Rivals

   
Cam Greeno
1/23/13


I read the book the rivals by Tim Green. The  main character is Josh he plays baseball with his friends in cooperstown and is trying to win a championship for his team but suffers from an injury and misses an important game and his team wins it for him and is trying to come back for the big game and is facing a team that there coach is a MLB player and might be called an unfair game because of it. Josh’s best friend Benji also plays for his team and they are the stars on josh’s team.

I liked how Tim described each play by play and didn't miss a detail. He also got every detail right about Cooperstown.

I would recommend this to any age that likes baseball and intensity. I would rate this 3.5 stars out of 4

Freak The Mighty

Freak the Mighty

By: Rodman Philbrick

Eric Morel

The book is about this kid named Max.  His body was growing faster than his mind, then a kid named Freak sees him flying a toy in the hard an they become best friends.  They go on lots of adventures together.  One of the big parts of this is when Max goes to find Freak when he got kid napped from his dad.

I liked how the kids became best friends and at first they thought that each other were really weird.  But slowly they started to really enjoy each others company.  Later in the book some of the adventures that happened were 1 Max gave Freak a book to write in for the adventures they go on.  2 Freak puts max on his shoulders so max could play basketball.

I would rate this book a 3.  I just wished it explained more at the end when he max died.  This book was really good other wise because it was very interesting and it kept me occupied.  I recommend this to anyone it is a really good book.  It is also fun to learn about what they do and how friendship can grow, and mostly how you cant judge a person by how they look.

Before I Fall

Shania Horton

Before I Fall

The book I am reading is Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver. The main character, Sam, likes to party. She is all about herself and very obsessed with her popularity. Sam eventually dies, and has to relive her last day over and over again. My favorite scene so far is when Chris and Rob are fighting at a party that the girls go to.

 I like this book because it is exciting and I do not really hate anything about this book. I recommend this book to teenagers. This book is inappropriate for kids younger than 13 because there is bad language and underage drinking scenes in the book. So far, in the book I rate it a 4 out 5 because it keeps me interested. I think other girls in high school would really like this book.

The Uglies by Scott Westerfield

Emily Tobin

         The book that I read was Uglies by Scott Westerfield. The main character Tally lives in a world with separate places. One is Uglyville and the other is New Pretty Town. Tally lived in Uglyville at first but then she gets an operation into a pretty. She meets up a new friend named Shay. All of Tally's old friends became pretty. Shay isn't quite positive if she wants to enter New Pretty Town.They both have a dilemma weather to be pretty or stay ugly.
           The part I liked in the book was when Tally sneaked into New Pretty Town with a mask looking like a pig so no one knew who she was. She wanted to see her old friend Peris. The part I didn't like in the book was when Tally and her friend Shay went to some forbidden place called "The Ruins" to meet Shay's friend David but he never showed up.
            I recommend this book to anyone who likes to read fiction books. I would say 12-14 year old's would enjoy reading this. I rate this book a 3 out of 4 because there were some interesting parts and some were not really as interesting.         

jacob frazier book review

The book that i am reading is called Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick the genre is probably non-fiction. The book is about a kid named max whos dad is in jail for killing max's mom. people look at max like he is a very wierd kid because he is a very tall and because of his dad people think hes just like him and just has a very differant way of looking at life. one day he meets a very smart kid named kevin. who brings the life of max out and shows how to have fun, but in midevil ways.and they become very good ways. my favorite part was when they went to the fair.

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

by: Sydney Mountzouris

Dear John is a realistic fiction romantic novel. The main character John, a young man in the military, meets a girl named Savanna at a beach. They instantly fall in love when John retrieves her purse from the waters. Shortly after meeting, John is retreated back to the army. Even though they are apart they still keep up a steady long distance relationship. Six months later John returns but unfortunately there love is not the same. There love is put to the test and they discover true love, loyalty, and heartbreak.

I enjoyed the book very much. I was very engrossed through the entire time and at some parts I could not stop reading. The plot was very good and the book was well written. Nicholas Sparks is an excellent writer and his books are very easy to read, but at the same time sends a very good message. I was very happy with the book until around the end. I did not enjoy the ending at all. It was a very good twist to the story, but I was expecting something different. It also bothered me that over time, Savannahs character changed and did things that I think she would never do. When Savannah was introduced I liked her very much, but as the story progressed I started thinking differently of her.

My favorite part was the first week of John and Savannah meeting. I thought that everything they did was just so adorable. The reason that they met was very creative and sweet. Overall, I enjoyed reading about their relationship. I also really liked how John respected Savannah which made me like his character very much.

I would recommend this book to any female reader from young adult to senior who is interested in realistic fiction romance novels. This book is very easy to read and isn’t very hard to finish. I would rate this book three stars because it is very well written, has a good plot, and I was interested in reading the story the entire time. The reason I would give this book three stars is because there were some parts when I thought the characters did things that I did not think they would do. Also, the ending was nice but disappointing, and I expected something different. Essentially, Dear John was a very good book that really defined true love, loyalty, and heartbreak. It was easy to read and kept me interested the entire time. If you are interested in realistic fiction romance novels, you should take into consideration reading Dear John.