Book Review: Million-Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica

Title: Million-Dollar Throw
Author: Mike Lupica
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Release Date: November 3, 2009
Series: N/A
Source: Paperback
Number of Pages: 244
Letter Size: Medium/Large

Synopsis:
Nate Brodie is nicknamed “Brady” not only for his arm, but also because he’s the biggest Tom Brady fan. He’s even saved up to buy an autographed football. And when he does, he wins the chance for something he’s never dreamed of—to throw a pass through a target at a Patriots game for one million dollars.

Nate should be excited. But things have been tough lately. His dad lost his job and his family is losing their home. It’s no secret that a million dollars would go a long way. So all Nate feels is pressure, and just when he needs it most, his golden arm begins to fail him. Even worse, his best friend Abby is going blind, slowly losing her ability to do the one thing she loves most—paint. Yet Abby never complains, and she is Nate’s inspiration. He knows she’ll be there when he makes the throw of a lifetime.

Friday's To Read List

I have decided that every Friday I'm going to post my current reading list. So without further ado here is my reading list.

P.S It goes left to right.

Have you read any of these books? If you have whats your opinion on them? Feel free to comment with what your current to read list looks like.

Book Review: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

Title: Steelheart

Author: Brandon Sanderson

Publisher: Random House

Release Date: September 24, 2013

Series: Reckoners #1

Source: Hardcover

Number of Pages: 384

Letter Size: Medium

Synopsis:

Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics. But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his will.  Nobody fights the Epics . . . nobody but the Reckoners. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them. And David wants in. He wants Steelheart—the Epic who is said to be invincible. The Epic who killed David's father. For years, like the Reckoners, David's been studying, and planning—and he has something they need. Not an object, but an experience. He's seen Steelheart bleed. And he wants revenge.

Book Review: Time Riders by Alex Scarrow

Title: Time Riders

Author: Alex Scarrow

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Release Date: 4 Feb 2010

Series: Time Rider #1

Source: Hardcover

Number of Pages: 405

Letter Size: Medium

Synopsis:

Liam O’Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. 

           Yet moments before death, someone mysteriously appeared and said, ‘Take my hand . . .’ But Liam, Maddy and Sal aren’t rescued. They are recruited by an agency that no one knows exists, with only one purpose – to fix broken history.

         Because time travel is here, and there are those who would go back in time and change the past. That’s why the TimeRiders exist: to protect us. To stop time travel from destroying the world . . .