Promise of the Wolves by Dorothy Hearst

At least that's what the wolves of the Wide Valley believe. Until a young wolf dares to break the rules--and forever alters the the relationship between wolves and the humans who share their world.

This is a story of such a wolf. Born of a forbidden mixed blood litter and an outcast after her mother is banished, Kaala is determined to find a place in the swift river pack. But her world is turned upside down when she saves a human girl from drowning. Risking expulsion from their pack and exile from the Wide Valley, Kaala and her young pack mates begin to hunt with the human and thus discover the long-hidden bond between the two clans. But when war between wolves and humans threatens, Kaala learns the lies behind the wolves promise. Lies that force her to choose from the safety of herself and her friends and the survival of her pack--and perhaps of all wolf and man kind.

set 14,000 years ago, Promise of the Wolves takes us to a land where time is counted in phases of the moon, distance is measured in wolf-lengths, and direction by the sent of the nearest trail. Years of research into the world of wolves combines with mythical tale-telling to present a fantasticle adventure set in a world filled with lore.

Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

I am reading The Restaurant at the End of the Universe which is the second book in the Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy series. The writer has opened my mind to a lot of different ideas about the universe. The way he writes everything has to have humor in it and the characters are amazing I've got no clue how he comes up with them.

DragonLance Dragons of the Spring Dawning By: Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

The reason I like the Book DragonLance By: Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman is because the authors hold your attention with breathtaking aerial acton and fights between dragons and knights. There is also a betrayal from several fronts death of a very powerful enemy and sacrifices for love. Quests to the depths of the DragonLance world also the style is extravagant and your eyes will remain glued to the book. When I read the books for the first time I wasn't sure if I would like them, but as time passed I felt that I couldn't concentrate when the book was at the edge of my mind. It was like an itch in the one part of your back that you can't reach.

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

This book is about kids who are stranded on an island without adults. They must learn to survive without adults helping them and must set up a system of 'government' to live by.

Dark Horse By Jean Slaughter Dorty

It was like a dream come true. Abby had always loved riding, and now a lanky brown horse named Sandy was giving her the chance she needed to break into the exciting world of show jumping. After she accidentally discovers his incredible jumping prowess, his owners ask Abby to show him in competitions. This fantastic owner makes it all seem easy, and they finish first in class after class, becoming overnight celebrities. But suddenly the horse becomes violent and Abby's dream is over.

Sandy got Abby in big time. Now the rest is up to her--if the wants it badly enough. Does she have enough skill and discipline to make it as a top-class rider without him? Abby doesn't know--until Sandy helps her find the answer.

Dark horse is and engrossing story set in the demanding world of the horse show competition by the well-known author of many popular novels for young readers.

White Wolf

This book is kind of in like a journal form, the main character a white wolf is running from all humans in 1830 or some thing.

Betrayal By Arron Allston

Eldest By: Christopher Paolini

I liked the book Eldest By: Christopher Paolini because he has a way with his writing that keeps your eyes glued to the book even when you know you should be going to bed or be doing something else. Just a few days ago I looked at my clock and it said 8:30 PM. I told myself that I could go a little while longer with the book, the next thing I knew it was almost 11:00 PM. It felt like I had been reading for no more than 45 minutes. I coundn't believe that that much time had gone by. So naturally I went and checked all the clocks in my house they all said the same thing. I decided that I would finish Eldest the next day. I was upset that I didn't finish the book because it is such a good book. Christopher Paolini is such a good author that I wiil definetly get the 4th book which comes out November 8, 2011. Also I will read the 3 that are out over and over again.

