I am reading the book Alphas. This book is by Lisa Harrison. I am currently on chapter eighteen. So far we have been introduced to all the characters in the book. There are five main characters. Skye Hamilton is a dancer. Charlie is an inventor. Renee is an actress. Triple Threat is an actress, a dancer, and model. Allie J is a writer. These girls meet for the first time at the Alphas academy. They were each excepted into the academy because of their extraordinary talent. They must learn to live together while attending Alphas academy.  The first night at the academy the girls sneak out to see the extremely handsome Brazilian Boys. They are the only boys on the island. They are Shira's son's (the inventor of Alphas academy) which makes them off limits to the girls at the academy. The girls (except Charlie) go to see the boys. Charlie has a secret. She helped design the Alphas island along with her mother, who was the second in command. She was also dating Darwin. Darwin is one of Shira's sons. Charlie had to sacrifice her mothers job and her boyfriend to be excepted into the academy. She couldn't tell Darwin why she was breaking up with him or the other girls about her secret. Once the girls met the boys they exchanged numbers and made plans to see each other again. Shira finds out and calls Charlie to give her more information. Charlie tells Shira it was Renee's idea, and she is sent home. The girls catch on to Charlie and she is soon isolated by the girls. But Charlie isn't the only one with a secret. Allie A Abbott has been pretending to be Allie J so she could escape her small town. She couldn't tell anyone about her secret identity because she would be sent home. The girls face many challenges and learn many life lessons while attending the academy.

I love this book! It is filled with suspense and drama. As a reader, you learn more and more about the girls as you read each chapter. You see the personal growth of each girls as she faces new challenges and learns to overcome them. I think the author wrote this book to teach life lessons and to show some of the challenges girls face growing up. The theme of the book is don't give up and push forward even when times get tough.

The best character is Charlie. She has had to give up a lot just to go to a place where people don't except her. She keeps her head up and stays focused on achieving her goals. Even though the girls she is rooming with are acting more like her enemy then her friend, she focused on academics and doesn't let them get her down.

"We know what we are, but not what you may be." This quote was in the book. It was used to give the girls advice on their first day of school at the academy. It is important because the girls discover who they are while at the academy.

I don't have any questions about the book so far.