What makes a good book?

Everybody likes different books, but what we don't realize is that no matter what book we have, there is one common feeling in all of them; anger. When reading a book, you will always feel anger, whether it's anger towards the antagonist, or anger that just wells up inside of you when it does in the characters of your book. So no matter what we read; a tragedy, mystery, or an action packed book, there is always going to be anger. This goes to show that no matter what we read we're all pretty much reading the same books. In every book there is not only anger, but there is resentment and happiness. Books also have a evil character, a character that does not seem good but isn't quite evil, and your head protagonist. So what makes a good book? I think the question now is "Why do people say that they don't like a certain kind of book if in reality, there all the same?"

Ark Angel

After barely surviving a hospital break in, Alex Rider embarks on an adventure in the book Ark Angel which is 326 pages. Alex is staying with Nikolei Drevin, a billionaire who has decided to reward Alex for saving his son Paul from kidnappers. But soon Alex believes that he shouldn't trust Drevin, and the CIA soon confirms his fears. And the only person it seems Alex can trust is an undercover CIA agent who he can't seem to find. But you won't know who that is until you read this amazing book.

Superstitions....Crazy? Or not?

People all around have some pretty unique superstitions, and I wonder as I think of those people, "Are they crazy?" Now, most superstitions are perfectly normal and those are the ones that are more widely known. But the one I wonder about are the ones that you don't see very often see out on the street. I don't know many of these so it would be greatly appreciated if someone(That's you. Yeah, you looking at the screen!) could comment about some semi- strange superstitions that they see in their neighborhood. Bye, and remember, I'm watching!

Grizzlys game on 5/8/10: Did they win? Did they loose? I don't know!?

Imagine my surprise when my friend called on Saturday asking if I wanted to go with her to a Grizzlies game. Of course I said yes, since her family has season tickets, they could always go, but I have only gone a few times. When we got to the stadium, I was stunned to find that we had front row seats. But, everything has a down side, and I noticed it right when we sat down. A bunch of other fans were pushing in front of us trying to get autographs! I was super annoyed but relieved when the game started since they had to go back to their on seats. Unfortunately, it was not one of the Grizzles best games. But I don't know if they lost or won in the end since we left at the start of the eighth inning after the eyeball race. The night had several ups and downs and I have to say that one of the ups was when the Grizzlies mascot Parker ran onto the field with a little boy who was wearing a mini Parker suit. Everybody thought that it was especially cute when he started to dance. When I got home that night I was so pumped that I thought I would never get to sleep. But I passed out the moment my head hit my pillow.

Scorpia

"Scorpia never forgets. Scorpia never forgives" These are two lines from Scorpia, another Alex Rider book by Anthony Horowitz. If you read this 388 page book you would experience a journey Alex takes to discover the truth about the organization his father supposedly worked for named Scorpia. Julia Rothman recruited Alex to Scorpia by showing him a video to show that Mrs. Jones, the deputy head of MI6, was behind the death of Alex's father. So Alex's first field assignment is to kill her, but he can't do it and is captured. He is then taken to a meeting where he discovers Scorpia's most recent plot, a project called Invisible Sword. Invisible Sword will kill thousands of innocent school children, unless Alex can stop it. But in the end there is a truth so shocking, that not even the most brilliant person in the world could have guessed it. But I'm not going to tell you, so read this book if you ever want to find out.

Eagal Strike

Anthony Horowitz does it again with the Alex Rider book Eagle Strike. In 322 pages, Alex sees a contract killer, has a run on with an evil famous pop star, takes a trip on Air Force One, sees that contract killer die, and finds out that he is the son of a contract killer. After Alex's friend Sabina invites him to go on vacation with her, he gets tied up with Damian Cray, a mad pop star who ordered contract killer Yassen Gregorovich. Yassen was ordered to kill Sabina's father, a journalist working in a story about Cray. Cray, in truth, was launching Eagle Strike, a project to take over Air Force One and launch all of America's nuclear missiles and destroy the places where drugs come from. Alex stops Cray but then learns a horrible truth from a dying Yassen. His father was a contract killer, and even though it was terrible news, it leaves the reader wanting more. So, if you want more details you would have to read Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz.

