A WALK TO REMEMBER, NICHOLAS SPARKS

Reviewed by Student A

A Walk to remember by Nicholas Sparks will make you cry, laugh, and fall in love with it over and over again. It all begins in

High School with too very different teenage opposites, Jamie and Landon. Jamie and Landon believe that they have nothing in

common and that they are very different from each other because the way they dress, act and the people that they hang out with.

They are soon to find out that they are meant to be.

Landon is the type of guy described as “cool”. Jamie, on the other hand, is sweet, caring, and really religious, since her father is

the reverend of their hometown. Landon and his friends make fun of Jamie because of the way she dresses since she is still so

old fashion. The reason that Jamie is still old fashion is because her mother passed away when she was giving birth to Jamie.

Jamie has learned the hard way that it was not her fault for her mother’s death because that was God’s word.

Landon is soon to be put in a difficult situation where in order to graduate he has to get one more credit and the only class open

is Drama. He has to do a school play in order to get the credit that he needs and graduate. Since Jamie is in Drama and she is

really good in plays Landon decides to ask her for help and she accepts but she only has one promise that he needs to make,”

Don’t fall in love with me”. Landon finds it funny and agrees. One thing that he does not know is that faith will do something

else.

A Walk To Remember is a really emotional story to me. I never thought that I could actually cry by reading a book. I absolutely

loved how Sparks wrote A Walk To Remember and the way that he described each character made the book so alive. I actually

felt I was experiencing and feeling what they were going through. This book is five stars, I really recommend it.

WEB OF LIES, ANNE SCHRARFF

Reviewed by Student B

Set in a middle-class suburb, Anne Schraff’s novel Web of Lies is a mystery about one happy family. The main character is Shane, who is a fourteen year old boy. Burnette is the antagonist and a playboy. He kills his wife to get life insurance money. He wants to receive the maximum amount of money from his wife’s insurance.

Shane’s father dies while fighting in the Vietnam War. For Shane, his father is a hero. When his dad dies, Shane and his family are left sad and lonely. Shane feels bored and uncomfortable about what has happened to his family. He wants go to his grandpa’s house to live.

Everyday Burnette walks to Shane’s school because he doesn’t have a job. One day Shane’s mother goes to school to pick up Shane and meets Burnette for the first time. She falls in love with him immediately. They meet every day at the school. Shane feels badly about his mom because Shane knows Burnette is a playboy. Shane doesn’t want a new father and suspects something strange about Burnette. Despite Shane’s warning, his mom and Burnette become a couple.

“So one day, upon Shane’s grandparents’ death, a million dollars would go to Shane’s mom and her brother. Shane figured that Burnette knew about that, and that was the reason he was probably raking in good money now on his dirty deals, but he wanted more” (9). Shane feels his mom will end up like Burnette first wife, dead. So, Shane collects information about Burnette from his friends in order to cause a break up between the two. One day, Shane mom’s throws a party, and Burnette and Shane quarrel. At the party, Shane overhears a conversation about Burnette’s dead wife. This conversation implicates Burnette. Shane calls the police and tells them about what he had overheard.

This book is about greed and deception. It illustrates the importance of family and had highlights the dangers of

love. I agree with Shane actions to protect his family. I like this book a lot because it makes me understand the

power of money. Many people want to live a wealthy lifestyle and are willing to kill to have it. I think the author did

very good job in writing in this story, I would not change anything in this story. If you are interested in finding out if it

is a happy or unhappy ending, I suggest you should read Web of Life.

THE RETURN OF THE KING: THE LORD OF THE RINGS, PART 3, J.R.R TOLKIEN

Reviewed by Student C

The Return of the King: The Lord of the Rings, Part 3,is a very mystical journey through a science fiction novel by J.R.R Tolkien. Our fellow characters, Frodo, Sam, Aragorn, Merry, Pippen, and Gandalf travel and sleep in a mystic forest where they are followed and watched by the “All Seeing Eyes”. The “All Seeing Eyes” is what the Dark Lord uses to see Frodo and his friends as they come closer to Morodor. Gandalf, who is the sorcerer, helps Frodo and his clan of hobbits by showing them his infinite knowledge about the hobbit world. Gandalf is talking to Frodo and says, “Such counsels will make the enemy’s victory certain indeed” (129).

During this travel, Frodo is on a mission to destroy the ring, and to once and for all get rid of the evil in their world. Gandalf sets Frodo and Sam on the path to the top of Morodor Mountain and throw the ring in the lava from which they had come from. The days and nights during their travel seem to be prolonged and it becomes harsh as the winter itself turns violent. Aragorn is the new found heir of the Ancient Kings of the West. Aragorn gets together with a group called the “Riders of Rohan” and defeats Hornburg. He makes new peace with the victory of Hornburg.

Merry and Pippen, become captives by the evil beings called Orcs. They take the two to the forest, Fangorn, and accidentally run into the Ents whom they eventually have a battle with. The Orcs never reach the city. Frodo now set on destroying the evil, is now faced with the evil doer, Dark Lord, who tries to take the ring away. With Sam’s help the two are able to reach Morodor after Sam rescues Frodo from captivity. “What’s the matter Mr. Frodo? asks Sam. Frodo replies to Sam saying, I am wounded, wounded it will never really heal” (305). I took interest in what Frodo says because to me that’s the truth. Once you’re wounded it doesn’t heal, it only scars. The “All Seeing Eyes” know Frodo’s whereabouts as he does take the journey full heartedly, for his fellow hobbits back home.

The Dark Lord has ventured into Frodo’s mind, and has made him do awful things such as put on the ring himself.

As in the first two novels, we find out that the ring makes Frodo very unstable and makes him lose his sense of

humanity. Only people with a strong will power are able to save themselves from the evil. The easily tempted weak

people lose tract of their goals and aspirations. Frodo is a weak soul that lets temptation override his strengths in

doing what’s right. Gandalf falls into the cracks of doom and is believed to be dead but they don’t know that Gandalf

maybe there when they need him the most.

The Return of the King has a very powerful story line. This story has sparked my interest into the science fiction

world! I enjoyed every single part of this book and you will too. If you enjoy adventure and if your backyard isn’t big

enough to have your own, let The Return of the King be your adventure. You will not be disappointed.