Antigoddess

Title:   Antigoddess

Author:  Kendare Blake

Reviewed by Coleson B.

The Goddess Athena and the God Hermes are traveling the world to find allies and enemies and their search brings them to an ordinary girl Cassandra. Cassandra doesn't really concern herself with Gods nor does she believe in them, until she finds out she could be the key in a war that is only just beginning.

I liked this book because gods are supposed to be immortal and not able to die but Athena is choking on feathers and Hermes is withering away before Athena's eyes. I think that it is a great twist in Greek mythology.       

I think that when you started reading it was a little bit boring and it took a long time to get to the point but besides that I really liked it.    My favorite character is Cassandra because she thinks she is just an ordinary 18 year-old girl but really she once was the prophetess Cassandra of Troy and Athena, Hermes, and Demeter need her because she could be the key to the goddess war. My favorite part was at the end when Cassandra, Athena, Odysseus, and Hermes were in the cemetery mourning Andie and Henry. They were proud to have died heroes.

This book is totally different from books I normally read. I normally read mystery, thriller, and horror books so this was a good change for me. I have never read a book about gods and goddesses but I'm glad I did because I really liked it.  After finishing, I want to know how ancient gods came to the modern world so quick and if they didn't come back from ancient times and they live in the modern world, how do they still look so young?  

                      

I would tell other people that they need to read this book because it is a mythical roller coaster ride about gods and goddesses, and I liked it very much.  I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys suspense and likes to read things about gods and goddesses because Kendare Blake is a brilliant writer and made an extraordinary piece of work and it was great to have read it.

Oh.My.Gods!

Title: "Oh.My.Gods.

Author: Tera Lynn Childs

Review by Abigail S.

This book was about a girl who loves to run and wants to go to a certain college. She is shipped half way across the world to go to a school filled with descendants of gods and goddesses and at the end she finds out that she is a descendant too.  

             

I loved how I could relate to the main character. I loved how it was woven together like high school life with mythology. Basically I liked everything . 

     

My favorite character was Griffin because he showed that he cared more than he let on. I liked his personality.

My favorite scene was when she is on the beach and she meets Griffin because it seemed magical. After the book ended, I wondered why Stella changed her colors, 

       

If someone asked me about this book, I would say that it is funny and romantic. It is like teen life with gods. I would recommend this book to other people because it is fun to read even if you don't like mythology.

Promposal

Title: Promposal

Author: Rhonda Helms

Reviewer: Aspen T.

Promposal is about a Camilla, a girl who wants her crush of over three years to ask her to prom, but she is instead asked by an irritating friend in another class. Camilla's best friend Joshua has been in love with his friend Ethan for years and wants to ask him to prom, but Ethan wants help asking another person.

I love how the chapters switch between Camilla's POV and Joshua's POV. I love how they are faced with problems along the way and stay strong and learn from their mistakes to have a happy ending. I honestly did not dislike anything!
            

My favorite character was Joshua! I love this sassy personality and his ability to help others because it is the right thing to do even when he needs help too.
         

I think one of the biggest things was that Joshua was able to put his long term feelings aside to help his friend find love. Even when he knew it would hurt himself, he did it because he loved his friend. I've never read a book about prom, but I loved reading the different "promposals" and the different intricate friendships between the different characters and how they handled their problems. I haven't really read a book with so many problems happening between all the characters and it was nice to see them all work it all out.             After I finished, I wondered what happened after the prom with all the friends and how their relationships play out. It was an abrupt ending that left me wanting more!

I would recommend this book to everyone and tell them about its great humor, romance, funny "promposals" and interesting and unique characters. I would definitely recommend this book to my friends. It was an amazing book and I related to the characters with not only their grade, but some of their problems as well. It’s a great book with funny one-liners and interesting characters that made me fall in love with not only them, but the book!

Eleanor and Park

Book:  Eleanor and Park

Author:  Rainbow Rowell

Student reviewer:  Maria Cisneros

In Eleanor and Park, two sixteen year old misfits fall in love and battle through everything to be together. They break apart but destiny brings them back together.

