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Summer Reading (The City of Ember)
I would rate this novel a 4 out of 5 stars. In this novel, the two main characters Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow endure a race against time to solve the puzzle that may be the key to saving their city from encapsulating in darkness forever. Lina and Doon work to crack the code of a secret message that has the instructions to escaping their town. -
1st Workshop Novel: (The People of Sparks)
I would rate this novel a 3 out of 5. This novel is the 2nd book of the City of Ember series and the same main two characters Lina and Doon reappear after cracking the code of the instructions that lead them out of the city; except this time they are in a different location with surroundings that were beyond their knowledge. They have to overcome difficult obstacles after being faced with real life problems such as weather changes, growing food, and starting/joining a community. -
The Outsiders
I would rate this novel a 4 out of 5. This novel contains a variety of different types of characters from different social societies as well as different personalities, but revolves around one main character, Ponyboy Curtis. Pony and his gang whom go by the term "greasers" have fell into the lower class of his society, and frequently become involved in brawls and live an extremley violent life. The Greasers must gain redemption, while others meet tragic ends. -
2nd Workshop Novel: (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)
I would rate this novel a 4 out of 5. This novel is about Harry Potter, a boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and possesses unique magical powers of his own. He is summoned from his life as an unwanted child to become a student at Hogwarts, an English boarding school for wizards. There, he meets several friends who become his closest allies and help him discover the truth about his parents' mysterious deaths. -
Literature Circle Novel: (The Book Thief)
I would rate this novel a 4 out of 5. The Book Thief centers around the life of Liesel Meminger, a ten-year-old girl living in Germany during World War II. Liesel's experiences are narrated by Death, who describes both the beauty and destruction of life in this era. After her brother's death, Liesel arrives in a distraught state at the home of her new foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann. During her time there, she is exposed to the horror of the Nazi regime. -
3rd Workshop Novel: (The Summer I Turned Pretty
This novel follows a teenage girl named "Belly" Conklin and the summers she spends at a residence known as Cousin's Beach, with her mother and older brother, Steven, along with her mother's lifelong best friend, Susannah, and her sons, Conrad and Jeremiah. Belly finds herself caught up in a complicated love triangle with her first love Conrad, and when a sudden and recent interest in his younger brother Jeremiah occurs. This novel kept me reading for a long time, and was a easy read. -
The Giver
I would rate this novel a 3 out of 5. In this novel the main character Jonas lives in a seemingly "perfect" world of conformity and contentment. When he begins to spend time with The Giver, an old man who is the sole keeper of the community's memories, Jonas discovers the dangerous truths of his community's secret past. Now burdened with the power of knowledge, Jonas realizes that he must escape from their world to protect himself and those he loves.
