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.

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 Cellar

by Natasha Preston

Reviewed by Aaron Jew

Fall 2016

REVIEW: The Cellar by Natasha Preston

ISBN#: 1492600970

THE STORY:

Summer Robinson, a teenage girl, lives with her mother, father, and her younger brother named Henry. Her boyfriend, Lewis, comes over to Summer’s house often and they like to go to parties. However, one night, Lewis and Summer leave to go to a party at Summer’s friend's house. When they arrive at the house, Summer decides to go look for something and chooses to check the woods. All of a sudden, a big, tall man, later to

The Talon Saga:Soldier

by Julie Kagawa

Reviewed by Allison Hsieh

REVIEW: The Talon Saga:Soldier by Julie Kagawa

THE STORY:

This series continues with former soldier Garret and rogue dragons Ember and Riley fighting in the triangle war between them, Talon and St. George. Back in London, Garret discovers that Talon and St. George have formed an alliance to get rid of the rogues when he overhears a conversation between the Patriarch, St. George’s leader, and a secret agent from Talon.

Life of Pi

by Yann Martel
Reviewed by Claire Chen

REVIEW: Life of Pi by Yann Martel

THE STORY:

Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a story about a boy from Pondicherry that is stranded in the ocean of 227 days with a Bengal Tiger. Piscine has one brother, and a mother and father. Piscine was named after a magnificent pool in Paris that his godfather swam frequently at. He hated his name since the name Piscine sounded like piss, which is what everyone called him. When he attends a new school, he decides to go by the nickname Pi, because he likes the concept of Pi being infinite. He decides to study a lot of different religions since he is

Mockingjay

Mockingjay

By Suzanne Collins

Reviewed by Shuntaro Akeyama

Fall 2016

REVIEW: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

ISBN#9781594135866

THE STORY:

Katniss Everdeen, a seventeen years old girl, who survived the Hunger Game started a war against President Snow. Hunger Game is a game where there are two representatives from each District meet at an arena and they fight until death. She is trying to change the way of society, where people have suffering under unfairness between districts. Throughout the story, she suffers from terrible events and sadness.One particular event, was that her home District, District 12, was bombed by the President’s army, and most of the people who

Summoner Book One: The Novice

By Taran Matharu

Reviewed by Alex Chen

Fall 2016

Review: Summoner Book One: The Novice by Taran Matharu

ISBN#: 9781250080059

The Story:

Fletcher Wulf, an orphan, apprentice blacksmith discovers that he can summon demons.  His journey through this begins by receiving the journal of an old demon summoner who found the way to summon his salamander demon called Ignatius.  He is now chased from his village of Pelt for a crime he did not commit.  He soon travels to an academy devoted to teaching those adept at summoning demons how to summon demons.  

Inferno

By: Dan Brown

Reviewed by: Veronica Hahn

Fall 2016

REVIEW: Inferno by Dan Brown

ISBN: 33305227991472

THE STORY:

Robert Langdon, a history professor who focuses on symbols, wakes up in a hospital with a terrible injury in the back of his head. It is there that he meets Sienna Brooks, the doctor taking care of him. Soon after he wakes up, he realizes that he is in Florence, Italy, but the last thing he remembers is being on Harvard campus. The nurse receives a call from the front and a woman comes bursting in with the intent to kill Langdon. Sienna and Robert escape to her apartment where they open a