Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

          Have you ever been blamed for something that you haven't done. well in this book Joe has had that happen to him. Joe and his girlfriend Bethany where at a huge high school party. Joe and Bethany got intoxicated and were just wondering around the house where the party was at. Joe and Bethany ended up in a bed room. In the room Joe and Bethany ended up having sex After the party in the morning the police showed up at Joe's house and he was blamed for putting pictures of Bethany online. It could have been Joe or it could be someone else. Read the book and find out who posted the pictures!
         On my opinion I think that the book was very good and very interesting. I thought it was interesting because what can happen to you if you posted something on the internet. Also this book keeps you hang and keep wanting to reading the book to find out who put the pictures online and what how he did it. I also like the theme of the story. I like the theme of the story because it can show you whats can happen to your life if you make a big mistake and post inappropriate pictures like the antagonist did in this book.

Joe m.
Ms. Spicer 8,9                  

Thirteen Reason Why By: Jay Asher

     Thirteen Reasons Why is a realistic fiction book by Jay Asher.On of the main characters is Hannah. Hannah seemed like a regular 15 year old girl, but deep down inside she had many secrets waiting to burst out. But there was no way of telling anyone how she really felt. So she made seven audio tapes describing thirteen specific people that made her not want to live anymore. So Hannah sent these tape to the first person on them, and once they were sent out, Hannah killed herself. Clay Jenson was on old friend of Hannah, and one day after school, Clay found these tapes on his doorstep. He walked around his town with a Walkman listening to the tapes wondering why he received them. He wasn't sure if he was on them and he was scared to find out. But he listened anyway.
   
Thirteen Reasons Why was one of the best books I have ever read. The characters are easy to make connections with and it's easy to feel what Clay is going through listening to the tapes. Also the moral of the book is amazing. It shows not to bully someone because you have no idea what they are really going through or have been through. I would recommend this book to everyone. I wouldn't recommend this book to people that get upset or sad easily though. It may seem more of a girl book but its not because guys could relate to Clay and girls could relate to Hannah. Thirteen Reasons Why is defiantly must read.

Makayla C.     Spicer 1/3

What Happened to Cass McBride? Written by Gale Giles

           One book that i have read this year is called What Happened to Cass McBride? This mystery book is written by Gale Giles and is told from three point of views. Either Cass, the main character who get buried alive, or Kyle the boy who buries Cass. This is book takes place in modern day in an empty field. Kyle's brother had asked Cass to be his valentine but she rejected. This made Josh, the brother extremely upset, sad enough that he committed suicide. It was a devastating day for everybody, but instead of crying in his bedroom, Kyle set out to kill Cass for doing this to his brother.  He hunted her down and buried her in a wooden box 10 feet underground. The rest of the book is all about Cass sitting in the box talking to Kyle, who is sitting above her.  She of course does not want to die so she is struggling for her last breaths as she talks to Kyle trying to influence him to dig her up. You will just have to read the book in order to find out if Cass makes it out alive, and whether or not Kyle makes the right decision and allow her to survive.

          In my opinion, this book was fantastic! It was a great mystery that had an extremely unpredicted ending. This book kept me at the edge of my seat trying to guess whether or not Cass was going to make it out alive, or if he would keep her locked up. I also liked the fact that each chapter was told from a different characters point of view. This made is clear and easy to understand their feelings and thoughts of the situation going on around them. And finally, Gale Giles was able to make me fear the thought of being buried alive even worse. As she described how thirsty Cass was and how thin the air kept getting i couldn't even imagine the pain she was in. Do you think you would be able to survive days in a small box with no room to move in underground for days? You will have to read the book to find out if Cass does or not!
                  Kristen V.
                  Spicer 1/3

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

       Are you looking into reading an action-packed book? If so, why not read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The book is falls under the realistic fiction category. The book starts out in District 12 of a country called Panem, a country made from the remains of North America. The main characters are Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. Katniss is a teen-age girl. Her life drastically changed when Reaping Day came Katniss and her close friend Gale felt that they had no shot to be forced into an arena with 23 other competetors fighting for their life. Sure enough, Katniss' sister Prim-rose got picked, Katniss thought Prim would have no chance in the arena so volunteered as tribute otherwise known as taking her place. She is now on the brink of life and death, will she come out on top?

