Superhuman by Michael Carroll

Superhuman is a riveting novel which is action packed all the way through. There are three main characters, Lance Mckendrick, Roz Dalton, and Abigail De Luyando and two of them have superpowers. The helotry which is an elite group of supervillians combined with civilians are trying to bring back Krodin, the first superhuman who is more powerful than everyone. They are forced to work together to bring down the helotry and their plans. This is also the 5th book in a 6 book series which I did not know when I started it so it would be crucial to read the other 4 first.
                 I thought Superhuman was a fantastic book that was a real thought provoker. The characters are very relatable and heroic. It is a well written book and i recommend it to anyone who likes to read. 



T.H. 5/20

Gold Dust by Chris Lynch

This book is about a young boy named Richard that loves baseball and has dreams of one day becoming pro. When a new boy named Napoleon comes to his town, Richard takes him under his wing and helps him around. While becoming friends with him he teaches him how to play baseball. Richard now has a new dream about him and Napoleon becoming the next Gold Dust twins who are the new rookie sensations for the Red Sox. While Richard tries to make Napoleon as good as him, Napoleon has his mind on other things. When it comes to baseball season and Richard is ready to play Napoleon tells himt that hes not going to play. Richard is upset that his dreams of him and Napoleon being the next Gold Dust twins. Richard asys hes going to be great on his own.

i think this book was good on a sport side and on a side of showing racial unequality. i would recommend this book to any one who likes sports.
AK 5/20/2011

The Cathcher and The Rye by J.D. Salinger

This book is about a boy named Holden Caulfield. He got kicked out of prep school in Pennsylvania. Holden goes to New York City on adventures and returns home after a few before his Christmas break. I thought the book got boring in some parts.It kind of dragged on in the end. I personally disliked the book. In my opinion it was the worst book I have ever read in my life. I will never read this book again.




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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is tells the story of Randle Mcmurphy, a loud, free spirited, rebellious, man that is sent to an Oregon psychiatric hospital for rehab. He is the opposite of the ward which demands comformity under the control of the Big Nurse. The novel Is told from a half indian, half white man that explains McMurphy's redemption tragedy. Ken Kesey utilizes symbolistic events and describes McMurphy almost as a Jesus like figure to the ward. Kesey uses a reaslistic, detailed style of writing that develop the characters well. The plot of the novel is well drawn out and for most is clear. I recommend the book to 15 and up as it displays more adult themes and language.
by- ZK

Crackback by John Coy

The book Crackback is about a teenage boy who is a sophmore named Miles Manning who plays football at Confluence High School. Miles is one of the star players on his team and is the starting cornerback. Football is very important activity in Miles life. Miles doesnt really have a good relationship with his father. Miles causes him team to lose a game. This cause Miles to lose his starting position. Most of Miles friends play on his football team and some of his good friends try to do steroids and Miles says he doesnt wanna do them. Even though Miles is very small for his age he still doesnt wanna do steroids because it will ruin his whole life. Miles also meets a girl named Lucia and becomes very close to her. I would recommend this book for students in grades 6th through 11.

The Omicrom Legion by: Jon Land

  This book is the fourth in the Blaine McCracken series. The primary story of which there are many is about Blaine McCracken and his friend Johnny Wareagle trying to defeat the Omicron legion. This group of modified humans has been sent by a mysterious group of people to destroy modern America in order to recreate it in an image of themselves and their beliefs.
  I highly recommend this book if you are a high-schooler or older due to some of the content and profanity used. Other than that I found this book very interesting and once it really got rolling the book was very hard to put down and I found myself looking forward to reading it. So if you do decide to read this book don't get discouraged if you don't get it right away I didn't see it really come together until maybe the eighth chapter or so.

EH

Cupcake by Rachel Cohn

The novel Cupcake  by Rachel Cohn is a the third book in the her series about a young girl named Cyd Charisse a punky girl from San Fransisco. In this book CC moves to New York City with her half  brother Danny. Here she was to build a new life without her long time boyfriend, Shrimp. This seems to be an impossibility but she works through it. When she finally is doing well and like where she's at in her life Shrimp shows up and they have to decide how they are going to incorporate themselves into each others now changed lives.
Personally  I liked the writing style but did not like the lack of action the plot was thin and was lacking climax. It is a good read but not an easy book to write about. I would recommend this book to teenage girls with a good sense of humor. This would be especially good for girls who are going to graduate soon because it teaches valuable lessons for girls who are on there way to live on there own.
 M.O.