Wicked

March 23, 2015 by opaljessica

Filled with magic, skilled hunters and a love story that every girl dreams of, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s recently published Wicked hits the sweet spot for every reader. Meant for a more mature audience, this book does a great job of leaving the question of “who done it?” open until the very intense end, leaving readers wanting the second book as soon as possible.

Summary

The book revolves around a 23-year-old named Ivy Morgan. Trying to be just another “normal” girl, Ivy attends a university where she hopes to get a degree in psychology.

However that isn’t what makes Ivy special. Along with her bright red hair, Ivy stands out against the world because of the group she serves, entitled The Order. Being born into it, Ivy received a tattoo showing her commitment to this group, and she hunts the streets of New Orleans after being at classes during the day. In search of Fae, fairy creatures that have travelled into the human world, Ivy was trained to kill any that she comes across to send them back into their realm. See the Fae feed off of human blood, and Ivy along with other members of The Order search them out. Striking them in the chest with a silver blade is all it takes to send them back. However, some Fae have fed off of specific humans for so long, that said humans have gone insane. Killings those get a little messier, as the body just doesn’t disappear after being killed.

Along with her don’t-mess-with-me-attitude, Ivy travels with a dark past. She tells readers how her parents died when she was young, which isn’t too weird in the line of work she’s in. Soon after their deaths, she was adopted into another family that served The Order. However, an accident that leaves readers on the edge of the seat, killed her adoptive parents along with the only boy she’s ever been with and loved.

Haunted by her past, meeting Ren Owens isn’t something Ivy looked forward to doing. After a messy fight with an Ancient Fae that shouldn’t exist in the human world, Ivy is shot and ends up bleeding at the feet of Ren, a new transfer Order member. With her closed off past, Ren tries his best to get to know her, but that isn’t so easy with secrets of his own. They team up to tackle Ancients, stronger Fae than they have been used to fighting and try to protect the gates, that seal the Fae realm from the human world, from opening and dooming the humans forever. This love interest develops, and new plots are revealed as the story progresses.

Review

Overall, Armentrout does a great job with her character. She writes in a way that really connects readers to the characters, and has you laughing at all the subtle jokes and references she throws in there. The story line was good and reading a book with Fae instead of the typical vampire or demon was awesome, because I have yet to stumble upon a good book involving fairies. Getting into it was a little rough at the beginning, but as the you grow to learn about Ivy, you beginning to see why she is they was she is.

Obviously the love interest is great, and it always left me wondering how she gets her guys to act both dangerously and sweet, a mixture every girl wishes for. Ren and Ivy’s relationship is very simple in this novel, unlike some of her other novels, and leaves readers with a new standard of men that will be difficult to be met.

Other Books

If you read this book and want more like it or fell in love with this novel and want ones just as good, check out these books:

After the End by Amy Plum:

Rather than having any supernatural creatures, this book focuses on a real world doomsday scenario.

Elemental Series by Brigid Kemmerer

Hot boys, cute boys, and dangerous boys. This series focuses on a family that has all the power of the Earth: water, wind, fire and earth. With relationships and twists and turns that leave readers buying every book at once (because they cant wait for the next one) this series is a must read.

The 5th Wave

September 29, 2014 by opaljessica

Ever wondered what would happen if aliens visited? Ever wonder what would happen if they wanted to destroy us? The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey captures all those questions in this trilogy as well as takes it a step further; what if the aliens WERE us?

In the novel, the aliens do just that…destroy humanity. They do this through a series of “waves,” dooming humanity to, as the aliens view it, what they deserve.

“After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.

Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth’s last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, or so Cassie believes. But she must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.”

Story Line

The novel follows 16-year-old Cassie through her experience of each of the waves. Cassie and her family survived the first and second wave, she loses her mom in the third, then loses her father and younger brother Sam in the 4th.

