Brutal is a book about some mobsters who make a living doing illegal activites in Southie (South Boston). The main character, Kevin Weeks, gets into business with a man named Jimmy Bulger. They pretty much run the whole town and tax people who are making money in 'their' city. Every drug dealer, loan shark, or any person who makes any kind of money in their town, has to pay them a certain price. If a person would refuse to pay, then they would simply be killed. Soon the FBI and DEA got wind of what was going on, they started to follow Kevin and Jimmy trying to get evidence on what they do. This only slowed them down, everytime they were going out to do business they would have to loose the agents follwing behind them. One of their business partners Stevie goes to jail and starts to cooperate with the agents. Now Kevin and Jimmy are facing alot of time for the crimes they commited with this man.

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I Am The Messenger By Markus Zusak

I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak is a great read. I have read Zusak's other book, The Book Thief, and named it one of my favorites, so I was excited to read his other well-known book. This book is about a guy named Ed Kennedy. The exposition starts off with Ed and his friends in a bank robbery. Ed pretty much saves the day by catching the robber, which he later goes on to regret. Why? Because there are some pretty odd things happening to Ed. Things like, he is getting playing cards (Ace's in fact) in the mail with little messages on them that he has to figure out to help the people it was meant to help. Ed finds there are good and bad people in the world, and what that truly means. Nineteen year old Ed Kennedy will take the reader on a trip that will never be forgotten. He has four suites to go through with three names on it each. He goes through the mystery of figuring the names out then of finding the people and what he has to do to help them and then the last and final question, Who is behind it all? Figure it out and read the great story, I Am The Messenger.

City of Glass

City of Glass is the third book in the Mortal Instruments series. This story takes you where none of the others have taken you yet; Idris. Idris is the city of Shadowhunters and that's where we're headed next. In Idris the characters and reader meet the Clave (the group of Shadowhunters that run their world). There is Clary, who is still trying to track down a way to save her mother but is also battling feelings for Jace and how to deal with whats happened to her best friend, Simon. We also see a bit into others minds, such as Jace and how he feels about Clary and about his father who is doing all this destroying to the city he loves. And Simon who's getting treated so poorly by very powerful people. We also meet a new character, Sebastian. Who is he? Why is he suddenly into Clary as well? What is Clary going to do now; with her love life and with saving the Shadowhunter race? Can she find a way to make everyone happy?

Fever

The Main charcter name is Matt, and he was an ex-FBI agent. Matt Shannon is a head leader of secruity for a number of cruise lines. Matt is an alcoholic who is addicted to his burbon. He has a large amount of debt under his credit card and does not have a house phone or cell phone that is working. When Matt's step brother got out of jail on early realese, he was set up to help his brother out with a job. Sooner or later he was in the biggest line of cocain transportation and money in the United States. Their goal was to high jack one of the major cruise lines and get the money in a dumpster were it was stashed at. It all goes down hill from there.

Schooled by Gordon Kormon

In Schooled, a young boy named Cap grew up on a farm with his grandmother rain. Walking into this house would be like traveling back through time to the sixties. They lived with out many things people use in modern day life. Early on in the story, Cap's grandmother falls out of a plum tree in their yard and breaks her hip. Cap was then sent away to live with an old friend of rains while she recovered from her injury. Decked out in tie die and rugged sandles, cap definately stands out from people in normal society. He gets sent to a city where he is to attend public school for the first time. When he arrives, he is amazed by all the things that he has never seen before, like as simple as a tv. On Cap's first day of school everyone stares at him and he soon becomes the new target for bullying in the school. At Claverage middle school, where he is attending, the yearly prank is to elect the biggest 'geek' in school as class president. This is done for the sole purpose of entertainment, just so the kids can pick on him even worse. But slowely throughout the year, Cap's kindness and helping personality win him more and more friends as the story goes on. By the end of the book, Cap has the whole school behind his back.
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Street Pharm