Dragon Champion

I just finished a book called Dragon Champion By E. E. Knight. The book starts with a fight between a scaleless dragon and it's red scaled brother. The reason this happens is because all male dragons fight for who gets to live in the nest whoever wins gets the nest with his mom. The dragon who becomes champion of the nest is named AuRon. AuRon is a very rare breed of dragon one reason is because he is a grey dragon and another is because his skin changes color depending on his environment. Also he doesn't make noise as he climbs because he doesn't have scales. AuRon grows and has to run because away because their nest is found by dwarves and elves who are dragon slayers created by the elemental powers that you find out about earlier in the book. AuRon gets captured soon after escaping the nest with his sister. Then as the book draws to a close AuRon is trying to find the dragons weakness. He finds it but has to kill hundreds of people to find his answer.

Betrayal By Arron Allston

This is a book based after the Star Wars movies, when Luke, Leia, and Han are all older and have kids. The Jedi Council has been reestablished and all is peaceful. Then Luke starts having dreams of a coming evil.

Jungle of the pygmies

I'm now reading the third book in one of Isabel Allende's series. I've only read the first 20 pages of the book but so far its been awesome with lots of hidden humor. From what I understand this trip they take in Africa is supposed to be completely harmless yet from what I know from the other books the characters have a certain knack for collecting trouble.

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DRAGON KNIGHT

The knights of paladin have been kidnapped by the evil wizard Risto. A character named Bardon is on his sabbatical and he meets N'Rae who is looking for her lost brother.

Star wars The Jedi Academy Trilogy

seven years after the founding of the new republic, Princess Leia Organa Solo is Minister of state and has borne three jedi children-the twins, Jacen and Jaina, and baby Aniken. Han Solo is an officeial envoy for the new gocernment, traveling the galaxy on diplomatic missions. And Luke has been goven leave to seek out candidates for a Jedi academy that will to seek out candidates for a jedi academy that will not only herald a renaissance of the jedi knights but also provide future champions of the force to protect the new republic. yet the peaceful and benign reign of the republic is far from secure...... thought the empire was finally vanquished, remnants of the inperial forces are scattered throughout the galaxy. Die-hard loyalists, they're intent on waging a brutal guerrilla war against the new republic. Among the monst dangerous is imperial Admiral Daala, who has added the iltimate weapon to her fleet of star destroyers. More powerful than the death star, the sun crusher, a small ship, is capable of annihilating an entire solar system my triggering it's sun to super nova. To make matters worse, there are those from Han's bad old days still anxous to avenge the past. And, as Luke will soon discover, even the most promising jedi recruit can be unwisely tempted by the dark side of the force...

Eragon Inheritance Cycle Book 1

In the book Eragon by: Christopher Paolini a boy Eragon finds a blue stone which appears before him in an explosion of sound and heat while he is hunting. He takes the stone thinking that it will by his family meat for the winter (his family is poor). Little does hw know that it will bring him troubles beyond anything he ever imagined. Several days after finding the stone and trying to sell it, he gets awoken from his sleep by a loud peep. He can't figure out the source so he slowly falls back to sleep. But is abruptly torn to wakefulness by another loud peep. He figures out that it is the stone, then realizes that it is an egg. When it hatches he finds a dragon and later names it Saphira and they begin the long journey to kill the Raz'ac (they had killed his uncle). At the start of his journey he is joined by the storyteller Brom. As they travel Brom gets killed by the Raz'ac and Eragon keeps traveling and trying his best to protect the world from the evil king. In the end he joins a rebel group and ends fighting in a huge battle against Urgals, and kills the shade leading the army. In the process of killing the Shade he gets his back laid open by the Shade. He then gets a message from the elves telling him to go to their home land

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Betrayal

In Betrayal, Jacen Solo starts drifting to the dark side of the force, and taking his apprentice Ben Skywalker with him. This book is the first in the Legacy of The Force series, its a great book but I think would be better if it was 1st person.

Misty of Chinteogue

Nobody could capture the phantom. She was the wildest mare on Assateage Island. They said the was like the wind, that the white "map" on her shoulders was her mark of freedom.

