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 * mention important characters, events, conflicts, and settings
 * limit your review to 150 words
 * rate the book from 1-5 stars, 5 being the highest
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(See "BOOK REVIEW" home page for examplee.) //Divergent//
 * By: Veronica Roth**

Divergent is a book about a girl named Beatrice Prior. She lives in a faction called Abnegation where she and her family are taught to be completely selfless. Beatrice(also known as Tris) finds it very hard to live being selfless, so when choosing day comes, she chooses a faction that suits her more. As she travels through the faction and goes through initiation, she learns more about herself, and her family, than she would ever want to know. She learns what it means to fight for something, even if it means risking her own life. Fiction (5 stars) - Caleigh Greenhill //**The Hunger Games**//
 * By: Suzanne Collins**

The Hunger Games is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen. Every year, two representatives out of the twelve districts of Panem get picked to go to The Hunger Games where 24 kids fight to their deaths. Katniss' sister, Prim gets picked, and Katniss volunteers as tribute. Katniss and Peeta, the other boy from district twelve who got picked, go the the Capital of Panem to fight to their deaths. Read the book to find out what happens! fiction (4 stars) - Sam Ringold

Mitch McDeere is an upcoming civil lawyer with a bright future who takes the job offer from a very wealthy and private law firm. The firm is actually in league with the maffia, and murder any employees who try to resign from their positions. McDeere is approached by the FBI, who help create a plan to bring the firm to justice. McDeere's plan with the FBI is discovered by the maffia, and he aborts the plan leaving for the Grand Cayman Islands with his wife. In the end he ends up giving enough evidence to the FBI to charge he Firm guilty, and steals 10 million dollars. This was a spectacular book full of action and suspense which i greatly enjoyed reading. - Sean O'Connor Ethan Wate lives in Gaitlin and keeps having dreams about a girl. When Lena Duchannes moves in with her creepy uncle Macon Ravenwood, he knows this is the girl from his dreams. After Ethan finds out about Lena's secret, he is forced to keep up with the dark secrets and mysteries with Lena's family. (5 stars) -Katie Tolentino Main Characters: Laurie Sanders, Ben Ross, David Collins, Robert Billings. Ben Ross a history teacher in Gordon highschool advises an experiment with his students, when suddenly takes the experiment to far and the whole school is part is a big movement called "the wave". The wave experiment was suppose to show Mr. Ross' students how controlling Hitler was during the Holocaust. (4 stars) - Ibrahim Hajdar
 * The Firm**
 * By : John Grisham**
 * Beautiful Creatures**
 * By Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia**
 * The Wave**
 * By Todd Strasser **

The Outsiders By: S.E Hinton The Outsiders is a book about Ponyboy, a kid in Oklahoma that runs with the greasers. The greasers are known to be poor and are bullyed by the Socs. Pony has 2 brothers Soda and Darry. They help Pony through alot in the story. (4 stars) E. Brower

//**The Hunger Games**// Katniss, a witty, brave and intelligent girl it from a small poor district in Panam. Yearly, Panam has a battle held in an arena where randomly selected kids from all distracts are chosen to fight to the death. Katniss volunteered after her sister, Prim, was selected. Katniss and Peeta were boith chosen and had a lot in for them, in the battle to the death. This book falls under the sy-fy fiction genre, and is a great book to read. (5 stars) -Emily Peralta
 * By Suzanne Collins**
 * Divergent**
 * By Veronica Roth**

Beatrice lives in a society where everyone is divided into factions: Abnegation, Dauntless, Candor, Amity, and Erudite. Her family is a part of the Abnegation, who are selfless. Everyone in her society must take a test that tells you what faction you most belong in when you chose what faction to belong to when you are 16. Beatrice feels she doesn't really belong with the Abnegation, so it is up to her to decide her future and not fail everyone. (4 stars) Maia Gould


 * The Lovely Bones**
 * By: Alice Sebold**

//The Lovely Bones// is a story about a teenage girl in the seventies that gets raped and murdered. The girl's name is Susie Salmon and she narrates the story from her heaven. Susie describes what happens to her and her family during and after her rape and murder. From her heaven she can see Earth and her family and friends along with what they are thinking and the conflicts they are experiencing because of their loss. This is a fiction novel, but it is also a study on human nature and how different people deal with pain and loss and tragedy. This would be a good read for young adults and up. (Four Stars) B. Heisler
 * Comments on this review:**

The writing style of this novel is sometimes confusing to the reader. Sebold jumps between Heaven and Earth and also between the present and the past. The book encompasses an interesting topic and the beginning is very strong and action-packed. However, as the story progresses, it is somewhat of a slow read. I would recommend reading //The Lovely Bones// in a quiet setting for a relaxed read. (Three Stars) M.Greene

A Million Little Pieces, a fictional memoir, written by James Frey is a raw story about drug and alcohol addiction. This novel really shows readers the harsh reality of being an addict. James Frey is the main character. During his rehab in the Hazelden drug clinic in Minnesota, he meets many great friends and even falls in love with a beautiful girl named Lilly. This is an excellent book for the ages of seventeen and up because it contains graphic material and strong language. Once you start reading this novel, you will find yourself not wanting to put it down. Overall, we give this book four stars and would strongly recommend reading it. -Kate Corcoran and Kayla Persichetti

