Teen Blogger

–review by Kara, teen reviewer Raging Star by Moira Young This is the last installment in the Dust Lands Trilogy so if you haven’t read the first two books, don’t read this review. Like I said, this is the last book and it does a pretty good job of wrapping […]

–review by Kara, teen reviewer In Cold Blood by Truman Capote This is the story about the murder of four members of the Clutter family, some of the most prominent and respected people of their community (a community that, prior to the murders, never locked their doors). It is an […]

–review by Kara, teen reviewer Going Bovine by Libba Bray This is the story of how Cameron Smith, a disappointment to all teen, somehow finds himself diagnosed with Mad Cow Disease (hence the title) and journeys across America with a dwarf who has a crippling sense of paranoia, a lawn […]

–review by Kara, teen reviewer Everlost by Neal Shusterman This book is about children in limbo. Our two main characters, Allie and Nick, are involved in the same accident, one that led to their deaths. This is their story about trying to “survive” in a world that is stuck in […]

–review by Kara, teen reviewer The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland This book is about the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, a painter living in 17th century Italy. While this book doesn’t cover her life from birth to death, it covers all of the important parts. It’s a work of […]

–review by Kara, teen reviewer Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth Oppel This is the second book in the series. If you haven’t read the first book, This Dark Endeavor, stop reading this review and go find it to start the series. This time Victor doesn’t just dabble in alchemy, he […]

–review by Angelina, teen reviewer Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer The book is the first one published from Susan’s ‘The Last Survivors’ series but I think it’s the most amazing one yet. The story takes place in northeastern Pennslyvania. A female sophomore Miranda has an average […]

–review by Kara, teen reviewer All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Paul Baumer was convinced to join the war by his school teacher. But the war he joined would later be named the “The Great War,” or World War I. Baumer fights on the German side. […]

–review by Natalia, teen reviewer The Enemy by Charlie Higson The Enemy, by Charlie Higson, is one of my favorite books (it’s impossible to choose just one). The plot is as follows: About a year and a half ago, everyone over the age of sixteen acquired a horrible disease that […]

–review by Kara, teen reviewer White Space by Ilsa J. Bick I’d tell you the plot, but I don’t really understand it. As far as I can tell, this book drew a lot of inspiration from The Matrix and Inception (or at least that’s what the back of the book […]