OMS Book Reviews

2009-01-31T19:21:00.002-06:00

Hannah Baker commits suicide. She overdoses on a pills. She sends out a set of tapes to thirteen people saying how they could of stopped her. Clay Jensen goes around town listening to the tapes to find out that he could have stopped her. How will clay react to the tapes? Read thirteen reasons why to find out.

2009-01-13T19:36:00.004-06:00

Think of a world where no matter how pretty you are from the age of twelve to sixteen you are considered ugly. The reason is a radical plastic surgery you get when you turn 16. Then finally you can be considered pretty. Tally Youngblood is sick of waiting to turn pretty. When a friend she meets runs off Tally is stopped by Special Circumstances. They say if she does not tell them where the Smoke is they will keep her from becoming pretty. What is the smoke? Will Tally betray her friend? REad uglies by Scott Westerfeld to find out.

Fahrenheit 451

2008-11-20T20:57:00.002-06:00

For book readers fahrenheit 451 is a very bad thing. That temperature is the heat at which book paper burns. This story is in a distant history in which books are illegal. There are "firemen" who burn the books for a living. But don't expect the firemen to do all the work they have mechanical hounds that sniff out the area. In this story a fireman, Guy Montag, secretly owns books. He reads them in private so even his wife doesn't know. One night he sees a hound sniffing around his house. The next day he sees a "firetruck" pulls up. Can Guy escape the law, or will he die for his books? Read Fahrenheit 451 to find out

Truesight

2008-11-20T20:43:00.003-06:00

Truesight by David Stalher Jr. is about a boy named

Jacob. You really do not get a description of Jacob due to the fact that everyone in Harmony, on the planet Nova Campi another planet populated by humans, is blind. The way they get around the city is with a sounder, a sounder is a badge that gives off a unique pitch to identify people and places. One night he decides to sneak out to listen to the Seers, or people who can see. Something happens that causes him to run back to his home. That night Jacob has a horrible headache. This headache is what gets the whole story started. Over time jacob is slowly becoming able too see. In his community seeing is the worst crime you could do. Can Jacob keep his sight, or will he end up in major trouble? Read Truesight by David Stalher Jr. to find out.

Son of the mob

2008-09-28T21:14:00.004-05:00

This is the story of Vince Luca. You would think he is an everyday high schooler but no. This is because his dad is in the "vending machine" buisness. Vince tries to act normal and he is pretty good at it. That is until his first date he goes on his date and when they go to the beach Vince finds a half dead man in the back of his car. That quite obviously scares his girlfriend. He then goes back to try to live a normal life until he gets invited to a college party. At this college party he meets the girl who is perfect but off limits. Her name is Angela and she is the daughter of the man who wants his father in jail. This leads to many problems once they start dating. Read Son of the mob to find out how this Romeo and Juliet romance ends.

Found

2008-09-28T21:03:00.004-05:00

This is the story of Jonas and Chip, two best friends. One day they both receive mysterious letters saying "Beware they are coming for you."They are soon then launched into a FBI case that was never solved how 36 babies just appeared in a plane at an airport. They start to contact the other kids from a list of adopted kids that they saw. They meet up with one of the witnesses of the plane to only be attacked by men in black, pardon the pun. Weeks later Jonah and Chip have to go to a adoption seminar but they know somethings fishy about the deal. They divide the children into two groups. They notice that there are 36 kids total in the group. Are these the 36 kids from the plane? What makes them so important? Read found to find out.

Reposessed

2008-09-09T17:32:00.003-05:00

This is the story of a "fallen angel" who wants to take a vacation from his job. Well, if you consider yelling at people for what they feel guilty for a job. So he just picks a random high-schooler to take over, and as quick as you could snap your fingers he was in a human body. He takes over the body of Shawn, a rebellious teenager with no future. He walks home marveling in the complexity of the human body. When he gets home everything is different. He stops treating his brother like crap. He stops flunking classes but as soon as thing start going right things everything goes wrong. He does this to change peoples lives for the better. Will he be able to change the lives of the people he has come to meet for the better? Read Reposessed to find up.

WARNING: This book is only at public library

Learning to feel safe

2008-09-05T15:03:00.007-05:00

There are many books that involve rape but most too mature for young readers. I thought that Safe by Susan Shaw effectively describes the hurt, pain, and withdrawl that a raped thirteen year old might go through.

The author starts the story with the main character , Tracy, walking home from school. As she walk home she is assaulted and raped and dumped by a lake almost dead. This sends her into major withdrawl to the point where she can't feel safe anywhere without her father. Every time she tries to go outside she gets scared that she will be attacked again. The purpose of writing this book is to show that rape effects everyone not just the victim.

