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Explorer Academy: The Double Helix (Book 3)

Explorer Academy: The Double Helix (Book 3)

By Trudi Trueit

Great book! Very engaging, and simply impossible to put down. Cruz and his friends Emmett, Sailor, and Bryndis search for hidden secrets—and answers—in this book, as they travel around the world. After learning that a terrible medicine company called Nebula killed Cruz’s mother, these four young explorers must search for clues about her death. Before dying, she hid eight pieces of a cipher all over the world , so her son would know what formula she was working on in her lab. Can they find the cipher...before it’s too late? Read this book to find out!

Explorer Academy: The Falcon's Feather

Explorer Academy: The Falcon's Feather

By Trudi Trueit

Awesome! Thrilling, mysterious, and a truly good story. Definitely recommended for readers who want a book with action and a sweet, different twist. Cruz Coronado’s epic journey continues in The Falcon’s Feather, as he looks for the second piece of a cipher given to him by his mother. The cipher holds secrets...and answers to his most important question; what really happened during his mother’s death? Everyone says she died in a lab accident, but is that really true? Turns out it wasn’t an accident at all, but a purposeful attack, planned by an evil company called Nebula, destroying everything she had made in her lab. Now, Cruz and his friends, Emmett and Sailor, have been sent on a quest to find and bring back the clues that will tell him what formula his mother was making before she died. Can they find the second clue? Or will time run out? Read this book to find out!

Nooks & Crannies

Nooks & Crannies

By Jessica Lawson

The girl named Tabitha Crum, who grew up with her cruel and unloving parents, who rather to send Tabitha away to the orphanage than treat her like their daughter. Tabitha also have loyal and trusting sidekick which is actually an mouse named Pemberley who always with her. Tabitha actually LOVES the mysteries book series, until when an woman sends the letter to her parents about an manor (I forgot already, sorry!) from an woman named Camilla DeMoss, an lonely woman determined to find her grandkids, twins, one boy and one girl. But the ending is so heartwarming, I don`t want to spoil this book for you but one boy that Tabitha met, Oliver Appleby, is her friend until Oliver and Tabitha both discorved (sorry if I spelt that word wrong) were TWINS! I would def recommend this book!

The Speaker (The Reader)

The Speaker (The Reader)

By Traci Chee

Marvellous. One of my fav series

One False Note (The 39 Clues, Book 2)

One False Note (The 39 Clues, Book 2)

By Gordon Korman

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The chase to find Grace's treasure is back! Dan and Amy are in Vienna to find the next clue. They have to learn about famous musicians as well as...steal? Also learning about another branch of Cahills, which means new discoveries. The 39 clues will keep you reading and begging for more! Go Janus branch! Happy reading!

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

By E.L. Konigsburg

E. L. Konigsburg is one of my favorite authors. This story was about one girl named Claudia, and one boy named Jamie. They decide to run away from their house because they think their parents were too bossy to them. They decide to run away to the Metropolitan Museum, which was kind of weird in my personal way. It was amazing how they didn't get noticed in the beginning, but at the end, they get to a newspaper and got caught from their parent's notice to to the FBI. I love this book. Out of 100, I would give this book 100.

My Life as a Book (The My Life series)

My Life as a Book (The My Life series)

By Janet Tashjian

In this book Derek is a kid who doesn't like reading and is a trouble kid. Though he is a trouble kid he still does read or try to be good. One time hiding from his mom he discovered a secret about a old baby sitter and how she died. In the summer he tries to find out everything he can, but .... he finds out to a little to much. Stuff like on how he is still ALIVE! Or on how the mother of the baby sitter lived a lie or on how the baby sitters best friend was he only person who knew the truth. Well, at least he now knows that his dog actually saved him. Now since he loves to draw he goes and draws the book he read and telling stories he told his class. (YOU SHOULD READ IT TO UNDERSTAND!)

Took: A Ghost Story

Took: A Ghost Story

By Mary Downing Hahn

I think this book is fair because it’s suspenseful. The main character, Daniel, has just moved to West Virginia with his family. Daniel and his little sister, Erica, suspect something suspicious around their house and they feel like someone’s always watching them. Old Auntie, an evil witch that lives nearby, spies on them. She plans to take Erica and use her as a servant for 50 years and then let her go, like she did for other girls. Daniel’s family doesn’t believe in Old Auntie, but everybody in their town says that she’s real. Old Auntie lured Erica into her cabin through a doll that Erica always talks to about Old Auntie, although nobody else can hear it. Daniel and Erica go into the woods, where Old Auntie lives because they were searching for Erica’s doll. Erica runs away because Daniel was being mean to her, and then later gets taken by Old Auntie. Daniel goes to one of Old Auntie’s descendants, who wanted to help him, and learns the only way to get his sister back. Daniel learns that Old Auntie is real when he confronts her, and takes her sister back and runs home. I think that this book could be better, because the end isn’t interesting. In the resolution, Daniel gets his sister back and Old Auntie is destroyed. If Old Auntie was still chasing after Daniel, the story could be more interesting if everybody saw Old Auntie, especially Daniel’s parents. Also, if the story didn’t end the way Daniel wanted it to end, it wouldn’t be as boring. It’s almost like a fairy tale, because it ends happily and it has an unrealistic character in it. I think that this book would have a good cliffhanger which would be able to start another book, but the author ended it in a way that makes readers not think or wonder about the book at all afterwards.

Scar Island

Scar Island

By Dan Gemeinhart

Jonathan Grisby has done something horrible. And he's willing to accept whatever punishment is coming his way. That made him get in Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys. Not really a school; an ancient island. In Slabhenge, you don't write essays about your summer. You don't have recess. You don't read books. You don't have science labs and classes- all you do is work, work, work. And what I mean by ''work'' is cleaning the bedrooms, cleaning the bathrooms, cleaning the kitchens, and scrubbing the floors. But then something abrupt happens. All the adults get stuck by lightning and die. So now that they have freedom, they plan to wait for the boat, explain what happened, and go home. But Jonathan has other ideas. He tells the boys, why don't we stay here? We can live on our own, no rules, and nobody will look at us and think ''troublemakers''. First, the boys think it's a crazy idea. But then they think about it. But first of all- they need a new name- ''Scar Island''. When Sebastian, this kid who also agreed to the idea, starts acting like he's the boss, he gets angry at Jonathan for making him look bad. They make Jonathan go do one of the chores, but he discovers a library. ''You cannot leave a library. Without a book.'' But when a terrible hurricane comes, Scar Island is going under water. The librarian told them to use the lighthouse. So now they would get saved and go home. This book is so good! I feel the characters and this book actually connects a bit to my life. I could feel the way Dan Gemeinhart was expressing his characters. I definitely would give this book a 5/5 rating. Highly recommended.

Stacey and the Missing Ring (Baby-Sitters Club Mysteries)

Stacey and the Missing Ring (Baby-Sitters Club Mysteries)

By Ann Matthews Martin

Kinda old fashioned but still, These are clean and awesome. Baby sitters club books are from a long time ago, but I've always been known for loving old books.

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