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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 […]
review by Bella Arguello, grade 9 Welcome To Night Vale is a fictional podcast mimicking a small community radio in a fictional town called Night Vale. It mostly revolves around important events such as Eternal Scouts initiations in the parking lot behind the Ralphs, breaking news like Koshek’s new litter […]
Review by John Chon, grade 9 Insignia by S.J. Kincaid Tom is a son of a gambler, with no mother. His often-drunk father rants about the government, which fights wars in space using drones. Tom is recruited by the military at age 14, where he has a computer installed into […]
A music playlist for For the Record by Charlotte Huang. Playlist by Madison Comick, grade 9 The book was really upbeat and the characters were always positive, so these songs came to mind when reading it. Going the Distance- Zipper Club Casual Party- Band of Horses We’re in Trouble- Champanes […]
Review by John Chon, grade 9 Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld In the second installment of Leviathan, an alternate version of WW1 rages on. Deryn, a 15 year old girl disguised as a boy in the British air force on an airship, becomes close friends with Alek, the secret heir to […]
Review by Jacob Chon, grade 9 Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld In an alternate universe, it is 1914. Britain has survived by splicing genes and animals meant for specific tasks, courtesy of Charles Darwin. Germany has endured by inventing and producing mechanical walkers to do their military work. Prince Alek of the […]