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson (Fiction) Last year, Tyler Miller was a skinny dweeb with only friend named Yoda. After spray-painting the school wall, Tyler is sentenced to work at a landscaping company for the summer. This year, Tyler is buff, bronzed, and getting the attention of the hottest girl in school, Bethany. Things seem to finally be going his way until he is accused of posting nude photos of Bethany on the internet. The kids at school revolt against him while he tries to deal with his family problems at home. Tyler Miller never thought being a man was going to be so difficult. WARNING: Twisted contains graphic descriptions on topics such as alcohol, sex, and suicide. 4 Stars. A quick, easy read. Kristy McKeever

By: Mitch Albom
 * The Five People You Meet In Heaven **

Eddie has been the maintenance man at Ruby Pier since he can remember. After a tragic death, Eddie goes to heaven to find it is nothing like he pictured it would be. He is taken to five different places, some familiar and some not so familiar, to meet five different people. Some people he does not even know, some he does, but they all have impacted each others lives in some way, and they all have a story that Eddie needs to hear. (five stars) L. Thomas

**The Fountainhead (fiction)** By: Ayn Rand

__The Fountainhead__ is philosophical fiction.Ayn Rand grew up in Communist Russia, and spent her life in America spreading her views on Individualism over Collectivism.This book is one of her many writings meant to show her ideas on the world, and what is wrong with it.Howard Roark is an architect in New York during the 1920’s.He is the protagonist who has strong views on architecture which go against the feelings of the general public.However, as an individualist, he does not work and live for other people, but for himself.Ayn Rand refers to the opposite of this as “second-handers,” or those who have no original thoughts of their own.While I found the 700-page book to be extremely interesting and worthwhile, it was definitely not written as a “light read.”The topics of philosophy dominating the story are meant to spur the readers to reexamine the world around them. (4 stars) -E. Stein

By: Michael Scott
 * The Alchmyst (Fiction)**

In this fiction book two siblings had their life turned upside down when they found out about the magical capabillities they possess. In this moder-day world how will they use their powers? Will they use it to conjure up some bacon, or will they use it to make delicious ice-cream. Will they have the power to stop their arch-enemy Dr. John Dee? He has just stolen a magical book with the power to destroy the world. If you enjoy eating delicious bacon, i recommend you read this book. (5 stars) -L. Dunn

By: Jordan Sonnenblick
 * Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie (young adult fiction)**

This story is a first person story told by a thirteen boy Steven that is in the middle school and he has a little brother. His little brother get cancer a little after Steven school year starts. During Steven's school year he talks about: his school year, his family, Jeffery's diagnosis, his family trouble (that Steven's family encounters later in the story), and many other things that happens to Steven. (five stars)-Ryan Check

By: S.E. Hinton
 * The Outsiders:**

This is by far the best book I've ever read, it tells the life of Greaser in the 60s, they get in a jam thought.

By: Ally Condie
 * Matched(Fiction)**

This story is about a society that picks everything for you, from the food you eat to who you get married to. Cassia doesn't like this. She wants to make her own choices. She is done listening to the soicety and decides to rebel.

by: Nazube Sabri

By: Louis Sachar
 * Holes:**

This story is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats that is convicted for stealing a famous persons sneakers. He is then sent to camp Green Lake which is a juvenile detention center, where they make you dig a hole in the desert everyday, but there is a mystery behind his punishment that is a curse on his family.

by: Laci Smith

By: John Green This book revolves around a young girl named Hazel Grace, who suffers from cancer. After visitng a teen group for cancer patients, she meets a boy, Augutus Waters. They immediately becaome close. They begin to spend more and more time together. The rest of the book is describing their friendship that soon becomes something more. **5 Stars!** -J.Smith
 * The Fault In Our Stars:**

By: Ally Condie This book is an amazing thriller about a world of rules, but two teenagers deside to stand up and go against the society. -Laura Eggert
 * The Hunger Games:**
 * This book is about a girl named Katnissed everdeen who was picked for the annual Hunger Games. Katniss faces many challenges and obstacles while she falls in love with Peeta. -William Neiman**
 * Matched:**

By; Diane Schwemm This book is about four sisters who live with their mother and have a happy life. There are four sections to the book, each in the point of view from a different sister. They are telling the story about what is going on when they turn 16. It starts out with Rose and then two years later goes on to the next sister in life, and so on. Definitely a great book to read. -Hannah Antonacci
 * The Year I Turned Sixteen**

//By: John Grisham// A young 13-year old boy named Theo learns that his hometown Strattenburg is planning to build a bypass connecting the city to the country. He finds out that this bypass will have negative effects on the environment, and also how one of his friends Hardie Quinn has a family farm that will have to be demolished if the bypass is accepted. He then tries to get people against the bypass and fight to make sure it doesn't get accepted by the city council. A whole number of events happens as the story goes on, and they get really interesting as well. This is the fourth book in the series, but I think you will like it if you read it, and I'm sure of it! -Spenser Kane
 * Theodore Boone: The Activist**