The Last Book In The Universe

The Last Book in the Universe
By Rodman Philbrick

The second I stared to read ‘The Last Book in the Universe’ by Rodman Philbrick, it put pressure on my brain by forcing me to remember the different terms the author uses for daily things. I really enjoyed the action and adventure that keep you going on through the book until the end. If I were to rate this novel then I would give it four stars because it is interesting, but the author could have shown a little more effort by bringing out the action parts of the novel. The best part about this book is that you always have something to keep you interested, to keep you turning the pages; the small, not entirely fascinating quests that Spaz Boy faces as he tries to find a cure for the bone disease his sister has. Spaz and Ryter go through three treacherous latches, Billy Bizmo’s, the Vandal Queen’s, and the Monkey Boy’s, to just find Spaz’s sister, Bean. Latches are like little cities that a person and his or her gang, such as Billy Bizmo, rules. After they find Bean (his sister), they had to try to sneak into Eden, a ‘perfect’ place, and try to get a Proov, a ‘perfect’ person, into helping them find a cure. When you are in the one chapter when Spaz and Ryter are traveling through the Pipe you have to just keep on reading to see all of the new conflicts that jump out at you. As the book begins to end, Spaz still has one unanswered question, but the thing that is irritating him the most is that everyone seems to have figured out the answer except for him. Why has Billy Bizmo and Lotti Getts, the Vandal Queen, been treating Spaz so specially? What is so particular about a Spaz? Read this page-turner to find out!

Priya

(New Tampa Regional Library TAB Member)

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• Watersmeet by Ellen Jensen Abbott
• Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
• Hate List by Jennifer Brown
• Heist Society by Ally Carter
• Fire by Kristin Cashore
• City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
• The Roar by Emma Clayton
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
• Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
• Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
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• If I Stay by Gayle Forman
• Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
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• Dragonfly by Julia Golding
• The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks
• I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb
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• Witch and Wizard by James Patterson
• By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
• Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce
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• City of Fire by Laurence Yep

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I loved this book the moment I started to read it!

The Face on the Milk Carton
By Caroline B. Cooney

‘The Face on the Milk Carton’ is the first book in a suspenseful mystery novel series. I loved this book the moment I started to read it! I really enjoyed the emotion and the romantic scenes. The best thing about this novel is that it’s so interesting that it makes you keep going until the climax. “Why are Janie’s parents always so anxious? Why are they not letting her see her birth certificate? Was Janie kidnapped?” After all that you just cannot put the book down! You keep turning the pages and moving to the edge of your seat, as Janie goes on the adventure of her life to find her true identity. The clues don’t go together and get more complicated as new puzzle pieces come into play; I felt as if I was a part of the story and had to finish the act. When everything finally goes right I thought that the book had finished, however, it was only half done. There was still a missing piece to what I thought was the complete puzzle. Yet, as the book begins to end, all of your questions will not be answered. I am now looking forward to reading the next book in the squeal, “Whatever Happened to Janie?” and hope that this book will be just as mysterious and full of complexity.

Priya

(New Tampa Regional Library TAB member)

SMILE by Raina Telgemeier

Braces. Appliances. Rubber bands. Retainers. Anyone who's had dental drama knows that it isn't fun, but Raina's experience is especially intense. After an accident knocks out her two front teeth, Raina spends years undergoing surgeries, braces, and other forms of orthodontic torture to get her smile back to normal. But who feels like smiling anyway when you're dealing with the dramas of middle and high school?

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THE MONSTRUMOLOGIST

From the author of THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ALFRED KROPP...



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