Teen and Staff Reviews

In this second iteration of the twelve books in the Ranger’s Apprentice series, we revisit our

beloved character Will. Now marked with fame by his contest against the Kalkara and his rescue

of his even more famous master Halt, he is sent on a mission in preparation for war against the

exiled lord Morgarath. But this falls to pieces when Will, accompanied by Halt’s former

apprentice Gilan and his friend Horace, finds the neighboring lands of Celtica deserted, a lost girl

In this first iteration of the twelve books in the Ranger’s Apprentice series, a boy named Will

become-though this may come as a surprise to some people-a ranger’s apprentice. Will, a

scrawny fifteen-year-old boy finds himself learning the ways of rangers after being taken in by

the famous and rather grim ranger Halt after being rejected from battle school, the one thing he

had always wanted in life. This is a result of believing that his father had died as a knight and

The story is set in present day America and is about the 13 year old demigod Percy

Jackson and his friends Annabeth and Tyson. They must go on a quest to rescue their friend

Grover and retrieve the Golden Fleece from the Cyclops Polyphemus to save Camp Half-Blood

from being destroyed by monsters and titans. On their quest many people and monsters will try

to stop them from succeeding. The main characters are Percy, the son of Poseidon, Annabeth,

the daughter of Athena, and Tyson, a cyclops. The author describes the characters well so you

As Harry leaves the Dursleys’ for the last time to set off to find all of Voldemort’s

horcruxes, they get attacked by multiple Death Eaters and Voldemort, who tried to kill Harry but

his wand fended him off. They camp in the woods, with no idea where to go or what to do, when

Harry sees a silver doe patronus leads Harry to where the real Sword of Gryffindor was kept,

which they could use to destroy the Horcruxes. Harry then accidentally says Voldemort’s name,

When Victor Vale and his roommate Eli Cardale propose the idea of “E.O’s” - ExtraOrdinaries,

people who possess powers seemingly from birth. However, the two boys are determined to

prove that EO’s are made from near death experiences, by having near death experiences

themselves. Consequently, a research project soon results in one man in jail for unjust causes and

the other free, with a thirst for killing EO’s as they were seen as unnatural in his eyes. Ten years

When Alex Easton is invited to his sick friend’s manor, he is a bit nerved by the haunted

landscape that surrounds what seems to be an even more haunted house. What’s even stranger

are the hares that roam the lands, animals that don’t run off but instead maintain a walk that

resembles a stiff human. Easton then meets with Roderick, who is overcome with nerves for his

sister, Madeline. He also meets with an American doctor who is supposedly tending to her

Five months ago, PhD student Dani Brown and her best friend had their routine witchy

requests to the universe. Dani, looking for a casual rebound after a failed relationship, wished

the universe would show her who to pursue next. Several months later, when a video of former

pro rugby player turned charity founder and security guard Zafir carrying her out of her

university building goes viral, it seems like a pretty big hint. Except Zafir asks her to fake-date

Pretty Dead Girls by Monica Murphy is a mystery thriller book. All the popular pretty girls in

school are getting murdered. So far, all of them were linked to Penelope Malone in some way.

She decides to investigate further in these murders, but as she tries uncovering more secrets,

Penelope is terrified she might be the next victim.

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus is a mystery thriller book. 5 classmates at Bayview

High walk into detention. Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, Cooper, and Simon. Only 4 come out alive. By

the end of detention, Simon is dead. The five students in the classroom don’t know what

happened, all they know is Simon drank a glass of water then fainted. The investigators say

Simon’s death wasn’t an accident. A little background on Simon: He wasn’t the best person,

Shara Wheeler was perfect in every way. She was smart, kind, beautiful, athletic, wealthy.

Shara Wheeler was perfect. Until she went missing after prom. She left no trace when she

disappeared, no obvious answer. Just a series of notes on pretty pink stationary. Notes

addressed to the only three people she ever kissed: Smith, the star of the football team, Rory, a

stoner and musician, and Chloe, the only outed bisexual that goes to their catholic high school.