Library Ninja: Teen Reviews

If you've never read the Wimpy Kid series, it's about Greg Heffley, a lazy middle-schooler who is constantly being bullied by his older brother Rodrick. 

Greg's little brother Manny pesters him and gets away with it. His friend, Rowley, is a weird kid, but always gets it good with the girls while Greg is unpopular with them. Greg strives to become famous but is consistently a failure.

The other three books in the series are Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw. Dog Days is the fourth in the series. There is also a Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book.

In Dog Days, Greg expects to stay home all summer and do nothing but play video games. His mom urges him to try to get out of the house, but he doesn't buy it because he's learnt from experience.

When he and Rowley go to Rowley's country club, they bring a girl, Trista, along, but then she starts talking to some lifeguard and ignores the people who took her there. One unlucky day, Rowley's dad shows up at Greg's house and expects Greg to pay for all the smoothies he's ordered at the country club. Greg and Rowley start a lawn mowing business. A customer shows up and Greg gives her bad quality lawn mowing. Then his dad comes and finishes the job, but the lady stiffs Greg.

All these unfortunate events and more make him want to stay home for the rest of the summer. But as with all his plans, everything goes exactly the opposite.

I love the characters of Greg, Manny and Rodrick because Manny and Rodrick always pick on Greg, and he manages to turn it into a big show. It makes the book very entertaining. Greg's parents are unique because if they do something that involves any of the brothers they can never do what they planned. Rowley is irritating because he always gets his way.

The book is hugely funny and a great page-turner. You just know that in the next page Greg's going to have an unfortunate event, like when Rodrick tricks him into going off the high platform into the swimming pool. The print is especially funny because it gives you the perspective of a 13-year-old's writing.

If you like a hilarious story about a really dorky teenager and his bummed out life, go read this book.

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Frankenstein is one of my favorite books. It is about a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, creating life, but he despises the thing he creates, he is horrified by what he looks like, the creature slowly starts to get angry, and pursues Victor. And Frankenstein is convinced he created a monster, not a human.

Although most people think that Victor Frankenstein is the protagonist, I think he is actually the antagonist, instead of the creature, because the creature just wants to be treated fairly, it would have been interesting to discover what the creature would be like if Victor treated him fairly, instead of despising him, because in a way, Victor is more of a monster than the creature he creates. This is just a point I find intriguing.

This is certainty one of the best books in my opinion. I would for sure rate it five out of five, ten out of ten, etc. There are many fascinating elements that make this brilliant story even more remarkable. Such as both having multiple viewpoints of the book, Frankenstein’s and the creature’s, each with different approaches. Victor’s guilt and agony, trying to keep his secret safe, and the creature’s struggle to survive on his own, learning on his own like an abandoned child.

And to conclude this book report, I shall repeat my main point of this report, Frankenstein is my second favorite book, it would be my favorite, but I should support my own book, which is bound to be any author’s favorite, so once again, Frankenstein is one of my favorite books.

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Library Ninja note: If you're a big Frankenstein fan, you might enjoy this edition that has the original version written by Mary Shelley as well as the version revised by Percy Shelley!

An epic of the century, this book blew my mind that I read it. Even more so that this classic was written by a teenager. This classic is of a time of evil, where the king is a powerful dragon rider (the last surviving one) and is a dictator. In these times, a boy named Eragon, who lives with his cousin Roran, and Uncle Garrow, Finds a dragon egg while hunting.

At first he knows not what it is, but soon finds that is a dragon's egg as it hatches. He names this dragon Saphira. He soon runs with the dragon, with the king, Galbatorix on his trail. What will become of Eragon and Saphira in this classic epic? Well it would be no fun if I spoiled it, right?

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Officially (in my opinion) the best book in the series and the best book Anthony Horwitz has written.It was the first book I read in the series, and I keep finding myself coming back to it and reading it. My brother had to yell at me to put the book down and go to bed at night. I find it to be quite an action packed book that leaves you wondering whats going to happen next.

The main plot is a organization called Force 3 is an organization that is targeting wasteful companies and projects. their newest project is the Ark Angel. The Ark Angle is a project owned by a multimillionaire who is interested in space tourism. A boy named Alex Rider (Main Character in the other books series as well as this one) is caught up in this mess, mistaken for the millionaire's son, and kidnapped. What will Alex do? Read to find out.

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