Fiction

=Fiction=

Have you read a great fiction lately? Tell about it below and add a picture of the book if you'd like. Be sure to tell us what you thought of the book and that you added. //Uglies// by Scott Westerfield Catapulting you into the far away future, Uglies takes you on a adventure filled journey to a place where if your 16 you get to be super-model gorgeus and live in the glamourous city called New Pretty town. Tally Youngblood is 15 and has lived like every other ugly child waiting to be pretty, but when she meets Shay while on another ugly trick she discovers more than just a new friend. Shay has her heart set on keeping her face, Tally thinks that shes just talking but then shay goes missing the day after she tells Tally about a strange new city one where everyone is ugly, even 17 year olds. The Smoke. But then Special Curcimstances, which Tally thought was just a myth, gets involved and gives her a choice: betray her friend or never turn pretty. Tally must travel to the smoke. Just as tally begins to like her new home she discovers a dangerous secret,and then The Specials arrive.Will Tally be able to save the Smoke or will it be destroyed forever just like the Rusty Ruins?

//Pretties// By Scott Westerfield Ok so Tally just turned pretty. She has great friends, the Crims. She's really popular. She has perfect clothes. She even has a super cool boyfriend. So whats wrong? She has a nagging sense in the back of her mind that the perfect life isnt really perfect.When a note from an old friend arrives shes sure somethings wrong. Will she do whats right and risk her life or go on living Pretty Headed? They plan an escape and all goes well until the specials arrive. but theres a few new specials.Guess who??????

You will not believe that what you are reading is actually history - the habits and lifestyle of these folks will shock you!

Added by Jennifer Barnett, Heather Vick [|Author's Website]

//The Historian// by Elizabeth Kostova Discovering a medieval book and a cache of letters, a motherless American girl becomes the latest in a series of historians, including her late father, who investigates the possible surviving legacy of Vlad the Impaler, a quest that takes her across Europe and into the pasts of her father and his mentor. If you love the mystery and intrigue of Dracula, you will love this! It's long, but great!

Added by Jennifer Barnett

//The Green Mil//e by: Stephen King The story of a prison guard who finds out one of the inmates who has been sentenced to death by electricity has powers to heal the sick and must be straight from heaven.

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//Angels and Demons// by Dan Brown When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati...the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth and now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy -- the Catholic Church. Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden a time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful Italian scientist. Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair...a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.

Added by Jennifer Barnett

//The Ezekiel Option// by Joel Roseberg When Russia's richest oil baron is killed, Moscow suddenly teeters on the verge of political chaos. Tehran races to complete its nuclear arsenal. Washington finds herself dangerously divided from her European allies. And in the dead of night, in the hills overlooking Jerusalem, a senior White House advisor uncovers a chilling ancient conspiracy as real as the morning's headlines. Woven through the writings of the Hebrew prophet Ezekiel, more than 2,500 years old, are eerily prescient descriptions of modern countries then unborn, modern alliances then unformed, and an imminent day of unspeakable terror. Now, with the clock ticking down to war, two Americans are caught in the crossfire, wondering, "Is the last judgment at hand?"

Added by Jennifer Barnett

//The Last Jihad// by Joel Rosenberg Jon Bennett is a top Wall Street strategist turned senior White House advisor. But nothing has prepared him for the terror that he will face. Saddam Hussein dispatches his top hit men to assassinate the President of the US. Iraqi terrorists spread carnage throughout London, Paris, and Riyadh. . . and the Butcher of Baghdad has a nuclear ace in his hand that he has not yet played.Only a solid Arab-Isreali coalition against Iraq can keep the U.S.--and other Western nations--from certain devastation. And only Bennett and his beautiful partner, Erin McCoy, can make that happen. Their secret project--a billion-dollar oil deal off the coast of Gaza--could be the basis for an historic peace treaty and enormous wealth for every Isreali and Palestinian. But just before a treaty can be signed, Isreali commandos foil an Iraqi Scud missile launch, recovering a nuclear warhead and evidence that the next attack will level Washington, New York and Tel Aviv.Now, the Isreali Prime Minister gives the American President an ultimatum: Melt down Baghdad within one hour. . . or Israel will do it herself. From Jerusalem, Bennett and McCoy must summon all their stealth and savvy to save themselves--and the world--from absolute destruction. Added by Jennifer Barnett

//Lincoln// by Gore Vidal In this profoundly moving work of epic proportion and intense human sympathy, Abraham Lincoln is observed by his loved ones, his rivals, and his future assassins. Isolated in the ramshackle White House in the center of a pro-slavery city, Lincoln presides over a government that is itself fragmented. Even Lincoln's fellow Republicans treat him with contempt, accuse him of weakness and vacillation, then of highhandedness and dictatorship. Vidal gives us a portrait of America's great president that is at once intimate and public, stark and complex, and that will become for future generations the living Lincoln, the definitive Lincoln.

Added by Jennifer Barnett

//New Moon// by Stephenie Meyer The second book in the Twilight trilogy, New Moon describes the struggles Edward is having while in his relationship with Bella. Thnking it is for the best, Edward abandons Bella. After going through months of hardship, Bella begins hanging out with a family friend. Jacob seems to be growing every day, he begins acting strange,and suddenly doesn't want to talk to Bella anymore. Bella fights to hold on to her friendship with Jacob, her sanity, and her heart.

