Masquerade,Canterwood Crest Series By Jessica Burkhart

Masquerade is about a girl called Lauren Towers who is turning 13 years old at a new school with new friends.  Her birthday is on Halloween and her friends Khloe, Lexa, Clare and Gill throw her a huge masquerade birthday ball.  On the way there are many surprises, good and bad, like her crush Drew asking her out and not all of her old friends and family being able to come.  Is it trick or treat when a masked man arrives?  The book is written really well and it is quite cool how she blogs and you get to see her perspective of how she thinks the events have turned out.  This was a really good book and I am looking forward to reading more books in the series.

The Key to the Golden Firebird, By Maureen Johnson.

The Key to the Golden Firebird is a great book about a family getting torn apart but despite their differences work together and reunite their family. The book is mainly based around May the middle sister who is responsible. The older sister Brooks is unpredictable and like her younger sister is a great softball player, then Palmer is young and determined. It could do with a better ending or to have a sequel to the book because it felt as though the book was still in the making. It was the type of book that made you want to stay up all night reading and then make you wish the book kept going once you finished reading it!