Now bound to a promise she made to her brother, Cassie faces her worst fear all alone on a highway. She stands off against a Silencer, a human infused with an alien mind whose sole purpose it to kill all humans they find.

After facing her worst fear and for all intents and purposes losing, a mysterious Evan Walker finds Cassie on the highway and nurses her back to health. Evan is everything the aliens are not; caring, helpful and even attractive. But everything isn’t as perfect as Evan makes it seem, and Cassie soon learns her hardest lesson yet.

“I thought I knew what loneliness was before he found me, but I had no clue. You don’t know what real loneliness is until you’ve known the opposite.”

Is their only option Risk?

This is a question that every character is faced with in the story. Bound by promises like a silver chain, characters find themselves changing in ways they never thought possible. They find themselves gaining courage and above all hope, as an alien take over seems inevitable. Fighting to forget their past, to not forget who they are and to be the last fighter for humanity.

“When the moment comes to stop running from your past, to turn around and face the thing you thought you could not face–the moment when your life teeters between giving up and getting up–when that moment comes, and it always comes, if you can’t get up and you can’t give up either, here’s what you do: Crawl.”

This is one of the books that readers can keep reading over and over again, only to love it even more each time. Yancey does a great job connecting readers to the characters, and leaves them quickly turning each page after every chapter. Full of twists and “oh my god” moments, this book is a must read for young adults.

Also, for all those books-turned-into-movies lovers..this book is going to be one! Check out the cast here and its due to be release in January 2016.

If you’ve read this book already here is a mini review on the sequel The Infinite Sea:

Unlike the first page turner novel, this one seemed to have more hidden meanings causing it to be one more carefully read. Regardless, The Infinite Sea is also a page turned and has a twist that not even I saw coming. Like the first one, a definite must read.

Related Books

If you read and loved The 5th Wave, here is a few books that follow the same idea. You can also check out my GoodReads page to find more!

Ashes Trilogy by Isla J. Bick: This novel has it all; real life end of the world theory, page turning twists and an overall great life lesson to be learned.

I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore: aliens, awesome powers and trying to save the world; what else does anyone ever need? As a bonus, the 5th book was just recently released!

Review of Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick

July 30, 2014 by opaljessica

If you ever want to know what to do if the world was ending, this trilogy is for you. Taking place in modern day, the first book in a trilogy, Ashes, introduces a doomsday event that seems much more likely than the 2012 phenomenon where the Mayan Calendar ended. Which brings in the book summary:

“It could happen tomorrow . . .

An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device, wiping out every computerized system, and killing billions.

Alex hiked into the woods to say good-bye to her dead parents and her personal demons. Now desperate to find out what happened after the pulse crushes her to the ground, Alex meets up with Tom—a young soldier—and Ellie, a girl whose grandfather was killed by the EMP.

For this improvised family and the others who are spared, it’s now a question of who can be trusted and who is no longer human.”

As the summary says, this electromagnetic pulse goes off causing the world to end with not a whisper, or even a bang. Alex, the main character, was simply a girl determined to change her life. See Alex has a brain tumor, and after losing her parents, she soon lost her memories because of it. And after a life of constantly fighting against it, she wanted to just let go.

These plans soon change however once she runs into a not-so-sweet little girl, Ellie, her Grandpa and dog. After the EMP goes off and Ellie’s grandfather dies for reasons they both figure out, Alex finds herself with company she never imagined she’d have when she started her journey of letting go. Mina, Ellie’s dog, also proves to be very important as dogs can smell, yes smell, when these crazy people eaters, or “changed” as they come to refer to them as, are near.

Not Everyone is Human

After the EMP went off, everyone between the ages of really young (infant to 10-years-old) to really old (70 and up) have gone crazy. Like eating the people who are still alive and “human” crazy. Once Alex discovers this she is no longer worried about letting go, but rather returns to a life she knows well; one full of fighting and surviving.

