New Moon – 690L

by Stephenie Meyer

This sequel to Twilight was great. I don’t want to give anything away about the end of Twilight, so I’ll just say that we get to know Jacob a lot better in this book. Again there is a lot of adventure and danger.

One reason I loved this book is because I already was all wrapped up in the characters from reading Twilight. I wanted to find out what happened to them next. Also, I could really relate to Bella as she dealt with hard choices.

I listened to the audio version of the book. It had the same reader as Twilight and it was very well done.

Twilight – 720L

by Stephenie Meyer

Just like lots of people, I LOVED this book. The main character, Bella, is a high school junior who has just moved from Arizona, where she’s lived with her mom since her parents divorced a long time ago, to Forks, Washington, where she’s going to be living with her dad. It’s the middle of a school year, and starting school where everyone seems to have known each other forever is kind of scary for her. She just wants to blend in, but it seems impossible. It is especially impossible when she meets Edward, her incredibly HANDSOME, but strange, lab partner. I don’t think it’s giving anything away to say that he’s really a vampire, and they fall in love. This book has a lot of adventure, danger, and exciting parts. It also explores the theme of really wanting something you can’t have (or think you can’t have).

One reason I liked this book is because Stephenie Meyer’s vampires are a little different than most of the vampires in literature. She took a topic that is old (vampires), but made it seem new. This author has a great imagination and made me feel like I was living in her imaginary world.

If you like this book, there are 3 more books in the series: New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn.

I listened to the audio version of this book and it was excellent.

Things Not Seen – 690L

by Andrew Clements

I liked this book, and a LOT of students have read it and really liked it. The main character, Bobby, is 15 years old. One day he wakes up invisible. This causes a lot of problems in his life. He can’t go to school, and he can’t go outside unless he is completely covered up or is naked. Also, he’s having some problems with his parents. He can’t get them to take his problem seriously enough. It’s like besides Bobby’s being invisible, his whole life has disappeared. This book follows Bobby as he works to solve his problem on his own, and connects with some other people that have their own problems with “invisibility.” This idea of what it means to be “invisible” is one important theme in the book.

One reason I liked this book is because I could relate to the way Bobby realized he had felt like he was invisible in some ways, even before he actually became invisible.

If you like this book, there are 2 books that follow this one. They aren’t exactly sequels, because they are told from other characters’ points of view, but the same characters (as well as some new ones) appear in the following books. The next book is called Things Hoped For and the third one is called Things That Are.