Hello, friends!
Today I checked the Bookshop Blog for the St. Helens Book Shop and my review of Wendy Mass's Jeremy Fink and the meaning of life is on the front page! Check it out at http://www.sthelensbookshop.com/blog!
-Chase
Monday, March 29, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
An ARC Report
As part of the St. Helens book shop team I can read (and if I like it, review) books before they come out in stores. This is a report on my first ARC (Advanced Reader Copy), Falcon Quinn and the Black Mirror.
Falcon Quinn and the Black Mirror
By: Jennifer Finney Boylan
A Book Report By: Chase Pixley
Falcon Quinn always knew that he was different than other kids. Falcon’s father fell through the ice on Carrabec Pond while his mother didn’t want him. He seemed to belong nowhere at his middle school in Cold River, Maine and had two different colored eyes - one blue and one black.
It is the first day of spring during Falcon’s 7th grade year. After a close call on Carrabec Pond his normal morning bus, number 13, misses every stop besides it’s first (Falcon’s house) and brings Falcon and his neighbors Megan Crofton and Max Parsons to a place called Shadow Island. An island in the Bermuda Triangle, Shadow Island houses the Academy for Monsters, a place where young monsters learn to imitate humans. As the other students begin turning into monsters Falcon stays the same. He knows that he is different, but is Falcon Quinn really a monster?
A 5-star book, this story raises a question: is it better to pretend to be someone else to stay alive or accept who you really are, even if you are a literal monster? This heart wrenching story about a seemingly normal boy is truly a work of art. Look for it on book shelves starting May 11, 2010.
Falcon Quinn and the Black Mirror
By: Jennifer Finney Boylan
A Book Report By: Chase Pixley
Falcon Quinn always knew that he was different than other kids. Falcon’s father fell through the ice on Carrabec Pond while his mother didn’t want him. He seemed to belong nowhere at his middle school in Cold River, Maine and had two different colored eyes - one blue and one black.
It is the first day of spring during Falcon’s 7th grade year. After a close call on Carrabec Pond his normal morning bus, number 13, misses every stop besides it’s first (Falcon’s house) and brings Falcon and his neighbors Megan Crofton and Max Parsons to a place called Shadow Island. An island in the Bermuda Triangle, Shadow Island houses the Academy for Monsters, a place where young monsters learn to imitate humans. As the other students begin turning into monsters Falcon stays the same. He knows that he is different, but is Falcon Quinn really a monster?
A 5-star book, this story raises a question: is it better to pretend to be someone else to stay alive or accept who you really are, even if you are a literal monster? This heart wrenching story about a seemingly normal boy is truly a work of art. Look for it on book shelves starting May 11, 2010.
Job 2
This is my second report about one of my personal favorites. I hope you like it!
Pendragon: The Merchant of Death
By: DJ Machale
A Book Report By: Chase Pixley
Bobby Pendragon has the life that every 14-year-old boy could want. He is the star of his middle school basketball team, has an awesome dog, is the popular guy in school, and he has the world’s coolest uncle! Press is Bobby’s mom’s brother and every once and a while appears out of the blue and does something awesome. Press has taken Bobby snorkeling, skydiving, has turned Bobby’s house into a laser tag maze, and even brought ponies for a mini-rodeo! Press is the most fun-loving guy Bobby has ever met.
On the night of the middle school’s biggest basketball game of the season Press appears out of nowhere and takes Bobby to a place called Denduron, a medieval world of peasants and castles. But the seemingly peaceful world is not all that it seems. Denduron is on the brink of a disastrous revolution. A man named Saint Dane is attacking Denduron from the inside out. When Press is kidnapped by a band of knights Bobby must, with the help of two women named Osa and Loor, try to save Denduron and Press while coping to accept his mysterious destiny.
Meanwhile, on Earth, all traces that the Pendragons ever existed, except for memories, have disappeared. There are no school records, no bills… and their house has disappeared. Bobby’s best friend Mark Dimond and girlfriend Courtney Chewentyde read Bobby’s stories and can only hope their friend is okay. Will Bobby live through this adventure?
