A Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Strange Case of

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

            The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a short book by Robert Louis Stevenson about a British lawyer named Mr. Utterson who was going to go see his old friend Dr. Henry Jekyll. Henry Jekyll is a kind and civil man and most respected man in England. It was late at night when Mr. Utterson made it to Jekyll’s town but he saw something that night that he could never forget. He saw a monster who had brutally stomped a little girl and an old man to death for no reason.

            Now the Mr. Utterson had proof that the foul twisted monster was Mr. Hyde (the inner rage) had beat the old man and the little girl to death, but Hyde was Dr. Jekyll in a different form. Mr. Utterson went to Dr. Jekyll’s house that morning when he hears that Jekyll was making a tincture but when he drank it he released his inner rage.

            People begin to hate Dr. Jekyll for what he did but they didn’t have enough evidence to throw Jekyll into prison, but they knew what Hyde had done. The only person who has respect Jekyll is his soon to be wife Poole. Poole knows what happens to Jekyll and how he becomes Hyde but she does not want to believe that he is a murder. Can Mr. Utterson clear his friends name and stop Mr. Hyde once and for all or will Mr. Hyde continue his rampage?

            So think about it the next time some gets you mad and you look down at you clenched fists. Think about it the next time your temper explodes and you reach for something to throw or break. Think about it the next time you’re grounded, or you get blamed for something you didn’t do, or you get so furious that your teeth are clenched. Down there, down there in the dark. You’re in control. You know you are, but the question is dose Hyde know it too?

Cirque Du Freak Trials of Death Book 5

     This is the fifth book in the Cirque Du Freak saga. Written by Darren Shan about Darren Shan. In this book Darren has been presented to the counsel and they have decided that Darren must prove himself as a true vampire through their ways. The Trials of Death. The Trials of Death are very dangerous tasks that vampires must do five of. They have taken about sixty trials out that Darren can't do at his age. Also the punishment for failing is death if you are not dead already. Will Darren survive the Trials of Death?

     Darren is trained for the trials by the mountains games master Vanez Blaze. For the first trial He has to make it through a maze. Not so hard right? Try having a rock tied to you that weighs half your weight, while the maze is filling up with water. When Darren is just about to admit defeat and let himself drown he finds the exit.

     For Darren's second trial Darren has to walk barefoot or crawl through a cavern known as the Path of Needles. It is a cavern that is filled with Stalactites and Stalagmites that can be big enough to be impaled on or as small as a cat's claw. Normally you get twenty-four hours of rest until the next trial but the Festival of the Undead begins after Darren's second trial and no official business is to go on during the the festival. Because of the festival, which lasts three days and Darren's twenty-four hours of rest Darren has four days of rest.

     For his next trial he has to survive fifteen minutes in a steel room. Except this steel room has jets in the floor that spout fire like geysers. This trial is called the Hall of Flames. This trial is voted by many vampires to be the hardest one. Just before the fire spurts the jets make a hissing sound for about two to three seconds. Darren barely survives this trial but does suffer from horrendous burns.

     The next trial Darren must pass is called the Blooded Boars. The object of this task is to kill two boars that are extremely violent because they have been injected with vampire blood. Darren is given a sword and a spear. As the battle rages on Darren kills one boar with the sword but is distracted by that. The other boar circled around Darren and was about to ram and kill him when someone shouted "NOOOO!" and jumped in the arena.

Flat Broke

By Gary Paulsen

Flat Broke is a fiction book of the follow up, Liar Liar. It’s about a teenager named Kevin. He is broke and like a girl at his school. Kevin has two friends, Jon Paul and Jay D. Kevin has stopped his lying problems and has started to become a good person.

Kevin is broke because he spent it on the vending machines at school and paid for his counseling, so he will stop lying. He thinks if he is ‘’ Filthy Rich’’, he will have Tina as his girlfriend ‘’ The World’s Most Beautiful Girl’’ and ask her on a date. His friends think it’s a good idea. Kevin tries to make money by mowing lawns, cleaning out peoples garages and putting trash in store dumpsters which is illegal, and babysitting which he hates and is only paid five bucks. Kevin even borrowed a golf cart to sell cookies on.

In the process Kevin keeps messing up. His life is a financial comedy of errors. He gets into situations that are sweet. Some are sticky, and some that are downright sticky.

