The Hardy Boys- #182 The Secret of The Soldier's Gold

Author: Franklin W. Dixon

Pages: 147

Finished date: 26/09/07

Rating: 8/10

Primary Conflict: The Hardy Boys' friends' grandmother's friend is in low of money. She asks them to find a buried gold in Lisbon. With a hope of getting some gold from her, they immediately start the journey to find the gold, when a problem strikes out. Another family is also looking for the gold, when it is supposed to be a secret.

Best Part: The best part was when The Hardy Boys manage to find the gold in such a big area. I liked this part because that tells us that the Hardys are one of the luckiest novel characters in the world!

Holes

Author: Louis Sachar

Pages: 233

Finished date: 21/09/07

Rating: 10/10

Primart Conflict: Stanley is under a curse because his great, great grandfather stole a pig. Stanley is sent to a bad-boy camp not because of coincidence, but destiny.

Best Part: The best part was when Zero and Stanley survived in a boiling desert for more than 3 days. I liked this part because I can get an idead of surviving in critical conditions.

The Hardy Boys- #179 Passport to Danger

Author: Franklin W. Dixon

Pages: 147

Finished date: 11/09/07

Rating: 9/10

Primary Conflict: An unexpected suspect sabotages a world-class soccer stadium in Le Stade, Paris. The incidents are so bad it postpones all matches!

Best Part: The best part was when a suspect forces the Hardys into a skull cave. They described the cave so briefly that I could picture myself, shouting and fighting for light!

The Hardy Boys- #161 Training for Trouble

Author: Franklin W. Dixon

Pages: 147

Finished date: 9/09/07

Rating: 7/10

Primary Conflict: There are serious problems about business of combat sports facility caused by two suspects who don't even know each other!

Best Part: The best part was when Joe Hardy caught a running suspect despite having a serious rib injury. He was so brave and risked himself even though he wasn't in full condition.

The Hardy Boys- #176 In Plane Sight

Author: Franklin W. Dixon

Pages: 148

Finished date: 04/09/07

Rating: 9/10

Primary Conflict: A suspect of suspects try to ruin a famous air show for ransom crime.

Best part: The best part was when Joe and Frank beat 2 adults suspects despite their size by their martial arts skill.

Don't Call Me Ishmael!

Author: Michael Gerard Bauer

Pages: 277

Finished date: 27/08/07

Rating: 8/10

Primary Conflict: The primary conflict is the bad luck in Ishmael. He calls it Ishmael Leseur's syndrome. He does everything to cure the bad luck.

Best part: The best part was when Ishmael fainted after a peg fell out of his pocket. It was so funny that I felt like I was one of the opposition's supporters laughing at him! This was the best because I would never faint just because a peg falls out!! =-)

Reading Passports #4

Title: Ark Angel

Author: Anthony Horowitz

Pages: 344

Finished date: 07/01/08

Primary Conflict: A cold-blooded multibillionaire is trying to destroy all the evidence in the Pentagon building about his secret criminal success in making money by bombing his space hotel to let the parts destroy the Pentagon.

Best Part: The best part was when Alex had pulled free of Earth's gravity and go into space. This was so cool because, well, how could a 14-year-old boy make it into space?

Reading Passports #3

Title: Skeleton Key

Author: Anthony Horowitz

Pages: 325

Finished date: 31/12/07

Rating: 9/10

Primary Conflict: An insane former Russian military general plans to teach the world for their big change of culture (Going to McDonalds, or wearing jeans, instead of eating traditional food or traditional clothes) by blowing up most of Russia.

Best Part: The best part was when Alex managed to defeat a Great White Shark with bare hands. I mean, what's the percentage for a man beating a shark? I'd say 1 out of a million.

Reading Passport #2

Title: Point Blanc

Author: Anthony Horowitz

# of pages: 278

Finished Date: 23/12/07

Rating: 8/10

Primary Conflict: A mad man is trying to change the ordinary childrens' attitude around the world(lazy and ignorant) by doing events such as kidnapping and cloning.

Best Part: The best part was when Alex once again saved the day by destroying a mid-air helicopter using a running snowmobile. Alex made the snowmobile jump on a ramp at full speed to use it as a 'metallic 220 pound missile' to destroy the helicopter.