The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger is a very good book. Holden is a 16 year old boy whose parents sent him off to Pencey boarding school. Holden starts flunking grades so he gets kicked out of Pencey.Holden hates pencey because he thinks everybody at Pencey is a phony .Holden is supposed to leave on Wednesday but leaves early. Holden takes off to New York city. He does things that he shouldn’t be doing at his age. He goes to the worst hotel. He even goes to the bar and gets drunk. Holden sneaks into his house and wakes up his sister. She gets mad because she knows he got kicked out. Holden has amazing adventures in New York. You need to read this book because it shows how your life could lead to if you make the wrong choices.

Jeffrey Strangeways by Jill Murphy is an action packed book. Jeffrey is a poor boy who dreams of being a knight. One day a knight comes across his village and asks him for directions to another village. The knight offers him supper.It comes time for the knight to depart. Jeffrey returns to his mom with food for her. She asks him “Did you get the job?” Jeffrey nods and says “A knight offered me a job for being a knight. jeffrey wakes up the next morning and goes to the job he doesn't have. I give this book a five star because it kept me reading the whole time. I also think it’s fantasy because their is ogres.