As the characters travel more, they discover that they are special in a way that many are not. According to what Alex and Tom (another main character) figure out, they should of gone crazy, or “changed,” themselves. However lucky they are, the can’t count their stars just yet because people like them are still “changing,” but no one knows why. But adding a twist to the story, Alex is also changing in ways she never thought possible, and maybe not in a good way.

As Alex, Tom and Ellie fight to survive, stay together and not “change,” they soon figure out that the “changed” are not their only enemy, or even their worst adding another twist that will keep readers on the edge of their seat.

Throughout the first book, Bick switches between Alex, Tom and Ellie for different chapter throughout the book. These different chapters prove to be important especially when they get split up, and are determined to find each other again. Set at a fast pace that keeps readers constantly turning pages and only wanting to put the book now to use the restroom in an emergency, this trilogy a must read. Bick forced these characters to travel such different paths, only to have them all connect in the ending novel Monsters.

Most Anticipated Book Releases

April 19, 2014 by opaljessica

As all dedicated readers know, nothing is worse than waiting for a book to come out. People think they need all these things, but you never truly need anything until it comes to a next book in a series. So in honor of all these needs, here are some of the most anticipated books this summer along with a description of the first book in the series.

Raging Star-Dustland Series #3: released May 13th

“Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The Wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for Saba and her family to scavenge from. That’s fine by her, as long as her beloved twin brother Lugh is around. But when a monster sandstorm arrives, along with four cloaked horsemen, Saba’s world is shattered. Lugh is captured, and Saba embarks on an epic quest to get him back.

Suddenly thrown into the lawless, ugly reality of the world outside of desolate Silverlake, Saba is lost without Lugh to guide her. So perhaps the most surprising thing of all is what Saba learns about herself: she’s a fierce fighter, an unbeatable survivor, and a cunning opponent. And she has the power to take down a corrupt society from the inside. Teamed up with a handsome daredevil named Jack and a gang of girl revolutionaries called the Free Hawks, Saba stages a showdown that will change the course of her own civilization.”

Rebel– Reboot #2: released May 13th

“Five years ago, Wren Connolly died. After 178 minutes, she came back as a Reboot: stronger, faster, able to heal, but also less emotional. The longer Reboots are under, the less human they are when they return—making Wren 178 the deadliest Reboot in the Republic of Texas. Now seventeen years old, her favorite part of her job is training new Reboots, but her latest newbie is the worst she’s ever seen.

As a 22, Callum Reyes is practically still human. His reflexes are too slow, he’s always asking pesky questions, and his ever-present smile is freaking Wren out. And yet . . . he’s still hernewbie. When Callum falls short of Reboot standards, Wren is told to eliminate him.

But the perfect soldier is done taking orders.”

City of Heavenly Fire– The Mortal Instruments #6: released May

“When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder — much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing — not even a smear of blood — to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It’s also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace’s world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know….”

The Revenge of Seven-Lorien Legacies #5: released August 2014

“Nine of us came here.

We look like you.

We talk like you.

We live among you—but

We are not you.

We have powers you dream of having.

We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books—

But we are real.

They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya.

They killed them all.

I am Number Four. I am next.”

The Infinite Sea-The 5th Wave #2: released September 16th

“After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.

Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth’s last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie’s only hope for rescuing her brother—or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.”

Using Books to Build a Community

April 14, 2014 by opaljessica

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Traci Nathans-Kelly’s son runs outside as he sees someone leaving his front yard. Normally this would worry his mom, but this passerby happens to be different. In fact, they were visiting the Nathans-Kelly’s Little Free Library, a place for free books. He looks in to see what book was taken, left or traded and runs back in to show his mom. This Little Library is just for that, as its goal is to “promote literacy and the love of reading by building free book exchanges worldwide.”

So it’s Not a Mailbox?

The Little Free Library is a library in front yards around the world. Usually a box shaped with a clear door, it holds books that are free to any visitor walking by. However, unlike a typical library, community members passing by can take a book with no late fees and can return the same one or bring back a different. Passing on wisdom and skills to next generations, these little libraries build a sense of community for towns across the world.

