Summer Reading Review: The Knife of Never Letting Go, by Patrick Ness

Summer Reading Book Review-Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass

This book is about three kids who all gather at a camp for one exciting reason, to see a solar eclipse. All three kids don’t want the eclipse to end because, once it’s over, their worlds will be turned upside down. Bree is moving into the wilderness, Ally is moving into the city, and Jack has learned to make great friends. Their lives as they knew them are definitely going to change dramatically.

This was a great book. One of the things I liked about it was that it was told from different characters’ points of view. It made it interesting to find out what different characters thought about each situation.

Reviewed by Sophia Fagan

Summer Reading Book Review-Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass

This book is about a boy who is about to turn thirteen. He doesn’t want to turn thirteen until he opens the box from his father. All he needs to do is find the keys then he will be able to find the meaning of life from the box.

This is a great book. It was very suspenseful for me to see if the keys would fit into the locks. This book is also very descriptive. One example is when it said that Jeremy’s couch was covered in patches.

Reviewed by Sophia Fagan

Summer Reading Book Review- Syren (Septimus Heap, Book 5) by Angie Sage

Septimus Heap sets out for Jenna, Beetle, Nicko, Snorri and Ullr on Spit Fyre. On the back he ends up on a strange island full of surprises. Meanwhile, Wolf Boy is sent to do the Task by Aunt Zelda and meets up with Lucy, but gets stuck on the worst boat possible, the Marauder, with men who want to throw them overboard so that there is no interference with their dangerous mission.



I liked this book because it kept me captivated and was full of action. It is a wonderful tale full of mystery, excitement, and suspense.


Reviewed by Madalyn

Summer Reading Book Review - New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer

This adventurous book takes place in the small town of Forks, Washington. Bella Swan's vampire boyfriend Edward leaves her, taking his family with him. Bella becomes devastated and barely leaves her room. In the meantime, her dad Charlie thinks it will be better for her to spend more time with his best friend's son, Jacob. Bella tries to risk her life so Edward will come back to saver her, so she gets Jacob to build her a motorcycle.

Bella spends more and more time with Jaob and soon her heart is healing. Just when her heart is almost fully healed, Jacob won't answer her phone calls and everything seems weirder. When Bella goes over to Jake's house, he is outside with his shirt off, with a weird looking tattoo on his shoulder and his hair is cut off. Jake is hiding something; something big.

This is an excellent book written by Stephenie Meyer and is perfect for readers who love adventure and are Twilight fans. I thought that this book was the best out of all of the books from the Twilight Saga.

Reviewed by Hannah Lee

Summer Reading Review: Better Late Than Never (Gifted series), by Marilyn Kaye

This book is about a group of children who have powers which they call gifts. The children know they have to keep their gifts a secret. One of the children trusts someone so much she shows the person her gift. Will the person end up betraying her gift and using it for evil?

This is a great book. It is really suspenseful to see what will happen. Also, it is descriptive.

Reviewed by Sophia Fagan

Summer Reading Book Review - Unwind by Neal Shusterman

The book Unwind is about kids who are supposed to be unwould but escape. Unwinding is when surgeons take apart children's body parts and sell them to people who need the body parts. The kids have to stay hidden, so they don't get unwound, but when their friend needs to be taken to the hospital they have no choice but to expose themselves and be in danger of getting unwound. Will the kids end up getting unwound after all their hard work trying to stay hidden? Read to find out.

This was a great book. It was really scary and I would recommend it to teens who want to have a scare. It is also suspenseful to see if the kids in the book will end up getting unwound.

Reviewed by Sophia Fagan

Summer Reading Book Review - Serpent Tide by K.L. Fogg

Wesley Vandergrift is a 12-year-old boy who is the son of Imogene Vandergrift, a billionaire. He can't unerstand why he seems different than the other children or why he and his mom have nothing in common. While exploring in an attic he finds something that leads him to belive that Imogene is not his real mother. He journeys off to find his real parents, but Imogene is always after him.

I liked this book. It was an easy read, but very well-written.

Reviewed by Maddlyn

Summer Reading Book Review: Bad Girls Don't Die, by Katie Alender

The book I read was Bad Girls Don't Die. This book is very interesting if you like books that can creep you out. It's about two girls named Alexis and Kasey. They live in an old house and the history of the house has been in the newspaper before. One time, there was a suicide and the victim is caught haunting the house. One hundred years before that accident occurred, an 11 year old died in the house and is roaming the house too. One of these girls has to get rid of these ghosts and help the other girl.

Reviewed by Peyton Northrop

Summer Reading Book Review- When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

This excellent book, written by Rebecca Stead, takes place in New York, NY. Miranda, a 12-year-old middle school girl's mom, is going to be on the game show The Million Dollar Pyramid. Miranda's best friend, Sal, gets punched by a kid named Marcus and, for some reason, doesn't want to be her friend anymore. As Miranda struggles through friendship she starts getting mysterious notes and things start getting stolen from her apartment. The notes say that something bad is going to happen to someone she cares about. Clearly the writer of the notes knows something she doesn't.

This book is perfect for teens who love mysteries and adventure. I loved this book very much because something exciting happens around every corner. I mostly enjoyed the ending to the story. Will you?

Reviewed by Hannah Lee