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Book review: Mockingjay Max Luperi

__Mockingjay__ by Suzanne Collins is a science fiction thriller about a cruel land called Panem were North America used to be. Being the third book in The Hunger Games trilogy it finishs the trilogy amazingly. This book is much more sad and violent than the first two. The main characters lover, Peeta, is recovered but he has been hijacked so he wants to kill Katniss, the main protagonist. Also Katniss is trying to destroy the Capitol, the cruel rulers of Panem, led by President Snow.

An attention grabber for me was how disturbing this book was. This book concludes one of the best stories I have ever read. The plot could happen in the future which is cool. I was very focused on this book when I read it. The environments are very detailed and sound stunning. The conflict is the Capitol cruelly rules 13 districts. But one was destroyed in a war due to rebellion. So the Capitol forces each district to send one girl and one boy to fight to the death every year as punishment for the rebellion. Since the Capitol relies on the districts for supplies they keep them in poor conditions.

At least for me I connected with Katniss's pain and sorrow. She really grew up throughout the series. The chapters ended with many cliffhangers. The dialogue was very natural and interesting. I think kids of all ages would love this book like I did. But I really think I liked it most because of its non stop action. I just wanted to keep an reading. The whole Hunger Games trilogy was fantastic and interesting. I give this book 5 stars out of 5.

Book review: Eldest Max Luperi Eldest by Christopher Paolini is the second of a four part book series in which a teenager named Eragon must step up and fight the evil king Galbatorix with his dragon Saphira. The series is not yet finished because the last book has not been released. The books a really exciting and moving science fiction novels. What's surprising is that the first book Eragon was written when Paolini was only sixteen.

The book tells a very interesting and involved story. The plot is certainly fake but the book is very memorable. Sometimes in the book there were boring scenes but over all it was a great book. The story is set in a land called Alagaesia were dragons, elves, dwarves, urgals, and humans combine forces to attempt to defeat the evil Galbatorix.

The problem in the book is that once there were dragon riders. Only humans and elves rode the dragons and there was peace. But a rider named Galbatorix lost his dragon and went mad with hatred. He destroyed the riders and took command of Alagaesia. But the dwarves, elves, a small human group know as the Varden, and a country named Surda strive to defeat him. They fight Galbatorix and thwart him. Finally a new leader named Nasuada attacks the empire in full force. The characters all connect with others in some way or another.

The many surprises that the story gives are great and there are a couple great cliffhangers. The dialogue is certainly believable and makes sense. I think that teens would appreciate and understand the book more than little kids because of the many hard words in the book. I definitely liked this book because of the action. The action scenes are very exciting. Personally I prefer this book to the first because Eragon is stronger and wiser in the second book. I would rate this book a ten out of ten. I loved it.

Book Review: Nelson Mandela "No Easy Walk to Freedom" By: Max Luperi This biography on Nelson Mandela, by Barry Denenberg, tells the story of how the Africans lead by Nelson Mandela fought apartheid and won the respect and rights every human derserbes. Once you have read this book you can truly understand how racist and horrible some whites in South Africa were. They would beat and kill men, woman, and even children. It was truly brutal. Plus millions had to live in townships were poverty, crime, and sickness spreaded.

The plot is very disturbing and shocking. Its scary to see how awful some people can be to other who just have another skin tone. This was a book that you wanted to keep on reading so that you could see the good guys, like Nelson Mandela, win in the sometimes the end. This story takes place in South Africa. sometimes its in the townships and somtimes its in the cities.

This entire book Nelson Mandela and his friends from the ANC are protesting, mostly nonviolently, apartheid or racism. The odds are definatley stack against the Africans but they keep on fightingm, some of them to the death. Many characters including Nelson Mandela change. For example his wife Winnie became violent and kinda crazy. Whereas the entire ANC changed from non violent to violent and the back again.

Surprises and cliffhangers are definatley common in this book. If you hate things like that than do not read this book. I think kids in middle school to high school would enjoy this book, ages 11-18. I loved this book because it interested me, shocked me, and taught me. I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars.d