Book 5

Title: The Stranger

Author: Albert Camus

Pages: 154

A.R: 6

Date finished: March 2, 2010

Grade:10/10

Plot: The title character is Meursault, a French man (characterised by being largely emotionally detached, innately passive, and anomic) who seemingly irrationally kills an Arab man whom he recognizes in French Algiers. The story is divided into Parts One and Two: Meursault's first-person narrative view before and after the murder.

Book 4

Title: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Author: Rick Riordan

Pages: 375

A.R: 13

Date finished: February 24, 2010

Grade:10/10

Plot: Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.

My thoughts: I really liked this book. It really reminded me of Harry Potter, and just a little headsup Harry Potter is briefly mentioned in the book, which I found to be very respectful of Riordan to give a nod to the great book. I liked Percy and Annabeth the most in the story, because I found them to be really good characters that teens who read the book can easily relate.

Highly recommended!