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At the age of seventeen years old, Camryn Mahoney wanted to work alongside her father, Patrick Mahoney the country coroner, as an assistant for hands-on experience. Growing up reading and studying all sorts of book on forensics, Camryn knew she wanted to work as a forensic pathologist just like her dad. She deals with her first case which her gut did not take so well, but the case of a murder in Silverton, Colorado keeps her on her toes. The Christopher Killer chooses Camryn's friend as his fourth victim and plans to strike again. Alane Ferguson ends this novel having many twists and turns causing you to flip pages until you read the very last word. Step into Camryn Mahoney's shoes as a forensic pathologist when you read this suspense filled novel. 274/274
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Katniss Everdeen has survived in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, and now the final book in her series, Mockingjay, determines if she survives from President Snow and the Capitol's threats. The intense, powerful, and haunting novel starts off with the protagonist and her introduction of her new life in District 13, a district known to have been obliterated by the capitol years ago. Towards the middle of the novel, Katniss Everdeen, her family and loved ones, and all of Disctrict 13 are in risk of being disintegrated again from being bombed by the capitol. One by one, bombs drop on 13 where everyone lives deep underground hidden from the fresh air, but still feeling the vibrations of the ticking bombs digging deep into the ground and exploding like KABOOM. How does the third and final novel of The Hunger Games, Mocking Jay, end? Dive into this book and find out for yourself. (400/400)
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Reading her first novel, Jodi Picoult is truly an amazing writer. Her novel, The Tenth Circle shows how in an instant someone precious can be taken away from you, leaving you speechless. In the beginning, Trixie Stone experiences heartbreak with a boy from the hockey team. She feels so in love with him that she would go to great lengths to get him back. She threw herself at him a little too far because Jason Underhill has raped her. With the fact that Trixie's dad describes his life with the word hell, Trixie must get through high school with people thinking of her as someone they think she has become. The Tenth Circle has a blasting beginning, but dig your face into the book to see if it has a smooth landing. 385/385
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Suzanne Collins has done it again, imprinting a story of suspense in your head with the novel Catching Fire. It encompasses the theme of how important the people you love are, and how far you would go just to save them and keep them alive. In the beginning, Katniss and Peeta struggles with President Snow as they both become the reason and face of rebellion. Throughout the middle, more and more problems are caused because of the acted relationship between Peeta and Katniss. President Snow decides to end them, so of course he has another annual hunger games sooner than planned, with all the previously survived contestants. How will they get through this? By the end Suzanne Collins has your head twisting and turning thinking, what happened?? To find out what happened, go read the book for yourself. Let's just say that katniss Everdeen learns that sometimes, people go behind your back and would do anything just to protect you. 391/391
The novel The Hunger Games encompasses the theme of persevering and not giving up when times get rough. In the beginning, Katniss Everdeen gets introduced along with ther family and close friends. There are twelve districts in the community where Katniss lives and they have a yearly game of the Annual Hunger Games. When Katniss' sister Prim gets chosen, Katniss steps up and bravely takes her sister's place. Katniss struggles with the fact that she must leave everything and everyone behind, to fight innocent people for survival. Towards the middle, all the contestants prepare to enter the stadium to begin the games. With the sound of gunfire, the games starts with lost lives in the first minute of the game. By the end of the novel, Katniss has learned how to greatly love people because in an instant, they can be gone. 384/384
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