Joey Pigza swallowed the key – Jack Gantos

In this book a boy named Joey Pigza has never met his dad and has ADD which means he can’t concentrate. Joey’s doctor prescribes a medication for Joey but his medication is not working. Because of ADD Joey swallowed his house key, disrupts a field trip, and puts his finger in a sharpener and injures himself. One day when Joey was running around with scissors he trips and hurts a classmate. Because of hurting a classmate Joey get sent to a special education program in another school where teachers teach him the right way to do stuff and gives him a medication that actually works. This is a great book. I loved it.

By: Jupinder P.

Evil Star – Anthony Horowitz – Gatekeepers series book #2

In this second book Matt escapes from Mrs. Deverill. Matt learns that he is special from the Nexus a secret organization made up of eleven very important people. Matt  learns that the Nexus was built to stop the Old Ones the great evil that could have came out of Ravens Gate. Matt also learns that there was a war between the Old Ones and 5 children (4 boys and 1 girl. Matt is the 1 of the 5 children. Matt has powers like seeing into the future and controlling objects. The only problem with this is that Matt doesn’t want to be 1 of the 5. Matt lives a regular life for a while he goes to school has friends. Then one day Matt sees a truck full of oil running into the school and burning it up so he pulls the fire alarm but the problem is that there was no fire. Matt gets caught by the vice principal who thinks it is a prank but when Matt gets into the vice principals office the school burst up in flames.When Matt gets home that day he talks to Richard Cole who is a journalist and is looking after Matt right now (Richard helped Matt escape from Mrs. Deverill) Richard took  Matt to the Nexus. Matt and Richard finally agree that Matt has to live with it he is 1 of the 5. The Nexus wants Matt and Richard to go to Peru to close the 2nd gate that could open so the Old Ones could come into this world and cause misery and destruction. When Richard and Matt get to Peru they get ambushed by bad guys. They take Richard but Matt gets away. After awhile Matt realizes that his in Peru all by himself with thieves everywhere. If you want to find out what happens to Matt and Richard and if Matt finds the second gate read this book.

By:  Jupinder P.

Nightrise – Anthony Horowitz – Gatkeepers series book #3

Scott and Jaime are telepathic twins which means that they can read each others thoughts and control and listen to other people’s thoughts. Scott and Jaime both perform in a show in Las Vegas, Nevada to show off their amazing ability. One night after one of their performances two men in black suites break into Scott and Jaime’s dressing room and try to kidnap them. Scott and Jaime run out of their dressing rooms hoping to run  away from the men but one of the men catches Scott but Jaime keeps running away so the men couldn’t catch him. Jaime runs into this women that was at his show that night. Jaime tells her what has happened so she takes Jaime and she drives him to a hotel so they can talk. Once Jaime and the women reach a hotel and books a room the women tells Jaime that her son Danny also got kidnapped by those men. The women also tells Jaime that Danny also had powers like Scott and he did and the company that those men work for is called Nightrise. Jaime comes to the conclusion that Nightrise is kidnapping kids with special abilities. Jaime goes to a Nightrise office in L. A. , CA and finds out that Scott is being kept in a prison in Nevada. Jaime goes to the prison where Scott is being kept but later learns that Scott isn’t there any more. Jaime finds Danny (the woman’s son) and breaks out of the prison with Danny. Jaime gets help breaking out of the prison from a guard who tells him that his brother and him are 1 of the 5. The guard tells Jaime that a very bad evil is coming and he has to stop it with the other 4 kids. While breaking out Jaime gets shot in the stomach and goes unconscious. If you want to find out if Jaime lives read this book.

By: Jupinder p.

Raven’s Gate – Anthony Horowitz – Gatekeepers series book #1

In this story a boy named Matt Freeman saw his parents dying in a dream and the next day it came true. It happened exactly like Matt saw it in his dream his parents’ car running into a like then drowning. Matt didn’t know what to think. After his parents died Matt had to go live with his Aunt. Matt starts to get in trouble like shoplifting, smoking, and skipping school. During a warehouse robbery Matt gets accused of stabbing a guard in the back when it was his friend not him. Matt’s  choices are to serve 2 years in jail or to go live in Lesser Malling with a woman named Mrs. Deverill. He should have chosen jail. In lesser Malling strange things are happening like anybody who helps Matt dies. Matt learns that a portal to a world of evil called Ravens Gate is about to open and he is going to be the blood sacrifice. Matt tries to escape but the weirdest thing keeps happening he keeps going in circles no matter which road he takes. If you want to find out about what happens to Matt and if he gets out of Lesser Malling  read this book.

By: Jupinder P.