This 5 star book has all the aspects of a true adventure stories as well as the sense of a thriller. You could replace Bobby with anyone and they would have similarities, whether you’re popular, a jock, or smart, you’re like Bobby. Do not judge this book by its cover. Read on.
Pendragon: The Merchant of Death
By: DJ Machale
A Book Report By: Chase Pixley
Bobby Pendragon has the life that every 14-year-old boy could want. He is the star of his middle school basketball team, has an awesome dog, is the popular guy in school, and he has the world’s coolest uncle! Press is Bobby’s mom’s brother and every once and a while appears out of the blue and does something awesome. Press has taken Bobby snorkeling, skydiving, has turned Bobby’s house into a laser tag maze, and even brought ponies for a mini-rodeo! Press is the most fun-loving guy Bobby has ever met.
On the night of the middle school’s biggest basketball game of the season Press appears out of nowhere and takes Bobby to a place called Denduron, a medieval world of peasants and castles. But the seemingly peaceful world is not all that it seems. Denduron is on the brink of a disastrous revolution. A man named Saint Dane is attacking Denduron from the inside out. When Press is kidnapped by a band of knights Bobby must, with the help of two women named Osa and Loor, try to save Denduron and Press while coping to accept his mysterious destiny.
Meanwhile, on Earth, all traces that the Pendragons ever existed, except for memories, have disappeared. There are no school records, no bills… and their house has disappeared. Bobby’s best friend Mark Dimond and girlfriend Courtney Chewentyde read Bobby’s stories and can only hope their friend is okay. Will Bobby live through this adventure?
This 5 star book has all the aspects of a true adventure stories as well as the sense of a thriller. You could replace Bobby with anyone and they would have similarities, whether you’re popular, a jock, or smart, you’re like Bobby. Do not judge this book by its cover. Read on.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
My First Review
All right! I got a job writing teen book reviews! I finally finished my first... here goes.
One day in Atlantic City, a fortune teller told Jack Fink that he would die when he turned 40. His son Jeremy barely knew his father when Jack left the world, leaving his 8-year-old son and wife.
Since then Jeremy went on with his life until one month before his thirteenth birthday, when a mysterious wooden box came in the mail. There are four keyholes in the box, yet no keys came with it. Etched into the box it says “THE MEANING OF LIFE: FOR JEREMY FINK TO OPEN ON HIS 13TH BIRTHDAY.” The box was from his father, five years deceased.
This leads Jeremy and his best friend Lizzy on a whirlwind trip around Manhattan to find the four missing keys. As his birthday nears Jeremy begins to wonder if he will ever find the keys and learn the meaning of life.
I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. It is a beautifully written realistic fiction story about the adventures of two normal teenagers. Just about anyone could relate to Jeremy or Lizzy. This page-turner can barely be put down as you help Jeremy and Lizzy find the meaning of life.
One day in Atlantic City, a fortune teller told Jack Fink that he would die when he turned 40. His son Jeremy barely knew his father when Jack left the world, leaving his 8-year-old son and wife.
Since then Jeremy went on with his life until one month before his thirteenth birthday, when a mysterious wooden box came in the mail. There are four keyholes in the box, yet no keys came with it. Etched into the box it says “THE MEANING OF LIFE: FOR JEREMY FINK TO OPEN ON HIS 13TH BIRTHDAY.” The box was from his father, five years deceased.
This leads Jeremy and his best friend Lizzy on a whirlwind trip around Manhattan to find the four missing keys. As his birthday nears Jeremy begins to wonder if he will ever find the keys and learn the meaning of life.
I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. It is a beautifully written realistic fiction story about the adventures of two normal teenagers. Just about anyone could relate to Jeremy or Lizzy. This page-turner can barely be put down as you help Jeremy and Lizzy find the meaning of life.
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