Anything but Ordinary by Lara Avery

3.37 avg rating on www.goodreads.com

Life went out without Bryce for five
years while she lay in a coma. When she wakes up, it feels like nothing
will ever be the same again. But during one luminous summer as she
comes to understand that her dreams have changed forever, Bryce learns
to see life for what it truly is: extraordinary.
I thought that is was a very good book. It showed all of these different perspectives of life through one set of eyes that changed dramatically because of one near death accident
that ended an Olympic dream. I thought that the main character (Bryce)
would’ve been more “good girl”, but Lara Avery changes Bryce after
her accident, she becomes more twisted, she has trouble living in the
present instead of the past, the only time that she everything went the
way that she wanted, instead of the present which is upside down and
the opposite of the world in her head. I rated it 4 and a half stars!


Review done by Natalie in 8th grade

Every Day by David Levithan

 4.10 avg rating on www.goodreads.com

Every day, this person “A” wakes up within someone else’s body, and somebody else’s life. “A” doesn't know if he/she is a girl or a boy, because he/she always is changing. “A” falls in love with a girl named Rhiannon, and wants to try to make her understand how “A” lives. All changes when "A" wakes up in Rhiannon's body. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars. It was a great book!

Review by Britta, 7th Grade

Blood Red Road by Moira Young

This book will pull you in and spit you back out again with a whole new perspective of life itself. Saba’s twin brother Lugh is abducted by four mysterious riders, who arrive in a cloud of red dust sporting ropes and guns.  Saba is determined to find and rescue Lugh, but first she must drop her scrawny sister, Emmi, off with Mercy, who is a family friend living in the lush green forests of Cross Creek.  As a parting gift, Mercy presents Saba with a heartstone, which burns red hot when you get close to your heart’s desire.  Saba leaves her sister behind and, sets off alone, on a perilous journey after her brother, with only her trained pet crow, Nero, and the heartstone to guide her to her brother.  Her fierce determination drives Saba across the dreadful Sand Sea desert. It was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! I could not put this book down.

Review by Daniel, 8th Grade