The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney

The Face on the Milk Carton

                                            By Caroline B. Cooney

All her life, Jane Johnson had been content. She had two loving parents, good friends, and she was did well in school. She never thought that just a normal lunch at school could totally rock her world. But it did. She just happened to glance at her friend's milk carton, and there on the carton was the picture of a missing person, and that person was her as a little girl, she was sure of it. But how could it be that her loving parents had kidnapped her?

Follow Janie as she slowly uncovers the mystery of a life time, a mystery  that could possibly change Jane's whole life.

This is an action packed book that anyone would enjoy, it gets you wanting more and more of it.



Wonder Struck by Brian Selznick

Wonder Struck

         By Brian Selznick

Ben Wilson, a boy who was born deaf in one ear, has just lost his mother and is living with his aunt, uncle, and cousins in their home in Gunflint Lake, Minnesota. His old house is just down the way; Ben had lived there with his mother since he was born, he never knew his father. He wishes he had though, and when he goes to his old house late one night, he finds a locket with a picture of a man inside, a man with his eyes. He takes the picture out. There's a name on the back. Daniel. He hears a storm outside.It's pretty bad. But he doesn't go back to his Aunt and Uncle's house. Could Daniel really be his father? He doesn't know, but he hangs the locket around his neck anyway. Ben also finds an old book named Wonderstruck. He opens it and begins to read. The passage he reads tells about the American Museum of Natural History, as he turns the page, a bookmark falls out. He looks at it. On the front, a picture of a bookstore, on the back, a note with a New York address and a phone number. The name signed at the end of the note is Danny. Could it be his father's address and phone number? He picks up the phone and dials the number. It rings, and rings. Suddenly, he is knocked out cold.

When he wakes up again he notices that everything is strangely quiet. Good. The storm is gone, but he is very tired. So he gets into his mom's bed and sleeps. He wakes up again later, but this time in the hospital. He's worried. What has happened? And again, why is everything so quiet?

Rose Wilson is starstruck. She loves the actress Lillian May Hew so much, she has a scrapbook all about her. She loves New York City a lot too, but her parents won't let her go there, a deaf girl in New York? Too dangerous!! But she really wants to go there, so she runs away.

This is an interesting story that is told in words and pictures. Read, and see, as Ben and Rose's stories, set fifty years apart, grow together in an amazing spin of events. The drawings are beautiful, and this book opens a new way of storytelling. I would recommend this book to anyone who asks. A great, great read.

Geek Fantasy Novel by E. Archer

Geek: Fantasy Novel

                                     By E. Archer

Make a wish!!!!!! That's what you've been told to do through-out the years when you have a birthday, see a shooting star, or see or do many different things, right? How about being told not to make a wish? That is what Ralph, a total, practically could be certified as a geek kind of guy, has been told his whole life. Why? Because, as his parents have told him, wishes have been proved dangerous for his family since, well, ever. Even the simplest wishes have ended up fatal for his ancestors.Why? Ralph doesn't know, and his parents won't tell him. Then he gets invited to his Aunt's old manor house to set up a Wi-fi connection. His parents don't want him to go, but he does anyway. And when he gets there is exactly when his interesting story begins.

This is a strange tale that involves exploding bunny rabbits and strange fantasy worlds. I say it could be distantly compared to Alice in Wonderland. It has a very strange and unique writing style that I didn't like very much. I got confused and lost a lot. Maybe somebody more like E. Archer or Ralph would like this, but I don't recommend it.



Variant by Robison Wells

Variant

                        By Robison Wells

Benson Fisher thought that going to Maxfield Academy would be a good thing, he would be able to leave his old foster care family life and start fresh. But the second he gets there things start getting a little freaky. To get into Maxfield, you have to go through a chain link fence and a twelve foot high wall, then meet a girl named Becky, who will do his orientation. He goes in and meets Becky, who seems really nice, but when Benson tries to ask about the wall and fence, she won't give him any straight answers. She starts to talk about points and groups. About how there are three different groups and he'll have to join one, even though there are no rules about it and nothing to say they are official, but he HAS to. He is given a watch with a microchip that he has to wear at all times. Becky says that it is kind of like a key to the places he's aloud to go. Benson is really weirded out, and it gets worse when he makes his way to the dorms and sees cameras everywhere.

What is this place? That's what Ben is wondering. There is one thing that Benson wants now, and that is to get out. Can he?

An action packed book that has twists and turns that would blow your mind. It will keep you up all night reading, guaranteed. 

  

Cascade by Lisa T. Bergren

Cascade

                            By Lisa T. Bergren

The last time Gabi and Lia had been to the 1300s, they had met the heirs of Castello Forreli and their friends, in the midst of war with Castello Paratore, a castle only a mile away. With the help of the sisters, Castello Forrelli came out on top, with Castello Paratore in their grasps, for a while, anyway. The girls come back, bringing along their mother, to find that Paratore has started to build its side back up. They are dismayed, but at least they are back with their favorite guys in the world, Marcello and Luca. And they are the She-wolves of Siena, right? They can fight and win again, can't they?

Read this book, book two of the River of Time Series, to find out!! An action filled, romantic tale any girl would love. I would recommend this book anytime.

  



The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvator

The Scorpio Races

                           By Maggie Stiefvater

Misfortune is what falls upon Kate, Finn, and Gabriel Connolly after the death of their parents leaves them poor and without any family on the small island of Thisby. All they have left is their house, their land, and a mare called Dove. Kate, or as everyone on the island calls her, Puck, the woman of the house now, has as much of a temper as the cold sea that surrounds the island. Each October, that forbidding sea spits out strange carnivorous horse-like creatures the Islanders call the capaill uisce. Each year, the men on the island race those mysterious animals in November, the time when the capaill are the most dangerous. If you win the races, you get a nice purse full of money, if you don't, you're either dead or a loser.

Sean Kendrick is famous at these races, having won four times on his bright red capaill Corr. He too is an orphan, having lost his mother to the mainland and his father to the races. He works for a man named Malvern, the owner of a horse yard and most of the island. He is quiet and reserved, and the thing he wants the most is to live in his father's house, with his horse Corr.

The two's future ties together when Kate decides to ride in the races with her horse Dove. The odds are against her, can she make it? The first girl to ride in the races, on a regular old mare?

This is a great story filled with romance, persistance, and the occasional creepy turn. Action filled and mysterious, it's a great read!

Wildthorn

Wildthorn

                                  By Jane Eagland

Who put me here? That is the question that Louisa Cosgrove keeps thinking of as she is held captive in Wildthorn Hall, an insane asylum. They take her clothes and her name, calling her Lucy Childs instead.

Louisa doesn't understand. She isn't crazy! She knows who she is! She is Louisa Cosgrove, an independant young woman with a head on her shoulders.Which is exactly why her mother always seemed disappointed.... And her father seemed so happy.

Take an amazingly twisty ride right alongside Louisa as she fights for her freedom and life. An amazingly accurate and deep tale with interesting turns awaiting in every chapter.