"Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Hattie Big Sky is an inspirational book about a young girl looking for a better life. She trys to find it by going to work on her uncle's homestead out in Montana. She finds that everything is going to need alot of work including the house if you can even call it that. She goes through long and enduring work to plant all her crops and harvest them on time. She makes new friends that always willing to help her out but still there are some people that don't believe that a woman, especially of her age, should run a homestead by herself.

In Hattie's hard life will she still find time for herself to relax? Will she get the crops harvested on time? Find out in this exciting journey through the eyes of a young lonely girl in Hattie Big Sky. I would give this book a 4 out of 5.

"Buddha Boy" By Kathe Koja

This book focuses on a boy named Justin as he gets to know a boy called Jinsen, or as he is labeled by the others at school, "Buddha Boy." He wears over sized tie-dyed T-shirts with dragons on them, his head is shaven, he is always smiling, and is considered a freak. He also begs for change at lunch like a monk, and doesn't let things get to him. Normally, Justin would just avoid a person like Jinsen, but they are teamed up for a class project. At first, Justin just wants is to be over quickly, so he doesn't have to be around this strange kid. But Justin then learns of Jinsen's amazing talent in art, and then he starts to like him. However, none of the kids at school seem to feel the same, especially McManus, the school's social leader. I enjoyed reading this book, it helped me understand a little more about Buddhism, art, understanding, and Karma. I also enjoyed how the words were used together, making this book not only a story, but a work of art. I would recommend this book to anyone age 13 or over (due to language). I give this wondrous fantasy a five of five stars.

"The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Thirteen dwarves, one wizard, and one hobbit, in one BIG adventure... One fine Spring day an unexpected party of dwarves arrives on the doorstep of a homely hobbit; Bilbo Baggins. Little does this innocent hobbit know that he is about to partake in an unforgetable quest that will change his life forever. The next day they all woke up bright-eyed ad bushy-tailed ready for an early start on their adventure. On their adventure they meet many creatures; big, small, evil, pleasant etc. They make many friends and enemies along the way. When they finally reach their destination they still have to defeat the most horrid, evil, loathed creature of them all; Smaug...

Do the dwarves and Bilbo defeat the Almighty Smaug? Do they recieve the treasure they were looking for? What is going to happpen!?! Find out in "The Hobbit" the prelude to the series
"The Lord of the Rings".

I would rate this book five out of five stars. If you are a Harry Potter fan you will enjoy this series!!

"Everlost" by Neal Shusterman

Allie and Nick didn't survive in the car crash.Nick and Allie both saw the light but knocked into each other and fell off course into a place called Everlost. Soon after, Nick and Allie met a boy named Leif who they found in the woods also stuck in between life and death. Nick and Allie wanted to leave the woods and find their family to see if they survived the crash. Leif decided to also leave but was scared that they would run into the McGill, an Everlost monster.Instead of finding McGill, they found a civilization of kids under the power of Mary Hightower, an Everlost queen. Nick and Lief love Mary, but Allie does not. Allie doesn't want anyone to be the boss of her. Allie leaves Mary's kingdom and soon discovers that she has special powers that will cause her to have a run in with the powerful McGill.
I rate this fiction book 5 out of 5. I thought the author was very creative. It was amazing how she could come up with the characters and the different scenes.It felt like I was actually in the book.

"After" by Francine Prose

The book started with a shooting in Pleasant Valley which was fifty miles away from a school called Central High. Because of the shooting, Central High hired a grief and crisis counselor. Now the school had security, lockers were being checked and privileges were being taken away. The students thought this was ridiculous because the shooting wasn't near them. Now if anyone broke the rules their punishment would be worse than before. There would be new rules everyday . Too many to keep track of. Tom, the main character feels like he's in a prison. And there is no way to escape. Just when he thought things couldn't get any worse students and teachers start disappearing. No one can stop it. The students aren't focusing on their school work anymore. They are focusing on not breaking any rules because if they did they would never be seen again. Many more things started happening that were even worse. The parents were hypnotized when they read their emails about the changes in the school. The kids couldn't tell their parents what was really happening. Tom tries to tell his dad what has been happening but, he doesn't believe Tom. Tom has to struggle not to break any rules because he may never be seen again.

I rate this fiction book a 5 out of 5 because the book was very suspensful and thrilling. Once I started reading I couldn't stop.

"The Creek" Jennifer L. Holm

Penny and her family moved to Mockingbird Lane. Penny heard her friends talked about a boy named Caleb who used to terrorize the town. He used to set fires hurt kids, and animals. Penny and her family weren't concerned though because he left years ago. Now Caleb's came back to harm the town more than he did before. Everyone in the town was terrified of him now because he was more dangerous than ever. All of the things that Caleb did before were happening again. When one of Penny's friend's house almost burned down, Penny starts to think that she is in danger. Penny starts to get paranoid and is to scared to leave her own home. Penny and her friends know that it was Caleb doing all of the terrible things to the town, but the police can't do anything about it because they don't have any evidence. The kids decide that if no one is going to do anything then they have to stop Caleb themselves. Except now they are in greater danger. Caleb is now after them.
I loved this fiction this book. It was a thriller. I didn't know what to expect. I had to keep reading to figure out what would happen next. I would rate this book a 5 out of 5.

"The Seance" by Joan Lowery Nixon

Lauren never really liked her adopted sister Sarah. Lauren was adopted herself butSarah was prettier than she was and got all the boys and attention. When Sarah told Lauren that she met a girl named Roberta who could talk to "spirits", Sarah got an idea that they should have a Seance with a bunch of their friends. Lauren didn't like the idea but said she would go because all her friends wanted her to be there. When it came to the night of the Seance everyone was freaked out about it and wanted to back out. They went on with it anyway thinking that nothing would go wrong. Everyone sat in a circle and Roberta started saying something under her breath. Then the light fell over and went out. Sarah screamed and said , "something is wrong here". Everyone got up and tried to look for a light switch. When they got the light on Sarah was missing. No one knew what happened to her. So the kids called the police and they came right away. He added up all the clues and told the girls to go home. A couple of days later Sarah was found dead in a pond. All the girls were getting letters that were threatening them. Soon another girl who did the seance was found dead in the same place they found Sarah. Can the rest of the girls find out answer to the mystery before it's too late?

I would rate this fiction book 5 out of 5 because it was very suspensful. I was excited to see what would happen next.