Reviewed by: Kelly, grade 9

This book bored me.  I must have skipped about 3 chapters in this book.  New Moon was the worst book in the Twilight series.

2 stars.

Reviewed by: Jack R., grade 9

Good book on adventure and keeps you gasping 'till the end.

4 stars.

Reviewed by: Lisa M., grade 9

This book was very suspenseful and gory.  I liked it because of it.  If you are not a fan of murder and suspense, do not read.

5 stars

Mimi Shapiro had a disturbing freshman year at NYU, thanks to a foolish affair with a professor who still haunts her caller ID. So when her artist father, Marc, offers the use of his remote Canadian cottage, she’s glad to hop in her Mini Cooper and drive up north. The house is fairy-tale quaint, and the key is hidden right where her dad said it would be, so she’s shocked to fi nd someone already living there — Jay, a young musician, who is equally startled to meet Mimi and immediately accuses her of leaving strange and threatening tokens inside: a dead bird, a snakeskin, a cricket sound track embedded in his latest composition. But Mimi has just arrived, so who is responsible? And more alarmingly, what does the intruder want?

A lighter psychological thriller.

When Alice was ten, Ray kidnapped her.  Now fifteen, she is no longer the little girl Ray desires.  Ray begins to speak more and more of her death.  Desperate to get away alive, Ray now wants Alice to find and "train" her replacement.  This book is disturbing, yet gripping.

What would you do if you broke up with your musician boyfriend and he wrote a song about it?  And that song suddenly hit the airwaves, soared to the top of the charts and now the paparazzi follow you everywhere?  Will your life ever be normal again?

Fifteen-year-old Aura Ambrose has been hiding a secret. Her mother, a talented artist and art teacher, is slowly being consumed by schizophrenia, and Aura has been her sole caretaker ever since Aura's dad left them. Convinced that "creative" equals crazy, Aura shuns her own artistic talent. But as her mother sinks deeper into the darkness of mental illness, the hunger for a creative outlet draws Aura toward the depths of her imagination. Just as desperation threatens to swallow her whole, Aura discovers that art, love, and family are profoundly linked—and together may offer an escape from her fears.

After Johnny's father dies, life becomes increasingly difficult to cope with.  After a stint in rehab and ending up in the emergency room nearly overdosing, his mother send him to live in North Carolina to live with his uncle.  Johnny becomes fascinated with the new wave band Blondie and learns of his father's glam rock youth, giving him perspective on himself, his past and his current life.

Cole has been a vampire for a long time, don't let his eighteen-year-old body fool you.  Known for being careful, meticulous and observant, Cole is placed in charge of  "rookie"  vampire, Gordon.  But Gordon really is a teenager and not prepared for eternal life.  Can Cole help Gordon cope with the changes or will he have to dispose of a rogue vampire for the greater good of both vampires and humans?  Not your typical vampire story. 

How far would you go to save someone you love?  Can parents love their child too much?  Seventeen-year-old Jenna has awoken from a coma totally clueless about her life before.  The only glimpses into the person she was come from home movies.  Slowly, Jenna has glimpses into the past which unfortunately raise more questions than answers.  Why won't anyone answer them?