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Daniel X

Did you ever wonder if aliens were real? Did you ever wonder if (or when!) aliens would invade Earth? Now you know. The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson is about a boy named Daniel X, the Alien Hunter. The book is a book in the Alien Hunter series. He has a thing called The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma (alien word for “earth”) that lists all the aliens down to #1… The Prayer. The giant praying mantis that killed his parents when he was three. There is really only one main character, and that is Daniel X. He has the power of creation, so he can pretty much make things out of his memory appear and disappear at will. The book takes place in the near future (I think?) and on Earth and another planet, called Alpar Nok.

Daniel X is strong, brave, and loving. Strong, because in the book he got shot multiple times but he still stayed strong and… well… ALIVE. Loving, because he can summon friends and family with his mind, and when he does, they technically don’t know that they’re fake– from his mind. But this is why he’s loving… he never actually tells them that they’re fake. Brave, because the whole theme of the book is about how he faced someone in the Top 10 of The List… Ergent Seth. He had NEVER faced someone in the Top 10 of The List.

I really did like this book a lot. Daniel X is really funny! The first sentence of this book is, “If this were a movie instead of real life, this would be the part where in a strange, ominous voice I’d say, ‘Take me to your leader!’” I DEFINITELY recommend this book. I recommend it especially for people who like action blood and all the good stuff. But otherwise, definitely a genuine Fourth Grade level book. This definitely relates to Season 2 of the DC Superheroes show Young Justice. An alien invasion. Part of it takes place on another planet. Yeah. My rating of this book is from this list:

Five stars = I loved it. I want to read it again.

Four stars = I really liked it.

Three stars = It was pretty good.

Two stars = I didn’t like it.

One star = I didn’t like it that much.

This is my rating: ????? = I loved it. I want to read it again.

Introducing the greatest superhero of them all…

DANIEL X

It’s easy to be fooled by the Founding Fathers, what with all the greatness and everything. But did you ever wonder what they were doing before they founded anything? You’re in luck, because this book holds all the answers! It’s called (and I know, the long name’s annoying, I just call it The Good Fight) The Good Fight: The Feuds of the Founding Fathers (And How They Shaped The Nation) by Anne Quirk. This book is about what the Founding Fathers did before America was in full swing! (Those of you who have seen Hamilton― it’s about some of the things described in the play.)

It has four chapters:

• George Washington vs. King George III: The War of the Georges

• Benjamin Franklin vs. William Franklin: The Radical Father and the Conservative Son

• Alexander Hamilton vs. History: The Outsider

• John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson: The Founding Frenemies

All the chapters focus on the two people in the story (with exception for chapter three). The main characters in this book are all of the Founding Fathers. If you don’t know who those are, they are: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. Only problem, John Jay and James Madison aren’t mentioned that much. The time and place is around 1776 and almost the entire book takes place in America, but there are some scenes in England and Paris.

For adjectives about a character, I want to focus on Alexander Hamilton. He was eager, he was combative (which means ready or eager to fight), and he was persistent. Eager, because on p. 59 it says: “‘I wish there was a war,’ Hamilton wrote to his friend Edward Stevens in 1769. ‘I mean to prepare the way for futurity.’ He was combative because, also on p. 59 it says: ‘Apology,’ he wrote, trying to explain himself, ‘is out of the question.’ Alexander Hamilton could never resist a fight. Persistent, because on page 72, it says that Washington asked Hamilton if he wanted to be the first ever Secretary of Treasury. This was a really hard job, and if he failed, the United States could fail too. Of course, Hamilton said yes.”

The plot of the entire book in general is that the American Revolution is going on and all the chapters (especially “The War of the Georges”), are about different details and facts about the Revolution and what other people were doing during that time. One of those facts are that George Washington and King George III both were VERY eager to win the war. I like this because it makes the book a lot more interesting. It’s cool reading about the war that shaped our nation. It’s also cool reading about all the politics that were happening in the background.

I did like the book. Like I said before, it’s exciting reading about the war that shaped our nation, and all the politics behind it. I would definitely  recommend this book because it is very educational and it is also really funny. There are also lots of funny pictures. This definitely relates to Hamilton: The Musical because it focuses around a lot of the things that the musical focuses around.

I think my rating of this book is ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐= I loved it! I want to read it again!

Gods of Manhattan by Scott Mebus

FIRST CITY BANK-Aaron Burr, who is also known as Hex, tried to shoot 13-year-old Rory Hennessy in First City Bank but his 9-year-old sister Bridget defended him by jumping into the line of fire.

Apparently, Hennessy had thought Burr a stupid magician, according to a note found that states: “Hex is full of crap!” and trusted him for a while, but when Burr tried to shoot him, he figured out that Burr had also shot his son.

“The gun takes out your soul,” said Hennessy to a reporter. “Did you see that papier mâché boy with Hex? That was his son. Now I have to find a papier mâché body for Bridget.”

In an interview with Burr, he said,“I’m trying to save the Munsees! The boy saw the skeleton of my son, Jason, who screamed and the boy demanded to know whose skeleton it was and I had to shoot-at least try to-shoot him!”

“Apparently, we’re taking my sister to this guy named Flavio who’s gonna make her a papier mâché body to keep her alive until we can find her real body (which Hex took),” said Rory in an interview.

This whole ordeal will be seen to by the Gods of Manhattan.