Perfect Chemistry

Perfect Chemistry

By: Simone Elkeles

Brittany Ellis was perfect or so everyone thought. Even though she had a not so perfect life she had to keep up her perfect image at school. She was head cheerleader she dated the football star everything seemed so right. At home she had a mental sister that Brittany cared for more than anything, a father who was barely home, and a very ignorant mother. She was starting her senior year and excited to see her boyfriend Collin again. She was already nervous for her school year so when she got paired up with the gang member Alex Fuentes as a chemistry partner she knows then that this will be the hardest year she has gone through.

Alex Fuentes hot, strong, and not a very good guy… at least that’s what everyone else thought. He lived in a not so perfect home with his mother and two brothers. His father was shot because of a drug deal. Alex was determined to not end up like his father but fell away from that when his family needed protection so he joined the Blood, a gang. Alex didn’t like the perfect white people he went to school with. He stuck with his friends and they stuck with their’s. After getting paired up with the super-hot but at total snob Brittany Elis Alex makes a bet. This bet will require him to step up his flirting game a lot, if he wants to keep his motorcycle he has got to get Brittany.

Collin changes and Brittany doesn’t want to be with him anymore but what will everyone else think of her? This book is full of secrets, gossip, and love.  Will a hot new love spark? Will Alex win the bet? Will Alex stay in the gang? Will Brittany ever become open with her feelings towards her mother? Read it and find out!

Warriors The New Prophecy Book 1

Warriors

Midnight

By: Erin Hunter

Warriors, Midnight, is about six chosen cats who have to travel to this midnight where the sun drowns. They are mesmerized by what they find at the sun-drown place. They become friends, take on their biggest fears, and survive the trip.

The warriors must be strong to get to the sun-drown place safely. These six cats will be tested to the limits of life and death; some might even find love in their journey, who knows?

Warriors, The New Prophecy is a series Written by Erin Hunter.

Warriors, The New Prophecy book 2

Warriors

Moonrise

By: Erin Hunter

Warriors, Moonrise is about the six cats that went on a journey to meet a badger named Midnight. She has told them the future of their forest. They must leave or risk death. While on their journey back, they go into the mountain for a shorter trip.

While in the mountains, the six warriors find a tribe of mountain cats that have a prophecy of their own. They have been terrorized by a great lion called Sharptooth. The prophecy states that a fierce cat will come and kill Sharptooth, and save them. They think that Stormfurr is the chosen cat, but are proved wrong when feathertail takes her life to save crowpaw from Sharptooth.

They leave for home, only to find that it is being destroyed by the humans. Do the warrior clans survive, or will they be destroyed?

Warriors the New Prophecy is a series written by Erin Hunter.

Skeleton Creek

Skeleton Creek

by:Patrick Carman

      This is a nonfiction book. It is all written first person because it is in a journal format. It also includes online video access to add to the story.

      Ryan loved to write. In fact usually when the morning train woke him up in the mornings he would go strait to his desk and start writing before the town started to stir. But one morning, after shaking the idea that something had bean watching him, he had a sudden urge to jump from his bed and just get on the train so it could take him away from the dreadful town he lived in. 

        Sarah is Ryan's best friend. She did not love writing like Ryan but she loved to be behind a camera. And sometimes this got her into trouble. But that's what she loved, trouble and she loved to drag Ryan into the messes she loved to cause.

       Sarah couldn't help but think there was something wrong with the town they were living in, a mystery, something everyone was hiding.

       But there was something that was no mystery, the death of Joe Bush years ago. The tale was like a ghost story that had come to life. 

        Sarah and Ryan decide go on a secret mission to solve the mysteries of the town by visiting the very place the old man died, the dredge. The old, shut down building was closed off to keep people out. But when Ryan and Sarah snuck in, they didn't know they were not alone. 

      Ryan begins to write in his journal after two weeks. He writes," I have kept a lot of journals but this one is especially important for two reasons. Reason number one: I'm not writing this for myself. I'm putting these words down for someone else to find, which is something I never do. Reason number two: I have a strong feeling this will be the last journal I ever write."

      Together they solve clues and fight for their lives.

    Skeleton Creek is a great book that will keep a reader interested and on the edge of their seat.