Here is my reading log from the last two weeks.
Light
by Michael Grant
Dystopian
Light
is the conclusion to the Gone series. It takes place in the fictional town of
Peridido Beach, California where everyone over the age of fifteen has
disappeared in an event known to the kids as the FAYZ. The kids are trying to
survive on their own. Some kids have developed superpowers and there is an evil
force trying to take over. The books in the Gone series just get even more
intense as they go along with many twist and turns however the author needs to
work hard on his writing ability. There are plenty of mistakes and the point of
view jumps from one character to the next without a good break just as you are
getting into one character’s storyline. The Gone series as well as the Maze
Runner series all are variations of if Lord of the Flies was dystopian. With a
group of kids having to rely on one another to survive without any adults.
No
Safety in Numbers by Dayna Lorentz
Dystopian
When
a teenaged mall worker finds a bomb in the mall the mall is put on lock down.
Everyone is given a $25 gift card and everything goes well until people start
getting sick and supplies run low. The story alternates point of view from four
teenagers. The characters were very real and the things that happened could
happen in real life. If I were stuck in a mall I might be happy at first but
all I would want would be to get out. There is also the possibility that
whoever set up the bomb might be in the mall and keeping us in the mall might
make things worse.
Rage
Within by Jeyn Roberts
Dystopian
A
while back I wrote about how I wanted to see Canada being in trouble… well I
got what I wanted! Finally a book where Canada is also in trouble! Now that I
know how bad Canada can get I am glad most books have Canada as the safe zone.
This is book two after Dark Inside and it takes place in Vancouver. I had a
really clear image in my head of what all the locations, which made it easy to
visualize the setting of the book.
The
Bar Code Tattoo by Suzanne Weyn
Dystopian
Set
in a dystopian world where people are getting a bar code tattoo, which had all
your information on it. Kayla does not want to get the tattoo but since it is
the law Kayla is not on the run. We talked in class about consumerism and being
cool. Well at the beginning of the book people count down the days until they
turn seventeen and can get the tattoo. You will be an outcast if you don’t have
one.
Rampant
by Diane Peterfreund
Urban
fantasy
Rampant
is set in a world were unicorns are thought to be evil. A unicorn attacks
Astrid and her boyfriend and Astrid is sent to Italy to train as a unicorn
hunter. This book was not one of my favorites and it took me a long time to get
into the storyline. I wanted to read this book when I read a short story in “Zombies
VS Unicorns” where the author had a character in the same world. Part of the
reason I was not really into it was because I had a few other books I wanted to
read more than Rampant. I also really liked the quote at the end of the book
which puts a twist on the belief that only men are warriors.
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