Greg's best friend Rowley Jefferson has ditched him and gotten himself a girlfriend. Greg's life has just gone from bad to worse. When Greg finds a magic 8 ball, his life changes for the better -- or at least that's what Greg thinks...... Will his supposed good fortunte continue or will it be hard luck for Greg?
This enthusiastic/adventurous story is about a boy named Chen who lives in a small chinese village. His mother and father got killed by the soldiers in China. Now Chen is off with Master Waan who has sworn to protect the boy at all costs. Once Chen finds out he can read minds, Master Waan quickly teaches Chen to become a young wizard! It also turns out that Master Waan is a wizard too! So Chen and Master Waan quickly come aboard a treasure ship, which is just the beginning of their adventure.
A story that beatifuly mixes love, tragedy, magical realism, and coming of age. The book starts with a history of the family (told by Ava, the main character). Ava is a normal girl except for one little thing: she is born with wings. When she is 16 she goes on a quest to discover who she is and why she was born this way. She is not prepared for the real world and goes through many trials and tribulations. It is a beautiful book with many themes like self discovery, the American dream, and what it means to be human.
This book is about five friends: Laila, Henry, Katie, Nina, and Ram who all have different connections to each other. This group of 5 goes on an adventure together. The book is also is about the Mayan gods, inclding PAX, the sky god. The 4 of the 5 friends go to Spain and Mexico to search to save the 5th friend, and they realize they need to save humanity before it's destroyed by the gods. Are these friends going to find their friend and save humanity?
The book I chose - Bird Without Wings, was a mysterious and exciting book about a teenage girl who finds out who she "really" is. Scarlett is having trouble in the real world, being bullied, her father gone missing, no firends but she ends up finding a magical Fae world. In this Fae world, it's different than the regular world, more pure and more free. This Fae world brings her closer to finding her birth mom and father.
Year of Mistaken Discoveries by Eileen Cook is a riveting novel that absolutely grabs your attention and makes you hold onto every last word. A truly touching story about a young girl who was once adopted searches for her birth mother in her last year in high school.
Did you ever feel that you're lost and some kind of maniac is coming to kill you? In this book it happens to a 12 year old kid named Jack. He goes on a trip with his parents to Lake District. Jack felt something weird once he was there, like something strange was going to happen. On their trip, Jack and Rosie, his little cousin, get lost in the woods where there is a criminal coming after them. Jack's family also ends up in danger. Jack and Rosie must find a way out and save their parents, but how are they going to accomplish such an enormous task?
Evan Carter is always the 'new guy.' Every couple months, his father moves his family across the US and Evan is left with no friends, only a list of past hook-ups in his wake. He knows just which girls to hook up with and his most recent boarding school is no exception. One lucky day, a girl comes into his room and before he knows it, Evan is in the middle of hooking up with her. It’s not a one time thing but it does end quickly, after a few guys find out. They assault Evan and his dad pulls him from the school, taking him back to where he grew up in Minnesota.
One day, these people were in a strange place. They wanted to find their parents, but they were not in the strange place. Logan went into a computer, and they saw a blue team and a red team in war. Logan was on the red team. If Logan beat the blue team he would get farther into the computer. The farther he got, the better chances he would find his parents. Logan and his gang went exploring in the woods. They saw something strange. Logan went back into the computer. He saw a door that said, "Breeze," but he had no idea what it meant. They had no idea what was going on.
What would happen if you suddenly found yourself in your favorite game? It sounds great, but if the game is The Game of Pirate, it can also be very dangerous. Fourteen year old Jack learned the game from an actual pirate - Captain Jones.
