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Hatchet

I read the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. This was a book about a teenage boy who's parents have recently gotten a divorce. After the split, Brian starts putting the pieces together and realizes that his mom was halving an affair. The book stars out with Brian in a two seater airplane. The pilot suffers from a fatal hart attack short after giving Brian a brief flying lesson. Brian is then flying by himself, making several radio transmissions. After a few hours above the Canadian tundra, the engine cuts out and Brian is able to land in a near by lake. He survives the crash but the pilot is not so lucky. The rest of the book tells the stories of Brain surviving on his own. He is faced with many challenges including animals, food supply, making fire, and above all himself. Will Brian make it out? You will have to read Hatchet to find out

I give this book a 8 out of 10 due to some slow points and how Paulsen describes Brain getting sick... Its a little gross. This book is intended for teens and adults above the age 13 in my opinion. (Male and female)

MICHAEL MALLON

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

This book is about a senior names Brittany Ellis who, at school, is "perfect." She keeps this image because she doesn't want anyone to know about how her life is at home with her dad that's never there, a demanding mom, and a mentally challenged sister who needs a lot of her attention.

On the first day of school during Chemistry, her teacher partners her up with Alex Fuentes, a gang member and seen as the "tough guy." Except no one knows that he only joined in order to protect his family after his father died.

While they work on their chemistry project, they learn things about each other that nobody knows about. They begin to fall for each other, though they pretend not to notice. Although they are different, they are also similar. One's rich, one's poor, but both have an image to protect. They just have to figure out what's more important: Their love for one another, or the person they pretend to be.

I would recommend this book for girls because there is a lot of romance in it.

Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs

Deadly Decisions is part of a series about the job of Temperance Brennan. She is an anthropologist who works in Quebec Canada. An anthropologist is a person that works with bones and indentify dead people that cannot be easily recognized. In this book, she finds old bones at a biker safe house so she has to find out who they were. But the bikers don't want her to find out so they scare and threaten her. This is nothing unusual for her but when her nephew comes up from the states for a surprise visit, she realizes that she is putting his life in danger. This book is about how she deals with her problems at home and at work and still finish the case and keep everyone safe, all the while she is settling down a huge biker war that has been going on in Quebec for years by finding things to put the bikers away, at least for the time being. This book is for anyone who likes mysteries and suspense throughout the entire book. Kathy Reichs describes in vivid detail everything that is happening and going on. It is a great book and i would recommend it to anyone.

Red Rider's Hood

The Book "Red Rider's Hood" should sound very familiar to the famed child story "Red Riding Hood." I was very impressed with this book, the author (Neal Shusterman) has created a new story entirely while at the same time he references to the original story though out the book. The book itself is not that long and quite gripping. A lot of books I have read I found I had issue finishing the book as it dragged on with meaningless detail. Not so with this book it progresses very nicely and at a good pace. I would recommend this book to anyone who gets really bored, really fast. Because this book will not let you do that and is full of suspense, action and unexpected turns.

roller coasters

this semester i read roller coasters. this book is all about roller coasters. the book starts out with the history of the coasters. it goes from ice to wooden. then there is the steel coster chapter where it tells you about the very first steel coaster. then it talks about xtreme costers wich some have drops over 200 feet. throght reading this book i learnd manny new things. overal its a great book for boys and girls. if you like rollercoasters you should definitly read it.

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

In the book Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin, a fifteen year old girl named Liz, dies because she was hit by a car. Soon she goes on a cruise boat called the S.S Nile which takes her to a trippy place called Elswhere. In Elswhere people age backwards until they are babies again, then they are put in a river to be put back on Earth. During her time at Elsewhere she has her ups and downs. The story takes place in a matter of fifteen years in Elsewhere. I really liked this book. In the book, there were great vivid characters. Also, in the end she ties up all loose ends. There are many great little adventures Liz goes on which keeps the pages turning. I mostly recommend this book for girls, however, I am sure that everyone will enjoy this great book. Since I am fifteen I was able to relate myself to it. The book makes you thing of your own life, and how you would react. I would rate this book a 9 out of 10. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, but it had some boring parts, and a bit of a confusing beginning. All in all I highly recommend this book to any reader out there!