The Tale of Despereaux

by Kate DiCamillo

reviewed by Anthony Chan

Fall 2016

REVIEW: The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

ISBN#: 9780439701679

THE STORY:

A mouse, a princess, a rat, and a servant girl living in a castle from the medieval times in the nineteenth century. All of them are tied together by fate and destined to meet each other. Despereaux, the mouse, was born the same day Chiaroscuro, the rat, first stepped into the light upstairs. Roscuro, shortened name of Chiaroscuro, caused the death of the princess’s mother by falling into her bowl of soup after he heard the princess call her a rat as he was swinging on the chandelier. His first experience upstairs led him to a broken

Hoot

by Carl Hiassen

Reviewed by Jimmy Yao

Fall 2017

REVIEW: Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

ISBN#: 0375821813

THE STORY:

Roy Eberhardt is a single child with two extremely caring and great parents. Roy lives in Florida in a city called Coconut Cove. Roy’s family travels from place to place so much that Roy can not remember how many or which schools he had attended, but he now goes to Trace middle school. Roy is just starting his new school and is already getting bullied by an older boy named Dana Matherson. One

Medusa

By Clive Cussler

Reviewed by Richard Cao

Fall 2016

Review: Medusa by Clive Cussler

ISBN#: 978-0-399-15565-9

THE STORY:

Near Bermuda, a NUMA crew sends a bathysphere holding two passengers, Joe Zavala, a NUMA engineer, and Max Kane, into the ocean to study wildlife. Soon after, the cable connecting the ship to the bathysphere snaps apart, leaving the bathysphere stuck at the bottom of the ocean. Kurt Austin, a NUMA scientist, dives into the ocean in a Hardsuit and saves the two passengers.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain

Reviewed by Adarsh Kamath

Fall 2016

REVIEW: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

ISBN# 978-1495238956

THE STORY:

Tom Sawyer, a mischievous boy lives with his Aunt polly and his step brother Sid in the town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Tom and his friend Huckleberry Finn have always been troublemakers. After one of Tom’s troublesome affairs, he is ordered to whitewash a fence. When his friends come, he acts as if he loves the job and his friends are jealous which makes them want to do it for him. This a major example of