Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Gordon Jack

Plot Summary
Scarlett and Donatella are sisters living with an abusive father in the Meridian Empire. Shortly before Scarlett is to be married off to a man she doesn't know, she receives a letter from Legend, the mysterious Master of Caraval inviting her and her sister to participate in the legendary, once-a-year magical performance. After they run away to Caraval, Donatella is kidnapped as part of the game and Scarlett has only five nights to find her or her sister may disappear forever.

Critical Evaluation
I rate this book a 10 out of 10. The world Garber creates here is wildly imaginative, at times magical and at times threatening. Scarlett begins as a very frightened character but through the trials of the game becomes stronger, with a better understanding of what's really important. She is in a world where things are never what they seem and must rely on her instincts to survive and save her sister. The ticking clock makes her journey fast paced and exciting, with lots of surprises.

Willow by Julia Hoban

Yadira Garzon

Plot Summary
This book is about a girl who blames herself for killing her parents in a car accident where she was the driver. She meets Guy, who knows her secret: that she is cutting herself to relieve her suffering. He doesn't tell her brother about her cutting and tries to help her overcome it by giving her love.

Critical Evaluation
I rate this book 9 out of10 because it's really interesting but it moves slow. I recommend this book to everyone, especially if you have lost a parent. Like Willow, I lost my dad and my brother and I got distant.  In the book, Willow loses her parents in a car crash and her brother doesn't really talk to her about it, even though he is taking care of her. It isn't until she meets Guy that she begins to feel love and stop cutting herself.

The Great Brain Book by HP Newquist

Matthew Lopez 

Plot summary: The Great brain book isn't an actual book with a story to tell, but it has many facts and short story's about how people use to live in the 1800's and how they started to study the brain. It has historic events like Phineas Gage when he survived a 3 foot pole piercing through his brain and half of his face. Also talks about the parts of the brain and whats it's purpose.

Critical Evaluation: This book is non-fiction and I would give this book a 8 out of 10 because it has a lot of facts that you can learn about and events that became famous and can be very engaged to learn other stuff since it has really nice pictures with nice details. But the only reason why I don't give the book a 10 out of 10 is because it got kind of boring at the end but then you realize that it's because it has no pictures around it like it did in the beginning of the book. 

The Vanishing Games

Plot Summary 

The Vanishing Games by Kate Kae Myers is about three childhood friends that grow up together in a foster home. Jocelyn runs away, but comes back years later to solve the mystery of how her twin brother Jack died. She has no choice but to go back to her childhood crush Noah for help.  Jocelyn finds clues on what Jack did before he died, eventually going  back to Seale House, a place she hoped she'd never go back to. 

Critical Evaluation

This book is based on mystery, drama, love, and faith. Makings you wonder every time whats going to happen next. I rate this book a 8/10 because at times it would get boring. 

American Sniper by Chris Kyle

Bryan Guerrero

Plot summary:
This book is an autobiography about the best american sniper there has ever been. The man in the book is called Chris Kyle and he talks about everything that he had to do in order to become an american sniper. In the book Chris also shows how difficult and stressful it was for him before he became the greatest american sniper.

Critical Evaluation: 
I would give this book a 9.5 out of 10 because it has a lot of action and keeps you very engaged. There are some boring parts in the book but you need to read those boring parts because they help you understand the book better. I would say it is a very inspirational book.

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Brendan Lai

Plot Summary:
Jon Krakauer is a news article author, in this book he wrote about how Christopher McCandless who is a student that just graduated from high school. McCandless decided that he will travel Western United State in his last summer before he goes to college. He also traveled to CA, and later his last trip to Alaska. The author Krakauer later of the year follows McCandless's trip from Western United States, and then to Alaska. He also interview his family about why McCandless will travel around the world instead doing something more fun, or something that college interesting more.

Critical evaluation: 

This is a good book to read because from this book shows me that how McCandless we can find our freedom from a lots of ways, not just from technology but from natural. I will rate this book about 10/10 because this book related to a lot of people who need to find a way to get relax.

Search for Safety By John Langan

Felipe Lopez

Book Summary:

When a teenage boy moves away from a happy home with his mom and aunt and goes with his stepfather he starts to notice that things aren't going to be as happy as they used to be. His stepfather starts showing signs that he is violent and abusive when he starts to beat on him and his mom. Things don't get any better in his new high school where experience being an outcast. Things do get better when he meets a girl who later becomes one of his best friends. But will things get better at home?

Critical Evaluation:   

This book is really good it's very entertaining and the characters you meet in the book are also very interesting.Also this book has action and it has its funny moments as well. Pretty this book has a little bit of everything.