The first one was built in 2009 by Todd Bol in Wisconsin, which modeled a one-room schoolhouse. Bol partnered up with Rick Brooks and together they are achieving their goal of spreading literacy.

After interviewing one of the starters for these libraries, Nathans-Kelly wanted to build one of her own but never got around to it in her old town. Only days after moving to Ithaca last year, she placed her own little library in her front yard.

Jennifer Armstrong, an author of children’s books for 25 years, owns her own Little Free Library in Saratoga NY. Armstrong learned about them after seeing a photo of one on Facebook and was instantly charmed by the concept. “I live one block from an elementary school, so many many children pass my library every day,” said Armstrong. “My library is filled exclusively with children’s books.”

All Part of a Bigger Picture

These libraries also serve a bigger purpose, connecting a community. People have stopped cracking open books as they turn to the Internet for everything. Having these libraries not only connects a community, but also helps promotes reading nationwide

This map showing all of the little libraries around the world was created as a way to organize a nonprofit network for effective communication and support for each new library.

“My neighbors have been very appreciative of the library, and I feel that it is an important part of making my neighborhood a safe and welcoming one,” said Armstrong.

Going for a Walk Will Never be the Same

Depending on the weather, Grossman said she sees a majority of visitors during summer vacation and Armstrong added a bench to further encourage children and visitors to sit and read.

“I always bring a backpack with me now because you never know what you will come back with,” said Nathans-Kelly. She continued on to say how she looks forward to having people put in new books. Whenever she receives a book about northeast, she replaces it right away with another read book because she doesn’t have any of them and loves to learn more about the area, especially after just moving in.

The effects of these libraries have already made a huge difference and can be seen with Nathans-Kelly’s own son as he never fails to race out after a visitor to check out his own little library.

The Fault in Our Stars

April 4, 2014 by opaljessica

“Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.”

The Fault in Our Stars was the first book that I have read by John Green and I can walk away saying that I loved his writing. He gets you so into the characters it took me a while to move on to another book.

As becoming the norm now, this book is being made into a movie. There first time I saw the preview was during the premiere of Divergent, which was very cool. Seeing a book that you’ve read been made into a movie is a crazy sight, because characters are viewed one way and then shown differently during the movie.

However, after seeing this preview I am very happy to say that this release is very anticipated. It didn’t show anything missed and although seeing Shailene Woodley playing Hazel in this movie was shocking, after seeing Divergent I feel that she can play the roll.

No Longer a Fish Out of Water

April 2, 2014 by opaljessica

Being a college journalism student during this time of growing social media has caused the saying “journalism is a dying profession” to be heard quite often. All of the students have replied that it’s indeed not, because who would go into years of debt for a job that won’t even exist after graduation? Not journalists of course, and now a study has been published that proves just that.

Spitting Words Right Back

The Pew Reasearch Journalism Project debunks the statement above, that journalism is in fact not a dying breed. It’s here to stick around just with a few changes. Journalism in the future years will be very different from how it is traditionally as social media pushes news out to more people than ever before.

As news reaches out farther, journalists have to learn how to keep up with the speed of things. In a world where news is instant and the demand for it is high, sorting through what’s true and what’s not is a factor that has added to the role of journalists.

With all the new social media and technology, new jobs are emerging for journalists. Instead of traditional roles, the ability to use social media and sorting through noise to get the news are just two new factors that journalists must know going into the field, debunking the saying that anyone can be journalists.

Anyone can be at the site of an accident, but having the option to chose getting updates from CNN verses someones second cousin, who would you trust? Journalists, if not at the accident happening, have to continuously fact check before putting anything out to followers or readers, something everyday tweeters don’t worry about.

For Better or For Worse?

