Fantasy

Fiction that contains elements that are NOT realistic, such as talking animals, magical powers, etc. Make-believe is what this genre is all about.
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Darkest Hour, #6 in the Warriors series

By Erin Hunter, take place in the forest. A cat named Firestar, wants to rid the forest of another cat, Tigerstar, who is a murderer. But, Tigerstar doesn’t give up. So, he leaves a trail of rabbits leading from a vicious dog pack to ThunderClan’s peaceful camp. But BloodClan comes to the forest. So, Scourge, BloodClan’s leader, murders Tigerstar’s nine lives with one swipe of a claw down his back. **Will BloodClan rule the forest?**

I think that the Warriors series is a series that you can’t take your eyes off of. __Darkest Hour__ in particular is an action packed novel; and my favorite book by Erin Hunter. A thriller for all! For Example, A ThunderClan patrol scents strange cats, which makes it mysterious. BloodClan challenges the four clans by saying that they will rule the forest, which makes you scared. There is a great battle at Fourtrees and Firestar loses 1 of his 9 lives.

By Colton L.

BL-6.3 AR pts.-12

__Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland__, by Lewis Carroll, the book takes place in Wonderland.

Alice is the main character who wants to find her way home. But, she has difficulties doing this in Wonderland. So, she tries to get help from the White Rabbit and odd creatures. But, she is challenged with the different rules in this other world. So, she finds it is difficult to get out safely. Does she get out of Wonderland or not?

Do not be the one who misses out on this classic. This book made me feel like I was in Wonderland. In the book, creatures have parties and celebrations that are fun to read about. Once Alice has her mind set on something, she doesn’t give up on it. She spends her time trying to find her way out of Wonderland, which means finding the White Rabbit. He brought her into Wonderland, and is the only one who knows how to get in and out of Wonderland. Alice keeps trying to get her way no matter what challenge she is faced with. It is no world like her own. The world of Wonderland has creatures that can talk, parties not known to humans, and houses unlike any other. If you like unpredictability, weird creatures, and crazy celebrations this book is recommended.

By Bobby N.

BL-7.4 AR pts. 5.0

 __Sisters Grimm The Everafter War__, written by Michael Buckley, takes place in Ferryport Landing, New York. Sabrina Grimm is the main character. She is a strong willed 12 year old girl, who wants to stop the Scarlet Hand and find her baby brother. But, the Grimm family doesn't know who the leader is or who is terrorizing the camp. So they stop the magical ships from supplying the Scarlet Hand with deadly weapons, but the leader of the Hand sends the army to locate where the good Everafters and the Grimm's are hiding so they can kill them. Will the Grimm's survive or will the Hand get what they want? == __The Sisters Grimm The Everafter War__ is one of my favorite books in this series. It is one of my favorite because the reader can really relate to Sabrina Grimm. With Sabrina having to take care of Daphne and feel like she is responsible for her brothers disappearance she feels as if she has the weight of the world on her shoulders. The scenes are so suspenseful. When her Uncle Jake, her sister, and her go to save Princess Rose, they fight off dragons and Jake almost dies. The person that the author picked to be the leader gives the reader a horrifying feeling. The leader of the Hand is a big betrayal to the Grimm's, but especially to Sabrina. Confused, Sabrina doesn't know who to trust and feels so stupid. This book is a suspenseful novel and is great, but I recommend reading the whole series first. This book is great for people that like fairytales and reality mixed together. ==

by Abbigale B.
BL-4.9 AR pts. 9.0

__Emmy And the Incredible Shrinking Rat__

__Emmy and The Incredible Shrinking Rat__ by Lynn Jonell, takes place in New York City in modern day. Emmy wants her parents to stop traveling so often. But, ever since they moved into a mansion and inherited a fortune, they have been traveling a lot. So, she tries to be on her best behavior. But, with the rat around, it’s very hard to be on her best behavior. So she therefore goes through a lot of obstacles trying to help the rat and get her parents home to stay.

