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“The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.” This was the philosophy of a young man who abandoned his family, car and possessions, inventing a new life for himself. Into The Wild is the story of Christopher McCandless, a twenty-four year old from the East Coast, who walked alone into the Alaskan wilderness and never came out. At the discovery of his remains, the puzzling circumstances of the boys death received huge media attention. Many called him reckless, incompetent, selfish, a wacko, a “narcissist who perished out of arrogance and stupidity.” Jon Krakauer, ...

The book I reviewed was “Inheritance” by Christopher Paolini. It is the finale to the Eragon series. The land of Aglaesia (where the story is set in) has been taken over by an evil kin. The man is the most powerful man in Aglaesia because he is a powerful magician and is a dragon rider. It seems like no one can defeat him. Then a small farm boy finds a dragon egg. With the help of the elves and the resistance (known as the Varden) he is taught the ways of magic and sword. Now in Inheritance we start with Eragon and The Varden attacking one of the King’s great cities. The battle is long and har ...

When I first started to read Night by Elie Wiesel, I thought it was going to be just like every other Holocaust book out there, the same hatred for Nazis and detailing how terrible the labor was. I was wrong. This book details the true horrors that happened inside the concentration camps and how living in the camps changed Wiesel’s life. I thought I was going to feel the same rage and hatred that I usually do when reading a book about the Holocaust. While reading this book I felt disbelief, sadness, and heartbreak. Wiesel’s purpose for writing this book was to tell young adults about his stor ...

Perfect for fans of The Grisha Trilogy and Grave Mercy, Sarah J Maas’ New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass is a thrilling, adventurous, and action-packed story that will keep you on your toes the entire way through. USA Today claims that Throne of Glass is “A must-read for lovers of epic fantasy and fairy tales.” and, as a lover of both, I wholeheartedly agree with this statement. With twists and turns around every corner and characters you will grow to adore this story is sure to be one that you can’t put down. Throne of Glass takes place in the world of Erilea where magic has been o ...

Fifteen-year-old D.J Schwenck had a lot left unsaid and learned to say a lot in Dairy Queen, written by Catherine Gilbert Murdock. In present time, Red Bend, Wisconsin a lot happens to D.J over summer vacation. She has a task assigned to her to train her school's biggest archrivals football team's player Brian Nelson. It was not easy for D.J since she was just a dumb farm girl. D.J didn't give up and she learned a lot about herself. D.J and her family live on her great-great grandfather's farm that had been passed down to her father. D.Js father though is suffering with a hip problem so he c ...

The novel Name me Nobody was written by Lois-Ann Yamanaka, born on September 7th, 1961 in Ho?olehua, Hawaii. She attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa where she received both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree. She wrote many books, including a book of poems called Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre in 1993, a novel called Heads by Harry in 1998, and Name Me Nobody in 2000. Lois-Ann Yamanaka is currently writing, teaching, and co-owning a writing school called Na`au. She has won numerous awards including the National Endowment for the Humanities grant in 1990, the Pushcart Prize for Poetr ...

Ethan Wate was a Gatlin native, living in the house that had belonged to the Wate family for generations. In his town, he knew everyone, their history that mixed well with his own, until you started to believe the whole town was related. That’s when when tragedy struck the Wate family, a car crash killing his mother. Everyone in town brought cookies and casseroles for him and his father, to help them through their loss. Maybe, knowing everyone’s history, and they all knowing his mother, made Lena special. Her ballerina skirts, black messy hair, converse and arms always covered in pen, made Et ...

Ned Vizzini is everything the average high school parent wants their child to be. He is hyper-motivated, unthinkably successful, and ruthless in all things competitive. He is excellent in every aspect of himself, most prominently his vital paradox: he prospers because of his desirable traits, but has said traits because he prospers. Thankfully for the contemporary bibliophile, Vizzini has capitalized on his vices (aka advantages) and employs these traits to the noble pursuit of fiction (as well as various nonfiction) writing. His two most recent novels are examples of the finest youth-orien ...

Death is not only used as a theme and symbol in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, but it is also the narrator. In this book, Death gives the reader a different perspective of what death means in Nazi Germany by looking in his eyes, rather than the victim's. He follows foster child Liesel Meminger because he believes she is different from most humans. The Book Thief is truly a novel that will give readers shivers down their spine, goose bumps on their arms, and a tear in their eyes by the time they turn to the final page. If a book is to be considered a work of art, it is crucial that there is a ...

The Sword of Summer, by Rick Riordan offers a hilarious insight into Norse mythology in a terrific tale of adventure, wit, and battles, but is almost too similar to his previous books. Riordan’s novel begins off with a fast paced introduction, where readers may start off confused and bewildered at what is going on. Soon into the novel, characters begin to develop and an intricate story is told. Readers of Riordan’s previous works may find this book repetitive due to its similarity in voice and general storyline. Magnus Chase, the main character, is introduced as a homeless boy living on the s ...