     This book was very interesting mainly because all of the suspense. Another reason why it was interesting was because it was told in first person. Giving you all of Katniss' thoughts and opinions on the games. I also like the very detailed action. The action is very interesting and makes you get focused into the book.

Matt G.
Ms. Spicer
Periods 4/6

The Compound by SA Bodeen

           The book i am doing my blog on is called The Compound! S.A Bodeen is the fantastic author of this science fiction book. the main character is Eli and the secondary characters are Eli's family members. It's just Eli, his sister, mom and dad. The setting is an underground place called the compound it takes place in modern day and was built by Eli's brilliant but crazy father. The compound was built to keep him and his family safe from nuclear war. The introduction is just the building of the compound and a lot of hard times between the family because they had to leave a lot of friends and relatives behind to die. The rising action is when the father won't let Eli and his mom, and sister leave after years and years in the compound and now they have to escape. The climax is when Eli sneaks into his dad's office and finds and steals the codes to the door. Now the family has to fight off the dad to get out. The falling action is when Eli and his sister and mom need to know if it's safe to open the door and go into the world for the first time in a decade. At the end, the family finally gets the door open to see the long stretch of beach to start their new life.

                                    I loved this book The Compound. In my opinion its a book boys
One reason I love this book is because it's full of action and suspense so it makes it a page turner and that's what boys would like about this book. Another reason I love this book but think this is a boys book is beacuse its about survival and the family has to eat babys they made to survive. The last reason I love this book is because it makes you feel like your in the compound sometimes and you can feel what the characters felt. An example would be, when the father was will to kill his son to stop Eli from opening the door. This book is a 4.5 out of 5 because it is alittle gross at some parts but over all its a great book. If your a boy thats in middle school or up, you should consider reading this fantastic book.                Chris B. Miss Spicer Periods 4&6              

The Enemy by Charlie Higson

   The book I'm doing my blog is on The Enemy by Charlie Higson. If you are into zombies or awesome battles with hordes you should definitely read The Enemy.

   The plot of the book is that something happened 16 years ago that infected  everyone. It took 16 years for the infection to totally take over the human body. When it did take over it turned people who were alive during the incident into a zombie or  a "grown up". So a group of kids under 16 have to survive zombies and other kids like bandits. The main characters are Arron, the leader, Maxie, second in command, Achilles, the big fighter, and Freak, the angry kid.

   I really enjoyed this book because I'm a big fan of anything zombie and I love books that have a lot of action. This book is full of suspense and somethings are just downright creepy. Like at one point in the book a character is kidnapped by cannibals and are fatten up to be eaten. That part really kinda gave me the creeps, but other than that it's more horror and awesomely described fight scenes. Another thing I really enjoyed about this book is that Charlie Higson describes everything very well. Like when he describes what the zombies look, smell, or sound like. Such as there is one point in the book where someone in the book stumbles into where a group of zombies are sleeping. Higson did such a great job of describing everything I felt like I could smell the zombies nasty rotten flesh, hear the zombies claws scraping the floor, and I could see the zombie eating the deer carcass. I highly recommend this book to any big zombie fan or just a fan of horror books. If I had to rate this book on a scale of one to ten I would pick a 9.5 because I think Higson could have described some of the characters a little better but other than that minor flaw it was a fantastic book. Go out and pick up a copy today!

By:Gary K.

The Trouble Begins at 8 by Sid Fleischmen

                                                             

who is the man fully grown with a cheap cigar clamped between his teeth? Who is the man who made a white fence as famous as the wall of china? well ask your self this who has one of the funniest faces in American history? The answer to that riddle is Mark Twain.This book is a biography on the very same man who wrote such classics as the adventures of huckleberry Finn and the adventures of tom sawyer and his accomplishments and hard ships from 1871 to 1910. This book is also about the life of mark twain growing up in the west, experiencing some of the crazy things that he wrote about in his books.

Why am I so fond of this book? for one it has a great sense of detail in the information throughout the book. Everything said is fact like how his birth name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. another reason why i am fond of this book was reading about Marks so called tom sawyer days. Where he and his friends lived in a world of straw hats,corn-cob pipes, trout fishing,playing hooky,and watching steam boats ply the river. And probably the biggest reason is what I learned from this book and that is that life is not easy, even the most famous of people had  a difficult path in life. Mark Twain suffered many hardships to get his place in history.This book is marvelous and I would recommend it to any fan of mark twain.

Dylan.N Spicer Pd 8-9