The Phoenix Files #3: Mutation

One thing that is a little bit confusing for me with this series is that each new book (so far) is told from the point of view of a different character.  The second book was really confusing to me until sometime by the end of the first chapter I figured it out.  I wish these books gave some sort of sign ahead of time about that.  Oh well.  This one was from the point of view of the female main character: Jordan.  This book has been my least favorite of this series so far. Unless there have been Australian swear words that I don't know, this one contained the first swear word...and that was disappointing to me.  There was also more violence and the bad guys are taking more drastic actions.  While I would be fine with my kids reading the first and second book in this series, I think this one is a little more mature.  Anyway I still enjoy the series and want to know how it ends, but it sure seems like things keep getting worse and more people are dying because of the evilness (is that even a word?) of the "villians."  There is a lot of confusing things going on too that I hope will be explained as the series goes on.

The Phoenix Files: Contact

I couldn't wait to read this book!  It was just as exciting as the first one for me.  Maybe even more so, because now the three friends sneak into even higher security places...and they get caught. After barely making it out alive, I'm quite baffled as to how they are going to be able to do anything to save the world now...

The BFG

Sophie wakes up one night and peeks out the window to see a giant across the street!  She is then taken and learns about the world of giants. I just finished reading this book to my boys and it was such a fun book to read!  A little terrifying as there are humongous giants who eat people! The first chapter they were both a little scared, but in the end they loved pretending to be the BFG and even learned to talk like him which was so funny to me.  I had never heard of this book before this summer but thoroughly enjoyed reading it! Even if I hadn't been reading it to my boys I would have enjoyed this book. It goes to show that no matter how little (or big) you are, you can make a difference!