Reviews by Tag: adventure

Teen Review
Peak

Peak

By Roland Smith
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jul 27, 2023

Peak by Roland Smith is a story about a fourteen-year-old boy named Peak Marcello. After Peak is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he is left with two choices. He can either go into Juvenile Detention or he can go live with his long-lost father, Josh Wood, who runs a climbing company in Thailand. Peak decides to take his father's offer, but he quickly learns that the request came with a few strings attached. Josh Woods wants Peak to be the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.

Teen Review
Trapped by Sigmund Brouwer

Trapped

By Sigmund Brouwer
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Mahad Z.
Jul 10, 2023

Trapped by Sigmund Brouwer is a gripping thriller that follows the story of Owen and his friends as they embark on a seemingly innocent adventure to explore an abandoned mine. However, their exploration takes a sinister turn when they become trapped underground, facing the harsh realities of darkness, fear, and dwindling supplies. As tensions rise and secrets are revealed, the group must confront their deepest fears and work together to find a way out before time runs out.

Staff Review
The back of Helen of Troy with a short sword hanging off of her belt

Nobody's Princess

By Esther M. Friesner
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by Anne G
Jun 26, 2023

Nobody's Princess is a great historical fiction story about Helen of Troy. It does not support history but tells a mythological fiction story about her based on what we know. This was such a great girls disguised as boys themed book. I am looking forward to reading the sequel about our main woman of steel Helen. It is a very good book but it drops off at the end so you need the sequel about Helen's adventures in the Mediterranean Region.

Teen Review
Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Caraval

By Stephanie Garber
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Earvin C.
Jun 7, 2023

Scarlet and Tella finally leave their homeland after years of masked misery with the urgency to return in fear of the source of that misery--their father. Intrigued by the magic and wonders of the land of Caraval, they agree to play a game and meet the man they’ve always looked up to--Legend, who isn’t at all what they imagined. While Tella seemingly gets lost along the way, Scarlet is forced to compete and win the game of Caraval if she wishes to see her sister again. 

Teen Review
The Name of This Book Is Secret

The Name of This Book Is Secret

By Bosch, Pseudonymous
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
The Quiet Starling
Jun 5, 2023

Two eleven-year-olds who are the primary protagonists of this story are searching for the reason behind the magician's demise. Ms. Mauvis and Dr. L, two enigmatic and terrible individuals, are attempting to learn this secret. Another eleven-year-old is abducted as they search for the truth. They now needed to learn what had happened to him and how to get away from the dangerous repercussions that awaited them.

Teen Review
The Royal Ranger by John Flanagan

The Royal Ranger

By John Flanagan
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Feb 20, 2023

In this final iteration of the twelve books in the Ranger’s Apprentice series, you get yet another
completely different experience as the timeline leaps forward roughly sixteen years. In this book,
you get a nasty shock as a gruesome twist turns Will into a grim, bearded ranger just as Halt had
once been. In this book, you get to see the new princess of Araluen, Maddie, turned from a brat
into the only bright spot Will has left in his life as his heart is blackened by a desire for revenge

Teen Review
The Lost Stories by John Flanagan

The Lost Stories

By John Flanagan
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Feb 20, 2023

In this eleventh iteration of the twelve books in the Ranger’s Apprentice series, you get a
completely different experience as you walk through a variety of short stories ranging back (get
it? Ranging? Hahaha!) to the time period of the third book to after the tenth. If I were to
summarize every story, we would be here for a very long time, so instead, I’ll just give you my
opinion on it. I think the idea behind the book is fun and truly fascinating. I especially enjoyed

Teen Review
The Emperor of Nihon-Ja by John Flanagan

The Emperor of Nihon-Ja

By John Flanagan
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Feb 20, 2023

In this tenth iteration of the twelve books in the Ranger’s Apprentice series, you get to
experience yet another amazing adventure into the far reaches of the world of the Ranger’s
Apprentice when you see a not-so-little-anymore little ranger (Will), a little, but older ranger
(Halt), a popular-but-not-Erak-popular pirate (Gundar), a knight (Horace), a princess (Evanlyn),
a politician (Alyss), and an old friend (Selethen) travel to the lands of Nihon-Ja. There, this
group of unexpected friends face off against a rebel warlord and come up with shady battle

Teen Review
Halt's Peril

Halt's Peril

By John Flanagan
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Feb 20, 2023

In this ninth iteration of the twelve books in the Ranger’s Apprentice series, you are kept on the
edge of your seat, itching to see if assassins and later, Halt’s peril (see what I did there?) is just
around the corner or not. In this, you get suspense you have never gotten in any of the other
Ranger’s Apprentice books and you revisit a popular character from two of the previous books,
Malcolm the medieval drug dealer (healer, sorry). This book is for those who like to wait for

Teen Review
The Kings of Clonmel

The Kings of Clonmel

By John Flanagan
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Feb 19, 2023

In this eighth iteration of the twelve books in the Ranger’s Apprentice series, the culmination of
the different and unique aspects of John Flanagan’s entertaining series comes together in a way
that makes it difficult for me to find anything sarcastic to say about it. Not that it was a result of
the lack of trying. In this book, you have the reconnection of the three most popular heroes of the
series including the two heroes that comprised the greatest power duo of all time: Halt and

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