King Of The Shadows By Susan Cooper

King Of The Shadows is a great, fictional story about a boy named Nat Field. Nat is one of many talented actor and acrobat that has been recruited by an American acting company that is to travel to London to perform "Midsummer Night's Dream" by Shakespeare at the replica of the Globe theatre. Nat is excited to leave behind is home and the shadows that haunt his past as a small child. Then one day while practicing his role at the Globe Theatre something weird happens, Nat becomes ill with The Black Death. Everything happens so quickly, he's in his room with a fever and then the next second he's in a coma. At least that's what everyone in 2013 think. Nat wakes up in an interiorly different]t world. In a world where he will befriend Shakespeare himself and be part of thee original Midsummer Night's Dream.

The theme in the book is that everyone has a bigger purpose in life. Nat didn't want to time travel or have his parents die but because of his past it shaped the person he is. If Nat hadn't time traveled then most things that happened in the past wouldn't have happened. Shakespeare wouldn't have been inspired to right Hamlet. In the book Nat discovers something amazing, "If I hadn't gone back in time Shakespeare would have died way too early." This means that Nat saved Shakespeare by traveling back in time, meaning that he had a bigger part in this universe than he thought.

Shatter Me By: Tahereh Mafi

"Shatter Me" is a science fiction about a girl named Juliette whose touch can literally kill. Juliette has been in a concrete room with just the smallest window to keep her sane for 264 days. She has's seen another human being in 264 days. Not that having someone in her cell would be a good thing. One touch could cause excruciating pain and even death, leaving Juliette to for ever long the touch of another human being. Then one day a boy is thrust into the cell, a boy that Juliette used to know. She thinks she can trust him even though he doesn't apear to remember the days when Juliette lived in the same town. He doesn't seem to remember the reason why Juliette was put in the cell. However everything changes when four soldiers rush into the room taking Juliette to a government compond were she will be forced to torture those who don't agree with The Reestablishment. An organization whose mission is to destroy every ounce of culture with in the human race.

The conflict in the story is that Juliette doesn't want to be the moster that "The Reestablishment" believes her to be. The leader who wants Juliette to be his, believes that if he can use Juliette's powers he could destroy the groups of people threatening "The Reestablishment". However Juliette has fallen in love with the boy she once thought feared her. Now she will do anything she can to escape the compound to live a normal life with the person she most loves, a person who her powers don't work on.

Shadow and Bone By: Leigh Bardugo

This book was amazing. Ever since I finished reading Shadow and Bone on friday, I want to read the second and third books in the series. So lets talk about the actual book. Shadow and Bone is a fictional book about a girl named Alina Starkov. Aline lives in a country named Ravka which is split in two by a darkness called the Shadow Fold. Mostly everyone fears the Shadow Fold, which crawls with monsters who love to feast on human flesh. However Alina and her friend Mal, who have known each other since they were orphaned, have been assigned to cross the Shadow Fold. This assignment is risky but nothing important until their ship is attacked by the monsters that live with in the Shadow Fold. In a moment of true disparity the world turns white with Alina's hidden powers. Alina is then thrust into the world of the Grisha, a race of humans who can manipulate the earth's elements. Alina is now Grisha, a Grisha who can manipulate light. With the help of her teachers and a very attractive Grisha she must train to destroy the Shadow Fold. However trusting people as easily as she does could cost her life and the one of the person she most loves, Mal.

The conflict in this book is person to person. Alina doesn't quit know how to control her power. She is extremely powerful but sometimes her powers can be too much for her. This means that Alina must hunt a magical dear in order to use it's antlers as a magnifier. With the help of the magnifier her powers could grow and make her powerful enough to beat the Shadow Fold. However, if Alina doesn't get to the dear first she could turn into the most powerful and dangerous weapon against the country of Ravka. In the book Alina says to Mal, "If we don't make it and the Darkling gets to the antler's first, you must promise me not to let him take me." This means that Alina is willing to lose her life in order to save the lives of many others.