The Future of Us

The book I read was The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler. This book takes place in 1996 and two teens, Emma and Josh, discover Facebook and their future selves in 2011. I chose this book because Morgan Buck suggested it to me.(:

In the book, Emma is one of the few teens who have a computer in the '90s. Josh brings her a CD-ROM that leads them straight to Facebook. They see their future selves, who they marry, their kids, their friends' future lives and everything else that's happened within the 15 years. Although when they see information about themselves they don't like, they purposely do something drastic in their time period  to cause a chain reaction and have their future change as well. Romance between Emma, Josh and other characters plays a big role in the book, as well.

One  thing I like about this book was that it had to with Facebook, because I love Facebook.(: Also, that it still had a cute love story! One thing I didn't like is that the whole plot was just that Emma and Josh found Facebook and Emma didn't like her future so she purposely changed things to never make her marry him but it was written like it was an everyday life so it got really boring at times. Ages 14 and up would be appropriate for this book because the main characters are teenagers so there are drugs and sex and what not. But, the reading level would be appropriate for, like, 9 year olds;it was really easy to read. I wouldn't really recommend this book to anybody. The only interesting parts were that you could see the future and the romance.

Dash & Lily's Book Of Dares

I finished a book called "Dash & Lily's Book Of Dares" by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan. It is a realistic fiction book. I chose this book because it was recommended to me by the librarian.

Lily, one of the main characters, wants to find a perfect friend that shares the same interests as her. But, she realizes that she isn't the only person that wants or not wants that. Her grandpa is very against that she starts talking to a guy and he strictly enforces her not to. But this year, she has her chance to change that. Her grandpa is away at Florida and her parents are in a vacation. The only person that is in charge of her is her brother. But, her brother tells her that she is on her own. So, her brother comes up with the idea of starting a conversation between her and a person that she doesn't know yet but might later. Dash, the other main character, is the guy that she talks to between the journal. In the journal they express all of their ideas and feelings. Dash and Lily then end up close friends but every thing that happened in between their other friendship is all a mystery that a reader can find in the book.

Two things that I liked about the book is that it is very descriptive and not long. Age group of this book would be 10+. The reading level would be 4/10. I would recommend it to a friend. A person would like this book if they like reading.

Letters to a Bullied Girl

The book That I chose is called Letters to a Bullied Girl and Its a true story. This girl named Olivia Gardner was abused in many ways and people from all around the world wrote letters to her.

Olivia wanted to have friends and enjoy her life but she couldnt without being bullied. So these 2 sisters wrote to her and soon everyone else did too writing about if they were bullied or just saing a friendly note to stay strong.

Two things I liked about this book is that there are lots of people who stood up for this girl and also I liked that she had so much support from her family and people around the world. Tow things I didn't like was that this is a true story and its very hard to think that this happenes to lots of people every day. Another thing I didnt like about this book is the stories that people wrote about being bullied because it was very emotional. I would recommened this to a friend in a heartbeat. People who have open hearts and are nice qould enjoy this book very much.

Long Shot

  The book Long Shot is a book that was written by Mike Lupica. In this book you will read about a kid named Pedro who struggles against one of his so called friends who turns on him unexpectedly.

  In this book Pedro was on the sixth grade basketball team who didn't picture himself as a play maker but more of a team player. So to stand out in the crowd a little more he decides to run for president of the grade against the most popular kid in the grade Ned who was also the best on the basketball team. Then Ned just started to get on everyone's nerves and Pedro finally mans up and tells Ned that hes not the only person on the court.

  I liked many things about the book. There were not two things that I didn't like about this book. This is a good book for the ages of 11 and up. I would recommend this book to one of my friends. The kind of people who would like this book are more of sporty people.

Dear John

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks is a fiction romance novel. I chose to read it because it looked like a good book and was recommended by Mrs. Henry.

John Tyree is in the army and while on leave, he meets a girl named Savannah. This is the story of them falling in love and their time together. When John has to go back, Savannah is in tears and knows it will be hard. They have to make it through that to know their love will last.

I liked this book because the story behind it was good and it was easy to understand. I disliked that the chapters were very long. I would rate this a 9/10 and recommend it to girls who are fans of romance novels.

Hole in a Helment

The book i read was hole in a helment. the book is about an army that is on their way out of germany to retreat from the war. the germans used artilery and shot down the planes that the army was in. when the plane came down, the army was seperated from each other. one man named Mike was droped behind enemy lines. Mike fell right next to a house in the grass. there was two Nazis by the house. in order to get by them mike has to kill them to get passed them. he used his pistiol to kill them. he droped his bag outside becuase it was so heavy. he went inside the house and he heard one shot every minute. he went up the stairs and he saw a dark room. when a plane came down and light up the room. when the room light up he saw a sniper in the room. he went in the room he shot the sniper in the head.

The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod Eighth Grade Bites

The book Eighth Grade Bites introduces Vladimir Tod who is possibly a normal teenager to the human eye. In the book he is living with his mothers best friend Nelly who Vlad calls "Aunt Nelly". Vlad lost his parents in a house fire when he was 8. The twist with Vlad's life is he is a vampire. His father was a vampire and his mother was a human. So Vlad was half vampire and half human. Vlad's friend Henry know his secret because when Vlad was eight he also bit Henry and made Henry what is called a "Drudge". Things turn for the worst when a vampire named "D'albo" is hunting for him. some thing good happens as well Vlad meets his Uncle Otis. Who is a vampire as well Otis takes over a teaching job at Vlad's school. Otis ends up telling Vlad about being his uncle. Vlad has to fight off D'ablo who actually hired Otis to spy on Vlad, but Otis twisted D'ablo plot.

I would recommend this book to people that like the books about the outcast and vampires. This book holds great stories that become a high school life time, that you get to share with Vlad. Vlad goes through adventures and dangerous dramatic quest through out the whole series.

I think that this book is great with great potential of receiving awards if more people read it. i think that this book is perfect for almost anyone. so in conclusion Eighth Grade Bites is aa book you should take the chance of reading.