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The coming of Arthur by Roger Lancelyn Green - Book Rating: Four Out of Five Stars

Green, Roger Lancelyn. The Coming of Arthur. London: Puffin Group, 1953.

I picked up this book because. Well truthfully i just red this book because it is a vary short and vary easy to read. But it turned out to be a good book it was a littol repetitev but good.

In the begining of the book it tells how Arthur’s father killed his friend married his wife and created Arthur. Than his father was killed by the barbarians called the Saxons. On Christmas day the arch bishop anonsed that it was time for a king. A sword was put in a magical stone. only the true blud air could draw the sword. A tournament joust was held to see if a kight of the realm was to be king. One Lord’s son was in the joust but he forgot his sword. he sent his little brother to get it he found the sword in the stone and drew it and left the rest of the book consists of Arthur becomes king and many quests ending in decapitations and death.

Ton’t have a favorite part. The book was rather repetitive with the quests ending in decapitations and death.

The part I hated was when the two brothers unknowingly killed each other.

Anyone who would be into these things. If you don’t like things that are vary violent, you might not want to read this. “Beware the Black Knight.”

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Heartland: Coming Home by Lauren Brooke

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Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks – Rating: (Five out of Five Stars)

I picked up this book because it was recommended to me, and because of what it had said on the back.

There is a girl; we do not know her name, but she, in the beginning of the book, doesn’t feel like she fits in with her family. She doesn’t feel like she belongs. About the middle of the book, she goes to a friend’s party, and they play a game. In 4 out of 14 glasses of coke, Jan puts LSD (acid). The narrator gets one of the glasses and starts seeing colors around the room. Towards the end of the book, her and Chris get addicted to grass and heroine and she starts to wonder about her sexuality and finds out that she likes guys and girls. At the end of the book she dies.

My favorite part of the book was how her family was so supportive of her, and how she tells her siblings to watch out. I recommend this to anyone; just be aware that there is cussing.

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Riley Park (Orca Soundings) Tullson, Diane – Book Rating: (4 Out of 5 Stars) for language and bits about drinking, and beer.

Tullson, Diane. Riley Park. 1st ed. 1 vols. Custer, WA: Orca Book Publishers, 2009.

I picked up this book because of reading the back the book. I had read the back of the book which made me went to read more of the book. After reading the first chapter I could not stop reading.

The book is about two best friends (Corbin & Darius) that are going to the local park (Riley Park); they have some other friends with them. The main character(Corbin) passes out after drinking to much, he wakes up to find that all of the friends had left but his best friend ever. When they are leaving they are attacked. After hearing police sirens the attackers stop and leave. Both of the friends end up in the Emergency Room. Corbin is trying to remember how they were attacked. Corbin later finds that Darius was killed from the trauma to his head. After leaving the hospital he takes matters in to his own hands by looking for a girl named Rubee who was hanging out with Darius at the party. He can’t find her, so he heads down to the park to see the shrine all the others left for Darius. Seeing a small pile of freshly placed roses, he picks them up and walks out on the now frozen river taking them to were the boys had jumped into the water before the attack. He says that is where Darius was “still alive”.

Not knowing the ice is still thin he falls through the ice, He tries to stay afloat but he can’t because he is still weak from being in the hospital. He sees a casting shadow; he reaches. It is Rubee. She gets him out. They sit in a near by dog walkers car tell the EMS get there. She tells Corbin who attacked them that night. Officer Rex the lead investigator in the boys’ case asked Corbin to testify in court for Darius. Corbin recovers and goes on to teach his passion; hockey for community service for fighting with Officer Rex.

My favorite aspect of the book is that no mater what life throws at you, take it and learn from it. I liked the fact that Corbin did what he had to do to make it right and was honest about it. That is what justice is all about.

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Riley Park by Diane Tullson - Book Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Tullson, Diane. Riley Park. Canada: Orca Book Publishers, 2009

I picked up this book because I was looking through a pile of books, and this cover had a crow bar which made me wonder. So I read the back “The nurse puts her hand on my arm. I don’t know y that bothers me so much, but I want to flick it off. She says “your friend”. She takes a deep breathe. “He didn’t make it”. Now her dark hair is fading to gray, and i see the emergency room nurse, and i hear the heart rate monitor behind the curtain. Darius’s heart rate monitor. And I remember now the sound it made when his heart stopped.” It was really good so i just decided to read it.

It’s about these two hockey players that are really good friends and hockey players. The one really likes this girl. She has a boyfriend but they broke up. The boy who likes her is Darius. He asked her to a party at Riley Park. Corbin the other hockey player got drunk at the party and passed out. When he wakes up it is just him and Darius. Then out of no were these three guys start beating them up. The one guy put darius in critical condition and corbin got hit with a crow bar. Corbin’s head is cracked open. When they fix Corbin he loses a part of his brain. You hear Darius’s heart monitor in the back ground like you are there, but Darius dies. In the end it’s really good, but it leaves you hanging at the end of the book in a way. To find out who murdered them you will have to just read the book.

