Monthly Archives: May 2007

The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan

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titan's curseThe Oracle spoke:  “Five shall go west to the goddess in chains, One shall be lost in the land without rain, The bane of Olympus shows the trail, Campers and Hunter combined prevail, The Titan’s curse must one withstand, And one shall perish by a parent’s hand.”

Percy Jackson’s best friend, Annabeth, is missing after a recent quest. The goddess, Artemis has dissappeared.  Zoe Nightshade and Bianca Di Angelo, hunters, join Grover and Thalia on a quest to fulfill the Oracle’s prophecy.  Percy has been ordered to stay behind.  But, it wouldn’t be a story about Percy if he followed orders, now would it?

Rick Riordan’s third in the series about the Olympians, is a great read.  Which one of the three books is your favorite?

The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin

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Rules of Survival2When Matt and Callie witness Murdoch McIlvane defuse a situation between an abusive father and his small son at the Cumberland Farms convenience store, Matt knows he must to get Murdoch to help Callie, Emmy and him get away from Nikki.  Nikki, their unstable mother, would be a fantastic villian if this story was a fantasy, but this is realistic fiction and Nikki is down-right scary.  Matt doesn’t trust the system and won’t go through the regular channels to seek help.  When he finally does involve Murdoch, Nikki ups the level of her psychotic game.  Werlin keeps you turning pages to find out if these kids will ever be able to break away from Nikki.

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

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life as we new it 2Life As We Knew It is a remarkable book that makes you think about life as we know it. 

A meteor is heading toward the moon.  Science teachers have been talking about it.  It’s on the news.  Families gather outside to view this phenomenon. But something unexpected happens when the meteor crashes into the moon! The moon is knocked out of its orbit closer to the Earth.  Then things start to go crazy.  Tsunamis, earthquakes, and other natural disasters happen all over the world.  Miranda, her mom, and her brothers, Matt and Jonny switch from living an every day-type of life to survival mode.  Would you be prepared to face what Miranda and her family are facing?  Would you have the courage and the intelligence to survive?

Life As We Knew It is told through Miranda’s journal entries.  It pulls you in and keeps you turning pages to find out what will happen to Miranda and others in her Pennsylvania town.

 Have you read anything good lately?