Child of the Owl

This amazing book written by Laurence Yep is called Child of the Owl and has 278 pages. Casey's dad always said that they would hit it big and move into a penthouse suite. But, since the only place that he moves into is the hospital, Casey must live with her grandma, Paw-Paw. Casey feels like she doesnt belong in Chinatown with Paw-Paw since she never thought of herself as Chinese. After hearing a story about the family jade owl charm from Paw-Paw, Casey tries harder than ever to be more Chinese and more like the mom she hardly knew. Through trial and error Casey tries to discover her true self in the different world of Chinatown.

Skeleton Key review

Is a teenage James Bond really possible? Anything's possible in the book Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz. The main protaganist in the book, 14 year old Alex Rider, is a spy who later finds himself fighting to keep the antaganist, General Sarov, from releasing a nuclear bomb. This book is set in England and the island of Skeleton Key. All kids interested in action would want to read this book, since the book is action/adventure.

I would reccomend this book to all 6th graders. This book has so much action that half the time you dont know who's alive there is this one scene where Alex drowns after being attacked by a man on a jet ski. I kept wondering if he was dead or not. So, a person can't put this book down for one second since they fear that they will miss something. After looking closely, I can see no weak points in the plot of this book.

An important theme in this boook is faith. Alex must take many leaps of faith to get through his adventures. This is just like the other Alex Rider books. Alex is always getting chased by bad guys. Skeleton Key is a great book.

The Series of Unfortunate Events: Book 8 The Hostile Hospital

After running away from a strange town, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny get into more trouble in the 255 page book The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket. The orphans have recently been framed for murder and are hiding out in a half finished hospital. But Count Olaf easily finds them and captures Violet. After barley escaping Olaf's clutches, Klaus and Sunny desperately disguise themselves as doctors in order to save their sister from having her head cut of. But after all they go through to avoid Olaf, in the end they are forced to hide in the trunk of his car in order to escape a deadly fire. You have to read this book to find out how the orphans got mixed up in these unfortunate events.

The Series of Unfortunate Events: Book 4 The Misrable Mill

In the book The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket, there are 194 pages filled with details about the Baudelaire orphans stay at Lucky Smells Lumbermill. They were as miserable as ever since they’re new caretaker was making them work there. But just as it seemed like things couldn't’t get any worse, Klaus caused a horrible accident after his glasses broke and he had to get a replacement pair from an eye doctor. Violet and Sunny discovered that the eye doctor, Dr. Orwell, was working with Count Olaf who was disguised as her receptionist, Shirley. Dr. Orwell was hypnotizing Klaus so he would cause accidents and get the orphan's caretaker so angry that he would give them to Shirley. The children managed to stop one fatal "accident", but they weren't able to stop an accident that was a real accident. Find out who lives and read this amazing book.

The Series of Unfortunate Events: Book 3 The Wide Window

Misfortune follows the Baudelaires in The Wide Window, a book by Lemony Snicket that has 214 pages. The children are now living with their Aunt Josephine, who had polyphobia (a fear of many things), but lived in a house that looks like it's about to fall into the lake where her husband died. Soon after the Baudelaires arrived, Count Olaf did too disguised as Captain Sham. But later, the children's Aunt leaves them a note saying that she committed suicide and that they will be placed in the care of Captain Sham. But the three children found a secret message and traveled to the cave where their Aunt, very much alive, was hiding. She later died, right before Count Olaf almost adopted the children, and right before his plan failed. But the Count escaped and Mr. Poe, a banker in charge of the orphans' affairs, didn't do anything to stop him. Everyone should read these books even though they are extremely depressing.

The Series of Unfortunate Events: Book 2 The Reptile Room

Violet, Sunny, and Klaus Baudelaire endure another depressing chapter in their lives in the book The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket, which has 190 pages. In this book, the orphans go to live with their "Uncle," Montgomery Montgomery ( Uncle Monty). He is a herpetologist( someone who studies snakes) who is very nice and is taking the Baudelaires to Peru to collect specimans. The children thought that they were going to be happy, but then Uncle Monty's new assistant, Stephano, arrived. Stephano was really Count Olaf in disguise, and he threatened to harm the children if they told their uncle. In the end, the orphans escaped Count Olaf's clutches but Uncle Monty was the one killed. But if someone says that his death was an accident, tell them to look at the book more closely. This book is sad but has many cliffhangers, so if you read it you'll probably want to read book three, The Wide Window. You will also learn some new words along the way.