Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Book Review: Dengeki Daisy vol 1


Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 1 

By Kyousuke Motomi (Author, Illustrator)

  • Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
  • ISBN-10: 1421537273
  • ISBN-13: 978-1421537276

Review by Anneliese G. 

This story follows a teenage girl named Teru who lost her brother and parents at a young age. Before her brother died, he gave her a cell phone and told her that if she was ever in trouble or just plain old sad, to contact someone named Daisy. Ever since then, Teru has spoken to Daisy more often than not. It seems as if though she has fallen in love with Daisy. Anyways, in high school, Teru is constantly getting bullied for being poor by the rich student council. Teru accidentally broke a window when someone saved her from the council by throwing tennis balls at them; Teru threw one tennis ball back at the savior, in attempting to return it to whomever it was. But to no avail. The next day, she walks into class and sees the school janitor sitting on top of someone's desk. He suddenly ask the person who broke the window to step forward. Teru tells him that it was her and then the janitor, whom we find out his name is Kurosaki, says she must pay off the damages with her body, meaning she must work for him. But why does it seem like he is always coming to her rescue? Could he be 'Daisy'?

Monday, July 16, 2012

Book Review: Blank Confession


  • Blank Confession

    By Pete Hautman
  • Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  • ISBN-10: 1416913289
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416913283

Review by Anneliese G.

This book was AMAZING!

It is all about a group of people all caught up in the wrong situation. George Rawls is the detective that gets involved in the murder case involving Shayne Blank. Shayne Blank is the mysterious new kid at school who is brave and stands up for people. Then there is Mikey Martin, the short little Mexican-looking kid who isn't Mexican. Mikey is a loud-mouth sarcastic guy who quickly befriends the weird Shayne. Mikey's sister is, unfortunately, dating the Wellstone's school drug dealer Jon. Jon gets Mikey in some trouble and then Mikey owes him some money; which Mikey doesn't have. This leads to Shayne in an interrogation room with George claiming he murdered someone, but who?