Tyrone Johnson inherited his Father, Orlando Johnson's business at the age of 16 when his Father goes to prison. Ty thinks he's the king of the streets in Brooklyn but starts to doubt himself when people try to bring him down. He learns survival and how to be richer, tougher, and smarter on the streets. Through the story he meets this girl, Alyse at school and starts to have a relationship with her but can't risk her getting hurt. School was never his thing and never liked it until he met Alyse, but figures out that he can't be in school and running the streets at the same time, after he gets shot. Tyrone trys to keep the family's business on top while trying to handle regular teen conflicts. In this struggle he fails to keep his good friend and partner, Sonny from getting killed and his friend, Monfrey from getting addicted to crack. After all this he realizes that drugs and money aren't everything in life and has to let down his Father after losing everything; his Mom, Alyse, Sonny, and everyone he cared about getting killed or hurt. Ty knows that leaving this business will leave his Father with nothing in the end when he gets out of prison. With that being said, I thought it was a good book and an easy read. Here is another review done by MadTales.

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

City of Ashes was about, Clary Fray, the protagonist trying to find a cure for her mother and trying to get used to the new life that she now has. Clary's mother is still in a spell induced coma and no one can figure out how to get her out of it. She also has to live with the fact of what she learned in the end of the last book about Jace. And because of that him and Clary are having a lot of problems. Can they figure it out in time to find Valentine before he destroys their race? Since the first book, Valentine has stolen yet another Mortal Instrument and has even bigger plans than before. We soon come to question, who's side is Jace on? This book is also filled with so much twists and turns it's insane. Once started, it's hard to put down. Full of action and some drama and so very interesting.

Snitch

In the book Snitch by Norah McClintock, Josh has always had an anger problem. He recently gets into trouble for snatching purses from women. He had Scott help him do this, but one lady doesn't want to let go of her purse. Soon enough they found out she has almost over five-thousand dollars that is going to AIDS research,The lady's brother dies from AIDS. Scott feels bad and decides that they should give it back to her, while Josh thinks differently; he thinks they should keep it. Scott reports it to the police and Josh gets in trouble. Josh just gets done living in a foster home, his brother Andrew lets him live with his wife Miranda and his son Digby. Josh makes a deal with Andrew that he has to get a job to help provide for the household. His social worker gives him a choice if he wants to do a normal boring counseling group for anger or work with dogs, so he picks the dogs. Josh expects it to be much easier, but it turns out to be harder. When josh walks into the class he sees one of his worse enemies; Scott! He's already in a bad mood because he has to take an anger management class. They all receive their dogs, Josh gets Sully; the biggest and meanest dog. Their instructors Mr. Weller tells that if they stay calm, the dogs will be calm. Josh isn't totally up for this, but he grabs Sully, Sully jumps up him and growls furiously. Scott takes Sully and calms him down; this only makes mad. Josh takes back Sully; walking back to the room where he sits. The people in the group had to get the dogs to follow commands. Only when Josh thinks things will got better; Travis walks in with his leather jacket thinking he's all cool. One day after their class, Josh is improving lots with the dogs, while Travis isn't doing so well with them. Josh is standing quietly at the end of the room and he sees Travis kick his dog; Josh speaks up as he is outraged with what has just happened. One surprising day, Josh, Andrew, and Miranda get a call from the police department saying they want to see Josh down at the station. Josh looks down at the picture; he sees his intials in the fish club his dad gave him many years before. The late night before Josh leaves and doesn't return for awhile. The police recall that Josh has badly hurt Scott; he's in the hopsital. Soon enough they find out that it's Travis who beat up Scott. Scott says he heard a leather jacket scrap across a wall, they all know that Travis is the only one who has a leather jacket. Travis doesn't show up for the last day at their anger management class, he is arrested for injuring Scott. Andrew and Miranda are proud of how well Josh is doing. I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars. This book kept me interested and it always had something new happening.

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

City of Bones is the first book in The Mortal Instruments trilogy. It is a book all about Demons and Shadowhunters (the people that fight the demons) and vampires and werewolves and faeries. It is about a 15 year old girl, Clary Fray, who is unknowingly not a real part of the human world, but something much more. She starts to find this all out when she goes to a club one night and sees some people that no one else can see. Soon her mom is kidnapped and it is up to her to learn everything she has to about this new world and of her mother's past. In this book you watch as a seemingly normal girl gets her world flipped upside down. It's a fast read, lots of action and drama. It is very interesting and has a lot of twists. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to get out and see different types of worlds.

