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Attack On Titan

Attack On Titan, Also known as “Shingeki no kyoin” Takes place in the year 850. Humanity has been forced behind three Walls approximately 50 meters high each Going by the names of three saints. The interior-wall sina, The center-wall Rose, and the extiorior-wall maria. Their purpose of existence is to protect Humans from the man eating monsters  known as titans. The reason  for titans targeting humans is completely unknown being that they don’t attack animals or need to eat to survive, They don’t even have a digestive system. Leaving the main theory that it’s out of sheer pleasure. There’s been a century of peace within the walls that many doubt wImage result for attack on titan manga coverill ever come to an end, But Suddenly the walls are breached by a new class of titan that appears out of thin air. It’s bigger then anyone has ever seen being approximately 60 meters high, The colossal Titan. A moment latter another appears, The armored titan.  Which breaks it’s way straight through the wall.

The story follows Eren Jeager and his childhood friends Mikasa Who’s incredibly strong  and Armin who may be weaker then the average person but has brains like no other, His dream being to see the ocean that many don’t even believe in. The day wall Maria had fallen They stood side by side seeing things no person let alone child should. With 20% of the remaining human population lost in only one day Eren Vows to destroy all titans and avenge his mother who was eaten before his very eyes if its the very last thing he does. Jumping 5 years into the future him and both of his friends become part of the cadet corps to take action and fight back. What Eren doesn’t realize is how difficult facing the titans and staying alive actually is. Will he really avenge his mother? Will Humans ever be able to reclaim Wall maria? And how do they plan to survive in such conditions?

Check out attack on titan, In the library To find out. And please read it before you watch it!

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I’ll Give You The Sun

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“I’ll Give You the Sun” is a fascinating  young adult coming-of-age novel by Jandy Nelson, which follows the lives of non-identical twins Noah and Jude, at the ages of 13, 14, and 16. Noah and Jude live on the California coast in the town of Lost Cove with their parents, Benjamin, a conservative science professor, and Dianna, a liberal art professor. The twins grow up in a stable home environment. Both Noah and Jude are intelligent, and well-adept in art. Noah and Jude get along very well together, and do everything together, until they are 13.

When they turn 13, Noah positions himself as the better artist of the siblings, and is secretly gay. To prepare for acceptance into CSA, Noah spends his summer sketching nudes through the school’s windows, where he meets an English model named Oscar. Jude, herself far more emotional and feeling, falls in with a popular crowd of girls who are more interested in makeup and skimpy clothing than anything else. Will these twins find a way to go back to the good old days?

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Into the Dangerous World

rorLibrary House blogger, Leana, catches up with 8th grader, Jacqueline F.

LM: Who is the main character, what is he/she like?

JF: A girl named, Ror, who likes to draw. She was born in this commune and she was raised by her parents which were hippies. Her family is not allowed to have worldly possessions (like tv, eating candy, or junk food.) They have to make their own clothes and food. One night when she is drawing in her room, her dad comes and sets the house on fire, and he commits suicide. Her family loses everything, goes to a motel, and has to give in to society.  She goes to a public school for the first time, she meets a guy in art class, she befriends him. She figures out that he is part of a graffiti crew and she gets really into graffiti, and becomes a member of the graffiti crew. She wants to continue to be there but, it’s too dangerous.  Her family doesn’t support it and its a problem for her.

LM: What inspired you to read this book?

JF: I decided to read it because of the book trailer that we saw it library and I could relate to the character.

LM: If  you could experience any events from the book what would it be?dangerous

JF: The events are really sad so I wouldn’t want to experience any of those events.

This book will appeal  to readers who like characters who struggle with emotional changes  and with some hard life challenges. There are characters that help her in ways that are extremely kind.

It’s about a girl trying to figure out who she is and what art means to her when she is passing through hard times. There are a lot of moments where she is feeling confusion, fear, strength, and acceptance. Art is a way to scream out her emotions. Remember that Julie Chibbaro and JM Superville Sovak are coming for W2R day!

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The Gardener

7173435Mason has a father who is “not ready to be his father” as his mother puts it. He has some memories of his father, though he was very young.  Mason is just an ordinary boy with a family secret that even he did not know about.

One day, wandering around school grounds, Mason stumbles upon a greenhouse.  He soon finds out that the greenhouse is a strange place, growing humans that aren’t…quite…human. Which gives him something to think about as he soon realizes the unspoken truth.

This book is really good if you like some mystery. It’s all leading up to a scene so shocking that it will leave you hanging.

 

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City of Bones

city_of_bonesOne night, Clary goes to Pandemonium, a seedy dance club. She finds herself face to face with a demon who moments before, looked like a regular boy. She’s not in any danger because the demon is captured by what they call “shadowhunters.” Clary is the only mundie (the shadowhunter name for humans) who can see and hear them, which leads to Clary’s mother being hunted and taken, by someone they don’t know. The search for her mother leads Clary to the shocking truth about her past and who she really is.

I recommend this book if you are willing to spend a few weeks reading it because its a really long book, and its apart of a series. Its good if you like adventure and romance.

 

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Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanan

runawayHoly is a girl who has been living in five foster homes over the last two years because her mom was addicted to heroin and died.  She give up on everything and decides to run away, she is tired of being locked in the basement by her foster parents and of her foster father touching her like nothing is happening. Holy is is twelve, this means she is wiser and can escape from the cruelty. One of her teachers told her to keep a journal. With the help of that journal we will keep track of her adventure.thisiswhatidid

This book is full of adventure. This book will be great for someone who loves action, like jumping into trains snatching food, clothes from outside stands and breaking into houses. If you are a teacher who has an adventurous side you’ll love to read this book, it doesn’t have any inappropriate language so you can read this to your class, too.

if you like this book you will love “This is what we did” by Ann Dee  Ellis.

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The Fault in Our Stars

Written by John Green

This novel is about  a sixteen-year-old girl named Hazel Grace Lancaster. HThe_Fault_in_Our_Starsazel is a cancer patient, she has thyroid cancer that spread to her lungs. She is forced by her parents to join a support group. Until later on, she doesn’t realize that joining the support was the best thing of her life because she meets a boy name Augustus Water, who she later on falls in love with.  Augustus is an ex-basketball player. Why ex? Well, Augustus is an amputee, his osteosarcoma caused him to loose a leg.  The title, The Fault in Our Stars, was inspired by a scene from Shakespeare.  Cassius told Brutus, “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.”

the_fault_in_our_stars_by_thatmarauderprongs-d67vesaAccording to an eighth grader, “I love The Fault in Our Stars because it’s such a romantic book but it’s not an ordinary romantic book.  Did I mention that Gus and Hazel have cancer?  They do and that is what makes it so special.”

– Abigail Rodriguez

If you love romantic books, this could be for you.