Book 2: George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt

            George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt, by Lucy and Stephan Hawking, is an amazing sequel to George's Secret Key to the Universe.  It follows George and Annie after the Black Hole conundrum.  George is invited to Eric Bellis's, a famous scientist that lives next door, costume party.  When George arrives, as a Martian, Eric announces that he will be moving to Florida.  George hates this.  His best friend will be on the other side of the ocean.  One day, he is invited to Annie's house, and he'll find yet another adventure waiting for him.

            George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt is George's second fun adventure.  Once again, the science underlying the adventure is interesting and true.  It takes George and Annie, and another friend, searching for, well, treasure, on the other side of the galaxy, hence the name.  George will find someone has already gotten there, and if you read George's Secret Key to the Universe, you know whom it is.

Book 1: George's Secret Key to the Universe

            George's Secret Key to the Universe, by Lucy and Steven Hawking, is a book that has a fun filled adventure that's also packed of facts.  It's an amazing book is about a young boy, George, whose parents reject technology, saying that it is destroying our planet, which isn't entirely wrong.  They light their house with candles, don't own any electrical device, and even grow their own food in the garden.  George hates this, he doesn't have any friends, except for his pet pig Freddy that he got for Christmas, and all he wants is a computer.  When Freddy runs off into the abandoned house next door, George finds something, and someone, he'll remember forever.

            I recommend George's Secret Key to the Universe for all people who love outer space and want to know more about it, and those who don't.  It is fun and includes recent ideas about black holes.  It talks about many different planets in the solar system, all without leaving the fun of the story.  It's an amazing book with many elements.  I loved this book and hope you will to.

The Kane Chronicles: Book 2: The Throne of Fire

            The Throne of Fire, by Rick Riordan, is a continuation of siblings Carter and Sadie Kane's adventure.  I think it was even funnier than the last book.  In The Throne of Fire, something unexpected, and most likely hilarious, is around every corner.  Rick Riordan has managed to fit comedy in the most serious situations in the past and he continues to do so.   I recommend this amazing book for people of all ages.
             Rick Riordan is the author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus series.  They are all very humorous and I enjoyed them all.  The books in The Kane Chronicles are called The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire, and The Serpent's Shadow.  I have not read The Serpent's Shadow yet.  I am planning to read it after I finish The Mark of Athena, the third book in the Heroes of Olympus series.

The Time Quintet: Book Five: An Acceptable Time

            The Time Quintet:  Book Five:  An Acceptable Time, by Madeleine L'Engle was, by far, the worst book in the Time Quintet Series.  The story was hard to follow, easy to get disinterested, and the main conflict was near the end of the book.  It was mostly page fillers and unimportant events.  I got so bored with the book that I skimmed through most of it.  I can't believe that Madeleine L'Engle wrote An Acceptable Time.

The Time Quintet: Book Four: Many Waters

            Many Waters, by Madeleine L' Engle, is an amazing book in a series that doesn't quite follow a traditional timeline.  Instead it bounces around and adds stories in between books that were already written, and also bounces around in time itself.  Twins Sandy and Dennys are the main characters of the book.  In the previous book they were in collage, but this book takes place when they were in high school.  They were the normal ones of the family when they meddled with something they shouldn't have.  All they wanted was some hot cocoa, and they got sent flying through either time or space, or both.  They don't know when or where they are, or how to get home, but they do know that wherever they are, it's not the winter home that they left.  I really like this series even though I haven't finished it yet. 

            If you haven't read any of the Time Quintet books, you don't have to start on book one.  They can be read individually because they don't build on each other.  They are called A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. They are incredible books that everyone should read if they're having a bad day.

The Kane Chronicles: Book 1: The Red Pyramid

                  The Red Pyramid is a recording by two children that the author of Percy Jackson, by Rick Riordan,  found somewhere and wrote a book about.  In the book, the Kane children, Sadie and Carter, discover something that will change their world: they are magicians.  A magician is a magical human-like being from Egyptian mythology that can cast magic.  Each one has its own area of expertise like fire, water, combat, and even cheese.  At least I think that's the last one.  It is a very funny book with surprises along the road at every turn.

                  This book takes place in the same universe as Percy Jackson, but with different gods.  It hints several times toward the Percy Jackson series.  But if you thought that Rick Riordan was sticking with Greek, you were wrong.  I think that the level of comedy rivals his other books.  There is at least one other book in the series.  The second book is called The Throne of Fire.

Warriors: Omen of the Stars: The Forgotten Warrior

            Warriors: Omen of the Stars: The Forgotten Warrior by Erin Hunter is an amazing book to read.  The two cats will return, and one of them will surprise us all.  Jayfeather and Lionblaze have uncovered the truth behind the strange help Thunderclan has been receiving, and are waiting for the culprit.
            Many of the young cats will turn against Thunderclan.  A plot to destroy the clans is hiding in the most unexpected place; at least I didn't expect it.  Dovewing and Ivypool find out, and meet a hinted at arrival of a cat.  They say that trouble has been brewing for moons, also in an unexpected place.  An unsolved crime will come to an end, and a secret battle will occur without the knowledge of the attacker.  Read the book and find out who shows up and what is going on in the clans.