People might consider this book edgy because of the rape. Most books do not ever mention that subject. I think they do not have rape in many books is that it would have to make books more mature so less books could be read by the younger population. So overall that is why I think that this book would be considered edgy.

The Siren Song

2008-09-04T15:25:00.005-05:00

I read the Siren Song by Anne Ursu recently. This is the sequel to The Shadow Thieves. In the beginning of the story Zee and Charlotte are grounded big time. At school she notices that Zee is always staring at Maddy, Charlotte's best friend. She asks Zee if he likes Maddy and he answers yes. The next day Charlotte Finds out that Zee is now going out with Maddy. Charlotte gets home from that stressful day thinking nothing could go worse. She soon finds out that her parents are taking her on a historical cruise. Sounds like loads of fun, right. So some certain events, like at midnight a giant sea monster coming to eat your ship, lead to her having to get off the cruise to save the world, again. She is trying to find Poseidon, the self-centered god of the sea. With Jason, a friend she met on the boat who knows about where Poseidon is, they venture to Poseidon's yacht. They get to the boat but run into many problems along the way. Will Charlotte be able to save the world on her own? Read the Siren Song to find out.

Breaking Dawn

2008-08-26T20:00:00.004-05:00

The final installment of the Twilight saga, Breaking dawn. In this one Bella is getting married to Edward. They have get married. They go on their honeymoon and LOTS of "stuff" happens :^).Bella ends up pregnant with a half-vampire half-human child. The baby is sucking her blood from the inside so Bella has to start drinking blood to stay alive. The baby is growing quick and it injures Bella every once and a while. Bella goes into labor and is bleeding a lot so Edward leaves the room. There is blood everywhere the baby was born and Bella names her Renessme. Edward came back with a needle filled with venom and injects it straight into Bellas heart. She wakes two days later in complete pain. The pain ends in about thirty minutes. Bella then finds herself a vampress. She has to "hunt" because she is "thirsty" so she hunts. Alice then has a vision of the Volturi coming and trying to kill their coven. So they gather all of the vampires from everywhere so they can help the stop the Volturi. Will they succed? Will life ever be the same?

Sleeper Code & Sleeper Agenda

2008-08-26T19:58:00.002-05:00

I read these but I cannot explain it without giving the whole story. But it was very good.

The Shadow Thieves

2008-08-09T13:06:00.003-05:00

This book is called The Shadow Theives by Anne Ursu. This is the story Of Zee and Charlotte.The story begins in London with Zee. Ever since Zee's grandma died all of his friends have been falling under a mysterious sickness. Zee wonders if it involves the well-dressed pale men who he notices every once and a while. Fearing for his sanity his parents let him stay in America with his cousin Charlotte. She enjoys having someone her age to hang out with besides her friend Maddy. Charlotte soon finds out that almost every girl in the ENTIRE school has a crush on Zee including her friend Maddy. Maddy a girl who is never absent even when sick wasn't at school. Maddy didn't come back for the entire week. Zee knows that it is the same mysterious sickness that he dealt with in London. He noticed a similarity in the sickness. One day while he was walking home he saw one of those pale guys taking a black thing from a kid. Zee tells Charlotte about his theory. They go visit Maddy one of many with the mysterious sickness. Charlotte brings Maddy her homework she turns on the light to find out Zee's theory was right. Those weird men were stealing shadows. On the way home they were attacked by Footmen, those weird pale guys. Their English teacher Mr. Metos saves their lives. They find out that the grandson of Posideon, Philocrenon, Is trying to create a shadow army to overthrow Hades. So Mr. Metos tells them how to get into the underworld. They get into the underworld and the story takes a twist for the worse . Will they survive? Will they save the shadows of their friends?

I would give this book a 4.5 out of 5 stars. It was a great story, I personally thought it was great. I would reccomend it for 5th grade through maybe 9th grade because it might be too scary for younger ages. It had a very good plot throughout the whole story. The beginning is the only dry part but otherwise it was fine.

Divorcing the Devil

2008-07-30T17:15:00.007-05:00

This is the story of Dr. Skyler Little, a psychoanalyst. She listens to her patients tales of the horrible things in their lives while staying a healthy Christian. She finds out that her best friend Gabriella is being cheated on by her husband Kevin is cheating on her. She does not tell Gabriella for a while but she eventually does. She kicks Kevin out of their house. Kevin then goes to Dr. Little's house for a while. When one of her patients dies Skyler finds out Kevin was the father of her two children. Her lawn man, Reggie, has a psycho ex-girlfriend, Tatiana, who thinks Reggie and Dr. Little are in a relationship. Tatiana begins stalking Dr. Little to find more out about her. Will Tatiana stop stalking Dr. Little? Will they all be able to "divorce the devil" from their lives? Read Divorcing the Devil to find out