Added by Lani Bourgeois

//Storm Thief// by Chris Wooding Orokos is a city on an island which is a lot like a prison. Nothing man made can leave or enter passed the boundaries of the island because of the terrible creatures that guard them. The city is plagued with storms that can do almost anything like rearrange street, turn children into glass, and life can suddenly becomes death. Two thieves must find out the secrets of this city of chaos if they ever wish to escape it.

Added by Stacey Liner [|Author's website] on this novel

//The white Darkness// by Geraldine McCaughrean A misfit teenager travels to Paris with her insane uncle. After Paris he takes her to the one place she’s always wanted to go, Antarctica. They meet up with two Norwegian guys, one of which has taken a liking to Sym (the girl), and go in search for the eighth wonder of the world. When they leave a terrible storm hits which complicates everything like; sight, hearing, feeling, and even their minds. Will these travelers make it out of the stormy blizzard or will they fall where they stand to be forever covered up with snow and ice. Added by Stacey Liner [|Author's website]

//Twilight// by Stephenie Meyer Bella ( Isabella Swan) is just a normal average girl from Pheonix. Though she doesn't have that many friends and not very popular. Until she moved to Forks to live with her dad. She meets many people and has guys wanting to be with her especially one, who just can't keep away. Edward (a vampire) just can't seem to help himself.

Added by Stacey Liner [|Author's Website]

Halo the Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund //**Halo: The Fall of Reach**// is a 2001 science fiction [|novel] by [|Eric Nylund] based on the [|//Halo//] series of video games and acts as a prequel to //[|Halo: Combat Evolved]//, the first game in the series. It is set in the fictional //Halo// universe, taking place in the 26th century across several planets and locations. The novel details the events which led up to the game and explains the origins of the //SPARTAN II// [|super soldiers], narrating the story of the series [|protagonist], the [|Master Chief]. The book was well received by critics who thought it added depth to the plot of the game. Added By Adam Fulmer

Halo the Flood by William C. Dietz //**Halo: The Flood**// is a 2003 [|novel] based on the [|2001 Xbox video game] //[|Halo: Combat Evolved]//; it is the second //Halo// novel written, following [|Eric Nylund]'s 2001 [|prequel] to //Halo: Combat Evolved//, //[|The Fall of Reach]//. It is largely an adaptation of the game's story by [|William C. Dietz]. The novel depicts the struggle of the human crew of the ship //Pillar of Autumn//, who crashland on an ancient ring known as "[|Halo]". The humans must fight against the [|Covenant], a collection of alien races bent on human extermination, as well as another terrifying force hidden on the ring, as they struggle to uncover Halo's secrets.[|[2]] Although the book roughly follows the same events of the [|Xbox] game, it also describes events and experiences seen through the eyes of people other than the [|Master Chief] and the A.I. [|Cortana], the protagonists of the game. Since most of the video game's action is seen expressly through the Master Chief's eyes, the book fills in several holes in the plot, including what happened to the Marines on [|Halo]. The book cracked the Top Ten Bestsellers List for Paperbacks upon its release.[|[] Added By Adam Fulmer

Halo First Strike by Eric Nylund //**Halo: First Strike**// is a [|2003] [|novel] written by [|Eric Nylund]. It is based on the [|video game] series //[|Halo]// and it depicts the events taking place between the end of //[|Halo: Combat Evolved]// and its sequel //[|Halo 2]//. It also acts as a follow-up to the ending events of //[|Halo: The Fall of Reach]// with its first chapters, and acts as a sequel to //[|Halo: The Flood]//, with prequel events to both books tied in between. //Halo: First Strike// opens with the arrival of the [|Covenant] armada at the human stronghold planet of Reach. The book follows both the unsuccessful attempt to defend Reach by the SPARTAN-II's who were detached on the planet's surface and the adventures of the rag-tag survivors of the battle at [|Alpha Halo]. The book also reveals that humanity's worst fear is going to come true: the Covenant is on its way to [|Earth]. Added by Adam Fulmer

Winter Camp by Kirkpatrick Hill When their parents die Toughboy and Sister are sent to live with an old Athabascan Indian, named Natalie. Natalie is one of those people who scorns the new ways. She says everyone in the town sits around and does nothing but wait for their gov. checks. One day Natalie makes an annoucment that they will go to her trap line and learn to survive an alaskan winter in the wild using the old ways. when the groups friend nelson is injured Natalie must leave her group to go for help. Will the group survive with their training incomplete? Or will they fall victom to the hard winter?

//Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone// by J.K. Rowling What did Harry Potter know about magic? He was stuck with the decidedly un-magical Dursleys, who hated him. He slept in a closet and ate their leftovers. But an owl messenger changes all that, with an invitation to attend the Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches, where it turns out Harry is already famous.. . . //Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets// by J.K. Rowling When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogswart School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been unleashed on the school.

//Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban// by J.K. Rowling For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts...he's at Hogwarts." Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor AT HOGWARTS!!!!! Yikes!!

//Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire// by J.K. Rowling 14 year old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then goes back to hogwarts for his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, obviuos signs that an old enemy is getting stronger.