Eragon

Author: Christopher Paolini
Reading Level: 5.6

Point Value: 25

Genre: Fiction/Dragons/ Fanasty

Eragon is a farm boy that is hunting in a supposed "cursed" area of Alagaesia called the Spine, where he finds a polished, oval. He brings it home and trys to sell the rock for meat since there family is poor. They wouldn't take the rock because it came from the Spine. Later on Eragon sees that it is a hollow egg and a dragon hatches from it! He touches it and gets a gedwey ignasia, a glowing symbol on his palm. He raises the dragon in hiding. When the dragon is older, the house is ruined by the Ra'zac and almost killed Eragon. Saphira, the dragon, flys him away saving him life. He has nothing left there so he goes of with Brom the Storyteller and begins an adventure unknown to man kind. He battles a Shade twice, is ambushed by Urgals, saves an elf, learns to use magic, block people out of his mind, ride Saphira, gets captured, mets the son of one of the most well known evil rider, travels 400 miles in 8 days, get tortured, tested to his limits, Saphira learnes how to breathe fire and so much more.

I recommend this book to all people who enjoy adventure and following the life of a person that never gets peace. This book is amazingly easy to follow. When I was reading it I couldn't put it down because there was never a place that wasn't interesting to read. They do use weird names like Yazuac, Ajihad, Galbatorix, Nasuada and many more but there is a pronoucetation guide it the back and a language guide. So when he kills 5 Urgals with the word brisingr or moi stenr you can create a mind picture.

Paige M. Period 3-5

Contents Under Pressure

Title of Book: Contents Under Pressure
Author: Zeises, Lara M.
Reading Level:4.4
Points: 0.7
Genre: Fiction/young adult

Contents Under Pressure is about a girl who is in middle school and is going through many changes. She is beginning to experience with boys and she is changing the people that she hangs around with. But as all of this is going on her older brother who is in college moves back in with them and he brings someone with him. He has some very interesting news, and it is shocking to the entire family. This news changes everything in her life.

This story is great for anybody who loves realistic books. I recommend this book more to girls because it is kinda like a chick flick book, but I'm not stopping boys from reading this book either.=] I would say that this book is the best book that I have ever read. I wish this book was a series because I would definitely read all of them! I hope that you choose to read this book off of the information that I have just shared with you. Thanks and I hope that if you read this book you let me know what your opinion was.Bye



Ashlet T.

Period:3/5