Drums, Girls, and Dangerous pie

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by Jordan Sonnenblick
This book was really great. When the main character’s little brother was diagnosed with luekimia, the book really changed its direction. It was about the struggles of this family, but it was also surprisingly funny. Not only was it about having to deal with the cancer, but the main character was a teenage boy, so he dealt with school that he was missing, his band practice schedule and just trying to fit in, so the book had its funny moments. It seemed that one of the greatest parts of the book was when the band concert was turned into a benefit concert for the family because they were losing money from paying the hospital bills. Everyone joined together to create a program with ads and shout outs, to hold a bake sale and more. It just seemed like one of the nicest things anyone could do. And not only did they raise money, but because the brother had lost all of his hair, everyone in the band either got really short haircuts and even shaved their head. To me, this was a very touching moment in this book. All in all, this was great book that gave the message to be strong no matter what, and i would reccomend this book to anyone.

Valhalla Rising

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by Clive Cussler
This book was fantastic. It stars out when a giant cruise liner is destroyed in a fire. Oddly, the fire prevention systems all fail. the book is about finding out who destroyed the boat, how, and why. This book was amazing, and I would recommend it to anyone above the age of 13.
~Ian

Audrey, Wait!

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by Robin Benway
The book Audrey, Wait! is an awesome summer read. In this book, Audrey, a normal girl with a love for music, breaks up with her boyfriend, Evan. Evan is in a band, and he writes a song about her. Suddenly, Audrey becomes famous, and her life is changed forever. She has to deal with fame and keeping what’s important to her. I really enjoyed this book because its a great plot, especially for someone who loves music. Also, it portrays that fame is not as wonderful as people think it is, and no matter what, you should be true to yourself. With it’s fast pace and awesome plot, Audrey, Wait! is a great summer read.

-Nina

The Last Olympian – Book Five in the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” Series

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In Rick Riordan’s riveting final book to his Percy Jackson series, Percy Jackson must save Mount Olympus from an angry Titan named Kronos. Fifteen year old Percy Jackson is living in modern day New York and is part of a camp for teenagers with one mortal parent and one Olympian parent. Percy is the son of Poseidon the Sea God, and is teamed up with the daughter of Athena, the daughter of Zeus and with many others to fend off the Lord of time, Kronos. Kronos is backed up by monsters, giants and hellhounds. The forces of good and evil collide in multiple fights in Manhattan. Mount Olympus is currently located on the 600th floor of the Empire State Building, and the Titan forces are trying to destroy it. While the demigods are fighting Kronos, the real gods are fighting Typhoon, an immortal monster that is slowly making its way to New York as well. All the while, the son of Hades tries to find out who is mother was, and Percy Jackson seeks the power to actually overcome the Titans. Rick Riordan’s humorous writing style and speedy plot development had me finishing the book early the second day. With creative plot-twists and descriptive battles, Riordan concludes his epic series with a bang!
-Clay

Bringing Down the House

by Ben Mezrich
I really loved this book. It is about Kevin Lewis: A card counter. i read this book after seeing the movie 21. I would say that the book is just as good if not better than the movie. It is a little bit more R Rated (more swearing and derogitory terminology) but it is great all the same. Its plot is a little different from the movie, considering the character works on a team of about ten counters, not five, and that the players do more then just play a high low system (shuffle tracking, ace cuts, etc.). If you ever had any doubts on reading this book, just go for it. I loved it. It is a pretty short book and it can be read in about a week. Just read it. It’s fantastic.
~Ian

Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett 
Wee Free Men is about a young girl named Tiffany Aching who lives and works on a farm. Life was normal until Jenny Green Teeth, a monster from a nightmare, pops out of nowhere in a stream and Tiffany’s little brother gets stolen by the Queen of Fairyland. Tiffany, with the help of the Wee Free Men, who are little men painted blue who love to steal, fight, and drink, set out to find Fairyland, and Tiffany’s Brother. It will be a dangerous travel because Fairyland isn’t what you think it is. It is a cold, snowy, waste land where most things are dreams and all things are stolen from some other world. Read the book to see how Tiffany will try to get past the deadly Dromes, demon dogs, and every other nightmare you can think of. ~Collen

The Year We Disappeared

by Cylin Busby and John Busby 
A true story of how a policeman trying to do good for the community is shot on purpose. Everyone in the town knows who it is and does nothing. The family lives in terror that the criminal will come to finish them off. Interesting told in one chapter by the dad, the cop and the next chapter the perspective from the daughter. It is real and a riveting read about what life was like as the cop went through surgeries and they all feared for their lives. I could not put the book down read it all day and night! A must read!
~Ryan

Distant Waves

by Suzanne Weyn
In this book, five sisters must live with their supernatural mother. To start off with, the mother performes seances. a seance is when the medium calls upon a spirit to show itself. if the spirit choses to reveal itself, it will kick the medium’s spirit out of it’s body and the spirit will then enter the body. The mother makes a living off of doing this. The mother makes enough money for them to move, the mother decides to move to a place called spirit vale. On the journey, mother, Jane, Mimi, Emma, and Amelie meet a man named tesla. they meet him in a miniature man-made earthquake. they meet and greet each other, then say goodbye. The family then goes to spirit vale. In Spirit Vale, they find a hotel. There, mother convinces the manager of a hotel that she can see the manager’s dead husband. the manager then takes them in for free, as long as they will work for her. Jane finds her inner talent, which is writing. she stumbles upon a writing competition, in which the journalist must write an interview. the man jane picks to interview is none other than, the great, Tesla. Tesla lives in new york city, wheras Jane live in spirit vale. Jane tells Mimi this, when all of a sudden, Mimi has a plan. Mimi thinks they should sneak off to new york city together. so, as with all brilliant ideas, they put it to action at once.
While Jane is interviewing tesla, Mimi meets Ninette. Ninette is a rich girl who adores fasion as much as Mimi. Mimi thinks that the rich society is better for her, so she runs off with ninette, leaving Jane alone.
Jane returns to Spirit Vale to find that a medium her mother is absoulutly OBSESSED with, has given them tickets to a boat headed for england.
In england, the family, not including mimi, go to a “peace” convention. at the convention, they try to contact queen victoria in a medium circle. Mother convinces the other mediums to let the twins, Emma and Amelie, to join them. While they are summoning the Queen, Emma jumps up and says “Surging rivers of gushing blood!” Then she warns all the mediums, through a voice that was not emmas, that there would be a war.
After the convention, their youngest sister, Blythe, recieves a job on the titanic and, being realistic immidiatly sets out to go. But, with a whol family of mediums, it is predicted that the titanic will sink. Now that Mimi and Blythe are on that boat, Jane, Emma, and Amelie, go on the boat to find them. While they are searching, the boat leaves the dock, with all five sisters on it.
Will all of the sisters survive? Will the titanic sink sooner or later? Read this amazing book to find out!
-Nina

My Life In Pink and Green

by Lisa Greenwald
This is a really great book about a girl who lives with her mom and grandma. Her sister is away at college, and her family is having financial troubles. It is up to Lucy Desberg (the main character) to keep her family together, and keep their house and their beloved pharmacy that has always been a hang out spot. This book was so good i read it in four hours.
~Aimee

Calico Captive

by Elizabeth George Speare
This is an adventurous historical fiction book. I liked it more than i thought i would. This is a page turner; i read it in two days.
~Aimee