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

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 Name of The Star

by Maureen Johnson

Reviewed by Aayushi Jain

Fall 2016

REVIEW: The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

ISBN#: 0142422053

THE STORY:

Rory Deveaux is a teenager from Louisiana who has only recently started school at the Wexford Academy in London for her final year of high school. On edge because of the recent return of somebody resembling the “Jack the Ripper” killer from a century ago, Rory is unsettled by the several murders taking place around her school and in the city. On the day of yet another murder, this time one that took place on the school’s campus itself, Rory comes across a man who she soon assumes to be the killer. After spending days with the police,

Murder on Orient Express

by Agatha Christie

Reviewed by Charmaine (Pui) Sze

Fall 2016

REVIEW: Murder on Orient Express by Agatha Christie

ISBN #: 9780062073501

THE STORY:

Hercule Poirot, a private detective from London, receives a telegram asking him to return immediately. This book was set in the 1930s when the author wrote it, portraying upper to middle class British people. Poirot makes a late arrangement to travel in the first-class compartments in the Simplon Orient Express. During his stay at the hotel, he meets his friend, M. Bouc. Later, when Poirot boards the express, the conductor tells him that all first-class compartments have been taken, but there is an open second-class compartment. A

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