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By Jelly Saldivar

By Jonathan Rutiaga

By Natalie Moreno

Requiem By Jamie McGuire

Isabel Figueroa

Plot Summary

Requiem is the 2nd book in the Providence series. It continues off several months after Nina and Jared fought Ghram and finally finished him and his army. What they don't know is that wasn't their last fight against the demons. Nina begins to have nightmares about her dad and Grabe (Jared's dad). The entire book is based on their quest on getting the book back and reading what's inside that can help them survive.

Critical Evaluation  

This book is a sequel to Providence and I promise you once you read it, it will blow your mind on how much Nina has changed the past months. It brings you to a whole new point of view of the book and the author. My advice to readers is start at the first book. Don't read the second or third book first because then you will have no idea what the book is about and you will be lost.

Noggin by John Corey Whaley

Gordon Jack

Plot Summary

Travis Ray Coates had terminal cancer.  So the doctors cut off his head waited 5 years until medical technology advanced enough to attach it to a healthy body.  Now he's alive again, but his friends, girlfriend, and family have all moved on.  Now he must figure out how much of his old life he can still have, and how much he needs to leave behind.

Critical Evaluation

I give this book a 10 out of 10.  I was intrigued (and a little grossed out) at first by the fantastic premise.  What began as an interesting thought experiment (how much of you is contained in your head and how much is contained in your body) became a very thoughtful exploration about how we struggle to let go of the past and keep hold of the things we love.

Slam Dunk by Kate Jaimet

Natalie Moreno

Plot Summary

Assistant Coach, Salvador “Slam” Amaro, is allowed the opportunity to take over his high school’s basketball team during the playoffs due to the fact that the head coach goes missing. In this suspenseful thriller of a book, the head coach, Mrs. Ramirez and her daughter, Inez begin receiving strange gifts from an anonymous person which are pretty threatening. Salvador is concerned by the gifts and seeks to find out who’s doing this.

Critical Evaluation

I would evaluate this book as a 10 out of 10 because it builds suspense as you dive deeper into it. It is a thriller so you are bound to have to hold on to your seat. Once you begin reading it, you will not ever want to put it down unless you’re at school and the bell rings to go to the next class. There are other books written by the same author but this will be the one that you will not want to take your eyes off. Overall, this is an amazing book that I would recommend to anyone because it is not a very lengthy book and you could finish it really quickly.

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Crackback by John Coy

Tonga Keti 

Plot Summary 
Manning is a top corner back for his football team. In the book, Crackback, John Coy tells a story of a football player who struggles with his new coach. Manning works his butt off to look good in front of his dad. His relationship with his dad its not good so he tries to get closer. He also tries to impress coaches from college.

Critical Evaluation
Crackback is a 10 out of 10 because it has some conflicts that high school students go through. I related to the story because of football and homecoming. This book has some of the same decisions that I go through in high school like choosing to not do my work.

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Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Isabel Figeuroa

Plot Summary      

Hannah Baker is a teenage girl, new to a city she's never lived in before. She just wants to fit in but teens don't seem to believe in anti-bullying . Everything changes once she dies. Clay Jensen, a boy who hardly knew Hannah, receives tapes at his door one night. In all 13 tapes, Hannah says her reasons for why she took her life and who could have stopped this situation from happening. Clay wants nothing to do with her tapes, until Hannah's voice tells him he is a reason why she took her life. Throughout the night Clay listens to all the tapes and travels around the map he is given in the box of tapes. What Clay doesn't know is that these tapes will change his life forever.

Critical Evaluation 

Thirteen Reasons Why is a breath catching book. Entertainment Weekly described this novel as "Suspenseful and addictive," which is true. I read this entire novel in 4 hours. Asher describes how Hannah feels and makes you see from the main character's point of very throughout the story. When listening or reading the tapes you feel this kind of guilt that you could have stopped this even though it may not be a real event. He makes you feel like you're the narrator and are experiencing the night Clay heard and traveled around his town to see Hannah's point of view. I rate this an 11 out of 10.