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 __**The Lightning Thief**__  By: Rick Riordan

 Percy Jackson a 6th grade boy was blamed of stealing Zeus’s cherished lightning bolt. Percy has to get the lightning bolt to Zeus before gods and goddesses start a war and destroy the World, in a fictional exciting story. “One of you four will have to stay in the underworld”- Hates.  This book tells a phenomenal story because it was very detailed, interesting, exciting, and nerve-racking throughout the whole book. It was detailed because, for instance, instead of saying the tall mountain it would say the enormous dreadful deadly mountain. It was interesting because of all his obstacles during the way like Medusa, the three old ladies, and many more. It was exciting because Percy and his two friends Grover and Annabeth would be having flames coming after them and they would be running for their life. It was nerve-racking because I would always be thinking if Percy, Grover, or Annabeth would get injured or die. My mind wandered occasionally when nothing exciting was happening but for the most part I was lost in the book.

 The story took place in a ton of locations but the main location was Half blood camp. The setting makes it much more interesting because the locations are very exciting and action-packed. The setting doesn’t make much of a difference to the character’s or reader’s understanding of the book.

 Percy Jackson is like me I think, by how he takes risks, and how he loves adventure. At the beginning Percy and Annabeth did not get along very well and by the end of the book they had a good relationship. Their friend Luke started off helping them and ended up turning on Percy and his friends. I could identify with him because he was a very loyal person, like me, and I could identify with him because he was adventurous just like I am.

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 __**The Wednesday Wars**__  By: Gary D. Schmidt

 In __The Wednesday Wars,__  the theme of the story is that Holling Hoodhood’s 7th grade teacher Mrs. Baker, is surely out to get him and he tries to survive the year by not getting in a lot of trouble.

 “Local Hero Holling Hoodhood Soars Across Intersection to Rescue Sister”- The Newspaper

 This story takes place mostly in Holling’s middle school, Camillo Junior high in 1967. The setting doesn’t make it more exciting because it is in a school instead of an underwater cave or on lava, or something stimulating like that. It helps you understand how tough school is for Holling Hoodhood because of his teacher.

 None of the characters really connected with me because so many things have changed since 1967 to now. Mrs. Baker became nice to Holling at the end. I can identify with Holling because he had a teacher out to get him I felt like that once also.

 The problem is that Mrs. Baker his 7th grade teacher is out to get him and he has to try to make it through the year. The book taught me that no matter what, you should get great grades and stick with school throughout the whole year. Yes the author did accomplish what he set out to do which was making a book about a tough time in a tough time (during Vietnam and his dads family business).

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 24pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**House of The Scorpion** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">By: Nancy Farmer <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> I liked the book <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__The House of The Scorpion__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I thought it was a well written book, with adventure, suspense, and it was interesting. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__The House of The Scorpion__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is a science fictional book. The book started with eggs being harvested and Matt being the only one to survive, and from there the book progresses and Matt finds out what and who he really is. The Setting of this book is in the United States and Mexico. The book takes place in the future where Mexico is now called Aztlan. The setting helps you get a better mental picture of the future with new names of countries and clones. It helps me understand the book better because the new ways of living would not make sense if it was in recent times. The overall theme of the book was Matt trying to find out what he is and who he is. The problem in the book is Matt being a clone of a man named El Patron and him not knowing. The book taught me to have feelings for a boy who can’t go outside or play or anything like that. I think the author set out to be a complicating, interesting, suspenseful book that was award winning, and he hit the nail on the head. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> In conclusion this book was really cool and different something I could never picture my self reading. and I give this book five stars. Thank you for an opportunity to read this.