Paul and Maureen Beebe had their hearts set on owning her. They were itching to buy and tame her, and worked hard to earn the money she would cost. But the roundup men had tried to capture her and for two years she has escaped them........

Pony Penning Day holds a surprise for everyone, for Paul not only brings in the phantom, but her newborn colt as well. Can Paul and Maureen possibly earn enough money to but them both?

Books I Have Been Reading: GEB and Foundling

Hello ATA. It has been a long while since I posted here, but non-the-less, I felt like sharing a little. I cannot promise that I will be back to respond to comments, but we shall see.

Two books I have finish in the past months are: Godel, Escher, Bach (GEB) [Wikipedia] (by Douglas Hofstadter) and Foundling [Wikipedia] (by D. M. Cornish). While they are completely different (maybe the only similarities are they both were in English, and bound in soft cover), I would recommend both of them, but perhaps to different audiences.

The first, GEB, is a tomb of a book that talks about, primarily, the inter-connectivity of field of knowledge, such as Music and Math, or Genetics and Logical systems. It speaks primarily of communication, storage, and rigorous definition of knowledge. It was written in the 1970's, so his theories about computers are sometimes a bit dated, however, the way he approached the topic is still interesting. This intensely intellectual book is not for the faint of heart… I took me nearly eight month to finish (not that that was the only book that I was reading). I first heard of the book from Mr. Britch, who quite liked it, for good reason. The author does a fantastic job of connecting many fields of knowledge, in an understandable, interesting way.

The second book, Foundling, by D.M. Cornish, was a great book as well. This I would highly recommend it to those who like fantasy/sci-fi novels. The author's first book, Foundling takes place in a painstakingly detailed world, quite different from our own. (The world is populated by "monsters" and humans, who fight for land, with chemical "potives"… I cannot give it its due at all, my apologies for this attempt) The reality with which the world is constructed makes the book gripping in it self. If that was not enough, the tail that is woven intrigues the reader. I have now read the second book in the Trilogy, and am starting the third, and I remain quite enthralled. One slightly strange thing I notices was the feel that throughout the book something more was going to happen… and it never did. While the story is geared to the YA or J groups, adults would still enjoy it, but it might be a little scary for those of the younger disposition (but not that bad at all).

STAR WARS HEIR TO THE EMPIRE

It is a time of renewal, five years after the destruction of the Death Star and the defeat of Darth Vader and the empire. But with the war seemingly won, strains are beginning to show in the Rebel Alliance. New challenges to galactic peace have arisen, and Luke Skywalker hears a voice from his past, a voice with a warning. BEWARE THE DARK SIDE...

City of Fire

This is about five characters Bayang, Leech, Koko, Scirye. Who go on a quest.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Johnny Tremain By Esther Forbes

This is about a silversmith’s apprentice. His name is Johnny Tremain and he’s 14 .

That’s all I know so far, but its pretty good.

Redwall Passing

Just in case you hadn't heard, Brian Jacques, author of the Redwall books (like I really need to tell you), recently died.
Read more here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/feb/08/brian-jacques-obituary

Brian’s Return By Gary Paulsen

In this book a boy named Brian, when flying to the Canadian oil fields to visit his dad his, plane crashed in a lake and he was forced to brave the north Canadian woods with nothing but his clothes and a hatchet for two and a half years. Now three years later he returns to the wilderness. Following his heart he finds true happiness in the least civilized place on earth.

City of the Beasts

This book is probably my favorite since the Alex Rider series. It has a certain humor to every page and it’s full of new twists. This book is about national geographic and an exposition into the heart of the Amazon jungle.

For Alden and other Alex Rider fans

I heard on NPR the other day that Anthony Horowitz, the author of Stormbreaker and other Alex Rider books, has been chosen to write a new Sherlock Holmes novel. This will be the first book to feature Sherlock Holmes since Arthur Conan Doyle's last story in 1927. The novel, whose prologue is kept under lock and key in the offices of Orion Books, will be published in September.

