Shimmer (***)

Shimmer is the second book in the Riley Bloom serious, the first book, Radiance is about how Riley dies in a car crash with her parents and he dog, Buttercup. She is appointed the job of Soul Catcher, to catch and lead wandering or lost souls over the bridge into Here & Now. Now she is on vacation with her dog when she meets Rebecca, a sweet girl who died in a slave revolt on her father's plantation. But Rebecca is not as sweet as she seems and she soon drags Riley, Bodhi, and Buttercup into her world of nightmares and terrible memories. In her own little world she captured all of the slave's souls and kept them trapped in their worst memories, can Riley save Rebecca and her friends or will she have to leave them there inside their worst nightmares-or worse, will she be caught up in them too? Read the book to find out.

This book is 196 pages long. I'll give this book three out of four stars (***.)

SHIMMER
by, Alyson Noel

If I Stay (***)

If I Stay is a haunting story of 17 year old Mia who finds herself caught in a coma. Her family is dead and she thinks she has nothing to live for. Then she begins to think about Adam, her devoted and loving boyfriend, and her passion, music. She then thinks about the family she is leaving behind, her grandpa and grandma, her aunts, uncles, and cousins that she would be leaving behind. She sees everything as if she is a ghost, no one can hear her, no one can see her, she cannot go through walls, and no one seems to hear anything she says. Then she begins to think about her brother, Teddy, whom has died in the car crash too, and her parents, who were punk-rockers in their younger years. She thinks about the ups and down about both sides, what will happen if I stay, and if I leave?

This book is 196 pages long. I'll give it three out of five stars (***).

IF I STAY
by, Gayle Forman

Milkweed (*)

This book is about a thief who is a gypsy and his journey from a dirt poor boy on the streets to a grandfather with a family.

This book was 208 pages long. I'll give this book one out of five stars, I did not like it very much, it was very depressing and sad.

MILKWEED
by, Jerry Spinelli

Breadcrumbs (**)

This book is about a girl whose friend is captured by the ice queen. She has to go on a quest in an odd world to find him.

This book is 313 pages long. I'll give it two out of five stars, (**) I did not like it.

BREADCRUMBS
by, Ann Ursu

Julie of the Wolves (***)

Julie leaves her abusive husband and drunken step father when she is only 13. She sets out to San Fransisco, were her pen pal, Amy lives. On the way she befriends a pack of wolves and lives off of their kill. Her father, whom she had believed to be dead for years she finds running a dog sled town. She is hurt by his betrayal and does not stay for long. She learns the language of the wolves whom had helped her survive the long winter and the cold tundra.

This book is 170 pages long. I'll give it three out of five stars (***)

JULIE OF THE WOLVES
by, Jean Craighead George

Sisterhood Everlasting (****)

Sisterhood everlasting is the fourth book of the Traveling Pants series, which is about the septembers', four girls who all knew each other from birth, adventure with a pair of pants that seemed to have the magic to keep the girls together when they spend their first summer apart. Beatrice, Bee, is wild, carefree, and beautiful. Carmen, Carma, is an average girl who is selfish, yet at the same time, selfless. Lenny, Len, is beautiful, tall, has large feet, is quiet and reserved, and a artist. Tabitha, Tibby, is small, has mousy brown hair, she is quiet, and seems to always have some sort of problems in her life, from the trajetys of Bailey, to smaller things like loosing something. Ann Brashares spins four wonderful novels, about four wonderful summers, of four wonderful friends.

This book is 349 pages long. I'll give it a four out of five stars (****).

SISTERHOOD EVERLASTING by, Ann Brashares

Divergent (****)

This book is about a futuristic sociaty where there is different groups that discribe your certain personality. Beatrice's test results turn up odd, she is a divergent, and no one is explainig what it is. She picks dauntless, much to her father's displeasure, but her mother is smiling, why? She meets her trainer, Four, who is stony and expressonless, but as she begins to get to know him better, Tris begins to have second thoughts on her trainer...

COMMENTS: this book has action, romance, with suspensful moments, I finished this book in roughly five hours. I literlly could not put it down!!!


This book is 496 pages long. I'll give it four stars (****).
I recomend this book for grades 6 and up.

DIVERGENT By, Veronica Roth