Could they exist, without the sun?

First Light

First Light, by Rebecca Stead, is a book unlike most other books I have read. I found myself wondering a good portion of the time if half the stuff in this book was possible.

Peter is thrilled to join his parents on an expedition to Greenland, where his father studies global warming. He will get to skip school, drive a dog sled, and finally, share in his dad’s adventures. But on the ice cap, Peter struggles to understand a series of visions that bother frighten and entice him.
Thea has never seen the sun. Her extraordinary people, suspected of witchcraft and nearly driven to extinction, have retreated into a secret world they’ve built deep within the arctic ice. As Thea dreams of a path to earth’s surface, Peter’s search for answers brings him ever closer to her hidden home.

As you learn of both Peter and Thea, connecting the dots becomes almost inevitable. Soon, Peter and Thea’s worlds will have to collide.

First Light

Illegally Scaling Skyscrapers?

Peak

I just finished Peak, by Roland Smith. It was pretty good.

Peak, is about a boy who likes to climb. A lot. The story begins with Peak, the boy illegally climbing skyscrapers in New York City. He gets caught, and ends up having to go live with his father, in China. His parents were never really married, but they still call themselves “divorced” His mother is an ex-climber, and although she approves of his recreational climbing, she definitely does not approve of his illegal climbing. Instead of just going to school and living there, he goes off to climb a mountain with his father, and has many, many adventures there.

Also, I learned a great deal about climbing from this book. I never thought it could be so hard.

Peak

Elsewhere

Elsewhere

Elsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin, is a book about an alternate to heaven, or the afterlife, or whatever you believe in after death. Basically, in this story,  when a person dies, they go to Elsewhere. Elsewhere is just like earth, only different.

The main character, Liz, dies at 15 becuase she was hit by a car. She finds herself in Elsewhere, where everyone ages backwards, until they eventually become a baby again and are sent back to earth. This book tells of the trials, both emotional and physical, that Liz goes through.

How can fifteen-year-old Liz let go of the only life she has ever known, and embrace a new one? is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different than a life lived forward?

Elsewhere

Girl Power Book!

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart, is  a very girl empowering novel. Some guys might enjoy it, but it is definitely more of a girl book.

This story follows the trials of a sophomore in high school girl, Frankie Landau-Banks. Basically, it is about her and how she can over come things. From the pranks to the boys to proving she is better than anyone, you will definitely be hooked.

Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14:

debate club. Her father’s “bunny rabbit.” a mildly geeking girl attending a highly competitive boarding school

Frankie Landau Baks at age 15;

a knockoutfigure;a sharp tongue, a chip on her shoulder; a gorgeous new senior boyfriend: the ever goofy, word obsessed, Matthew Livingstoon

Frankie Landau Banks:

no longer the kind of girl that takes “no” for an answer;especially when “no” means she’s excluded from her boyfriend’s all-male secret society. Not when her ex-boyfriend is showing up in the strangest of places. Not when she know’s shes smarter than any of them. When she knows Matthew is lying to her. And when there are so many, many pranks to be done.

Frankie Landau Banks at age 16:

Possibly a criminal mastermind.

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks