The 39 Clues

The 39 Clues (series); by all different awesome authors: This series (which currently I have not finished) is amazing!! They are by all different authors, some which I had heard of and loved and some I learned to like after reading the books. They are a really quick and easy read. If you like reading on vacation or when you're at the beach these books would be great.
Summary of the story: So this series is about Amy and Dan (brother and sister) who get involved in a life threatning game. Their parents are dead and they are taken care of by their mean old Aunt Beatrice, so they have nothing better to do. They have to find clues hidden all around the world by their ancient ancestors who are very famous. It is said that whoever gets all the clues will have the most power ever. So Amy and Dan are fighting a deadly game against their own family.

If you want to visit the game website this is it: http://www.the39clues.com/login

When You Reach Me

When You Reach Me; by Rebecca Stone: This book was pretty good. Maybe a little sad, although some parts were surprising. All the time travel made it confusing for me. But, the story itself was good. However, I wouldn't say it's my favorite book. Summary of the Story: The main girl starts to recieve strange notes at her door. The person does not say who they are, and they tell her to reply, writing all of the events that happened lately. The notes do not say who to give her letter to, though. The girl doesn't intend to respond to the notes, she already has other problems in her life, especially with friends. In the end she learns a lot and many surprising and sad things have happened to her.

The Lost Hero

The Lost Hero; by Rick Riordan: I thought it was totally AWESOME!!!!!! It's the sequel series to the Percy Jackson series. (So if you haven't already read Percy Jackson; then you might want to start with it.) It was very action packed, and intense. It was one of those books where you don't want to put it down. There were lots of new characters and more ideas and plots introduced. If you've read the first Percy Jackson and liked it; this book will take you on a much bigger adventure. I loved it!!!!

Summary of the Story: Jason suddenly wakes up on a school bus filled with kids he doesn't know. He doesn't know how he got there or anything at all, not even his own name. Turns out all the kids claim to know him and can tell him who he is, but the Coach has his suspicions. Jason and his 'friends', Leo and Piper turn out to all be demigods, and go on a mission that could either save the world or..... lead it to it's doom.

Thirteen Treasures

Thirteen Treasures; by Michelle Harrison: Was okay. It wasn't really my favorite because it was hard to get into. Once you get going it gets better, but it still wasn't the greatest book I read. The plot and mystery was nice, but at first it was 'okay so whats gonna happen?'

Summary of the Story: It is about a girl who can see the fairies that other people can't see. And because of the fairies she gets in so much trouble that her mother decided to send her to her Grandma's house for a week two. There the girl gets entangled in a mystery that could maybe even trap her in the fairy realm forever.

The Two Princesses of Bamarre

The Two Princesses of Bamarre; Gail Carson Levine: was an extremely excellent book. I have loved all of Gail Carson Levine's that I've read so far. She mainly writes more fantasy, stuff about princesses (most of her books have something to do with them, but not all), dragons, curses, and adventures. But one of her books I read wasn't really fantasy (it was called Dave At Night, but I don't remember it that well). Anyway, The Two Princesses of Bamarre had to do a lot with finding courage. It also had princesses (of course), dragons, sickness, fairies and many more fantasy things.

Summary of the Story: The Two Princesses of Bamarre is about Princess Addie's adventure to find the cure to the Gray Death. After her sister Meryl has fallen ill with the Gray Death Addie is determined to find the cure. But for Addie this will take lots of courage because Meryl was always the brave, fearless one. Along the way Addie faces many trials and encounters many unwanted creatures, like ogres and dragons. In the end Addie found that she could be brave, like her sister, but in a different way.

I would have to give it 5 out of 5 stars.

Number the Stars

Number the Stars; by Lois Lowry: wasn't my favorite book, but it wasn't bad either. The thing I didn't like about was that Annemarie didn't seem to have a too much of a distinct mission, except for that she was trying to save her friend Ellen, although that is a very good mission. And it didn't keep my interest as much as other books have, even though I liked it. But I did like how one of the things the story could've been saying was, you should always be loyal to your friends and if they're having a hard time to help them out. Also that we should always not think about ourselves, but to be brave and to think about others and how you can help them.

Summary of the Story: Number the Stars is about Annemarie, age 10, and her life during World War 2. It is about her mission to save her best friend Ellen, who is Jewish. The Nazi soldiers are trying to relocate the Jews. But Annemarie and the rest of her family are trying their best to keep Ellen and her parents safe.

I guess I would give it 4 out of 5 stars, one reason is because it shows true friendship between two girls.

The Giver

The Giver; by Lois Lowry: was very different from many other stories I've read. Although, I did enjoy it. The story took place in a future community that was kinda creepy. But it made me glad I live during this time, in my country and not theirs. But how the community was set up was one of the interesting parts. Some things surprised me however, because I got an intention something was one way, but it was really another way.

Summary of the Story: The Giver was about when a boy named Jonas turned 12. And in his community when someone turns twelve years old, that was when they received their job. Jonas got assigned a job (which I won't say if you're going to read the book) that was very high in honor. And something that he would have to do more alone. Something that was very rare to be called to do. The job would put Jonas through much physical pain, that he had never felt before, but he would also gain lots of wisdom.