Greenwood Lab School

pages read: 320/320

Author: Robin Wasserman

        I read the book Hacking Harvard by Robin Wasserman. It is about three friends that embark on a journey to create the greatest hack ever. Get a deadbeat slacker into Harvard. They are not performing a prank, they are performing a hack, which takes wits and a lot of brainpower. The hack goes well for a couple of months, but then some variables come up. They overcome them, though, and finish what they started.

      I thought this was a outstanding book. The writing style is great within Wasserman. I liked how they took a tough bad boy and got him into Harvard, and they become friends while doing it. Wasserman is a great author. Her words flow together and you can always understand what is going on. I could foreshadow it pretty easily, though I did not foreshadow the variables. That threw me off guard, but it made for a better ending. The ending also surprised me as well. It was not what I expected. Overall I think this was a great book full of action, comedy, and romance, but mostly action and comedy. I would rate this book a nine out of ten.

Book: The Sea of Monsters

Author: Rick Riordan

Pages: 279/279

This book is a sequel to The Lightning Thief. Percy Jackson, a demigod, goes back to Camp Half-Blood and many things have changed. There is a new camp director, monsters are starting to attack the camp, and the tree that protects the camp has been poisoned. Though Percy is not supposed to leave, he goes on a quest to find an object that can save the camp: The Golden Fleece. It’s located on a Cyclops’s island that is in a place called the Sea of Monsters (the Bermuda Triangle). Since he is the son of Poseidon (the sea god), he uses his power over the sea to get to the island with his friend Annabeth, who is a daughter of Athena, the goddess of wisdom. When they get there, they have to use trickery to fool the Cyclops into moving away from the fleece. With a little help from Tyson, another younger Cyclops who is Percy’s friend, they get the Golden Fleece. When they return to camp, they hang the fleece on a tree.

I liked this book because it is really funny and teaches you a lot about Greek mythology. Even though this book is good, I think it’s my least favorite one in the series. That’s because the plot just isn’t as interesting as the other ones and I don’t like how the camp’s magical borders went down. I also didn’t like the new camp director (who leaves, thankfully) or the Tyson character. Even though it had some things I didn’t like about it, this book was still really good.

i am reading The Boy in The Stripped Pajamas By: John Boyne

this book is about a young boy named Bruno that finds out that he is moving to Germany for his fathers job. although Bruno doesn’t know what his dad does for a living. it turns out that his father is a commander of a concentration camp for Jewish people. his father is in charge of making sure that the jewish people die. Once they arrive Bruno comes across a young jewish boy playing at a barbed wire fence. bruno becomes friends with the boy and they meet every day at the fence. bruno still dosent know that the boy is a jew and bruno also still dosent know that his father does what he does. brunos father dosent know that he is playing with a jewish boy. tawards the end of the story bruno helps the jewish boy find his father. bruno dosent know that the jewish boys father was dead. bruno and the jewish boy where led into a chamber where they where gased by nazis. brunos father runs into the chamber and picks up his son in grief and crys.

this book is really good an i would recommend it to anyone who is interested in the war.

Title: Breaking Dawn

Pages: 1-756

Author: Meyer, Stephenie

I am now finishing the ast part of the book Breaking Dawn. This part of the stoy is written in Bella Swans perspective. When I am reading the Twilight series I have found that Bella’s point of view is my favorite to read. I dont find that I like Jacobs as much as I like reading from Bellas perspective. In the last part of the book Bella has become a vampire and has a half human half vampire baby. In the beginning of this section Bella is still trying to get  a handle on things as a vampire. What she finds out is that she has a natural ability to contain herself from drinking blood of humans. Not only is she about ot do this but they believe that she may be what is known as a sheild.

The trouble begins when Alice has a vision. She sees that the entire Volturi is coming to get the Cullen family. This upsets her greatly and leaves to try to make her visions clearer. She does not return and has left the Cullens confused. Bella feels that she will do what ever she cant o protect her child as well as Edward is there is a battle between the vampires, however they hope that they can explain themselves before a fight breaks out. This is one of my favorite book of the series it has a great story line and keep you wanting to read more.

Title: Breaking Dawn

Author: Meyer, Stephenie

Pages: 1- 756

I have begun to read the second part of the book Breaking Dawn. The part of the book that I am currently reading is in Jacob’s perspective,when you are reading from his perspective it is very different than reading from Bella’s. Jacob is a werewolf  so you read much more about his wolf pack and you see his life instead of Bella’s unless he is with Bella in the book. In the book it is strange that Jacob is such great friends with the vampires but he really only stays for one reason and that is Bella. Jacob also loves Bella just the same as Edward does for her. Jacob would do anything to keep Bella from becoming a vampire.  The vampires do put themselves at risk, when they are near Jacob their powers become less powerful.

I think that Jacob’s portion of the story is interesting in that he is trying to make Bella believe that her choice to become a vampire is wrong. However Bella has made her decision and she is unwilling to change her mind now that she was going to have a child. She is set on Edward. Jacob does endure much pain from Bella, she needs him often but does not feel the same way that he feels for her so he is continually hurt by Bella and her choices to love Edward. I think that this book will continue to get better and become more interesting as the time goes on, I am hoping that Jacob can resolve some of his problems with Bella in the future.

Title: Breaking Dawn

Author: Meyer, Stephenie

Pages: 1-756

I am reading Breaking Dawn. This book is the last in the series of Twilight. I have read much of the book and have very little left to read. The book is almost split into sections. These sections are written from different characters points of view, such as Jacob and Bella’s point of views. I like the way that the book was created that way, it gives you a chance to see every perspective of the book. I think that this book is very interesting and keeps you on your toes. The writer has great description and tells a great story.

I think that the series will continue to grow in popularity, it is a great read and is very easy to get lost in the books. The first part of breaking dawn begins with the a big plot. Bella has found that she is pregnant by Edward the vampire. This rises some questions and challenges for both Bella and Edward and leaves them with little choices. I think that the plot is well written and really starts the book off well. would recommend this series to anyone. It has a great story line and the characters are discribed well. I have really enjoyed reading the first section of Breaking Dawn.

Tempted

By P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast

Pg. 35-45

Dear Miss Gibson,

This book is the 6th book in a series of books I have been reading this past year. I have not had much time to read my book lately, but I am planning on reading a lot of it over Thanksgiving Break. So far in this book, Zoey cannot choose between the 4 guys in her life. There’s Kalona, who draws her in, but is an evil fallen angel. She knows she belongs with him, but she can’t be with him. Next there’s Erik, who is an attractive Vampyre who loves Zoey, but can be very controlling at times. Then there’s Heath, who is a human. He has been her boyfriend since they were little kids. He knows her better than anyone else, and truly loves her, but it is dangerous for them to be together. Lastly there’s Stark, who is a different kind of vampyre. He has pledged to become a warrior for Zoey, meaning he will do anything to keep her alive.

I feel bad for Zoey. She has to choose between 4 guys that all love her. I seriously doubt she will choose Kalona because he is evil, but his powers could draw her in. I doubt she will choose Erik too, because she does not like controlling people. I bet she will choose either Heath or Stark because they both truly love her, and are always kind to her. I like Heath because he reminds Zoey of the times before she was turned into a vampyre. Right now this book is moving kind of slow, but I’m sure it will get really good like all the other books in the series. They all start out a little slow, then become impossible to put down. I predict that Kalona will come back and begin to cause more trouble. That could be very bad, because Kalona can be dangerous. I would recommend this book to anyone. I am excited to read on!

Anna M.

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