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I’m sure that the majority of you reading this are familiar with the author Rick Riordan, most famously known for writing the Percy Jackson series. In 2021 Rick Riordan released a refreshing new book, completely outside of the Percy Jackson universe. Daughter of the Deep is the first series book (Please, Rick Riordan, please release book two very soon). Daughter of the Deep occurs in a near-future world where climate change has deeply affected the environment. This novel is heavily inspired by Jules Verne's classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" while also a compelling exploration of marine biology, environmental conservation, and some pretty imaginative technology. The story starts with Ana Dakkar, a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy receiving a cryptic message from her father, the renowned but long-lost Captain Nemo Dakkar. Harding-Pencroft Academy is a five-year high school that produces the best marine specialists in the world. The message tells her to search for

We Were Liars Summary and Review By Krishna Jaswal Summary      We Were Liars by E. Lockhart is narrated by Cadence Sinclair, a 17 year old who suffers headaches and migraines because of an accident that happened 2 summers ago. The Sinclair family is perfect, beautiful, and wealthy. They're tall, handsome, athletic, and old money. In the summertime they all live on a privately owned island off the coast of Massachusetts together. In the family there are “the Liars,” which consisted of Cadence, her cousins Johnny and Mirren, and a teenager named Gat who Cadence had fallen in love with. They grew up with each other and were known to be very close. The Liars however never stayed in touch with Cadence while she was recovering from her accident.     After a phone call from some relatives and a visit from her Granddad, it becomes clear that something is going on in the family, something wrong and the truth is not being told. Granddad’s mind is starting to falter and the younger kids thin

                                                                      Why Non-Fiction books are good for you      Many people think that non-fiction books are uninteresting, but non-fiction books are actually pretty interesting and you just have to find the right book.  For me, that book was My Life in Dog Years which I reviewed last time. I feel that non-fiction books are good for you and the two main reasons are that they offer information about the world and that they also give you exposure to real-life stories.       The first reason why I think that nonfiction books are good for you is because they give you a lot of information. Books such as National Geographic give you information about different stuff such as volcanoes and nature in general. There are also other types of books such as history books which let you learn more about history. I remember when I was young, I would always read Who Was Books so I could learn more about people and history. The second reason why I think

                               If I Stay  is a young adult novel written by Gayle Forman. Published in 2009, the book received  the   2009 NAIBA Book of the Year Award and was a 2010 Indies Choice Book Award winner. The book also had a film adaptation that was fairly unsuccessful.  If I Stay  is a very interesting book to say the least.                  The protagonist of the story, Mia Hall, is a 17-year-old girl in high school. Mia struggles to fit in with others in school and with her family. Her mom, dad, and little brother, Teddy, all love rock, but Mia's music taste is drastically different. Mia loves classical music, but her mom, dad, and little brother were all rock-loving, enthusiastic listeners that were full of vigorous energy. However, Mia didn't really like rock. When the family listens to rock, all she can do is just stay there awkwardly. Due to this, Mia feels  disconnection between her and the rest of the family. But, Mia doesn't let this get between her and

If you’re just like me and love Greek mythology or any mythology in general but generally tend to avoid any form of poetry, Bull by David Elliott is probably worth a try. This poem book follows the story of the royal family of Crete and the Minotaur, but not just in an ordinary way, the style in which David Elliott structures this book is quite curious, as he writes each poem in the book from the perspective of a different character (i.e. Poseidon- king of the oceans, Minos- king of Crete, Daedalus- the royal family’s forcefully-kept engineer, Pasiphae- Minos’s wife and queen of Crete, Asterion- Asterion/the Minotaur, half man half bull, etc.). David Elliott transforms the arguably mundane story of the Minotaur and gives it a scornful, condescending, profanity-full, but particularly amusing twist. In other words, the general plot of the story is followed but with a modern-like tone. The traditional story starts with a man by the name of Minos “humbly” requesting Poseidon to crown him k