DRAGON KNIGHT

I am starting to read Dragon Knight. The book has Five continuing novels. The book is about a girl named Kale who finds Seven dragon eggs.

HEIR TO THE EMPIRE

It is a time of renewal, Five years after the destruction of the Death Star and the defeat of Darth Vader and the empire. But with the war seemingly won, strains are beginning to show in the Rebel Alliance. New challenges to Galactic peace Have arisen. And Luke Sky walker hears a voice from his past, a voice with a warning, BEWARE THE DARK SIDE

_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows_

I just finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows and I was a little disappointed on how it ended. I'm very sad that some of the best characters die but they were fighting against Voldomort so I can't really expect them to survive. I am happy that everything ended out for the better though.

The palace of lauphter

the main charechters in the story are named little, Miles wednesday, the Great cortaddo.

Halo First Strike

I am getting toward the end of halo first strike. The book is so good I think the next one will be better. I hope all of the character will be in the next book.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone

This is the first book in the Harry Potter series. This is when Harry finds out he's a wizard, goes to Hogwarts, learns magic etc. You all know this already. We've all read the book or seen the movie.

Harry potter and the deathly hollows

I'm most of the way through this book and so far it is amazing. This book keeps me hooked on the suspense and action that goes on. I can relate to the characters in the book and that may be why I have trouble putting down it at night.

Stalker by Faye Kellerman

This is about a rookie cop named Cindy Decker. She is the daughter of the lieutenant of police. Her father is to caught up in his own work to realize that Cindy is being stalked. Stuff is being moved around in Cindy's apartment, personal effects are being destroyed and she is definitely being staled by a vicious stalker.

The Lost Hero

This book is very good an I highly recommend it. I'm not finished yet but so far its pretty good!

The INVISIBLE MAN by H.G WELLS

Plot synapsus.

A quit country village, a heavy snowstorm, a mysterius stranger... more than enought to rouse the townspeople to gossip and speculation. who can he be, this suspicous-looking man who keeps his face hidden and his back to everyone? But when the stranger finally faces them, there are more quistions than answers, and more terror of the most unmespeakable kind, as outrage and murder put the once quiet contryside into the grip of an unstoppable madman. Ultimitly it is up to one man to solve the mystery and end the rampage, to reveal the identity of the faceless INVISIBLE MAN!

Rangers Apprentice by John Flanigan

The main Characters Halt, Will and Horace are tracking a religious cult called the outsiders that were causing havoc in the kingdom. Little did they know that they were being lead into an ambush. Will and Halt go into the forest to kill the assassins that were left to kill them. Halt's arm gets scarped by a poisoned arrow and death is getting closer. They go in search of the one person that can help them a sorcerer.

Great Bear Lake

It is the sequel to The Quest Begins. The bears finely meet on the Longest Day(winter solstice) .This series is very good and I highly recommend it.

Water Horse

This story is some what science fiction because the monster is real in the lock of Scotland.

Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl is about a boy mastermind. Who has a lot adventures including some with fairy SWAT teams.

Enders Game by Orson Scott Card

I'm not really sure what Enders Game is about yet. I've only read about 20 pages. SO far what I have pieced together is that: Ender is an amazingly intelligent boy. He is 6, and this is not a kids story.

Rangers Apprentice by John Flanigan

I'm farther into the book now and the book has kept me on the edge with suspense and danger as well as humor but to really understand the humor you would haft to read the series from the beginning. I'm about half way through the book and so far it’s been great I can connect to the to the characters and I feel as if I never want to put the book down and I always want to read it.

Bloody Jack

Bloody Jack is about a young orphan girl who cuts her hair and joins a man-of-war. If you get very connected to characters I suggest not to read it, the book is very violent.

King Solomons Mines

I'm not sure if I like this book yet. It's a story being told about the diamond mines of the great King Solomon.

