The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime by Mark Haddon is a terrific book. I enjoyed it from start to finish. I couldn't put it down!

  The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Nighttime is written from the point of view of a boy with autism. His neighbours dog is stabbed with a pitchfork in the middle of the night, and he is not very understood. His mother is gone, and the boy doesn't know why, or where she went. He goes through troubles like his rude neighbours, the troubles of having autism, and his mom being gone without a trace.

  I can't say much about the book, because most of it needs the element of surprise and if you know what's coming next, you won't get the full impact of the book, and the storyline.

  I say you should be eleven, maybe ten to read it. Some parts might be slightly disturbing, there is mention of drugs, and there could possibly be some emotional attachment. (It is possible with that in any book, but if you've had experiences like a family member with autism or something, it could be good for you to read it or maybe not.)

  I found it was very well written, and I really liked how it was written by the point of view of the boy with autism. I consider it one of my very favourite books. I really recommend this book!

By RAVEN

Every Day by David Levithan

Every Day by David Levithan is definitely a creative book idea.
  Every day, A wakes up in somebody else's body. A is still A, just borrowing somebody else's life for a day. A tries to leave the life just as he left it, but still feels a sadness knowing that he'll never have a family he can go back to each night. He can never make friends and keep them. One day, A wakes up in the body of a not-so-nice teenage boy named Justin. A goes to school as Justin and meets Justin's girlfriend Rhiannon. There is something about her. Maybe it's how insecure she seems to feel around him. It's clear Justin treats her poorly, but A decides to make her feel happy, show her a good time...just for one day. He takes her to the beach. And that is when A falls in love. A knows he can never love her...at least not as A. A sleeps and wakes up the next morning as somebody else. But A keeps thinking about this Rhiannon. A keeps going to see her as different people. And finally, they meet at a party and dance together, her thinking she's dancing with a gay cousin of the host. They exchange emails (A has a personal email) and Rhiannon finds out that he was not, in fact, a cousin of the host. The only way to explain, A decides, is to meet up at a coffee shop A will tell her the one thing nobody knows about A.
  I really liked this book, and I stayed up many late nights, unable to put it down!
  I recommend this book to teenagers. I'd say around thirteen or fourteen and up. There are some mature themes in this book, such as drugs, suicide, and sex. I suggest reading Divergent before this book, if you have not read books open to those topics yet, because Divergent introduces the mature themes. If you've read books like this before, with topics like that, then I think eleven would be fine, but any younger than eleven might be a little too young.
  Definitely check with what your parents are comfortable with you reading before you read this.
  All in all, it's a great book, with older subjects.

By RAVEN

The Haunting of Sunshine Girl by Paige Mckenzie

 The Haunting of Sunshine Girl by Paige Mckenzie was the first "horror" book I have ever read. It is based on a YouTube web series that I have not yet watched.

  It starts when Sunshine moves to a boring, rainy town with her mother, who she gets along with really well, into an oldish house. The first night, she hears a child's laughter, and running. Sunshine soon decides that there is a ghost child living with them, and she makes friends, playing games, and having fun. But one night, she, and her mother, Kat, are watching a movie, when the lights go out. And it sounds like her ghost friend is in trouble. They hear screaming and scratching coming from the bathroom, and what looks like blood runs out the door. The next day, her mother doesn't remember any of it...and she doesn't believe Sunshine when she tells her about the ghost. Soon, Sunshine meets a friend named Nolan, and he helps her. Together, they study the odd behaviour of Kat, and they discover something troubling about Sunshine's past. And it all comes down to the final moment. 

  As I read this, I got more scared as I went along, especially when I got to the part about the bathroom. It could have been because it was my first scary book, or it could have been genuine, but I felt like it wasn't cliche, and it was pretty original for the most part. 

  I think that the author could have added more about the neighbourhood, and why the ghost hadn't left the house.

  If you get scared easily, I suggest fourteen to read The Haunting of Sunshine Girl. If you are like a rock, nine would the maximum, in my opinion, but there are no bad words or innapropriate behaviour, the only element is scariness. 

  As I read, this book easily became my favourite book, along with The Mysterious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.

-- by Raven