Airhead

Airhead “Looks can be deceiving”
By: Luciana Paz

Airhead by Meg Cabot is a very interesting type of book that I never really imaged myself reading…I only have one word to describe this book—impressive. I loved the book it was very well written it completely got my attention they way Meg Cabot wrote it she connect it with the reader. I could easily say that this author is truly amazing.

The story takes place in the 21st Century in the city of New York. Em Watts—the main character—is not like any other girl; she doesn’t like Prada, Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, she doesn’t like anything but school and her video games. Clearly you can already tell that Em Watts is a tom boy, she only hangs out with boys, well boy (Christopher how she secretly likes), completely ignores the rest of the girl the “wanna bes” (or the walking end like she calls them). Not including that her dad chose a boy’s name for her, Emerson.

The main problem occurs when Em’s little sister— who is madly in love with Nikki Howard and is becoming a walking dead—forces her to go to the new So-Ho Stark Megastore grand opening were she didn’t even want to go and had zero interest in meeting the newly appointed Face of Stark, teen supermodel sensation Nikki Haword. What Em had no idea about was that there was going to be a disaster, changing her—and life as she known it—forever? One bizarre accident later, and Em Watts, always the tom boy, never the party princess, is no longer herself. Literally.

I’m guessing that you want to know what happed exactly right? Well, when Em and her sister went to the grand opening a the huge plasma screen T.V fell on top Em and at the same time the supermodel sensation suffered from brain damage. Em wakes up in a hospital but as Nikki Haword (Brian transplant)! The only people who know about this is her family and no one else can find out. (Obviously that’s going to be hard because she is the most followed supermodel in the WORLD!) Em Watts now Nikki Haword has to act like Nikki and do her job or else her parents will have to pay 2 million dollars for the transplant plus fines. I don’t think she has an option so she has to live with it. But what Em’s pretty sure she’ll never be able to accept might just turn out to be the one thing that’s going to make her dreams come true…

At the end of the book Nikki (Em) can live with Nikki Howard’s life but at the same time she can also live with Em Watts life, in a different way. Also at the end it lives you hanging so that you can read the next book Being Nikki. Hopefully I can read the next one and find out what happens next. If you like a book that you can relate with and can help you with your own problems this is the write book for you. I would recommend this book to ONLY GIRLS from ages 12 and up.

The Lightning Thief

The Lightning Thief
By: Luciana Paz

Have you heard about this action/adventure movie based on three teenage kids and trying to save the world? Does it sound familiar? No, I am not talking about Harry Potter but the new movie The lightning Thief directed by Chris Columbus and the book written by Rick Riordan.
Twelve year-old boy Percy Jackson is being kicked out of school for his seventh time now, he has saver dyslexia, ADHD, but that’s not all, Greek mythical creature are going after him. Zeus’s master lightning bolt has been stolen and Percy is the prime suspect. No matter how hard he tries he can’t get out of trouble. Soon enough, Percy’s mother—who has never told him who his father was—sends him to a camp where he will be safe or they think we will be safe.

Immediately he is given a quest from the oracle (the hardest thing he has ever done in his life) and bring two friend along Grover a satyr and Annabeth daughter of Athena. Will Percy find who he really is? Who is father is? Who is the lightning thief? And most importantly will he return the bolt and stop the next biggest war? Your will have to find out and see for yourself.

The movie and the book the lightning thief is based to be in Greece where gods ruled at the time. But now Rick Riordan gives in a special touch he brings the world of gods, monsters, tails, and myths into the 21 century. The movie and book are basically the same but the movie left out some things that were not that important but would have not hurt to put them in. The movie felt like it had a good plot but it seemed like the director just read the first few chapters then skipped to the end everything happened to fast. Another thing is that it felt like the actors dint connect it how really the character was they didn’t understand the background information. Because of those three reasons I would give this movie a 3.5 out of 5 the book I would give it a 4 out of 5.

Watching “The Lightning Thief” the movie is like opening a book and the word jumping out. The author really makes it very easy to familirioraiz and connect to. He also took events from the past and put them into our time, the 21 century.

If you are looking for a movie or book that has action, adventure, Greek myths, mythological creatures, or just a movie that will satisfy you than there you go The Lightning Thief, a movie that you will enjoy no matter what.