Review: Joe Roberts lives a life that sorely lacks adventure. He helps his mother with the general store they run and tries to get along with his despised cousin, Lucas. So when the Civil War begins and people begin to rally and enlist, his patriotic spirit gets the better of him and he signs up to fight in the war, unknowingly joining the same Company that his cousin Lucas is in. Positive content: The whole entire moral of the story has an awesome message, but I'll let you figure that out for yourself. Violent content: Uh...it's a war...Nothing gory or anything. A brief description about the blood covered field. Sexual content: None Language: The only thing is that Lucas refers to something as h---ish. Overall Opinion: This was an amazing book, although I was skeptical at first. The character arc was masterfully done. It was short and sweet and I read it in a day. And I cried. Need I say more? I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes historical fiction (or even someone who doesn't. I don't tend to like historical fiction and I loved it.) The writing could have been better with the word usage and sentence structure and all, but everything else was masterfully done.
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Review: Sam Hopkins is a preacher's kid and hates how everyone thinks that they have to be perfect around him. So he joins a gang, and begins to see that he made the wrong decision. When his new "friends" start harassing his slightly eccentric classmate, Jennifer, Sam manages to stand up to them and save her. Jennifer now considers Sam her "magic friend" and confides in him, sharing visions of demons and death. While everyone thinks she's crazy, Sam begins to suspect that her visions may actually be prophesies that could cause catastrophe if they're not stopped. And he's the only one who believes her...so can he stop these disasters before it's too late. You see that dead guy by the side of the road? Yeah, the one lying in a pool of his own blood with his face all messed up and his clothes all torn and dirty. That's me. Sam Hopkins. And okay, I'm not really dead, or at least not completely. I've just been beaten up. A lot. Badly. Which I guess is a little bit better than dead...although when I think about how I'm going to have to explain this to my parents—frankly dead doesn't seem like such a bad alternative. Warning! There may be spoilers below this line.
Review: With an upcoming interview at the Manhatten music conservatory, Finley needs to compose her audition piece. But her creativity disappeared with the death of her older brother, Will, who died in a terrorist attack. She decides to study abroad in Ireland so she can follow Will's travel journal. Since his death, she's shut God out and now, when she needs him, she feels as though he's ignoring her. Since, it's the place he felt closest to God, and she's hopeful being there will help her make peace over losing him. On the plane from America to Ireland, she meets Beckett Rush, teen heartthrob and Hollywood bad boy, who is flying too Ireland to finish filming his latest vampire movie. She's the one girl who seems immune to his charm. Undeterred, Beckett convinces her to be his assistant in exchange for his help as a tour guide. Once in Ireland, Finley starts to break down. The loss of her brother, the pressure of school, her audition, and whatever it is that is happening between her and Beckett, leads her to a new and dangerous vice. When is God going to show up for her in this emerald paradise? Warning! There may be spoilers beyond this point!
Forced to choose between military school and a Christian spy organization, Spencer Garmond chooses the spy organization, thinking it's some sort of Bible club. Before he even boards the plane to go on a mission's trip to Moscow, he can tell that it's not a normal Bible study. As time goes on he begins to have strange prophetic visions and gets mixed up with a gang of homeless boys, a mysterious tattoo and a suspicious woman and finds himself in the middle of a mess that he's not sure he can solve. Warning! May be spoilers beyond this point. This book is about a ten-year-old girl who is trying to discover whether God is real after the death of her dad, a man loved by everyone, a man who she calls Prince Tennyson, because of his chivalry and the fact that he was a handsome soldier and that he looked like a prince in his uniform. Her mom had a mental breakdown after he died and so they moved to live with her grandma. Chelsea wants to know if God's real, because if he isn't, when her dad died, he wouldn't have gone to heaven and she would never be able to see him again. I probably would have cried if I hadn't been in the living room with my dad and my sisters, as well as one of my cousins. Such a good book. I walked over to the little dresser. It had a shelf above it, and on that shelf there were a bunch of pretty ballerina figurines. One of them was broken. She was wearing a purple tutu and both of her arms were off and lying next to her. Warning: There might be spoilers beyond this point. Continue at your own risk. But remember, I warned you.
Reapers: Review: Phoenix is a reaper, which means that, when a person dies, he takes their soul and transports them to their final resting place at the Gateway. He meets two other Reapers named Singapore and Shanghai and they start to suspect that the Gateway isn't all it's supposed to be. They're not sure if they are actually bringing the souls to a safe resting place, like they always tell the grieving family members. When a friend of Phoenix is accused of medicine smuggling and is taken to a labor camp, he decides to try and save them and find out what is really beyond the Gateway with his two friends. But can he trust them? Sing seems to be keeping secrets. Warning: There may be spoilers beyond this point. The Candlestone, the sequel to Raising Dragons, continues to tell the story of Billy Bannister and Bonne Silver, the children of dragons. Bonnie collides with her father, a man who has been in her nightmares ever since he betrayed her and her mother. Her father seeks to reconcile himself with her, bringing news that her mother, whom Bonnie had previously thought dead, is actually alive. Bonnie decides to go with him and ends up diving into the candlestone to retrieve her mother, whom she believes is in it. Is her father deceiving her? Or is her mother truly alive? There may be spoilers beyond this point Review: Raising Dragons follows Billy Bannister as he begins to notice strange changes in himself. His breath is getting abnormally hot. After he sets off the fire alarms at school with his breath one day, he finally figures out that his father was a dragon, turned human. Now running from blood-thirsty dragon slayer, Devin, he meets Bonnie Silver, a young lady who has been hiding dragon wings in a backpack for years. There may be spoilers beyond this point. Review: Martyr--otherwise known by his scientific name J:3:3--is one of hundreds of clones kept underneath the earth in a secret lab called the Jason Farms. He believes that he is created to serve his purpose, to sacrifice himself to save humanity, and expire when he's 18. With a month until he expires, Martyr has one wish--to see the sky. Dr. Max has taught him about the sky and the sun and stars and he wants to see them for himself. Abby Goyer just moved to Alaska for her dad's new mysterious job. She's trying to adapt to the new life where the sun is only shining about six hours of the day and the temperature is constantly below zero. She could never guess what was really happening at the farm where her dad works or what would happen when a strange boy shows up one night at her house asking about the stars. As what's happening illegally at the Jason Farms is being revealed, Martyr has to decide between two futures. The one for which he was produced and the one Abby believes God created him to have. Time is running out, and Martyr must decide if a life with Abby is worth leaving everything he's ever known. The content below may contain spoilers! |
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