Taylor James
Sheeley/Palmer
Payback Time

Payback time is a great story with a lot of action. Daniel True (aka Mitch True) is a reporter for LIncoln High School with Kimi Yon as the photographer. Angel Marichel is a senior on the football team. Kimi thinks Angle is an undercover cop, but Mitch disagrees. Both of them fo searching on the internet, calling and getting addresses and much more. Mitch accidently gets Angel into BIG danger for calling a couple gang member's phone numbers. Plus, Mitch goes through all this trouble to protect Angel from what he thought of him.

Marisa Rangel
Martens 7th
After Ever After

After Ever After is about a boy named Jeffery who just got finish with cancer and is now trying to survive middle school as an 8th grader, but when i say survive i dont mean socially i mean educationally. The reason why is beacause all that medicine that he had to take when he had cancer makes him forget things and things oftenly get jumbled in his head. Thankfully his best friends Tad is willing to offer him math tutorials if jeffery can help him walk before graduation so they can both walk on the stage together as best friends. During that a new girl comes along named Lindsey and right when Jeffery makes eye-contact with her he suddenly became love struck, but a big secret is heading his way that he didnt even know!!!! The book has Romance,Humor, and Sadness. Its such a great book!

Marisa Rangel
Martens 7th
Out of My Mind

Out of My Mind is about a girl named Melody who cannot move and she can not talk but she has a photographic memory that allows her to remember everything. When she goes to school she goes to a special room where kids like her go.Then when she starts going to regular class she meets her best friend named Rose, but Melody hates how she cant speak or talk to Rose so she points to her paper talking board and points to the word talk and computer so her supervisor Catherine looks online and tries to find her a talking machine. When she finds one she talks Melodys parents into getting it but when she starts talking and taking quizzes in her regular class everyone starts to understand that she is really smart so now she is one of the members on the Whiz Team trying to win a trip to D.C for the finals, a $20 thousand dollar check (i think) and a viewing on goodmorning america (i also think). So for whiz team her neighbor Mrs. V helps her prepare but something so unfair happens during the book!!! This book is soooooo amazing its hurmorus, sad, and happy!!!!

Taylor James for 6th & 7th period for book Payback time. She is in Sheeley's 6&7th period...

Richie Espinoza
Sheeley 6th & 7th period
Brain Jack
Computers are the most dangerous games because you get hacked and all your personal information can get stolen by a virus called The Nero Virus. For a kid named Sam, he tries to hack telecomerica, gets caught and then realizes he is all part of a bigger plan to attack the CDD & Swapwitch. CDD & Swampwitch are other hacking teams who are trying to take over the world. Read this book to find out if Sam dies.

Luis Guerrrero
Mrs.Kolmmeier
Fat Cat

Cat is a normal girl. One day she does a project on the Hominids. She tests on herself. She eats like a hominid and tries to imitate their lifestyle. She loses a lot of wight and the guys go crazy. Too bad she is too busy hating Matt Mckinney.

Luis Guerrrero
Mrs.Kolmeier 2nd period
Stuck on Earth

Ketchvar is an alien who inhabits a teenagers body. His job is to decide if the humans are a worthy race. He quickly finds that the teenager is as much of an alien as he is. Should humans be annihalated or do they deserve another chance?

Luis Guerrrero
Mrs.Kolmeier 2nd period
Brain Jack
Sam is a seventeen year old boy who hacks into a telecommunication company. The company is thought to be imprenetrable. He is then hired to work for Homeland Security. Where will this job take him?

Luis Guerrero
Mrs.Kollmeier 2nd period
The Grimm Legacy

Elizabeth gets a job as a page. She soon finds out that many objects are being stolen. She and her friends soon go on an adventure. Will they survive?

Luis Guerrero
Mrs.Kollmeier 2nd period
The Monstrumologist

Will Henry is an orphan who was taken in by a doctor who studies monsters. When they find a monster who is native to africa they wonder how it got there. They dive into a mystery that is filled with adventure and horror. Will they survive?

