Eragon is a fifteen-year-old farm boy, but when he goes hunting in the woods, he discovers something centuries old, something that would change his life. He finds, to put it simply, a blue rock. But this rock isn’t a rock, he later discovers, it is an egg. A dragon’s egg, at that. And only 3 dragon eggs exist, and Eragon’s egg was stolen from an evil king. With only a sword that has an ugly past, and the teachings of an old storyteller with some secrets, Eragon, his dragon, and a secret anti-Empire group must fight the evil Empire and its’ allies against all odds to save the world.
Eragon, book 1 in a trilogy, is an awesome book. It’s action packed, has great characters, and will leave you itching for more Eragon. There’s a great plot, and Paolini is a very descriptive author.
Good for: 10 & up, action lovers, fantasy addicts, adventure likers
When Branwell goes silent while talking to the 911 operator after his baby sister’s myserious accident when she stopped breathing, he is blamed fully on the accident by the family’s British nanny for dropping the baby and he is placed, temporarily, in a Juvinile Detention Center. It’s now all up to Connor, Branwell’s best friend, to solve the mystery of who made the baby stop breathing and to get Branwell to talk again. Connor uses cards with names and letters to figure out who to talk to or investigate next, but in the end, ends up turning to his sister, Margaret, who is the main character in E. L. Konigsburg’s The Outcasts of 19 Schuylar Place, which was published 3 years later. After chasing down everyone from pizza men to house cleaners, will Connor be able to prove Branwell innocent and break Branwell’s silence?
r (Rick Riordan, see The Lightning Thief) did not write the whole series, but he did write the first book. One of the fun things about this series is that a different author writes each book. Rick Riordan the first, Gordon Korman the second, and so on.
s average in pretty much everything. Perfectly normal. But then why does some strange Korean archer appear in his room? Chu-mong Koh’s (The Korean Man) explanation, “I lost my balance, fell off my tiger and landed here” just sends Kevin’s head spinning in circles. To make things even weirder, Chu-mong has never seen electricity, cars, and even glass, and carries a bow and arrowwherever he goes. Kevin discovers (with some help from the internet) that Chumong is a prince, and born in 55 B.C. Archer has traveled to the future and needs to be back in Ancient Korea by sundown. They have 6 hours to try to summon magic to get Archer back to Korea, or else the Korea will have lost one of their greatest kings. Kevin and Archer go around town, looking for clues. But will they have time before the unthinkable happens?
Danny Walker, seventh grader, is 4 feet and 7 inches, yet loves basketball more than anyone in Middletown. He can hit the perfect pass and do a double-crossover perfectly. But because of his small size, he doesn’t make the 7th grade travel team, the same travel team that his dad led to the national championship on ESPN when he was as old as Danny. The Middletown Vikings. Meanwhile, many other kids don’t make the team, all because of the wrong reasons. Danny and his dad have an idea: create a travel team of all the nobodies that didn’t make the Vikings. So Middletown now has another travel team: The Warriors (or the Rugrats, a more fitting name. Dill and Lil are bigger than them) . They are the worst team Danny has ever seen. But will his dad, the coach, be able to shape them up into at least a half-decent team? Read this amazing book to find out.
This page-turning adventure follows three young adopted sisters who are trying to follow their dreams. Pauline, the oldest, is the actress actress of the family, Petrova, doesn’t want to be on the stage and wants to become a mechanic or work with airplanes, and Posy, the youngest, is addicted to dancing and ballet. Their Great-Uncle Matthew (whom they call Gum) brought them home to keep his daughter, Sylvia, company while he is traveling the world. When the money Gum left them gets scarce, they start taking in borders. The dance instructor gets them in at the Academy for Dancing and Stage Training for free and they start their lessons.