Born Blue

In the book Born Blue by Han Nolan the main character Janie is put into a foster home after her biological mother decides she doesn't want to take care of her. Janie lives with Patsy and Pete in this old stick house, so she calls it. Patsy always seems to care such more about the babies that always come in and house of there. The only person Janie has is Harmon. Harmon is a few years older then her, but not long Harmon got adopted by the James's. One day while Janie is getting off the bus, the next thing she knows is she is in a bush with her Mama Linda. Mama Linda is her biological mother just so you know. Mama Linda tells Janie to get into the car, so she does as she is told. Two other people are in the car with Mama Linda and Janie, Daddy Mitch and Mama Shell. The reason that Janie who now calls herself Leshaya, is in the car with them is Mama Linda traded Janie "Leshaya" for heroin, and Daddy Mitch sold it. Soon after that Daddy Mitch gets caught selling drugs, Mama Shell and Daddy Mitch gets thrown into jail. Leshaya took about 10,000 dollars that they have hidden. Leshaya finds where Harmon lives, she stays with them for awhile till they find out she is stealing their things. She packs up her things in her laundry bag from Mama Shell's and Daddy Mitch's. While staying at the James's she joins a band and plays at a local bar. After all her partying she gets pregnant by some guy she doesn't even know. She meets this lady named Joy; she stays with Joy till she has her baby girl, Etta Harmony James. Instead of her keeping Etta she runs off to the James's saying that Etta is Harmon's baby girl. Leshaya leaves and decides that singing is all that she wants. She joins a band named Kind of Blue. This guy heard her singing says she is good enough to join another band; she leaves Kind of Blue with no thought. She records at a studio, she so far has what she wants, but not long after she got kicked out of Paul's. Paul teaches her how to read music and play on the piano, not only that but he teaches her how to write music. She disrespects him, the next she’s living on the streets. Leshaya calls up Mama Linda, who finally answers her phone. Mama Linda gives Leshaya her address. Five long hours later, she arrives at Mama Linda's. She walks into Mama Linda's house; she searches for her and finds her in her room. She is lying on her bed; she lifts her head up to look at who she calls Janie. Janie opens the shade as Mama Linda asks. Janie thinks she's going to leave in about a day or two but it seems to be longer then that. She stays around till Mama Linda dies which is about three and a half months. Mrs. Trane tells Janie stories about Mama Linda when she is a child. Mama Linda went into a coma, even though she can't hear Janie, she still tells Mama Linda about her life. Mrs. Trane over hears Janie talking to Mama Linda about her daughter Etta. Mrs. Trane says that Janie is heading down the same road that her mother headed down. Janie denied it, since Mama Linda dies; Janie stays one night with Mrs. Trane. She takes 150 dollars from her. She takes a taxi to the James's. As Janie stands outside the window of the James's, she sees a little girl standing next to Mr. James. She realizes that it's Etta. She sees Harmon walk into the kitchen, a lady who Janie thought is a maid turns out to be Harmon's girl friend. Janie can't make up her mind if she wants to ask for Etta back or not.

Go Ask Alice

Go Ask Alice is an actual diary from a girl in her teens. This book takes you into this young girl's life for a couple years as her diary and best friend. It shows you the life of drugs and what it's like to take them. As well as what can happen when you take them. Many bad things have happened to this girl because of her taking drugs. Some of the time she was even tricked into taking them. It is horrible to read how people can destroy someone while they are high. But it's because it's a horrifyingly true story that makes it appeal to people to read. I enjoyed this book because of how real it is, it isn't just some fanatsy story it is real life which helps you relate more to the book while reading it. It is sad to read how badly drugs affect her. But i would deffiantly recomend this book to anyone.

Snow by Tracy Lynn

The book Snow by Tracy Lynn is a book based on the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It is a story about a young girl, Jessica, who grew up as a duchess. Her mother died when she was a baby. Her father, the Duke ends up marrying again later on in Jessica's life. The woman, Anne, is now Jessica's new step-mother and is seen as most step-mothers are in stories, evil. Eventually Jessica is hidden away from people and locked away. Which gives her a pale look which is how people start calling her, Snow. The story continues as Snow against her new mother. Along the way she meets up with some interesting creatures she later calls her friends, and then her family. This is the classic story of Snow White but with scientific reasoning's and explanations for it all. It's very interesting and a fun read.

