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The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a great book for any reader who likes fantasy. Hugo is a timekeepers assisstant at a train station in Paris. His uncle shows him how to fix all 27 clocks and how to steal food. After Hugo's father dies in a fire at the local museum, he finds the automaton that his father was trying to fix. After that Hugo goes on an adventure that includes the automaton, a journal, and a drawing.
Glass is a great book for all teens that like free verse pages. With drugs like glass you will understand what happens when you take drugs.
Neverwhere, by Niel Giaman, is about a man named Richard Mayhew. He is an ordinary man who lives an ordinary life. He loses everything when he decides to help a young women bleeding on a London sidewalk. He is shown into a new world called London Below. This world is filled with the stuff of dreams and nightmares. In order to get his old life back, he must help the women find who killed her family. Neverwhere is a fast paced book that will stratch your imagination.
Defining Dulcie by Paul Acampora is about a young girl named Dulcie. Her father died while cleaning a boys bathroom at her school. After his death her mother decides to move to California and Dulcie unwillingly goes with. Upset with her mother she runs away back to her hometown in Connecticut and follows in her father and grandfathers footsteps and becomes a janitor.
Identical by Ellen Hopkins is great if you like adventure at an insane sicylum. The main characters go to the middle of the desert for a challenge like climbing rock walls 100 feet high and crossing old rope bridges. When they are on a rock wall one person falls 100 feet to complete rock below.
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The Sorceress by Michael Scott is the third installment of the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. A thoroughly engaging continuation of the story of Josh and Sophie Nichols. The twins of prophecy. Will they save the world?
Ranger's Apprentice #5 Sorcerer of the North is the best book of the series. Any teen that likes fantasy/adventure stories.There is a lot of sorcery, secrecy, and confusion. John Flanagan is a genius.
Night World: Book 1 by L. J. Smith is three short storys about six people who break the rules in the face of death. The Night World isn't a place; it's a secret organization made up of creatures that are thought not to exist, such as werewolves, witches, vampires and shape-shifters. When a Night Person comes in contact with the person they are perfect for, they become Soulmates. However, according to Night World law, it is illegal to A) Tell a human that the Night World exists, and B) To fall in love with a human. These storys are about Night People who find their SOulmates and they just happen to be human. And if you break the law, you have to die....
The fifth book in the fablehaven series by brandon mull is an exciting fantasy book about grandchildren of the caretaker of a magical preserve sacving the world from demons.
The Vampire Diaries: The Return Volume I is an excellent book if you enjoy reading fantasy/fiction books with a mix of romance. Follow Damon, Stefan, Elena, and her friends as they try to fight a new monster that seeks to destroy Fell's Church. But this monster is like nothing they've seen before; it is growing inside of Damon. Read about the gang's adventures and the love triangle between vampire Stefan, his dangerous brother Damon, and the sweet and desired Elena in the Vampire Diaries series.
Black Water of the Pendragon series is a heart thumping page turner till the very end of the book. With a mix of fantasy, reality and mystery, Black Water will keep you reading to find out just what happens next!
Ink Exchange is a great book about fairy's and love/hate that makes you want to learn more about the store and even though it's the second book in a series it can stad on it's own
cryptic craving is the amazing and exciting 8th book in the vampire kisses series you would think that by now you'd get bored of the series but to be truthful i hope she will write more because they just suck you into the story and makes you feel like your standing there in it.
Forest Born, By Shannon Hale,
Is the fourth book in the series The books of Bayern. It is one of the best books in the series and is well written to keep you wanting to read more. The main character Rin has lived in the forest her whole life with her mom, brothers and all her nieces and nephews. When she was younger she seemed to have a connection with the trees around her, like she was almost able to sense what they were feeling, until she tricked her neighbor into doing something he didn't want to do. And since then she felt strange and overwhelmed with the odd feeling of the tree's rejecting her until she met the "Fire Sisters" on a trip into the capitol with her brother.
the first 3 fake books are an awsome read. its about friendship, partnership and braking some rules when your tring to do the right thing
the fake books 4-6 are an aswome taile of working together and mystery
In Book of a Thousand Day's, by Shannon Hale, Maid Dashti and her mistress Lady Saren are locked in a tower for seven years by Lady Saren's father because of her refusal to marry a man she hates. With food and supply's running low Dashti makes choices that hopefully put both herself and her lady's lives back on track.
