The Martian By Andy Weir Reviewed by Aaron Sheoran

During a mission to Mars, NASA astronaut Mark Watney finds himself stranded on Mars after a fierce storm. With only a limited supply of resources and no means of communication with NASA, he must somehow make it off this barren planet. Meanwhile, NASA discovers he’s alive through satellite images. NASA and Watney’s crewmates work tirelessly to bring him home. 
I think the pillar that the protagonist developed the most throughout the book was courage. Even though he was totally and utterly stranded with no chance of getting off, he still persevered the whole time. Courage was also displayed by NASA and Watney’s crewmates. They never stopped trying to bring him home.
 I would rate this book ⅘ stars. Most of the book was exciting and interesting, but sometimes the story could be a bit hard to follow. A book I have read that is similar to this is The Maze Runner by James Dashner. 

To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han Reviewed by Nicola Bevington

 I chose this book because I needed a book to read for summer reading and this is also a movie that I want to watch, but I thought I should read the book first.

Plot

1. In the beginning of the story, Lara Jean talks about how her mom died when she was little. Margot breaks up with Josh and leaves for college, so Lara Jean has to take care of her little sister Katherine aka kitty. Lara Jean’s dad is doing spring cleaning and donated her hat box! little did he know, Lara jean writes love letters to every boy she's ever loved, and they were all in that hat box!

2. In the middle of the story, Lara Jean has to deal with the hat box situation when she realizes they were sent out to the people she wrote them for! Josh got a letter and so did Peter kavinsky. Lara Jean is embarrassed because Josh now knows that he liked him so she lies and says that she dating Peter. Peter recently broke up with a girl he had been dating since middle school and wanted to make her jealous, so Lara Jean and Peter started fake dating. Things happened and Josh kissed Lara Jean!

3. In the end, Margot comes back from college and finds out that Josh kissed Lara Jean, and gets really mad. Lara Jean and Peter “break up” , josh and Lara jean are still friends and Margot and Lara Jean are also friends again.

Conclusion:

I would definitely recommend this book to a friend because it is funny, sad, romantic, and it keeps you reading!

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