoverboard, they rearrange their faces on their interface rings, and soon Shay mentions something that is thought of as only imaginary myths, the Smoke and David. Then Shay does something that surprises everyone, especially Special Circumstances. She decides to run away to the Smoke and begs Tally to come with her, but when Tally refuses to go with her, Shay leaves without another word. But, Shays disappearance didn’t go unseen. Special Circumstances finds out and bribes Tally with something she can’t refuse: she must go and find the Shay and then reveal the Smoke’s remote location. She hates to betray her friend, but the offer is too much for her to refuse. She has a thrilling new journey on her hands now, but still is unsure of where it is going to lead her.
Uglies was a superb book. It was a complete page turner that I never wanted to put down. It had a wonderful plot that had so many twists and turns that it was a roller coaster kind of book. It had so many ups and downs in its emotional plot and several wonderfully funny parts in the rest of it. I would suggest this book to anybody who loves a good read with a little bit of everything from heroines to a dramatic “two best friends torn apart because of the love life that they share” soap opera like plot. I cannot wait until I read the next book in this series.
Reviewed by: So1cc5er
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
The Outsiders - Reviews
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders. New York: Penguin Group, 1995. 180 pages. (General Fiction)
This book deals all the struggles the greasers and the socs go through with each other. This book tells of two different lifestyles mixing and fighting for the right to call their group better than the other. S.E. Hinton uses the slang of 1960s to write an interesting book that tells so much about the lives of the two groups and the people living in then. This book is very well written and it will suck you into it, as though you’re there living side by side with the characters doing what they do.
Reviewed by: ME
"The Outsiders is a quick read because it is a book that will make you not want to put down."
- Jazzy G
“I thought that The Outsiders was an excellent book. It felt like I was actually there. Anyway I loved the book and I think it’d be great for anyone to read.”
- Jodancer6696
I liked this book because it was exciting and riveting. S.E. Hinton wrote this book with amazing detail and you never expected what was coming around the corner. The only part I didn’t like was when she went into great detail about how the Socs jumped the Greasers. I thought that was a little too violent, and I didn’t need to know everything that she told us. I would give this book a 8 out of ten because she gave too much detail and there was no main problem. I think if the book focused on one main thing instead of jumping around from problem to problem, it would be much better.
- Garfield3
I think that there is a lot of action in this book that makes a reader not want to but down the book. This is one of a few books that I have liked and not wanted to put down. I give very high credit to this author!
- Foroutthou13
Being a girl, this is not the kind of book I usually read. I’m into the diaries of princesses and girls from some of the most important time periods in history. I also like action books about mythological creatures. Perhaps you have heard of The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill (reviews available). That is one of my all time favorite books. S.E. Hinton’s Outsiders was a good book, but too violent for me. I would give it two stars because I didn’t like the style, and it was very violent.
- FizzyJunior31
This book deals all the struggles the greasers and the socs go through with each other. This book tells of two different lifestyles mixing and fighting for the right to call their group better than the other. S.E. Hinton uses the slang of 1960s to write an interesting book that tells so much about the lives of the two groups and the people living in then. This book is very well written and it will suck you into it, as though you’re there living side by side with the characters doing what they do.
Reviewed by: ME
"The Outsiders is a quick read because it is a book that will make you not want to put down."
- Jazzy G
“I thought that The Outsiders was an excellent book. It felt like I was actually there. Anyway I loved the book and I think it’d be great for anyone to read.”
- Jodancer6696
I liked this book because it was exciting and riveting. S.E. Hinton wrote this book with amazing detail and you never expected what was coming around the corner. The only part I didn’t like was when she went into great detail about how the Socs jumped the Greasers. I thought that was a little too violent, and I didn’t need to know everything that she told us. I would give this book a 8 out of ten because she gave too much detail and there was no main problem. I think if the book focused on one main thing instead of jumping around from problem to problem, it would be much better.
- Garfield3
I think that there is a lot of action in this book that makes a reader not want to but down the book. This is one of a few books that I have liked and not wanted to put down. I give very high credit to this author!
- Foroutthou13
Being a girl, this is not the kind of book I usually read. I’m into the diaries of princesses and girls from some of the most important time periods in history. I also like action books about mythological creatures. Perhaps you have heard of The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill (reviews available). That is one of my all time favorite books. S.E. Hinton’s Outsiders was a good book, but too violent for me. I would give it two stars because I didn’t like the style, and it was very violent.
- FizzyJunior31
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