Tangerine

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

This book is about a boy named Paul who is legally blind and in middle school. His sport is soccer, and he is really into it. His brother, Erik, on the other hand, is a high school football star and Paul and Erik have a bad relationship. Moving from Houston, Texas, all the way to Tangerine, Florida is not all that easy. This book is REALLY intense, touching, and sad, and gory. There are a lot of details which is good, but this book is not too appropriate for younger ages. I thought it was very sad, and I wouldn't read it again, (maybe) but it is REALLY detailed.

Pages: about 320
Next weeks book: Finally by Wendy Mass

Free Verse Poem

This is my poem, it isn't the best though...

I smile down at my hands
 grasping a colorful, gift wrapped present. 
Why does it seem that kids like presents more than adults?
 I tear open the light paper to reveal a nook tablet.
 Joy bursts over me as I jump up and down. 
My smile grows bigger as I open my next present.
 This in New year, a new me,
 a new year, new resolutions, 
and the start of a new adventure.

Tangerine

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

This book so far is about a boy named Paul Fisher who moves to Tangerine, Florida. I don't want to give this away too much, so I won't say too many details.To everyone else, Paul's older brother Erik, is a big football star. To Paul, he is an older brother. This might give some away, but Paul is legally blind. This book can get pretty intense but its really good so far. It is written in 1st person and has a lot of action.

Pages: about 320

Solving Zoe

Solving Zoe 

By Barbara Dee

This book is about a girl named Zoe who isn't like her older sister- a drama queen- or like her brother-a brainiac.  In fact, she goes to a gifted school named Hubbard which is a lot like our school. Zoe finds out that she is pretty much being stalked by some weird new kid from Guatemala named Lucas who is OBSESSED with codes. He always keeps his notebook with him but one day, somehow it ends up in Zoe's hands. In the notebook are written different codes and weird things in it that Zoe does NOT understand. She ends up reading her name, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Throughout the book, Lucas tries to convince that Zoe is a natural code reader but what will happen next? ... This book is a pretty amazing book which you can kind of relate to real life but not AS much. I actually learned a lot of different codes from this book and a little about them. This book is pretty easy to read, and I recommend this book for people who are interested in codes, and who are curious and ready for a cool 'adventure'. 

Pages: 240

Next book (book group): Tangerine

Wake Amanda Hocking

This week I read a book called Wake  by Amanda Hocking.
This is a REALLY good book. It is about a 16 year old girl named Gemma, who  meets 3 girls, Penn, Lexi, and Thea who are visiting. They are beautiful, and their usual area is at the bay, where Gemma loves to swim. To Gemma, swimming her LIFE. She is a very good one, and a lot of people know that. This book is a little bit of romance, mystery, and can give you the creeps. This is a very unique book and I really recommend it. It is in third person, and is both for boys and girls. It is a cliffhanger, but a series book. I have not read the other books.

Pages: 309
Next Book: Solving Zoe