Showing posts with label young adult books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label young adult books. Show all posts

Friday, July 11, 2014

10-Minute Critical Thinking Activities for Math

I bought this kids book so I could be kept up to date on my math skills. This book was an excellent choice for me. It has tons of problems in the following areas: Critical Thinking and Algebra, Logic and Critical Thinking, Number theory and Problem Solving, Sequences Patterns and Codes and Visual/Geometric Patterns. It starts off basic and gets more challenging. First you do work with patterns, then algebra, then some hard logic problems and onto problems involving thinking and counting (not simple 1,2,3 counting). I recommend this kids book to any adult who wants to "keep in touch" with their math skills. It is also good for a high school math class. This kids book is for children ages 12 and up.
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10-Minute Critical Thinking Activities for Math

Friday, February 21, 2014

Hack// Another Birth Volume 3

.Hack Another Birth is written by N.Kawasaki. It is a science fiction novel. I thought the book was awesome! It always kept me guessing and had a lot of surprise turns. Most of the time the book takes place in an online video game called The world. Other times it takes place in the real world. The major conflict is Akiras brother Fumakazu has fallen into a coma wile playing The World. Akira must find the reason why he is in a coma with the help of her online friend kite. Akiras online friend Mistral (whom she eventually meets in the real world.) has to quit playing The World because she it pregnant. Akira was ok with this and said it was best the she did quit due to all the stuff that'
s been happening in the game. Lios and Helba two characters in the story really dislike each other but they must join forces in order to help Akira and company to fix the world. Akira thinks of a plan to bring them together and work out a deal for Lios to join. This book is biased on Akiras point of view. There are a lot of big words that are hard to pronounce in this book. For people who like science fiction and online games .Hack would be the best choice. They will get a suspenseful and page turning book.
Young Adult Books
Hack// Another Birth Volume 3

Friday, February 14, 2014

hack// Another Birth Volume 2

Soon I finished the first book in 3 days I went back to the kids book store and bought the second one and like the first I couldn't stop reading. I played the game no my brother did until some point and had to stop, not because we wanted to, but when I got to the point where we had stopped playing the game I was so enthused I even considered buying it. I did not even need to open the book to know it was going to be good when I saw it on the shelf at the book store. There was no need to because the game was good and the book I can not compare. I completed it in 3 days and loved everything about it. I will reread all the books just for the heck of the love I have for them. Any more books that come out for the .hack//series I'm getting without thinking of the outcome or what I was planning to use the money on.
hack// Another Birth Volume 2

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

.hack// Another Birth Volume 1

This book was amazing and I can not wait to get the second one. I loved the plot twists because I thought I knew what was going to happen but I was so wrong. This book just pulled me in and I could not stop reading it, so I read the whole thing in one day. Everyone that is into any form of manga should try this series out. It is very important to read the postscript though so don't forget it. This book would get a 100 on a scale of 1 - 10. That is how good this book is. The only draw back is that there are a few typos, but this is normal for a first run of a series. This book is targeted for young adult readers. Your teenagers will love this book for teens.
.hack// Another Birth Volume 1

Sunday, August 8, 2010

47

In this exciting novel by Walter Mosley published in 2006 you will learn about the hard times that had to be endured during the 19th century. A 14 year old slave boy growing up in 1832 meets a strange man named Tall John. Tall John then teaches him some weird science and then introduces him to the meaning of freedom. 47 is a fascinating book that shows what previous generations had to go through at the time they lived. This is a young adult book intended for readers between the ages of 13-17.