My favorite aspect of the book is when Corbin and Darius got in the fight with the three guys at Riley Park after the party. I thought that how the author made the scenes so realistic was amazing because I thought I was like there.

The worst part of the book would have to be the time when they were getting ready to put Corbin in surgery they had to empty his stomach and it was just not for me because like I said it was so realistic and graphic I just didn’t like that scene. It had me gagging.

This book is for anyone who likes mystery and action because you do this is your book right here. I just think read its really good. There is a good amount of language.

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Rebel Glory by Sigmund Brouwer – Book Rating: *****

Brouwer, Sigmund. Rebel Glory. Custe, WA: Orca Book Publishers, 2006.

I picked up this book because I thought is was a good book, and it had a picture of ice hockey equipment on the front.  In the story, there was a hockey team from the Western Hockey League called the Red Deer Rebels. They had a really bad losing streak in the past few years, and there is a guy that wants to buy the team from the owner and move the team up to Calgary. Craig McElhany or as the team called him Mac, got traded to the team. When players get traded, they stay with families called Billets. Craig stayed with Henry’s. In the first game, in the first period Jason was on the right wing position and started dancing; then he started taking his pads off. Then as he threw his pads, the team saw cockroaches fall out of them. Then the next game they got all icky and the team found out it was the fiberglass from the washer. Then their teacher Mr. Palmer gave Craig a bet. The bet was if they lose. He has to sing “Mary Had A Little Lamb” over the intercom. During the next couple games thing happened to the Rebels. Like coke was poured on Craig and one of his rivets in his came out of his skate. When Craig and the Henry’s were eating dinner they got a phone call that said,” Craig hit a girl on his date.” Then when the team was done practicing, they thought that Craig took their wallets and hid them and he got kicked off the team. He was driving back to his hometown in Winnipeg. Then he thought that he could get back on the team and he turned around and headed back to Red Deer. My Favorite part of the book had to be when the cockroaches were in Jason’s pads the was my favorite part.

I recommend to any body how likes ice hockey and loves mystery books.

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Sealed with a Diss by Lisi Harrison – Book Rating: (Five Out of Five Stars)

Harrison, Lisi. Sealed With A Diss. New York: Poppy Books, 2007.

I picked up this book because I read all the other Clique books up to this one, and iIthought the cover design was pretty cool. I also picked it up because I knew I would like it because I really liked all the other ones.

The pretty committee has been in a relay to get a special room no one has at school to chill and there’s a camera in a room where a big room of boys is talking about their issues. Before they get the room, they have to all get dates to Skye Hamilton’s costume party. You have to dress up as a couple. They all basically spent the whole time finding dates for the party, but when they get there, a lot of bad things happen. Claire and her boyfriend fight and break up, and all the girls dates think their weird and never want to see them again so thats why they run away. The only one that stays is josh because he actually really likes Alicia.

I like the ending of the book because they decide to forget about the guys and have a good time as being single. Also the brierwood boys move into the private school where the pretty committee goes because there was a massive flood.  liked everything about the book. There wasn’t anything I didn’t like. I would recommend it to girls more than to guys.

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Beautiful Americans by Lucy Silag – Book Rating: 5 out of 5

I picked up this book because of the cover. I liked the colors and the pictures made it look like it was about love and I like reading stories that have to do with love. This book is about four teenage students who finished high school and are going to Paris to accomplish their goals. Thye all had to leave their loved ones behind like their family and boyfriends. They had to stay with host families who they never met before. Pj went through a lot with her family, but she decided to put her past behind her and go to Paris to have fun and accomplish her goals. Olivia was a born dancer, but she did have scholarship grades. So she went to Paris to dance and to go to school. Alex and Zack went to Paris for school. What I thought was really good about the book was that it had the thoughts and feelings about one of the character in each of the chapters. So it made it easier for me to understand. I liked this book a lot; there wasn’t a part in this book that I didn’t like. I recommend this book to high school students because it’s about students who finished high school and what they so to accomplish their goals after school.

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Among The Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix – Rating ****

Luke is a boy that is the third son in his family. Well he is illegal because there is a law that states the every family can only have two children. So once he is illegal he has to hide all the time and stay in the house. He only went outside once, so far and had to come in so quick. Luke’s dad sold the trees behind their house for money and then they started to build a house there. People moved into the house behind them and then Luke started watching them every day counting every single person that came out of the house till he had a plan to clean and make dinner for the family, but Luke got to scared the first time but he did it the next time and then a truck pulled in… it was his dad. His dad flipped on him and told him to go back to his room( the attic). Luke watches the house and for some reason the blinds keep on going up and down and then the next day there is a light flashing, just like it was s.o.s.

My favorite part was when he was trying to be a good boy and make his family bread and clean the house when they left. The really good part about the book was that the government knew that they had a third kid but couldn’t prove it.

Worst part had to be that they sold the trees behind there house and now people are building a house there. Because of that he cannot go out side ever again because the neighbors might see him.

I recommend this book to every one that likes random action scenes.

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