"Invasion of The Boy Snatchers" By: Lisi Harrison

The book that I have just finished reading is called "Invasion of the Boy Snatchers" by Lisi Harrison. The fourth book in "The Clique" series was about all five girls, Alicia, Massie, Dylan, Kristen, and Claire, taking on a whole different girl power challenge. When Alicia's 13 year old cousin Nina, visits from Spain, all eyes are on Nina. She's tall, gorgeous, and knows each and everything there is to know about boys. Every girl and guy loves her! Except Massie! Massie doesn't see Nina as the "it" girl at her school. Massie sees her as a threat. When Nina threatnes to take Massie's top lead spot, AND her crush, things start to get real

"Someone Like You" Summary and Reflection

The book that I'm currently reading is "Someone Like You"Sarah Dessen. This book is about two best friends Halley and Scarlett. They've been best friends since they were little girls. Halley's always been the quite one out of the best friends, and Scarlett the more brave and outgoing. But one summer changes everything. Scarlett's boyfriend Michael gets into a motorcycle accident, killing him on the scene. The worst part. Scarlett finds out she's carrying Michael's baby. Halley knows that she has to be there for Scarlett and she knows it won't be easy.

This book, in my opinion, is realistic fiction. I think this because any conflict in the book can happen in real life. So far I really like this book. I feel that it has a lot of different conflicts and personal issues that I can relate to. I think that I can relate to both characters Halley and Scarlett. I feel that Halley and I have the same sort issues to deal with. Halley has to be really strong for Scarlett, I've been in Halley's position many times before. I had to be strong for one of my friends when her cousin passed away. I also feel like I can relate to Scarlett, because I know how it feels to loose someone that was very important to me. When I lost my Grandma it was a really bad time for everyone. There is one thing that I kind of don't like about my book. I feel like this book is just going to talk about Scarlett's grief and it's really not going to have any other conflicts or turning points. I don't know for sure yet but I will have to keep reading!

"Dial L for Loser" Summary and Reflection

The book that I have just finished reading was a great book that made me want to read it twice! Again this book was part of "The Clique" series. As you can probably already tell I love reading that series! This book was following all only 3 girls, Alicia, Massie, and Claire. The three take a trip to Hollywood to audition for a leading role in the newest move "Dial L for Loser"! The girls couldn't be more excited, I mean who wouldn't!? A part in a leading new hit movie?! Of course it's a huge deal! But theres one little problem... only one girl can make it. Luckily for Claire, the small town, not so popular girl snags the role. Leaving Massie and Alicia in a rage. The girls are so frustrated that it started a mini rivalry between all three of them leaving Claire humiliated by all of Hollywood! Want to know more? Just start reading "The Clique" series. The faster you start reading the faster you'll get to join in on all the latest Pretty Committee gossip.

One of the main conflicts that went on in this book was the rivalry between the girls. Alicia and Massie were so angry with Claire for making it big in Hollywood that they decided it was right to embarrass Claire in front of the most watched morning TV show. The worst part, is that Claire is loosing the love of her life due to all the horrible things going on with the movie and the actors! In my personal opinion I think this book's theme is to always have your friends side no matter what. Because in the end they're the only ones that are going to be there for you.

"Call of Duty" Reflection

When I first read this story I felt connected to Jose. I know how it feels to have a best friend as a dog and have that amazing connection with your pet. When I first lost my bulldog Rocco I felt exactly the same as Jose did. I was mad, jealous, depressed, and just beyond horrified. I think that this story was a nice way to show people that war can bring people together. I really thought that this story was going to be boring and I was just going to pretend to follow along but then I got really interested and I began to read ahead! So, the story was about a marine solider who was given the most dangerous task to search for IED bombs hidden. He was working with his dog partner Zenit. Zenit and Jose were really close and they had a bond no other dog handler and solider had ever had. Jose accidentally activated one of the bombs and he was hit by one. When he was hit Zenit stayed by Jose's side until the rescue helicopter had come for Jose. Zenit and Jose were apart for so long and Jose was feeling really unlike himself with Zenit. So finally when Jose adopted Zenit for good it was the best reunion any dog owner could ever have with their pets.

"Invasion of The Boy Snatchers" End of Book Summary

The book that I just finished "Invasion of The Boy Snatchers" by Lisi Harrison, this is the fourth book in "The Clique" series. This book is about five girls, Kristen, Dylan, Alicia, Claire, and their ring leader, Massie. When Alicia 13 year old cousin Nina visits from Spain for the semester everyone couldn't be more in awe. Nina is a tall latin beauty who knows each and everything there is to know about boys and fashion. At first the girls love her. Then everything changes. When Nina tries going after all the girls crushes and taking the boys hearts one buy one the girls go nuts. The girls team up and try to take Nina down. The girls begin to investigate in Nina's behavior and find shocking things that can bring Nina to the bottom of the popularity chain. Well I can't spoil that for you. You just need to find out on your own.

In my book the point of view was mainly from the main characters' views Massie Block and Claire Lyons. The author rotated each chapter into each Massie then Claire's point of view. One chapter you'll read what's going on in Massie's mind and how she feels, and the next you hear Claire's thoughts and actions. I know this because in one of the sentences from my book it was in the perspective of Massie, "I can't believe it. There is no way that's the same Nina in the pictures! Where are the zits, and thick glasses? This is not happening to me right now." Massie was thinking this when she first saw Alicia's cousin Nina and didn't recognize her. Then in Claire's point of view of Nina, "Who does Nina think she is? Flying in from Spain and snatching Cam away from me? Now I'll never get my first kiss from Cam!" I like books where the chapters switch off into different points of views, but not where it's too much to the point where I don't know who's mind I'm going into.

I really enjoyed reading this book because some of my favorite books are "The Clique" series books. I like reading about girly stuff and books that talk about teen girl problems. This book had a lot of problems that most kids our age go through all the time. I really like reading "The Clique" series and I hope they make more.

"The Treasure of Lemon Brown"

When I first started to read "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" I thought this was just a regular old book with no meaning to it. Soon along when the book started to get more interesting I found out that this book tied to our lesson on homelessness. Lemon Brown is a man who is homeless and is living in an old abandoned apartment building. The boy Greg, goes into one of the abandoned homes just to sit and think, until he has an encounter with Lemon Brown. Greg learns a lot of things about Lemon Brown, about his history, and his present. Greg is surprised because all of this was so new to him. I think this story ties to our topic about homelessness in many different ways. The story shows us that some homeless people aren't entirely homeless. Take Lemon Brown, he may not have a lot of money or enough food, but he still has a place to stay and keep warm at night. The people that are fully homeless have to sleep on the street, have no money at all, and have nothing to eat. I think that some people should start up a group that helps the homeless. Just like people go to Africa and other places to build houses, people should make more homeless shelters in Chicago. They could provide free beds and food for anyone that comes in daily. They won't have to pay, and they can come back anytime and stay as long as they like. Through the end of the end of the story Greg started to realize that not everyone had everything he had and he needed to be grateful of everything that he actually had.