The inventions of Hugo Cabret - Jason lei

From what I thought the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick was amazing. The book wasn't only compact with words in paragraphs like in ordinary books but in this book it is also compact with very detailed pictures. In the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret the main Hugo is an orphan who lives in the ceiling of a busy Paris railway terminal where he works as a clock keeper. The only way for Hugo to survive is to steal from local shops. Hugo's life was wonderful before living with his father who worked at museum. One day his father was working late at the museum and the guard didn't know he was still in the museum so he locked the doors. Unfortunately the museum caught on fire and Hugo's father was stuck in there. He later moved in with uncle, a drunk who worked as the cock keeper in the terminal with no money and didn't care for Hugo. One day his Uncle drowned in the Seine. Hugo's goal was to fix the automaton his father brought home from the museum one day.

It is amazing how  young boy can live on his own without any parental guidance. Hugo was a very mysterious boy who always stole from the toy shop owned by a man named Georges Méliès, a famous movie producer who later became broke when World War One happened. Hugo often stole the toys to use the parts to fix the automation. When Georges caught him he took the book Hugo has drawn in with specific details of the missing parts the automaton needs. When Georges flipped through the book the immediately became scared and frightened because he was the creator of the automaton. He took the book way from Hugo and wanted to burn it. Georges was an important character in the book because he was a lot like Hugo, both stubborn and curious. Hugo was paranoid about how Georges knew about the automatons and was curious why Georges feared them so much so he decided to find out. He needed someones help and he then befriended Georges god daughter Isabelle Méliès. She too had no parents due to a car accident and was willing to accompany Hugo in his journey.

What I liked about this book so much was that it was filled with pictures that described what was going on.I highly recommend this book because it is unique from other books and it is filled with comedy and adventure.

Prodigy by Marie Lu - Jason Lei

After finishing the first book Legend by Marie Lu I decided to read the sequel to it. In the book Prodigy, Day and June have joined the Patriots to find Day's brother Eden. But to get the help of the Patriots the would have to complete a mission, to assassin the new Elector Primo, Aidan. June was sent to bring herself into the Republic and again the trust of the Elector. While June was in the inside she changed a lot in what she believed in.

Before June was sent in the inside she was in love with Day. She only joined the Patriots because she wanted to help him find his brother and she didn't want to leave him behind. But when she was sent  in the inside she soon fell for Aidan the new Elector Primo. They had a lot in common, they both went to Drake University, both came from rich families, and they both think alike. 

She also wasn't sure if killing Aidan was right. Before when she wasn't sent into the Republic to gain trust of Aidan she didn't want anything to do with him and she didn't care if he died because she has grown to hate the Republic for what they have done to her family. But when she was sent into the inside she missed the life of being rich and eating fancy foods and wearing fancy clothing.

June changed over time because she didn't know what to do, save Aidan or trust the Patriots.