Enders game

I have recently read Enders game. I find the use of sci-fi, which, in this case, comes in the form of aliens, mixed with the external conflict of civil and "intergalactic" war to be entreaging and draw you in to the story. The basis of this book is, in my opinion, is very near in the future and such gives it a nice mix of reality. Their computers are all very similar to today's IPad.

The Quest Begins

This book is about three bears. An polar, grizzly, and black bear. Its third person but you can still hear there emotions worries and hurts.

Halo First Strike

I am halfway done reading halo first strike. I am beginning to see that the book has a third person point of view that goes from one person to the next. The book is starting to get some new character in the story while I read it.

Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan

With this Ranger's Apprentice you don't know what to expect because of the title HALT's PERIL. Halt is one of the main characters and a very important one. If you were going to read this series I would suggest read them from book one so you can get right feel when something drastic happens. I like this book because of the suspense, humor and action.

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

Not so very long ago, Eragon-Shadeslayer,Dragon Rider-was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now, the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders.

Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still, the real battle lies ahead: they must confront Galbatorix. When they do, they will have to be strong enough to defeat him. And if they cannot, no one can. There will be no second chance.

The Rider and his dragon have come farther than anyone dared to imagine. But can they topple the evil king and restore justice to Alagasesia? And if so at what cost?

Westmark by Lloyd Alexander

This story takes place with a Printer's Apprentice who is horrible at everything but that. He makes a deal with a dwarf named Musket. Only thinking of the money that it will bring in. It back fires and ends up in the smashing of his mentor’s printing press and the death of his mentor. Now the main character killed a man trying to smash the printing press. So now he is on the wrong side of the law. So it is an action packed book and that is why I like it.

Jedi Trial

Jedi Trial is about a young Jedi who is anxious to be knighted. The story is from a couple different perspectives, that of a speeder trooper, a star fighter pilot, the young Jedi, an older Jedi, a Republic commander, and a Separatist admiral.

LLOYD ALEXANDER BOOK OF THREE

The story takes place in mid evil time when the world had no Pease with its self at all and there’s only one man that can stop the horend king with a little help from his friends.

Twenty and Ten by Clainre Huchet Bishop

during the German occupation of France twenty French children were brought to a refuge in the mountains. one day a young man came to their school with a request:could they take in and hide ten Jewish refugee children?

Revenge of the Whale by Nathaniel Philbrick

A book about when people whaled for lantern oil. A ship finds a really, really big whale that tries to destroy the ship. This is a true story that includes pictures and diagrams.

The Art Of Keeping Cool by Janet Lisle

This book is stated in the 1940's during the World War II. It's realistic fiction and I think that’s why I like it because it’s based on a war .The writer made me feel as if I was actually in the book. The book ended in a completely different ending then I would have expected.

Star Wars Ambush at Corella

This star wars takes place after the empire is no more. Now Han, Luke and Leia have to keep peace because there is no war. But there are five worlds that are on the brink of civil war so Han, Luke and Leia are tiring to resolve this problem.

Halo First Strike

I am reading Halo First Strike. The author is Eric Nylund. I just started the book and inside the book has lots of aliens and missions. A group called the UNSC are fighting against the covenant a alien race. I predict that a bigger threat has yet to come forth.

Geralds Game by Stephen King

This book is more of a psychological horror than a normal "Eek a monsters about to eat me!" King book. The main character is a lady named Jessie who has had problems with anger since she was a kid. I'm quite interested in psychology and I think this was a good book to read since it includes my passion for both psychology and horror. It seems in this book Jessie has multiple voices inside her head; one a "angel", one a "devil". King has always interested me because his writing is so different. He uses so many words to describe one thing it's amazing. He can turn one thought into three paragraphs. This book is interesting but I would not recommend it for someone unless they are ready to try and understand a lot of the "boring" stuff that seems unimportant.

This book reminds me more of "The Shining" than any other of Kings books that I have read.