Luis Guerrero
Mrs.Kollmeier 2nd period
How to survive middle school

David has just gone to middle school. He is bullied a lot. He just wants to be a tv superstar. He has an online show with his hamster. Will he survive middle school?

Luis Guerrero
Mrs.Kollmeier 2nd period
The Strange case of the origami yoda

Dwight is a boy who communicates through an origami yoda. The origami yoda is actually very wise. Tommy, Dwights classmate, wonders how it can do things like guess when they will have tests and guess who the shakespearer bust. Will he find out?

maria pena
little blog on the praire
4th and 5th period
its about a girl who has her summer all planed out.until then their mom signs the whole family up for a camp.the camp is required to help people live and see how the 1980's work.when she comes back she notices that it was really fun ,but she missed her phone and the blog that she owns.

Elizabeth Guzman
Matched
Sheeley 6th and 7th
Cassia the main charater has to let the society choose her husband. They have to choose from Xander and kye. It was really hard because she liked them both. Hope you read this book.

maria pena
4th and 5th period
matched
kassia lives in where thay choose everything for her.she has liked all of their decisions,until they choose who she likes.they choose ona and she plays his slide.suddenly a picture of her friend showed up and she got confused.it turned out that her slide was jacked and edited.who did it read on to find out.

Elizabeth Guzman
Sheeley 6th and 7th
Little blog on the prarie
This girl has to go to camp because her mom planned it . She thougt it was a really boring turns out it was really fun. Hope you read this book!

maria pena
4th and 5th period
turtle in paradise
a girl named turtle goes to florida.when she goes to florida she finds herself going out of her shell.she learns the truth of life.

maria pena
4th and 5th period
moon over paradise
abilene feels abandoned .her father sents her on a train to go with her friend for the summer .she jumps of the train in manifest ,kansas.she just wants to learn about her fathers child hood.

Elizabeth Guzman
Sheeley 6th and 7th
Moon over manifest
this girl feels sad and abonded. She finds things about her father child life. She finds alot of secret things. find out what happens !

maria pena
4th and 5th period
fat cat
cat is fat. sg=he has to do a project for school . she started to hate it ,but at the end she loved it.at the end she was hot.

maria pena
4th and 5th period
forgive my fins
lily has a secret she is a mermaid. she has a major crush on this boy but liking aboy is not ordinary for her.then the boy found out her secret and they lived happily ever after.

Elizabeth Guzman
sheeley 6th and 7th
Forgive my fins
Lily has abig secret. She is a mermaid . She cant date the boy she likes. the boy found out her secert and he was really surprised.

maria pena
4th and 5th period
count down
franny champman just wants some peace but her sister disapeared.her uncle fighting in a war.the cut e boy across the street just makes it worse. most of all everyone is waiting for a bomb to fall.

Elizabeth Guzman
sheeley 6th and 7th
Ship breaker
this boy is a light crew person. He finds a ship and gos down to look. He finds a girl that could chage his future.

maria pena
4th and 5th period
ship breaker
a boy who goes to the coast. fins a ship and a girl who can change his life forever.he is also in the in the light crew.

Yolanda Perez
Mrs.Miller 1st and 2nd
Stuck on Earth
Stuck on Earth is about a alien who takes over Tom Fibers body for a mission to observe humanlife, and decide whether he should elimanate the humans or not. While observing human life though Tom's piont of view, he experiences troubled times,and weird romance times. Read Stuck on Earth!

Carolyn Kollmeier
Shipbreaker [Audio Book]
by Paolo Bacigalupi
[8 sound discs (9 hr., 11 min.); 326 pp ]

How often do you wonder what the future will be like? Shipbreaker presents a pretty grim picture. Nailor, a teenage boy, survives by working the light crew, scavenging grounded oil tankers which are being broken down for parts for enough copper wiring every day to make his quota. After a hurricane, he discovers a beautiful clipper ship which he thinks will be his salvation. But the ship has a lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who, if he rescues her instead of stripping the ship for all its worth, might lead him away from his dangerous and abusive father into a better life. He must choose wisely. I was engaged from the moment I started reading this book. Nailor is just one of many interesting characters that the author has created and you will love/hate them all!

