Book Reviews

Matilda by Roald Dahl, published on October 1st in 1988, is about a bright-eyed young girl with an unusual affinity for reading. She is a curious and lovely individual with less than affectionate parents who see her as nothing more than an inconvenience and a pest. It was very interesting to get to read the book because previously...

The Giver By Lois Lowry, first appears as a utopian society in which everyone is equal and respected. The Giver describes the community as a dystopian society, where people are assigned spouses and children. Everyone must take "the pill" to remove feelings, love, and emotion for one another. When Jonas (the main character) is chosen to become the...

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradberry being a rebel and rebelling against society is the only way to gain the full truth. In this book education and knowledge is limited in society, and if someone were wanting to seek out more they would therefore have to rebel against society. In the book, they seek out old books and reminisce when...

In Divergent by Veronica Roth we follow the story of Tris, a young girl growing up in a world that has been set up so that when you reach a certain age, you choose a faction for which attribute best suits you. When Tris takes the test to see which faction she fits best into, she learns that she is...

This book is a five book series and I chose the second book because this book has the most rebellious character development in it. Percy Jackson is a half-blood, meaning one of his parents is a god and one is a human. His dad is Poseidon the god of the sea. So in his first year of realizing what he...

Elizabeth was a normal princess who was in love with a prince. Not soon after her castle is destroyed, her clothes are burned and her prince was taken by the dragon that destroyed her life. Elizabeth was furious and decided to go save her prince. This was her first rebellious act. Elizabeth, a princess, decided to go save Ronald, her...

As a child, I loved David Shannon's picture book, A Bad Case of Stripes. It had been so long since I had read the book and it made me nostalgic to read again. In the book Camilla Cream, a young girl, worries a lot about what others think of her. She learns to be comfortable in her own...

Prince Ernest was born into a family with two very serious parents. The queen was concerned that her son was not taking things seriously enough and asked her husband to talk to his son. The king told Ernest that he will be king one day, but Ernest goes against his legacies and tells his parents he wants to be a...

The Outsiders has been one of my favorite novels since middle school. It is a coming of age story of "greaser" teenagers who deal with bullying and physical attacks from the "socs", parental neglect, abuse, and poverty. The novel deals with characters drinking, smoking, using foul language, fighting, committing murder, and even dealing with class...

For years Coraline has been one of my favorite movies, but I had never read the book. Through this class, I was given the opportunity to read it. The question on the tip of everyone's tongue is always "Is the book better than the movie or is the movie better than the book?" I was truthfully somewhat relieved to...

V for Vendetta is a graphic novel that was written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd in 1982. The story follows a 16-year-old girl named Evey as she tries to survive in a dystopian Brittian that has been ravaged by wars and deeply impacted by the collapse of other nations. She accidentally gets caught up in the...