Happy Monday (or in this case Tuesday)! This week, I read two young adult books. One was a reread and one was brand new to me.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
This series follows a young wizard named Harry Potter. Harry lives with his aunt and uncle after his parents died in a “car crash”. Strange things always happen to Harry which he cannot explain but it all makes sense when he is told he is a wizard and has been accepted into Hogwarts Wizarding School. Harry also finds out that he is a survior of a dark wizard attack that caused his parents to die. This dark wizard is Voldemort who disappeared after he could not kill Harry. When arriving at Hogwarts, Harry meets multiple new wizards but one, in particular, is Ron Weasley. Ron and Harry soon become best friends but they also make a new enemy, Draco Malfoy. I do not want to spoil everything in this book but it basically covers different situations Harry, Ron, and eventually, another classmate Hermione Granger go through during their first year at Hogwarts. These include three-headed dogs, giant trolls, irritating professors, and numerious life treatening situations. If you have not read this series, I would highly recommend. They are not very difficult to read but towards the end books, they get pretty long. However, the story is very interesting and comes with a few surprises.
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
The Crossover is a verse novel that follows Josh Bell. Josh is twelve years old and has a twin brother named Jordan. Both of the brothers are wonderful at basketball and this could be partly credited to their father, who was a professional basketball player. The brothers are usually very close but this changes when Jordan gets a girlfriend who seems to be taking up all of his time. Josh gets pretty annoyed with this which leads to some tension between him and his brother, on and off the court. While this is going on, their father seems to be having some medical issues but refuses to see the doctor. I won’t spoil anything else but the ending is pretty upsetting but also very predictable. I would recommend this book because it is a very short read but has a very cool story. Since it is a verse novel, there is always the worry of losing information but that does not happen here!
Happy Reading!
Rachel's Mind 
I love Harry Potter. I’ve read them all…but it has been quite a long time ago since the first Harry Potter book came out 22 years ago! That doesn’t seem possible!
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I know! I didn’t know it was that long ago…seems weird saying that I haven’t lived in a world where there is no Harry Potter!
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I read the first Harry Potter book, but I never continued. I thought it was good, but I don’t know, it really didn’t drive me to read the next. However, I really enjoy the movies. Have you read the whole series? If you have do the series get better?
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I read them back in high school but mostly remember the movies but what I can say a lot of twists and turns come as the books go on!
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It sounds like Crossover would be a good selection for some of my reluctant readers.
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I think so! I didn’t think I would like it but it is so good!
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