Book: Fallen Angels

Author: Walter Dean Myers

Genre: War

Book Review by: B.R. 

   1968; Richie Perry, a kid who just finished high school and couldn’t afford collage had nowhere else to go, so he willingly enlists in the army to fight in Vietnam. There he meets’ platoon, Alpha Company, and makes friends with most of them (Peewee, Johnson, Lobel, and a few others…) but they spend most of their time on base. As they enter the fight against the Viet Cong (VC) in skirmishes every now and then, a lot of lives are lost, mistakes are made, and tension in the platoon gets rough. Now Perry is on the brink of losing his humanity and can only hope to get out of Nam alive.

   This book is a very good selection for anyone, especially readers into war novels, because it’s just about war but the struggles and humanity of a soldier. The main character, Perry, is a character most people can relate to or put themselves in his position; as just an average guy, divorced parents, not too close to his mother, cares for his little brother, and not too sure about his future. Walter Dean Myers wrote Fallen Angels as a dedication to his brother Thomas Wayne “Sonny” Myers who tragically lost his life in Vietnam on May 7, 1968. I would recommend this book to anyone into war novels, Walter Dean Myers fans, or anyone because it’s a real down to earth book, very emotional, and makes you feel like you’re there in Nam. My personal review of this book: 4/5 stars.

Title give a boy a gun                                                                        

Author todd strasser

Genre crime ,drame

            Give a boy a gun is about a boy named Brandon he tired of being bully. The person that is bulling is Sam the football player in school. Brandon what to kill himself because of Sam and the other football players so he does something about it Brandon always had a  real gun he goes to school one day and kills Sam and some of the football players and then take’s his own life and that the story of give a boy a gun.     

My favorite character is Brandon because he goes throw a lot of stuff

 

The author is Todd stresses. I think he made this book for kids or teenagers to show that there are people that can help.

I would never recommend this book because this is the worst book ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Period. Brandon kills himself, Sam and the football players  Just tell the teacher or tell the cops just don’t kill yourself..

 

 

 ALL-IN   By Pete Hautman 

Genre: Action Adventure/ Drama/ Fiction

Book Review by T.L.

 

All-in is about a kid named Denn he is 17 year old; lives in Law Vegas as a professional poker player. He's just lost all but his last hundred bucks in a game where the dealer, cute redhead Cattie, cheated the deal so that he lost. We Denn's history; he won a restaurant in a poker game in his hometown, but sold it when it tanked due to his bad management. Then he moves to Vegas. He’s trying to win big, but he's gotten distracted by the cute redhead.

But now Denn's luck has run out and he's just about broke. "You know how they say you can't climb out of a hole till you hit bottom? This quotation is stating that if you have no bottom to your hole then you can climb out. The hole is as deep (big) as the problems you have made; until you fix them then you hit the bottom and you can climb out to freedom.

 

 

Title: Boot Camp

Genre: Young Adult Drama

By I.K.

The book that I am reading called Boot Camp is about a boy that gets sent to boot camp after being disrespectful to his parents. The staff picks him up at night, to make him think that he was getting kidnaped. He gets scared, wondering why he was picked up by these people.

The main charter’s name is Harry he is was very bad to his parents and at night they called the boot came officers, to come get him. Maybe you could loosen the handcuffs? I asked. Sorry blue blood.        

When he got there, He meets some people that were going to watch over him and tell him when to talk and when not to talk. The rules are at boot camp are that you can’t stand, eat, or talk without permission.

The author Todd Strasser published a lot of good books like the book Give a Boy a Gun. It was a sad and an Exciting book to read. If you are someone that likes those types of books, I advise you to read any of his books.

Title- Lie

Written by- Caroline bock

Genre- A suspense novel

Lie is a book about a 17 year old girl named Skylar, who is dating an older boy named Jimmy. Jimmy is the bad boy stereotype who gets himself into trouble. He gets into an argument with a couple of Salvadorian brothers from the next town over and then he gets accused for badly hurting them. Skylar is a smart; when she gets brought to the police station for questioning, she keeps quiet. She doesn’t want to be a part of what happened and she doesn’t want to turn her boyfriend in; she’s just a young girl who kind of gets dragged into this whole mess and tries to figure out how to get out. As she tries her best to protect Jimmy, she slowly realizes that she is putting herself in jeopardy and she is starting to feel guilty for the whole thing.

Skylar and jimmy get caught up in a big web of lies when they are interrogated at the police station. Skylar should be at school right now she exclaims, yet she and Jimmy are stuck at the police station being questioned harshly. The police man says, “No one hurts two Mexican men just for fun” especially not someone who has a lot going for themselves. So that’s just crazy talk. But in fact it might not be so crazy after all. Two guys are brutally hurt and someone is behind this.

The neighbors start to question Skylar and she denies that a fight happened when in fact it did, and what she doesn’t know was that the neighbor saw but doesn’t tell her.

This book is based on a true even that took place. And Caroline bock is expressing how it all happened in the first place.

Recommendations- I recommend this book to anyone who likes mystery stories with such high suspense. This book is exciting and has many twists. It really caught my attention and is a really great book.

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Reviewer- RW

Book review by c.s 

                                                                             Tittle:The Green Mile

Author:Stephen King

Genre:Thriller&suspense

 

                           Summary

          John Coffey is the main character. He was convicted of a crime. John was convicted that he murdered two young girls. But did he really? He was placed in the Cold Mountains. John is about to gain a new and crazy insight about his life in prison. The year he was in prison was back in the day in 1932. When the Americans was in the great depression and when life back than so hard and so bitter a lot of people had the most difficult time in their life. He finds himself in a nightmare.

          Yes, I would recommend this book. You should read this book if you’re in to creepy, disturbing, crazy stuff. In this prison you will see a lot of strange things like rats, mice’s crawling around choking an officer it was just so normal to see that happen.

John Coffey size was so unbelievable and unusually compare to others.  The warden wanted to make sure it wasn’t an “optical illusion. It was real six feet, eight inches…he had to have been three hundred and twenty, maybe as much as three hundred and fifty pounds.” Although he is big in sizes he has  the sweetest personality.

Yes, was it was really interesting because you can see how life was in prison in the 1932.Overall it was a great Thriller and suspense book. You will be shocked to see what happens next!

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