Goliath

I am currently reading Goliath, it is the third and final book of the Leviathan trilogy.  The whole series is about the first world war, if the first world war was fought with giant fabricated hybrid animals and huge pieces of machinery.  The two sides are the darwinists, they support the fabricated animals, and the clankers, who prefer machines.  In the middle of all this there is the Leviathan, the biggest darwinist airship in the British army.  The Leviathan picks up an unexpected guest, the clanker prince, Aleksander, who happens to be the heir to the Austrian throne.  Together they must try to stop the war that threatens to destroy the world.  Now skip ahead a few books, to Goliath, the Leviathan stops to pick up a mysterious guest, the clanker turned darwinist, Dr. Tesla.  He claims he knows how to stop the war by using his machine, the Goliath.  But the head scientists aboard the ship finds him suspicious, so she sends out two spies to investigate.  Of course there are many other parts to this story, like the addition of Deryn, the girl who is pretending to be a boy so she can be a soldier on the Leviathan.  She and Alek (who just recently found out her secret) end up in the middle of every battle, they are also the spies that were sent to search Dr. Tesla.  This book is full of cliff hangers and surprises, making it a very thrilling read.  I recommend this book to anyone, because it has, history, fiction and both a girl and a boy as main characters.  Anyone who is looking for an amazing book should really give this one a try.
-Lauren

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

I just started this book yesterday, and I'm already halfway through it!  I never really thought of reading it because I saw the movie four times at camp.  So I was really surprised to realize, that the book was: a.) way better than the movie, and b.) something that I should have read a while ago.  It is about four best friends that are about to go their separate ways for the first time during summer.  Beatrice is going to soccer camp in Baja, California, Carmen is going to South Carolina to visit her dad, Lena is going to Greece to visit her grandparents and Tibby is staying home with a job at the local Wallmans.  While at soccer camp Beatrice develops a crush on the completely off-limits coach, Eric.  Carmen's dad breaks the news that he is getting remarried in three months, to a woman she has never met.  Lena's grandma sets her up with a family friends son, who she doesn't want to like.  Tibby meets a girl with leukemia while at work and they set out to make a documentary.  Before everyone departed they went shopping at the little thrift store on the corner.  Libby found a pair of jeans that she tried on and they fit.  Then Lena decided she would try, and they fit her too.  Beatrice pulled them on and they looked great.  Finally Carmen tried them and they surprisingly fit her.  And thus the sisterhod of the traveling pants was born.  I think a lot of people would enjoy this book.  I can't wait to find out what happens in the end!
-Lauren