Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone Book Review

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERERS STONE BOOK BY: J.K. ROWLING

      

 Harry James Potter is a normal boy, or so he thinks. All his life he has been told that his mother and father died in a car crash, and that he was a completely normal boy. But, if that was true... why did weird things keep happening? First, he keeps getting letters through the windows and mail slot by... owls? Then when his aunt and uncle are through with living in a house piled up with letters; they go on a trip, that night they are greeted by a giant of a man, who introduces himself as Hagrid, the Gamekeeper of Hogwarts,the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry finds out that he is a wizard and his parents were killed by the cruel and evil Voldemort. Harry arrives at Hogwarts, and soon befriends the red-headed Ronald Weasly and the bossy know-it-all girl Hermione Granger. Together they make it their job to find and stop Voldemort and his followers, known as Death-Eaters. The Sorcerers Stone is followed with; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The Harry Potter series is rated 4-5 stars, and is a good book for kids, teens and adults.

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Book Review

PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF BOOK REVIEW

The Books by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson is a dyslexic twelve year old, with ADHD, when Percy and his best friend Grover Underwood go on a field trip to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art with their Ancient Greek and Roman Mythology class and substitute teacher Mrs. Dodds, Percy finds out that he's not as normal as he thought. When he lands in a camp for half bloods (half mortal, half god), he finds out that the great god Zeus's Master Bolt has been stolen. He is sent on a quest with his friend Grover, who happens to be a satyr, and Annabeth Chase, another camper who despises him when they first meet. Along the way a series of events happens including, meeting monsters from Greek Mythology and getting stuck in their traps. Percy fulfills his quest successfully, and he and Annabeth become best of friends. There is sequels to this book from the Percy Jackson and the Olympians; The Sea of Monsters to the Trials of Apollo; The Tyrant's Tomb.

This book has been rated four stars online, stating that this is indeed a great book for teens and young adults.