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These books have been reviewed by students and are listed alphabetically by title.

Waiting for the Rain (Click on title to access review)
Review by Ling

Warriors: Into the Wild HarperCollins Publishers, 2003, 276pp.

Erin Hunter

Rusty is an ordinary housecat who dreams of one day living in the wild with the other cats. He has always wanted to be able to have his first bite of mouse, so he would never have to dream about that, again-Clan warriors support one another. However, not just anyone can join a Clan.

Then, one day, his dreams come true. ThunderClan leader, Bluestar, and her patrol, catch Rusty pathetically hunting in their territory. They can see that he has potential, though, and let him make a decision as to whether or not he will join the Clan-However, he only has one night to do so. Will Rusty forever leave his beloved kittypet nest to live his life-long dream? How will he prove himself worthy to the rest of the Clan?

Warriors: Into the Wild, by Erin Hunter, is the first in the Warriors series. At the end of every chapter, there is suspense, leaving you bewildered as to what will happen next. An enemy attack? What will happen tomorrow? This slow-paced but action-packed adventure is sure to leave you wondering about what mysteries may haunt the family cat. This book is either for all of those cat fans out there, along with the ones who typically enjoy seeing cats in all of their bloody gore.

Follow Rusty in his adventures as he goes from apprentice to warrior-This is one cute kitty that no one can resist!

S. G.

The Westing Game
Review by Becca For a project in Language Arts I read the book The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. At first I thought I would just choose a book for the project only, but I must admit it is a great book, which is now my favorite. I liked it because it was a wonderful and suspenseful mystery. The best one I’ve ever read. The book is about sixteen people who play a complicated game to inherit a large estate from Sam Westing. In this game everyone is paired and given clues. But what do the clues mean? The game seems easy, but things are not what you expect. Many mysterious things happen in mysterious places by mysterious people. Bombings occur and you can trust no one. People drop out as the game gets harder. Who will win the game? Who will get the estate? If anyone. I thought the book was wonderful, since it gets the reader hooked and has its surprise ending. I would recommend this book for kids from 10-14 who are looking for a good mystery and memorable book. Characters are loveable, and the ending is unpredictable. I know I loved it, so I hope you read it.

The Wish List O’Brien Press Ltd. 2004
Eoin Colfer 252 Pages
Review by J.M. - 2004-2005

The Wish List, by Eoin Colfer, is an interesting supernatural book about troubled teen Meg and her abusive stepfather Franco. They do not get along and the only thing they have in common is pure hatred for each other.

One day Meg and an accomplice attempt to break and enter an elderly man’s apartment at the retirement home. They are abruptly spotted by the owner and forced to flee. While escaping they both die in a fiery explosion caused by a well placed shotgun bullet.

Meg and her partner are soon sent up to Heaven to be judged by Saint Peter. While there, Meg’s partner is sent down to everlasting fiery doom of Hell. Meg’s judgment is a little different. They deem her too free of sins for Hell and too sinful for Heaven. For this reason, Meg is sent back down to Earth to be given a second chance. Her task is to help the man she attempted to rob fulfill his last wishes. This is not an easy task, though, because the elderly man has little time to live on Earth and Hell will try to tempt her not to help the man.

This is a great story that that teaches valuable morals, such as it is never too late to forgive and that friendship is priceless. I would recommend this book to all kids between the ages of nine to fourteen because of the language and themes, such as abuse, robbery, and bullying. This book is a very well written book because of its quality word choice and use of description and I hope that you will try it to.

The Wolf Series

I have read many books, but there are three books that stand out. They are called Wolf Tower, Wolf Star, and Wolf Queen. All of these books I would rate a five out of five; because they are adventurous and are great for people of all ages but best for nine or older.

All of the Cladi Journals are about a girl named Cladressia Star or Cladi for short. She is always up for a new challenge and try’s to go for what you would say “the gold.” She has a never ending will to succeed even when she was captured in a hot air balloon on the day of her wedding.

Cladi will always look for her past, her history, and always her family… But it all may be lies, lies in the waste. Lies that she can never escape.