This Dark Endeavor

By Kenneth Oppel

     Are you a fan of roller coasters?  If so, you would love this book.  Young Victor Frankenstein and his twin brother Konrad are nigh inseparable, but when Konrad falls ill with a serious condition, that all changes.  Victor sets out to create the fabled "Elixir of Life" with his cousin Elizabeth, and his best friend Henry.  They travel to the tops of titanic trees, and to the depths of the Earth, but Victor's greatest adversaries are his emotions of love, jealousy, and fear.

Kenneth Oppel

http://www.kennethoppel.ca/

Reviewer: Jared Foster

Divergent

By Veronica Roth

     What if your choice decides who you are?  Your morals?  Your friends?  Your personality? That is the world of Beatrice Prior.  She has to choose, at the age of 16, between selflessness (where her family is), bravery, peacefulness, honesty, or intelligence.  Once you choose a "faction" , you must stay forever, hence the saying "Faction before blood."  The question still remains:  What would you choose?

Veronica Roth

http://veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com/

Reviewer: Carla Ramirez

The Adoration of Jenna Fox

By Mary E. Pearson

     Jenna Fox, who is she really?  She went through a tragic accident that she should not have survived--but she did.  Now she is awakened from her coma.  She doesn't know what or who caused it.  She has to watch movies of her entire life to try and revive memories.  But she's not sure if they're really hers.  She becomes more and more curious as to who she is and what happened.  Who is Jenna Fox?

Mary E. Pearson

http://www.marypearson.com/

Reviewer: Raquel Carey

Eon

By Alison Goodman

     Eona was "born" lame.  Her parents dead and her master on the edge. Besides the trouble of hiding her true self self to become a boy, she has to keep up with the rest of the students.  All have the same goal, to become a Dragon-Eye.  After an outstanding miracle, Eon (a.k.a. Eona) brought back the Mirror Dragon.  After this, the world comes tumbling down on her.  Dark secrets that have been kept from her are revealed.  Her own secret comes tumbling out.  New secrets are exposed.  Can Eona survive this life that has caused only strife?  Read the book and find out!

Alison's Journal

http://www.alisongoodman.com.au/

Reviewer: Rosa Zuniga