I am so sorry, readers! I seem to have been distracted by other things. So, BONUS! I’ll give you two blogs today! Okay, so for number one:I have finished The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May & June by Robin Benway. Three sisters receive extraordinary gifts that enable them to some significant task, one that is unknown to them. April, the oldest, can see visions and dreams of the future. May, the middle child, can vanish and June, the youngest, can read peoples’ minds. Together they try to find out the extends of their abilities and try to help each other. But when things start to come between them, these sisters need to stay together or It could mean disaster, and the possibility of death for one of them, or someone their close to.
April had visions of her with a boy she’d never met early on in the book. Soon after she met him and instantly thought that she was going crazy. But after confronting him and eating lunch with Julian, she feels a little better. She tells herself she is only going to hang out with him because she wants to keep an eye out for him after she saw him in the vision she had of June. But it seems that she is now really starting to like him, although she tries to hide it.
Things are so complicated with Henry and May. When she was invisible, she heard him say to a group of people that he didn’t like her at all. This made her really sad and angry; at first it seems like she hates him because he’s a jerk, but then it’s obvious that it’s because she liked him. She’s so distressed by it that even when he calls her the next morning, she blows him off. Then May goes into hiding, literally. She barely comes out and it’s only when Henry shows up that her house that things get bad. But everything has to get bad before it can get good.
June is completely out of control. She is out to be Mariah’s best friend, even though she may not even like Mariah. She uses peoples’ thoughts to turn Mariah on them, so she’ll like June more. And it works, June ends up Mariah’s best friend, but that’s not exactly the best thing. Mariah starts to skip school, and gets June to tag along, then she starts going to parties with Mariah and her drop-out, cheating boyfriend. June starts to do anything for popularity, even though April had warned her extensively. She’s also cutting herself out of the family by going out more, and not caring about her sisters. If she’s keeps doing it things will end badly.
This book is such a 101 guide to high school. If you’re like June, it warns about what happens to you when popularity becomes everything. If you’re like May, it warns what happens when you take yourself away from everything. There’s no way to be the perfect person in high school, but this is a pretty good way to see your flaws. I loved the book especially how you adds powers on top of regular high school problems, which makes life more difficult for them. It also teaches the power of family; that you can always count on them. It’s a good lesson that most teens need to hear.
The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May & June by Robin Benway
RED’S ALL STAR REVIEW: 3 ½ out of 5, if not more. A light, funny book that I enjoyed reading. Not a huge climatic scene or anything, but fun for a light read.
MASS APPEAL: Girls, pretty much only, but still a good book. It’s a funny fantasy super-power book crossed with normal teenage girl issues, so obviously a good read for teens.
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