Hunger Games Fan Art 2012
Here’s how area teens envisioned the world of Panem, and the characters from the Hunger Games trilogy for our 2012 Hunger Games Fan Art Contest! Congratulations to Emily T., who was our winner!
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Akata Witch – book review
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor Fantasy * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Sunny is a young albino American-Nigerian who has been living in Nigeria since her mother had a premonition that something bad was going to happen to her if she stayed in the States. Her father never wanted a daughter and certainly never wanted to go back to Nigeria, so he holds a grudge against her. When Sunny’s classmate, Orlu, introduces her to … Read more
Ashes (Bick) – book review
Ashes by Ilsa Bick Audio edition Horror Supernatural Suspense Thriller * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Alex, a teenage girl with cancer, decides to hike out into the woods to scatter her parents’ ashes and make some decisions about her own life. While she’s out in the wilderness, something catastrophic happens – perhaps an EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) – and the whole world changes. Some people die outright, some people change into zombie-like cannibalistic creatures, … Read more
Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick – book review
Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber Mystery Realistic Fiction Suspense Thriller * * * * Stars (Great!) Perry Stormaire’s family has been hosting Gobija Zaksauskas – a Lithuanian foreign exchange student – for the past few months. Gobi is definitely not what Perry had hoped for (hot, experienced), although she does have an outrageous accent. But she’s not what she seems, either. Just before she’s supposed to go back to Lithuania, she expresses … Read more
Story of a Girl – Read It and Rate It
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) A thirteen year old girl was found in the back of a seventeen year old’s truck…BY HER DAD! She wasn’t trusted by anyone! I liked this book. I could never put it down! It was so suspenseful. It was also hard to understand sometimes. Review #2 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) A girl named Deanna … Read more
Hot Lunch – Read It and Rate It
Hot Lunch by Alex Bradley Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing) Molly and Cassie fought. They had to work in the cafeteria together. They became best friends and super. I liked it because it could really happen. Review #2 * * * * Stars (Great!) This book is great, but is a little shaky in the beginning. Molly and Cassie hate each other, but they are assigned to work in … Read more
Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox – Read It and Rate It
Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox Artemis Fowl #6 by Eoin Colfer Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Artemis has to go back in time and get a lemur he killed so he can save his mom from a fairy disease. But he has trouble with himself and someone who keeps giving him trouble. I liked it because of how he has to think of different things and it is … Read more
Across the Universe – Read It and Rate It
Across the Universe by Beth Revis Science Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) This book is about the spaceship, Godspeed. It is sent on an 800 year journey to another planet. The plot is about how Elder discovers that most of what he knows about the ship is lies. I really liked this book because of the odd society on Godspeed. They book was very different and new.
Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex – Read It and Rate It
Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex Artemis Fowl #7 by Eoin Colfer Adventure Fantasy Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Artemis gets a disease called the Atlantis Complex. One of Foaly’s probes gets overridden by Turnball, Artemis gets a 2nd personality and they have to save Atlantis from being crushed by the probe. I liked it because it kept surprising me and was very interesting.
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony – Read It and Rate It
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony Artemis Fowl #5 by Eoin Colfer Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Artemis Fowl gets involved in demons and has to defeat a girl who stole a demon. Then the demon turns out to be a warlock and has to save his island in time from being destroyed. I liked it because it was very interesting and I liked everything else in the series. … Read more