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-Hi, it's Brooklyn and
Bailey and we both just
wanted to say happy new year.
Today we're going
to be filming a book
review on some of
our favorite books
-From last year that we decided
to show you guys this year.
-Yes.
-So for our first
book, I decided
to show you guys, "The
Fault in our Stars."
I read this one just
little while ago.
It's by John Green, who
is actually a YouTuber.
Him and his brother
share a YouTube channel
called the VlogBrothers.
And so this book is kind
of about a girl named Hazel
who has, I think
it's lung cancer.
-Yeah, it's lung cancer.
-She has cancer and she's
kind of depressed, you know,
because she has to
carry around her tank.
And not a lot of people
want to befriend her
because they're like, afraid
to get hurt in case she dies.
-Yeah, and because
she's so depressed,
her mom sends her
to this like, group.
-This like, cancer group,
where they're all like--
-Support group.
-Hi, my name is Hazel and I have
such and such cancer, you know.
And in this group
she meets a boy
named Augustus Waters and Isaac.
And Augustus Waters is the guy
that she falls in love with.
He actually doesn't have
cancer, like in the book.
Like almost halfway through
the book, he doesn't have,
he's in remission.
And so she meets him and
falls in love with him.
And Issac, her friend,
he's actually blind.
-Yeah.
-Because he had eye cancer.
-And they had to
remove his eyes.
-So Issac is the one that
brought Augustus and Hazel
together.
And then Hazel like,
has this favorite book
and Augustus wants to
spend his wish on her.
And so he spends his wish on
her and they go on vacation
to meet the author.
And I'm not really
going to tell you
the rest because that kind
of gives away the story.
-Yeah.
-But, basically it's about
Hazel and Augustus while
they're on vacation
together and--
-Fall in love.
So if you want really like
a cute and sad love story,
then this is the book for you.
-This is the book for you.
-And it's a New York
Times bestseller,
so if that tells you anything.
-Yeah.
-You know.
The book I chose was "Legend"
by Marie Lu and this book
is all about this society
called Republic and they test
their children
when they're young.
They test them on like mental
stuff, physical, academics.
And all of this like, tests.
And based on that
test, it basically
decides your rank in society.
-Your job, whether or not you
have a good job or a bad job.
-Whether or not you go
to college, et cetera.
-So you want to score high.
-Yeah.
So this book's about two
characters, June and Day.
June is a girl,
16 year old girl.
She lives with her brother
because her parents
both died when she was young.
-And she's the only person in
the Republic that's ever, ever,
scored a perfect score.
So of course, they're
like treating her well.
-Yeah, she's like a child
prodigy to the government.
Yeah, she lives in
this nice house,
went to the perfect college.
Anyways, so she,
something happens
that enables her to meet
the next character, Day,
who failed his test.
And he lives like, he's
kind of like, in the slums.
-Well, like, in this society,
if you fail your test,
they'll send you to like a camp
and the government is like--
-Basically--
-Killing you off.
-Scientific experiments
and kill you.
-Yeah.
You're basically,
if you fail, you're
a science experiment
until you die.
-Yes.
-So, he was sent to that
camp when he was younger
but he managed to escape.
And then he grew up without,
he can't meet his family.
-Day is kind of this like,
really widely-known criminal
because he doesn't like the
government because they don't
provide medicine and
his family is sick.
And so he wants the medicine.
So he's really mad
at the government.
So he's doing all these
like, rebellious things
against the government.
Like, I don't know--
-Blowing up ships, Naval ships.
-Taking supplies
or you know, things
that prevent the government
from getting stuff, I guess.
And something happens again and
it enables him and June to meet
and it develops the story.
So it's a really great book.
-It's my favorite book.
I love, love, love this book.
-Yeah.
There's three books.
There's "Legend,"
"Prodigy" and "Champion.
And they're all very good.
So you should read this book.
-So we're going to tell you what
we think that age appropriate,
like, I don't know--
-Like levels.
-For this book.
I would say like 12
and up would probably
be the best for this book.
Just because it's
a little bit more
mature and it's kind of sad.
-And it has some romance in it.
-Yeah, so.
-And for my book, I'd
probably say 10 or 11.
There's nothing really bad in
this book other than the fact
that the government
does kill people,
which is not a good thing.
But you know, they
do do that, so.
-Yeah.
Thank you guys so, so,
so much for watching.
Don't forget to read the
books that we recommended.
-Yes.
Even our mom read "Legend"
and she absolutely loved it.
So, if that tells you anything.
Be sure to leave a comment
below on other books you
want us to review.
-Don't forget to like--
-Comment--
-And favorite--
-This video.
There you go.
-We will see you guys next week.
-See ya.
-Bye.
-Mom and Dad gave us the
Sigma Essentials Kit.
And mine is Make Me Cool.
-Mine is Make Me Blush.
-And there are 12 brushes.
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