The Scorpio Races (****)

Puck Conolly is the first girl to ride in the Scorpio Races. She is also the first rider to enter on a Island horse, Dove. All the other horses are capall uisce. Water horses. Vicious ones that come from the sea. Sean Kendrick loves the dangerous water horses. He is the fourth time race winner on his borrowed horse, Corr. They both want to win. Sean? He wants to buy his favorite water horse. Puck? She wants to keep her house and horse and make sure her brother, Gabe can stay on the Island.

This book is 404 pages long. I'll give it four out of five stars (****.)

THE SCORPIO RACES
by, Maggie Stiefvater

Hades (***)

Hades is the sequel to Halo, a book about Bethany, an angel whom is cast down form earth to tiny little venus cove to solve a problem including a troubling demon and some brain-washed people. Bethany is back again and this time she is kidnapped by Jake, the demon who she thought her brother, Gabriel had killed to make her his wife in the underworld. Can Bethany escape this time? Will her brother and sister come to save her? Read the book to find out.
This book is 424 pages long. I'll give it three out of four stars (***). *Recommended for 7th grade & up as there is mature content*

HADES
by, Alexandra Adornetto

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