#AlohaHSReads Book Reviews

This novel explores the lives of the people who are NOT the superheroes. Have you ever wondered what it's like to be the "average" person in a save the world story? Well, Patrick Ness explores this quite well in this novel. I highly recommend this book if you love stories about love, heartbreak, struggle, and general nerdiness.

Humans have conquered death and have infinite knowledge, but this does not mean that all is well. Citra and Rowan, two teenagers living normal lives until they meet Scythe Faraday, are chosen to become apprentice scythes. This is a not a job either wants, taking the lives of people in order to keep the population at a sustainable size, but both find themselves competing for the position when it becomes a matter of life and death for themselves.

You may think humor and death is not a topic that can mix well, but in the book deadline Chris Crutcher proves how wrong you are. Although its dark, this book is hard to resist laughing at. The book follows a boy in his senior year of high school who finds out he has a fatal blood disease. With the first person view of the story you get to read all of his humorous thoughts through out the story. If you like sad, humorous, romantic, sporty, high school stories, this is a great book for you.

This book is a high schooler named Clay Jensen who recives a shoebox with 7 double sided tapes from Hannah Baker, a girl who comiited suicide who was also Clay's love interest. Now Clay has to follow Hannah's clues and figure out who all was responsible for her death. Who killed Hannah Baker?

The Communist Manifesto offers a great introduction to Marxist theory. This is worthy for anyone who wants to learn the basics of communism. It's a short read but it's very good material. Marx and Engels created a fantastic entry level book for any aspiring communist or anyone who simply wants to learn new things. This book is very good if you're interested.

This book follows the life of Malcolm X, one of the most influential and powerful African American persons of the racial inequality in the mid 1900's. Alex Haley narrates his life, from his religious affiliation as a Muslim to his journey for equality, and large amount of followers he gained in that process. Through all the twists and turns, I definitely recommend this book.

#bookreview Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
will bring tears to your eyes. An 18 year old girl wanting to know what love is truly like and trying to escape the sickness her mother tells her she has. Also trying to escape the bubble she calls home to meet the mysterious boy next door. Can love really fix everything? Read Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon to find more out.

"Out of my Mind" by Sharon M. Draper is a book about the life of a girl named Melody. Melody was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at a young age. She can not speak but she can think, dream, and imagine. Her teachers and school friends don't know how smart she is but she truly is the smartest girl in school. At last melody has a voice.... but not everyone is ready to hear it.

Thirteen-year-old Mia Winchell appears to be the most normal kid in her family. Her younger brother Zack keeps a chart of all the McDonald’s hamburgers he’s eaten in his lifetime. Her older sister Beth dyes her hair a different color every week and might be a witch. But Mia knows she is far from ordinary. She is keeping something from everyone who knows her: the fact that sounds, numbers, and letters have color for her.

This book explores the lives of two high school teenagers. Finch is dorky and has been bullied since his freshman year, while Violet is the sort of popular girl. When these two characters coincidentally meet at the top of a bell tower, they form a "friendship", We then learn that both are suicidal. From there, they go on these adventures exploring places throughout Indiana for their geography class. Everything seems to be going fine and Finch and Violet are getting close, when suddenly one of the two characters goes missing .

#AmericanGods by #NeilGaiman 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻So many things to say, but I'll try to keep it short. This is NOT my genre and definitely not my chosen book length (742 pages). This is a book that I would usually run FAST away from. However, I decided to take on this challenge since I often coerce my students to read things outside their genre favorites as well. In order to keep my sanity, I alternated between audio and physically reading the book. This helped me immensely. My main problem with genres like this is that I stumble over name pronunciations and I get too frustrated to continue reading. Once I got names down, it made reading so much easier. This novel was fantastically written. The gist: old gods versus the new gods, who will win in the epic battle for the heart of America? If you enjoy mythology, sci-fi, magical realism, comedy, mystery, this novel has IT ALL. Gaiman has converted me with a willingness to try new things "Say! I like green eggs and ham, I do. I like them Sam-I-am!" (Seuss, Green Eggs & Ham).