Big changes in the news industry are already happening, causing a lot of excitement for students just going into it. However, as information comes out faster and news always coming out, journalists have to be mindful of these changes. Taking a step back and looking at things from a different view has to become a norm for upcoming journalists, but doing so creates optimism for the future of it.

If journalists feel that they are being stifled at big name industries, they can easily step away today and create their own name through blogging or independent media sites, keeping the field of journalism wide open.

Community Concerns told Through Old Tradtitions

March 28, 2014 by opaljessica

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Even though it’s easy to close yourself off to technology and even people around you, storytelling is one of the most natural things a human can do. Engrained deep into our pasts, it’s easy to forget how to simply sit down and listen to someone, with no interruptions or distractions. The Civic Ensemble reminds students of this past trait, as it holds story circles where students can share their past experiences with a group.

The Path of the Story

Sarah Chalmers sits at a desk as she listens and tells stories of her own. “We are kind of born storytellers, but it does take practice, and the idea that people would come together at the same place and sit in a circle and tell a story on the same topic I thought was perfect for this.”

Chalmers holds these story circles roughly three times a week at different locations with the goal of gathering a greater amount of community members willing to share.

“What’s great about it is that people kind of go through it and are like, ‘Wow, that was so cool,’ because you’re listened to. There is no other noise or things going on, and everyone is just intently listening to each other.”

Before the stories began, Chalmers reminded the group that no one was allowed to speak until it was their turn. Dennis Chambers, a senior Theatre studies student, agreed with this rule.

“[The rule] is very helpful and important because someone like me, I just love to talk, and this forced me to just sit back and really listen to people.”

These stories are recorded by Chalmers who then brings them to actors in the Civic Ensemble. These actors then transcribe every word that was said. Chalmers explained how keeping the “ums” and “likes” in allows the actor to gain a more accurate picture of who was speaking. They could be saying these words because they are uncertain, nervous, excited or any other combination.

When asked why the Civic Ensemble went through all of the trouble gathering these stories, she explained how the point of the group was to show the feelings and ideas of the community. By collecting these stories, it helps show how the community feels and the play pushes out those feelings. The stories also connect them to the audience and community.

After being transcribed, Chalmers and partner Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr., roughly form the play. They then loosely put it together while gathering community members to take part in the play. These members and the actors shape the play for what it is and what message is trying to be projected into the community.

“[Combining these stories] show the play, it’s not one thing; its not one person’s thing. The stories kind of give us what the community is saying so we start to understand what the play is,” said Chalmers.

Only on its second year, the title for the play this year is “Safety.”

Community Police Relations

As Chalmers pointed out, people come from all over the world with completely different backgrounds. It’s easy to forget that someone believes something due to an event in their past, but these story circles bring that back to attention.

“When there is a contentious topic, we are in our positions and in our ingrained beliefs, it’s kind of hard to leave that behind to get outside of it even for a minute. But if you truly listening and allow someone else to have their story and their truth, then it might change their perspective about things.”

Chambers’ father is a part of the police force, which added a different effect to the story circle. He became involved with this particular story circle after missing a one-on-one session for his senior seminar project about Ithaca College’s community and what students view it as.

Different Views

As shared at the end of the stories, it’s easy to forget that police come from a different background too. It’s difficult for them to show emotion because doing so would have them become personally involved with a situation, having the potential to effect the outcome. One “screw up” can effect the entire force, even if its from a different state, shared Chalmers.

“Police are very integrated with us,” said Chambers, who continued on to say how it’s difficult to picture our lives without them in it. He also shared how sometimes it’s difficult to remember that they’re people too.

Alex Rechen, a sophomore student at Ithaca College shared her own personal story about police. Her story shows how different views can be on police depending on backgrounds and situations.

Divergent Movie Review

March 22, 2014 by opaljessica

So as everyone knows, Divergent was released this weekend! It’s a movie based off of the novel by Veronica Roth and a review and background of the movie can be found here.