ADULT THEMES

Dragons Keep

2008-07-30T16:45:00.005-05:00

This is the story of Princess Rosalie Pendragon, a girl year old with a curse. She was born with a dragons claw. She lives on Wilde Island an island plagued with constant dragon attacks. She is the heir to the throne, so the whole dragon talon thing has to be kept a secret. Her mom Queen Evaine cuts the talon so it looks like a finger. She still has to cover the scales so she wears a pair of golden gloves. Many healers try to cure her "condition" without removing her gloves, some worse than others. During a dragon raid Rosalie is captured by a dragon. She is taken to an island called Dragons Keep. She soon finds out that dragons can speak English. The dragon that captured her is named Lord Faul. She also finds out she shall be attending to the eggs in the cave. they hatch but things only get worse. Will Rosalie ever escape Dragons keep? Read Dragon's Keep by Janet Lee Carey to find out.

Book for this week

2008-07-20T13:41:00.002-05:00

This week I am going to try and read Dragons Keep and the Divorcing the Devil

Teen Inc.

2008-07-20T13:18:00.004-05:00

This week I read Teen Inc by Stephan Petrucha. This is the story of Jaiden Beale he has been raised by NECorp since his parents were killed when he was a baby, He is controlled completely by NECorp. For example, in the beginning of the book NECorp gives Jaiden dating choices, therefore not letting him choose who he wants to date. He wishes he could be a normal kid for once in his life. He has a bioligy project with a girl named Jenny, who he has had a crush on for a while. Being owned by a company, obviously something has to go wrong. Jaiden finds out a terrible secret about NECorp. What is the terrible secret? Will Jaiden ever live a normal life? read Teen Inc. to find out.

Eclipse

2008-07-01T09:34:00.006-05:00

This week I read Eclipse by Stephanie Meyers. In this book Bella is back to her normal emotions, not depressed like in the second book. Bella knows she is no longer safe with Victoria, the she-vampire that is trying to kill her, is well... trying to kill her with an army of newborn vampires. This story gets more in depth with the werewolf side of the story. This happens because Charlie, Bella's dad, is forcing her to hang out with the La Push kids, or in other terms werewolves. Bella becomes better understanding to their hatred of vampire. She slowly realizes that she is in love with Jacob Black, Her long time friend who is a werewolf. Alice, Edward's sister, has a vision timing how long the newborn enemy takes to get to Forks to try and kill Bella. Will Bella live to tell the tale? Will Bella Ever confess her love for Jacob? Read Eclipse by Stephanie Meyers to find out!

2008-06-10T08:23:00.001-05:00

I am reading Eclipse by Stephanie Meyers. Hopefully, I can post by Saturday.

New Moon

2008-06-10T07:10:00.003-05:00

This week I read New Moon by Stephanie Meyers. This book is the sequel to Twilight, In this book Edward has to leave Bella because of the amount of time he has been 17 in Forks. He takes everything from Bella, that involves him, except some writing in a scrapbook that says Edward. Bella is lonely for the next few months until she talks to Jacob Black. He helps her as feel happy as she did when Edward was around. Bella finds out that Jake has a terrible secret. During an incident where Bella ran into Laurent an evil vampire Bella finds out that James mate Victoria is trying to kill her for revenge, During that incident She finds out that she can hear Edward's voice in her head when she is in danger. Bella starts putting herself in danger just to hear Edward's voice. One day Bella Finds Alice Cullens at her house and finds out that Edward is so lonely he is trying to be killed by a large group of vampires. Will Bella be able to save Edward, or will it be too late? What is Jakes big secret? Read New Moon to find out.

2008-06-07T19:53:00.001-05:00

This week I am reading the sequel to Twilight which is New Moon. I will try and post next Sunday.

Book covers

2008-06-07T19:27:00.002-05:00

Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Movie poster
Book 4

Twilight

2008-06-07T18:55:00.004-05:00

This week I read Twilight by Stephanie Meyers. In this story a girl named Bella is forced to go to Forks, a small and dreary town in Washington. She then falls in love with a teenager named Edward Cullen, he is the type of guy that a girl would do anything to date. The rest of his family Carlisle, the father, Esme, the mom, Emmett and Jasper, his brothers, and his two sisters Rosalie and Alice. They all are very good looking. During an incident where Bella is almost hit by a car Edward stops the car with his bare hands. Bella knows that Edward is not human. In another incident where Bella was almost mugged Edward goes and saves her. She finds out Edward is a vampire, and has been 17 for about a hundred years*, and so is his whole family. Will Bella be safe with her new love of Edward?

*Important fact for New moon