Carolyn Kollmeier
The Monstrumologist [Audio Book]
by Richard Yancey
[10 sound discs (11 hr., 45 min.): ___ pp]

The Monstrumologist is not for the feint-hearted. Set in the late 1880’s, 12-year old Will Henry tells of his time when he apprenticed with Dr. Warthrop, a scientist who tracks and hunts real-life monsters. The doctor has been studying and hunting a specific pod of Anthropophagi, a beast that feeds on humans, for many years, only to discover that they are closer to home than he ever could have imagined. Will grows up fast as he does the doctor’s bidding and as he tries to understand his dead father’s role in bringing these beasts to America. At times, I didn’t want to listen any further as what I imagined was going to happen was going to be very gruesome. Listening to the book on tape gave it that extra edge, too. If you like monsters, you will enjoy this book, as it does keep you on the edge of your seat!

Carolyn Kollmeier
The Last Summer of the Death Warriors [Audio Book]
by Francisco X. Stork
[7 sound discs (8 hrs., 18 min.); 344 p]

I really enjoyed this book. Although Pancho has revenge in his heart and is planning on killing the man who murdered his sister, you still like the guy as he struggles with his decision. His life gets more complicated after he arrives at St. Anthony’s Home and is assigned to help D.Q, a boy who is dying of cancer. DQ tells Pancho of his ”Death Warrior’s Manifesto” about living life to its fullest. As Pancho tracks down his sister’s murderer, he becomes more involved in DQ’s life and falls under his influence as well as that of the beautiful girl who works at the Home. This book had some surprising plot developments and unusual characters. You’ll love it!

Carolyn Kollmeier
Heist society [Audio Book]
by Ally Carter
[1 sound mp3 player (6 hrs. 7 min.); 287 p]

This was a fun book to read and the first in a series. The main character, 15-year old Kat, is a professional international thief! She and her teenage friends combine their talents to steal some of the world’s most prized art objects. When Kat tries to go straight. she is drawn back into the Life and must pull of the biggest heist in history in order to save her father, who is apparently the number one suspect on Interpol’s list for stealing a priceless art collection from a powerful mobster. This is a fast-paced novel that has it all--adventure, mystery, suspense, and romance!

Carolyn Kollmeier
Dragonfly, 390 p
by Julia Golding

If you grew up loving fairy tales of knights in shining armor and high adventure, you will enjoy reading Dragonfly. This is a fantasy about a teenage couple who are forced to marry to politically join their two kingdoms. Tashi, the 16-year old Fourth Crown Princess of the Islands, dislikes her betrothed almost immediately. Eighteen-year old Ramil of Gerfal is nothing but a spoiled, egostical barbarian who insults her when they first meet. But when the two are kidnapped by a fearsome warlord who wants to start a war between the two kingdoms so he can control all the land, the two teens must deal with each other and their kidnappers. As they learn to respect the differences in their religion, culture, and political views, they uphold the traditional plot of opposites attract. The book is filled with subplots that make it an engaging read for all. Although somewhat predictable (after all, don’t all fairy tales have happy endings?), it still has enough romance, trickery, bloody fight scenes, and adventure to make it a compelling tale.

Jose carlos Garcia
Mrs . Miller 1st - 2nd
Stuck On Earth
It is about a alien that takes over tom because he wants to see human life . His mom is scared and she counts to ten and if she goes to 10 he is grounded .They get some happy times, but it was really fun . Read this fascinating book.