Being such an avid reader, movies based on books are coming out all the time. Going in with high expectations can sometimes lead to a bigger disappointment just because we readers find every thing they missed in the movies. However, I personally have come to learn that those movies would be at least 4 hours long if they did include every detail so I’ve accepted that they can’t. I do however, expect them to keep the relationships between the characters and the intensity of moments at the same level that they were in the book.

Going in with those thoughts in my head, I’m glad to say Divergent didn’t disappoint. The movie followed the story exactly and didn’t throw in any parts from the 2nd or 3rd books. Here are some thoughts that I have to say over-all.

The Characters v. The Actors

The actors that they chose fit the role of each character very well. Four and Tris were on par and the acting was great. Theo James (Four) was great in the beginning when he was suppose to act mean towards Tris because he wanted to make her look stronger. My favorite moment of Shailene Woodly (Tris) was the (spoiler alert) moment when her mom was shot while they were running for safety. The only actress I wasn’t too sure about in the beginning was Christina, only because I had pictured her so differently in my head while reading; but after a few minutes I grew used to Zoe Kravitz as her.

The Storyline

I felt that the movie followed the book well. They didn’t throw in anything extra and didn’t opt out too big of parts. They did however, skip the entire relationship with Edward and how he was the best out of all the initiates; who later on gets stabbed in the eye by Peter and is forced to become Factionless because he can’t see. This part was important because Edward ties the connection between Four, Tris and the Factionless in the next books.

This also brings in the huge conflict between Peter, Molly and Tris. Peter and Molly were never fond of Tris, and though they did portray this in the movie, they never made it seem as intense as it was.

The director also made it appear that Tris had always wanted to be in dauntless, which was not true. I know its hard to show conflict but her picking to switch fractions was a big choice and was more difficult for her to decide then they made it appear.

Over-all

The parts that are above were all sort of minor parts however, so over-all it was a great movie. I would recommend it to everyone and will also tell everyone to read the books!

What Kids Will Read in the Future

March 7, 2014 by opaljessica

Two-year-old Ali joins her sister as Pam Hewitt, of Barnes and Noble, reads Green Eggs and Ham. Ali smiles and laughs while looking at the pictures. But, instead of being read from the classic hardcover, Ali is being read from an e-reader called the Nook.

Ali, her sister and four other kids don’t seem to mind that they’re looking at something other than traditional books..

As recent studies show, kids enjoy reading from e-readers more than they do paper books. This in return encourages kids to read more for fun, which increases their cognitive skills.

How Did This All Begin?

How did we get to the point where kids swiping to turn a page is becoming more common?

Since 2010 the number of children who have read an eBook has almost doubled and kids say that they would read more books for fun if they had greater access to eBooks, according to a survey released in 2013 by the Kids & Family Reading Report.

This study also showed that parents are becoming more dissatisfied with the amount of time that their kids spent reading and felt like their children were not spending enough time reading books for fun.

Benefits of Reading for Fun

The Institute of Technology from the University of London released a study in 2013 and found that children who read for pleasure are more likely to do better on tests during school than their peers.

This study compared children with the same social backgrounds and discovered that those who read books more often at a younger age scored higher on tests and helped them develop deeper cognitive levels.

The study also found that a “strong reading ability will enable children to absorb and understand new information and affect their attainment in all subjects.”

In a World of eBooks vs Printed Books, Which Will Win?

The Kids & Family Reading Report found that 80 percent of kids who read eBooks still read books for fun primarily in print. They are the generation that grew up being read from printed books and then later from eBooks.

However, about 50 percent of kids between the ages of 9 and 17 say they will always want to read books printed on paper even though there are eBooks available, which is a slight decline from the year 2010, showing the digital shift in children’s reading has begun.

So will Ali and her sister ever know what it’s like to hold a book in their hands? These two studies show that even though eBooks are becoming more popular, this is just the start of the children digital shift so it’s the younger kids we should watch more closely.