Mr. Maher's 8th Grade U.S. History Class
Genre: Action/Mystery
Reviewer: Carlos Hernandez
Title: Ark Angel
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Number Rating: 10
Review: Alex Rider just came from the hospital and turned 14 when he just was walking out side of a eco-planet convention Alex was shot in the head , and went back to the hospital again. When he met a nice kid who had cancer. The eco-gang wanted to kill him because he was a son of a rich dad, and when Alex saves him the dad gives him a stay at his houses.
Genre: Action/Mystery
Reviewer: Carlos Hernandez
Title: Storm Breaker
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Number Rating: 10
Review: A 13 year old kid called Alex Rider went to a normal school but later then he became one of the youngest spies. When send to missions he was a natural then his leaders decided that he should be in more mission to help stop criminals all over New York. This book has cool story sequence I recommend you read it and his whole series. You won’t want to stop reading it.
Genre: Fiction
Reviewer: Ashley Castro
Title: The Dream Stealer
Author: Sid Fleischman
Number Rating: 7.0
Review: The Dream Stealer was about a girl who had a dream. There was a creature who they called the dream stealer because he would steal bad dreams. Then one day when the girl who was named Susana had a dream, but it wasn’t a bad dream it was a good dream the dream stealer took it. Susana saw when he was taking it but she didn’t have time to tell him, he was gone. Susana. Then one day he came and she told him to give her back her dream. She explained to him that it was a good dream and he took her where he keeps all the dreams. She took along time looking time looking for her dream. Then a two headed monster opened the doors and all the dreams escaped. After that the two headed monster chased them all around until the creature and Susana trapped the monster. Susana went home without her dream and she couldn’t figure out if she was invited to her best friend’s birthday party. The next day her friend called her and she was very happy that she was invited.
Genre: Adventure/Mystery
Reviewer: Alexis Olivo
Title: Found (The Missing, Book 1)
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Number Rating: 10
Review: Found is about a boy named Jonah and his friend Chip. At first they are normal kids, but when they start receiving these weird letters they start to get suspicious. They start an investigation to find out who sent them. Then they find a paper and find out that they are one of the missing. Will they find out for sure what this all means or will they keep wondering who they are? I like this book because it gives you suspence, action, adventure, and comedy.
Genre: Fiction
Reviewer: Jeanette Lopez
Title: The Bully
Author: Paul Langan
Number Rating: 8
Review: The book, The Bully, was mainly about a teenage boy named Darrell Mercer. One day coming home from school he received horrible news from his mother that he couldn’t believe. He called his best friend, Malik, and told him he was no longer going to live in Philadelphia but in California. Once Darrell arrived to California he went for a walk to get some things off his chest. He met up with huge, buff guys that started picking on him as soon as they saw a scrawnylittle kid like Darrell. That scene revolved around Darrell’s freshman year. His first day of school was the worst day for him, so far. The guys that were picking on Darrell that other day were his associates at school, Bluford High.
Genre: Fiction
Reviewer: Cristina Reyes
Title: The Last Olympian
Author: Rick Riordan
Number Rating: 10
Review: So basically this book is about how the Great Prophecy is going to work its magic. Percy has trained for two long years to save Olympus from coming crashing down because of the Lord of Time, Kronos. Kronos is a tricky Titan so throughout the journey not only does Percy have to defeat Kronos’ army, but he has to do it without the help of the Gods. Percy and his camp mates must save Olympus, or die trying. Also, you will find out why Luke ran at such a young age away and how the Oracle of Delphi is cursed. This book is filled with so much action, yet so many secrets are revealed, you will not want to put it down!
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reviewer: Nina Nguyen
Title: Bud Not Buddy
Author: Christopher Paul Curtis
Number Rating: 9.5
Review: During 1936 (Great Depression) a young boy named “Bud” lived in an orphanage in Flint, Michigan. One day he was sent to a foster family and it was a horrible experience for Bud, so he decides to run away. Bud runs away and tries to catch a train to Grand Rapids to find his so called “father”. This is an amazing fiction story that has a little romance for the girls, some action for the guys, and an awesome moral. I recommended this book to anyone who is willing to gasp out loud. (I did!)
Genre: fiction
Reviewer: Alexis Torres
Title: Akiko
Author: Anonymous
Number Rating: 9.5
Review: the book is about a girl that is abducted by aliens. She was taken to the planet “Smoo”. The aliens abducted her because she was a good leader. The king of planet Smoo was really sad because his son was kidnapped by Allya Rellapor . He was worried because he knew he was about to die and his son was going to be the next king but now that his son is kidnapped nobody is going to be the next king. Now akiko needs to find and rescue the prince. The book is awesome and cool but if you want to find out if the prince was saved you need to read the triology of akiko.
Genre: Drama and Sports
Reviewer: Carlos Hernandez
Title: Goal
Author: Robert Rigby
Number Rating: 10
Review: Santiago is a Mexican immigrant who came to California with his parents at a very young age. Santiago now aims to make a difference in his family, but they living without illegal documents makes them harder to get a job. While playing in soccer game he has been watched by a soccer scout and after the game talk to him about how great his talents are; how he has the chance to play in a pro team. With obstacles in his way and with his parents not agreeing with him leaving the family to go play pro he get a lot of support from his grandmother. When making the team his new friends and his rookies skills get him in a few problems. I recommended this book to anybody who like a great sport book with dramatic story sequence on how his friends treated him and how he came from Mexico to the United States of America.
Genre: Fiction
Reviewer: Laura Miranda
Title: Someone to Love Me
Author: Anne Schraff
Number Rating: 10
Review: The main character in this book is a girl named Cindy. She felt like nobody could ever love her not even her own mom. Her mom got a new boyfriend named Raffie, ever since he came in her moms life, her mom has only spent time with him. Cindy was always by herself in her house with nobody to talk to. One day after school she was walking, Bobby saw her and asked her if she wanted a ride. Cindy knew he was a bad guy and that he hurt her best friend (Bobby’s Ex-girlfriend). Cindy then fell in love with Bobby knowing of the bad reputation he has in his school and in the streets. Cindy’s mom and Cindy didn’t want to face the truth about their man. Are they going to be able to open their eyes before is too late?
T.C. Marsh History 
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