Carolyn Kollmeier
Incarceron [Audio Book]
by Catherine Fisher
[10 sound discs (11 hrs., 37 min.); 442 p]

It seems like everybody wants to write a fantasy book and turn it into a series. Well, add this book to your “must read” list. Incarceron is the name of a prison that has been sealed from the Outside for centuries. Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner who has no memory of his childhood and believes that he came from the Outside, wants to escape, even though most inmates don’t even believe that an Outside exists. When he finds a crystal key, he finds Claudia, who claims to live Outside and is the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron. Claudia wants to escape her arranged marriage and believes Finn can help her just as he believes she is his way out. The prison, however, has a mind of its own. I can’t wait to read the next book in this series!

Carolyn Kollmeier
Fat Cat [Audio Book]
by Robin Brande
[7 sound discs (8 hr., 22 min.); 330 p]


The old adage, “You are what you eat,” couldn’t be more true than in the pages of this book. Cat’s new high school science project is an experiment on herself. She must live and eat like our earliest human ancestors. So no more processed foods (goodbye, chips) or make-your-life-easier technology (goodbye, TV and car). Hello, healthy eating and walking everywhere. H-E-L-L-O, who’s that New Girl? The boys begin to notice Cat’s slimmer physique, but she can only think about—and hate--Matt Mckinney. Not only is this a great study on how girls feel about their bodies, but it provides excellent information about healthful eating and living—in a fun way!
If you are a girl, you must read this book. If you are a boy, you must also read this book—so you can better understand us girls!

Carolyn Kollmeier
The Grimm Legacy, 325 p
by Polly Shulman

Do you believe in magic? Elizabeth didn’t…until she got an after-school job as a page at a most unusual library, the “New-York Circulating Material Repository.” Instead of checking out books, though, this library lends out objects. When Elizabeth finally earns access to the secret room in the basement where the Grimm Collection of powerful, magical objects are locked away, weird things begin to happen and the real adventure begins. As I read this most unusual story, I began to wish that such a lending library really did exist.

Carolyn Kollmeier
Countdown (Audio Book)
by Deborah Wiles
[6 sound discs (440 min.); 377 p]


Of all the 2011 Lone Star Books I’ve read this year, this was my favorite! It took me on a nostalgic trip down memory lane back to the early 1960’s when I was a pre-teen just like the main character Franny Chapman, and the US was in the midst of the Cold War scare. I remember the bomb shelters people added to their homes, the fear of a nuclear attack during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the shocking assassination of JFK—events which are all a part of this historical fiction book. In Countdown, Franny has problems with her best friend, her crazy uncle tries to dig up the front yard, she misses her older sister who is mysteriously away from home, and she must cope with a budding romance…Ah, adolescence in the 1960’s. Read this book and you’ll be reading my life when I was your age!

Carolyn Kollmeier
Brain Jack, 349 p
by Brian Falkner

If you have any fear about the world becoming totally dependent on computers, or if you fear someone hacking into your computer and learning EVERYTHING about you, you may not want to read this science fiction book. Sam, a 14-year-old computer genius, has no idea of the chain of events he will set off when he successfully hacks into the most secure company in America so he can falsify an order for a free neuro headset. Once the neuro headset arrives, Sam is able to control his computer without a keyboard, just by thinking! Soon Sam finds himself caught, incarcerated, freed, and then semi-imprisoned in a job where his computer skills are put to the test. Step into Sam's world where nothing is quite as it seems and the fate of the world rests in his mind.

Carolyn Kollmeier
Matched (Audio Book)
by Ally Condie
[8 sound discs (ca. 10 hr.); 369 p]

Is there truly a soul mate for each of us? Can there be more than one?
In a futuristic society, the odds are slim that the Officials will match a boy and a girl who already know each other. But the odds were in Cassia‘s favor when at the Matching Ceremony, her best friend Xander’s face is flashed upon the screen as her perfect mate. Later in the privacy of her own home, Ky Markham's face flashes on the screen for a split second. The Officials say it was just a glitch, but Cassie wonders. Soon her thinking about Ky turns into action, and Cassie begins to question everything she’s ever known about the autocratic Society in which she lives. This is book one in the Matched trilogy, and I can’t wait to read the next one!