iReviews by Candise

Search for Safety by John Langan

"This book was about a young man named Ben, who just learned he would be moveing out of his aunt house and live with his mom and her new husband and would be going to a new school at Bluford High. Ben don't like the idea that he has to move and neither does his aunt who took care of them. Ben then learns that his new stepdad is a drunk and a abusive person. His stepdad turns to be ugly and mean and begins hitting them. At school teachers ask questions and friends try to help out but Ben just pushes them away until his principal Mrs. Spencer becomes worried and calls his aunt who was in North Carolina looking after her father. She then gets Ben to confess everything he knew and what was happening while she was away and calls the police to have them noteify about the problems."

Brothers in Arms by Paul Langan & Ben Alirez

"This book was about a young man named Martin who got caught up in a gang and he had a younger brother who looked up to him and followed him and one day while Martin was hanging with his homeboys a white sedan came flying down the ally and fired shots towards them and one hitting Martin's little brother. He died at the sence in his big brothers arms. Martin and his homeboys wants to seek revenge on the boys who killed his brother. At home Martin mother fear for son and prays he turns his life around. Martin is forced to move with his mother to a new neighborhood so he can start fresh. He now attends Bluford High and on the first week of school he is already messin up. He is interested in a girl in his english class and has a enemy who brags about everything he's good at. Toward the ending of the story his world completely changes he is left to make big changes and decisions and the outcome of it all is good."

iReviews by Candise, age 17