Tiger's Quest, by Colleen Houck, is one of four from the original
Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck. It tells a story of a 300-year old Indian
prince who is cursed as a tiger. He is trying to break the curse and along the
way comes across small-town girl and recently graduated high school student,
Kelsey Hays. Kelsey leaves with the prince, Ren, to India and both quickly come
across his brother, Kishan, who is also has the same curse. While trying to
break the curse, Ren and Kelsey find many challenges they must overcome before
Ren is able to return to his natural form as a human. The story has a fantasy
forbidden-love feel that reminds me of the Twilight Saga. Overall it tells a
good story.
This is a sequel to the first novel, Tiger's Curse.
Although in the first novel, the author mainly focuses on Kelsey and her
perspective as an outsider. Soon you realize that Ren is actually a human being
in the form of a tiger. It is not until the end when you realize that Kelsey
and Ren have feelings for each other. Whereas in this story, it focuses on the
love connection between the two. Kelsey and Ren return to India where they run into
his dark, bad-boy type of brother, Kishan. There are many parts in the story
that hook you into the book and make you want to keep reading.
Reviewed by Pamela F., grade 12.
In Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer, Bella and Edward are madly in love, but she
also has a strong friendship with Jacob. She is loving her life at this point,
but than Victoria the vampire had to create an army of ''new born'' vampires to
battle Edward's family and kill Bella for revenge. While Edward's and Jacob's
families work together to successfully destroy Victoria and her army. In the
end Bella chooses Edward over Jacob and decides to marry Edward.
I love the book but I was a little upset that Bella
had to choose Edward over Jacob. But I'm glad I read it. It was very interesting
and it had a lot of detail. But I can say I was more interested reading this
book than I was interested about reading Twilight.
Reviewed by J.M., grade 12
Central Library
In New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer, Edward and his family leave Forks because he
believes he is endangering Bella's life. Bella goes into a depression until she
develops a strong friendship with Jacob , she finally knows he can shape
himself to a wolf. jacob protects bella from Victoria, a vampire seeking to
avenge the death of her mate James Bella and Edward are reunited, and she and
the Cullens return to Forks.
Ireally love the book it made me want to read the
whole series. I saw the movie also and its nothing compared to the book in my
opinion. the book explains so much. I loved the book I would strongly recommend
it.
Reviewed by J.M., grade 12
Central Library
It Happened to Nancy, by Anonymous Teenager, is about a girl who is 14 and got
raped by a guy she met at a concert. She was scare about what happen but in her
heart she though she love the guy. She tried looking for him but couldn't find
him anywhere becuase he had giving her the wrong information. She later found
out that she was infected with HIV. After a while of fighting against the
disease she finally past away.
In my opinion this book was very touching. It shows
the dangers of everyday life. It also helps other teenagers to realize the
dangers and helps them be safe. I really liked the book I would recommend it to
teenagers.
Reviwed by J.M., grade 12.
