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Review, author interview, & book club recap by Kara Eng, grade 12 Static by Eric Laster Static puts a twist on death. Instead of seeing dead people, Curtis Brooks talks to them, or at least just his brother. After his brother, Wilt, dies in a suspicious car accident, Curt starts receiving […]
Review and author interview by Haylie Koorn, grade 9 Underwater by Marisa Reichardt In the book Underwater by Marisa Reichardt, it shows that no matter what tragedy you go through, the way to recovery is forgiveness. Morgan Grant is not a normal teenager; she stays home all day eating grilled […]
Review and author interview by Jane Lee, grade 11 Going Geek by Charlotte Huang Going Geek is a novel that centers around Skylar Hoffman’s struggle as she drops to the bottom of the social food chain after losing the amazing boyfriend, the coolest friends, and the most desirable dorm. Senior […]
Review and author interview by Haylie Koorn, grade 9 South of Sunshine by Dana Elmendorf South of Sunshine is a book that dives right into the drama of a teenage girl going into her senior year. Kaycee Jean McCoy is trying to flow with the crowd in her small town where […]
Review and author interview by Jane Lee, grade 11 Emerge by Tobie Easton Ever since the Little Mermaid unleashed a curse that stripped Mer of their immortality, war has ravaged the seven seas. Lia Nautilus is part of a secret community of land dwelling Mer that has taken refuge along […]
Review and author interview by Haylie Koorn, grade 9 My Kind of Crazy by Robin Reul Sometimes you just need someone else to understand your craziness so you can feel okay. Hank Kirby likes being invisible so that no one has to feel pity over him and his family. But one day, […]
August Recap by Hadley Willman, grade 11 The Eye of Minds by James Dashner The YA book club met this month to talk about The Eye of Minds, book one in the newly completed Mortality Doctrine series by James Dashner, fan favorite author of The Maze Runner. In this world, […]
Review by Satya Rajendra, Grade 7 Away We Go by Emil Ostrovski Away We Go is a fictional novel about the deadly virus called the Peter Pan Virus, or PPV (The Peter Pan Virus is inspired by a real life computer virus of the same name). The main story is […]
July Recap by Madison Comick, grade 9 The Leveller by Julia Durango Phoenix “Nixy” Bauer is the daughter of two employees of the MEEP, a virtual reality game of a future dystopian world. MEEP is played by getting a chip implanted in your brain when you’re thirteen. Nixy is paid to […]
YA Book Club recap by Hadley Willman, grade 11 In June, the YA book club met to discuss Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, a popular novel for teens that was originally marketed towards adults. Ready Player One tells of a world thirty years in the future where everyone in the world […]