Genre: FantasyAuthor: Rick RiordanReviewed by: Antonio Bruinsma, Age 11, 6th gradeThe Kane Chronicles, The Red Pyramid is the first in a three-book series of the Kane Chronicles. It all starts off mysterious with the two narrators telling you to go to the school and find the locker. Soon enough they start explaining who they are and how it all began. It turns out the two narrators are siblings that separated from their family and actually are known as the blood of the pharaohs since they come from a long line of Egyptian pharaohs. They discover that they possess the spirit…
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Genre: FantasyAuthor: Jeanne DuPrauReviewed by: Antonio Bruinsma, Age 10, 6th GradeThe City of Ember is the first book of the Book of Ember series. It is about the dying city of Ember. The city is underground, so if the lights die then people couldn’t live there because they wouldn’t be able to see. But the blackouts are getting longer and electricity is getting worse so the main characters, Lina and Doon, start looking for a secret exit out of Ember. Lina thought they could get out by finding the worn out instructions the city builders left behind, but time was ticking because…
Author: Peter LerangisGenre: FantasyReviewed by: Antonio Bruinsma, age 10, 5th GradeMax Tilt is a series of books that update Jules Verne’s works for young readers. Fire the Depths is based on the book Two Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. The main character is Max Tilt, the great-great grandchild of Jules Verne, who has a condition that makes him smell stuff when he’s feeling an emotion which aids him in his discoveries. He and his cousin discover an unfinished book of Jules Verne’s stating that everything he wrote about in Two Thousand Leagues Under The Sea was true, and leading them to a…