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Room One by Andrew Clements Mystery Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Ted lives in Nebraska in a town that is shrinking. One day, she discovered a family living in an abandoned house and he starts helping them get food and supplies. He has to help the family when they need no matter what happens. I liked the book because the plot was pretty exciting and fun.
The Horse and His Boy Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Fantasy Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Shasta lives in Calormen until he meets a talking horse. They both agree to escape north so that the horse can find freedom and Shasta can find his father. Along the way, they meet up with Aravis and her talking mare as they are trying to get north to Narnia. They have many adventures on … Read more
Chasing Red by Isabelle Ronin Romance Review #1 * Star (A waste of time!) “Chasing Red” is about a girl who has lost everything, but stumbles into a boy named Caleb, who takes her into his home. They fall in love, but it is all disturbed in the end. I didn’t really like this book because it didn’t have a super engaging storyline and only really picked up at the end. It was much too … Read more
The Iron Queen Iron Fey #3 by Julie Kagawa Fantasy Romance Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) “The Iron Queen” is all about Megan Chase and her two best friends, Ash and Puck. All together they travel all over Never-Never, fly past death a couple times, and save the whole world. Ash slowly falls in love with Megan, while Puck tries to make Megan fall in love with hir. Ash wins in the … Read more
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) “Before I Fall” is about a girl named Sam. She is the most popular girl in high school and everyone knows it. She and her friends go to a party and get drunk and go to leave. As they are driving home they get in a bad car wreck and Sam dies. The next morning Sam wakes up in … Read more
The Iron Knight Iron Fey #4 by Julie Kagawa Fantasy Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) This book is all about Ash and his quest to find a way to be mortal. He traveled up the river of dreams with Puck, Wolf, Ariella, and Grimlin the cat. No one knows how long they were on the river because in Fairy, time does not exist. It could have been a century in the mortal … Read more
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling, and John Tiffany Adventure Fantasy Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) This book is about Harry Potter and his children – Lily, James, and Albus. Albus proves to be the most difficult to raise because he thinks his dad doesn’t love him. He soon finds out differently because he and his friend Scorpius get pulled back in time and they find Albus’ … Read more
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon Realistic Fiction Romance Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel are having an unknown arranged marriage to Dimple. They meet at Insomnia Con and Dimple wants nothing to do with Rishi. Over the span of 6 weeks they fall in love and after Insomnia Con they part ways. Stanford brought both of them together in the end and they went on dating, … Read more
Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan Fantasy Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) The book “Appleblossom the Possum” is an amazing book written by Holly Sloan. It starts out when Appleblossom practices acting class (because that is what possums do). After a couple days, their mother leaves them to see how they will survive in the wild after all of the lecturing. Will everyone survive? Read the book to find out!
Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella Fantasy Review #1 * Star (A waste of time!) Ray Kinsella owns a farm in Iowa with his wife Annie and daughter Karin. Ray believes he hears a voice telling him to build a baseball field in his cornfield. Will he listen to the voice? Who will show up if he does? Find out in “Shoeless Joe!”