I read Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg. I didn’t completely finish the book, but I read 198 pages. This book is about a girl named Lizzie, who gets a scholarship to the private school, Longbourn All-Girl High School. The problem is that the majority of the girls are from there are rich and snobby that treat the “poor” scholarship girls like dirt. However, the absolute most important thing in Longbourne is prom. It is a tradition that the boys from the neighboring All-Boy school, where most of the people there are about the same as Longbourne, snobby and rich. But everyone hates Lizzie, right? Will she get asked to prom?

I would rate this book a 9 out of 10, because it was well written, but it was a little too girly for me. Also it was for older girls than me. The author’s lesson is that even if you don’t think you belong, you still don’t know what other people think.

I read The Allegra Biscotti Collection by Olivia Bennet. This book has a total of 246 pages. This book is about a Middle Schooler who has always had the dream to be a famous fashion designer. After school she even goes to her father’s “Laceland” Store and makes her own outfits. But also, just like the average middle school student, she has a crush. She finds herself thinking (and looking, for the most part) at him all the time, but she needs to really focus on her dream at the instant because she believes that she is just beginning to get a huge head start.

I would rate this book an 8 out of 10 because that it was pretty well written, however it could use some more editing because some parts were worded weird and were hard to understand. Also I thought I would like it because I thought the topic would interest me because I like fashion designing, but it didn’t turn out to be my favorite book.

The author’s purpose was to tell kids to not give up on their dreams and that anything can happen to anyone. I think that this book would be recommended to younger girls, like in elementary school that are still able to read chapter books, though.

I read the fictional book, Maximum Ride: The Final Warning by James Patterson. In this book, I read 295 pages. This book’s theme was never leave a man behind (or in this case, a winged mutant). The Final Warning is the 4th book in the Maximum Ride series. The Final Warning is about The Flock (Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, The Gasman, Angel, and their newest “family member”, Total) and how they find themselves in a heap of trouble after they are off on another mission to save the world in Antarctica. Max, the oldest and leader of the Flock, finds a lot about herself and what’s inside, and gets very emotional at times (which to her is the absolute worst thing in the world). Will the emotions get to Max too deep? Will she be able to save herself and the Flock this time?

I like the Maximum Ride books, because they really grab your attention from the very beginning. I love this series because it is most aimed at teens and tweens, is thrilling, and no matter how hard you try you can’t put the books down. Also the author has really good life lessons and facts inserted throughout his books (Global Warming, “You think your life is bad?”, etc.) However, this book wasn’t my favorite of the series but it was still a great book, and was really interesting. Overall I find this series amazing and very interesting. It really suits my type of reading likings.

I read Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by the author James Patterson for Reading Counts and I passed my test with flying colors! I completed 417 pages, and I would give this book a rating of 10 out of 10.

I’m close to finishing my first book of the quarter, Saving the World, and Other Extreme Sports. I love this book a lot and I can’t put it down! I think that I will be picking up the next book in the Maximum Ride series really soon, because this book always has my attention and I can’t put it down. So soon, I will have a book blog on Kit’s Kool Blog.

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Schools Out Forever, by James Patterson, is the second book in the series of Maximum Ride, and it is also a fantasy book. I believe the theme of this book is that there’s no place like home, but home doesn’t have to be in one spot. The Flock started out flying to Washington DC, where they happen to meet a very special someone, who cares for them and lets them live in her house. But she sends the Flock to school (the normal kind) and they run into a LOT of trouble there. Also they go on the hunt to find their parents after they found information at the Institute. Will they find their parents? Will they leave a Flock member behind with their actual parents? Will Ari be killed for real now?

This book was written practically the same way and perspective as Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. So I really like this book, I think that it is really well written, and the author is amazing and makes that most interesting, thrilling books. I totally agree with the authors point of view because it is written mostly in the oldest Flock member’s perspective, but also in a few other important character’s perspective. I believe that this is my favorite book I have ever read before, even better than the first book in the series because of the author. Much like the first book, I think that it is great for a wide range of people from middle school to adults, however it might be a little frightening and action-packed for smaller children. I believe that the book is very powerful and full of action, and a strength of this book is keeping you interested throughout the whole book even in the middle, where a lot of books get boring.

This was an amazing book, and it is by far my favorite book, but it might not be for long, because I will be reading the next book in the series soon. I would also recommend this book after you read the first book, or else you will be totally lost.  But I would really recommend this book.

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, by James Patterson, is more of a fantasy book. I believe that the theme of this book is keep family close and NEVER leave anyone behind. Maximum Ride is a girl who has very special abilities, in which she is learning more of every day. She lives and goes everywhere with other kids like her, who were taken from their parents as a baby, and also have special skills of their own, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel. However, they always have to be on the run because what they call “the School” (where they were taken to and experimented on) has also made Erasers, or werewolves, to go after them, including one they knew personally as a kid named Ari. In this book, Angel, the youngest, gets stolen by the Erasers and taken to the School.  Will the Flock get her back before something really terrible happens, will things turn out right for all of them, or just get worse?

I really like this book, I think that it is really well written, and the author is amazing and makes that most interesting, thrilling books. I totally agree with the authors point of view because it is written in the oldest Flock member, Max’s, perspective. I believe that this is my favorite book I have ever read before because the author is really good, and makes mostly grown-up books, but this series is mostly targeted towards teens. I think that it is great for a wide range of people from middle school to adults, however it might be a little frightening and action-packed for smaller children, say in elementary school. I believe that the book is very powerful and full of action, and a strength of the book is hooking you in. I found this book very interesting and reeling me in even in the the prologue.

I loved this book and I will definitely be reading the rest of the series. I would recommend this book to almost everyone who loves action-packed, adventurous, attention-grabbing books.

My most memorable shoreline experience was in Florida.  My family and I were walking along the beach looking for seashells, when finally I see about a square inch of one poking out from underneath the sand.  So I dug it out and it turned out to be HUGE!  It was probably 4 inches by 2.5 inches!  So I brought it home, and it makes a really nice decoration.  This relates to our reading because it was along a shoreline of an ocean, and it was buried in sand, or eroded rocks and stones that have been washed up by the ocean waves.