__Emmy And the Incredible Shrinking Rat,__ is a marvelous story.

It is very suspenseful

When Emmy goes into an amazing room full of magical rats, and the evil Dr. Vole comes into the room and gets angry at her.

It is fantasy

There is a talking rat that can shrink people with one bite. There is a boy who gets bitten by the rat and shrinks to the size of an action figure.

It is heart warming

When Emmy goes on a magical picnic with her parents and finally has a great time.

__Emmy and the incredible Shrinking Rat__ is an amazing, great, fun, and kind story.

Darcey S.

BL- 4 PTS- 9

__City of Glass__, by Cassandra Clare, takes place in Idris home of Shadowhunters. Clary is the main character who wants to save shadowhunters from Valentine. But, she can’t because Valentine has the mortal instruments. So, Valentine goes to Idris to get the last mortal instrument. But, he sets demons on the shadowhunters so they can’t stop him from destroying shadow hunters.

__City of Glass__, the last book in a series of three, is a good book. the book has nerve raking events like during a fight where someone almost dies but, comes back and fights to the death. It also has a lot of action such as when valentine sets an army of demons on all shadow hunters in Idris. It has the last happy ending every when a character ends up with their true love. If you like fantasy you would love this book, but read the firs two gooks first. By Erica S.

BL-5.3 AR pts.-23

__Wolves of the Beyond, Shadow Wolf__ (sequel to __Wolves of the Beyond, Lone Wolf__), by Kathryn Laskey, takes place in Beyond the Beyond. Faolan the main character, because, is deformed he is considered a gnaw wolf, one who is teased, gets barely any food, and has to gnaw stories on bones or record things on bones. Faolan longs to become a regular wolf not a gnaw wolf. Later in the story, the pack leaders hold a gaddergnaw. A gaddergnaw is contest to find a gnaw wolf that will become a member of the Ring of the Scared Volcanoes. Despite his low self esteem, he starts training. Will he succeed? You have to find out. __Wolves of the Beyond, Shadow Wolf__ is an awesome story. The author makes up cool words. For example, malcadh, meaning cursed, Obea, the wolf that takes away malcadh, and gaddergnaw. The author has a good imagination. She made this incredible world with volcanoes and owls and wolves. The author lets the wolves do incredible things. She lets them gnaw on bones and jump really high. If you like dogs and have a good imagination this is a good book for you! -Claire G.

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The Shadows

The Shadows, by Jacqueline West, takes place in an old mansion in modern day. Olivia is the main character who wants to help the painting boy called Morton. But, to help Morton she first has to defeat Mr.McMartin. So, she asks the people inside Mr.McMartins paintings and the three cats for help & information. But, one of the people she askes for help is very bad her name is Annabelle McMartin and she is Mr.McMartins granddaughter. So, Olive now has to defeat Mr.McMartin and Annabelle to help Morton and save her family. Finally, Olive beats Mr.McMartin by using a flashlight and a mirror, she traps Annabelle in a painting and barriers the painting in her back yard. The Shadows by, Jacqueline West is a magnificent story. It is suspenseful, an example of that is when Olive, Morton, Horatio, Harvey, and Leopold, all get back from being inside a painting were Annabelle was chasing them all the lights went out.It is funny, an example of that is when Olive finds her slipper in the chandelier.The Shadows is also scary, an example of that is when Olive is in the freezing cold attic with Mr.McMartin and it is pitch black.If you like Roald Dahl you will defenetly enjoy reading The Shadows by Jacqueline West. Darcey S-B

AR pts. 7.0

The lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe By: C.S. Lewis

Long ago there were four siblings. Their names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. They were sent to a professor’s house. In the house there was a room that was completely empty except for a wardrobe in the very back of the old room. The children were playing when Lucy went into the wardrobe and found herself sitting in icy cold snow. Lucy met a fawn named Mr. Tomnus. He was a slave to the White Witch although he was a good little fawn and if he were to disobey the Witch he would be turned into stone.

