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Divergent

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Dauntless, Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Erudite. Divergent. Beatrice ‘Tris’ Prior lives in a world of where only perfection is accepted. If you don’t fit in you die. It’s quite simple. You can only be one thing. You can be brave, selfless, peaceful, truthful, or knowledgeable. You can’t be brave and selfless. You can’t be more than one thing. If you are guess what happens to you. Death. Tris is more than one or divergent. She is from Abnegation, but decides to become Dauntless. Dauntless shows absolutely no mercy for those who are Divergent. She’s probably as good as dead.

Luckily, she doesn’t die, but many others do. The Erudite have gotten greedy for power. They plan to use the Dauntless to kill all the Abnegation using a simulator for mind-control. Thankfully, the serum that they inject doesn’t work on Divergents (this makes Tris happy because he boyfriend, Tobias, is also Divergent).

Anyway let’s skip over all the unimportant deaths and go on. Tris’s mother and father dies. Tobias and Tris shut down the mind-control program. Oh, and their whole “country” is in chaos. Half the population is dead, the other is alive, confused and scared. The Erudite are angry and even more determined to have full rule. What a happy ending.

Review

This is a book of greatness. It has romance, action, adventure. It has everything a good book needs to have. I give it an 8.5. It is  a story unlike The Hunger Games whose whole idea is “Peeta or Gale.” This book gives the ups and downs or real and fake lives. Absolutely Amazing are the words that come to mind when you read the book, and it is absolutely true.

Cinder

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Mechanic. Cyborg. Lunar. Everything that makes up Cinder. Cinder was always a orphan no parents, no family, absolutely nothing. To make matters worse Cinder is a cyborg. Half of her body is metallic. She can’t cry or blush. Even worse is the fact that she lives with Adri, her adoptive father’s wife. To Cinder the world is bleak and lifeless. She is worth nothing.

All of sudden things gat better then go back to worse. Prince Kaito of the Eastern Commonwealth likes Cinder. As happy as Cinder is she can never really be with him. A prince and cyborg, please she would rather die. Another thing, her sister. Cinder’s sister has the plague, and she just can’t leave her. Also, her amazing “mother” has sent Cinder off to  be a volunteer at the plague headquarters. To make matters worse Cinder fins out the she is a lost Lunar princess, which means that everyone on planet Earth is supposed to be at war with her. Can things get any worse?

Review

This book is exciting, amazing, and out of this world. It has a great sense of imagination that pulls you in after the first few pages. It can also help you relate to your own life. People hate Cinder because of how she looks. Many other people have this same problem in real life. My rating for this book is a 9 because it has one or two unrelated topics. it is good because you get to hear the full story from different points of view.

If you like this book you can read the rest of series. This includes            “Scarlet,” “Cress,” and “Winter.” The stories are a s amazing and exciting as the first book.

 

 

The School of Fear

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Synopsis

Madeline Masterson has arachnophobia, the fear of insects, spiders, and anything else that is considered a “creepy crawly.” Theo Bartholomew has thanatophobia, the fear of dying. Lulu Punchalower has claustrophobia, fear of confined spaces, and Garrison Feldman has hydrophobia, fear of water.

The four kids have fears that are out of control. Maddie always wear a veil and repellents, Theo needs is family to text “alive” or ‘dead” every five minutes. Lulu will throw things if she has to, and Garrison sweats and then faints. In order to conquer their fears they need to go to the highly elusive and exclusive School of Fear.

The school is run by the extremely odd Edith Wellington. The kids have a scary time that gets even worse when Mrs.Wellington dies. Now it is up to the kids to save Macaroni-Mrs. Wellington’s dog- from the extremely ugly and dirty lawyer Manchauser. Can they do it in time?

Review

This book is very enjoyable. Each chapter has a new fear, problem, conflict, laugh and more. It shows an extreme and hilarious form of curing phobias. The character in the book each represent a person in the real world. There is foodie, a smartypants, an athlete, and a cool kid. Anyone can relate.  I give this book a nine, it is enjoyable for all ages, sizes, and phobias.

If you enjoyed this book you can read the rest of the trilogy. Book 2 is called “Class is Not Dismissed.” It follows the adventures of the kids when a new student, Hyacinth joins them.The last book is called “The Final Exam,” and it is  about a reporter who is trying to shut down the School of Fear. The kids have to use everything they’ve got to stop her.