The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson and the Olympians book 2)

The sequel to The Lightening Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians book 1), The Sea of Monsters, continues with the intense saga of Percy Jackson's life. At camp Half-Blood, Percy is the only one in the Poseidon cabin, meaning he has no half-brothers or sisters. In this book, Percy gets a cyclops for a brother, named Tyson.
     Long ago, Zeus had a daughter named Thalia, and when she died, he took pity on her and made her a pine tree. Thalia, the pine tree, protects camp half blood with magical borders to stop monsters from coming in.
     Last year at Camp Half-Blood, Percy had made a friend named Luke, who was Hermes's son. Luke had turned evil and joined Kronos's army. Eons ago, Kronos, the king titan, had three children, who were gods. Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. Kronos feared that his children would become powerful, so he ate them, except for Zeus. When Zeus was older, he tricked Kronos into regurgitating his children. Being immortal gods, Poseidon and Hades had grown up inside of Kronos's body. They killed their father and threw him into Tartarus, the deepest pit in the underworld. Percy's ex-friend Luke poisoned Thalia the pine tree, so the magical borders wouldn't work and Kronos's army could invade camp Half Blood.
      Percy and some friends try to get the legendary golden fleece, which can heal plants and make things grow. They must travel to Prometheus, the cyclops, who had his eye stabbed by Odysseus, long ago. They manage to get the fleece and save the tree. But the magic worked a little too well. Thalia's tree is saved, but she comes back to life, as a human. There was a certain prophecy that a child of the big three (Zeus, Poseidon, Hades) will either destroy Olympus or save it when they are 16, and Thalia complicates that matter, because Thalia is almost 16.
      Throughout this whole book, Percy's best friend Grover, the satyr, is searching for the lost nature god, Pan.
    This was a fantastic book!

The Lightening Theif by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson is a twelve year old troublemaker. He has gotten expelled in every school that he's been in. His dyslexia and ADHD causes him to be impulsive. His mother, Sally, and him live in Manhattan with his stepfather, "Smelly Gabe". Percy has no knowledge of his mysterious father. Then, one day, Percy discovers Camp Half-Blood, for demigods. At this camp, everybody is half human, half Greek god. Percy discovers that Poseidon, the god of the see, is his father. He has a friend who is a satyr. When Percy and Annabeth, a daughter of Athena, are granted a quest to receive Zeus's stolen lighting bolt, they are forced to fight many monsters to live. This is an amazing book, and I would recommend it to anybody who loves action-packed comedies about mythology.

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

In the fourth and final book of the Twilight saga, Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer, many intense things occur. The book begins with the two main characters, Edward and Bella, getting married. Edward is an immortal vampire, and Bella is a human. Since I do not want to reveal what happens in this amazing book, I will just say that the novel follows the troubles that occur when a vampire and a human have a child, that is half-human, half-vampire. So far, this was my favorite book that I have read this summer. It is a love story, and at the same time an action novel. The book is divided into three parts, and two different narraters. Part 1 is narrated by Bella Swan (later, Bella Cullen), the clumsy teen who falls in love with the mysterious vampire. Toward the end of this book, Bella is turned into an immortal vampire to be with Edward forever. Part 2 is narrated by Jacob Black, Bella's best friend. Jacob is a werewolf, who loves Bella enough to leave his own wolf pack to be with her. Part 3 is narrated by Bella again, but this part begins with her transformation from a human to a vampire. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes a page-turner about love, and sacrifices that revolve around love.

"Revenge of the Wannabes" by Lisi Harrison

"Revenge of the Wannabes" is the third book in "The Clique" series. I got a Barnes & Noble NOOK, and "Revenge of the Wannabes" was the first book that I had downloaded. 


In this novel, some drama within the Pretty Committee starts. Alicia, a member of the Pretty Committee, decides that she's tired of Massie ruling. Massie owns the Pretty Committee's Friday night, but one Friday, Alicia decides to ditch the weekly Friday Night Sleep-over, and have her own sleep-over. To complicate the matter, Dylan and Kristen are now forced to choose between two of their best friends. A war between Massie and Alicia has begun, and the ending is touching and unexpected. 

The Clique by Lisi Harrison

"The Clique" is a novel that explores themes of finding one's place, and knowing true friends. In Westchester, New York, everything is perfect and very expensive. Massie Block is the leader of her famous clique at her private school, Octavian Country Day. Her clique, The Pretty Committee, consists of her friends Alicia, Kristen and Dylan. Then, an LBR, (loser beyond repair) Claire Lyons moves into Massie and her family's guesthouse. Claire learns how important true friendship is, instead of popularity. This was a great book, and I would recommend it to people who like stories about friendship.