The Maze Runner

This well-known book and movie series by James Dashner has received a lot of attention. The Maze Runner is a dystopian book that shows an alternate world that is carefully crafted and controlled. On the first page, a boy wakes up, traveling vertically at speed. He has no memory. The only thing he is sure … Continue reading The Maze Runner

Artemis Fowl

This eight-book fantasy series by Eoin Colfer is about a twelve-year-old boy named, surprisingly enough, Artemis Fowl. This boy may be young in years, but he is a criminal mastermind. Determined to restore the family fortune, most of which was gathered on the wrong side of the law, Artemis begins searching for a way to … Continue reading Artemis Fowl

Eragon

Christopher Paolini’s first book of the Inheritance cycle was originally drafted when he was fifteen years old! The book is called Eragon and although it has parallels to the Earthsea books and the first three Star Wars, the series as a whole has an amazing reputation. After all, what’s not to love about dragons, magic, … Continue reading Eragon

Stormbreaker

This is an amazing book by Anthony Horowitz, in the action genre. The protagonist, Alex John Rider, is a boy who gets unwittingly recruited into the English spy agency, MI6. We follow Alex through a series of books that begins with Stormbreaker, and finishes on the thirteenth, Nightshade. Alex, throughout the collection of books is … Continue reading Stormbreaker

Unrequited

This book is about love, music and a boy band called Unrequited. Written by Emma Grey, this masterpiece is about a girl named Kat, the lead singer of her least favourite band and a boy called ‘ McDreamy’. Kat Hartland hates Unrequited especially the lead singer Angus Marsden. There isn’t anything special about their boring … Continue reading Unrequited

Orbiting Jupiter

Gary D. Schmidt is the author of this beautiful, heartbreaking novel about Joseph, a 15-year-old boy, his baby daughter, Jupiter and the kid who has his back. It is quite short, only 179 pages, but it is very fast-paced and sometimes I had to reread it to fully understand it but it is filled with … Continue reading Orbiting Jupiter

Akarnae

Lynette Noni is the author of this dystopian fantasy masterpiece. It’s set in Medora, a world that once was exactly like Earth but both planets evolved at different speeds in different ways. Alex; a young teenager from Earth opens a doorway into Medora and stumbles upon Bear and Jordan, two students at Akarnae Academy for … Continue reading Akarnae