The car that kills. This is one of those stories that leaves you with the creeps. Of all the stories I have read thus far, this was one of the few I would call horror. Although maybe a thriller with a car as the serial killer. We put together with unforgettable characters, it is one…

Book 1 of the Dragonet Prophecy. This is a great start to a series. If too love dragons then you will love this series. The characters are unique and lovable. This fits well into the YA fantasy market and I would recommend this to 13 and up as there is some violence. Overall this is…

Book 47 of the Animorphs. This ones stands out from the others. It has a cool parallelism drawn between the storyline and the Civil War. The ending is a bit confusing from the journals point of view, but is otherwise a great story and I recommend not missing this one.

A markedly Stephen King novel. A great cross country novel with echos of “The Body”. Overall it is a good read. There are parts that seem long and this is defiantly not for children. We see glimpses of Stephen Kings own drug issues as we move through this book. The point of a boy setting…

Book 1 of the Dark Paladin series. As most people know, I am a Vasily Mahanenko fan boy. This series is far less polished than the other two I have read. This leaves me feeling that this must be an older series. I see certain aspects that permeate all of his writing worlds. This is…

Book 69 of the Boxcar Children. This was a good one. Kept you guessing to the end and it really has a bad guy behind it. What I loved was that it shows how villains are the heroes of their own stories. Definitely, makes you wish for older values. Unfortunately, I would see many now…

Book 46 of the Animorphs. This was a great one. All about answering the question of what would you do to serve the greater good. While a lot of the previous novels felt like fluff I felt that this one really took a hard look at war and sacrifice. It all worked out, but you…

Book 68 of the Boxcar Children. What could jealousy drive you to do? This is an example of what pride could drive someone to do. This is a seemingly inconsequential mystery however how much can a person justify doing? If you think about it a little deeper you can see a very good lesson in…

Book 5 of the Alchemist series. This leaves an opening for future books, while still being a satisfying conclusion. If you’re as big of fan boy as me you’ll enjoy this one. I was worried for a minute it was going to become an Adam and Eve story, but it did not and let me…

Book 67 of the Boxcar Children. This was a great one as it allowed us to suspect the guy who seemed the least likely. I like how it played out and did well on keeping the focus. Although not my favorite so far, I feel like this was a good one. Pick it up.