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Unwind  [|﻿Go buy it on amazon:)]

Summary: Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives.

The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state is not enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape and to survive. [|(Found on Goodreads)]

Lisa's Review:  //Unwind// is such a great book in my mind. In a society that seems so unrealistic, the challenges that Conner, Risa, and Lev face are situations everyone could relate to. Conner has a temper that he can't seem to control and his parents feel that they con't control it either. Risa has no family, but with the orphanages over-flowing, they can't afford to keep every orphan. They keep the talented ones and it turns out that Risa just isn't talented enough to keep. Lev has been born and raised to be unwound as a tithe. He has been taught that it is an honor to give all of yourself to society and has never really recognized the wrong that was being done to him. Conner and Risa face rejection and the question of self-worth, while Lev struggles with confusion of what he should believe. At the challenging teenage years, these kids lives have just gotten more complicated; just like every other unwound teen. Now that doesn't sound like the best book, but it really is exciting and realistic. It's great to see how they work well together because the problems they face are the ones that make you think, "How on earth are they going to get out of that?" Risa is full of common sense and strategy, Conner has humor and learns the strategy behind fighting, and Lev tries to figure himself out in an impossible situation. During their journey they all make good and bad choices, which in the end will effect the whole society. The story has a way of making the insignifacant turn into heros who change the way of society's thinking.

My Rating: ﻿ ﻿5 stars. I would recommend this book to those 13 and older.

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2 The Maze Runner [|buy it on amazon!!]

Imagine waking up one day in total darkness, unsure of where you are and unable to remember anything about yourself except your first name. You're in a bizarre place devoid of adults called the Glade. The Glade is an enclosed structure with a jail, a graveyard, a slaughterhouse, living quarters, and gardens. And no way out. Outside the Glade is the Maze, and every day some of the kids -- the Runners -- venture into the labyrinth, trying to map the ever-changing pattern of walls in an attempt to find an exit from this hellish place. So far, no one has figured it out. And not all of the Runners return from their daily exertions, victims of the maniacal Grievers, part animal, part mechanical killing machines. Thomas is the newest arrival to the Glade in this //Truman//-meets-//Lord of the Flies// tale. A motley crew of half a dozen kids is all he has to guide him in this strange world. As soon as he arrives, unusual things begin to happen, and the others grow suspicious of him. Though the Maze seems somehow familiar to Thomas, he's unable to make sense of the place, despite his extraordinary abilities as a Runner. What is this place, and does Thomas hold the key to finding a way out?[|GOODREADS REVIEW] my review The Maze Runner is such a good book, It takes you to a place never heard of with half machine half animals trying to kill you. Walls hundreds and hundreds of feet tall and no memory of the past. Teenagers form to build a socioty and stick together. They dont know whats going to happen all they know is they need to get out. UNusual things start to happen, and no one can figure out why. Until Thomas steps in and figures a way out. my rating 4.5 stars

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===<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with every one out to make sure you don't live to see the morning? In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love. ===

<span style="color: #a90a17; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">Lauren's Review ===<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">I, personally, thought that this book was very good. It is definitely one of the best books I have ever read, and not to mention all three books are tied for my favorite series. === ===<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This book has a lot of surprises in it, and it keeps you guessing 'till the end, but I doubt that less than half the time your guess will be accurate. Fiction is intertwined with fantasy, making it all the more riveting as you feel the emotions and the surroundings in the book, because they are something that we have all encountered. Unexpected things happen at the most unsuspecting of times, keeping you literally gripping the edges of the book to see what happens next. === ===<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The whole book was written very well, and I really like the style that it was written in. The details are so clear that you can actually picture everything that is happening, making it all the easier to travel to a world very similar, but the opposite of the world we live in today. === ===<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">I absolutely adored this book, actually after I read the first book I HAD to read the last two. At this, I leave you a challenge. I dare you to read this book, and not love it. ===

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">I definitely give this book a 5 star. It was one of the best books I have ever read.


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4 4. The Alliance - Benson Porter
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It's 18 years after the end of civilization as we know it. Slowly, ragtag villages of nuclear holocaust survivors are being relocated to a new society known as the Alliance. At first it seems like a dream come true to Eric Lloyd and his family. There is work and safety and food enough to spare. But the trappings of civilization wear thin when Eric learns that the violent human impulses that lead to crime and rebellion are controlled by pain chips surgically implanted in the brain. Eric vows to destroy the Alliance. But can he have any hope of withstanding the wrath of the Alliance's Major and his computerized Punishment Mode? And what of Eric's growing attraction to Nicole, a Guardian in the Alliance?  GOODREADS My Review I really liked this book. It is probably in my top 10 books of all time. I thought it was a very interesting and exciting book. It kept me hooked for the entire book. It was a well written book, full of surprises and interesting side plots. I think that they should make a movie out of it. My Rating I think i would give this book 6 stars our of 5 Fun Stuff

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4. The Alliance - Benson Porter <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It's 18 years after the end of civilization as we know it. Slowly, ragtag villages of nuclear holocaust survivors are being relocated to a new society known as the Alliance. At first it seems like a dream come true to Eric Lloyd and his family. There is work and safety and food enough to spare. But the trappings of civilization wear thin when Eric learns that the violent human impulses that lead to crime and rebellion are controlled by pain chips surgically implanted in the brain. Eric vows to destroy the Alliance. But can he have any hope of withstanding the wrath of the Alliance's Major and his computerized Punishment Mode? And what of Eric's growing attraction to Nicole, a Guardian in the Alliance? [|GOODREADS] My Review <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I really liked this book. It is probably in my top 10 books of all time. I thought it was a very interesting and exciting book. It kept me hooked for the entire book. It was a well written book, full of surprises and interesting side plots. I think that they should make a movie out of it. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">My Rating <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I think i would give this book 6 stars our of 5 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Fun Stuff <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|His facebook page!] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Here you can read what people thought about the book]

5 __//**<span style="color: #00c6ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 210%;">The city of Ember by:Jeanne DuPrau **//____//**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿﻿ **//__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> How would you feel if you never know light besides form light bubles. Well that's what it's like in Ember. the sky is always dark. I like this book. Love how that the world is os different form ours and how that people surrve no matter what. and that no one can stop it. Think book has a good story. I thing i didn't like was i couldn't put it down. it is a good book and i Enjoyed it and now i want to read the seocond book.

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