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**__The Bad Beginning: or, Orphans!__, by Lemony Snicket ** The book is the first in “A Series of Unfortunate Events” by Lemony Snicket. It takes place with the three Baudelaire children; their names are Violet, who is 14, Clause, who is 12, and Sunny, who is 2. The story is about three children whose rich parents have died in a fire and the children are forced to live with their new guardian, Count Olaf. The children had very loving parents and are expecting the same thing from their new Guardian. When they enter the household of Count Olaf they meet a completely new life style. My favorite part of the story is how children react to their new life style. I can relate to this because I have moved to a new house and a new town and understand how it feels to move. I feel that it’s a great book and recommend this to people who like books with a twist. As you read the book you find out how much the children's lives have changed and how they carry on. - Jonathan Heftrig

//Crossing the Wire//, by Will Hobbs
//Crossing the Wire// is about a boy named Victor Flores trying to get to the U.S and facing the climates and the dangerous people. Victor is trying to get across the border to make money for his family so they don’t get evicted and have to sell their cows and pigs. Along the way he jumps on moving trains and runs away from immigration. He loses a friend and reunites with an old friend. My favorite part is when Victor and his friend make it past the border and into America and get jobs. I recommend this book to anyone who likes journeys. This was a really good book; it had some interesting adventures.

- Salvador Ortiz

**__Dark Summer__ by Iris Johansen**

Devon Brady was living a normal life running her own veterinarian practice, going on remote search and rescue missions. Until her recent rescue mission she meets a mysterious stranger who has a wounded dog. The mysterious stranger, Marrok disappears leaving his dog with Devon. Devon is forced to bring the dog back with her to the U.S., to discover that the dog is healing at an unusual rate. Before Marrok could come and get his dog, Devon’s life is turned upside down. Marrok had no choice, but to involve Devon in a high stakes cat-and-mouse game. With the body count escalating and bullets start flying with nowhere else to run. Marrok’s nemesis Danner will stop at nothing until he gets what he wants. Are his secret’s worth killing for or dying for? It all begins with a single shot.

- Kasey Kralik

//Hatchet//, by Gary Paulsen
**//Hatchet// is about a thirteen year old boy named Brian Robeson. He is on this way to see his dad and the plane crashes; he gets lost in the Canadian wilderness and he doesn’t know what to do. Brian has nothing; just the clothes that he is wearing and a windbreaker and a hatchet that his mom gave him for a gift. My favorite part in the book is when Brian is setting up his camp and making his small home. I recommend this book to any one of my friends. I liked this book a lot and I would say to anyone to read this book. **

//Holes//, by Louis Sachar
//Holes // is about a young teen named Stanley Yelnats who is accused of a crime he didn't commit. He is sent to a juvenile delinquent camp where the occupants spend their days digging holes in the once largest lake in Texas, now a barren dessert. Little do they know there’s a reason for digging....

One of my favorite parts is when Stanley rebels against the Warden and her partners to go find his friend. If you like fiction books about teens, you'll love this book. Overall, //Holes // is a great book to read. -Michael Stempfle

This book is about Alex who is set up for murder. He and his friend are robbing a house for money; Alex goes upstairs and while he's searching the room he hears a scream from downstairs. He looks in the door way and sees a huge figure. Alex dives under him and runs down stairs to see that his friend is by a huge figure with a gas mask on his face. The guy with the gas mask pulls out a pistol and kills his friend in cold blood. They tell Alex to run away; he does and he ends up in jail and is sent is to Furnace, a prison for teens. Mark Hildebrandt Lockdown book trailer
 * __Lockdown __by: Alexander Gordon Smith **

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This book will keep you on your toes from the turn of the first page. Alex Sawyer, a teenage boy living the life of a delinquent, is framed and is sent to the juvenile penitentiary Furnace. It is a place that is worse than hell and is unbreakable. With the help of Alex's cell mate Donovan and his new best friend, Zee, they try to find their way to break the walls of Furnace, facing the devil's minions and the unknown behind ever cell bar and shadow. With a secret planned all settled the problem of getting help changes the plan from a secret to a rumor. Now it's up to them to make the break before the plan becomes a truth to the other inmates. My favorite part of the book is the ending because it made me extremely excited to find out what would happen next in the second book. I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. -Elery Dragon======

__Lord of the Flies__, by William Golding

In <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Lord of the Flies__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, a group of scholarly British boys are stranded on a tropical island near the Pacific Ocean. In an attempt to create a culture they had left behind, they elect a chief named Ralph, with the most intelligent boy in the group named Piggy as the counselor. Jack, the leader of the hunting team, wants to lead just like Ralph. One by one he lures the boys from <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">civility and reason to the savage survivalism of primeval hunters. In <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Lord of the Flies__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, William Golding gives us a glimpse of the savagery that underlies even the most civilized human beings. - Dario D

//Stormbreaker:// by Anthony Horowitz
//Stormbreaker// is one of those books that keeps you up at night reading chapter upon chapter, telling yourself 'only one more' but ending up reading five more. In //Stormbreaker//, Alex Rider was an orphan living with his uncle Ian Rider, who was an international banker. Ian had spent many months from home and Alex had become a little curios on why a banker would travel, and come home with a lot of bumps and bruises. When Ian Rider suddenly died in a car crash Alex knew something was different. Alex investigates and finds out his uncle was a member of MI6. Before Alex could even recuperate from finding this out he was put into military camp and turned into a teenage James Bond and sent to finish off where Ian had left off at Sayle Enterprises, with England depending on him, could he do the job and save millions? Or would he end up right where his uncle was?
 * -Noah Klick**

**//You://** By Charles Benoit
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//You// by Charles Benoit is a very thrilling book. Kyle Chase is fifteen year old boy that has many problem with alcohol and his family. He is a part of a group called the hoods that everyone in the school just hates. He gets harassed by the school bully until a new kid, Zach McDade, helps him from the bully. My favorite part is when Zach helps Kyle from being harassed in the locker room of the school. Zach threatens The bully to report him the bully just runs and hides. I recommend this book to anyone who likes thrillers. This book is one of the best books that i have read in a long time and is worth every minute.