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Off The Shelf Reviews:
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
BY AUBREY HALVERSON
I magine if you got a paper cut or
you scraped your knee and you
started to bleed; the catch is that
instead of dark red, your blood
was silver.
Mare Barrow lives in a world
where the people are classified by
blood. You are either a lowly red,
like Mare and her family, or you
are a silver who has supernatural
powers and are treated like gods.
Mare’s best friend, another Red
named Kilorn, is conscripted into
the army, making Mare chance
everything. This leads her to the
royal palace, but she finds more
there than she was bargaining for.
Mare, like the Silver’s, has a spe-
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cial power that she did not know
about until now. In a desperate
attempt to keep her family safe
she is forced to go along with the
king’s plan to try and cover up the
incident. The book Red Queen
follows Mare as she masquer-
ades as a lost Silver princess and
how her new position is put at
risk when she is drawn to aid the
Scarlet guard, the leaders of a Red
rebellion. Will Mare’s secret be
revealed? Are there more Red’s
like her?
Be prepared, this book is going
to take you for a ride. It will make
you want to read through the
night. The author, Victoria Ave-
yard, is able to completely capture
you in the story and sends your
mind reeling, taking many twists
and turns you were not expect-
ing. The characters are easy to
build a connection to and even
though not all the characters are
good, Aveyard makes them all
relatable and flawed. They are
perfectly imperfect like a normal
human being. I would suggest
this book to anyone who enjoys
fantasy/adventure books and
for anyone that loves the Young
Elites novel by Marie Lu. All in
all I would give this book a solid
5 out of 5 stars as it includes ev-
erything I look for in an exciting
novel.
January 2017
Bigfork Children’s Theatre
Elf Play Review
Bigfork’s Children’s Theatre produces a
delightful play ‘Elf’, our communities
holiday success. had. I was also very pleased to
see so many of my friends from
our school, acting as their charac-
ters, sending smiles and laughter
BY ASHLEY MILLER through the audience.
The lead role ‘Buddy’ was played
A
joyful holiday spirit fell by (Michael Christensen) and he
through the air the second was the perfect person to play that
I stepped into our local BPCT character.. He was quirky, humor-
Playhouse. I decided to join some ous, and portrayed that joyful chil-
friends and family to see the play dren’s character. I cannot forget
Elf, a movie that I watched many about ‘Jovie’ or as we know her,
times throughout my childhood. Olivia Martel. She was wonder-
I’m not one who usually likes go- ful to watch, with her stubborn
ing to plays, but I’m glad I did. The personality and kind heart.
costumes, backdrops, and props Overall, I am very glad I went,
were well thought out, and really and I commend them all for their
captured the settings of the movie. hard work. It definitely was a feel-
Each scene was filled with festive good musical filled with Christ-
decorations and music that gave mas spirit.
you that holiday feeling. I was-
stunned by the children’s voices;
they were absolutely wonderful.
Although some scenes were taken
out or changed understandably,
the director (Brach Thomson) did
a fantastic job of giving a cheer-
ful delight within the time they
A joyful smile crosses Michael
Christensen face after per-
forming as the lead role in
‘Elf.’