Lucy had tea with the fawn and was warned of the witch who called herself the queen of Narnia. Mr. Tomnus encouraged her to leave before the queen found out that she was here. Lucy was astonished of the words that came out of Mr. Tomnus’s mouth. This made her frightful and left right away.

When Lucy told her siblings about what happened they went into the wardrobe, into Narnia, and all the way to Mr. Tomnus’s house only to find that he was taken by the Queen and in the dungeon of the Queen’s mighty castle. They went to help the fawn and to destroy the White Witch forever.

The Queen made it so it was always winter but never Christmas. The four siblings found this to be very sad so they set out to restore the four seasons. On their way they met lots of kind new people/animals who would help them with their quest. And they all made the evil witch disappear and let there be all the seasons once again.

Summary

four siblings help Narnia be a better place and let the people of Narnia be free and do whatever they wanted to do. They also restored the seasons and destroyed the White Witch.

Margaret P.

AR pts. 4.0

 Midnight  __ Midnight __, by Erin Hunter, takes place in a forest. There are two stories that take place at the same time. The book switches between stories every chapter. Brambleclaw is one of the main characters; he is a cat who wants to find the den of Midnight. But, they have to make a great journey. So, Brambleclaw and five other cats finally make it through the journey. But, they discover Midnight is a badger. So, they listen to what she has to say and they learn that twolegs (humans) will destroy the forest. Finally they start their trek back to the forest to warn the clans. Will they make it in time?  In the other story, Leafpaw is the main character, a she-cat who wants to become a successful medicine cat. But it’s not that easy. So, she practices. But she worries about her sister, Squirrelpaw, who is attacked by rats. Finally Leafpaw eats burdock root, which heals Squirrelpaw. Will she become a medicine cat?  Warriors, the New Prophecy is a great series. __Midnight__, by Erin Hunter, is an awesome book. This is an awesome book because it makes the reader wonder if they will survive. For example, an eagle attacks. Also, the story raises the suspense. For example, the traveling cats scent saltwater which is what drowned Brambleclaw in his dream. Finally, it makes you scared. For example, they see a fierce badger. __Midnight__ is great for young readers searching for suspenseful, action at every corner, novel.

Colton L.

AR points-12 BL-6.0

__Harry Potter And the Goblet of Fire__ By, J.K. Rowling

This book takes place in a magical world where anything is possible. The main character is Harry Potter, a 14 year-old boy with magic powers and a cursed scar that was given to him by the most dark wizard of all time, Lord Voldemort (who was known as Tom Riddle Junior when he was a child) but he died right after. All Harry wanted was to get his best friend Ron Weasly back on his side, but Ron thinks Harry is lying about entering a tournament where the prize was a trophy called The Tri-wizard Cup, and 1000 Galleons (wizard money), but the tournament was only for wizards 17 years old or older. So after the first task, Ron believes him. But right in the middle of the final task, one of Voldemort's followers takes some of his blood and uses it in a potion that brings Voldemort back from the dead. So Harry and Voldemort duel, and with the help of his parent's "shadow" Harry escapes. In the end of the book, Harry goes home.

What do I think of the book? I think that that it was a great book. My first reason, is as soon as he gets to Hogwarts, there is constant action, for example: the first task was to fight a dragon, the second task is to get past merpeople, and the third task was to get through a bewitched maze full of deadly creatures. My second reason, is that there are many attacks and disappearances, for example: in the beginning, a witch named Bertha Jorkans vanishes without a trace, then there is a death-eater attack, then Harry learns that an old muggle (non-magic folk) also vanished without a trace. The only bad part is The beginning takes a long time, for example: I got almost HALFWAY through the book before the other competitors arrived. I think if you like The Lightning Thief you'll like this series. Ryan C. BL: 6.8 AR pts.- 32.0