Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

Reviewed by Akshat Garg

REVIEW: READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline

ISBN#: 97080404190145

THE STORY:

Wade is introduced as a poor 18-year-old kid, living in a dystopian world filled with overpopulation, poverty, and drugs. The only escape from a crumbling reality is a computer simulation software called the OASIS, which is accessible to everyone. He goes to school on a free planet, Ludus, where years ago he met his best and lifelong friend, Aech. When Wade was young, the owner of the OASIS, James D. Halliday, died and left his entire fortune,

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline
Reviewed by Caleb Chang

REVIEW: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

ISBN#: 9780804190145

THE STORY: 

Ready Player One takes place in the future where virtual reality has taken over everyone’s daily lives, called the OASIS. Halliday, one of the creators of the OASIS, has just passed away and has left no one inside his will. Instead, he started the “egg hunt” inside of the OASIS. The rules are simple, there are three keys and three gates, and the first one to find the keys and pass the gates wins Halliday’s entire fortune. One riddle, for the first key, is announced to the public.

Counting by 7s

by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Reviewed by Jocelyn Chern

Fall 2016

REVIEW: Counting by 7s By Holly Goldberg Sloan

ISBN # : 978-0-14-242286-1

THE STORY:

Willow Chance, a African-American, twelve year old girl, is different than the rest of her school. She is a genius. She is interested in everything, but medical conditions and plants interest her even more. She was adopted by a set of parents and never met her blood parents. Willow was a exuberant girl, living her own happy life, and taking care of her garden, with her new parents, but one day, when her school counselor, Dell, brings her home, after some ice-cream with her new friends, Mai and Quang-Ha, she realizes that her

Lord of the Flies

By William Golding

Reviewed by Chandan Somani

Fall 2016

REVIEW: Lord of the Flies by William Golding

ISBN#: 9781573226127

THE STORY:

A group of boys are left stranded on an island after surviving an airplane crash. Ralph, who is one of the oldest boys, is elected chief. Ralph tries to organize the boys to make it easier to become rescued. Piggy, a chubby boy with glasses, always concurs with Ralph when it comes to keeping a lit fire to attract ships and is also the most sensible one out of all the boys. Ralph’s most substantial problem is Jack, a strong and powerful boy who competed with Ralph to become chief. In one incident, instead of keeping the fire lit like

The Darkest Minds

Alexandria Bracken

Reviewed by Richard Zhang

Fall 2016

REVIEW: The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

THE STORY:

When a disease known as IANN hits America, many of the youth die, leaving only a small percentage of children as the next generation. These remaining children are not normal, as they seem to have been given freakishly powerful traits and abilities. Each group of children is organized into red, green, orange, yellow, or blue, some being more dangerous than others. To control the remaining youth population, rehabilitation camps have been created, but the public doesn’t know the truth

Farewell to Manazar

by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston

Farewell to Manzanar

Reviewed by: Vincent Deng

REVIEW: Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston

ISBN#: 0-553-277258

THE STORY:

The Japanese attacks Pearl Harbor, bringing the USA into the Second World War. The US government then issues an order to remove and relocate all the people of Japanese heritage and put them into internment camps. The main character, Jeanne Wakatsuki and her family are on of the thousands of families to be shipped off to one of these camps. During the years at camp, the Jeanne must try to live her life normally. She attends school and other activities such as camping. She watches powerless as her family stands divided