"The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells

This book is about a man (whose name is stated as The Time Traveller) who has created a time machine. The book begins with the time traveller stumbling into a room where some of his colleges were talking. One of the people, Filby, remembers the events of one week ago, when the time traveller showed them his new machine. The Time Traveller then tells his tale of time travel. His story begins with him in his lab, about to test his machine. After his trip from 10:00 to 3:30, he then travels to the year 802,701 A.D. In this strange future, he finds out the fate of man. Afterwards, he travels to a desolate future. Returning to the past, he makes one more stop, arriving in a strange future where the humans have divided agains each other in the North and South. A great tale of possible futures, I give this book a five of five. This is a classic every one should read!

"A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13, The End" By Lemony Snicket

This book, as the title suggests, is the final installment in the A Series of Unfortunate Events book. After escaping from the burning hotel Denouement with Count Olaf, (Read book 12, The Penultimate peril) the orphans find themselves adrift at sea. Their ship is soon swept away by a terrible storm, and the four of them are soon stranded on an island. The inhabitants of the island allow the Baudelaires to live with them, but ban Count Olaf from staying. The Baudelaires soon start living a peaceful, yet boring lifestyle. Soon, a raft of books end up on the island's shore and the person riding it is the Baudelaire's friend, Kit Snicket. Ishmal, the islands arbitrator, believes that Kit should be left on the coastal shelf, because she has the same tattoo of an eye on her ankle as Count Olaf. However, the orphans stay with Kit, and are also left on the coastal shelf. When night falls, some of the islanders visit the Baudelairs and ask them if they want to join in their mutiny. The orphans, left with no other choice, agree to help the islanders. They travel to where all of the items the islanders find are kept, in search for weapons. Once there they find a tree with a hallowed spot in the trunk. They travel down the tree into a room filled with books, machinery, and spices. They are not there long, as Ishmal finds them and forces them out. When they get back to the island however, the mutiny has begun. I loved this book because it ends, but doesn't really end and in my opinion, this book is a 5 of 5 stars!

"Pendragon Merchant of Death" by D.J. MacHale

This book is all about a teen named Bobby Pendragon. It all starts when Bobby misses the biggest B-ball game of his life (so far) to help his uncle Press "help people in need". Turns out, those people are halfway across the universe! Bobby and his uncle use a flume(dimensinal gate) to get to a planet called Denduron, wher they have to save the world from impending doom by Saint Dane, the villan of the series. Want to find out more? Read the book at NMS library to find out!!!

"The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

This book is about a boy named Matteo Alacrán. He is not actually a boy, he is a clone of the drug lord El Patrón. El Patrón controls a country called Opium. It is a small strip of poppy fields between the United States and what was once known as Mexico. Matt was born form the womb of a cow. Matt grows up in entire secrecy, until he is found out by a group of kids. Unfortunately, curiosity gets the best of him, so he breaks a window and jumps out. He gets his hands and feet full of glass. He is taken to a mansion where he gets poor treatment for his injuries. He is locked in a room full of saw dust, and is treated like an animal for six months, until El Patrón comes by for his 140th birthday. After that day he is treated with respect, and gets his own body guard, music lessons, and teacher. Unfortunately the teacher turns out to be an eejit. An eejit is a person with a chip in their brain that turns them into zombies. The have to be told what to do. They are hungry when they are told to be hungry. Matt enjoys his life, until El Patrón has a heart attack. He gets a small donor heart to help him, but has another heart attack. Matt finds out that El Patrón needs Matt's heart, but Matt escapes, and heads across boarder. Will Matt find a new life in the US, or will he go back to Opium and turn things around? This realistic fiction book has some may twists and turns, that i must be a MUST READ on every ones list.


Rated: FIVE Stars (out of five stars)

"Searching for David's Heart", By Cherie Bennett

This book is about a girl named Darcy Deeton who has a tough life. Her family forgets she's there and her dad yells at her all the time for no reason at all. The only one that Darcy can go to is her older brother David. They have always been close, until her brother David gets a girlfriend. David starts treating her like a pest and can't stand her anymore. To find out what happens next, read the book "Searching for David's Heart", By Cherie Bennett.

"Who Owns Kelly Paddik" by Beth Goobie

Kelly Paddik is a troubled teen who cannot escape the haunting memories of being raped by her father. Although he's no longer in the picture, his memory is locked in her brain. From the very first pages, we follow Kelly as she is sent to yet another girls' home. All she wants to do is escape, but escape from what?

Using tight, restrictive spaces throughout the novel, Goobie does a great job allowing the reader to experience the same isolated, oppressive, trapped feeling that Kelly expreinces both mentally and phisically. This book really grabs your attention, and it's a quick, easy read. I'd highly recommend it.

I'd rate this Five out of Five stars!

"Elsewhere" by Gabrielle Zevin

A fascinating - and funny! - peek into the hereafter is the premise of "Elsewhere" by Gabrielle Zevin. Liz, a 16-year-old, is riding her bike to the mall when she sails through an intersection and is hit and killed by a car. Liz finds herself travelling to and eventually arriving at a place called Elsewhere, which looks very much like planet Earth with one BIG difference. On Earth, as time goes by, one ages, but on Elsewhere, as time passes, one gets younger. Consequently, Liz meets her grandmother, who appears much younger than the woman she remembers before she died. Liz is very angry about the whole "being dead" scene; she feels she was robbed at so much that life on Earth had to offer - the prom, getting her driver's license, falling in love, etc. - and she is ticked that she will again be a helpless baby after a few short years.

Will Liz ever adjust to "life" on Elsewhere? Luckily for Liz, and for us readers, the answer to this question is answered via Zevin's clever writing and the colorful cast of characters she creates. This fiction book is a MUST read!

Rated : FIVE stars (out of FIVE)