John & Jenny want to begin a family together, in order to find out if they are truly prepared to be a parent, they adopt a labrador. Marley, the dog, isn't the most obedient dog, although brings joy to the couple during extremely difficult times of their marriage. This is a book full of excitment, very hilarious, as well as sad. THERE IS A MOVIE FOR THE BOOK!

Everything everything is a book about a girl who is sick and can't leave her house . She starts liking her new neighbor and she decides to leave her house and go to hawaii with her neighbor because that's the last place she went with her family before her mother told her she was sick .

Do you like video games, suspense, mystery, and adventure? If you do then this book is for you! The world 18 year old Wade lives in is falling apart. All of the world is poor and the only thing that is holding them up is a two hundred and forty billion dollar reward. In the game OASIS, the egg that holds the reward is hidden in the game through 3 gates and you have to find 3 keys to unlock them. Will the sixers or Wade get the reward? Find out by reading Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.

The Brothers Karamazov written by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky is a philosophical novel that enters deep ethical debate about God, free will and mortality. The book is a spiritual drama of moral struggles concerning faith, judgment, and reason. Meanwhile Fyodor Dostoevsky keeps us captivated to the entrancing plot, which revolves around drama and the subject of patricide.

This book is for most teenagers interested in some drama and also real world problems. Lextington is the main character in the book who gets a reality check from her billion air father and also find her true self instead of her bratty rich 18 year old ways. Enjoy humor,reality,and some romance along the way as you read this book.

What happens when a class of 9th grade students is selected for a military testing program and forced to fight to the death until only one remains? In this fast-paced novel, read from the perspective of each student as they face the harsh reality of their life-or-death situation. Will they betray their friends if it means a better chance of survival? Will they group together or go it alone? How far will they go to ensure they make it out alive? Find out in Battle Royale!

Cassandra Clare is known as the queen of fantasy her books are crazy good. She creates a entirely knew fantasy world with intricate story lines. All of her characters are wonderfully written with extreme diversity including different races and even one of the main characters being autistic. If you liked the mortal instruments by Cassandra Clare you will love this book/series. You will also enjoy this if you like any kind of fantasy or just enjoy books that have characters you can relate to.

Lady Ailaena Kameron was like any other average girl until she witnessed her mother get murdered. After that tragic event she was no longer that nice, innocent child. She wanted revenge. I would recommend this book to people that are into Fiction, Fantasy, & Romance.

Two completely different lives intertwine in this novel set in World War II. A blind girl, Marie-Laure, from France and a boy, Werner, from Germany discover life's hard difficulties growing up in a war where they must overcome obstacles they face. Packed with adventure, mystery, and a bit of romance, this novel takes the reader through emotional hurtles that makes the book unforgettable.

In this nightmare that violet lives in, she can't even trust her own family. Her fathers been cursed by an evil book that makes him kill other people to gain power and control. While he's gaining power, he's also taking away everything from violet to make her join him in his evil journey to 'fix' the world.

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje is about a nursed named Hana who is trying to save her last surviving patient. She doesn't know the patients name, all she knows is that he was severely burned in a desert. I just started this book, but I really like it already because it shows a lot of imagery.

When two girls get stuck in a blizzard on their way to Idlewilde, they are forced to stay at a nearby shelter while the storm passes. As the girls looked they happened to stumbled upon a cabin with two boys inside. Although the handsome young men were charming they could not hide the fact that something eerie was going on. The girls are taken hostage and one girl in particular, Britt, has to survive through the storm no matter how heart breaking or painful the trip becomes. This stereotypical troubling love story is a plot twisting and mysterious book, it is SO worth your time!

The Giver is a sci-fi novel based on a 12 year-old boy named Jonas.Jonas and his peers fight to find out what happened to their past's.As they learn new skills and small parts of their past's they find something that is very gratifying to them.

After humanity’s victory over the Buggers, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a new voice arose: the Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story behind the Bugger War. Many years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but like the Buggers, their ways are strange and frightening, and again, humans die. Only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, has the courage to face this mystery...and the truth.
A great read for those who enjoy science (particularly biology) and developing strong emotional connections with characters.