The book I read was about a 13 year old who lost his dad over 2 years ago. Since his dad went missing he has been trying to find him. While he did that Artemis kept the family business, of robbery smuggling and other illegal activity's, going. While he was doing this he found out fairy's have been hiding under the earth for 1000s of years. He uses this knowledge to capture a fairy and then uses it to get ransom gold. After all that happened he befriended the fairies and is using them to help him find his father. What he doesn't know is that there is an evil fairy that is trying to take over the underworld and kill all the humans. I give this book a 4/5. It's a great book for people that like puzzles and problem solving. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_Fowl_(series) here is a link to find more info on the books and story line.

Busting Vegas; Ben Mezrich

He looked up from the chips, at the two pit bosses. Even though Semyon and Allie had just jumped their bets to sixty grand in one hand, the pit bosses weren't suspicious at all. They had bought Semyon's act completly. They would have never guessed that Semyon had actually manipulated the cards to deal his own teammate an ace. Christ, this really was to freaking easy. Semyon looked at Allie, and she matched his eyes. "Well, Dyevchik, are we ready for another hand?" Allie flashed her eyelashes at him. "Of course, Nikolai. The night is just getting started." Victor was right. They were going to bring the casinos to their knees.

This book tells the tale of the MIT whiz kid who brought the casinos to their knees. Upon stumbling across a sign that read "Make money. Play blackjack" Semyon was falling into a slump Massachusetts Institute of Technology or known as MIT. Staring at green computer screens everyday all day created a lack of boredom. Semyon is very sharp in his classes, but somehow this black jack sign that had the word money on it stopped his doing. Within a few weeks Semyon was practicing card couning, learning three techniques, and making it on the black jack team. Semyon went from staring at computer screens all day to playing blackjack in casinos like Monte Carlo. Not just playing blackjack, but winning huge. This books tells the secrets to how Semyon Dukach beat the blackjack system with a team. To me this book was one of the best ones i've ever read. This book is based on a real story which makes it really interesting. The book is confusing at first, but once you get it, you won't be able to put it down. I'd rank this book a 5/5.

I Just finished the book The Big Empty by J.B. Stephens. This book is about how a sickness swept the United States and killed hundreds of thousands of people, the disease is called Strain 7. Some people survived the sickness but only to live in a severely restricted nation. The miltary controls everyone, the military is the police in the new nation. If anyone breaks any crime they get shot or hung. There are curfews for everyone and if anyone are on the streets after a certain time they are shot on spot. Some people just couldnt live this way. So a few people go on a journey threw the Big Empty (the new nation) in search of a new life and well being. This book isnt based on one character but many. This book tells a little bit about there lives as you go threw the book. This book wasnt bad but i have read better books. I would rate this book 6 out of 10.

Street Pharm

This book is an easy read. Orlando Johnson was a big drug dealer in his time befor he got sent to jail and then his son Ty took over his buisness. This buisness is a rough buisness for Ty running the streets since he was 13 or 14 he learned to never get into his customers emotional life. Sonny is Ty's main man in the buisness even though he get's all the crap if something wrong goes down. Buisness is going well for Ty he's got Crip brother's and Blood Hommie's but he keeps that on the down low. When the Darkman comes into town he tries to take Ty's costumer's from him. This book is full of action also life and death situation's.

50 Cent From Pieces To Weight

I really think this book is a must read for everyone. Curtis Jackson (50 Cent) wrote this book on his life on how he went from the ghetto to starlight. Its not just about his rap stories or anything like that. He explains ow he bought his first land roover for 28 thousand dollars by selling crack. Its just unbelieveable to be in the situations he was in and he was strong enough to make it threw them. By reading this book it shows you how to over come the toughest problems in your life and not to give up and Never accept defeat. I give this book a 10 out of 10.