One of the things that I liked most about this novel is the characters’ uniqueness.  I also liked how their love story did not end in the typical happily-ever-after story. But, the ending left me wanting to know more about what was about to happen.

One of my favorite characters is Tina because she is not what other characters make her seem to be. Some of the other characters make her seem like she is evil but at the end she helps Eleanor.

One scene that really stood out to me is when Eleanor gets on the bus and she is seen as the new student and a misfit, not really belonging anywhere with no friends. I feel like we can all identify with being the new kid and having that feeling that we don't belong anywhere.

One of the things that makes this book stand out from others is that the love story is not the typical happily ever after or the cliched  Romeo and Juliet story either. It has a mixture of sad and happy moments.

I would recommend this book to anyone because it is a great book and it gives a different perspective on a love story.

The Program by Suzanne Young

Title: The Program

Author: Suzanne Young

Student reviewer: Olga Vargas

Teacher: Mrs. Daughtrey

About this book

The book is about a place where suicide is an epidemic and a girl called Sloane is just trying to survive without getting sent to the program. The Program is a facility where you get sent if you are showing signs of Depression and they erase all of your memories that caused your depression.

What I liked about the book most was that it was romantic. I didn't like that the story just ended and I wanted to hear more about it.

Sloane is my favorite character because she is very smart and tough. Smart because she was smart enough to not get caught crying. She's tough because when she got out of The Program she was very tough because she handled being lost and having one memory but no reason to it.

A line that meant a lot to me says, "It's a ring. A pink plastic heart similar to the one I'd found in my mattress." I loved this line because in the beginning of the book he gave her a purple ring and when I read this line I just thought it was sweet because her mom said to her when James got sent to The Program "If it's meant to be, you'll find each other again." Funny thing is that they did find each other again.  

I feel this book is different than any other I've read because I've never read about teenagers being sent to a facility and having their memories erased.

I think others should read this book because its just perfect and I feel like you'll just love it.

The thing I want to know most at the end is “What happens next...?”

I think the story was amazing and I don't want to spoil it for anyone so all I say is check it out.

(Librarian note:  there is a sequel to this book called The Treatment and we have it in the Saint Library!  The third book in the trilogy will be released in 2015.)

Tricks by Ellen Hopkins

Book:  Tricks
Author:  Ellen Hopkins

This book can be found in the Contemporary section of the Saint library.

Initial Reaction

Wow, What an amazing book.  

About this book          

Trick is a book about 5 teens, 3 girls and 2 boys, who are lacking love. They question themselves about love and sex when they come across it. They meet people who made them feel special and thought they were in love. They run away with them to Las Vegas. The teens then do things they never thought or expected they would do. The people who they met weren't the people who they thought they were, and they try to find a way out of these lives.    

About the characters   

"The first character I feel strongly about would be Ginger Cordell. She was a girl who lived with her siblings, and her mom and grandma. She gets home from school noticing that no one is home but some strange guy. One guy after another, they rape her and say that they paid her mom already to do that to her.

The second one is Seth Parnel. He lives with his father because his mom died of cancer. He had a girlfriend but broke up with her because he realized he was gay. When his father finds out, he kicks him out. He leaves and stays with a guy he met at the bar. They move to LA.

The third one is Eden Streit. She lives with her parents and her sister. Her dad is a preacher. She has a boyfriend named Andrew. She tries to keep it as a secret from her parents but they find out and believe that she has been controlled by the devil and they send her to Tears of Zion. She meets a guy name Jerome and knows that he is her key to escape. She has to trade sex for food. Later on they escape, they get to a gas station and she then runs away. She gives sex for money." 

My opinion    

I would recommend this book to other students because it tells you the struggle some teens have in life. They met people who weren't the people who they think they were.

I think the author chose "Tricks" for this book because it is about teens that are learning about love and come across the wrong people who they thought they "loved". These people who they met made them feel the love and want but really they trick them for their bodies.

Reviewed by a student from Mrs. Daughtrey's class.

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