Spray

Three weeks. 200 players. One winner. Could you win it all? Harry Edge creates this fantastic story filled with danger, suspense, and action that never ends.

In the time of a huge water shortage, there is an epic water battle going on. 200 players have signed up to try and become the next Assassin, by hunting other players while they're being hunted themselves. Weapon of choice? A wide range of SuperSoakers of course! Players have three weeks to try and retrieve their own laminate card containing their information. Retrieving it means that you've won the game, but it's a harder job than you think. Many players take this as more than a game, its a way of life, and they'll do anything to win. Who has the skills to be the next Assassin?

Harry Edge is now officially another one of my favorite authors, and it's all because of this book. Writing in different points of view, Edge creates the feel that you're actually in the game yourself. The way he writes is sure to have you imagining all of the action happening around you as you read.

Could the game end earlier than expected? Is there a way that players can soak without getting themselves soaked? Is this the best book about an epic water fight ever? Read Spray by Harry Edge and I'll guarentee that you'll be dying to start up your own water game in no time.

*Reviewer's Favorite Choice*

Project 17

Do you believe in paranormal activity? Are you in the mood for a good scare combined with adventure? Can you keep up in a book that has multiple points of view? Pick up Project 17 by Laurie Faria Stolarz then, because this is a book you'll definitely want to add to your home library.

17-year-old Derik needs to make this movie more than anything else, or he'll end up at his pre-determined future as a diner chef. Greta wants to be a world-famous actress, and being a part of this film could help her achieve that. Tony dreams of being a director and Greta. Chet's avoiding his father, Mimi wants to find out about her grandmother, and Liza will do anything to get an extracurricular activity in. She'll even tag along with Derik and his crew as they enter an old mental institution scheduled for demolition. Even if it means surviving the haunted feelings. When a mission to find an old patient's keepsake holds the crew hostage within the asylum, everyone starts to slowly panic. Can they survive the supernatural occurrences?

This book is scary good, and exactly in that order. Each turn of the page leads you to freaky happenings, romance, and of course suspense. Stolarz vividly describes each horror, leaving your own pulse racing and you glancing over you shoulder for weeks to come. Nothing could be more frightening and amazing at the same time.

Are there hidden demons throughout the asylum? Is someone expecting these kids? Will they even get out alive? Read Project 17 by Laurie Faria Stolarz and you'll be terrified at how much you love it.

Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd

Are you a level 28 dragon slayer? Do you know every single Star Trek episode made by heart? Or are you the kind of person who (just like me) has no idea what's going on half the time people talk about this, but you find it somewhat funny and cool at the same time? Had you answered any of these questions in a yes/yeah/duh sort of format, the Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd by a whole bunch of different authors is an epic book solely based on the short stories from the lives of geeks.

It's pretty difficult to write a review on a book filled with short stories without giving a lot away, so I'll just give you some of the highlights. Within the book's colorful covers, you will find an epic battle between Jedi and Klingon, a varsity quiz bowl jacket, random dinosaur facts, and hilarious comics that keep you laughing silently in 6th period when you randomly remember them. Do you want to know more about these amazingly cool topics and the stories behind them?

Every author who wrote part of this is pure genius. They have to be, after all, for the geeks of the world to approve :) Every story is so well written that you feel like you're the best friend of the character, trying to comfort, laugh with, or just plain kill them.

Don't let your lack of baton twirling skills make you believe that you aren't capable of reading this, because you totally are. See what other surprises await you inside Geektastic!

*Recommended Reading Level/Maturity Level: 9th grade & up*