Book of a Thousand Day's is based on the Grimm Brother's fairy tale "Maid Maleen" with influnces from the Asian steppes.
Pendragon-Rivers of Zaada is a great adventure book that will leave you turning the pages to keep you hooked on what is about to ahppen. A great read.
love attake 1-3 is a lovely story about love, relationships, trust and kicking butts
The Fire Within is a pretty silly book, but the way i remember it, the series does get better with time. i can't be sure, but i think it's a six book series, easy read, and is suggested by moi.
In Catching Fire by, Suzanne Collins it is a book that starts off slow but gets better as you progress through the book. i think that it is a must read. It has a bunch of twists and turns throught the book. It is the 2nd book of the Hunger Games series.
Icefire
This book was SOOOOOO much better than its prequel. Far more adult (which in my book means better) though the begginning is pretty SLOW. but it's worth it when you get to the end. Far more actiony than the first book. And I like David with Zanna a lot more than David with Sophie.
The Wise Woman and other stories contains different fantasy stories, the writing is different then most you find now. Very similar to Dealing with Dragons which is a GREAT book. Fun stories, and none of them are the same.
Fire Star
very fantasy
very newagey
very good
a lot better than the previous 2 in the series, Fire Star brought me to a whole new level of conciousness myself. sure, it can be slow sometimes, but it's worth it to see how it all ends.
Arch Enemy by Frank Beddor
This is an amazing final book in The Looking Glass Wars Trilogy, (a twist off of Alice in wonderland). I loved it and the ending was good so thats all that matters.
This book is Awesome! I never liked the original Alice in Wonderland books or movies, but i loved this book sooo much that I decided to read the whole series. The author wrote it really well, and I loved the way he did just everything! I think the twist on the characters was very interesting, my favorite character was Hatter Madigan!
Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor...
I loved this book! It was an amazing sequel to the first book and left me hanging at the end so I had to get Arch Enemy right away!
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor...
This book is Awesome! I never liked the original Alice in Wonderland books or movies, but i loved this book sooo much that I decided to read the whole series. The author wrote it really well, and I loved the way he did just everything! I think the twist on the characters was very interesting, my favorite character was Hatter Madigan!
the red pyramid by rick riordan is a book of spellcasting proportions
rick riordans the throne of fire kept me turning pages all hours of the night
the serpents shadow by rick riordan has action adventure and a many many anticipating thrills
The fifth book in brandon mulls fablehaven series is fantasic story about magic
the lost hero by rick riordan is about a demigod named jason who must find a way to regain his memory
the son of neptune by rick riordan is about the demigod percy jackson who has to set the god of death thanatos free from a giant keeping him captive in alaska in order to regain his memories from hera
Cassandra Clare's City of lost souls is a fantasic story that kept me on edge till the end and i can't wait until book six comes out in 2014
Song of the Ovulum By Bryan Davis
A really good book, especially for being the first book in the third series. I strongly advise you to read Raising Dragons and the Oracles of Fire series first. This is a thrilling book and filled with a lot of suspense. A good portrayal of dragons, though they seem more standoffish than in earlier books.
Eragon...By Christopher Paolini...
This was a thrilling and exciting book about dragons, elves, dwarves, and much more!!! Loved it!!!!!!!!!
Sandry's Book, by Tamora Pierce
The first book in the Circle of Magic series. I liked it. The different kinds of magic were really interesting.
The Fire Eternal
The fourth book in the series by Chris D'Lacey, The Fire Eternal is an amazing book that has grown so much from the silly, in my opinion stupid begginning of a boy writing squirrel stories for a little girl who believes in dragons. the sheer intensity of the rather real problems that the metaphors in the book represent shed a light on the subject of the polar ice cap crisis that PHD candidates would envy. It's an amazing book that i would recommend gladly to everyone.
Eldest...
For the sequel of Eragon, it was Extraordinary! I think it was better than the first book.
Dark Fire
This is an amazing book and i highly reccommend it. My favorite character is Alexa, David and Zanna's daughter. She's the reason that i love this book soo much. che's the oppitamy of innocense and extremely adorable and i love her.
Brisinger...
This was a great book! So far I have loved all three books in this series sooo much that I read them faster than I have ever read a book before, and they were the biggest books I have ever read!!!!!!! I can't wait to read the last one. When I finish reading it though, I will be sad. :(
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