Rash

I feel that Rash is a book for anyone who is interested in football or in the future stories. I enjoyed this book very much, this book was a fast read and a very interesting one at that. Rash is about a boy named Bo and his WindO friend Bork, and how Bo started a big rash that spreaded through his whole school cause a panic.

This book is based in 2074 where allot of things have changed. For example: French Fries are illegal, Football has been banned, and Running isn't just for your health anymore. People get in trouble very easy in this time. When people get into trouble they end up in these jails that aren't really like jails. I feel that it is more like work factories with cells for beds. Bo's dad and brother both are in these work factories. His dad works in a shrimp factory and his brother is on a road fixing crew in Nebraska. Bo also ends up in a Jail factory for getting in a fight with a guy that was trying to steel his girl from him. Now he has no girl and is stuck making pizzas everyday in jail. Which he leaves his Mom and Grandpa at home. Bo's grandpa is stuck in the past. He sits and complains about everything all the time and he always would start out by saying back in the day.....!! Drinking is illegal but Bo's grandpa makes his own and drinks it all day.

In this book i feel i learned allot of lessons as in don't take things for granted. I also learned that family is a strong thing and as long as you keep it together it will stay strong. But when they fall apart they become week. If you are wanting to read this fine book go to https://www.betterworld.com/Rash-id-0689869045-c-3408.aspx where you can buy it for pretty cheep.

Tamar

This is a book about about a resistance group in World War 2 and of the girl trying to find out her grandfathers part in it. Tamar is the name of the girl and it is also the fake name given to her granddad in the war. He was given the job of underground transmitting. He worked in Holland. Tamar and Dart are partners in the war. They work with each other well for the first few months, but Dart loves the same girl Tamar is with. Dart takes lots of drugs during this time to stay awake for his job but they also mess with his mind. Ernst Lubbers is Darts fake I.D name. Dart is his code name. Christiaan Boogart is Tamar's fake I.D. name. The names Tamar and Dart are after rivers. This story is alot like a puzzle. Nothing seems to make sense but it all comes together in the end of the book. The ending is crazy. This is a good book for any one interested in war. The book is based on facts and fiction. I give this book a 5 out of 5.

Roughnecks

" I-left, Y open, inside belly right on first sound, first sound. Ready? He paused then we clapped our hands one time and together said, break! Stills turned and I trotted past him. Grooms was directly in front of the ball. He was resting on all fours. I crouched with my hands clasped, settled my feet, and reached for the ball for the snap. Hut hut! Hike! Grooms gambled on the count. He guessed and he was right. I was stunned. I was lying flat on my back and I wanted to stay there." One play costed the conference championship for Travis. One missed block and the Oil Camp Roughnecks lost. Jehrico Grooms of the Pineview Pelicans beat Travis on one play. Travis contained him most of the game but this one play is the one that counted. Travis's senior regular football season ended with an 8-1 record. It's one game they lost, but the undefeated record would have been a lot more glorious. Travis Cody is a senior this year at Oil Camp high. This year he's back on Varsity despite his previous year out with a serious injury. Travis's team the Oil Camp Roughnecks entered the playoffs with a great record, but a low self esteem. They made it all the way through to State. More confidence filled up there bellies then. On a Friday morning one week from state, Crews their coach announced their final contest opponent. The Pineview Pelicans Vs. the Oil Camp Roughnecks. A breath-taking re-match for the Roughnecks and Travis. Their previous match-up five weeks ago ended with a loss. One play costed it. Travis missed his block resulting in a turnover. Now he has the chance to over come that, to redeem himself. He has the chance to show everyone, this time he won't miss the block that counts. It's Travis Cody the center, versus Jehrico Grooms playing nose-guard all over again. That game was for the coference. A huge loss for them. But this time it's different. They're playing for the state title. Can Travis Cody and the Oil Camp Roughnecks win this time, or will they fail? This book is long, but builds up your adrenaline as you read. It takes over a short period of time. This book goes into extreme detail, almost minute by minute just until game time. I give this book a 3.5 out of 5, because it shows how much any game could mean to anyone. It's your senior year and you've made it to state. You either leave your high school graduated as a State Champion or a Runner up. The stakes are high for Travis and his team.